Facebook-owned Instagram has expanded its new video-music remix feature Reels, which takes inspiration from the Chinese short video making app TikTok, to France and Germany.

Instagram Reels was first launched in Brazil last year as a pilot.

 According to a TechCrunch report, Instagram will now enable users to share Reels to their main Instagram feed, in addition to Stories.

Instagram Reels allows users to record short, 15-second video clips set to music or other audio and share those on the platform.

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Just like TikTok, users can soundtrack their ‘Reels’ with a huge catalogue of music, or borrow the audio from anyone else’s video to create a remix of their meme or joke.

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OnePlus is set to launch its affordable smart TVs in India on July 2. Before the launch, however, the company has started taking pre-orders on its partner e-commerce platform Amazon. Amazon is taking pre-orders for OnePlus smart TVs (2020) by offering a two-year extended warranty from Acko general insurance worth Rs 3,000 at a discounted price of Rs 1,000, which would also be reversed to consumers Amazon Pay account later, essentially making the two-year insurance free to all those who pre-order and paurchase the TV.

“An email confirmation will be shared on purchase. Purchase any of the new OnePlus TVs (2020 models) on Amazon before August 5,” the company said in a statement.

ALSO READ: OnePlus goes back to making affordable smartphones, launch set for July

After buying the OnePlus TV, all those who opted for two-year extended warranty will receive Amazon Pay balance of Rs 1,000 by August 10.

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Sony today launched its first true wireless earphones in India, the WF-SP800N and WF-XB700. The XB700 is priced at Rs. 9,990 while the SP800N carries a price tag of Rs. 18,990. The new true wireless earphones will be available from today for the XB700, while the SP800N goes on sale on June 26.

The XB700 will be available in black and blue colour, while the SP800N will be available in black, blue, and white colour.

Sony has brought the WF-XB700 with its signature Extra Bass with 18 hours of IP55 total battery life. The WF-SP800N is a premium offering, it offers active noise cancellation and 9 hours of battery life on the earbuds, with an additional nine hours on the case.

The WF-SP800N also supports quick charging that gives you an hour of use with 10 minutes of charging. It also offers water and dust resistance with IP55 protection. Both the earbuds have support for SBC and AAC audio codecs.

Both the earbuds support Voice Assistant feature for quick access to music and more.

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SSC CGL result 2019: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is expected to announce the Tier I result for SSC CGL 2019 today, according to media reports. SSC CGL Tier I result will be released on the Commission’s official website – ssc.nic.in. Candidates who qualify the SSC CGL 2019 exam will be eligible to appear for the second level of the exam or the SSC CGL tier 2 exam which will be held from October 14 to October 17.

Over 2.5 million candidates have appeared for the SSC CGL 2019 tier 1 exam. The tier I exam was held between March 3 and March 9, 2020.

SSC CGL Result 2020: How to check

Step 1: Visit the official website of SSC at ssc.nic.in.

Step 2: Click on SSC CGL Final Result 2020 link available on the home page.

Step 3: A new page will open where candidates will have enter the login credentials.

Step 4: Your SSC CGL result will be displayed on the screen.

Step 5: Check the result and download the page.

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Chinese smartphone maker Realme on Tuesday said it will hire 7,500 people in India by the end of the year, and will add a slew of IoT (Internet of Things) products like smart toothbrush, sweeping machine and smart locks as it expands its product portfolio in the country.

The company, which competes with players like Xiaomi and Samsung in India, outlined its ‘1+4+N’ product strategy, saying it will help Realme further enhance its smartphone and IoT product portfolios.

 The core smartphone business will be the main centre of Realme’s ecosystem, along with smart hubs (Smart TV, Smart Earphone, Smart Watch and Smart Speaker) and IoT products (in-car chargers, backpacks, luggage cases, to smart home gadgets), Realme Vice-President and India CEO Madhav Sheth said in a statement.

He added that the company will very soon introduce products in the smart speaker category, along with smart watches, high-end TVs and smart headphones catering to budget to premium price segments.

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The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has called e-commerce majors, including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and Paytm, for a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the ‘displaying origin of the product’ on these platforms, as anti-China sentiment picks up in the country.

This follows the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform making it mandatory for its listed sellers to specify the country of origin while registering all new products on the portal.

  The border stand-off between India and China has sparked a campaign here that is gaining momentum to boycott Chinese products.The meeting is being organised on a video conferencing platform, according to people in the know.

Ministry officials said that this issue has come up earlier and implementation issues for e-marketplaces would be discussed at the meeting on Wednesday.

Among other invitees to the discussion are Pepperfry and The E-commerce Council of India.

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Google announced that it will start identifying some misleading photos in its specific search tool for images with a fact-check label. This new feature is introduced to help people navigate issues around determining the authenticity of images, and make more informed decisions about the content they consume.

According to Mashable, the fact-check label will appear on any image that is included in an article that fact-checks a photo or another claim. This new feature is a step to limit the spread of misinformation. Google used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and on video-streaming site YouTube. In December, the search giant said fact checks appear more than 11 million times each day in search results.

Google product manager Harris Cohen wrote in a blog post announcing the new fact-check labels,”Photos and videos are an incredible way to help people understand what’s going on in the world .But the power of visual media has its pitfalls,especially when there are questions surrounding the origin, authenticity or context of an image.”

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OnePlus is set to start making affordable smartphones once again. In recent years, the Chinese smartphone maker gradually shifted base to premium segment, leaving the midrange segment it once made mainstream in price conscious Indian smartphone market open for others. Now, the company is set to make cheaper OnePlus smartphones, which would launch in India and Europe in July. The upcoming phone will be a part of company’s new smartphone series, which will coexist with company’s premium smartphone line-up.

The company has not officially named the series or the first product. It has neither revealed the exact India launch date plans. However, it has started a new Instagram account for the upcoming series with the name OnePlusLiteZThing, which hints at the possible naming nomenclature. While the technology enthusiasts are calling the upcoming phone the OnePlus Z and OnePlus Nord, there is nothing official and we might get to hear about the products soon as the company is also launching in India its affordable OnePlus smart TVs on July 2.

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Taiwan’s Foxconn is planning further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world’s largest contract manufacturer views the outlook there very favourably, its chairman said on Tuesday.

Foxconn already makes smartphones in India for Apple Inc and Xiaomi Corp, though in March said it suspended production due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

 Chairman Liu Young-way told Foxconn’s annual general meeting that looking ahead, India was a bright spot for development even though there was a “certain impact” at present due to the virus.

“We are fully pushing ahead with next steps there, and maybe in a few months’ time we can reveal on our website the next steps and report back to everyone. We’ll have further investment there,” Liu said, without detailing plans or reasons for the firm’s view on the business outlook in India.

Foxconn’s January-March profit plunged to its lowest in two decades after the outbreak forced the firm to suspend manufacturing in China and knocked demand from customers including Apple.

But the firm, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, last month said the worst of the outbreak for it was over.

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Apple Inc on Monday said it will switch to its own chips for its Mac computers, ending a nearly 15-year reliance on Intel Corp to supply processors for its flagship laptops and desktop.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said it marked the beginning of a major new era for a product line powered the company’s rise in the 1980s and its resurgence in the late 1990s.

 “Silicon is at the heart of our hardware,” Cook said during a virtual keynote address recorded at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters for its annual developer conference.

“Having a world class silicon design team is a game changer.”

The silicon switch brings the Mac into line with the company’s iPhone and iPads, which already use Apple designed chips.

The news came at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. The conference has gained new prominence since paid services sold through the App Store have become central to the company’s revenue growth as consumers have slowed the growth of iPhone upgrades.

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