Microsoft ends ‘Minecraft’ game for Apple TV
San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Microsoft is pulling back support for its popular game “Minecraft” from Apple TV given the small number of people who accessed the game via Apple TV. The decision went into…
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MobiKwik acquires wealth management start-up Clearfunds
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Domestic mobile wallet major MobiKwik on Thursday announced its foray into India’s wealth management market with the acquisition of Clearfunds, an online mutual fund investment platform based out of Mumbai,…
Microsoft wants Linux to stay, joins Open Invention Network
San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) After waging years of legal battles against firms working on open source technologies, Microsoft is now joining the Open Invention Network (“OIN”), a community dedicated to protecting Linux and other…
iPhone owners may soon get original shows for free: Report
San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) As part of a new digital TV strategy, Apple may give owners of its devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, free access to content owned by the…
Google ends support for its experimental smart reply app: Report
San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Google is putting an end to “Reply” — its experimental smart reply app that offered responses for other third-party messaging apps like Hangouts and Messenger. Google informed the beta testers…
Cataract management has evolved to refractive surgery
By Dr. Revathy Yerramneni Cataract is caused due to the opacification of the natural lens in the eye, leading to cloudy vision. It is a common occurrence in the elderly — and a commonly performed…
Musk denies James Murdoch taking over as Tesla’s Chairman
San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied that James Murdoch, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is going to replace him at electric car maker Tesla. Reacting to a…
Apple secretly acquires Danish machine learning startup
Tech/Biz/Int San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Apple secretly bought a Danish visual effects startup Spektral for over $30 million last year, the media reported. According to a report in Fortune citing Danish daily Borsen on…
Global PC shipments hit 67.2 mn units in Q3, Lenovo leads
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Lenovo secured the top spot in the worldwide PC market with HP Inc came second as the global PC shipments hit 67.2 million units in the third quarter of 2018…
Uber rolls out traffic ‘Movement’ tool for Bengaluru
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Oct 10 (IANS) The US-based ride-sharing giant Uber on Wednesday rolled out its traffic “Movement” tool for Bengaluru after launching it earlier in Delhi and Mumbai. “Movement” is a free urban planning software…
WhatsApp ‘fixes’ bug that let hackers break into video calls
San Francisco, Oct 10 (IANS) WhatsApp has understood to have fixed a bug in its Android and iOS mobile app that allowed the hackers to let the app crash during incoming video calls. According to…
Online monitoring system for parliamentary assurances
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel on Wednesday inaugurated the Online Assurances Monitoring System (OAMS), developed by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry (MoPA). This system has made the…
Uber rolls out ‘Movement’ for Bengaluru
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) After successful launches in Delhi and Mumbai, US-based ride-sharing giant Uber on Wednesday rolled out “Movement” for Bengaluru. “Movement” is a free urban planning tool accessible through movement.uber.com. It allows…
Huawei introduces AI chips for data centres, smart devices
Shanghai, Oct 10 (IANS) Chinese technology giant Huawei on Wednesday unveiled new chips with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities that can run data centres and smart devices, thereby pitting it against some of the world’s major…
US-based Plantronics unveils new line-up of headsets in India
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) US-based electronics brand Plantronics on Wednesday announced a new line-up of wireless headsets starting at Rs 6,490 in India. The new headsets “BackBeat FIT 350” is priced at Rs 6,490,…
Now a game on ‘Namaste England’
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra-starrer “Namaste England” has inspired a chase game, which according to the film’s director and producer Vipul Shah, offers a “unique emotional experience”. The game, ‘Namaste England…
New line-up of Panasonic speakers starting at Rs 6,890
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Panasonic India on Wednesday launched its new line-up of speakers starting at Rs 6,890 under the “Home Entertainment” and “UA” speaker system series that come embedded with woofers and digital…
Jabra ‘Talk 45’ headset now in India
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Expanding its audio line-up, Denmark-based Jabra, a subsidiary of GN Netcom that makes in-ear and on-ear audio wearables, on Wednesday launched a Bluetooth mono headset — Talk 45 — at…
IBM India partners Niti Aayog to skill students in new-age tech
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Tech major IBM India and NITI Aayog on Wednesday announced an internship programme for the top performing under-18 students selected by the ATAL Innovation Mission, a flagship programme of the…
Oxford Nanopore Launches MinIT, a Powerful Analysis Device to Enable Real Time, Portable DNA Sequencing
Business Wire IndiaMinIT, a rapid analysis and device control accessory for nanopore DNA sequencing, is now arriving with genomics researchers. Scientists will use it to run the MinION DNA/RNA sequencer, opening up high-throughput, real-time nanopore…