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Oppo has started rolling out Android 14 update for Oppo A57 smartphone users in India. The update comes bundled with Oppo’s custom interface, ColorOS 14. This updated UI brings a refreshed visual design with cleaner lines, softer colours, and improved animations. You’ll also enjoy enhanced privacy features like permission management and data encryption, giving you more control over your personal information.
The Android 14 update optimizes system performance, leading to faster app loading times, smoother multitasking, and improved battery life.
New features to explore:
Android 14 introduces a bunch of exciting new features that you can’t wait to try. These include:

How to download and install the update
To experience all the goodness of Android 14 on your OPPO A57, simply follow these steps:

Remember: Before updating, ensure your phone is at least 50% charged and connected to a stable Wi-Fi network. It’s also recommended to back up your important data before proceeding.

•Winners in each category will be awarded a vivo X90 Pro smartphone
• Winner of the Jury’s Choice Award will get a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs, a vivo X90 Pro smartphone and will be the vivo-appointed photographer or a ‘vivographer.’

Warner Bros. Discovery and vivo India, the trusted global smartphone brand, concluded the vivo Imagine Smartphone Photography Awards, embarking on a wondrous journey to capture brilliant images fueled by participants’ imagination and the remarkable camera of their vivo devices.The jury, consisting of writer-filmmaker Zoya Akhtar and renowned photographers Vineet Vohra, Aamir Wani, and Rakesh Pulapa, awarded six exceptional achievers in different categories from a pool of more than 21,000 entries, along with a Jury’s Choice Winner from the contest.
While the Jury’s Choice Award winner will receive a cash prize of INR 5 lakh along with a vivo X90 Pro smartphone, the winners in each category will receive a vivo X90 Pro smartphone. The Jury’s Choice Award winner will be the vivo-appointed photographer or a ‘vivographer.’ The winning entries will be showcased on Warner Bros. Discovery India’s and vivo’s official social media handles.
The vivo Imagine Photography Awards contest was held in collaboration with vivo and EssenceMediacom and GroupM Motion Entertainment. The awards also collaborated with Warner Bros. Discovery to showcase winning entries.
Speaking about the event, Tanaz Mehta, Executive Director of Advertising Sales South Asia at Warner Bros. Discovery, said, “The vivo Imagine Smartphone Photography Awards on the Warner Bros. Discovery network have been a great success. This collaboration has unearthed incredible talent and creativity prevalent in the country. At Warner Bros. Discovery, we’re always looking to tap into passionate communities and have succeeded in doing that with this contest. The association has been a celebration of India’s best visual storytellers and we are glad to have partnered with vivo for the same.”
Winning in the category of architecture is a beautiful shot by photographer Murtaza Ali, while photographer Saikat Gupta’s raw representation of a wrestling event won in the Culture category. Photographer Abhishek Patel’s vibrant shot of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai won in the Motion category, while photographer Prakash Karuppannan’s misty shot of a valley won in the Nature category. Photographer Sakaram Pavan Kumar captured a brilliantly lit starry night and won the Night category, while photographer Prayag Samal won in the Portrait category with his captivating shot of a woman. Photographer Saikat Gupta’s entry also won the Jury’s Choice Award.
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film, and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs, and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products, including Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TCM Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV, and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
About EssenceMediacom
EssenceMediacom is GroupM’s newest and largest agency, committed to delivering marketing breakthroughs for brands. It has disrupted the old models across media, creative, innovation, and analytics to find new opportunities for advertisers and deliver truly integrated media solutions. Borne out of two pioneering agencies, EssenceMediacom fuses Essence’s performance, data, analytics, and creative technology DNA with MediaCom’s scaled multichannel audience planning and strategic media expertise.
As part of WPP, the world’s largest marketing communications services group, and GroupM, WPP’s consolidated media investment management arm, we have access to the richest data, most robust benchmarks, and most advanced capabilities in the market. This helps us provide comprehensive solutions to all marketing challenges. Our ‘breakthrough’ ambition is underpinned by our commitment to ‘continuous learning’. We aim to ensure our people fulfil their potential by investing in their whole-person well-being, careers, and capabilities, which in turn helps grow our clients’ businesses.
EssenceMediacom, with 10,000 people across 120 offices in 96 markets, is one of the world’s leading communications specialists, with billings of more than US$21 billion (Source: COMvergence, 2021). Its global client roster includes Adidas, Coca-Cola (WPP Team Open X), Dell, Google, Hasbro, Mars, NBC Universal, P&G, Richemont, Shell, Sony and Uber. Additionally in India, some key local clients include Airtel, Flipkart, Parle Agro, NPCI, VIVO, and Makemytrip.

