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‘Marshall Uxbridge Voice’ Bluetooth Speaker With Built-in Alexa Launched for $199 Swedish audio equipment manufacturer, Zound Industries, has launched a new Bluetooth speaker that comes with built-in support for Amazon Alexa and Apple AirPlay 2. Called ‘Marshall Uxbridge Voice‘, the device is described by the company as a “compact sonic powerhouse” that combines contemporary technology with iconic Marshall design to deliver hard-hitting sound while retaining a classic look. The Marshall Uxbridge Voice comes with a $199 (around Rs....

Amazon India to Focus on Delivering Only High Priority Products As India goes into a national lockdown, companies such asFlipkart have announced that they are ceasing operationsacross their supply-chain in an effort to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. However, Amazon India has published a blog post explaining that the company will continue operating its e-commerce platform for high-priority goods in the country. In the blogpost, Amazon India says that the company is“temporarily prioritizing [its] available fulfilment and logistics capacity to serve products that are currently critical for [its] customers such as Household Staples, Packaged Food, Health Care, Hygiene, Personal safety and other high priority products....

Apple’s ‘Find My’ App to Add AR Mode and New Location Triggers: Report Apple’sFind Myapp will reportedly gain support for a couple of new features namely augmented reality mode and new location triggers iniOS 14. The features were discovered in an early build of iOS14 by9to5Mac. According to the report, Apple will improve notifications for Find My’s location sharing in iOS 14. There will be an option to receive notification alerts when a person doesn’t arrive at a specific location during the intended time....

Big Bazaar Starts Doorstep Delivery of Groceries As the online delivery space shrunk withFlipkart, Amazon, Bigbasket and Grofers suspending orcurtailing operationsamid the 21-day lockdown, supermarket chain Big Bazaar has entered the fray, launching doorstep delivery services in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurugram. However, within no time, even Big Bazaar was flooded with calls, forcing the company to issue a statement on Wednesday, saying that“In light of the recent announcement, we are receiving an unprecedented numbers of request for doorstep delivery....

Computex 2020 Postponed to September Due to Coronavirus We have witnessed thecancelationsandpostponementsof several tech shows and events over the past few months. The latest one to get postponed is Computex 2020 that was originally scheduled from June 2 – June 6, 2020. The event will now be held in September. The organizers of the event, TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) have jointly announced thatComputex 2020 will be rescheduled to September 28 – September 30....

Flipkart Ceases Operations Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Etailer Flipkart on Wednesday said it has temporarily suspended its operations and services – including grocery items — as India enters a 21-day lockdown. Although ecommerce platforms were allowed to provide essential goods and services in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, Flipkart decided to halt all orders from March 25 for its three supply chains — grocery, non-large goods and large items....

Google Chrome May Soon be Less of a Battery Hog Intel is reportedly working with Google to reduce the power consumption of Chromium-based browsers on Intel-powered computers. According to a comment from an Intel engineer on the Chromium Gerrit, some of the latest processors from the company, such asIce Lake, support ‘RGB10 overlay’, which improves power consumption. The Intel employee, identified only as ‘Richard’, also said that engineers in both companies are working on a new feature that will allow Chromium-based browsers to play HDR videos through this new technology, resulting in enhanced efficiency....