industry updates

Indian-origin Arvind Krishna appointed as the new CEO of IBM

Indian-origin Arvind Krishna has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American IT giant IBM

Snapchat has taken an evident jibe at its rival app Instagram

Data security take center-stage, as soon as Apple dials ‘Privacy 2.0’ as user privacy

APPLE hired Private contractors to snoop in users conversations

Wearable technology revolution of Fitbit

Fitbit has emerged as the Next Best Wearable Player after Apple, Say Industry Experts

The pricey Apple Watch may have led the global smartwatch shipments in the first quarter of 2019, but it is the San Francisco-headquartered activity trackers and wearables maker Fitbit which has emerged as the next best player after Apple, industry experts suggest. The top nine brands contribute to 75 percent of the market shipment and Samsung, Fitbit and Huawei grew exponentially in the first quarter, said the ‘Global Smartwatch Tracker’ report by Counterpoint.

Instagram now gives you an option to hide ‘like’ counts

Instagram is giving more users the option to publicly hide the like count on their posts. The company announced today that it’s expanding its hidden like count test, which it first announced in May, to six more countries: Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. The test started in Canada, where people who were included in the test had their likes hidden by default. They had to opt out to show the likes publicly, although they can always see that like count on their own content.

Tik Tok is soon going to face some serious competition from Facebook’s new short video app

As Facebook ropes in former Google employee Jason Toff for a key portfolio, speculation is rife about the social networking giant preparing the launch of a serious competitor to the short video-sharing app TikTok.

Jack McCauley discussing challenges in the VR gaming market

Oculus co-founder predicts the failure of Facebook’s dream of implementing VR Tech

Facebook-acquired Virtual Reality (VR) firm Oculus may not be profitable as the social networking giant is struggling to bring VR to the mainstream consumer market, says Jack McCauley, one of the co-founders of Oculus.

16 Million Indian Influencers in Instagram have Fake Accounts

A whopping 16 million accounts of Indian influencers on Facebook-owned Instagram are fake, revealed a new study, suggesting such people are artificially boosting “vanity metrics” that marketers often use while selecting influencers, including followers and engagement.

Xiaomi wants better camera tech, opens R&D center in Finland

Aiming to work better on camera technology, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has registered a research and development company in Tampere, Finland, the media reported. Xiaomi also decided to tap into Finnish camera expertise by founding a new company in Finland or more precisely, two companies, Xiaomi Finland Oy and Xiaomi Technology Finland Oy, tech portal nokiamob.net reported on Friday.