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Irish Times
TUI warns of strikes at institutes of technology after vote
Irish Times
A trade union which represents thousands of lecturers and research staff in institutes of technology has voted to engage in a campaign of industrial action on foot of cuts to funding and staffing numbers. Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) members have ...
Lecturers in institutes of technology vote for strike actionIrish Independentall 9 news articles »

Tech Insider (blog)
Kobe Bryant shares how technology has changed over his 20 years in the NBA
Tech Insider (blog)
Kobe Bryant is one of the best basketball players of all-time. And this, his 20th season in the NBA, will also be his last. In an interview with popular YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, Bryant looked back at his career and discussed how his ...and more »

CBC.ca
HitchBOT, hitchhiking robot, settles down at Canada Science and Technology Museum
CBC.ca
HitchBOT is going to be a permanent exhibit at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. "This is the original Canadian HitchBOT," Tom Everrett, the museum's curator of communications technology, told Ottawa Morning Tuesday. "This is the HitchBOT ...
Canada's Science and Technology Museum acquires HitchBOT580 CFRA Radioall 5 news articles »

Seeking Alpha
Quantum Computers: The Emerging Technology That Will Revolutionize The World
Seeking Alpha
Google's Quantum AI team, which works with NASA and D-Wave Systems, recently announced concrete evidence of huge runtime gains for proof-of-principle optimization problems with D-Wave's latest quantum computer. The 1000+ qubit D-Wave 2X ...
NASA, Google show off D-Wave quantum computer for 1st timeCBC.caall 47 news articles »

Hartford Courant
Glastonbury Pledges To Make Technology For All A Priority
Hartford Courant
A study re-affirmed the school system's dedication to making technology accessible for all students. A study re-affirmed the school system's dedication to making technology accessible for all students. (Hartford Courant Archives). Peter MartekaContact ...
21 education technology recommendations for 2016eSchool Newsall 6 news articles »

Cortana’s learning the neighborhood. Google’s digital assistant can’t tell a joke. And Siri apparently has a thing for the metric system.
Those are just a few of the things I learned after staging a face-off for the three leading digital assistants. Apple’s Siri and “OK Google” – they’re not big on personification at Google – are now standard on smartphones; Microsoft recently added its Cortana service to Windows 10, so it works on PCs, too.

Facebook plans to discontinue its auto-sync feature and suggest users to download its photo-specific Moments app instead
Facebook is going to discontinue its auto-sync feature in a month and will suggest that users download its photo-specific Moments app instead, TechCrunch reported.
Starting January 10, Facebook will replace its “Synced from Phone” photo album with a notification explaining the change and a link to download Moments.
Facebook says that as people increasingly share p

InFocus M680 feels fairly light, even though this is an all-metal phablet. However, it is slightly big to fit in one hand and slippery as well.
InFocus, the US smartphone maker, has had its eyes set on the Indian entry-level and budget segments with a slew of phones from M808, M812 and M535 and more.
InFocus M812’s problem was its high price point given that the company is still a new player in Indian market. Now, InFocus is back with another phone in the under Rs 15,000 category: the M68

InFocus M680 feels fairly light, even though this is an all-metal phablet. However, it is slightly big to fit in one hand and slippery as well.
InFocus, the US smartphone maker, has had its eyes set on the Indian entry-level and budget segments with a slew of phones from M808, M812 and M535 and more.
InFocus M812’s problem was its high price point given that the company is still a new player in Indian market. Now, InFocus is back with another phone in the under Rs 15,000 category: the M68

InFocus M680 feels fairly light, even though this is an all-metal phablet. However, it is slightly big to fit in one hand and slippery as well.
InFocus, the US smartphone maker, has had its eyes set on the Indian entry-level and budget segments with a slew of phones from M808, M812 and M535 and more.
InFocus M812’s problem was its high price point given that the company is still a new player in Indian market. Now, InFocus is back with another phone in the under Rs 15,000 category: the M68

InFocus M680 feels fairly light, even though this is an all-metal phablet. However, it is slightly big to fit in one hand and slippery as well.
InFocus, the US smartphone maker, has had its eyes set on the Indian entry-level and budget segments with a slew of phones from M808, M812 and M535 and more.
InFocus M812’s problem was its high price point given that the company is still a new player in Indian market. Now, InFocus is back with another phone in the under Rs 15,000 category: the M68

