Facebook announced on Monday that it will begin breaking out the financials for its virtual and augmented reality unit, a move that comes as its core advertising operations face “significant uncertainty.” After reporting quarterly revenue that fell short of market estimates, Facebook cautioned that Apple Inc’s new privacy guidelines would have an impact on its digital business in the current quarter. Facebook’s Chief Financial Officer, David Wehner, reportedly noted that the company expects investment in its hardware division, Facebook Reality Labs, will cut overall operating profit by $10 billion in…

Vodafone Idea has recorded as the fastest mobile network speed in India in the first quarter of 2021 and won Ookla’s Speedtest Awards. According to Ookla statistics, Vi India had a speed score of 16.10 Mbps, Jio had a score of 13.98 Mbps, and Airtel had a score of 13.86 Mbps. Ookla said that during the assessing, it compared 19,718,623 user-initiated tests taken on the Speedtest iOS and Android mobile apps from all of India’s major mobile carriers to determine who has had the best mobile network speeds. Ookla prioritize…

Apple may release a stretchy band for the Apple Watch in order to detect blood pressure accurately. While the Apple Watch is widely regarded as the most powerful smartwatch available today, it lacks blood pressure sensors. While the Watch Series 7 monitors heart rate, SPO2 and a variety of fitness-related parameters, it does not measure blood pressure like some other smartwatches. This is quite likely to change in the future. However, unlike many smartwatches that enable BP monitoring via sensors buried in the dial, the Apple Watch may offer the…

PhonePe will now collect processing fees for each transaction. This means you will no longer be able to transfer money or recharge your phone without paying a small fee for each transaction. The company has said that it would levy fees ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 2 per transaction for mobile recharges worth more than Rs 50. PhonePe was the first payment app to begin charging for transactions. “On recharges, we are running a very small-scale experiment where a few users are paying for mobile recharges. Recharges below Rs…