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Illinois Institute of Technology student beaten to death
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A 36-year-old undergraduate student at the Illinois Institute of Technology was beaten to death in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Thursday morning, authorities said. Chicago police and Illinois Tech Public Safety officers responded to 3040 South ...
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Apple acquires education technology startup LearnSprout, as Apple pushes new education features for iOS 9.3
9 to 5 Mac (press release)
Apple has acquired education technology startup LearnSprout for an undisclosed sum, via Bloomberg. LearnSprout's software lets teachers track student progress and test scores, organize class achievement targets and more school-oriented features.
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New technology to virtually light up 3-point line on ABC
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- The 3-point line will virtually light up during Saturday prime-time NBA broadcasts on ABC this season. ESPN said Thursday that it is using new technology to show viewers when a player attempts a jumper from beyond the 3-point arc.
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The Honor 5X and Holly 2 Plus smartphones are available for pre-orders on e-commerce websites Flipkart and Amazon. (Photo Courtesy: Flipkart) Chinese information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei launched Honor 5X and Holly 2 Plus smartphones in the Indian market on Thursday. While Honor 5X priced at Rs 12,999 will be available in three colours, gold, silver and grey, Holly 2 Plus priced at Rs 8,499 will be available in black, white and gold colours.
The Honor 5X and

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Andre Drummond turning to technology to improve free throw shooting
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Shooting a dismal 34.7 percent from the line, Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is the worst free-throw shooter in the entire NBA. Opposing teams routinely take advantage of Drummond's poor free-throw shooting, sending him to the line by ...
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Facebook’s stock jumped more than 14 percent to $107.95 after the company reported a blockbuster quarter on Wednesday, pushing the company’s market capitalization over $300 billion. (Reuters) Facebook Inc’s market value soared by $38 billion in morning trading on Thursday, vaulting the company ahead of Amazon.com Inc, after the social networking service’s quarterly results blew away expectations on every key measure.
Facebook’s stock jumped more than 14 percent to

The Vivo Y51L runs on Android-Lolliop and its entrails are powered by Snapdragon 410 processor and it comes with 2 GB RAM. The Vivo Y51L priced at Rs 11,980 has been launched in India with the Chinese phonemaker looking to strengthen its position in the growing affordable smartphone market in India.
The Vivo Y51L comes with a 5-inch HD IPS display and the company promises a powerful performance, smoother operation.
The Vivo Y51L runs on Android-Lolliop and its entrails are powered by Snapdragon

On the camera front, the Vivo Y51L smartphone comes with a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The Vivo Y51L priced at Rs 11,980 has been launched in India with the Chinese phonemaker looking to strengthen its position in the growing affordable smartphone market in India.
The Vivo Y51L comes with a 5-inch HD IPS display and the company promises a powerful performance, smoother operation.
The Vivo Y51L runs on Android-Lolliop and its entrails are p

According to the technology website techcrunch.com, the user base of Facebook is rising exponentially. (Reuters) In a soon-to-be serious competition to video sharing website YouTube, the social networking website Facebook has announced that it recently hit 100 million hours of daily video watch-time in a day.
According to the technology website techcrunch.com, the user base of Facebook is rising exponentially.
It has 1.04 billion daily active users (DAUs) while mobile DAUs were 934 million on a

Ahead of Facebook, a Google-run programme has defeated the reigning human champion of Go – a complex Chinese board game that is considered the “quintessential unsolved problem” for machine intelligence.
DeepMind, Google’s taciturn artificial intelligence arm, announced that its programme AlphaGo defeated Fan Hui – the current champion of the game that was developed in China 2,500 years ago.
Fan Hui has devoted his life to the game since the age of 12 and extended hi

Oppo F1 has a 5-inch HD resolution IPS and LCD display at 294 ppi with Gorilla Glass 2.5D, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 hexa-core processor 3GB RAM, 16 GB storage space (expandable to 128GB).
Oppo’s new F series of smartphone with the F1 device, which was showcased at CES 2016 has been finally launched in India at Rs 15,990.
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IDC says smartphone shipments crossed 1.4 billion with Apple, Huawei making the most gains.
Smartphone shipments crossed 1.4 billion units in 2015, with China’s Huawei emerging as one of the biggest winners, according to research firm IDC. Overall, 2015 saw 1432.9 million units shipped, marking the highest year of shipments on record.
China’s Huawei was one of the surprise performers of 2015, based on IDC’s data.
“Usually the conversation in the smartphone mark

