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Google  CEO  Sundar Pichai  on Thursday during the Alphabet earnings call made several announcements around  Google Tez , the payments app that the search giant had  launched in India last month . Based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the NPCI's payments platform for the country, the Google Tez app leverages bank accounts for payments. During the earnings call, Pichai  revealed  that Google Tez already has over 7.5 million users in the five weeks since its launch in September. It has been used to make over 30 million transactions, Pichai added. "I'm really excited about the potential this brings for India's mostly cash-based economy," he said. Responding to a question about why  Alphabet  and Google's growth is burgeoning in Asia, Pichai said the companies have been "laying the foundation [here] for a very, very long time." He added that Google products are heavily used in the region, and that the company has been working hard to bui

LIMITED STOCK ONLY Shadow Securitronics ...  2699 The fight for subscribers is on, and India’s telecom market is buzzing with data-heavy offers from all major operators. The telecom tariff war may have been started by  Reliance Jio , but incumbent operators are also putting their best foot forward now and consumers are spoilt for choice. Here’s an attempt to make your life easier. If you are looking to switch networks or are simply scouting for better offers on your own network, then we’ve got you covered. Here’s how some of the best postpaid plans from  Airtel, Jio, Vodafone and Idea  compare with each oher. Postpaid Plans From Rs 300 to Rs 400 Airtel Rs 399 Plan Airtel’s Rs 399 postpaid plan offers unlimited local and STD calls along with 10GB of data per bill cycle. Only outgoing roaming calls are charged at 80p/minute for local roaming and Rs 1.15/minute for STD. The best part about Airtel postpaid plans is that they offers data rollover. Unused data is added to t

Is Mark Zuckerberg spying on you? Oh, yes, absolutely. Is he secretly recording your voice like, all the time?  Probably  not. Photo: AP Per  the BBC , Facebook was  once again compelled  to shoot down rumours it is secretly hijacking computer and mobile device mics to covertly record conversations after Reply All presenter PJ Vogt raised the issue during a recent podcast. After people who called in to the show related a number of eerie anecdotes -- mostly regarding product ads showing up for items that were allegedly only brought up in verbal conversation -- Facebook advertising V.P. Rob Goldman responded on Twitter. "I run ads product at Facebook," Goldman said. "We don't -- and have never -- used your microphone for ads. Just not true." 26 Oct PJ Vogt     ✔ @PJVogt Reply All is taking phone calls today. Call us if you believe that Facebook uses your mic to spy on you for ad reasons. 3PM ET. 917-267-5180  Follow Rob Goldman  

OnePlus 5T is soon turning out to be the most anticipated smartphone of the year after Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and iPhone X. With the Samsung smartphones and Apple's iPhones (iPhone X excluded) already out in the market, the OnePlus 5T is fast growing to become the most-anticipated smartphone of the year so far. And why shouldn't it, after all, OnePlus is a company know to produce "flagship killers" with exceptional hardware at a reasonable price. The leaked image of OnePlus 5T showing extremely thin bezels. Weibo The OnePlus 5 is merely 3 months old and we are already awaiting its successor — OnePlus 5T, a phone that has been teased and leaked several times till now. But just in case you are not well acquainted with the rumours and specs of the OnePlus 5T, we have leafed out a list of what we have gathered so far about the new flagship. Read on. OnePlus 5T specs: Although the company is yet to unveil the device and make the specs official, several li

WhatsApp has easily become the most widely-used app on Google's Play Store as well as iOS' App Store. The application boasts over a billion downloads on Play Store alone.The company also released a few statistics claiming around 1 billion active users daily and over 1.3 billion monthly active users. Lately, the application launched various features that puts it in competition with major sharing platforms like Snapchat and even Instagram. The instant messaging application also launched a new 'live location' feature which is rolling out for users across iOS and Android. Now, the company has also introduced a feature that has been long in the waiting. Ads by ZINC Also Read:  Here's how to use WhatsApp's new Live Location feature for Android, iOS WhatsApp is finally pushing out the 'Delete for Everyone' feature with the stable build of the device. The update will be available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone oper