The government has argued that Google illegally paid US$10 billion annually to smartphone makers like Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default search engine on their devices.

Access to cheap smartphones has since skyrocketed, even in the hinterlands, with a billion smartphone users predicted across India by 2026, according to a 2022 Deloitte report.

It is available in the Apple app store and will be for Android devices 'soon'.

Worldwide smartphone sales in each quarter have fallen short in comparison to those in the same periods last year.

Apple's slightly higher expectations for the forthcoming iPhone 14 underscore a growing belief among Wall Street analysts that the Cupertino, California company's sales are likely to hold up better than the broader smartphone industry if major economies enter a recession.

Digital devices have become synonymous with learning since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Samsung holds its top position with Apple in third place and Oppo and Vivo in fourth and fifth.

Facebook engineers say the new feature will allow WhatsApp to be used on phones and 'up to four other non-phone devices simultaneously – even if your phone battery is dead'.

Modern phones are supremely useful tools but too much of a good thing can harm physical, social, and psychological well-being, warn experts.

IBM says its new 2nm process can fit 50 billion transistors onto 'a chip the size of a fingernail'.

The law would penalise manufacturers failing to include the filter on smartphones and tablets sold in the state between US$10 and US$500 per violation.