TecQ: No WhatsApp for BlackBerry; Major Bug Hits PCs & Aadhaar

Top tech stories from The Quint this week.

1.13 billion Indians now have an Aadhaar, a unique identity number, which has become the government’s preferred ID proof.

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TecQ is our weekly round-up of the top technology stories

1. Here is How You Can Link Aadhaar to Mobile Number Using OTP

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2. The Great Indian Video Battle: Hotstar Ahead of Amazon, Netflix

With growing mobile user base, fight between video streaming platform is heating up. (Photo: The Quint)

Netflix has a long way to go in India before it can hope of catching up to Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar.

The US-based video platform apparently has 5 million users in the country, which pales in front of the 11 million that Amazon has signed up on its network and the 75 million that Hotstar has managed to get on board till now, according to a report published by research analyst firm Counterpoint.

It’s not surprising to see that Hotstar (owned by Star India) carries more users on its network, which offers free as well as subscriber-based premium content. Amazon, on the other hand, has relied on its pocket-friendly yearly plan of Rs 499 (now revised to Rs 999) that has helped them add more consumers paying for the service.

Netflix, on the other hand, only operates in the premium segment, charging Rs 650 per month for its high-definition service that can be viewed by two devices.

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3. Honor View 10 First Impressions: AI in a Phone? How Cool is That!

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4. FAQ: What Are Meltdown and Spectre Bugs and How Do They Affect PCs

The dawn of 2018 has come with a rude shock for PC users, with two hardware bugs named ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ grabbing headlines this week, affecting a horde of desktop, mobile and even cloud users.

Experts have stated that the exploits are hard to detect as they do not leave traces of log files. Patches to fix Meltdown have been released by Intel, Microsoft, Google, and even Apple.

What this bug is all about. (Photo: The Quint/Canva)

So, how do these bugs affect your system and what risk do they carry for users? Here’s a low-down on both the hardware bugs.

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5. Check If You Can Use WhatsApp on Your Mobile in 2018

Time to switch. (Photo: The Quint/Canva)  

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