Technology news

CIMPERIAL® 861 with InSol™ Technology Metalworking Fluid Approved for Use at ...
Yahoo Finance UK
Milacron Holdings Corp. (“Milacron”) (MCRN), a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing and industrial fluid industries, announced that its CIMCOOL brand, the leader in fluid technology, has communicated that CIMPERIAL 861 ...and more »

CIMPERIAL® 861 with InSol™ Technology Metalworking Fluid Approved for Use at Bombardier
Yahoo Finance UK
Milacron Holdings Corp. (“Milacron”) (MCRN), a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing and industrial fluid industries, announced that its CIMCOOL brand, the leader in fluid technology, has communicated that CIMPERIAL 861 ...and more »

Smartphones will continue to be the growth engine for the market.
Market research and consulting services firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) on Tuesday announced its forecast for the Indian mobile handsets industry, pegging the total units expected to be shipped in India at 250 million units, up 4 percent vis-à-vis 2015.
Smartphones will continue to be the growth engine for the market, expected to grow at 37 percent compared to 32 percent average growth for the previous three years, a CMR st

OnePlus 2 64GB will be available on Overcart.com, starting at Rs 19,899 and Rs18,749 respectively on January 25.
OnePlus 2 unboxed and refurbished units will be available on Overcart.com, starting at Rs 19,899 and Rs18,749 respectively January 25, 2PM onwards until the stock lasts. The registrations for the sale are now live. Customers can register in advance to receive updates leading up to the sale.
Overcart.com is also offering cashback options for customers during this sale. The first 50 co

EurekAlert (press release)
Advances in continuous glucose monitoring technology will pave the way to an ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics (DTT) is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that covers new technology and new products for the treatment, monitoring, diagnosis, and prevention of diabetes and its complications. Led... view more. Credit: ©Mary Ann ...and more »

EurekAlert (press release)
Advances in continuous glucose monitoring technology will pave the way to an artificial pancreas
EurekAlert (press release)
Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics (DTT) is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that covers new technology and new products for the treatment, monitoring, diagnosis, and prevention of diabetes and its complications. Led... view more. Credit: ©Mary Ann ...and more »

Among other top passwords were “12345678,” “qwerty,” “12345” and “123456789,” according to the report. (Thinkstock photo) Even after tens of millions of people had online accounts hacked, many Internet users still rely on easily guessed passwords.
A report released by the online security firm SplashData today found the most commonly used by global Internet users were “123456” and “password” in 2015 — unchanged since 2

Financial Times
NHS urged to adopt bitcoin database technology
Financial Times
Britain should harness the technology behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin to transform the provision of public services such as the NHS, according to the government's chief scientific adviser. Sir Mark Walport published a report on Tuesday arguing that ...
Government urged to adopt bitcoin technology for data managementV3.co.uk
Government should exploit blockchain technology, says chief scientist Mark WalportComputerWe

GeekWire
Report: GM acquires most of Sidecar's assets and technology
GeekWire
Big automakers continue to make defensive moves against the competitive threat posed by ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft. General Motors has acquired most of the assets of the recently shuttered Sidecar Technologies, according to a report ...
General Motors has reportedly acquired Sidecar's technology and assetsVentureBeatall 68 news articles »

Smartphones will continue to be the growth engine for the market.
Market research and consulting services firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) on Tuesday announced its forecast for the Indian mobile handsets industry, pegging the total units expected to be shipped in India at 250 million units, up 4 percent vis-à-vis 2015.
Smartphones will continue to be the growth engine for the market, expected to grow at 37 percent compared to 32 percent average growth for the previous three years, a CMR st

Focusing on low cost smartphone markets, Datawind today announced the launch of Pocket Surfer smartphones PS 2G4X and PS 3G4Z priced at Rs 2,499 and Rs 3,999, respectively.
Both phones will make a debut in the market through retail distribution outlets all over India.
These smartphones come bundled with free unlimited internet browsing for one year on Reliance and Telenor prepaid connection.

Karbon Quattro L50 has a 5-inch HD IPS full lamination screen and a unibody design. It has a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM and 16 GB ROM, 2600 mAh battery. Mobile device maker Karbonn today launched 4G smartphone Karbonn Quattro L50 priced at Rs 7,990 – the smartphone packs its own user interface Karbonn Kandy.
Karbon Quattro L50 has a 5-inch HD IPS full lamination screen and a unibody design. It has a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM and 16 GB ROM, 2600 mAh battery.
The rear cam

OnePlus 2 64GB will be available on Overcart.com, starting at Rs 19,899 and Rs18,749 respectively on January 25.
OnePlus 2 unboxed and refurbished units will be available on Overcart.com, starting at Rs 19,899 and Rs18,749 respectively January 25, 2PM onwards until the stock lasts. The registrations for the sale are now live. Customers can register in advance to receive updates leading up to the sale.
Overcart.com is also offering cashback options for customers during this sale. The first 50 co

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has received a record 24 lakh comments on the paper.
Sectoral regulator Trai will conduct an open house discussion on differential pricing for data services, a key aspect of net neutrality, on January 21.
In a notification, Trai said “interested stakeholders are invited to participate” in open house discussion on its consultation paper on ‘Differential Prices for Data Services’.
The event will be held at PHD House in New Delhi

Luxemburger Wort - English Edition
ALFI European Alternative Investment Funds Conference: How much will new technology change our lives?
Luxemburger Wort - English Edition
The largest media business in the world (Facebook) doesn't own any content. The fastest growing transport firm (Uber) doesn't own any vehicles. The world's largest hotel business (Airbnb) owns no property. Venture capitalist and author Leonard Brody ...

