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Apple releases iOS update with Crash Detection optimisation.

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 The Crash Detection feature will alert emergency services to the new iPhones and Apple Watches when the users are unresponsive after a “severe car crash”. It will enable the service by default, however, some officials have said that the feature has caused several false reports.

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Apple has recently released a new iPhone update iOS 16.3.1, The new update will include ‘optimisations’ for the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro’s Crash Detection feature, which made news and was also criticised by some personnel from the search and rescue who witnessed find the causing of the false alarms during winter sports activities.

Along with that, there are a couple of more fixes which got included in the latest update, including those for iCloud settings and Siri requests for the Find My app. Apple Inc has also released new software for HomePods, Mac OS and tvOS, as per the report of The Verge.

•  The layoffs took place earlier this week and impacted employees across departments, including tech, sales and product
• FarEye CEO Kushal Nahata cited macroeconomic headwinds for the layoffs and said the reduction in staff was necessary to align business strategy with market demand
• In June last year, the SaaS logistics startup, backed by Microsoft’s M12 Fund and Elevation Capital, had laid off around 250 employees(

SaaS logistics startup FarEye fired 90 employees across countries earlier this week in the second round of layoffs within eight months to cut costs, sources told Inc42.

The latest round of job cuts impacted employees across departments, including tech, product, HRBP, and sales, the sources said.

Confirming the layoffs, FarEye cofounder and CEO Kushal Nahata told Inc42 in a statement, “The reduction in staff was necessary to align business strategy with market demand and continue to serve our customers’ business needs, as has always been our mission. Our focus on product innovation and customer solutions remains strong, and we will continue to expand our reach in new industries and markets around the globe.”

Nahata cited macroeconomic headwinds for the layoffs. He said that consumers and businesses have tightened spending which has also affected the startup.

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FarEye said it has offered severance packages to the impacted employees as per the local laws. The startup has offices in India, the US, the UK, Singapore, and Dubai, among others. 

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It must be noted that Inc42 exclusively reported about the startup sacking around 250 employees across departments in June last year.

FarEye, founded by Nahata, Gaurav Srivastava and Gautam Kumar in 2013, helps solve complicated last-mile delivery issues. The SaaS startup offers automation softwares that allows logistics companies to schedule and dispatch jobs, monitor execution and analyse performance in real-time. Its offerings include real-time visibility, branded customer experiences, and business process management. 

Domino’s Pizza, Hilti, Tata Steel, and Amway are among the major clients of FarEye. The startup last raised $100 Mn in its Series E funding round, led by TCV and Dragoneer Investment Group, in 2021. 

The startup is also backed by marquee investors such as Microsoft’s M12 Fund, Elevation Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, and HoneyWell. 

FarEye’s net loss jumped almost 3X to INR 232.5 Cr in FY22 from INR 79.8 Cr in FY21 as per the regulatory filings available on Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) site. Revenue from operations surged 53% to INR 97.6 Cr from INR 63.7 Cr in FY21, while expenses rose 129% to INR 361.3 Cr in FY22 from INR 157.7 Cr in FY21. (ads2)

Employee benefit expenses accounted for 64% of total expenses. The startup spent INR 231.6 Cr on employee salaries, PF contribution, gratuity and other employee welfare benefits, a 125% jump from INR 102.8 Cr in FY21. 

Layoffs, which began in the Indian startup ecosystem last year, have continued in 2023 as well. Over 20 Indian startups have laid off around 4,000 employees so far in 2023. As per Inc42’s layoff tracker, Indian startups have collectively laid off over 21,000 employees since 2022.

•  The ban has come after MHA directed MeitY to block access to 232 betting and digital loan apps with links to China
• The banned apps were reportedly found flouting Section 69 of the IT Act
• Among the apps that have been banned include Betway, 1xBet, and Lotus 365, among others

In an order issued on February 5, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to ban and block as many as 232 apps that either originate or have links to China. These included 138 betting apps and 94 online lending apps. 

