Smartphone users expected to rise 84% to 859m by 2022: Assocham-PwC study

About 10% of the population will own tablets three years from now compared with 5.3% in 2017.

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Demonetisation and GST-hit DataWind shuts Hyderabad facility

Once booming, India’s tablet market has been reduced to a third, impacted by demonetisation of currency.

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Smartphone war turns ugly: Realme India says Xiaomi "insecure" about its success

Realme, which began its operations as a sub-brand for Oppo in 2018, now functions independently.

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University of Essex WhatsApp project on fake news kicks off in India

Last year, WhatsApp granted $ 1 million to 20 research teams across the world to fight fake news through different projects.

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Insourcing threat looms large over IT services providers

Global firms have been deploying their own talent to reduce dependence on outsourcing.

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Wipro to scale up sales team to win deals and influence growth

Wipro plans to bulk up sales team to end years-long under-performance and to strengthen verticals.

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Google's privacy promises don't sway many experts

Some critics, however, say Google's privacy updates sidestep more substantial changes that could threaten its ad-driven business model.

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