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Samsung finally took the wraps off its flagship Galaxy S23 smartphones series. The company unveiled the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra on February 1 at the company’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year. Along with the three smartphones, Samsung also launched the Galaxy Book3 flagship laptop series at the same event.
Among the three smartphones the Samsung Galaxy S23 is the most affordable option, while the Galaxy S23+ is its expensive sibling and the Galaxy Ultra 23 is the most-expensive smartphone of the company.
Both Samsung Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ are powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and run Android 13 operating system topped with the company’s own layer of One UI 5.1.
The duo feature a triple rear camera which comprises of 50MP rear camera with LED Flash, 12MP Ultra Wide sensor and 10MP Telephoto lens. There’s also a 12MP front camera for selfies.
Samsung Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ comes with IP68 rating which makes both the smartphones dust and water-resistant. The smartphones also support wireless and reverse charging.
Coming to the price, the Samsung Galaxy S23 comes with a starting price tag of Rs 74,999, while the price of Galaxy S23+ starts at Rs 94,999. This means that users will have to shell out Rs 20,000 extra if they wish to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S23+.
Wondering whether you should pay extra or save your money by going for Samsung Galaxy Galaxy S23? Here’s a complete spec comparison of the the two smartphones to help you decide .

Realme India is all set to launch a Coca-Cola special edition of the smartphone. The Chinese smartphone maker has confirmed that it will launch the Coca-Cola Edition of Realme 10 Pro smartphone in the country on February 10 at 12.30 pm.
“As an innovative and trendy brand, realme has been devoted to empowering the youth to be more daring through leap-forward technology and design. Coca-Cola makes the most fascinating parts of imagination real. Cheers for Real is the shared spirit of two brands, and their collaboration creates a world of boundless fun for people. The realme 10 Pro 5G Coca-Cola Edition is the embodiment of realme’s design-forward spirit that breathes an air of freshness to the yet another design-forward smartphone by realme,” said the company in a statement.

Realme 10 Pro specifications
The Realme 10 Pro flaunts a flat 6.7-inch FHD+ LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate, DC dimming, and up to 680 nits of peak brightness. The fingerprint sensor comes embedded in the power button on the side.
Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 695 chipset and comes up to 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. The smartphone has a 5,000 mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging.
The Realme 10 Pro features a 108MP main camera paired with a 2MP portrait camera, and on the front, the smartphone has a 16MP camera.
Realme has partnered with Jio to bring out of the Box 5G SA, NRCA, and VoNR on Realme 10 Pro smartphones for users to experience Jio’s True 5G network. The Realme 10 Pro+ comes with support for 9 5G bands, while the 10 Pro supports 7 5G bands out of the box.

