1. Google on Tuesday extended to Pune the services of Areo, the food delivery and home services app that makes everyday chores and ordering food easier.
2. Global e-commerce leader Amazon is starting Apple Fest this week from March 6-12 on its India website. The fest includes discounts as well as exchange offers on iPhones, MacBooks, iPads and Apple Watch.
3. Mobile wallet company Paytm has come out with an business application aimed at serving merchants in Tamil Nadu who can track payments, navigate past collections and can also make settlements instantly.
4. Automaker BMW is working with a London-based start-up to use transaction-recording technology blockchain to prove batteries for its electric vehicles will contain only clean cobalt.
5. France's competition authority is considering opening up antitrust investigations into the country's online advertising market following an initial, one-year preliminary examination.
6. SpaceX on Tuesday put Spanish satellite Hispasat 30W-6 into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
7. China's ubiquitous WeChat social media platform has crossed the one billion accounts mark as its messaging, game and shopping services attract more and more users.
8. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is betting that the battle against climate change will be won through the technological advances and public mobilisation even if governments fail to act.
9. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has slashed the price of its flagship smartphone V7+ and budget smartphone Y53. The Vivo V7+ has got a price drop of Rs 2,000. Launched at Rs 21,990, the smartphone is now selling at Rs 19,990. On the other hand, the Vivo Y53 has received a price cut of Rs 500 and it can now be purchased at Rs 8,490.
10. Microsoft on Tuesday said it completed its first renewable energy deal in India which will help power its new office building here with solar power. As part of the deal, the tech giant will purchase three megawatts of solar-powered electricity from Bengaluru-based renewable power producer Atria Power.
11. According to transcripts obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, at least three 911 calls were made from Apple Park after people walked into the building's signature glass walls. Two of the emergency calls happened on the same day in January - not too long after employees started moving into the building - and the third occurred just 48 hours later.
12. Facebook has admitted that a survey asking users whether it should allow an adult man to ask a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a "mistake".
13. Cyber security professionals from companies including Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc announced on Monday a small alternative to Dell Inc's RSA Conference after criticizing the major industry gathering for scheduling just one female keynote speaker.
14. Google on Monday announced three new features for the Google app on iPhone and iPad. These include an extension for Apple's iMessage App Store, expansion of the Search Google button to most mobile browsers including Safari and Chrome, as well as enhanced drag and drop features on iPad models running iOS 11. The iMessage extension is currently only available for iOS users in the US, with other parts of the world expected to get it soon.
15. Google is celebrating inspirational women in technology by featuring games and apps developed by them on the Google Play Store. The initiative is in honour of International Women's Day on March 8, which celebrates women's achievements around the world.
16. Home-booking company Airbnb is willing to make some concessions on short-term rentals in Singapore in an attempt to appease concerns of the government.
17. The World Economic Forum has led the creation of an industry consortium focused on improving the cybersecurity of financial technology companies, as collaboration between fintechs and financial institutions grows.
18. In what comes as a surprise, the Disney movie catalogue – including Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Walt Disney itself – isn't exclusive to Hotstar any more, just over a year after the Star India-owned streaming service signed a deal with Disney India for its film and TV slate. In fact, many Disney films are now only available on Netflix, while some remain with Hotstar.
19. Domestic consumer electronics company iBall on Tuesday launched a new tablet Slide Brace-XJ at Rs. 19,999. It will be available in a week from online marketplaces in a Bronze Gold colour variant.
20. Netflix Inc is rolling out features that will give parents more control over access to content by allowing them to block individual movies and specific shows.
21. After tasting success in emerging markets like India and Southeast Asia and expanding into western Europe, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is all set to enter the US market as early as this year.
22. The telecom tribunal has refused to grant an interim stay on the predatory pricing tariff order passed by the regulator, saying it needs to hear the authority’s views on the issue first, dealing a setback to India’s older operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular who had sought an urgent remedy.
23. Facebook Inc hired the former head of BuzzFeed Studios to lead its global video content and a former Pinterest executive as in charge of its video content platform Facebook Watch.
