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WhatsApp rolls out video and voice group calling feature

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WhatsApp is a major success in this part of the world. Today, people rely more on WhatsApp than SMSes. Although late, WhatsApp has started rolling out the group calling feature for video and voice. As per WhatsApp, their users spend over 2 billion minutes on calls per day.

WhatsApp group call feature is limited to four people. This feature is been gradually rolled out to devices on Android and iOS. To initiate group calling, one needs to start a one-on-one voice or video call and tap ‘add participant’ button located at the top right corner (highlighted in red in the above image) to add more contacts to the call.

WhatsApp also encrypts these group calls and they are optimized to work on various networks across the world.

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Titan Pay is a regular watch that does contactless payments

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We know watches have been fulfilling payment duties for quite some time but the ones that do are smartwatches. The Titan Pay, however, if your everyday. It looks and functions like a regular watch it has a payment trick up its sleeve that allows the watch to make payments at any MasterCard-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) machines. […]

Amazon introduces Smart Plug in India

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Smart plugs as a concept have existed since for years now and Amazon is throwing their hat in the ring with their own Smart Plug version. However, unlike many other Smart Plugs in the market, the Amazon Smart Plug understandably supports Alexa only and not Google Assistant. The 6A plug is designed with a 3-pin […]

Nvidia spends US$40 billion for Arm

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Nvidia has spent a good chunk to acquire Cambridge, UK-based Arm. It is one of the most important acquisitions in this digital age considering majority of mobile devices in the world today are based on Arm CPUs. Just to put it in a perspective, there are over 180 billion chips shipped by Arm’s licensees. The […]

Microsoft Xbox Series X and Series S releasing on Nov 10

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UPDATE: Indian price and specs below. Microsoft has just confirmed the release date of its upcoming Xbox consoles. Beginning November 10, both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S will be available worldwide with the US pricing at $499 and $299 respectively. If you don’t want to shell out upfront, Microsoft will also […]

Apple set to announce new devices next week [Updated]

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UPDATE: Mark Gurman from Bloomberg who’s considered a very reliable source when it comes to all things Apple says there will be no iPhones next week. In fact, the event will reveal the new iPad and the Apple Watch. New iPhones will come in October. It’s iPhone month and right on the money, Apple just […]

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