March, 2019

• 21 March

  Rich Indians Are Buying Green Card To Live In US, 300% Rise In Number Of Migrants In Last 2 Years

  

  The number of Indians getting investment linked EB-5 visas in the US, also known as “cash for green card,” has risen nearly four-fold in the past two years. According to statistics issued by the US Department of State, 585 such conditional green cards were issued to Indians during the 12-month period ending September 2018, as …

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• 21 March

  Nirav Modi, Living In A Rs 15 Lakhs Per Month Rent Apartment Working On A Salary Of Rs 18 Lakhs

  

  For the first time in over a year when fugitive scamster Nirav Modi was caught on camera earlier this month, he was wearing an ostrich hide jacket which was said to cost over Rs 9 lakhs. British News Paper The Telegraph which tracked Modi down in London also had reported that the main accused in one of India’s biggest financial …

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• 20 March

  Call of Duty: Mobile is coming to Android, iOS

  

  Call of Duty, the popular first-person shooter video game franchise, is coming to Android and iOS. Fans can preregister online now, and Android users can also preregister in the Google Play Store. The app and any future updates are free, according to the game’s website. In an email, a spokesperson for Activision said there will be a beta this summer in …

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• 20 March

  Amazon’s entry

  

  There’s good news and bad news about the “all-new” Kindle, the next iteration of Amazon’s entry-level e-reader. First, the good: It now has a self-illuminated screen. The bad? It costs $90 (£70, $AU139), or $10 more than the previous model, the Kindle 2016. Set to ship on April 10 and available for preorder today, the new Kindle comes in black …

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• 20 March

  Galaxy Fold video on YouTube shows a pronounced screen crease

  

  In February Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold, its first foldable phone. It was exciting, but the Fold was only put on display — and not in anyone’s hands. A video on YouTube tech vlog phoneoftime uploaded Tuesday appears to show the foldable device in the hands of a real live person, demonstrating how it transforms from tablet to phone and back again.  …

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• 20 March

  MoviePass brings the $10 unlimited plan back with new twists, restrictions

  

  MoviePass has brought back the $9.95 unlimited movie plan with new restrictions and a different way to pay. The movie theater subscription service relaunched the unlimited plan with restrictions on movie and theater choice based on “excessive individual usage.” The plan was first reported by Business Insider’s sources and a staging URL Monday, but it’s since gone live Tuesday. MoviePass’ ability to …

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• 20 March

  Republicans say they want net neutrality rules, too.

  

  Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says it’s time for Congress to put net neutrality protections into law. McMorris Rodgers, of Washington state, last month introduced legislation to restore net neutrality safeguards that the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission dismantled in late 2017. In an interview with CNET, she said politicians on both sides of the aisles need to come together to …

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• 20 March

  Google fined $1.7B for ‘abusive’ online ad practices in the EU

  

  Europe’s Competition Commission slapped Google with a 1.49 billion euro ($1.69 billion) fine on Wednesday for abusive practices in online advertising. The tech giant abused its market dominance by restricting its rivals from placing their search adverts on third-party websites, the European Commission said in a press release. It’s the third antitrust fine the EU’s executive branch has handed down …

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• 20 March

  AT&T and Comcast say they’ve hit new milestone in fight against robocalls

  

  One way wireless carriers are working to stop the flood of unwanted robocalls is through authentication systems that verify caller IDs. One drawback so far has been that these systems work only on calls to and from the same provider. On Wednesday, AT&T and Comcast said they’ll offer call authentication between networks later this year. Customers will be able to …

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• 20 March

  iPad Mini 2019 vs. iPad Mini 4: New specs, same design, now with Pencil support

  

  Just when you thought it was a near-extinct dinosaur, the Apple iPad Mini comes roaring back to life in a new, updated edition. It’s the first entirely new iPad Mini since the Mini 4 launched in 2015 (although that’s been updated over the years).  Still, it looks the same from the outside, and the main differences include a big jump …

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