24. Vivo has formally launched the APEX with 91 percent screen-to-body ratio, half-screen fingerprinting scanning tech, and an elevating selfie camera.
25. Scientists have developed a novel alloy that can be used to 3D-print components for computer screens and stretchable electronic devices, and soft robots. The advance by researchers at Oregon State University in the US also paves the way toward the 3D printing of tall, complicated structures with a highly conductive gallium alloy.
26. US chipmaker Qualcomm postponed its annual shareholders' meeting after secretly requesting a national security review of Broadcom's bid to take over the company.
27. Countering Paytm and WhatsApp, Google Tez has been updated with a new chat feature. The feature, which is rolling out slowly at the initial stage, allows users to communicate with their contacts alongside sending and requesting money.
28. South Korean consumer electronics tech giant Samsung has announced that it is stopping security updates for some of its smartphones. The company has made some changes on its Android security updates page, which now reveals that it will stop updates for its Galaxy J1, Galaxy J3 and Galaxy A3 smartphones.
29. Netflix has renewed Black Mirror for a fifth season. The announcement was made via a cryptic teaser on the show's official Twitter account, with 12 screens – or black mirrors, as you prefer – showcasing clips from the previous four seasons, then changing to the Black Mirror buffering symbol, and ending with the tagline: "Be Right Back."
30. Mobile accessory brand Oraimo, subsidiary of China's Transsion Holdings, on Tuesday announced the launch of its new accessories in India. The new range of Oraimo accessories includes Bluetooth-enabled headphones and speakers, power banks, chargers, data cables, smartwatches, and selfie sticks.
31. Image-sharing social network Instagram is reportedly testing some new features on its iOS version. With the latest version 35.0 of the Instagram iOS app, certain new features such as starred chats, search filters, and data download have been spotted and are said to be available soon for all users.
32. International Business Machines Corp on Monday said it settled a trade secrets lawsuit it brought against its former chief diversity officer who left for a similar job at Microsoft Corp. The settlement allows Lindsay-Rae McIntyre to begin working at Microsoft in July.
33. An Indian arbitration court has restrained Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) and two of its companies from transferring or selling any assets without its permission.
34. Restaurant review new-comer The Infatuation announced Monday a deal to buy veteran Zagat from Google for an undisclosed amount.
35. Huawei's Honor brand is all set to announce its latest mid-range smartphone - Honor 7C - at a launch event in China.
36. Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced an agreement with global cloud service provider Gulf Bridge International (GBI) to acquire the India leg of GBI's India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable system.
37. Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) may take place in two locations — Vice City and South America. While the former is Rockstar’s take on Miami, players will go to South America for a few missions. The game is being referred to at Rockstar as Project Americas.
38. Indonesia has blocked online blogging service Tumblr over pornographic content.
39. Major automakers on Monday joined forces with tech companies and a variety of interest groups to urge the U.S. Senate to take up, before the end of May, a stalled bill aimed at speeding the deployment and testing of self-driving cars.
40. Influential proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said Tesla Inc shareholders should vote against a proposal to grant Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk performance-based stock options worth about $2.62 billion.
41. Microsoft Corp on Monday said it will soon make it possible for government clients to run its cloud technology on their own servers as part of a concerted effort to make Azure more appealing to local and federal agencies.
42. The US government has ordered a national security review of Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd's $117 billion bid for Qualcomm Inc, in an unusual move that prompted Qualcomm to delay its March 6 shareholder meeting.
43. Vodafone has introduced a new prepaid pack that is aimed at providing unlimited data and calling to users in telecom circles where there is poor internet connectivity - most likely due to the lack of Vodafone's 4G coverage in these circles. The new Rs. 299 pack is available for prepaid subscribers in the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh telecom circle. This pack offers unlimited local and STD calls (including roaming), 100 SMS messages per day, 1GB 2G data per day, with a validity of 56 days. Voice calls are capped at 250 minutes per day and 1,000 minutes per week.
44. German car companies urged policymakers on Monday to avoid a trade war with the United States“at all costs” after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to tax car imports from the European Union.
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