In today’s digital era, technology is continually evolving, offering radical new growth opportunities for businesses to innovate, re-invent, and open new vistas to create and contribute to humanity’s well-being. Covid-19 has created a complex, multifaceted technology landscape that has not only accelerated the demand for digital innovation but has also challenged advanced manufacturing facilities. India, over the years, has made incredible strides in technology and the digital economy. From the development of cutting-edge AI capabilities to adoption of digital payments, 5G to high-performance computing, India has proven itself to be one of the most innovative nations in the world. In fact, India’s current digital transformation (DX) adoption landscape has been rapidly evolving, with DX spending projected to scale to USD $23.6 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 17 percent. Moreover, with a paradigm shift in businesses’ long-term strategic digital and resilience goals, DX technology investments are also expected to further accelerate.
In 2023, we expect to see five major tech trends that will define India’s growth and resilience.
Embracing Digital Transformation
India’s feverish pace of adopting technology into all matters has it poised on the very cusp of digital transformation. Over the last few years, we’ve seen many paper-bound processes get transformed into simpler, digital processes. The “India Stack” is a game changer and a unique advantage for us. UPI took India from a paper-currency driven market to one that’s synonymous with digital payments. DigiLocker is a great example of how, through technology, citizens now no longer need to carry cards and papers, but are instead served by a singular app that can securely house all their government records such as driver’s license, vaccination records, educational certificates and more. In-person meetings are moving towards video calls as more and more of the workforce continues to work from home. given this environment, Indian businesses are poised to make significant investments towards digital transformation and IT modernization. According to the latest report by IDC, more than 95 percent of the IT decision makers in India reported that their organization plans to spend more than what they spent in 2021 on digital transformation initiatives, with the spending in India expected to reach $85 Billion by 2026. Our customers are digital and in turn businesses need to be more digital to cater to them!
AI to drive the next wave of business growth
AI is no longer just a buzzword. By 2023, AI is expected to define commercial applications and internal business optimization tools across a multitude of industries. In point of fact, AI adoption is expected to add $500 billion to India’s GDP by 2025, and therefore, businesses would need to focus on scouting ways to optimize processes, enhance productivity, and bridge the existing skill gaps. Organizations will now need to realize how AI can be utilized to support informed decision-making about not just near-term decisions, but also their future business paths. AI has shown that it has the potential to solve many of the problems that exist in the world, but for businesses, it offers a key benefit; optimization. For example, as the manufacturing industry in India continues to expand, AI could offer key insights into managing supply, production methodology and even inventory management resulting in reduced operating costs. With a digital audience in country, we have so much data that is and will be created, that it makes for a massive AI opportunity ahead of us!
Digital Infrastructure will power the Economy
India also happens to enjoy some of the lowest mobile data rates in the world, allowing for the country to bring a huge chunk of the previously untapped population online. This collective, while enjoying some of the lowest data rates in the world, also happens to generate the second highest amounts of data in the world, unlocking India’s massive data-center potential. For context, India has 20 percent of the world’s internet users, but the country accounts for only 2 percent of the world’s servers. Consider the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which crossed 7.8 billion transactions in December of 2022, as per the data shared by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI). Clearly, technology has started to weave itself into the very fabric of the economic progress, so growing the country’s server capacity is not only important, but imminent. Data center growth will play a critical role in India’s goal to double its GDP and become a trillion-dollar digital economy.
Building a Hyperconnected and Intelligent World
The accelerating speed of digital disruption has forever changed the dynamics of business – creating new business models, revenue streams, and digital ecosystems in this digital world. In 2023, the emphasis on harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and Edge Computing will continue to be felt strongly. IoT has the potential to radically alter how companies evaluate and think about operations, product development, and design physical space – all things that impact the bottom line. By 2023, it is projected that over 43 billion devices will be connected to the internet, and with digital twins on the horizon, digital replicas of real things will soon become commonplace.
5G will be a game-changer for India, and with its recent deployment, it is expected to build a market of 31 million 5G users by end of 2022. As per Ericsson, the 5G enabled digitalization is slated to become a $17 billion opportunity by 2030. Therefore, India will be in a strategic position to boost its digital economy, enable advanced infrastructure, reap benefits from enhanced access to education, and healthcare, and seamless processes to transform businesses. Lastly, edge computing will make up more than 50 percent of new enterprise IT infrastructures deployed by enterprises.
Smartphone and PCs will shape the Connected World
While smartphones continued their steady growth in India for the last decade, the pandemic showed us that the PC continued to be a critical tool for consumers and businesses. As everyone moved to a work from home model, demand of laptops, desktops and monitors skyrocketed proving that the PC still is a device of choice to be productive. The demand signals may be cyclic but the net trajectory of these devices being an integral part of our growth story is clear. The education sector has also embraced digital learning in a big way across the country, with the government launching multiple programs across all levels of academia to facilitate hybrid learning. Gaming continues to show strong growth across the board, with a forecasted CAGR of 29 percent to 1.19 billion dollars in FY 2025. While there may be some headwinds faced by smartphone and PC industry in the coming months, the associated industries such as software, entertainment, cloud, web3, education, and even AR/VR are seeing a large uptick in consumption, pointing towards a positive outlook for the future.
Advanced digital technologies are coming your way. Many of these trends are already making their way to the business realm, and these will not be just your standard upgrades that will bring forth new and unexpected ways of conducting business. As 2023 begins, businesses must navigate this changing landscape while scaling innovations, and gaining a better understanding of how technology will continue to accelerate digital transformation across industries, as we set out on what will be an exciting new era.
By Santhosh Viswanathan, Managing Director, and Vice President – Sales Marketing & Communications Group, Intel India

