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COVID-19 vaccine certificate is a validation that shows whether you have successfully completed a vaccination course. In light of the ongoing pandemic, the certificate acts as a ticket to make use of many necessary services across the globe, and we are required to carry it everywhere. However, the easiest way to access the COVID-19 vaccine records is by saving them on your smartphone. Apple, with iOS 15.1 update, brought a new feature to let iPhone users to store and access a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccination and…

Signal has introduced a new functionality that lets users change their registered phone number on the app, without losing their chat history. When a user changes their phone number on Signal, all their contacts will get a in-chat notification that mentions the update. Since all conversations on Signal are end-to-end encrypted, the instant messaging service links the chats to a user's phone number, which signifies that the conversations are not stored and synchronised on the cloud.As per a blog post, Signal has now added…

Shark Tank India completed its first season last week. The business reality show, based on its American counterpart, included as many as 198 startups — of which 67 landed deals from the investors on the panel, popularly known as “Sharks”. The show introduced new business concepts across its 35 episodes that were aired on TV by Sony Entertainment Television on its channel SET India. The episodes aired between December 20, 2021 and February 4, 2022.While the first season of Shark Tank India is over, it doesn't mean you will…

OnePlus 9R is finally receiving the OxygenOS 12 update, albeit as an open beta test. The smartphone was launched in India in March 2021 along with two other OnePlus 9-series smartphones. The OxygenOS 12 beta update will bring a plethora of new features to OnePlus 9R such as the Canvas always-on display (AOD) feature and Work Life Balance mode, among others. Since OnePlus 9R's OxygenOS 12 update is a beta test, users are cautioned that it may have a few bugs.The OxygenOS 12 open beta update for OnePlus 9R (review) was…

WhatsApp is often used for circulating fake news and misinformation. Although the instant messaging app is claiming to have implemented a list of features to restrict fake news circulation, WhatsApp users get misleading messages containing unverified information on a regular basis. It, thus, becomes important to know how you can verify the information you get on WhatsApp. It is also relevant especially in today's time when state legislative assembly elections are going on and Ukraine is facing a deadly crisis due to…

WhatsApp has started rolling out the much-awaited multi-device support for all users. With the latest functionality, both Android and iOS users can use their WhatsApp accounts on different devices simultaneously to send and receive messages on the app, even when their phones don't have active Internet access. The feature has been in beta for quite some time. You can use up to four linked devices and one phone at a time. However, it should be noted that the linked devices will get disconnected if the phone remains…

Where can I watch IPL 2022 live online? Read on to find out. IPL 2022 — known as Tata IPL 2022 for sponsorship reasons — is set to kickstart on the evening of Saturday, March 26 as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) under new captain Ravindra Jadeja take on last year's runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). For the 15th season of the Indian Premier League, two new franchises have been added: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT), led by KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya respectively. The entire group stage of IPL 2022 is…

Switching to a new smartphone can be a tedious affair — copying your data from the old phone, setting up, and logging into apps is part of the process. If you are planning to give up your old smartphone as part of an exchange offer, or you are passing it to another family member or friend, formatting your existing handset to erase personal data is an absolute must. Some users might simply want a fresh start on their current smartphone. Resetting a smartphone will restore all settings to default — but more importantly, it…

Deleting data from your iPhone doesn't erase your data permanently. The iPhone data you believe you have wiped out from the Apple handset still remains in the iPhone storage. It is always safer to make sure that you have permanently wiped out your data — personal and otherwise before exchanging it for a newer version or giving it away to somebody. It is possible to permanently remove all of your content and settings from the storage and make sure that your phone is completely free of your data.Apple has two ways in which…

Telecom giants in India are offering ‘Unlimited Data' plans. However, there is a catch. Airtel, Jio, Vi, among other telecom operators, have multiple prepaid recharge plans in which their customers can get huge amounts of data to spend per day. They also offer such data services for postpaid customers. However, there is a limit, and post that limit, the speed is throttled to very low levels under the service providers' Fair Usage Policy (FUP). It could be frustrating to access the Internet via a phone at slow speed.Here…