Uber launches ‘Driver Profile’ to gain rider’s trust
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) In a bid to bridge the trust deficit berween a rider and driver, cab-hailing app Uber on Tuesday announced a new ‘Driver Profile’ feature to detail who the man behind…
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Sunil Mittal urges TRAI to reject ‘Bill and Keep’ method
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has urged the Indian telecom regulator to reject the ‘Bill and Keep’ (BAK) method and said it should continue with the interconnection usage charge (IUC)…
Qualcomm accuses tech lobby of ‘misdirecting’ US trade body
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Responding to a letter filed by a tech lobby to bar import of iPhone models not using its modem chips, Qualcomm has said the group was conducting a “coordinated effort…
Trend Micro to secure LIC Mutual Fund’s network
Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) As cybersecurity threats loom, LIC Mutual Fund on Tuesday mandated cybersecurity firm Trend Micro to secure its endpoints, network and data centres. This comes after Trend Micro announced that it was…
Micromax unveils ‘Yu YUNIQUE 2’ at Rs 5,999
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) : Micromax’s sub-brand YU Televentures on Tuesday launched its budget smartphone Yu Yu ‘Yu YUNIQUE 2’ with Android Nougat at Rs 5,999. ‘YUNIQUE 2’ will start retailing exclusively on e-commerce…
GST won’t impact growing Indian smartphone market: Report
London, July 25 (IANS) The overall smartphone demand in India will hit 234 million units in 2017, an increase of 11 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would have no…
Facebook acquires startup to fight piracy
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) In its battle against pirated content, Facebook has acquired a US-based startup Source3 to help it weed out pirated videos and other content that users share without permission. The startup…
Utimaco Hardware Security Modules Achieve Payment Card Industry Compliance
Business Wire IndiaUtimaco has achieved Payment Card Industry PIN Transaction Security Hardware Security Module Version 2 (PCI PTS HSM V2) compliance for uncontrolled environments for its CryptoServer CSe HSM platform from the PCI Standards Security…
Wipro and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partner to Offer Consumption-based IT Infrastructure Solutions
Business Wire IndiaWipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced a partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to offer IT infrastructure solutions…
Microsoft Paint may be ‘dead’ soon
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that is expected soon will feature a whole new bunch of tools and features, but it is going to kill the 1985-released image editing…
Strong tech-enabled business models key for MSMEs today: SAP India
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) In their quest to become digital, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) need to adopt strong tech-enabled business models and processes to make them more efficient and achieve…
Alphabet posts profits despite $2.7 bn EU fine
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Despite being hit by the impact of a $2.7 billion European Commission’s (EC) anti-trust fine, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has still posted $26 billion in revenue in the…
Qualcomm accuses tech lobby of ‘misdirecting’ ITC
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Responding to a letter filed by a tech lobby to bar import of iPhone models not using its modem chips, Qualcomm has said the group was conducting a “coordinated effort…
UP to launch RERA website
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will launch the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) website here on Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday. The website will be open for all and people can, at…
Renowned Indian space scientist U.R. Rao dead
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) Renowned Indian space scientist U.R. Rao, the architect of early satellites including Aryabhatta, Bhaskar, Apple, Rohini and multi-purpose Insat series, passed away here early on Monday, said an ISRO official. He…
Rs 62.99 crore spent since 2012 on plastics use in highways construction
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government has spent only Rs 62.99 crore since 2012 out of the allocated Rs 159.6 crore on research, development, training and quality assurance through use of waste plastics and…
Digital transactions in all co-operative banks by March 2018: NPCI
Bhubaneswar, July 24 (IANS) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Monday said all co-operative banks in the country would be part of digital transactions by March 2018. “The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ecosystem…
Maharashtra tops in skill development: NSDC data
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Maharashtra has emerged as the topper in imparting Skill Training to over a million youths in the National Skill Development Corporation’s (NSDC) Skill India Mission, an official said here on Monday….
Oracle expands ‘Cloud at Customer’ with PaaS, SaaS services
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Empowering organisations to move workloads to the Cloud while keeping their data on premises, Oracle on Monday announced the expansion of its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications available through…
Artificial intelligence can choose recipes after looking at food images
New York, July 24 (IANS) Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that, given a still image of a dish, can recommend ingredients and recipes based on that food photo. Researchers from Massachusett’s Institute…