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Apple iPhone SE stands for Special Edition says the company VP Phil Schiller
At its March 21 special event, Apple announced a new smaller 4-inch iPhone which it called as iPhone SE. Now we finally know what SE stands for, courtesy Jason Cipriani.Phil Schiller just told me the “SE” stands for “Special Edition” @FortuneTech
— Jason Cipriani (@MrCippy) March 21, 2016
Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller has confirmed that SE stands for &lsqu

Facebook has activated its safety check tool after the attacks in Brussels (Source: Reuters)
Facebook has activated its “safety check” system to help people check on friends and loved ones in the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels.
The company says Tuesday the system was put in use within hours of the three explosions at the Brussels airport and a metro station.
Read MoreBlackBerry disappointed after Facebook, WhatsApp end BB 10 supportFacebook Safety Check activated in the afterm

The iPhone SE, without doubt the most significant of the announcements during the day, was a throwback, bringing back the once popular 4-inch form factor. The Apple invites for the March 21 event had the tagline “Let us Loop you in”. In all probability, it alluded to the venue of the event — 1, Infinite Loop — the location of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. But was Apple also, in a way, telling you they were in a loop of recurring themes?
The iPhone SE, without

Netflix has announced the availability of Netflix Recommended TV globally.
Netflix has announced the availability of Netflix Recommended TV globally. The Netflix Recommended TV helps users identify smart TVs that offer better performance and easier menu navigation to improve Internet TV service experience.
Must Read: Netflix India: Here is the complete list of TV shows, movies
Netflix, for 2016 has introduced a new criteria and faster performance thresholds. By making Netflix Recommended T

Apple iPhone SE addresses untapped potential in the 4-inch premium segment market in many countries.
The Apple invites for the March 21 event had the tagline “Let us Loop you in”. In all probability it alluded to the venue of the event, 1 Infinite Loop, the location of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. But was Apple also in a way telling you they were in a loop of recurring themes.
The iPhone SE, without doubt, the most significant of the announcements during the day, was a t

Apple iPhone SE stands for Special Edition says the company VP Phil Schiller
At its March 21 special event, Apple announced a new smaller 4-inch iPhone which it called as iPhone SE. Now we finally know what SE stands for, courtesy Jason Cipriani.Phil Schiller just told me the “SE” stands for “Special Edition” @FortuneTech
— Jason Cipriani (@MrCippy) March 21, 2016
Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller has confirmed that SE stands for &lsqu

Facebook has activated its safety check tool after the attacks in Brussels (Source: Reuters)
Facebook has activated its “safety check” system to help people check on friends and loved ones in the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels.
The company says Tuesday the system was put in use within hours of the three explosions at the Brussels airport and a metro station.
Read MoreFacebook activates safety check in the aftermath of Brussels attackFacebook also joins WhatsApp to end support

Andrew S. Grove, former chief executive and chairman of Intel Corporation who contributed immensely to the semiconductor giant’s success, passed away on Monday at the age of 79
Andrew Grove, former chief executive and chairman of Intel Corporation who contributed immensely to the semiconductor giant’s success, passed away on Monday at the age of 79.
Both during his time at Intel and in retirement, Grove was one of the most influential figures in technology and business, writing best

Apple iPhone SE is a powerful iPhone 6s in the skin of iPhone 5s. It’s the phone Apple wants to put in the hands of those looking for smaller smartphone running iOS (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Apple has announced an all new iPhone which looks just like iPhone 5 announced in 2012. The smartphone merges the design of iPhone 5 with the hardware prowess of latest iPhone 6s.
In Apple’s own words, iPhone SE (which drops number from naming for the first time) is for those who are looking fo

Apple iPhone SE is a powerful iPhone 6s in the skin of iPhone 5s. It’s the phone Apple wants to put in the hands of those looking for smaller smartphone running iOS (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Apple has announced an all new iPhone which looks just like iPhone 5 announced in 2012. The smartphone merges the design of iPhone 5 with the hardware prowess of latest iPhone 6s.
In Apple’s own words, iPhone SE (which drops number from naming for the first time) is for those who are looking fo

Beetel Teletech and Redington have said they will begin the distribution of iPhone SE, Apple’s lowest priced smartphone, from April 8. (Source: Apple) Apple iPhone SE, the US technology major Apple’s latest bet to grab a bigger share of the booming Indian smartphone market will start selling in the country from April 8 for Rs 39,000, a price higher than that of existing models.
Beetel Teletech and Redington have said they will begin the distribution of iPhone SE, Apple’s lowes