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Sources said that the apps in question were flouting Section 69 of the IT Act. Additionally, senior officials of the ministry are of the opinion that these apps contained material, which was purportedly a threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the country.

India’s Crackdown On China-Linked Apps

Another overarching theme that appears to have figured prominently in the government’s debate on the matter was that these lending apps were trapping Indians in debt and were charging exorbitant interest rates on Indian consumers. 

The ban comes amid growing clamour from citizens and consumers to tighten noose on digital loan apps, which have been accused of harassing borrowers. The situation has been complicated by the presence of Chinese entities and nationals that operate such platforms. 

In the ongoing crackdown on such apps over the course of last year, it has emerged that many of these Chinese lending apps take control of users’ phones and send sensitive information to digital lenders. In many cases, it has emerged that many such apps allegedly blackmail people with morphed pictures during debt collection. 

These platforms have pushed many into debt traps. As a result, many instances of young and adults dying by suicide have come to the fore in the past few years. While the government has directed Google to clamp down on such apps on its marketplace, efforts have so far yielded very few results.

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 Digital media refers to the online space on an electronic device to create, distribute, view and store the content encrypted through a machine-readable platform.

The advent of digital media and the dependence on it has increased over the last few years. For many, the news source is digital news platforms, and less on television. Users engage and communicate through the tech-enabled media for their businesses as well. Digital media refers to the online space on an electronic device to create, distribute, view and store the content encrypted through a machine-readable platform.

There is a blend of digital media products being offered with a variety of skills. Its effects can be discovered in the video, animation, eCommerce, websites, mobile applications, data visualisation, and interactive storytelling. At the same time, the industries include Television, Government, Sports, Health, Education, Marketing and advertising, Environment and others.

The emphasis lies on multi-skilled groups, engaging with various modern, creative business processes, and making digital media products that deliver value for people. The government uses digital media to post general information on its handles to share with the public.

For instance, the White House posts information on its website or through different ways such as social media accounts, various news articles or television broadcasts. Similarly, the Indian government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) also releases notifications from different departments.

Companies have more control over digital media and can share or alter information accordingly. For instance, if a company prints an advertisement in the newspaper, they can’t make modifications once it has gone to press for publishing. However, if it procured an online ad, it can contact its advertising department and have them withdraw the ad, including making suitable changes and sending it back.

The following are the types of digital media:

• Owned media: It is an online asset that one monitors. It gives uniqueness to the brand. Digital media platforms comprise websites, social media channels, blogs, videos and others. Now, one can quickly write blogs and make videos passionately to enhance the skills. If one optimises the owned media for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), the business will display when prospective clients search for topics that matter to what the person provides. It improves the visibility of the business. Owned media allows aspiring people to showcase their talent in a particular industry. Consistency has to be maintained so that it maximises the growth of the business.

• Earned Digital Media: The customers generate the advertising when they are vocal about the brand through word of mouth, social media, feedback, testimonials, shares, and re-posts. It is the best form of promotion a business can have as it lowers customer acquisition costs and leads the way to growth. It needs strict supervision on a day-to-day basis, unlike owned digital media. Top organic rankings on search engines and high-quality content drive the earned digital media.

• Paid Digital Media: It encourages online content to enhance traffic to owned media assets. This form of media comprises PPC, paid search ads, display ads and Facebook ads. A good marketing agency can use paid media and plan PPC management to enable the right customers to reach the website.

5G India Cities List: Jio 5G Airtel 5G network has been released in many cities under the initial phase of 5G rollout. If this service has not come in your city at the moment, then let us tell you that in this news we are going to tell you about the cities where 5G service can be released soon. Take a look at the 5G India Cities List..

You might be aware that in India, in early October 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched 5G services (5G Launch in India). After this, Vodafone Idea 5G did not but Jio (Jio 5G) and Airtel (Airtel 5G) released their 5G service in many cities. Today we are going to tell you about those cities where 5G network has not been released till now but it is going to be done soon. Which cities including Lucknow, Gurugram and Pune are included in this list, let’s take a look.

