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Apple revealed that it achieved a record quarter with $83.4 billion in revenue during the September quarter results call, a 29 percent increase year on year. In terms of the Indian market, CEO Tim Cook confirmed on the earnings call that Apple has doubled its business in India. The record-breaking quarter in India may be attributed to holiday season online sales as well as attractive deals that enticed Indian shoppers. During the Christmas discounts, the iPhone 12 was available for less than Rs 50,000, and Apple’s offer of free AirPods…

Google has released a new stable update for Chrome users running on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The update includes critical security patches for two zero-day security vulnerabilities. Google verified that the security flaws were being actively exploited in the wild by malicious attackers. Titled “Chrome 95.0.4638.69”, the update will be rolled out to Windows, Mac and Linux systems over the coming days or weeks. In a security note that Google has shared on the update, the tech major mentions the two crucial security fixes – CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003. Google says…

WhatsApp may eventually require users who make payments over the service to verify their identities. According to an APK breakdown, the WhatsApp v2.21.22.6 beta version has new strings that hint to a verification system. Last year, WhatsApp Pay was made available to users in India. XDA developers discovered the following strings during the APK teardown: “Your identity could not be verified. “Try uploading the documents again,” and “Verify your identity to continue using WhatsApp payments.” Users of other Unified Payments Interface (UPI) apps, such as PhonePe and Google Pay, are…

Google has announced that the chat history migration from WhatsApp iPhone to android phone feature is now accessible on all Pixel phones. The feature will be available on all new Android 12-powered smartphones. Initially, it was only accessible for Samsung devices running Android 10 or higher. Announcing the new feature, Google said in a blog, “We want to make this process easier, so with the recent Android 12 release, we added the ability to transfer all your essentials by connecting your iPhone with your new Android phone using a cable….

Microsoft may be contemplating a head-to-head war with Chromebooks, and its ammo may include a low-cost Surface laptop running a new, possibly stripped-down version of Windows 11 called Windows 11 SE. That SE suffix could stand for Special Edition, as it does in the case of the iPhone SE. According to a new study, the new Surface laptop will be a better option to the low-cost Chromebooks on the market. According to Windows Central, the watered-down version of Surface will be called Surface Laptop SE and will be targeted at…

Motorola is getting ready to release another high-end smartphone soon. Following the popularity of the Edge 20 series, Motorola may finally launch the Moto G200. The smartphone’s key specifications have leaked online. The next Moto G200 is believed to include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor as well as a Full HD+ display with a refresh rate of 144HZ. The company has yet to make an official announcement, but the smartphone is likely to be the successor of the Moto G100, which has been made official in China earlier this year….

Popular video conferencing application Zoom has revealed the availability of auto-generated captions, often known as live transcription. During a Zoom video conversation, the auto-generated captions or live transcription tool enables automatic captioning. Previously, the feature was only available to premium Zoom Meetings and Zoom Video Webinars accounts. Zoom said that the feature has been rolled out to all users to help people with disabilities. “It’s important to us that everyone can successfully connect, communicate, and participate using Zoom. Without the proper accessibility tools, people with disabilities face tremendous barriers when…

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…