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Apple Music Launches Two Radio Stations and Renames Beats 1 to Apple Music 1 Apple has today launched two new radio stations inApple Musicnamely Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country across 165 countries. The Cupertino giant is alsorebranding Beats 1 radio station as Apple Music 1. With this move, Apple is one step closer to its rumoredefforts to phase out Beats. Apple Music Hits will feature popular songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s....

Apple to Manufacture iPhone 12 in Bangalore, Likely to Cost Less than iPhone 11 Apple has only recently startedmanufacturing the iPhone 11 in India. However, a new report now suggests that the company will be manufacturing its 2020 flagship, the iPhone 12 in the country as well. The Business Standard report claims that Apple is investing huge sums in its Bengaluru plant for the process. This goes in line withrecent reportsthat Wistron, one of Apple’s manufacturing partners, is hiring 10,000 new employees for its plant in Karnataka....

Competition Commission of India Dismisses Antitrust Case Against WhatsApp The Competition Commission of India (CCI) hasdismissed an antitrust case against Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The order was made public on Tuesday (August 18). Earlier in May,Reutershad reported that theCCI was investigating WhatsAppfor potential antitrust violations. The plaintiff had claimed that WhatsApp attempted to abuse its dominance as a messaging platform to foray intoUPI payments. However, the CCI is not convinced enough to take any legal action against WhatsApp....

Delhi Metro Introduces New Smart Card with Auto-Recharge Feature The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought theDelhi Metroto a standstill. It hasn’t been operational for nearly five months. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is, however, working behind the scenes on new ways to promote contactless and cashless travel once the metro is functional once again. It has unveiled a new type of smart card today, which will offer an auto top-up feature to commuters....

Fantasy Sports Platform ‘Dream 11’ Wins IPL 2020 Title Sponsorship Bid After reports earlier this month thatVivo pulled out of the title sponsorship deal for IPL2020, the BCCI was holding bids for the new sponsors for this season. Among the many companies that submitted their bids,including Unacademy, fantasy sports platform Dream 11 has come out to be the new title sponsor for the tournament this season. Dream 11 is paying ₹220 crore for the sponsorship and the duration of the sponsorship is till December 31....

Google Assistant Now Easily Lets You Send Audio Messages to Contacts Google Assistant already allows users to easily send text messages to their contacts. It only requires you to call upon the voice assistant with the contact’s name and say the message out loud. It saves time for those who are lazy enough to type a message. Well, if you want to make your messages more personal,Google Assistantnow allows you to send audio messages to contacts as well....

Google Launches ‘Kormo’ App in India For Entry-Level Job Seekers As part of its plans to enter the professional networking and job-search market in India,Googlehas launched the ‘Kormo’ app to help users look for entry-level jobs. The company has reportedly beenrunning pilots for the new app in Indiasince last year through its ‘Next Billion Users’ (NBU) division that focuses on acquiring new users in emerging markets. Kormo was operating as ‘Jobs Spot’ on Google Pay in India since last year....