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Cyber warfare being considered as a legitimate mode of attrition between nations, a new spectrum of operations have opened up with the full panoply of instruments. India has recently inked cyber-security agreements with Malaysia and Singapore seeking to promote closer cooperation and the exchange of information pertaining to cyber-security incident management, technology cooperation, cyber-attacks, prevalent policies and best practices and mutual response to cyber-security incidents.
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Taiwan’s HTC is a smartphone pioneer, having delivered the first Android smartphone, the first Windows smartphone, the first 4G smartphone, and the first all-metal smartphone. However, the company has been losing market share over the past few years, hit by intense competition at the high-end of the market from the likes of Apple and Samsung while budget Chinese rivals have also eclipsed its low-cost offerings. Of late, it is fighting back with new smartphones in the mid-range and high-end

Businesses world over are driving towards a seamless digital integration of their offering primarily to offer human-centric experience with a potential to infuse dynamism in the operations. This push is being manifested in IT companies innovating to put a layer of digital business platform on their existing offerings that could allow their customers to innovate in the digital space without any substantial cost.
At the Fujitsu Forum 2015 held at Munich in Germany last month, the Japanese IT compa

Yahoo Inc’s board of directors is in the third and final day of meetings that could decide the future of one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent but troubled companies. One option on the table for the nine board members is whether to sell Yahoo’s core business, which includes Mail, its sports sites, and advertising technology.
The company is also in the process of deciding whether to continue with the spinoff of its $30 billion stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Gr

We live in times where we are watched. We are watched by people wielding cell phones on the streets, by satellites that pass overhead without any a sound, by surveillance cameras that smile winkingly at us. (Image source: Reuters)
As the days grow shorter and nights colder, people are reminded that they had better not cry, better not shout, better not pout, better not cry — because Santa Claus is coming to town. Whether you believe that Santa is the magical messenger who rewards us for ou

Nokia Headquarters in this file photo. (Source: Nokia)
Nokia says it has received all regulatory approvals for the 2.8 billion euro ($3.1 billion) sale of its mapping unit to a consortium of German carmakers, Audi AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG, and expects to close it ahead of schedule on Friday.
Nokia’s HERE, which includes mapping, navigation and location services, gives the leading automakers access to technology that could eventually be used for driverless cars.
The Finnish company ori

Facebook and WhatsApp have retained their positions as the ‘most popular applications’ among Indians this year, says a new report.
Social networking giant Facebook and mobile messaging service WhatsApp have retained their positions as the ‘most popular applications’ among Indians this year, says a new report.
Besides, Truecaller and UC Browser also figure among the top-five most popular mobile applications among Indians, as per the study conducted by WhichApp, a mobile ap

OnePlus 2 will now be invite-free always. OnePlus X will be invite-free till December 7.
OnePlus 2, the ‘2016 flagship killer’ from Chinese tech company OnePlus, will now be invite-free across the world.
While in the case of the original OnePlus One the invite system went on for some time, with the OnePlus 2, the company has already hosted a couple of invite-free sales. Now it has decided to scrap the system altogether. OnePlus explained in a blogpost why they were were ending the i

The new phase of Carbon is harder than diamonds, say researchers.
Q-carbon a new phase of solid carbon, created by researchers at the North Carolina State University, is harder than diamonds. Until now, diamonds have been considered the hardest naturally occurring material, but the discovery of the Q-Carbon heralds several new possibilities.
“We’ve now created a third solid phase of carbon,” says Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Materials Scie

As holiday season comes upon us, vacation planning begins in earnest for many. Be it a domestic trip or a vacation abroad, it is very important that you thoroughly plan trips to get the full worth of what you spend.
Nowadays be it flight bookings or hotel rooms, you can do it all on your mobile. Apps like MakeMyTrip, TripAdvisor, AirBnb, Oyo etc, are not only good for booking your flight tickets but will let you browse for the best deals, read up on other users’ experiences and more.

Google Cardboard Camera app will let us take virtual-reality (VR) pictures.
Google Cardboard Camera app will let users take Virtual-reality (VR) ready pictures  on their smartphones and then experience these on a cardboard viewer.  Google’s official blogpost offers an explanation of how you can use this ‘VR’ feature on your smartphones.
Android users will need to take a photo and move the phone around them in a circle, while doing so. You need to take this photo via

OnePlus 2 will now be invite-free always. OnePlus X will be invite-free till December 7.
OnePlus 2, the ‘2016 flagship killer’ from Chinese tech company OnePlus, will now be invite-free across the world.
While in the case of the original OnePlus One the invite system went on for some time, with the OnePlus 2, the company has already hosted a couple of invite-free sales. Now it has decided to scrap the system altogether. OnePlus explained in a blogpost why they were were ending the i