Tim Cook Forgets to Mention India in Earnings Call After Dismal iPhone Sales Aware of Apple’s poor run in the Indian premium smartphone market this year, CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday avoided mentioning India and the company’s “bullish approach” towards the country — probably for the first time — at the company’s Q3 earnings call. The only mention India got was from Apple’s Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri — that too for Mac and not iPhones — during the call with analysts and investors after the company reported record fiscal 2018 third quarter result (April-June period) with $53....

TRAI Issues Revised Guidelines for Testing Quality of VoLTE Services The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday notified directions on quality of service (QoS) forVoice over LTEusers through Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) option that is proposed to measure and report call setup delays. The regulations came afterTRAIhad initiated public consultation on February 26 and an ‘Open House Discussion’ was held on April 23, said a TRAI statement, adding these were to“measure call set up delay for mobile originating and terminating calls on sample basis in the networks where LTE has been launched but Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is yet to be launched”....

Waymo Wants to Know How Much You Would Pay For A Self-Driving Cab Ride Google’s autonomous vehicles division,Waymo, is expected to launch full-fledged taxi services with its self-driving vehicles in the near future. The company has been testing the service in several US cities for more than a year, with its trial in the Arizona capital of Phoenix believed to be the furthest along among the company’s 25 test cities....

You Can Now Stream Archie Motion Comics on Spotify Spotify built its empire on the back of music streaming, but it is recently experimenting with non-musical forms of content as well. The app already carriesexclusive videos, but is today introducing ‘Archie motion comics’ into the mix as well. As reported byThe Nerdist, Spotify has teamed with the team behind the new Archie comics tobring your much-loved storyline to life with a six-episode video series....

You Can Now Sync Spotify Playlists To Your Alarms in Google’s Clock App Spotify is one of the leading music streaming services, and am sure many of you already use it to listen and stream music, legally. However, the problem with Spotify and many other music streaming services is the fact that you can’t use your favorite songs as your alarms. However, it seems like it’s all set to change for good, starting with Spotify....

After Zomato, Swiggy Introduces Paid Subscription Service Swiggy Super Swiggy is one of the most preferred and reliable services when it comes to online food ordering. The Bengaluru-based company offers great delivery speeds and is partnered with plenty of restaurants in the country. However, it is not alone, having faced heavy competition from other apps such as Uber Eats, Foodpanda, and most importantly, Zomato. Now, in light of competing with Zomato and its paid subscription service, Swiggy has announced its own premium service that offers better features such as free unlimited deliveries....

Amazon India Launches Engineering Books Section Amazonmay be the preeminent online retailer of anything and everything under the sun today, but the company started off with books, and it is one category that continues to remain close to heart of the company’sfounder and CEO, Jeff Bezos. While the retailer sells a variety of books in the US, the choice, especially in the textbook department, has always been somewhat limited in India....