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75% Indian Parents Want Online Schooling to Continue Beyond Pandemic: Survey A survey by home-grown ed-tech company,Byju’s, claims that a significant majority of Indian parents want their children to continue learning at home even beyond thepandemic. According to the survey,75% of parents said they want their children to continue learning online even after schools reopen. The survey, conducted in June 2020, received over 5,000 responses from parents across 18 cities. The respondents had at least one school-going child between KG and 12th-grade....

Amazon, Airtel Tie-up to Offer Cloud-Based Solutions to SMEs in India AmazonandAirtelhave announced a strategic partnership to offer cloud-based digital solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. In a joint press release on Wednesday, the companies announced that the Indian carrier will leverage the US e-commerce giant’sAmazon Web Services(AWS) network for the purpose. The tie-up will also accelerate the digital transformation in the country, said the press release....

AMD Quietly Debuts Two Entry-Level Processors with Vega 3 Graphics AMD has recently been placing a ton of focus on itsrecently announcedRyzen 4000 processors – taking the fight back to Intel. The company has not forgotten about the entry-level segment though. It has quietly debuted the AMD 3015e and AMD 3020e mobile processors, based on the existing Zen architecture. The AMD 3015e and 3020e both are based on the 14nm CMOS technology....

Apple’s Phil Schiller Steps Down as Apple’s Marketing Head One of Apple’s most recognizable top-level executives, Phil Schiller, is leaving is his current position as the company’s Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing. He, however, will continue to work with the company as an ‘Apple Fellow’. He will also remain the leader of the App Store and will continue to report directly to CEO, Tim Cook. Greg Joswiak, another Apple veteran, is taking over from Schiller as SVP of Worldwide Marketing....

Galaxy Tab S7, S7+ Launched with 120Hz Display; Priced Starting at $649 At the Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung has finally launched the new Galaxy Tab S7 and S7 Plus. The tablets were launched alongside the newGalaxy Note 20 series,Galaxy Watch 3, andGalaxy Buds Live, and as expected, Samsung is putting in powerful hardware here and is aiming for both media consumption and productivity use cases. The Tab S7 and S7 Plus both come in a similar looking design, other than their sizes of course....

Galaxy Z Fold 2 Unveiled with Bigger Displays, Five Cameras & Snapdragon 865+ SoC Alongside the Galaxy Note 20 series, Samsung has alsolaunchedthesuccessor to its first-ever foldable phone–Galaxy Fold. It has gotten a minor name change, in line with the Galaxy Z Flip branding, and is called the Galaxy Z Fold 2. While the core design does remain the same, the company has brought along some much-needed changes such as bigger bezel-less displays, fewer intrusions, and improved durability....

Google Files Gets Safe Folder for Hiding Files in Latest Beta In June, Google was spotted developing a ‘Safe Folder’ for its Files app. Before the feature even got rolled out to users, it got removed with a warning message indicating that the Safe folder is no longer supported. To everyone’s surprise, the software giant has now re-enabled the feature in the latest beta version of the Files app. As the name suggests,Safe Folder lets usershide sensitive photos and videos....