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    Indian Rules could hit Amazon

    Indian change of Foreign Rules could hit Amazon   Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in Dec. 2018 by investment rule changes that barred foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could compel players, including Amazon.com Inc, to restructure their ties with some major sellers. The government discussions coincide with a growing number of complaints from India’s brick-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc-controlled Flipkart of…

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    AMAZFIT LAUNCHES NEW FITNESS WEARABLES AT CES 2021

    AMAZFIT  LAUNCHES NEW FITNESS WEARABLES AT CES 2021 Amazfit theme for CES 2021, “Stronger, Together”, highlights the brand’s unwavering commitment to offering consumers effective products and services in the wearable market.     After the wave of cancellations last year concerning all the major conventions like MWC we are finally getting one big event fully. Yes, the CES 2021 is starting today January 11th in Las Vegas and thanks to the format being fully digital, everybody can attend via the web browser. All the major tech brands are of course itching to showcase their latest products in full glory and…

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    Huawei’s Under-Screen Camera Surface Online

    Huawei’s Under-Screen Camera Surface Online Huawei’s idea has innovatively added a secondary screen to the top frame of the phone. It should display information such as phone signal, time, and power.   the past few years, we have seen various approaches for achieving a full-screen design. From the first notch screens to the current hole-punch screens, they all are not true full-screen smartphones. We could give this title to the ZTE Axon 20 but its under-screen camera technology has some bugs. Anyways, we also know that Xiaomi and other manufacturers have been working on their own under-screen camera technologies. And most…

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    Twitter bans Donald Trump permanently

    Twitter bans Donald Trump permanently   Twitter on Friday permanently deactivated President Donald Trump’s world-famous handle two weeks before completing his turbulent four-year tenure.   “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement Friday morning. The move followed a breach of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Mr. Trump, during which at least five people were believed killed. Mr.…

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    Bitcoin Outburst $40,000 market price

    Bitcoin Outburst $40,000 market price Bitcoin now controls $746 billion of the $1 trillion value of the cryptocurrency market.     The progress began in December 2020 when it broke the $19,783 price it recorded in 2017. The price of leading cryptocurrency, BTC, has reached a record $40,000 just hours after it sold for $38,000. While bearish traders expected that the December rise would drop in no time, BTC continued to rise in value with a growth of 13.45% over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin which is seen as a digital gold has attracted institutional investments into the cryptocurrency market.…

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    INSTAGRAM TESTING NEW STORIES DESIGNS IN THE WEB VERSION

    INSTAGRAM TESTING NEW STORIES DESIGNS IN THE WEB VERSION   New Stories design is to users, and when the new design will become permanent and stable. The team of the popular social network Instagram has begun testing a useful innovation that will make viewing “Stories” in the web version much easier.   The new design of the “Stories” appear in a carousel display mode, and not just one “Stories” on the whole page. Navigation remains the same – you can manually scroll through the “Stories” or let them switch automatically. It is not yet clear how widespread the distribution of the…

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    MTN unveils hackathon Winner

    MTN unveils hackathon winner Hackathon is part of our wider contribution towards this aspiration, consistent with our commitment  to champion innovation from MTN mPulse.   Joshua Agboola, a 12-year-old JSS 2 student of Bellina College, Akoka, Lagos, has Emerged winner of the MTN mPulse Hackathon with the theme, ‘Beyond Covid.’ According to a statement yesterday, he won the competition by creating ‘Kagukar Study Buddie,’ a home-schooling, remote education and learning solution. It pointed out that using Artificial Intelligence, it works as an interactive voice-activated robot that assists students to study, practice tests, learn from stories while providing entertainment with games, riddles…

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    OPPO TOPS CHINESE SMARTPHONE MARKET

    OPPO TOPS CHINESE SMARTPHONE MARKET IN 51ST WEEK OF 2020 OPPO Reno 5 and Reno 5 Pro phones were officially released on December 10, 2020, featuring video portrait functions and thin and light design. According to a Weibo channel, OPPO smartphone shipments got first place in the domestic market in the 51st week of 2020, reaching 22% of the market share. Of course, the main reason for such a success is related to the new OPPO Reno 5 series. In the 51st week of 2020, the total sales volume of the Chinese smartphone market was 6.3 million units, of which OPPO…

