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Jabra Eclipse is a wireless headset that promises lightweight design and HD voice support (Source: Jabra)
Jabra has launched new lightweight wireless headset at Rs 7,999. The new headset offers sleek and comfortable design.
The Jabra Eclipse offers support for HD voice depending upon the network and weighs only 5.5 grams. The headset comes a portable charging case which allows storage and charging on-the-go. Share This ArticleRelated ArticleJabra Move Express Review: Among the best Bluetooth he

Researchers demonstrate certain type of sound waves increasing the data transfer speed (Source: Thinkstock Images)
If you are tired of watching that circle spinning in the centre of your computer screen while you wait for a programme to be loaded, try singing to your data, literally.
Researchers from Universities of Sheffield and Leeds have shown that certain types of sound waves can move data quickly, using minimal power which can be the answer to faster computing or access the data you need.

Google hits back at EU regulators; calls the antitrust lawsuit fine inappropriate
Google has hit back at EU antitrust regulators’ warning of a possible hefty fine, saying this would be inappropriate because of the unusual nature of the case and its willingness to settle the case with concessions last year.
In its reply to the European Commission’s April charge sheet, the world’s most popular search engine also faulted regulators for not taking into account the fact that it was

The company claims that users will save up to 30%-40% money per month on Internet with Freedom Packs.
Idea today introduced affordable 2G and 3G monthly Internet packs. The company claims that users will save up to 30 per cent-40 per cent per month with its new Freedom Packs.
While Idea presently charges its users Rs 106 for a 300MB 2G Internet pack with 28 days validity, it will now charge Rs 100 for the same under the new Freedom Packs offer. Similarly, the service provider will charge R

TalkTalk shocked customers last month when the broadband, TV, mobile and fixed-line service provider said it had been hacked. (Source: Reuters)
British police have made a fourth arrest in connection with a cyber attack on telecoms company TalkTalk (TALK.L), which the company said leaked the bank details of more than 20,000 customers.
A 16-year-old boy from Norwich in eastern England was held in custody before being bailed to a date in late March, pending further enquiries, police said in a stat

Among its accomplishments: the development of software that can analyze a photo and answer questions about what it shows, or study a picture of toy blocks and predict whether they will fall over.
Facebook is studying the ancient Chinese game of Go for insights as it works on building an artificial brain, one that it hopes to turn into a virtual personal assistant that can also sort through a mountain of photos, videos and comments posted by its next billion or so users.
The social networking co

Customer experience, product range, delivery, payment and customer service are the top five things Indian digital commerce players should focus on to grow their business, according to Gartner.
“Digital commerce is at a nascent stage in India, and it accounts for less than 1 per cent of total retail sales in 2015. However, India is one of the fastest-growing digital commerce markets in Asia/Pacific,“ said Gene Alvarez, managing vice president at Gartner. “India represents a $7 b

 Microsoft has announced it would be cutting down on its free cloud storage space from 15GB to 5GB
The company just cut the free space it offers through its OneDrive service by two-thirds, making it the second major company to retreat from a consumer cloud-storage boom that tempted users with price cuts and ever-larger free offers.
Starting next year, Microsoft will cut its free option to 5 gigabytes, down from 15 gigabytes now. Microsoft says the new allotment is enough for about 6,600 Off

To get the ‘star’ icon back, all a user will have to do is download the extension and enable it.
Twitter recently replaced its like button with ‘heart’ icon but Google Chrome has found a way to get the good old ‘start’ back. Users can do so by enabling a third-party Chrome extension, ‘Fav Forever’.
This however will only be possible if one logs in to Twitter using the Chrome browser. Fav Forever is available on Chrome Web Store. The star denoted &

Twitter Hearts is a new way of interacting on the site, which replaces the stars for favourites.
Twitter hearts are the new product change under co-founder and permanent CEO Jack Dorsey, who returned to the company last month. But why hearts in place of the favourites? One of the reasons is to reverse the poor user engagement and slow user growth that the site has seen in last one year.
References to Facebook’s Likes and Instagram’s heart aside, this need to drive up engagement

