By Paresh DaveOAKLAND: The U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday could deliver a huge opportunity for Microsoft Corp to increase usage of its Bing search engine, an unexpected epilogue years after it abandoned a long campaign for legal relief. From at least 2007 through 2015, Microsoft lobbied lawmakers, funded private lawsuits, commissioned opposition research and academic papers and even ran TV commercials, all with the aim of getting regulators to bar… Source link
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Huawei Technologies Co and several other Chinese tech firms have raised concerns to local regulators about chipmaker Nvidia Corp’s deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The tech firms have been lobbying the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) to either reject the transaction or impose conditions, which will ensure their access to Arm technology, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. One of the major concerns of these… Source link
Read More »Google on lawsuit, Telecom News, ET Telecom
Stressing that this is not the dial-up 1990s when changing services was slow and difficult and often required to buy and install software with a CD-ROM, Google has vehemently defended its position after the US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorneys General sued the tech giant for allegedly abusing its market position in the domain of online search. Claiming that the lawsuit relies on dubious antitrust arguments, Google said that like countless other businesses, the company pays to… Source link
Read More »Tariff shelter must be temporary, Telecom News, ET Telecom
The reported move to have a sunset date for high import tariffs on electronic products like mobile phones and TVs makes perfect sense. Artificial value addition behind high tariff walls enriches a few while impoverishing the citizenry, with high costs, obsolescence and incapacity to compete globally. Reportedly, high tariffs to boost domestic production would have a 4-5-year term limit. In tandem, what’s surely required are innovative industrial and technology policies for Indian producers… Source link
Read More »Reliance launches made in India browser JioPages, support of 8 languages - reliance jio launched made in india web browser jiopages in 8 language, see features – Pledge Times
new Delhi. Reliance Jio has launched a new web browser JioPages for Indian users, which is exactly Made in India and supports 8 Indian languages. These new web browsers of Reliance, equipped with a lot of features, have been specially made for mobile users, which is fast and safe. According to Reliance, indigenous web browser has been launched for Indians keeping in mind the data privacy, which is not less than any foreign web browser in terms of features. Also read- Huawei Y7a launch, tough… Source link
Read More »America Movil’s capital expenditure will be $6 bln, down from $8.5 bln foreseen, Telecom News, ET Telecom
MEXICO CITY: America Movil chief executive officer, Daniel Hajj, said on Wednesday that the telecoms giant will reduce capital expenditure to $6 billion in 2020, down from the $8.5 billion foreseen at the start of the year. “We are going to reduce the capex from our original number this year, because execution in the lockdown was very difficult” Hajj said in a call following the third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Hajj added that some non-essential projects were also canceled or delayed. Follow… Source link
Read More »Jio revamps its made-in-India browser as JioPages
New Delhi, Oct 21 : Reliance Jio has revamped its made-in-India browser as JioPages, which supports eight Indian languages — Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bangla. Currently available for Android smartphones, the browser is a revamped version of JioBrowser which has already been downloaded over 10 million times from Google Play Store. The revamped browser, built on the powerful Chromium Blink engine, focusses on data-privacy to give users full… Source link
Read More »Jio unveils new, upgraded ‘JioPages’; made-in-India mobile browser supports 8 Indian languages
NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio has launched new, revamped ‘JioPages’, its Made-in-India mobile browser that is available in eight Indian languages and promises enhanced browsing experience while focusing on data privacy. The new version of the browser made its debut on Google Playstore on Tuesday. JioPages is built on the Chromium Blink engine, and provides enhanced browsing experience through faster engine migration, webpage rendering, faster page loads, efficient media streaming, Emoji domain… Source link
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In a major boost to digital presence, Reliance Jio today announced the launch of its made-in-India browser called JioPages while “keeping privacy at the core of the browser.” JioPages is built on the powerful Chromium Blink engine. “It provides enhanced browsing experience through faster engine migration, webpage rendering, faster page loads, efficient media streaming, Emoji domain support and encrypted connection,” Jio said in a statement. The JioPages browser also… Source link
Read More »Reliance Jio revamps its made-in-India mobile browser, launches it as JioPages
JioPages comes in 8 Indian languages and with an inbuilt adblocker. Reliance Jio has rolled out a revamped mobile browser called JioPages. Currently available for Android, the browser comes in eight Indian languages: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali. Jio announced on Tuesday that JioPages focuses on data privacy and gives users control of their information. JioPages appears to be a revamped version of JioBrowser. JioBrowser has been available since December 2018,… Source link
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