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Telecom regulator Trai has received around six lakh comments on its consultation paper over ‘Differential Pricing for Data Services’ — one of the important issues under net neutrality principles.
“Till Thursday, Trai received about 5,40,000 comments. These comments have suddenly come and mostly around Facebook’s Free Basics service. Today comments would have crossed six lakh,” an official source told PTI.
The last date for comments on the consultation paper is

Microsoft Lumia 550 has been launched in India at price of Rs 9,399.
Microsoft Lumia 550 has been launched in India for Rs 9,399 and the phone will go on sale starting December 23. Microsoft’s India website still lists the Lumia 550 as coming soon, but the company has confirmed the pricing.
Microsoft Lumia 550 with 4G LTE is the cheapest smartphone to run the latest Windows 10 OS for mobile. It was launched globally in early December at a price of $139 (around Rs 9277).
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Telecom regulator TRAI has received around six lakh comments on its consultation paper over zero-rating platforms. (Source: Reuters)
Telecom regulator TRAI has received around six lakh comments on its consultation paper over ‘Differential Pricing for Data Services’ — one of the important issues under net neutrality principles. It should be noted that the TRAI’s paper does not mention or use the term net neutrality, even though it critiques the idea of zero

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook dismisses tax avoidance as political crap
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook dismissed as “total political crap” the notion that the tech giant was avoiding taxes.
Cook’s remarks, made on CBS’ 60 Minutes show, come amid a debate in the United States over corporations avoiding taxes through techniques such as so-called inversion deals, where a company redomiciles its tax base to another country.
Apple saves billions of dollars in taxes through subs

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has flagged Telegram over its security on Twitter, a charge that the app’s founder has denied.
Telegram, the rival messaging app to WhatsApp which recently hit headlines over its popularity with terror group ISIS, is facing criticism on Twitter over its claims of being secure and encrypted.
The concern over Telegram was first raised by Matasano Security’s firm’s Thomas H Ptacek who posted that the app “stores the plaintext of every messag

Oppo is currently the second largest smartphone brand in China, targets 300 percent jump in sales in 2016
Oppo Electronics entered India in early 2014 with its N1 smartphone featuring a swivel camera. The brand was quick to grab eyeballs with unique design of its handsets, something very few brands focused on back then, during the heavy price versus spec battle. But Oppo somehow missed on converting this early attention on design into actual sales, at least in India.
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In Japan, the police will get its own drone squad to tackle the menace of illegal drones.
In Japan’s capital Tokyo, police is getting its own drone squad to combat the menace of illegal drones in high-security areas. So how does this work?
In order to stop private drones from flying over sensitive locations in Japan, such as airports, government buildings, etc, the police will send out their own larger drones but with nets attached to them, which will help capture these other drones.
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Qihoo 360 is the latest firm to be taken private. (Source: Reuters)
Chinese mobile security software maker Qihoo 360 Technology Co said it agreed to be acquired by a group of investors for about $9.3 billion, including about $1.6 billion of debt.
The holders of each American Depositary Share, which represents three class A ordinary shares, will get $77 in cash, while owners of class A and class B ordinary shares will receive $51.33 in cash per share, the company said on Friday. The $77 rep

Don’t you agree that every once in a while, just like us, phones too need makeovers? If you’ve felt bored looking at the same themes and icons over and over again, then mobile launchers might just be what you need. Android launchers do not only change the entire look and feel of the phone, but also provide functionality features such as backup and import.
There are a lot of Android launchers available at the Google Play store and all of these come with refreshingly new themes. We&rsq

Microsoft Lumia 550 has been launched in India at price of Rs 9,399.
Microsoft Lumia 550 has been launched in India for Rs 9,399 and the phone will go on sale starting December 23. Microsoft’s India website still lists the Lumia 550 as coming soon, but the company has confirmed the pricing.
Microsoft Lumia 550 with 4G LTE is the cheapest smartphone to run the latest Windows 10 OS for mobile. It was launched globally in early December at a price of $139 (around Rs 9277).
Watch video below&

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Downtown IMAX about to install laser projection technology used in fewer than ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Corey Cobb works to spool Polar Express Friday, December 11, 2015 at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Center. Photo by Angela Lewis Foster /Times Free Press. Gallery: Downtown IMAX about to install laser projection technology used in fewer than 15 ...

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Bitcoin's revolutionary blockchain technology draws interest from traditional ...
IBNLive
The technology that drives the shadowy cryptocurrency bitcoin is drawing interest from the established banking industry, which sees a potential to revolutionize the sector. Although bitcoin and related virtual currencies are limited to a small set of ...
Bitcoin's 'blockchain' technology may transform bankingThe Malaysian Insider
Companies look to alternative to bitcoin technologyMarketplace.org
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Rising global temperatures are causing glaciers to melt at the poles, leading to an influx of large amounts of water into the ocean and resulting in a shift in the “weight” of the planet. This meltdown from higher altitudes is moving towards the Equator, swelling up the water bodies in the region. According to a new study by a group of researchers from Harvard University, the shrinking of glaciers, and the resultant “slight shift” of the North Pole — a ph

By Raman Sukumar & group (IISc), Sanjeev Galande & group (IISER)
For several years, there has been a global effort to sequence the genomes of numerous plants and animals. A few years ago, the genome of the African elephant was sequenced. Two years ago, we at the IISc and IISER began work on genome sequencing of the Asian elephant, the species that is found in India, as well as in many countries in south and south-east Asia.
The elephant is the largest living land mammal in the world, and