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Microsoft Lumia 950 is expected to launch in US on November 20
Microsoft is planning to launch its flagship Windows 10 mobile device, Lumia 950 on November 20. According to Windows Central, AT&T is expected to put Lumia 950 in store shelves starting Friday November 20.
Microsoft recently announced threshold 2 update for Windows 10 and it is expected that Windows 10 mobile build 10586 has been confirmed as RTM. AT&T will be the only carrier supporting Lumia 950 in US and it will also be

Microsoft Lumia 950 is expected to launch in US on November 20
Microsoft is planning to launch its flagship Windows 10 mobile device, Lumia 950 on November 20. According to Windows Central, AT&T is expected to put Lumia 950 in store shelves starting Friday November 20.
Microsoft recently announced threshold 2 update for Windows 10 and it is expected that Windows 10 mobile build 10586 has been confirmed as RTM. AT&T will be the only carrier supporting Lumia 950 in US and it will also be

Smartphones may soon replace wearable fitness trackers by reliably measuring your heart and breathing rates even when they are kept in pocket or a bag, MIT researchers say.
Researchers are working on a project called BioPhone that could track biological signals using the smartphone’s accelerometer, which can capture the small body movements that result from the beating of your heart and rising and falling of your chest.
This data is collected when you are not moving much – this makes

Skype, Google, Twitter, YouTube have shown their support for Paris.
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, tech companies and brands across the world have changed their logos to display to show solidarity with the citizens of  France.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks on a stadium, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and over 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously.
Twitter, YouTube, Micromax Mobile in India are some of the top tech br

Skype, Google, Twitter, YouTube have shown their support for Paris.
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, tech companies and brands across the world have changed their logos to display to show solidarity with the citizens of  France.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks on a stadium, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and over 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously.
Twitter, YouTube, Micromax Mobile in India are some of the top tech br

Skype, Google, Twitter, YouTube have shown their support for Paris.
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, tech companies and brands across the world have changed their logos to display to show solidarity with the citizens of  France.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks on a stadium, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and over 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously.
Twitter, YouTube, Micromax Mobile in India are some of the top tech br

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Huawei's New Quick Charging Technology Is Super Fast
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The Huawei Watt Lab, which is a part of the Central Research Institute at Huawei Technology Corporation, has showed off its new quick charging technology which it claims to be super fast as compared to existing battery technology. The company says that ...
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Telecom Commission approves Trai’s recommendations on spectrum cap
Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission has in-principle approved Trai’s recommendation on determining spectrum holding limits and sought suggestions from the sector regulator to implement it in future auctions.
“Telecom Commission discussed spectrum cap recommendation of Trai and in-principle agreed to the recommendations. It has sought regulator’s view on implementing it in futureauctions,” a g

Padlock was the most popular emoji during Diwali and was sent 11 times more often than usual (Source: OnePlus India)
OnePlus India in collaboration with SwiftKey has announced that Padlock was the most popular emoji during Diwali. The study says Indians sent Padlock as an emoji 11 times more often than usual.
The study was conducted by SwiftKey which is one of the most popular smartphone keyboard supporting different Indian launguages. The emoji report analyses emoji typed by people in 22 diffe

India has once again topped the list when it comes to censoring contents on social networking site Facebook (Source: AP)
India once again tops the list of countries where governments make the maximum number of demands to remove content from Facebook, according to a report released by the company.
Notably, there has been a three-fold increase in such demands in the first six months of this year as compared to last year.
According to the data released by Facebook in its biannual government reques

After the horrific terror attacks in Paris, Facebook has now activated its ‘safety check’ tool for users in the French capital to let their friends and family members know they were safe.
According to TMZ, a Facebook representative said that people turned to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates, which is why they have created ‘Safety Check’ and activated it for people in Paris.
Earlier, this safety feature had been used for natural disasters, which allowed Face

A new study has found that programmable electronic glasses can help improve vision in children just as well as the more traditional treatment using eye patches.
This “digital patch” is the first new effective treatment for lazy eye in half a century. Results from the first U.S. trial of this device will be presented at AAO 2015, the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
A recent study found that 1 in 4 kids feel anxiety before using eye drops. Nearly 15 perce

The Turkish government officials have blocked Reddit under its internet censorship law
Turkey’s government has blocked Reddit under its Internet censorship law 5651. Under this law, the country’s officials are allowed to ban sites that contain content that is pirated, is pornographic in nature or contains criticism of the current President Mustafa Ataturk.
This is not the first time that Turkey has banned a popular website or Internet service. Turkey’s government officials had

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Swipe it or chip it?: New credit card technology has slow rollout
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NORMAL — Doug Twitchell, an associate professor of information systems at Illinois State University in Normal, embraces technology. “I'm the type of guy that will try to use new technology even when it isn't set up yet, just to see if it will work ...and more »

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Business joins effort to lift technology and innovation in schools
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Ian Chubb will launch a business-backed scheme on Tuesday to tell students about technology careers. Simone De Peak. Share on twitter · Share on Google Plus. by John Kehoe. Technology oriented companies including Telstra, Westpac and Hewlett ...and more »

Apple iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus are lone players in the luxury smartphone segment in India. (Source: Reuters)
Recently, when Apple launched its latest version of the iPhone here, there were a lot of oohs and aahs about the pricing. Yes, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have their highest pricing in India, but that is no reason for people to suggest that it was pointless to buy an expensive phone like that. Of course, a Micromax phone priced at a fraction of any Apple phone can also get the job do