Luxemburger Wort - English Edition
ALFI European Alternative Investment Funds Conference: How much will new ...
Luxemburger Wort - English Edition
The largest media business in the world (Facebook) doesn't own any content. The fastest growing transport firm (Uber) doesn't own any vehicles. The world's largest hotel business (Airbnb) owns no property. Venture capitalist and author Leonard Brody ...

OnePlus 2 smartphone features: The OnePlus 2 packs a front panel measuring 5.5 inches, the display offers full HD resolution and a pixel density of 401 ppi. The OnePlus 2 priced at a starting Rs 18,749 and Rs 19,899 will be available in unboxed and refurbished form in Overcart.com flash sale that starts 25th January, Monday 2 PM onwards until stock lasts – this is for the  64GB variants of the OnePlus 2.
The registrations for the sale are now live at www.overcart.com/oneplus2. Custom

Motorola Moto X Force will launch in India soon, according to a new teaser from the company.
Motorola Moto X Force with a shatter-proof display is all set to launch in India very soon, according to social media posts from the company.
Motorola tweeted out saying that the Moto X Force is coming soon to India and also put out some comparison videos between the latest Apple iPhone 6s and the Moto X Force.  The videos show how the iPhone’s screen shatters when the phone is dropped from a

Motorola Moto X Force will launch in India soon, according to a new teaser from the company.
Motorola Moto X Force with a shatter-proof display is all set to launch in India very soon, according to social media posts from the company.
Motorola tweeted out saying that the Moto X Force is coming soon to India and also put out some comparison videos between the latest Apple iPhone 6s and the Moto X Force.  The videos show how the iPhone’s screen shatters when the phone is dropped from a

Motorola Moto X Force will launch in India soon, according to a new teaser from the company.
Motorola Moto X Force with a shatter-proof display is all set to launch in India very soon, according to social media posts from the company.
Motorola tweeted out saying that the Moto X Force is coming soon to India and also put out some comparison videos between the latest Apple iPhone 6s and the Moto X Force.  The videos show how the iPhone’s screen shatters when the phone is dropped from a

Credit card penetration in India is still quite low but mobile wallets are slowly starting to fill this gap with widespread acceptability.
Quietly, there has been a major revolution afoot across India, one that does not get talked about as much as it should be. And this is the mobile payments revolution. What started a few years back as a convenience people turned to when they had to quickly add a Rs 10 recharge on their pre-paid phone, has now spawned into an economy of its own. India was will

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset will now go on sale on January 27 on Amazon India.
After two very successful flash sales, the Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset bundle will now go on sale again on Amazon India on January 26. The K4 Note without the VR headset sale will take place on January 27.
The second flash sale saw over 60,000 units of the Lenovo K4 Note getting sold, according to a tweet from the company.
Users will have to register for the second series of flash sales as well. Lenovo has not

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset goes on sale on Amazon today at 2pm.
Update: Lenovo K4 Note’s first flash sale is now over on Amazon India. The company has put out a tweet claiming that over 10,000 units of the smartphone were sold in less than 0.9 seconds.
Given that Lenovo had over 4 lakh registrations for the phone, so there must be quite a few disappointed fans who didn’t get the device. However the Lenovo K4 Note goes on sale tomorrow as well at 2pm, this time without the V

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset goes on sale on Amazon today at 2pm.
Update: Lenovo K4 Note’s first flash sale is now over on Amazon India. The company has put out a tweet claiming that over 10,000 units of the smartphone were sold in less than 0.9 seconds.
Given that Lenovo had over 4 lakh registrations for the phone, so there must be quite a few disappointed fans who didn’t get the device. However the Lenovo K4 Note goes on sale tomorrow as well at 2pm, this time without the V

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset goes on sale on Amazon today at 2pm.
Update: Lenovo K4 Note’s first flash sale is now over on Amazon India. The company has put out a tweet claiming that over 10,000 units of the smartphone were sold in less than 0.9 seconds.
Given that Lenovo had over 4 lakh registrations for the phone, so there must be quite a few disappointed fans who didn’t get the device. However the Lenovo K4 Note goes on sale tomorrow as well at 2pm, this time without the V

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset will now go on sale on January 27 on Amazon India.
After two very successful flash sales, the Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset bundle will now go on sale again on Amazon India on January 26. The K4 Note without the VR headset sale will take place on January 27.
The second flash sale saw over 60,000 units of the Lenovo K4 Note getting sold, according to a tweet from the company.
Users will have to register for the second series of flash sales as well. Lenovo has not

Lenovo K4 Note with VR headset goes on sale on Amazon today at 2pm.
Update: Lenovo K4 Note’s first flash sale is now over on Amazon India. The company has put out a tweet claiming that over 10,000 units of the smartphone were sold in less than 0.9 seconds.
Given that Lenovo had over 4 lakh registrations for the phone, so there must be quite a few disappointed fans who didn’t get the device. However the Lenovo K4 Note goes on sale tomorrow as well at 2pm, this time without the V

Twitter was down once again for users across the world but the company says the issue has been fixed. 
Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform, was down once again for users in India and other parts of the world. If you tried to log into Twitter on desktop or had the site open, it would reflect an error.
Twitter has now put out a response message on the outage. Twitter’s Support handle tweeted, “Some users may have recently experienced issues accessing Twitter on mobi