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Apple accuses FBI of violating constitutional rights in iPhone battle
The Guardian
The 36-page legal brief is Apple's formal rebuttal to a federal court order to write and sign software that would make it easier for investigators to open a phone used by the San Bernardino gunman. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA. Danny Yadron in San ...
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Railway Budget 2016: Indian Railways to turn smarter with apps, drone technology
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways plans to introduce WiFi enabled stations, integrated mobile applications, ecommerce platforms, barcoded tickets and project management through use of drone and geospatial based satellite technology as railway minister ...
How India's 163-year-old railways is using technology to modernise itselfMashable
Rail Budget 2016: Key technology initiatives announced

Today is LeEco Day, the company’s biggest shopping carnival in India so far, received an incredible response from consumers.
Today is LeEco Day, the company’s biggest shopping carnival in India so far, received an incredible response from consumers. In its bigger-than-big shopping bonanza, the company had put up exciting offers and benefits valued at around Rs 8 crores, making it the largest and most attractive shopping carnivals organized by a smartphone brand on e-commerce platfor

Oppo F1 is the first smartphone from Chinese manufacturer that focus completely on camera
Oppo, one of the largest smartphone players in China, has been credited with giving the industry many innovative features. In fact, it was the first to launch a phone with a rotating camera, thus promising similar photo quality for selfies too. In India, the company clearly wants to stay clear of the budget game and sees an opportunity in being a premium Android phone maker. This is why even with its new O

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge may be the biggest launch at MWC this year but LG G5 and Xiaomi Mi 5 completely stole the limelight
During MWC, friends and acquaintances kept asking which phone I thought was the most innovative of the lot on the show. This time, it was easy for me to give an answer: yes, I thought the LG G5 was the most interesting. And most people would nod in agreement.
The LG G5 shows us a glimpse into what the world of smartphones will be a few years from now. Swapping a bett

Ringing Bells could face an alleged case of fraud and cheating from BPO company Cyfuture.
Ringing Bells, the manufacturer of Freedom 251 dubbed as the world’s cheapest smartphone, now seems to be facing more trouble. Cyfuture, a provider of data center and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced that it is planning to file a case of cheating and fraud against the company.
Cyfuture claims that it is a vendor of Ringing Bells, and was contracted by the company to provid

Skype acquired Qik in 2011 and launched it as a stand-alone app for Android and iOS platforms.
Skype will do away with its Qik feature by March 24, the video-calling service announced in a blog post. Skype said that all the best features of Qik, like filters and video messaging has already been integrated to the service.
“In 2014, we launched Skype Qik, a mobile video messaging app to help share moments with groups of friends. Since then, we have learned that many of you are already doing

Oppo F1 is the first smartphone from Chinese manufacturer that focus completely on camera
Oppo, one of the largest smartphone players in China, has been credited with giving the industry many innovative features. In fact, it was the first to launch a phone with a rotating camera, thus promising similar photo quality for selfies too. In India, the company clearly wants to stay clear of the budget game and sees an opportunity in being a premium Android phone maker. This is why even with its new O

Today is LeEco Day, the company’s biggest shopping carnival in India so far, received an incredible response from consumers.
Today is LeEco Day, the company’s biggest shopping carnival in India so far, received an incredible response from consumers. In its bigger-than-big shopping bonanza, the company had put up exciting offers and benefits valued at around Rs 8 crores, making it the largest and most attractive shopping carnivals organized by a smartphone brand on e-commerce platfor

Ringing Bells could face an alleged case of fraud and cheating from BPO company Cyfuture.
Ringing Bells, the manufacturer of Freedom 251 dubbed as the world’s cheapest smartphone, now seems to be facing more trouble. Cyfuture, a provider of data center and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced that it is planning to file a case of cheating and fraud against the company.
Cyfuture claims that it is a vendor of Ringing Bells, and was contracted by the company to provid

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge may be the biggest launch at MWC this year but LG G5 and Xiaomi Mi 5 completely stole the limelight
During MWC, friends and acquaintances kept asking which phone I thought was the most innovative of the lot on the show. This time, it was easy for me to give an answer: yes, I thought the LG G5 was the most interesting. And most people would nod in agreement.
The LG G5 shows us a glimpse into what the world of smartphones will be a few years from now. Swapping a bett

Lenovo plans to launch its first Google Project Tango based smartphone in July, aims to bring AR to smart devices (Source: Shruti Dhapola)
China’s Lenovo Group is ready to break into mature markets this summer with the launch of its new smartphone which sports ‘augmented reality’ features developed under Google’s Tango project, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
The device, which was announced at the 2016 CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in January, will laun

Telegram now has 100 million users and over 15 billion messages sent daily.
Telegram, the instant-messaging app, which was released two and half year back, now has over 100 million monthly active users. Telegram says it sees 350,000 new users sign up each day, and is delivering 15 billion messages daily.
Telegram was founded by Russian tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov, who had earlier founded Russia’s Facebook equivalent VKontakte.
Telegram had been in the news in the aftermath of the Paris