Samsung launched its most-expensive smartphone — Galaxy S23 Ultra at its first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year on February 1. It is the first Galaxy S-series smartphone to come with a 200MP main camera. Along with the 200MP camera and improved camera capabilities, the Galaxy S23 Ultra retains the same industrial design language with a curved display and individually placed camera setup at the back.
Samsung has now announced the India pricing of the smartphone. The price of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra starts at Rs 1,24,999 which makes it slightly more expensive than its predecessor. Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra was launched at a starting price of Rs 1,09,999. This means that buyers will have to pay Rs 15,000 extra to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra price
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra comes in three variants — 12GB+256GB, 12GB+512GB and 12GB+1TB.
– Galaxy S23 Ultra 12GB +256GB: Rs 1,24,999
– Galaxy S23 Ultra 12GB +512GB: Rs 1,34,999
– Galaxy S23 Ultra 12GB +1TB : Rs 1,54,999

Launch offers
The customers who have pre-reserved the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra can avail the pre-booking offers. The company is giving benefits worth Rs 55,297 to the buyers of Galaxy S23 Ultra
– Customers purchasing the smartphone will get a free 25W travel adapter and wireless charger worth Rs 4,298
– Buyers will also get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic 4G and the Galaxy Buds2 worth Rs 47,999 and Rs 4,999 with the smartphone.
– The customers are also eligible for cashback and upgrade benefits worth Rs 8,000
– Finally, they will also get extra Rs 2,000 off with welcome voucher on Samsung Shop App 1st purchase
Customers can purchase the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in Graphite, Sky Blue, Red, Lime, Green, Phantom Black and Cream colour options.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra availablity
Customers can pre-order the Smasung Galaxy S23 Ultra starting today (February 2) till February 3 midmight.
The smartphone will be available online on Amazon.in and Flipkart and offline on authorised retail stores starting February 17.

Samsung finally launched its much-teased Galaxy S23 series of smartphones at the company’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series consists of three smartphones — Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra. After launching the smartphones in the global market, the company has now announced their India pricing and availability details. The customers in India are also allowed to pre-book the smartphones starting today (February 2).
Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 price
The Samsung Galaxy S23 comes in two variants — 8GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB.
On the other hand, the Galaxy S23+ also comes in two versions — 8GB+256GB and 8GB+512GB.
– Galaxy S23 8GB +128GB: Rs 74,999
– Galaxy S23 8GB +256GB: Rs 79,999
– Galaxy S23+ 8GB + 256GB: Rs 94,999
– Galaxy S23+ 8GB +512GB: Rs 1,04,999
Just like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ have also received a price hike as compared to their predecessor. The Galaxy S23 buyers will have to shell out Rs 2,000 extra, while the Galaxy S23+ customers will now have to pay Rs 10,000 extra for the smartphone.

Launch offers
The customers who have pre-reserved the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra can avail the pre-booking offers. The company is giving benefits worth Rs 55,297 to the buyers of Galaxy S23 Ultra
– Customers purchasing the smartphone will get a free 25W travel adapter and wireless charger worth Rs 4,298
– Buyers will also get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic 4G and the Galaxy Buds2 worth Rs 47,999 and Rs 4,999 with the smartphone.
– The customers are also eligible for cashback and upgrade benefits worth Rs 8,000
– Finally, they will also get extra Rs 2,000 off with welcome voucher on Samsung Shop App 1st purchase
Samsung Galaxy comes in Phantom Black, Green, Lavender and Cream Green colours, while the Galaxy S23+ comes only in Phantom Black and Cream colour variants.
Availability
Interested customers can pre-book the smartphones from Samsung.com starting today (February 2) till February 3. The smartphones will be available for purchase on Amazon.on, Flipkart and offline retail stores in the country starting February 17.