Yahoo Tech
Apple Has a Secret Laboratory Where It's Developing New Screen Technology
Yahoo Tech
Apple has a secret laboratory in Taiwan, where it's suspected of working on new display technology for use in future Apple devices, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg. Apple apparently moved into the facility in April this year, and in October, ...
Apple Developing Its Own OLED Screen Technology For Thinner And Brighter ...International Business Times
Apple reportedly developing its own

Kult Ten is a 4G enabled phone and will be exclusively available on Snapdeal starting today.
The Kult 10 (Ten) features a 5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 3GB RAM and has 16GB storage space, expandable upto 128GB via microSD card. It runs Android Lollipop 5.1 OS, which can be upgraded to Marshmallow.
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Kult Ten is a 4G enabled phone and will be exclusively available on Snapdeal starting today.
The Kult 10 (Ten) features a 5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 3GB RAM and has 16GB storage space, expandable upto 128GB via microSD card. It runs Android Lollipop 5.1 OS, which can be upgraded to Marshmallow.
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LG portable X Boom Cube OM4560 speaker comes with unique features like Auto DJ and multi-colour lights (Source: LG)
LG has launched its portable X Boom ‘Cube’ speaker – OM4560 in India. The speaker offers 2500W PMPO sound output and is priced at Rs 17,990.
The LG Portable X Boom Cube series offers voice cancellation feature which allows users to listen to normal audio song as Karaoke song and key changer allows to control the pitch of music. The speaker also emcompasses wired

The Meizu m2 features a 5-inch 720p HD display with Dragon Trail Glass protection.
Meizu has announced the launch of #m2for1 contest online. The contest will enable users to get Meizu m2 smartphone for Rs 1. #m2for1 contest goes live starting today and will end on December 21.
To participate in the contest, users will have to put the Meizu logo at a different place on the phone than usual and create the image of the different Meizu m2. Users will then need to post the Meizu m2 image with the lo

Canvas Pulse 4G is powered by 1.3 GHz octa core processor, has 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage expandable upto 32GB vis microSD card.
Micromax has launched 4G LTE enabled Canvas Pulse 4G smartphone for Rs 9,999. The smartphone features a 5-inch HD IPS display and will be available through open sale on Flipkart.
Canvas Pulse 4G is powered by 1.3 GHz octa core processor, has 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage expandable upto 32GB vis microSD card. It features a 13MP rear camera and 5MP front cam

Businessinsider India
Deutsche Bank is trying to fix its technology problem with a new hire
Businessinsider India
Deutsche Bank is creating a new top management post to oversee the bank's technology, as part of new CEO John Cryan's battle to bring the struggling bank under control. Germany's biggest lender has hired Pascal Boillat, currently head of operations and ...and more »

Kult Ten is a 4G enabled phone and will be exclusively available on Snapdeal starting today.
The Kult 10 (Ten) features a 5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 3GB RAM and has 16GB storage space, expandable upto 128GB via microSD card. It runs Android Lollipop 5.1 OS, which can be upgraded to Marshmallow.
Watch our videos
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries&w=640&h=390]
While the rear camera i

InFocus M680 feels fairly light, even though this is an all-metal phablet. However, it is slightly big to fit in one hand and slippery as well.
InFocus, the US smartphone maker, has had its eyes set on the Indian entry-level and budget segments with a slew of phones from M808, M812 and M535 and more.
InFocus M812’s problem was its high price point given that the company is still a new player in Indian market. Now, InFocus is back with another phone in the under Rs 15,000 category: the M68

The Asus ROG GL552JX features a 15.6-inch LED backlit display with 1920 x 1080 pixels FHD resolution.
Asus has officially launched new ROG GL552JX gaming notebook in India. The notebook is priced at Rs 80,990.
The Asus ROG GL552JX features a 15.6-inch LED backlit display with 1920 x 1080 pixels FHD resolution. Asus has opted for 16:9 aspect ratio.
The Windows 10 notebook is powered by fourth-gen Intel Core i7 processor clocked at 2 GHz with turbo boost up to 3.20 GHz. The laptop comes with 8GB

L&T Technology Services Rated as a Leader in Eleven Categories by Zinnov in ...
Business Wire (press release)
MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L&T Technology Services, a global R&D and Engineering Services company, has been rated as an expansive and established leader in the overall category by Zinnov's 'Global R&D Service Providers Ratings' (GSPR) ...and more »