New Apple Patent Suggests 3D Touch for the MacBook Pro Touch Bar Remember 3D touch? The feature everyone loved to hate until Apple actually got rid of it and we realised it was very useful in the keyboard? Well, according to a new patent filed by Apple, it seems the technology (or something similar to it, at least) might be making its way to the MacBook Pro’s infamous Touch Bar....
Reliance Jio Announces Clash Royale Tournament With Rs 2.5 Lakh Cash Prizes Reliance Jio‘s gaming division, JioGames, has teamed-up with developer Supercell to organize a nearly month-longClash Royaletournament for India. According to the press release, the event will run from November 28 to December 25, with the winners eligible for cash prizes and the title of‘India ka Gaming Champion’(India’s Gaming Champion). The total prize money on offer is Rs. 2.5 lakh, including the final payout and weekly giveaways....
Samsung’s Records its Highest Smartphone Profit Share in Six Years Samsung has reportedly managed to increase the profit share in the third quarter of this year. According to a report by market research firmStrategy Analytics, the company had over 30 percent profit share in the smartphone segment. In the third quarter,Samsung’s smartphone business contributed a 32.6 percent share of the global profitsin the smartphone segment. Notably, this is an 18.8 percent increase from its profit share in the same quarter last year....
Sony is Permanently Banning PS5 Owners For Selling Their PlayStation Plus Collection Sony offers access to 20 PlayStation 4 games through PlayStation Plus Collection, a new benefit to PlayStation Plus subscribers withPlayStation 5. The company has now noticed that some members areexploiting this offer by selling their benefit redeems to other players. In an attempt to stop this, Sony is nowimposing permanent banson these customers. According to a report onGamerBravesquoting forum posts, a few opportunistic PlayStation 5 owners have been listing PlayStation Plus Collection at reduced prices on online marketplaces....
Xbox Live Vulnerability Allowed Hackers to View Any User’s Email Address A serious vulnerability inXbox Livereportedly allowed hackers to see the e-mail ID of anybody who used the service. That’s according to multiple cyber-security researchers who claimed to have discovered the loophole and reported it toMicrosoft. The vulnerability has since been patched server-side, and Microsoft has issued a statement saying that users don’t have to do anything on their part to mitigate the problem....
YouTube 8K Streaming Support Reportedly Rolling Out to Select Android TV Users YouTubeis reportedly rolling out8K streamingsupport for selectAndroid TVusers as part of the company’s plans to possibly bring the feature to all users everywhere. According toAndroid Police,the feature is rolling out with YouTube version 2.12.08 on Android TV v10 and above, with the updated changelog stating ‘Limited 8K support to Android 10 and up’. The changelog also mentions support for ‘Cast Connect’, which enables Android TV devices better integrate ‘cast’ content with local playback controls, including the remote....
Amazon India Fined Rs. 75,000 for Not Displaying ‘Country of Origin’ on Product Pages The Consumer Affairs Ministry has imposed a cursory fine of Rs. 75,000 onAmazonIndia for not displaying the ‘Country of Origin’ of a number of products on its website. The fines are provisioned by the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules that came into effect in 2018. The development comes a month after the ministry hadissued notices to e-commerce majors, Amazon andFlipkart, for their failure to abide by the regulation....