In a world in which you can get smart versions of almost anything, from speakers and watches to water bottles and running shoes, I find smart rings particularly fascinating. In some ways, they’re the perfect wearable – unobtrusive, stylish and able to seamlessly blend with the rest of your outfit. However, they’re far too small to pack a screen, so all the data it collects is only available in the corresponding app. 

Out of all the smart ring offerings available right now, the Oura Ring is the best-known and most adopted, topping our list of the best sleep trackers. The Oura Generation 3 is a solid wellness tracker geared towards monitoring sleep and stress rather than pure fitness, with seven temperature sensors monitoring your ‘restorative time’, an updated heart rate sensor, and a readiness score just like Garmin or Fitbit. 

Samsung finally launched its much-teased flagship smartphone series — Galaxy S23 at the company’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year. The smartphone maker has now announced that the Galaxy S23 smartphones sold in India will be manufactured at the company’s Noida factory.
Samsung inaugurated the World’s Largest Mobile Factory in Noida in 2018, with the vision to make India a global manufacturing hub. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series of smartphones consist of three phones — Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series
Samsung Galaxy S23 series smartphones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and promise to deliver a smooth gaming experience. The new S23 series also comes with more recycled materials than any other Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with Samsung’s most advanced camera system, tailored for nearly any lighting conditions and engineered to render incredible detail. Galaxy S23 Ultra boasts a new 200MP Adaptive Pixel sensor that captures epic moments with incredible precision.
Galaxy S23 series comes with Samsung Knox protection. For an added layer of security, Knox Vault, which was first introduced on the Galaxy S21 series, protects critical information on the Galaxy S23 series by isolating it from the rest of the device, including the OS, for added protection against vulnerabilities.
The smartphone maker has not yet announced the India price and availability details of the three smartphones.
Along with the three smartphones, Samsung also unveiled its new Galaxy Book3 series of laptops. The Galaxy Book 3 series includes a total of four devices — the Galaxy Book3 Pro 14, Galaxy Book3 Pro 16, Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 and the top-of-the-line Galaxy Book3 Ultra.
Galaxy Book3 Pro is a thin and light laptop with a portable form factor, the Galaxy Book3 Pro, on the other hand, features a 360-degree hinge design in a compact form factor and the Galaxy Book3 Ultra is the most powerful laptop in the company’s lineup.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech announced that the government will set up 100 labs in the top engineering institutions to develop apps and services for the next-generation network. India launched 5G in October last year and services are being rolled out by Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel across India.
“To realise new opportunities, business models and employment potential, the 5G labs will cover applications such as smart classrooms, precision farming, intelligent transport systems and healthcare applications,” said the finance minister.
Industry leaders have praised the move and said that the labs will further growth of private networks.

Priyanka Anand, Vice President and Head HR, Southeast Asia, Oceania & India at Ericsson, said the initiatives will aid in bridging the skill gap and will enable the country to realise the Digital India vision.
“Skill building is a critical first step in nation building and with the advent of 5G and related technologies, creating a workforce that is future ready is imperative. It is heartening to see the government investing in building a digital-ready workforce of the future through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 4.0 offering training for Industry 4.0, AI, robotics, IoT and drones, etc. This will help address the requirement of 22 million skilled workers in the telecom sector by 2025 and contribute to the nation becoming self-reliant. In addition, the 100 5G labs and 3 CoE for AI will foster the growth of the 5G ecosystem and fuel innovation,” Anand said.