ALPHAEON signs agreement with PhysIOL to develop and commercialize Trifocal ...
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ALPHAEON Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with PhysIOL SA of Belgium, to jointly develop and commercialize an exclusive ALPHAEON-branded Trifocal lens technology. Specific terms of the agreement were not ...
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Twitter, YouTube, Micromax Mobile in India are some of the top tech brands that have shown their support for Paris.
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, tech companies and brands across the world have changed their logos to display to show solidarity with the citizens of  France.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks on a stadium, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and over 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously.
Twitter, YouTube, Micr

If you have made up you mind to look beyond Chinese names and spend beyond Rs 40,000, here are some phones that can light up the rest of your year:
Apple iPhone 6s Plus Apple iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6s are two top-end options this year.
The performance of the A9 chip, the new 3D Touch screen, along with its battery life, make it among the best smartphones in the market. The Apple iPhone 6s Plus tops our list of premium devices given its superb camera and battery life. Pictures look natura

The Turkish government officials have blocked Reddit under its internet censorship law
Turkey’s government has blocked Reddit under its Internet censorship law 5651. Under this law, the country’s officials are allowed to ban sites that contain content that is pirated, is pornographic in nature or contains criticism of the current President Mustafa Ataturk.
This is not the first time that Turkey has banned a popular website or Internet service. Turkey’s government officials had

Nasa’s probe finds hints of gamma ray cycle in the active galaxy region
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected hints of periodic changes in the brightness of a so-called “active” galaxy, whose emissions are powered by a supersized black hole.
If confirmed, the discovery would mark the first years-long cyclic gamma-ray emission ever detected from any galaxy, providing new insights into physical processes near the black hole.
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State-run telecom firm MTNL, which offers services in Delhi and Mumbai, will soon launch free roaming scheme, allowing customers to receive calls at no extra cost while traveling across the country.
BSNL already has such a scheme in place. At present, MTNL customers have to pay roaming charges for incoming calls when they go outside of Delhi and Mumbai.
MTNL Chairman and Managing Director NK Yadav told PTI the scheme will be announced soon and they are finalising the dates. Share This ArticleRel

Facebook’s Paris Safety Check tool was activated after the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris terrorist attacks, which left over 129 people dead, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for those in the city. While Facebook’s decision received positive response from most users, others also raised questions as to why the social media giant did not activate the tool when Beirut was attacked earlier.
Now Facebook’s CEO Mark

Facebook’s Paris Safety Check tool was activated after the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris terrorist attacks, which left over 129 people dead, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for those in the city. While Facebook’s decision received positive response from most users, others also raised questions as to why the social media giant did not activate the tool when Beirut was attacked earlier.
Now Facebook’s CEO Mark

Facebook’s Paris Safety Check tool was activated after the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris terrorist attacks, which left over 129 people dead, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for those in the city. While Facebook’s decision received positive response from most users, others also raised questions as to why the social media giant did not activate the tool when Beirut was attacked earlier.
Now Facebook’s CEO Mark

Facebook’s Paris Safety Check tool was activated after the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris terrorist attacks, which left over 129 people dead, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for those in the city. While Facebook’s decision received positive response from most users, others also raised questions as to why the social media giant did not activate the tool when Beirut was attacked earlier.
Now Facebook’s CEO Mark

If you were going to reinvent MTV for a mobile generation, you’d probably come up with something like YouTube Music. It’s a video-first music service that also plays in the background like you’d expect a music app to do. That sets it apart from other music apps out there, many of which give you a choice of videos or songs, but not interchangeably.
But while YouTube Music offers a lot of interesting features, most of them require a subscription to the new YouTube Red service, wh

Google’s Huawei Nexus 6P features a 5.7” WQHD 518ppi AMOLED display perfect for playing games, watching movies and getting work done in stunning clarity, and front-facing stereo speakers for crisp, clear sound.
Huawei and Google introduced the Huawei Nexus 6P smartphone (priced at Rs 39,999), an ‘innovative’ smartphone featuring Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google’s newest operating system for mobile devices, in San Francisco recently. According to the company statement

Russia’s biggest search site Yandex asked the European Commission to investigate Google’s practices in relation to its Android OS. (Source: AP)
Russia’s biggest search site Yandex said on Friday, it had asked the European Commission to investigate Google’s practices in relation to its Android mobile operating system in the European Union.
The new complaint could strengthen the case against Google, possibly giving enough ammunition to EU antitrust regulators to eventually

Gmail will now warn users about messages that come from unencrypted connections.
Gmail will soon warn users when they receive messages from unencrypted connections, according to an announcement on Google’s Official security blog.
Google’s team wrote on the blog, “To notify our users of potential dangers, we are developing in-product warnings for Gmail users that will display when they receive a message through a non-encrypted connection. These warnings will begin to roll-out i

Facebook’s Paris Safety Check tool was activated after the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris terrorist attacks, which left over 129 people dead, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for those in the city. While Facebook’s decision received positive response from most users, others also raised questions as to why the social media giant did not activate the tool when Beirut was attacked earlier.
Now Facebook’s CEO Mark

Apple iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus are lone players in the luxury smartphone segment in India. (Source: Reuters)
Recently, when Apple launched its latest version of the iPhone here, there were a lot of oohs and aahs about the pricing. Yes, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have their highest pricing in India, but that is no reason for people to suggest that it was pointless to buy an expensive phone like that. Of course, a Micromax phone priced at a fraction of the Apple phone can also get the job done as

Flickr’s iOS app users 3D Touch in a way that highlights all the possibilities of the new feature on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus.
At its September event, Apple announced two new iPhones with ‘s’ branding and with minor hardware upgrades. But Apple did have two surprises up its sleeve; the first being live photos and second was 3D Touch.
While live photos have been there on other smartphones in different forms, 3D Touch as Apple likes to call is definitely radical. It is poised t