There are several ways a company may be susceptible to hacking, and one of the ways is Shadow IT. A recent report said that a part of cybersecurity incidents that hit Indian businesses was due to the use of shadow IT by their employees. Here’s all you need to know about it.
What is Shadow IT?
Shadow IT is the part of the company’s IT infrastructure that is outside the purview of the IT and Information Security departments, that is, applications, devices, and public cloud services, among others that are not being used in accordance with a company’s information security policies.
Shadow IT is not limited to tech companies
Deployment and operating shadow IT can lead to serious negative outcomes for businesses in almost all spaces. As per a research by Kaspersky, in India, 89% of companies suffered cyber incidents in the last two years, and 20% of these were caused by the use of shadow IT.
The IT industry had been the hardest hit, suffering 16% of cyber incidents due to the unauthorised use of shadow IT in 2022 and 2023. It was followed by infrastructure, and transport & logistics organisations, which saw 13% cyber incidents due to unauthorised use of shadow IT.
Meanwhile, 11% of companies worldwide have suffered cyber incidents due to the use of shadow IT by employees in the last two years.
Examples of Shadow IT
Earlier this year, hackers compromised Okta’s customer support system and stole data from all of the cybersecurity firm’s customer support users. An employee using a personal Google account on a company-owned device unintentionally allowed threat actors to gain unauthorised access to Okta’s customer support system.
How to safeguard against Shadow IT-led hacking
The best way to plug Shadow IT-led hacking is to only use apps installed on employee devices and refrain from using unsolicited flash drives, mobile phones and laptops.
Abandoned hardware left over after the modernisation or reorganisation of the IT infrastructure can also be used ‘in the shadows’ by other employees, potentially exposing the company to hackers.
A regular check on the inventory of IT assets like abandoned devices and hardware can also help in eliminating the risks of hacking. Furthermore, making users aware of ways that poses cyber risks can also help in plugging loopholes.

The mAadhaar app is here to be your digital map to the nearest enrolment centre, making the process smoother than ever. In this guide, we’ll demystify the mAadhaar app’s enrolment centre locator feature, turning you into a pro at finding the perfect spot to get your Aadhaar just right. So, grab your phone, unlock the mAadhaar app to locate the nearest Aadhaar enrolment centre
Here’s how to locate the nearest Aadhaar enrolment centre using the mAadhaar app:
1.Open the mAadhaar app: Ensure you have the latest version installed on your smartphone.
2. Log in: Enter your 12-digit Aadhaar number and the 4-digit OTP received on your registered mobile number.
3. Access the “Locate Enrolment Center” feature:
* On the home screen, tap the “Enrolment Center” icon.
* Alternatively, go to the “More” section and choose “Locate Enrolment Center.”
4. Enable location services: Allow the app to access your location for accurate results.
5. View nearby centres: The app will display a list of enrolment centres near your
current location, along with their addresses and phone numbers.
6. Filter results (optional): Refine your search by specifying:
* State
* District
* Pincode
* Aadhaar service type (enrolment, update, etc.)
7. View centre details: Tap on a specific centre to view its:
* Name
* Full address
* Contact number
* Working hours
* Available services
* Map location
Some tips to keep in mind:
* Check for updates: Regularly update the mAadhaar app to ensure you have the latest features and enrolment centre information.
* Use other methods: If you don’t have the mAadhaar app, you can also locate centres using:
* UIDAI website (https://uidai.gov.in/)
* Bhuvan Aadhaar portal (https://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/aadhaar/)
* Phone call to UIDAI’s toll-free number 1947

The after-Christmas sales have arrived and that means it’s a great time to score a TV for less. Case in point: right now you can get the fantastic 65-inch LG C2 OLED for $1,399 (was $1,899), thanks to Walmart slicing $500 off the ticket price. 

While this isn’t quite the lowest price we’ve seen the LG C2 OLED drop to, it’s still a great deal. As you’ll see in our LG C2 OLED review it’s a brilliant TV, whether you’re into movies or gaming, or simply love a Netflix binge. In fact, we ranked it as one of our picks for last year’s best TV list; it was only superseded by its successor the LG C3 OLED, but that doesn’t stop the C2 for being a TV you should snap up at a great price. 

When it comes to Christmas songs, there can be only one – and it’s Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You. In what’s becoming something of a festive tradition, it’s been announced that Mariah’s song has smashed Spotify’s one-day streaming record, a record previously set by… Mariah Carey.

According to TMZ, the song was streamed 23,701,697 times on Spotify on Christmas Eve, breaking the previous year’s record of 21,273,357 streams. That in turn smashed the previous year’s record, which smashed the one before, which smashed the one before.

Christmas officially marks the beginning of the annual weekly holidays. Businesses, including the tech companies will now be taking a breather from their ‘emails life’, supposedly for a week, as festive glow casts a warm blanket over Silicon Valley. In the land of connected devices, the elite of tech like Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai traded their algorithms and venture capital pitches for carols and heartfelt wishes.Here’s how the titans of the tech industry shared greetings.
Tim Cook keeps it simple
Apple CEO Tim Cook was quick to share greetings on X.
“Wishing everyone a day full of joy and the spirit of the season. Merry Christmas!” he said in a post.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Pichai shared a photo of a setup, apparently in the Google office, with an Android robot amid the Christmas trees.
“Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates. Wishing you a joyful holiday, whether you’re spending it in a winter wonderland or just enjoying the day with friends and family,” he said.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino
“Merry Christmas to all,” said X CEO Linda Yaccarino in a post

OpenAI chief Sam Altman
In his famous lowercase font, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman extended Christmas wishes to all.
“merry christmas and happy week of not much email!” he said in a post

Nothing CEO Carl Pei has a question for fans
Pei wished everyone happy holidays and asked the community what they expect from the company in the next year.
“Happy holidays everyone! What do you expect from Nothing in 2024?”

Elon Musk’s ‘picturesque’ Christmas
Elon Musk, who is the owner of X and serves as CEO of SpaceX and Tesla shared two separate posts on Christmas. In one post, there is a photo of a Chiristmas tree and the other one has a Tesla Cyber Truck with Christmas lights on it.

Amazon’s Panos Panay celebrates with family
Panos Panay, who has worked for a majority of his time at Microsoft and left for Amazon earlier this year, shared photos with his family, extending greetings to all.
“Merry Christmas! Grateful for this time with my family,” he said.

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