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Apple’s newest iPhone has killed Google’s best phone feature

Deprived of its signature advantage ⁠— an iPhone-beating camera, Google's Pixel 4 struggles to stand out in a crowded smartphone market.

Apple adds noise-cancelling to Beats Solo over-ear headphones

The noise cancellation feature on the new Beats Solo Pro can be activated with a switch. Apple is also working to add the same option to future AirPods.

Apple’s lower prices and user’s ageing handsets are pushing iPhone demand

Amid launch of newer models, hundreds of millions of iPhone users are looking to upgrade handsets hobbled by slow processors and weak batteries.

Apple’s new tech merging iPad, Mac apps leaves developers uneasy, users paying twice

Apple has rolled out Catalyst, the technology to transition iPad apps into Mac computers, but the first version still appears to be quite raw.

Apple to loosen reins on outside messaging, phone apps via Siri

The iOS update will get Siri to default to apps people use frequently to communicate with their contacts, including WhatsApp and Skype.

iPhones’ average selling price likely to see big fall, say analysts

Reduced prices of the new iPhone 11 and the older iPhone 8 will contribute to the drop in average selling prices.

Apple unveils new iPhone 11: Are people spending money to buy the same phone again?

Apple unveiled iPhone 11, iPhone 11 pro & iPhone 11 Pro Max this week. While iPhone 11 is priced at Rs 65,000, the other two models cost nearly Rs 1 lakh.

The ‘gravity’ of India’s economic slowdown and Piyush Goyal does it again

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Samsung folding phones will be engineering marvel, but only if the display works

Samsung is working on a new foldable that will collapse into a compact square, which will bring with it a further array of design & marketing challenges.

Apple plans to bring back touch ID for new iPhones launching in 2020

Apple is also working on its first low-cost iPhone since the iPhone SE that could come out as early as the first half of 2020.

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Mahindra is gearing up for future buyers. Unveils limited edition ‘Bat’ BE6, 4 new concepts

This is the first time Mahindra is making an ‘all-in-one’ platform like global carmakers. However, it will most likely skip hybrid vehicles.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?