Md Waquar Haider
Senior Sub Editor at TECHLUSIVE India. You can reach out to me at Twitter - @waquarhaider10
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Internet speeds for Jio and Airtel improved since the launch of 5G service in India: Report
As 5G roll-out picks up speed, the median download speeds across India increased by a massive 115 per cent since the launch of 5G on October 1 last year, a report showed on Wednesday. The median download speed increased from 13.87 Mbps in September to 29.85 Mbps in January 2023, according to Ookla, the global
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Acer Swift Go 14 laptop launched in India Rs 62,990: Check details here
Acer on Monday launched the Swift Go 14 thin and light laptop with an eco-friendly OceanGlass touchpad in the Indian market. The Swift Go 14 starts at Rs 62,990 and it is available in all Acer exclusive stores, Acer E-store, Croma and Amazon. The laptop is powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Airtel announces its largest ever 5G roll-out in 125 cities
Bharti Airtel on Monday announced the launch of its ultra-fast 5G services in 125 cities. Airtel 5G Plus service is now available to customers in over 265 cities in the country. Powered by the reliable Airtel network infrastructure, Airtel 5G Plus will provide superfast access to High-Definition video streaming, gaming, multiple chatting, instant uploading of
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Microsoft increases Bing AI's chat limits to 120 total chats per day
Microsoft has increased conversation limits on Bing AI to 10 chats per session and 120 total chats per day. Earlier, these conversations were limited to 6 chat turns per session and a total of 100 per day. Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, Yusuf Mehdi, tweeted on Wednesday: "Bing Chat moving
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Apple may limit ProMotion, Always-On display to iPhone 15 Pro models
Apple will reportedly limit its display features-- Always-On and ProMotion-- to the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max smartphone models. This means that the standard iPhone 15 will not come with the ProMotion feature, which speeds up parts of the screen when a faster rate is required and slows it down to
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Instagram back after major global outage
Social networking platform Instagram on Thursday said that it has fixed the "technical issue" because of which users were facing trouble accessing the platform. The company tweeted from its @InstagramComms account: "A technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible and apologise for any
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Microsoft to add multi-factor authentication capabilities to Outlook app
Microsoft will soon accelerate the adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for its 365 cloud productivity platform by incorporating MFA capabilities into the Outlook email client. According to a new Microsoft 365 roadmap entry, users will be able to complete MFA requests for its 365 apps directly in the Outlook app with the help of a
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Samsung to invest $230 bn on 5 advanced chip plants to get competitive edge
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it will spend 300 trillion won ($229.81 billion) over the next 20 years to build the world's largest semiconductor cluster in the Seoul metropolitan area, as part of efforts to secure a competitive edge in the sector and bolster its own supply chain. The envisioned chip cluster will be built
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Amazfit GTR Mini with 1.28-inch display, 20-day battery life launched in India at Rs 10,999
Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables technology brand owned by Zepp Health, a health technology company, has announced the launch of its latest product, the Amazfit GTR Mini in India. The smartwatch features a stainless-steel frame, 120+ sports modes, 24/7 Heart rate, SPO2 and advanced health monitoring features. It is also equipped with 5 satellite
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Bharti backed OneWeb to launch 36 satellites with ISRO: All you need to know
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, will now target its launch of 36 satellites with ISRO for no earlier than 26 March 2023. This launch, taking place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, will be OneWeb's eighteenth launch to-date and its third this year, completing its first generation LEO
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Galaxy Z Flip 5 to come with a bigger secondary display: All you need to know
Samsung is reportedly planning to launch Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 later this year in Q3 and now Ice Universe, a reliable Samsung leaker has claimed that the Galaxy Z Flip 5 will feature a 3.4-inch cover display. For those who don't know, the Galaxy Z Flip 4 has a
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Google adds contact photos to conversation threads in messages
Google has added a contact's profile photo to the top of conversations in messages for Android, following larger changes to "RCS" branding and read receipt icons in recent weeks. Messages have always allowed users to open Google Contacts by tapping a person's name in the app bar -- the company is now emphasising that shortcut
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Twitter to soon increase long-form tweets to 10,000 characters: Musk
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that the micro-blogging platform will soon increase the long-form tweets to 10,000 characters, along with simple formatting tools. When a user posted, "Genius, @twitter and @elonmusk decision to allow long form content on Twitter is brilliant product design. There will be less click bait type of articles and
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Hackers targeted Microsoft, Google, Apple via zero-day exploitation in 2022: Report
Researchers have tracked 55 zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in 2022 by hackers, most targeting Microsoft, Google and Apple products. According to information security company Mandiant, products of Microsoft, Google and Apple made up the majority of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2022, consistent with the previous years, and the most exploited product types were operating systems
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
5G Smartphone shipments in India grew 74 percent YoY in CY2022: Report
India's 5G smartphone momentum continued through CY2022. The 5G smartphone shipment share increased to 31 percent, with 5G shipments growing 74 percent YoY in 2022. Around $20 billion value of 5G Smartphones were shipped in 2022. Samsung led the 5G Smartphone segment with 23 percent market share, followed by OnePlus with 15 percent market share,
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro launched in India at Rs 99,999: Check details here
OnePlus on Tuesday announced the launch of its much-awaited OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro at the Cloud 11 launch event in India. The new flagship OnePlus TV is the latest addition to the brand's premium Q Series portfolio which debuted in 2019, with the launch of the OnePlus TV Q1 Series. The OnePlus TV 65
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
This smartphone maker to use eco-conscious materials in all its mobile phones: Here's why
Samsung Electronics has announced that it aims to broaden the use of eco-conscious materials to all its smartphone products in the coming years. The world's largest smartphone maker said it plans to use recycled plastic materials in all its new flagship Galaxy smartphones and stop using plastics in packaging by 2025, reports Yonhap news agency.
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Airtel 5G crosses 10 million unique users
Bharti Airtel has crossed the 10 million unique 5G user mark on its network. The company is well poised to cover every town and key rural areas with Airtel 5G services by end of March 2024, the telecom giant said in a statement. In November 2022, Airtel became the first and only operator to have
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Poco X5 Pro 5G Review: A good looking well-built smartphone
5G smartphone market in India is growing. In 2022, the 5G smartphone market share in the country increased to 31 percent, with the shipments growing 74 percent YoY (year-on-year). Overall, the value of 5G smartphones shipped to India in 2022 stood at around $20 billion. Interestingly, this trend was observed even as the overall mobile
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
Airtel surpasses one million customer mark on its 5G network in Mumbai
Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has crossed the 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Mumbai. Airtel was the first to roll-out 5G in the country and Mumbai was one amongst the first 8 cities to get ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus. Today, Airtel's 5G services is available in over 140
AUTHOR: MD WAQUAR HAIDER| Posted December 5, 2025
