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A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations. (Source: olo3d)
A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations, a media report said.
The gadget called OLO is designed to be simple to understand and operate, and is battery-operated and fully portab

A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations. (Source: olo3d)
A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations, a media report said.
The gadget called OLO is designed to be simple to understand and operate, and is battery-operated and fully portab

A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations. (Source: olo3d)
A US-based company has designed a portable device that lets you turn any smartphone into a 3D printer using the light from the touchscreen to process your plastic creations, a media report said.
The gadget called OLO is designed to be simple to understand and operate, and is battery-operated and fully portab

The jury is still out on whether Apple iPhone SE has the price to make it sell in India, but Apple dealers here feel the phone will help fill a void.
The jury is still out on whether Apple iPhone SE has the price to make it sell in India, but Apple dealers here feel the phone will help fill a void. The phone, which uses the popular iPhone 5s chassis, has specs similar to the iPhone 6s, including the A9 chipset, fingerprint scanner and 4K video capture. It will hit the stores in India April 8.
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Sennheiser Momentum Wireless Over Ear, Jays U-JAYS, Brainwavz Omega IEM, Corsair VOID RGB SE and Brainwavz HM2: Here are the best headphones of 2016.
If you are looking for a good headphone, here is where you can start:
Brainwavz HM2Brainwavz HM2 headphones: Priced at Rs 2999, these are lightweight and comfortable to wear.
Price: 2,999
The Brainwavz HM2 is a over the ear headphone that you can use on the move and also while enjoying music at home. The headphone can be folded comfortably into it

Vivo Y31L is the new budget smartphone that replaces Y31 launched last year (Source: Vivo)
Vivo has announced the launch of Y31L smartphone in India. The Y31L succeeds the older Y31 model.
Vivo Y31L is a mid-range smartphone with specs to match the same. Vivo Y31L comes with a 4.7-inch qHD IPS display. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 processor coupled with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage.
Read MoreVivo Y51L, Oppo F1 WT20 limited edition: Check out these cricket-centric sma

Drones are increasingly becoming useful devices for aerial photography, research purposes, monitoring etc. While, drones come in a number of sizes for different purposes, carrying them around has never been easy.
Kingslong is among a few companies that manufactures bags and cases specifically to carry drones. The multi-purpose backpacks look like regular backpacks, except that they come with a special compartment to store drones and their components safely.
Read: Google Photos will now crea

Street View allows users to see how a city or a place looks like in real. Using cars and bikes fitted with cameras to collect imagery
Google has launched the Street View imagery of Sri Lanka on Google Maps that will allow users to view and experience 360-degree panoramic imagery of the country from their phones, tablets and computers.
With the addition of Sri Lanka, Street View is now available in 76 countries, including the US, Japan and South Korea. Street View allows users to see how a city

Vivo Y31L is the new budget smartphone that replaces Y31 launched last year (Source: Vivo)
Vivo has announced the launch of Y31L smartphone in India. The Y31L succeeds the older Y31 model.
Vivo Y31L is a mid-range smartphone with specs to match the same. Vivo Y31L comes with a 4.7-inch qHD IPS display. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 processor coupled with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage.
Read MoreVivo Y51L, Oppo F1 WT20 limited edition: Check out these new cricket-centric

Sennheiser Momentum Wireless Over Ear, Jays U-JAYS, Brainwavz Omega IEM, Corsair VOID RGB SE and Brainwavz HM2: Here are the best headphones of 2016.
If you are looking for a good headphone, here is where you can start:
Brainwavz HM2Brainwavz HM2 headphones: Priced at Rs 2999, these are lightweight and comfortable to wear.
Price: 2,999
The Brainwavz HM2 is a over the ear headphone that you can use on the move and also while enjoying music at home. The headphone can be folded comfortably into it

Internet of Things (IoT) can bring a real revolution: empowering millions in rural areas and connecting “humans” to the mainstream.
Some call it the fourth industrial revolution or “industry 4.0”; for others, the time when machines can “talk” at “smart” factories and “connected” homes to make your life better is here. But for India, Internet of Things (IoT) can bring a real revolution: empowering millions in rural areas and connecting

Google is investing heavily in creating business tools and products, to help companies use computing in an affordable and faster manner.
With a vibrant startup ecosystem and lesser legacy systems, India will play a key role in Google’s strategy as it looks to take on Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure in the global enterprise cloud services space.
“India is a pretty exciting place because there are so many companies growing so quickly over there and the fact that these co

