SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Internet Launches in Beta; Priced at $99 a Month A week after successfullylaunching 60 Starlink 13 mission satellitesinto orbit,SpaceXhas launched the public beta test for itsproposed satellite internet service. As part of the plan, the company this week reportedly started sending emails to people who pre-registered for the ‘Starlink’ satellite internet service, notifying them that they can now sign-up for the ‘Better Than Nothing’ beta test. According toCNBC, whichclaimsto have seen some of the emails, the company is charging aone-time fee of $499 alongside a monthly fee of $99for the service....

TikTok Moves Into E-Commerce With Shopify Partnership With itslegal status in the US still up in the airfollowing threats of a nationwide ban by the Trump administration, Chinese short-format video app,TikTok, has inked a new global partnership with Canadian e-commerce platform, Shopify. In a press statement announcing the deal, Shopify claimed that the partnership with TikTok will help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their products on the video-sharing app as it looks to grow its customer base among gen-next users....

Airtel Posts Record Quarterly Revenues on Higher Tariffs, Increased Data Usage BhartiAirtelposted its highest ever consolidated quarterly revenue in Q3, 2020, driven largely by higher tariffs and a rise in data usage because of increased remote working. In a press release on Tuesday, the company said that its consolidated quarterly revenue rose 22% to Rs. 25,785 crore as compared to Rs. 21,131 crore a year ago due to“strong growth across the portfolio – geographies and segments”....

Apple Set to Raise App Store Prices in India If you’ve been holding off on buying that paid iPhone app some other time, it might be a good idea to get it right now.Applehas announced that it will be increasing the prices of apps on theApp Storein India, among other countries. According to Apple, the price hikes are due to taxes (as in the case of India) or changes in foreign exchange rates....

Apple to Launch AirPods 3 and AirPods Pro 2 in 2021: Report It’s been a while since Apple launched thesecond generation of its AirPods. Although we’ve heard rumors thatApple’s AirPods 3 will launch in the first half of 2021, a new report fromBloombergsuggests that Apple is also preparing to refresh itsAirPods Pro. According to the report, thedesign of the upcoming regular non-Pro AirPods will be similar to the current AirPods Pro....

Apple’s First iMac with Desktop Class A14T Chip to Launch in H1 2021 At its annual developer conference, WWDC, Apple announced that it will bemaking the switch from Intel chipsets to its own, in house Apple Silicon for its line up of Mac devices. Moreover, the company announced that it will launch the first Mac powered by Apple Silicon by the end of 2020, which means we should expect something in the next two months....

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is Coming to Android and iOS in March 2021 Earlier this year in July, King, the maker ofCandy Crush, revealed its plans tobring Crash Bandicoot to Android and iOS. While the company didn’t reveal an exact timeframe for the game then, King has now announced that thegame will be available in Spring 2021. To be specific, theexpected launch date of the upcoming endless runner game is March 25, 2021....