An open source initiatives, Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), launched today aims to improve mobile web search experience by substantially reducing the load time for content. (Reuters) Google AMP: You don’t need a geek, expert or research report to substantiate that people abandon website quickly – be it on mobile or desktop – if content does not load fast. Research after research have shown that poor speed is one of the biggest impediment to smooth browsing experience. I

An open source initiatives, Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), launched today aims to improve mobile web search experience by substantially reducing the load time for content. (Reuters) You don’t need a geek, expert or research report to substantiate that people abandon website quickly – be it on mobile or desktop – if content does not load fast. Research after research have shown that poor speed is one of the biggest impediment to smooth browsing experience. In fact, in r

The Foodini lays down layer after layer of food from nozzles, ultimately creating treats like ravioli, crackers, or chicken nuggets.
While tens of thousands flock to the Mobile World Congress to check out the latest smartphones, the show also offers glimpses of some of the coolest off-beat and downright strange innovations.
Many of these newfangled prototypes found a niche at the trade show’s special corner for start-ups, which gathered here to find business deals for their inventions.
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iPhone 7: Apple may also drop the 3.5 mm headphone jack and shrink the size of its next phone, the independent reported. (Reuters) Technology giant Apple’s iPhone 7 may get rid of camera lens and add a dual-camera system, reports suggest.
Apple may also drop the 3.5 mm headphone jack and shrink the size of its next phone, the independent reported.
The California-based technology giant may also offer entirely wireless headphones over Bluetooth in the upcoming phone.
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Google is launching its AMP pages with faster load-time and less data consumption in India.
Google has announced its ‘Accelerated Mobile Pages’ (AMP) for search in India, which will pose as a challenger to Facebook’s Instant Articles. Google says that its AMP pages load four times faster, and use ten times less data. These are primarily aimed at India’s growing smartphone users, who often face poor connectivity issues.
Google says it has partnered with publishing hou

“Passive Wi-Fi” can for the first time transmit Wi-Fi signals at bit rates of up to 11 megabits per second that can be decoded on any of the billions of devices with Wi-Fi connectivity.
In an effort to curb battery drainage as you use Wi-Fi to play games or watch movies, a team of engineers including Indian-origin researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times less power than conventional methods.
The new “Passive Wi-Fi&rdqu

Forbes
HYT Watches Gets $23 Million Investment, Channels Liquid Technology from Time to Medical Devices
Forbes
It isn't everyday that a watch brand implements a revolutionary new technology into its timepieces, or that the technology gets translated into medical devices. Yet, this is exactly the case with HYT (Hydro Mechanical Horologists) SA, which uses ...and more »

Freedom 251 mobile buyers now have the option of cash on delivery, claims the company Ringing Bells.
Ringing Bells says it is now accepting cash on delivery payments from those who have placed an order for the Freedom 251 smartphones. The company says that the offer will be available to the first 25 lakh customers who had registered for the smartphone.
A Facebook page for Ringing Bells reads,
“In furthering our service to you, we, at Ringing Bells, have decided to offer “Cash on Del

Freedom 251 mobile buyers now have the option of cash on delivery, claims the company Ringing Bells.
Update: Ringing Bells says the Cash on Delivery option is for those who booked the phone, but were unable to make payment via the online portal
Ringing Bells says it is now accepting cash on delivery payments from those who have placed an order for the Freedom 251 smartphones. The company says that the offer will be available to the first 25 lakh customers who had registered for the smartphone.

The Moto X Force smartphone features Moto ShatterShield — the world’s first shatterproof smartphone ultra hi-resolution 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display. (Source: IE) After the huge success in the online marketplace, US technology firm Motorola Mobility on Thursday said that the Moto X Force smartphone priced at Rs 49,999 will be available at retail chains in India.
Apart from being available on Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal, Moto X Force will now debut across leading retail stores i

Chinese smartphone maker LeEco has been adjudged “Best of Mobile World Congress – Most Innovative Company” by leading British technology website Alphr.com for its quality products and innovation in the smartphone and automobile industries.
“We are honoured to receive the ‘Best of Mobile World Congress – Most Innovative Company’ award from Alphr,” Eric Mika, senior vice president of open ecosystems, strategic alliances and partnerships at LeEco, sai

Apple CEO Tim Cook said it would be bad for America if the company complied with FBI’s demands (Source: AP)
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday that it would be “bad for America” if his company complied with the FBI’s demand for help unlocking an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Cook said he’s prepared to take the dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court. He also said he would try to make his case directly to President Barack Obama, although he d

Xiaomi Mi 5 was launched at MWC 2016 and Beijing in two events. Here are the top features of the phone. (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Xiaomi Mi 5 is the new flagship from the Chinese start-up and it was launched at a special event in Beijing, as well as a press announcement at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016) in Barcelona.
The new flagship goes on sale in China on March 1, and while the company has promised an India launch for the device, we’ll have to wait and see when that happens.
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