Google Photos will now make it easier to revisit the best memories form a trip or an event through its smarter photo albums feature.
Google Photos will now make it easier to revisit the best memories form a trip or an event through its smarter photo albums feature. Google’s new feature will automatically organize photo albums curated with the best shots.
Google, in a blog post said, “Starting today, after an event or trip, Google Photos will suggest a new album for you, curated with

The French data protection authority said it has fined Google 100,000 euros ($111,720) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling (Source: AP)
The French data protection authority said it has fined Google 100,000 euros ($111,720) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling.
The only way for Google to uphold the Europeans’ right to privacy was by delisting inaccurate results popping up under na

Street View allows users to see how a city or a place looks like in real. Using cars and bikes fitted with cameras to collect imagery
Google has launched the Street View imagery of Sri Lanka on Google Maps that will allow users to view and experience 360-degree panoramic imagery of the country from their phones, tablets and computers.
With the addition of Sri Lanka, Street View is now available in 76 countries, including the US, Japan and South Korea. Street View allows users to see how a city

Drones are increasingly becoming useful devices for aerial photography, research purposes, monitoring etc. While, drones come in a number of sizes for different purposes, carrying them around has never been easy.
Kingslong is among a few companies that manufactures bags and cases specifically to carry drones. The multi-purpose backpacks look like regular backpacks, except that they come with a special compartment to store drones and their components safely.
Read: Google Photos will now crea

Apple iPhone SE is a refined version of iPhone 5s with an internals that match iPhone 6s (Source: AP)
Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price.
You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that’s in the much larger iPhone 6S but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds and graphics capabilities.
Of course, you don’t get everything. The SE isn’t going to be right for everyone

Apple iPhone SE is a refined version of iPhone 5s with an internals that match iPhone 6s (Source: AP)
Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price.
You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that’s in the much larger iPhone 6S but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds and graphics capabilities.
Of course, you don’t get everything. The SE isn’t going to be right for everyone

Apple iPhone SE is a refined version of iPhone 5s with an internals that match iPhone 6s (Source: AP)
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Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price.
You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that’s in the much larger iPhone 6S but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds and graphics capabilities.
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Apple iPhone SE will be officially available in India from April 8 at a starting price of Rs 39,000 for the 16GB variant (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
IT product distributors Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals today said they will start selling Apple’s new smartphone iPhone SE from April 8.
“Ingram Micro India Pvt Ltd will offer iPhone SE, the most powerful phone with a 10.16cm (four-inch) display, beginning on April 8 in over 2,500 retail locations across India,” Ingram Micro sa

Apple iPhone SE will be officially available in India from April 8 at a starting price of Rs 39,000 for the 16GB variant (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
IT product distributors Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals today said they will start selling Apple’s new smartphone iPhone SE from April 8.
“Ingram Micro India Pvt Ltd will offer iPhone SE, the most powerful phone with a 10.16cm (four-inch) display, beginning on April 8 in over 2,500 retail locations across India,” Ingram Micro sa

Israel’s Cellebrite is helping FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
Israel’s Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.
If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc, the Israeli daily said, citing unnamed indu

Israel’s Cellebrite is helping FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
Israel’s Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.
If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc, the Israeli daily said, citing unnamed indu

Microsoft Tay AI chatbot ends up in a racist blur after reflecting on things it was told online (Source: TayTweets/Twitter)
OMG! Did you hear about the artificial intelligence program that Microsoft designed to chat like a teenage girl? It was totally yanked offline in less than a day after it began spouting racist, sexist and otherwise offensive remarks.
Microsoft said it was all the fault of some really mean people, who launched a “coordinated effort” to make the chatbot know

Microsoft Tay AI chatbot ends up in a racist blur after reflecting on things it was told online (Source: TayTweets/Twitter)
OMG! Did you hear about the artificial intelligence program that Microsoft designed to chat like a teenage girl? It was totally yanked offline in less than a day after it began spouting racist, sexist and otherwise offensive remarks.
Microsoft said it was all the fault of some really mean people, who launched a “coordinated effort” to make the chatbot know

Microsoft said it was all the fault of some really mean people, who launched a ”coordinated effort” to make the chatbot known as Tay ”respond in inappropriate ways.” To which one artificial intelligence expert responded: Duh! (Image: Twitter) OMG! Did you hear about the artificial intelligence program that Microsoft designed to chat like a teenage girl? It was totally yanked offline in less than a day, after it began spouting racist, sexist and otherwise offensive remark