NEW DELHI — Elon Musk on Friday said that Twitter will remove all legacy Blue verified checkmarks for both individual users and organisations from April 1. Twitter Blue in India will cost Rs 9,400 a year for individual users. Twitter Blue is now available globally and the users can get Blue Verified for $7 a […]
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Airtel launches 5G Plus services in seven more J&K cities
SRINAGAR — Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has launched its 5G Plus services in seven cities of Jammu & Kashmir including Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Kupwara, Lakhanpur, and Khour. Airtel in a statement said that its 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as it continues to deploy its […]
J&K Bank reduces commitment charges for four years
SRINAGAR — Bringing respite to the traders, the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Bank have decided to reduce the commitment charges substantially after the frequent appeals by the Valley traders and hoteliers over the issue. A top official in J&K Bank said that the commitment charges have been substantially reduced for the period nearly four […]
Airtel launches 5G services in Jammu, Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its cutting-edge 5G services in Jammu and Kashmir. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as the company continues to construct its network and complete the rollout. There will be no need to change the SIM as the existing […]
Twitter to increase 280-character limit to 4,000: Elon Musk
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the micro-blogging platform will increase the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000. It all started when a user asked Musk, “Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?” To this Musk replied, “Yes”. Meanwhile, Twitter on […]
Amazon shuts down wholesale distribution business in India
NEW DELHI — Amid an exercise to wind up certain verticals as part of global exercise to cut costs, Amazon on Monday announced to shut down its wholesale distribution business in India. The e-commerce major is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available in some parts of Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli. The company earlier […]
$8 Twitter Blue with verification in India within a month: Elon Musk
NEW DELHI — Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification (blue badge) for $8 will be available in India in less than a month. The company has already started testing Twitter Blue subscription plan for Apple iOS users, which provides verification and other benefits. When a Twitter follower […]
Airtel crosses 1 million customers on 5G network amid network build-up
NEW DELHI — Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has surpassed 1 million customers on 5G network within 30 days of its commercial launch even while the network is being built. Earlier, Airtel had announced phase wise roll-out of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi. The […]
All 5G phones except iPhone to work on Airtel network from mid-Nov: CEO
NEW DELHI — All 5G enabled smartphones, except Apple’s iPhones, will start supporting Airtel 5G services by the middle of this month, a senior Bharti Airtel official said. During the company’s earnings call, Bharti Airtel Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Gopal Vittal said Apple will release the software update in the first week of […]
Twitter will charge $8 per month for blue tick, announces Elon Musk
SAN FRANCISCO — New Twitter head Elon Musk said Tuesday the site will charge a monthly fee of $8 to users who want a coveted blue tick by their name in a plan he says will solve the site’s bot and troll problems while creating a new revenue stream for the company. The announcement comes […]