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    Bitcoin hits above $30,000 for first time

    Bitcoin hits above $30,000 for first time Bitcoin gained weight more than 300% in 2020, and with the latest leg higher has added more than 50% since crossing $20,000 just two weeks ago.   Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $30,000 for the first time, with ever more traders and investors betting that it is on its way to becoming a mainstream payment method, Reuters has reported. The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency traded as high as $31,824 early on Saturday, with almost all other markets closed…

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    SONY PLAYSTATION 5 LAUNCH IN INDIA

    SONY PLAYSTATION 5 LAUNCH IN INDIA LATE 2020   PlayStation 5 launch in India has been forgotten by Sony.   Long ago, Sony was teasing the PlayStation 5 launch in India. That was way before the global launch of the console that happened in November 12. Several regions received the console on November 19, but India wasn’t among them. Now, it’s the last day of 2020, and apparently, the PlayStation 5 launch in India has been forgotten by Sony. Microsoft started selling its new Xbox Series X and Series S in India last month. However, we’re still clueless about the official launch…

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    Bolt Spreads over 21 Cities in Nigeria

    Bolt Spreads over 21 Cities in Nigeria Bolt, a private major transportation platform has made its landmark over 21cities across Nigeria.   Bolt, a major ride-hailing platform has registered it presence in 21 cities across Nigeria. The expansion move follows its diversification into 10 new cities along with the already existing 11. The move which is in line with Bolt’s vision of providing efficient and affordable rides to millions of Nigerians will now have riders in Akure, Warri, Asaba, Aba and Zaria onboard the platform. Other cities includes Kaduna, Onitsha, Makurdi, Ilorin and Uyo. Newsletter from Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission,…

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    Donald Trump to Loose Twitter Followers

    Donald Trump to Loose Twitter Followers before Joe Biden Administration takes over Donald Trump requests in 2016 to inherit Barack Obama’s millions of followers.   Twitter has confirmed that the official US presidential accounts will be wiped of their millions of followers before being transferred to the Biden administration. Mr Biden’s team “fought” the plan, but the social media giant said its decision was “unequivocal”. The move marks a reversal from the last transition. Twitter agreed to Donald Trump’s request in 2016 to inherit Barack Obama’s millions of followers. “In 2016, the Trump administration absorbed all of President Obama’s Twitter…

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    GALAXY S10 LITE NEW UNEXPECTEDLY UI 3.0

    GALAXY S10 LITE NEW UNEXPECTEDLY UI 3.0   Galaxy S10 Lite still doesn’t support Samsung DeX mode. Bixby Routines, Samsung Internet, and Samsung Keyboard apps have been improved to offer more features. Samsung unexpectedly began distributing One UI 3.0 firmware based on the Android 11 operating system for the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite smartphone. The move came as a surprise because the company has yet to release the One UI 3.0 update for the rest of the Galaxy S10 family, which includes the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 + and Galaxy S10 5G. GALAXY S10 LITE SOFTWARE UPDATE The new software update G770FXXU3DTL1 contains…

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    SAMSUNG LAUNCHES GALAXY BOOK FLEX 2

    SAMSUNG LAUNCHES THREE LAPTOPS, INCLUDING GALAXY BOOK FLEX 2 Galaxy Book Flex 2 flip touch laptops (plus the 5G version), the Galaxy Book Ion 2. Today, Samsung launched three laptops in the Korean market. They include a new generation of Galaxy Book Flex flip touch laptops (plus the 5G version), the Galaxy Book Ion 2, and the Notebook Plus 2. All of them have passed the Intel Evo certification. SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK FLEX 2 The Galaxy Book Flex comes with a ‘smart S Pen’ and a 360° rotatable 13.3-inch/15.6-inch FHD QLED touchscreen. It is a two-in-one notebook with good performance.…

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    Nigerian Government extends SIM-NIN deadline

    Nigerian Government extends SIM-NIN deadline to February 2021 NIN (The Nigeria National Identification Number telecommunication service has extended the SIM NIN Ban. The federal government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, NIN, by telecommunication service subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021 respectively. FG disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz. Part of the statement read: “The National Task Force on National Identification Number and SIM…