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WhatsApp Missed Call Job Scam and Sextortion Racket Targeting Mumbai Victims. According to police and cyber specialists, a slew of missed WhatsApp calls from international numbers are likely to be part of an employment scam via cyber fraud that has afflicted several people in Mumbai and across the country in recent weeks. Officials claim that the victims were promised “work from home” professions that involved “liking” particular things online and were eventually tricked. In certain cases, in addition to WhatsApp phone calls, people received video calls, which investigators believe are related to a sextortion ring. So far, no official complaint has been filed with the…
Ankush Sachdeva, the Founder of ShareChat, is a well-known figure in the Indian Startup ecosystem. However, his journey to success was not easy. Before he hit the jackpot with ShareChat, Sachdeva failed 17 times. Despite these failures, he never gave up on his dream of building a successful business. Sachdeva’s success came from recognizing the need for a vernacular social media platform that would help connect users from smaller towns and cities in India, where Facebook and other platforms were not user-friendly due to the complexity of the English language. In January 2015, Sachdeva founded Mohalla Tech Private Limited as…
Poco F5: The Game-Changer in Affordable Smartphones On May 9th, Poco will introduce its much anticipated F5 series in India. The company’s UAE office has given some facts about the phones ahead of the launch by posting dedicated product pages on its website. The Poco F5 and F5 Pro have a similar design, with slight differences in their hardware combinations, according to the listing. The upcoming Poco F5 series is regarded as a big launch for the company, since it is intended to compete with high-end smartphones at a significantly lower price point. Poco’s initial smartphone, the Poco F1, was aimed towards a comparable market. As both the Poco F5 Pro and Poco F5…
The Indian Government has reportedly decided to release a subsidy of over Rs 500 crore under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) II scheme to four leading Indian EV makers. According to reports, Ola Electric, Ather, TVS Motors, and Hero Electric will receive the subsidy to further boost the country’s EV Industry and encourage the adoption of clean energy vehicles. The announcement comes after these four companies agreed to refund consumers for EV chargers that they previously charged separately, which has been seen as a positive step in promoting the adoption of electric vehicles in India. The…
Proxyrack Study: UAE Takes the Crown as Social Media Capital According to a recent report by Proxyrack, the UAE has become the global center of social media. In order to identify the world’s social media hubs, the study examined the average number of social platforms and the percentage of the population that uses Facebook in each nation. The study found that, on average, 8.70 social media sites were accessed each day, and that users spent an average of seven hours and 29 minutes per day online. According to the survey, with a connected score of 7.53/10, the UAE is the most connected nation in the entire world. With one exception, the UAE performs well in all of our categories. UAE has the…
The ONDC needs to boost e-commerce and increase profits The e-commerce space in India’s food delivery market has been dominated by a few big players, most notably Zomato and Swiggy. However, efforts to democratize the industry with the launch of the Government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) have been slow. Nonetheless, recent news suggests that the platform is slowly making its presence felt, particularly in the food delivery market.ONDC has been playing the role of a price warrior in the market, challenging the duopoly grip that Zomato and Swiggy have held for a long time. Many buyers across big cities in India…
Revolutionizing Fitness Imagery: AI Generates Muscular Billionaire Transformations on Instagram. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been taken to a new level with an Instagram user creating images of how billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Ratan Tata, and Bill Gates could look after hitting the gym for hours. Using the AI program and service ‘Midjourney’ developed by Midjourney Inc., an independent research laboratory, the user generated the images, which have caused a stir on social media. The post, which features the billionaires in gym attire, has garnered a lot of attention, with users commenting on the…
WAAYU food delivery app launches in Mumbai with no commission fees. Anirudha Kotgire and Mandar Lande of Destek HORECA, two tech entrepreneurs, built the food delivery app WAAYU and on Monday began offering its services in Mumbai. Along with other business associations, it has the support of the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) in Mumbai. Suniel Shetty, an actor and hotelier, will represent the brand, the business announced. Restaurants are able to price their menu items competitively and pass the savings on to customers because of WAAYU’s use of the software as a service (SaaS) concept. More than 1,000 restaurants in Mumbai have…
Tata Tech and IIT Hyderabad have signed an agreement to work together on developing SDVs and ADAS. Tata Technologies, a subsidiary of Tata Motors, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad) to collaborate on developing Self Driving Vehicles (SDVs) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology. The partnership will focus on developing and testing autonomous vehicle technologies, which will be used in both passenger and commercial vehicles. The collaboration between Tata Technologies and IIT Hyderabad aims to develop an integrated system for autonomous vehicles, which will include hardware and software components,…
Election Commission says ‘Chunavana app’ for voting in Karnataka will avoid irregularities. “Is there an election app? Got OTP on mobile? Did you take a selfie? Uploaded it? Then come to the booth… your face will be scanned. Now vote with confidence”. This is what is going to happen in Karnataka on Wednesday’s Election Day. To begin with, this high-tech voting system was installed at a polling station in Bengaluru’s Shivaji Nagar. Current voters at a polling station in Bengaluru will have to get a little high-tech if they want to exercise their right to vote in the Karnataka assembly…