Even as the 5G was poised over India, it may well turn out to be the moment of reckoning for the telcos. As it is, only the three existing telecom service spectrum providers participated in the 5G auctions — Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and VodafoneIdea. (The fourth participant, the Adanis, is not a telco player,…
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The race to launch 5G in India is underway – Jio & Airtel in intense battle
As the curtains fell on the 7-day auction of 5G spectrum earlier this week, the focus has now shifted to the public launch of 5G services by the three telcos that were in the fray (Adani group, the fourth participant in the auctions, will provide 5G private network solutions only). The auctions netted the government…
Rumors of a new Oculus Quest 2 rival couldn’t come at a worse time for Meta
ByteDance could once again come to Meta’s lunch if reports that it’s gearing up to release two new Pico 4 VR headphones are true. The main (read: only) name in VR right now is Meta, thanks entirely to the hugely popular Oculus Quest 2. While we believe the Valve Index to be the best VR…
UPI Keeps Rewriting Record Books – What Makes It Work?
UPI (Unified Payments Interface), which is in some ways the backbone of payment platforms like GooglePe and PhonePe that have transformed the Indian business transaction landscape in recent years, is on a record wave. It recorded 6.28 billion transactions worth Rs 10.62 lakh crore (trillion) for the month of July, according to data released by…
Strange Story of Usain Bolt-Invested Company and Little-Known Indian Company
In the future, it will undoubtedly be made into a Netflix series or movie. Well, it has all the ingredients of a thriller. Bolt Mobility, a micromobility startup co-founded by 8-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Bolt Mobility raised $40.2 million along with an undisclosed investment from Chennai, India-based Ram Charan Company in May of…
The best sales, prices and offers on cheap Nespresso machines for July 2022
We increasingly see sales of cheap Nespresso machines leading big events these days, with the perennially popular coffeemakers slashing their prices in the blink of an eye. While previous Nespresso prices were exclusive (and rarely reduced), we regularly see flagship models getting discounts of up to $100 / £100. Plus, Nespresso deals often include packages…
How to make lemon juice – and where to use the juice
How to squeeze a lemon seems like such a simple thing to do, but we all do it in very different ways for a variety of reasons. Lemons are citrus fruits that contain vitamin C, essential for a healthy diet. Along with boosting immunity, a burst of these vitamins can reduce the risk of stroke…
Data breach at Cleartrip: troubling issues persist
Just a day ago, many of the customers of the Flipkart-owned Cleartrip travel booking platform received an email. The letter said concisely, “This is to inform you that there has been a security anomaly that involved illegal and unauthorized access to a portion of Cleartrip’s internal systems.” “We are fully aware that this would be…
Latest Ducati e-bikes are foldable – You sure want to know more
In India, when we say ‘bicycle’, we mean it’s a motorcycle. So when Ducati announced they are releasing two new e-bikes, and both foldable, we were a little perplexed. A folding motorcycle? That really sounds amazing. Well, it turns out the e-bikes in the Ducati ad are all about e-bikes, as it’s not uncommon to…
Your Prime Day Bargain Can Be Delivered In This Weird Gadget
Amazon’s attempts to show the world that it’s not using up all its resources with thousands of vans in the world are upping gears – well, sort of. If you snag some bargains during this year’s Prime Day sale, your package could arrive on the back of a new e-cargo bike consisting of a custom…