Now get paid for using Microsoft’s Edge browser
New York, Aug 20 (IANS) In an effort to make people switch to Microsoft Edge, the company will now pay you to use the browser, which the company claims can last longer than its Google…
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Social media brings death back into public realm
New York, Aug 20 (IANS) Death and mourning are no longer a private matter as social media platforms like Twitter — with its ephemeral mix of rapid-fire broadcast and personal expression — is widening the…
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Portable ultrabook with super battery life
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Joining the race to build thinner yet more powerful laptops, Chinese technology major Lenovo has launched ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook — a no-compromise mix of portability and…
Zuckerberg gives away $95 mn Facebook shares in charity
San Francisco, Aug 20 (IANS) In the first gesture to fulfil his pledge that he and his wife made last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million of the social networking giant’s shares….
First flash sale for LeEco’s Super TV on August 26
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Friday said it had received 10,000 registrations in a day for its Super3 series ecosystem TVs in India. The registrations for first flash…
TRAI Consultation Paper on ISPs’ spectrum usage charges
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian telecom watchdog on Friday issued a consultation paper on spectrum usage charges (SUC) for Internet service providers (ISP) and commercial very small aperture terminal service providers. The Telecom…
Jio preview offer now open for Samsung, LG 4G smartphones users
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) In a move that will make 4G-LTE a reality for millions of smartphone users, Jio Preview Offer is now open for all 4G customers of Samsung and LG. Under the…
Antrix-Devas deal: CBI given a month to get sanction for trial
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted the Central Bureau of INvestigation one month to secure official sanction to try government servants charge-sheeted last week for causing a loss of Rs…
Track your valuables with Portronics Tring
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Portable digital solutions provider Portronics on Friday launched Tring — a multi-purpose device to track your valuables like wallets, mobile phones or car keys. The Rs 999 Tring offers anti-lost…
Facebook makes AI bot-building research available for free
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) What to learn from Facebook how does it train its artificial intelligence (AI) bots? Take the lessons from the social media giant itself — for free. In a bid to…
Government announces team to improve India’s innovation ranking
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The government on Friday announced that a team would be set up to advise on how to further improve India’a ranking in the global index of countries in the sphere…
Told to ‘shut child up’, mother shames air passenger on Facebook
London, Aug 19 (IANS) The mother of an eight-year-old disabled girl has shamed a fellow passenger on Facebook for yelling abuse at her daughter who had “a meltdown” mid-flight, the media reported. In a Facebook…
Rajyavardhan Rathore asks officials to maximise use of social media
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday asked government officials to maximise use of social media platforms and disseminate information which is useful for…
Alibaba Group launches book donation drive in India
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Chinese mobile internet giant Alibaba Group on Friday announced the launch of a book donation drive in India, inviting people to donate textbooks and educational material to empower those who…
Uber acquires truck startup
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) American multinational online transportation firm Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired ‘Otto’, a technology startup whose aim is to make trucks self-driving. Otto, a 90-person start-up includes former…
Indian smartphone market grew 17.1% in Q2 2016: IDC
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian smartphone market registered a healthy 17.1 per cent growth over the previous quarter this year and a marginal 3.7 per cent growth over the second quarter of 2015,…
Japan to develop AI applications on public-private platform
Tokyo, Aug 19 (IANS) Japan’s Riken research institute, along with over 20 other companies, have created a joint platform to develop applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of medicine, industry and infrastructure. The…
New Twitter feature to filter ‘bad’ tweets
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter has added a quality filter to its notifications settings which, when turned on, will automatically filter low-quality content like duplicate tweets or content that appears to be…
Quantum satellite: Singapore’s giant leap
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) China made big news this week with the launch of its QUESS satellite that will test for the first time the viability of quantum technology for secure communications…
Facebook teams up with Unity to build gaming platform
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook is working with game engine Unity to build a dedicated, downloadable Steam-style desktop gaming platform. Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation that…