Micromax Canvas 5 has just been launched in India for Rs 11,999 and will be available in stores from today. Here’s our review of the new Canvas smartphone.
Micromax has been loyal to the Canvas series as the flagship it wants to be identified with. And this Diwali, it has launched the Micromax Canvas 5, the latest in the series, with 4G LTE. If you look at Micromax in the recent past, two things are becoming clear: the company is more than bullish on 4G across price ranges and it thinks d

Flipkart has hired Surojit Chatterjee, a former Google executive to head consumer experience across mobile and desktop.
Flipkart, India’s biggest online marketplace, said it hired Google executive Surojit Chatterjee to head consumer experience across desktop and mobile. Chatterjee, who has 33 U.S. patents to his name, most recently was the global head of mobile search advertising and adsense for search at Google.
In May, Flipkart’s Chief Financial Officer Sanjay Baweja had said that

Google’s blog post highlights the problem of lack of women role models in coding and computer science fields.
Code Girl, a documentary made by award-winning filmmaker Lesley Chilcott  (known for films like “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Waiting for Superman”) in collaboration with Google had been released for free on YouTube.
The film documents the lives of young women from across countries like Moldova, Brazil, and those in the US, who are participating in Goog

Alphabet CEO Larry Page speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco. (Source: AP)
In a rare public appearance, Google co-founder and Alphabet Inc CEO Larry Page explained why he was spurred to create a whole new structure for the company he created with Sergey Brin almost two decades ago.
“I want to push the envelope for what’s possible for an innovative company with large resources,” he said during a Q&A session with Fortune editor Alan Murray at the magazine&rsqu

Activision Blizzard’s purchase of King Digital Entertainment will help it keep pace as video gaming continues to move away from TV-connected consoles.
The company behind the hugely successful “Call of Duty” video games is launching an all-out attack on the mobile gaming market by shelling out $5.9 billion for the maker of “Candy Crush Saga.”
Activision Blizzard’s purchase of King Digital Entertainment will help it keep pace as video gaming continues to move a

Letv claims to have sold over half a million phones in under an hour.
China’s Letv says it sold over half a million units of its Le 1S on e-commerce sites, all in over one hour. Letv recently announced that it plans to enter the Indian market by 2016.
Letv said that its second generation Le 1S sold over 550,000 units, across Chinese portals like Lemall.com and JD.com (China’s biggest direct sale platform).
Letv also recently launched its new Superphone (2nd gen) on October 27. The c

Inbox app by Google will now let users send smart replies written by artificial intelligence.
Google is putting a different twist on the concept of “automated reply” with a new tool that aims to write artificially intelligent responses to your email.
The technology is part of an update to Google’s Inbox app for managing and organising email. The feature announced Tuesday is the latest example of Google’s effort to teach machines how to take over some of the tasks typical

The Indian LTE smartphone market is soaring at very high rates, says a new Counterpoint Research.
A new report by Counterpoint Media research shows that in India 4G and LTE smartphones numbers grew at an astonishing 2400 per cent rate climbing to 10 million units in Q3 of 2015, and while the top vendor positions have not changed drastically, Chinese start-up Xiaomi saw a massive fall.
Research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, showed that for the July-September quarter the smart

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in Mumbai on Thursday for Microsoft’s Future Unleashed event.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in Mumbai on Thursday for Microsoft’s Future Unleashed event, easily the biggest event the technology giant has ever organised in India.
As part of the event, Nadella will meet industry leaders like Anand Mahindra, Chairman and MD, Mahindra & Mahindra, Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO of Axis Bank and Mukund Rajan of Tata Sons. Maharashtra Chief Minist

Left To Right- Sanjay Vidyarthi, Managing Director_India iQor,Hartmut Liebel_iQor’s CEO, Steve Deacon Regional Vice President_Asia iQor.
US-based aftermarket services provider iQor on Tuesday announced plans to invest $200 million in building end-to-end aftermarket services across India. The company will open two new repair depot hubs in Chennai and Hyderabad along with new service centers.
The company caters to the after-sales service needs of manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, deskt