5G network launched in India

As we told you, 5G network has been officially released in India and Airtel and Reliance Jio have also started the services. Perhaps you know, 5G is currently released in only a few cities and it is being said that in the coming days or weeks this service will be launched in other cities as well.

Now users of these cities will get 5G service

For your information, let us tell you that according to the government, the cities whose names were given in the first phase of 5G rollout were Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad), Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar), Gurugram (Gurugram), Bengaluru (Bengaluru), Chandigarh (Chandigarh) , Chennai (Hyderabad), Jamnagar (Jamnagar), Kolkata (Kolkata), Lucknow (Lucknow), Mumbai (Mumbai) and Pune (Pune). Let us tell you that the names of these cities had definitely come from the government side but Jio and Airtel have not released 5G service in all these cities. So now, the rest of the cities in this list will be given 5G service first.

Jio 5G will now come in these cities

Let us inform that for the time being, initially Jio has launched 5G service in four cities of the country, which include the names of Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi and Kolkata. Accordingly, now Jio 5G will be released in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Janamnagar, Lucknow and Pune. Jio will release this service for more cities only after completing the list of the first phase.

Now Airtel 5G will come in these cities

Where Jio had released 5G service in only four cities of the country, Airtel’s service (Airtel 5G Plus) is available in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi. According to the list of the first phase, Airtel 5G can now come in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Chandigarh, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Lucknow and Pune.

The move comes hours after a court in southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its TikTok app, putting its future in one of its key markets in doubt.
Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with a state court’s directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with a state court’s directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

The move comes hours after a court in southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its TikTok app, putting its future in one of its key markets in doubt.

The state court had on April 3 asked the federal government to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and made child users vulnerable to sexual predators. Its ruling came after an individual launched a public interest litigation calling for a ban.

The federal government had sent a letter to Apple and Google to abide by the state court’s order, according to an IT ministry official.

The app was still available on Apple’s platforms late on Tuesday, but was no longer available on Google’s Play store in India.

Google said in a statement it does not comment on individual apps but adheres to local laws. Apple did not respond to requests for comment, while TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Google’s move.

TikTok, which allows users to create and share short videos with special effects, has become hugely popular in India but has been criticised by some politicians who say its content is inappropriate.

It had been downloaded more than 240 million times in India, app analytics firm Sensor Tower said in February. More than 30 million users in India installed it in January 2019, 12 times more than in the same month last year.

Jokes, clips and footage related to India’s thriving movie industry dominate the app’s platform, along with memes and videos in which youngsters, some scantily clad, lip-sync and dance to popular music.

Bytedance challenged the state court’s ban order in India’s Supreme Court last week, saying it went against freedom of speech rights in India.

The top court had referred the case back to the state court, where a judge on Tuesday rejected Bytedance’s request to put the ban order on hold, K. Neelamegam, a lawyer arguing against Bytedance in the case, said.

TikTok earlier said in a statement that it had faith in the Indian judicial system and was “optimistic about an outcome that would be well received by millions” of its users. It did not comment further on the judge’s decision.

The company however welcomed the decision to appoint a senior lawyer to assist the court in upcoming proceedings.

The state court has requested written submissions from Bytedance in the case and has scheduled its next hearing for April 24.

Salman Waris, a technology lawyer at TechLegis Advocates & Solicitors, said the legal action against Bytedance could set a precedent of Indian courts intervening to regulate content on social media and other digital platforms.

In its Supreme Court filing, Bytedance argued that a “very minuscule” proportion of TikTok content was considered inappropriate or obscene.

The company employs more than 250 people in India and had plans for more investment as it expands the business, it said

The move comes hours after a court in southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its TikTok app, putting its future in one of its key markets in doubt.

The state court had on April 3 asked the federal government to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and made child users vulnerable to sexual predators. Its ruling came after an individual launched a public interest litigation calling for a ban.

The federal government had sent a letter to Apple and Google to abide by the state court’s order, according to an IT ministry official.