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Google’s Project Loon could be in trouble in India based on the government’s latest statement around Google’s balloon-Internet project.
Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in India, the government said today.
“The proposed frequency band to be used in the Loon Project of Google is being used for cellular operations in India

Google’s Project Loon could be in trouble in India based on the government’s latest statement around Google’s balloon-Internet project.
Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in India, the government said today.
“The proposed frequency band to be used in the Loon Project of Google is being used for cellular operations in India

Trishneet Arora, CEO, TAC Security Solutions, said that according to CERT-In, a total of 371, 189, 155 and 128 government websites were hacked in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (up to October), respectively.
A Cyber Security Expert and CEO of TAC Security Solutions, Trishneet Arora has suggested “continuous monitoring and assessment of information technology infrastructure” to safeguard any backdoor entries to information systems against hackers.
Taking cognisance of the startling reports

Turkey’s communications regulator has imposed an unprecedented fine on Twitter for allowing the publication of content deemed to justify terror, the state-run Anatolia news agency said today.
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has fined Twitter 150,000 lira (USD 50,700), the first time it has issued such a penalty to the company.
Despite repeated warnings, Twitter failed to withdraw content “praising terrorism, targeting the security forces and inciting ha

Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in India, the government said today.
“The proposed frequency band to be used in the Loon Project of Google is being used for cellular operations in India and it will lead to interference with cellular transmissions,” Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
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Telecom regulator Trai today said the consultation paper it has issued this week is not on net neutrality but seeks views of stakeholders on a specific matter of differential pricing for data services being offered by operators.
Differential pricing however is seen by some as part of the overall debate on net neutrality, a principle which is against any priority being accorded to an entity in Internet traffic flow on account of payments made to service providers like telecom companies.
“We

Close to 500 URLs of social media websites were blocked in 2015 (till November 30) under Section 69A of the IT Act, a manifold jump compared to the last two years, Parliament was informed today.
“A total of 13, 10 and 492 URLs of social media websites were blocked in 2013, 2014 and 2015 (till November 30), respectively under Section 69A through the Committee constituted under the rules therein”, Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajy

Yahoo users can sign in to their Gmail accounts through Yahoo account key, without the need to put in a separate password.
Yahoo has introduced multiple mailbox management feature that will allow users to manage their Gmail accounts and Google apps from Yahoo mail. It is available for Outlook.com, Hotmail and AOL mail.
The feature will let users manage their accounts seamlessly by syncing their activities like moving mails across folders, deleting e-mails etc to Gmail accounts. Yahoo will also

In September 2014, Samsung filed a formal complaint to local prosecutors accusing Jo of deliberately damaging Samsung washers.
A South Korean court cleared LG Electronics Inc’s appliance chief from charges of vandalising washing machines made by rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on the sidelines of a trade show in Germany last year.
The ruling caps a public spat between South Korea’s top two technology firms, which have a history of feuding over subjects such as whose refrigerator co

PayUbiz has unveiled ‘one tap’ technology, which will enable payments through credit and debit cards easier by just tapping once on the screen.
PayUbiz has unveiled ‘one tap’ technology, which will make payments through credit and debit cards easier by just tapping once on the screen. The technology is a combination of 4 different tech innovations and provides a seamless online payment experience to users.
Once the credit/debit card information is stored in PayUbiz, user

Microsoft recently unveiled its Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones running Windows 10 at premium prices.
For those in India waiting for low-cost Lumia smartphones that come packed with New-Age Windows 10, there is still some time as the company is now focused on re-branding and launching new generation smartphones to take on big players, a top Microsoft executive has said.
“We are sort of re-building so we will start high. New generation smartphones first and then you will see a scale overti

Many advertisers think Twitter does not have enough registered users — especially compared to Facebook — to matter.
Twitter will start showing ads to its people who visit Twitter every month but who don’t have active user accounts, the company has announced.
The number of such “logged out” users is somewhere around 500 million.
The change means that if you click on a tweet that appears in a Google search, for instance, you may see ads on that tweet page or on the tw

Cortana app can be installed in a Windows 10 PC using the ‘Phone Companion’ app from Google Play or Apple App Store to phone.
Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-assistant has now been rolled out for select iPhone and Android devices and Cyanogen OS powered devices, the company said in a blogpost. It is only available in US and China for iPhones on iOS8 and Android 4.1.2.
Cortana is a rival to Google Now and Apple’s Siri and has earlier been launched for Windows 10 for PC. The Co

For those in India waiting for low-cost Lumia smartphones that come packed with New-Age Windows 10, there is still some time as the company is now focussed on re-branding and launching new generation smartphones to take on big players, a top Microsoft executive has said.
“We are sort of re-building so we will start high. New generation smartphones first and then you will see a scale overtime,” Steve ‘Guggs’ Guggenheimer, the chief evangelist at Microsoft Corporation, said