“The set-up of 100 labs to develop 5G in the country will better network connectivity in the nook and corner of the country and further help more sectors and communities to access the benefits of 5G networks,” said Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, vice president – India & MENA, HMD Global.
“We are happy to see the Government empowering start-ups and industry players to build relevant 5G use cases with the promise of 100 labs, taking a step towards accelerating India’s Techade,” noted Muralikrishnan B, president, Xiaomi India.
Anil Kumar Jain, CEO, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
“Education, macro and micro infrastructure, banking, cyber security, defence, and more, are being ably represented towards ‘Amrit Kaal’. Up to 2% of India’s GDP is expected to be powered by 5G. Given this, establishing 100 labs for developing apps using 5G services is a positive step to increase 5G penetration in India. In addition to 5G, the next wave of technologies, such as Web 3.0 and Metaverse, will usher in a new era of economic opportunities. I strongly stand by the National Internet Exchange of India’s efforts to empower all citizens to build a better future for themselves.”

Last year, Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro, a year after the launch of the Xiaomi Pad 5. The company seems to be preparing to launch new tablets this year, allegedly the Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro. The specifications of two upcoming Xiaomi Pad 6 tablets have emerged online, tipping what to expect from the upcoming tablets.
Tipster Digital Chat Station has shared the alleged specifications of the upcoming two tablets from Xiaomi – Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro.
Xiaomi Pad 6, Pad 6 Pro: Specifications, features, and more (expected)
As per tipster Digital Chat Station, the Xiaomi Pad 6 could come with an 11-inch display with a resolution of 2800 x 1800 pixels and a 120 or 144Hz refresh rate. The tipster suggests that the Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro would also have a similar 11-inch display. Further, the display on both tablets will support HDR10+ and Dolby Vision playback. However, it is unknown as of now if Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro will have an LCD panel or if Xiaomi will finally switch to an AMOLED panel with the Pad 6 series.
The Xiaomi Pad 6 could be powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset, a minor upgrade over the Snapdragon 860 that powers the Xiaomi Pad 5. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro could come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset from last year.
Not much is known about the Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro other than the alleged display and processor. We expect the tablets to come with 67W charging as their predecessor, but nothing is confirmed as of now.
Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro are expected to launch later this year. Rumours are rife that the two tablets could launch sometime in Q2 2023, nearly a year after the launch of the Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro, which was launched last year in August.
Xiaomi launched the Pad 5 in India last year. The Xiaomi Pad 5 retails in India for Rs 26,999.

Meta created a centralised system to allow users to manage connected experiences like logging in across accounts on Facebook and Instagram. A security researcher has said a bug in this system, called Meta Accounts Center, may have allowed hackers to disable two-factor authentication (2FA) – a way that helps users to keep their social media accounts protected from unauthorised access.
Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, said he reported a bug he found in the Meta Accounts Center in September last year.
Bug in Meta Accounts Center
Mänôz said that he found that Meta did not set up a limit to enter login code it sends via SMS as a part of the two-factor authentication process. As per the researcher, this bug would have allowed a hacker to bypass the authentication protections using brute force attacks.

It is to be noted that when users set up two-factor authentication, they are asked for a special code to login to an account. This code is sent every time users log in to their accounts. Users also get alerts when someone tries logging in from a browser or mobile device Meta doesn’t recognise.
This helps users keep their accounts safe even if hackers get a user’s phone number because they won’t have the special code required to sign-in to their accounts. Since there was no limit to attempt authentication via login code, hackers could have guessed that code by punching it in multiple times until they got it right.
In case the hacker got the code right, the victim’s phone number became linked to the attacker’s Facebook account. Meta wil still send a message to the victims informing them that their 2FA was disabled and their phone number got linked to someone else’s account.

At this stage, since the 2FA no longer existed for that particular account, hackers could have taken over the victim’s account.
Meta fixed the bug
Mänôz said that soon after he found and reported the bug, Meta fixed this vulnerability. “We also fixed a bug reported by Gtm Mänôz of Nepal, which could have allowed an attacker to bypass SMS-based 2FA by exploiting a rate-limiting issue to brute force the verification pin required to confirm someone’s phone number. We awarded a $27,200 bounty for this report,” Meta said in a report in December.