Reliance Jio to Use ISRO Satellites For Rural, Remote Connectivity in India Reliance Jio, which recently completed its firsttwo years of operations, has attracted many users on the basis of its attractive pricing. Now, the telco is looking forward tobringing new users on board, on the back of superior network quality. Reliance Jio is deploying ISRO’s satelliteswhile the technology for this backhaul network has been developed by Hughes Communications (HCIL). This network will help strengthen network in common areas, but the aim behind this is toconnect up to 400 different sites in the rural as well as remote areasaround India....

Samsung Opera House: World’s Largest Mobile Experience Store Opens in Bengaluru Looking to further cement its position in India, South Korean tech major Samsung on Tuesday set up what is arguably the world’s largest mobile experience center in Bengaluru, barely two months after it opened itsbiggest mobile factory in Noida. According to Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India, the tech major is looking to become a part of the larger community in Bengaluru and this experience center is an extension of the firm’s “Make for India” endeavor....

Samsung Unveils LTE-Enabled SmartThings Tracker Priced at $99.99 Samsung has announced an LTE-enabled location tracking device called theSmartThings Trackerwhich uses cellular network instead of Bluetooth and GPS for location tracking, and can also be used as a smart home device. The new Samsung device is claimed to offer a nationwide location tracking range as long as a cellular network is available. The SmartThings Tracker relies on LTE-M (Cat.M), a low-power cellular connectivity standard designed for IoT devices, which means the device can offer seamless location monitoring both indoors and outdoor, instead of depending solely on crowd GPS to locate a missing person, pet or an object....

Scientists Team Up on Fortnite to Teach Players About Climate Change Fortnite is one of the most popular games out there and it’s popularity basically dwarfs everything else on the internet most days; and while most of us play Fortnite just for fun, or in cases of pro-streamers like Ninja, as a full-time job, there’sa group of scientists who have now started playing and streaming Fortnite as a way to raise awareness about climate change....

Snapdragon Wear 3100 Gives Wear OS Smartwatches A New Lease on Life In line withrecent rumors, Qualcomm hastoday launchedits latest smartwatch chipset platform called the Snapdragon Wear 3100 to give Wear OS watches a shot at fighting off the Apple Watch. The Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform was shown off at a launch event in San Francisco, where Qualcomm revealed it has beenworking closely with Google to build this next-gen smartwatch chip....

Twitter Inks Over 50 New Video Content Deals in Asia Pacific Expanding its premium video content in Asia Pacific, Twitter on Tuesday unveiled over 50 content collaborations, bringing hundreds of hours of live stream and video highlight programming across sports, entertainment and news to the platform. “Content is happening now at Twitter, and we have proven through the efficacy of the partnerships we have crafted, that content programming and distribution on Twitter is an essential part of any media company’s audience engagement and content monetization strategies,”Kay Madati, Global Vice President of Content Partnerships, Twitter, said in a statement....

Vivo Trials 5G-Enabled NEX S Smartphone With Qualcomm X50 Modem Chinese handset maker Vivo has announced it has successfully trialed a 5G-ready smartphone by modifying itsNEX Ssmartphone by putting in a Qualcomm X50 modem, which was introduced in February. “The device set-up included a non-standalone architecture model that combined both LTE and NR (New Radio) antennas, based on 3GPP Release 15 standards. The test has completed the first phase of protocol and tests with Keysight UXM 5G signaling,” GSM Arena reported late on Monday....