Facebook is releasing for free the designs of a new computer server – twice as fast as those used by Facebook earlier, it designed to put more power behind artificial-intelligence software, MIT Technology review reported.
Facebook’s new server design, dubbed Big Sur, was created to power deep-learning software, which processes data using roughly simulated neurons .
The invention of ways to put more power behind deep learning, using graphics processors, or GPUs, was crucial to recent

As per Google, each balloon can provide connectivity to a ground area about 40 km in diameter using a wireless communications technology called LTE or 4G. (AP photo)
Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in India, the government said today.
“The proposed frequency band to be used in the Loon Project of Google is being used for cellular operation

Twitter has been experimenting under Jack Dorsey, company’s chief executive to make the website more engaging.
Twitter Inc said it was testing a feature to show advertisements to people who read tweets without logging in, as it tries to make good on its long-time ambition to monetize non-active users.
The company said the feature will help it cash in on an additional half a billion people each month, pushing its shares up as much as 7.8 percent to $26.21 on Thursday – their biggest

PayUbiz also offers a no CVV feature wherein users will not have to enter their CVV numbers and the OTP sent to their mobile phones will be auto read and submitted during online payment.
PayUbiz has unveiled ‘one tap’ technology, which will enable payments through credit and debit cards easier by just tapping once on the screen. The technology is a combination of 4 different tech innovations and provides a seamless online payment experience to users.
Once the credit/debit card infor

Cortana app can be installed in a Windows 10 PC using the ‘Phone Companion’ app from Google Play or Apple App Store to phone.
Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-assistant has now been rolled out for select iPhone and Android devices and Cyanogen OS powered devices, the company said in a blogpost. It is only available in US and China for iPhones on iOS8 and Android 4.1.2.
Cortana is a rival to Google Now and Apple’s Siri and has earlier been launched for Windows 10 for PC. The Co

Move to iOS is the first ever app to hit Google Play from Apple Inc. Like Motorola’s Migrate, it helps move your data, contacts, photos, between devices (Android smartphone in this case).
I have been an Android user for more than five years now. My first Android smartphone came with Eclair (a toffee I still like) and last was Marshmallow (a dessert I wish to try soon). I have seen Android on a Galaxy, but then I decided to switch my loyalty.
I had good reasons to switch – my Moto X

Wal-Mart Stores Inc launched its own mobile payment service Walmart Pay on Thursday, potentially dealing a sharp blow to the ambitions of a mobile wallet the company had been co-developing with a consortium of retailers.
The mobile payments space in the U.S. has seen a flurry of new launches and partnerships in the past year but has failed to gain traction as customer and merchant adoption have been sluggish.
CurrentC – whose developers included Wal-Mart, Target Corp and Best Buy Co Inc am

Cortana app can be installed in a Windows 10 PC using the ‘Phone Companion’ app from Google Play or Apple App Store to phone.
Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-assistant has now been rolled out for select iPhone and Android devices and Cyanogen OS powered devices, the company said in a blogpost. It is only available in US and China for iPhones on iOS8 and Android 4.1.2.
Cortana is a rival to Google Now and Apple’s Siri and has earlier been launched for Windows 10 for PC. The Co

Private carrier Jet Airways unveiled an app designed exclusively for Apple Watch to enable its passengers access travel information seamlessly on their wrists.
The application with watchOS 2 support, will allow passengers to conveniently access real-time information about their flight status of any flight on Jet Airways’ network, receive a flight status notification, get alerts for upcoming trips as well as updates on special deals and offers from Jet Airways, the airline said in a st

Facebook at Work, Facebook Inc’s professional version of its social network, is expected to launch in the coming months, after spending a year in tests, a company executive said.
The new service, geared towards workplace collaboration, is nearly identical to its ubiquitous social network, with a scrolling news “feed”, “likes” and a chat service.
“I would say 95 percent of what we developed for Facebook is also adopted for Facebook at Work,” Julien Codorn

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has followed a major business announcement with some big personal news. She gave birth to twin girls Thursday, the day after unveiling plans to hatch a new company to control Yahoo’s Internet business.
This is the second time that the 40-year-old Marissa Mayer has given birth since Yahoo hired her as CEO in July 2012. She and her husband, Zachary Bogue, have a 3-year-old son, Macallister.
A Yahoo spokeswoman declined to reveal the twins’ names or weights. Maye

Twitter has some 320 million active users, but claims its “total audience” is much larger, with many more people viewing tweets without joining or logging in. (Reuters)
Twitter said on Thursday it was expanding its advertising to allow marketers to reach people who use the messaging platform without logging in.
The move potentially opens up new revenue streams to Twitter, which has struggled to expand its user base.
Twitter has some 320 million active users, but claims its “tot