The iBall Gorgeo 4GL tablet runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 and is backed by 3500mAh battery.
iBall has announced the launch of its 4G-enabled Gorgeo 4GL tablet at Rs 6,999. The company is also offering mSLR lenses (set of 5 detachable lenses) for an extra Rs 1, 499.
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Gmail has started redirecting users to Inbox: Here’s how to turn the feature on or off.
Gmail is now redirecting to Inbox for users, who have access to the service. We tried logging in on Inbox on a desktop today, and the message we got was that Gmail will now automatically redirect to Inbox.mail.com. Earlier leaks on Reddit and sites like 9to5Google had indicated that Google was planning to make Inbox as the default email client.
Based on the message, usershave the option of turning off

Lenovo K4 Note’s next Amazon India sale will also take place today on Amazon India. 
Lenovo K4 Note, which has seen 2 flash sales on Amazon India already, will have its next sale today and tomorrow (February 3) on the e-commerce site. Lenovo K4 Note with VR bundle will be sold today at 2 pm, while the K4 Note will go on sale on Feb 3.
Lenovo K4 note bundle with VR headset is priced at Rs 12,499, while just the K4 Note is priced at Rs 11,998.
Lenovo claims to have sold 1,00,000 units

How Technology Will Drive the Next Wave of Circular and Service-Based Economics
PR Newswire (press release)
Business leaders today face unprecedented challenges, in part due to the astonishing rate of technological advancement. The main topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January this year revolved around the impact of digital ...and more »

The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing. (AP) The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing.
On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged that it’s likely to see an uncharacteristic sales decline this spring, amid signs of global economic weakness and slowing overall demand for ne

BlackBerry Priv with Android and a keyboard has been launched in India at Rs 62,999.
BlackBerry Priv, the first smartphone from the company with Android OS, is now officially out in India for Rs 62,999. The BlackBerry Priv will be available from January 30 across all channels.
The phone will try and appeal to smartphone users who hated the move from the keypad-instilled comfort of their old BlackBerry to an Android or iOS device.
BlackBerry Priv, the first Android smartphone from the beleaguere

BlackBerry Priv with Android and a keyboard has been launched in India at Rs 62,999.
BlackBerry Priv, the first smartphone from the company with Android OS, is now officially out in India for Rs 62,999. The BlackBerry Priv will be available from January 30 across all channels.
The phone will try and appeal to smartphone users who hated the move from the keypad-instilled comfort of their old BlackBerry to an Android or iOS device.
Here’s the logic behind BlackBerry Priv’s pricing
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Blackberry Priv: The single SIM 4G phone runs Android Lollipop OS and sports 18MP rear and 2MP front camera with 3,410 mAh battery. BlackBerry Priv, the first smartphone from the company with Android OS, is now officially out in India for Rs 62,999. The BlackBerry Priv will be available from January 30. Here are 5 things to note about this smartphone:
1.BlackBerry Priv comes with a 5.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal

Samsung said its October-December operating profit was 6.1 trillion won ($5.05 billion), matching its earlier guidance.
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday warned of possible weaker earnings this year due to softer sales of gadgets such as smartphones, a trend that is also hurting rival Apple Inc and major chipmakers.
The South Korean firm’s warning came a day after Apple shares fell more than 6.5 per cent, the biggest percentage drop in two years, as the iPhone maker foreca

Google says it has shipped 5 million Cardboard Virtual Reality devices.
Alphabet Inc’s Google said it had shipped 5 million units of the Google Cardboard viewer, a wearable device that allows users to experience virtual reality through mobile apps.
The company, which launched the Cardboard viewer a year and a half earlier, said on Wednesday that there had been 25 million downloads of Cardboard apps from its Google Play app store.
Google has been exploring virtual reality for a while but t