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Revving up its hardware efforts, social networking giant   Facebook   is now planning to build its own Augmented Reality (AR) glasses, TechCrunch   reported . "Yeah! Well of course we're working on it," Facebook's AR Head Ficus Kirkpatrick was quoted as saying on Thursday at TechCrunch's AR/VR (virtual reality) event in Los Angeles. "We are building hardware products. We're going forward on this . . . We want to see those glasses come into reality, and I think we want to play our part in helping to bring them there," Kirkpatrick said. The announcement follows Facebook's launch of its first self-branded hardware - a pair of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered smart video chat devices,  Portal  and Portal +. Some of the other American tech giants have already ventured into the AR space already. While  Microsoft  has its  HoloLens ,  Google Glass  is being developed for the enterprise. Apple has been talking about the pote...

Much like  PUBG Mobile ,  PUBG for Xbox One  has seen an update to bring Halloween-themed items into the game such as masks, cords, and even new weapons. Furthermore, the PUBG Halloween skins are available from October 25 to November 21. PUBG Xbox One also gets the Training Mode. This allows you to practice PUBG without the fear of dying as your heath does not drop below one in Training Mode. Developer PUBG Corp announced this in addition to changes to the BP (Battle Points) system. BP is earned while playing and allows you to gain new items. "Previously, we offered BP rewards based only on your ranking," a post from PUBG Corp  reads . "Now, we've restructured the system to take into account both play time and ranking. Rewards have been restructured to equalise the differences in BP efficiency based on playing time for each Map and Mode. We've changed team rewards to be shared: You will no longer receive four times the BP because you were playing alone in a s...

In line with the "Make in India" programme, Swedish communication services giant  Ericsson  on Thursday commenced the export of 5G-ready telecom equipment from its manufacturing facility in Pune, Maharashtra, to markets in Southeast Asia. The initial shipments consisting of Ericsson's 5G-ready radio base stations and microwave equipment for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies have been delivered to Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, the company announced at the India Mobile Congress 2018, here. Ericsson is looking to add more Southeast Asian markets to its list of countries to which its facility in India exports products from the Ericsson Radio System portfolio. Ericsson has been in India for well over 100 years and we were the first company to start manufacturing telecom equipment in the country in 1994. Our state-of-the-art facility will continue to cater to the domestic market even as we commence exports to other markets in Southeast Asia," Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of...

In the age of Internet and smartphones, discussions upon user data collection and exploitation are taking the forefront. While tech companies are under the scanner for data collection without user permission, new policies are being introduced by them to ensure permission-based data usage by developers, apps, and its own services. Now, a new report claims that 88 percent of free apps on  Google Play share data with  Google , thereby offering a huge pool of important data to the tech giant. This huge wealth of data can then be used by Google for targeted online advertising, and making revenues. A Financial Times  report  suggests that nearly 90 percent of free apps on Google Play share data with firms owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet, without the knowledge of the user. Furthermore, the report states that nearly 43 percent of apps share data with Facebook, and a significant percent of apps share data with firms like Twitter, Verizon, Microsoft, and Amazon....

Google Maps  on Android is getting a couple of new features that will help make the navigational platform slightly more interactive. Firstly, a new Follow button is being introduced which can be used to keep yourself updated on the news, events, and other updates from certain businesses around you. The app is also getting the ability to list businesses before launch and show you their opening dates. Separately,  Google Lens  has now been released on mobile Web with integration in the Google Images section. “With more than 150 million places on Google Maps and millions of people looking for places to go, we made two updates so it's even easier for you to keep up with the places you care about and find out about places coming soon,” said Paul Cole, Product Manager, Google Maps  announcing  the updates. A new 'Follow' button will appear on the listing of businesses. Once clicked, you will be able to get all the latest updates so that you don't miss out on lat...

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI)  August data has been published, and it shows a monthly increase of telephone subscribers to 1,189.08 million at the end of August from 1,179.32 million at the end of July, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.83 percent.  Reliance Jio  continued its momentum with the most amounts of wireless subscriber additions in August, but it also now holds more than half of the wireless broadband market share in India. As of August, Reliance Jio now holds more than 51 percent of the wireless broadband market share, with the second in command being  Bharti Airtel  with 21.21 percent market share in India. Talking about broadband first, Jio in August was found to have a 239.23 million wireless subscriber base and a 51.60 percent market share. In the month of July,  Jio had a wireless broadband subscriber base  of 227.05 million and a market share of 49.33 percent market share. Notably, since Jio operates a 4G...

South Korea's  LG Electronics  said on Thursday third-quarter operating profit jumped 45 percent as its mobile phone division narrowed losses. A focus on sales of mid-range mobile phones and cost-reduction plans contributed to smaller losses in its mobile division, LG said in a statement. Operating profit reached KRW 749 billion ($657.83 million) in the July-September quarter, in line with the company's guidance. Quarterly revenue rose 1 percent to KRW 15.4 trillion, also in line with the company's estimate. The new  V40  smartphone is expected to "boost sales in the fourth quarter" and help the loss-making mobile business as it seeks to return to profit, LG Electronics said. Meanwhile, sales of high-end OLED TV products have been a big hit for the home entertainment business after it cut prices to improve their competitiveness. However, increasing competition in the high-end television set market complicated the company's earnings outlook, analy...