Google is fixing misleading Android apps problem in the Play Store, here’s how

As per the new guidelines, Google has directed developers to limit the length of app titles to 30 characters, ban keywords that imply store performance, promotion in the icon, title and developer name, and put an end to graphic elements that may mislead users in the app icon.

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Apple rolls out App Store suggestion feature to speed up searches

Apple has started rolling out the search suggestions feature on the App Store. This new feature enables users to discover apps easily. The company has presently introduced the feature in Canada, Australia, the US and UK.

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Army of the Dead, Lucifer, Toofaan, and More: May 2021 Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Video

Radhe, Army of the Dead, Lucifer season 5 part 2, Love Death + Robots season 2, Toofaan, Sardar Ka Grandson, Castlevania season 4, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Jupiter’s Legacy, Master of None season 3 — the biggest movies and TV shows on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5 and Apple TV+ in May 2021.

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IBM to Acquire Software Provider Turbonomic for Over $1.5 Billion

IBM said it has agreed to acquire Turbonomic, a provider of software that helps companies monitor the performance of their business applications, the latest in a series of cloud computing acquisitions by the tech giant.

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Google Meet and Google Chat may come pre-installed on future Chrome OS devices

Android apps of both Google Chat and Google Meet are already available on the Play Store and can easily be downloaded. With the latest move, Google is said opting to install the web apps onto Chrome OS to help prevent storage bloat.

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Audio-only Live feature is Instagram’s answer to Clubhouse

Through its official Twitter account, the company announced that it is adding the support to allow users to mute their audio or video when they are hosting a Live. Instagram spokesperson said that this support will provide the “hosts more flexibility during their livestream experiences, as they can decrease the pressure to look or sound a certain way while broadcasting live,” which is similar to the functionality Clubhouse offers.

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Microsoft to Take Smaller Cut From Video Game Developers: Report

Microsoft will cut its charges for video game developers who publish games in its online store, starting August, the New York Times reported.

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Twitter Warns of Rising Costs, Slow User Growth as Pandemic Boost Fizzles; Meets Revenue Expectations

Twitter posted revenues and user numbers mostly in line with analyst estimates in stark contrast to the better performing digital ad firms like Facebook and Alphabet.

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Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini Purple colour variants; Apple AirTag goes on sale in India: Price, specs and more

Last week Apple unveiled various products at its Spring Loaded event. The company introduced new iPads, Apple TV, Macs and more. Along with this, the event also saw the launch of the company's most affordable device AirTag and a new Purple colour variant of iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini. All these three devices are up for grabs in India today.

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US government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues

The new government breaches involve a popular virtual private network (VPN) known as Pulse Connect Secure, which hackers were able to break into as customers used it.

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US will launch $3.2 billion temporary broadband subsidy on May 12

The FCC said on Thursday it had approved 747 companies, including AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, T-Mobile Inc and Comcast Corp - to participate.

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Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told

Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big firms to behave with impunity, a lawyer told the Supreme Court.

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Facebook to pay $5 million to local journalists in newsletter push

Facebook Inc said it will give $5 million to pay local journalists in multi-year deals as part of its new publishing platform to help independent writers attract an audience and make money through the social media network.

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Microsoft to take smaller cut from video game developers: Report

The move comes at a time when Apple Inc is battling a lawsuit filed last year by Fortnite creator Epic Games alleging that the iPhone maker has abused its dominance in the market for mobile apps.

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Amazon reports its biggest profit ever as shoppers rely on online platforms during pandemic

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday reported its biggest profit ever as consumers turned to the online retailer for their shopping needs and businesses paid it more to warehouse and advertise their products.

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Flipkart daily trivia quiz April 30, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts and discount vouchers

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize.

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Amazon Expects Sales Windfall as US Economy Reopens, Posts Record Profits

Amazon, one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, posted record profits and signalled that consumers would keep spending in a growing US economy and converts to online shopping are not likely to leave.

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Chinese electric automaker Nio says chip shortage will slow car deliveries

The start-up forecast second-quarter deliveries of between 21,000 and 22,000 vehicles, for growth of 5% to 10% from the first three months of the year.

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Amazon app quiz April 30, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win Rs 20,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Results of today’s quiz will be announced on May 1.

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Why Apple has chips for iPhones while Ford got caught short

Automakers and their suppliers, with "just-in-time" production lines that can more easily be spun up or changed to produce different varieties of parts, have not. Apple said Wednesday that it would lose $3 billion to $4 billion in sales in the current quarter due to limited supplies of certain older chips.

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Top 10 tech companies to work for in India

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Google saved over $1 billion with employees working from home, claims report

According to a report by Bloomberg, during the first quarter, Google parent company Alphabet saved $268 million in expenses “primarily as a result of COVID-19” compared to the same period a year earlier. This money is otherwise spent on promotions, travel and entertainment.

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Telecom Italia looking to drop Huawei from Italy 5G network: Sources

Losing 5G work from Telecom Italia, one of Huawei's biggest clients in Europe, would be a blow to the Chinese technology giant, which has already lost some business to rivals Nokia and Ericsson.

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