Facebook has announced that it will withdraw support of its essential APIs for BlackBerry.
Facebook joins WhatsApp to discontinue support of its essential APIs for BlackBerry.
The Facebook app for users with Blackberry 7.1 and earlier OS versions and those with BB10 OS will stop receiving further updates from March 31 onward. BlackBerry, in a post said, “Those wishing to continue using Facebook are encouraged to move to the web-based experience which will provide the most feature ric

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In Apple vs. the FBI, technology wins
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Government policy and technology usually coexist in harmony. But occasionally, they get into a brawl. When this happens, policy may win a battle or two, but, ultimately, technology always wins. It simply isn't a fair fight. Technology moves too fast ...
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Federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone
The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it.
In a stunning reversal on Monday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone. The FBI may have found another

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone
The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it.
In a stunning reversal on Monday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone. The FBI may have found another

Not only genes, even jobs may run in some families, and people within a family are proportionally more likely to eventually also choose the same occupation and this is especially true of twins, a Facebook study has revealed.
However, in absolute terms, the vast majority of kids strike their own path and choose a profession different than that of their parents or their siblings, the research added.
Facebook data scientists Ismail Onur Filiz and Lada Adamic analysed two related sets of data: one a

Andrew S. Grove, former chief executive and chairman of Intel Corporation who contributed immensely to the semiconductor giant’s success, passed away on Monday at the age of 79.
Both during his time at Intel and in retirement, Grove was one of the most influential figures in technology and business, writing best-selling books and widely cited articles, and speaking out on an array of prominent public issues.
His books High Output Management (1983) and Only the Paranoid Survive (1999) remai

Net neutrality essentially means no discriminatory treatment by Internet service providers in terms of applications and content that are carried through them.
Telecom regulator Trai expects to finalise its view on Net neutrality in “a couple of months”.
“DoT has sought a comprehensive view from us on Net neutrality. It should be done in a couple of months,” Trai Chairman R S Sharma said on the sidelines of an event of the CASBAA India Forum.
Net neutrality essentially me

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The Brussels attacks highlight technology's importance but we could do so much more
The Next Web
IMPORTANT: Brussels mobile networks are getting saturated. Please contact through data messages: Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter. Avoid calls. — Alexander De Croo (@alexanderdecroo) March 22, 2016. As a response, people turned to their data plans and ...and more »

Net neutrality essentially means no discriminatory treatment by Internet service providers in terms of applications and content that are carried through them.
Telecom regulator Trai expects to finalise its view on Net neutrality in “a couple of months”.
“DoT has sought a comprehensive view from us on Net neutrality. It should be done in a couple of months,” Trai Chairman R S Sharma said on the sidelines of an event of the CASBAA India Forum.
Net neutrality essentially me

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone
The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it.
In a stunning reversal on Monday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their efforts to force Apple to unlock the phone. The FBI may have found another

Apple event: An Apple executive told reporters on a press call that the company knew nothing about the Justice Department’s possible method for getting into the phone, and that the government never gave any indication that it was continuing to search for such solutions. U.S. prosecutors said Monday that a “third party” had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, a development that could bring an abrupt e

Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE smartphone will be available in India from early April for a price of Rs39,000 for a basic 16GB version, the company said early Tuesday. Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE smartphone will be available in India from early April for a price of Rs39,000 for a basic 16GB version, the company said early Tuesday.
The 4-inch screen sized iPhone SE comes with a matte-chamfered edge and in four metallic finish colours including one in rose gold. The handset runs on the 64-bi

The Apple iPhone SE is seen as particularly important for India, where Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner, expects the smartphones market to double to 200 million units in the next two years. Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE priced at Rs 39,000 has first-rate features, but its prospects in key markets like India and China may be limited by its diminutive size. At the product launch in Cupertino, California on Monday, Apple vice president of iPhone Product Marketing Gr

The iPhone SE pricing starts at Rs 39,000 in India for the 16GB version. (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
In the end, the predictions were more or less true. The new Apple phone is called the iPhone SE, it has a four-inch screen, a fingerprint scanner and the A9 processor.What most people couldn’t nail, however, was the $399 price point and there we enough oohs and aahs among the smallish gathering at the Town Hall inside the Apple Headquarters to show that most of them loved this bit. In

The iPhone SE pricing starts at Rs 39,000 in India for the 16GB version. (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
In the end, the predictions were more or less true. The new Apple phone is called the iPhone SE, it has a four-inch screen, a fingerprint scanner and the A9 processor.What most people couldn’t nail, however, was the $399 price point and there we enough oohs and aahs among the smallish gathering at the Town Hall inside the Apple Headquarters to show that most of them loved this bit. In