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Ameya DalviNov 25, 2022 13:11:19 ISTPros:– Good sound quality– Compact design, comfortable in-ear fit– Impressive ANC and ambient mode– Wear detection, multipoint support– Support for LDAC codecs even when paired with two devices– Useful companion app– Good battery backup with ANC on Cons:– Touch controls configuration could have been smarter– Average call quality– Expensive Price: Rs 16,990 Rating: 3.8/5 Sony launched two prominent TWS earphones this year in India. First was the flagship WF-1000XM4 which still remains…

FP StaffNov 25, 2022 13:35:37 ISTA couple of months ago, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered the suspension of Apple’s iPhone sales in the country for not including chargers with each purchase and forcing their customers to buy chargers separately. Brazil even fined Apple millions of dollars twice and ordered the tech giant to start shipping iPhones with chargers in the country, if they wanted to sell their devices. This judgement was passed right around the time Apple started shipping their latest iPhone 14 series.…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 25, 2022 16:26:01 ISTElon Musk recently took to Twitter to announce that Twitter will be relaunching Twitter Blue and their Verified programme next Friday, i.e. December 2. Musk claims that going forward, there will be three kinds of ticks or verification badges – a golden one, a grey one and a blue one. Elon Musk has announced Twitter will resume with paid verification next Friday. According to the new plan Twitter will assign a gold tick for companies, grey for government agencies and blue for…

FP StaffNov 24, 2022 10:31:06 ISTBefore Elon Musk had reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account, he had put up a poll for his followers, asking should the former US President’s ban from the platform be reversed. Now, Musk has put up a similar poll asking if nearly all accounts and profiles that have been banned on the platform in the past, should be given general amnesty and allowed back on the platform. Musk is asking his followers if the accounts that have been banned on Twitter, should be given general amnesty and…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 24, 2022 13:53:19 ISTOne of the biggest worries that Elon Musk had when he took over Twitter was that advertisers and brands would leave the platform and stop spending on ads. It turns out, Musk’s fears were well-founded. A recent report from The Washington Post suggests that over a third of Twitter’s top 100 ad clients have not advertised on the platform over the last two weeks. Many of Twitter’s top advertisers, including 14 of the top 50 brands, have stopped their ad spends since Musk’s acquisition.…

Mehul Reuben DasNov 24, 2022 13:58:29 ISTTwitter has always been a cesspool of vitriolic and hateful speech. However, when Elon Musk took the social media platform and declared himself as the CEO, hate speech and the use of racial slurs went up exponentially. As per a report by The Washington Post, the use of certain derogatory epithets for African-Americans, Jews, and East Asians increased by up to 500 per cent on the platform. The use of racial slurs and racially charged language went up by 500 per cent after Musk took…