Flipkart’s The Big Billion Days: Amitabh Bachchan Roped in For The ‘Big B’ of Online Sales The sale wars are back! While Amazon is still to announce the exact schedule for its next Great Indian Sale, Flipkart hasalready revealedthat the Big Billion Days sale will be held from October 10-14. To attract even more online buyers this time around, the Indian e-commerce giant has surprisinglyroped in Amitabh Bachchanto promote the fifth edition of their ‘The Big Billion Days’ sale....

Google Feed is Now Discover As Google Announces Major Revamp To Mark 20 Years of Search It would seem Google is constantly tinkering with theGoogle Feed, which used to be Google Now, and will now be called Discover. You may not be familiar with the name Google Feed, but you sure have seen it. It’s the pane that sits on the left of the launcher on most stock Android phones, and surfaces relevant content based on what you have searched, shown interest in, updates from sports teams you follow and more....

Google Now Uses AI to Predict Floods; Already Working in India With global warming and climate change, incidents such as the devastatingfloods in Keralaor the current Hurricane Florence situation in the US will continue to affect human and wildlife settlements in greater numbers. But AI technology and connected devices have allowed us to quickly predict such disasters and prevent catastrophic damage. It’s in that spirit that Google has announced that isusing its AI algorithms, maps and other data to predict floods around the world....

Google Search Gets Stories, Video Results, Google Lens in Images and More Google Search is now 20 years old, and to celebrate the landmark, Google has announced a host of changes aimed at making search more visually interactive as well as convenient. The most notable change is the arrival of more Stories in Google Search beyond what publishers post, as well as Google Lens integration,Google Discover news feed, alongside video previews in search results....

India Among Countries With ‘Poor’ Video Streaming Experience on Mobile: OpenSignal Despitevideo streaming on smartphonesgaining momentum in India, the country still lags far behind on global standards, falling in the poor territory characterized by frequent stalling during video playback and long loading times even for low-resolution video, a new report revealed on Tuesday. When it comes to overall mobile video experience, India joins Iran and the Philippines below the “Fair” threshold into “Poor” territory (0-40), said London-based wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal....

Instagram Founders Quit Facebook Coming as a jolt, both of Instagram’s co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have stepped down from the company they founded about eight years ago and eventually sold to Facebook for a whopping $1 billion six years ago. The news of the departure was first reported byNew York Times, however, Systrom has hasconfirmed in anofficial blog postthat Krieger and he will be leaving Instagram. Systrom said the two of them are“planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again....

iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max Users are Reporting Network, Connectivity Issues The new iPhones just began shipping out last week, and the first major issue has now started popping up! According to multiple reports onReddit, the Apple Support forums, and onMacRumors, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users are suffering from connectivity issues on the new smartphones. The reports also happen to have a weird mix of potential issues. A large number of reports are from areas that have poor connectivity, but connection issues have reportedly gotten worse with the iPhone XS as compared to the iPhone 8 Plus or the iPhone X....