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The Freedom 251, Apple's Encryption Woes, and Other Headlines This Week

The Freedom 251, Apple's Encryption Woes, and Other Headlines This Week 655x1z

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 20 February 2016 03:10 IST

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This week, technology news in India very quickly got taken over by the "cheapest smartphone in the world", the more questions than answers. 5x1a6u

At the Freedom 251 launch, the we still have 10 questions left for Ringing Bells.

(Also see: Freedom 251 Is Too Expensive - Soon Someone Could Pay You to Use Their Phone)

The phone was launched amidst repeated mentions of Digitial India and Make in India, and the questions around the Freedom 251 are also being directed toward Make in India. Although there are some major wins, there's a risk of getting caught up in the hype that must be avoided.

But if Freedom 251 was the big news from India this week, then ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a phone belonging to one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, California. This would of course be a huge blow to the privacy and security of all iPhone owners so it becomes a major issue.

Not everyone is convinced that this is an attack on privacy though - the Facebook and Twitter have come out in of Apple, and so has Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

(Also see: Apple's Risky Bet on Protecting a Terrorist's iPhone)

Besides the encryption case, Apple has been in the news for a number of other reasons this week. For one thing, Indian readers will be interested to know that acknowledged the 1970 date bug, saying a fix is on the way.

On the mobile phone front, it was relatively quiet beyond the Freedom 251. For one thing, will not come with the Continuum feature that essentially lets you turn it into a PC when you connect it to a monitor via Microsoft Display Dock.

The Web giants of the world saw some pretty big news as well this week. On a fun note, Wikipedia is taking on Google Search with its own search offering, that will be the "Internet's first transparent search engine".

Facebook's Instagram had a bit of a bumpy ride this week though. Last week, there's new malware that steals banking information and wipes out data.

It's not all been gloom and doom though - for one thing, Ola and Uber will be celebrating as the build a gravitational waves observatory in India which is an important scientific development.

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