American technology company Essential Products has announced that its new smartphone will be available soon and has now got the backing of Amazon and Chinese investment holding company Tencent.

The new Nokia 6 comes pre-installed with the Amazon shopping app, Kindle app and a unique Daily Deals widget which gives users easy access to personalized deals, order history, shipment updates and more.

US stocks traded lower on Friday, as a selloff in the technology sector accelerated following weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings from Amazon.

Taking after Amazon's Echo Show, Facebook is reportedly developing a smart speaker that will feature a 15-inch touchscreen and will be launched in Q1 of 2018.

Pitching for a free and open Internet for everyove, Facebook, Google, Amazon and other tech giants participated in a day-long online protest organised by advocacy groups in the US.

Apple's market share in the online video sales and rental industry has dropped by half as Amazon, US's largest cable provider Comcast as well as video streaming services like Netflix have come to the fore in recent years, media reported.

Chinese smartphone OnePlus 5 will be available on open sale starting Tuesday on online marketplace Amazon.in and oneplusstore.in, the company said in a statement.

Amazon on Friday launched a new smartwatch which is powered by Alexa, an intelligent virtual assistant, and will be available on e-commerce portal Yerha.com.

Italian authorities on Friday opened an investigation against US online retailing giant Amazon for allegedly evading 130 million euros ($141 million) in taxes between 2011-2015.

One of the largest e-commerce companies, Flipkart is now officially selling Lenovo Z2 Plus (3GB/32GB variant) at an attractive price of Rs 14,999. The other 4GB/64GB variant will be made available on the portal soon.