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CREO has announced that its first smartphone, Mark 1 will go on sale on April 19
CREO has announced that its first smartphone, Mark 1 will go on sale on April 19. The smartphone promises to deliver monthly updates which will enhance the user experience.
The smartphone will be available on company’s official website and on Flipkart priced at Rs 19,999. The first 2,000 customers ordering from the official website will get free engraving service at no cost. The company is also giving away a

Xander Audios XAT-909BT comes with 35,000 Watt PMPO that fills the room with theater-quality sound (Source: Xander Audios)
Xander Audios has announced the launch of its multimedia speaker, XAT-909BT in India. The tower speakers come with industrial design and powerful sonic signature for live music.
Xander Audios XAT-909BT comes with 35,000 Watt PMPO that fills the room with theater-quality sound. The speaker has four full range driver and four 10-inch bass driver for subwoofer.
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Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is the latest budget smartphone from the Chinese smartphone player
The smartphone industry is undoubtedly the most difficult one to be in right now, primarily due to the level of competition. There are too many devices and too many players often competing in the same price band, offering similar specs on devices that pretty much look the same.
In India, the recent entry of LeEco especially has made this market a lot more difficult to crack for even the most popular bran

Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is the latest budget smartphone from the Chinese smartphone player
The smartphone industry is undoubtedly the most difficult one to be in right now, primarily due to the level of competition. There are too many devices and too many players often competing in the same price band, offering similar specs on devices that pretty much look the same.
In India, the recent entry of LeEco especially has made this market a lot more difficult to crack for even the most popular bran

Android N will come with support for Virtual Reality and 3D Touch style features.
Google’s next version of Android could feature a Virtual Reality Mode, and support for pressure sensitive displays, similar to the 3D Touch that we’ve seen in Apple’s iPhone 6s series. Google recently rolled out another update to Android N developer preview, which brought a new set of Emojis, launcher shortcuts, and Vulcan API for better graphics.
Now it would appear that a VR mode and support fo

Apple may completely drop its aluminium casing for an all-glass enclosure for iPhone 8, suggests a report.
Apple may completely drop its aluminium casing for an all-glass enclosure in the iPhone 8 in 2017, suggests a report in 9to5Mac.  The report quotes KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is known for his accurate predictions on Apple.
While Apple iPhone 8 for 2017 might see a design overall, according to Kuo, the Cupertino-based tech giant will stick with the current aluminiu

CREO has announced that its first smartphone, Mark 1 will go on sale on April 19
CREO has announced that its first smartphone, Mark 1 will go on sale on April 19. The smartphone promises to deliver monthly updates which will enhance the user experience.
The smartphone will be available on company’s official website and on Flipkart priced at Rs 19,999. The first 2,000 customers ordering from the official website will get free engraving service at no cost. The company is also giving away a

Fitbit Blaze is being sold as a fitness watch, but with a clear indication that it will do more. So it has a colour touchscreen, multiple watch faces and notification alerts along with the stuff that is now common to Fitbit trackers.
I consider the Fitbit Charge HR the most practical of fitness tracker, just for its sheer simplicity which doesn’t come at the cost of functionality. For the past week I have been trying the new Fitbit Blaze, which has recently come to the top of the Fitbit r

Huawei has launched two new smartphones – Y3 II and Y5 II – in its Y-series.
Huawei has launched two new smartphones – Y3 II and Y5 II – in its Y-series. While the smartphones are listed on the Huawei website, the company has not revealed any word on the pricing yet. Also, it is unlikely that Huawei will announce its Y-series for India.
Both Huawei Y3 II and Y5 II come with a similar spec sheet, with only a few different features.
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Chinese Twitter users have expressed concerns over the company’s appointment of a China regional executive who has a background working with the country’s military and state security apparatus.
Since last week, when Kathy Chen was appointed Twitter’s first managing director for China, Chinese users of the U.S. microblogging site have raised concerns over Chen’s past links to the Chinese government and wondered if their freedom of speech on the platform would be compromise

Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its 8,100-km Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) offering direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East
Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its 8,100-km Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) offering direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East. The undersea cable landing facility is housed in Chennai.
“We are excited about the launch of BBG as it offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but a

Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus is the latest budget smartphone from the Chinese smartphone player
The smartphone industry is undoubtedly the most difficult one to be in right now, primarily due to the level of competition. There are too many devices and too many players often competing in the same price band, offering similar specs on devices that pretty much look the same.
In India, the recent entry of LeEco especially has made this market a lot more difficult to crack for even the most popular bran

The European Union antitrust chief said that she was now examining its deals with phone makers and operators.
The European Union antitrust chief, who has already charged Google with favouring its own shopping service in internet searches, said on Monday that she was now examining its deals with phone makers and operators.
The comments by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager follow a year-long investigation into Android, the world’s most popular operating system for smartph

Atos’ Bull sequana is the first exascale supercomputer capable of billion calculations per second (Source: Atos)
Atos has unveiled Bull sequana, the first exascale-class supercomputer that offers thousand times more performance than current pentaflops-scale systems.
Atos’ Bull sequana will reach exascale level by 2020 when it will be able to process a billion calculations per second. The Bull sequana is 10 times more energy-efficient, and also 10 times denser.
Atos says its Bull seq

Android N will come with support for Virtual Reality and 3D Touch style features.
Google’s next version of Android could feature a Virtual Reality Mode, and support for pressure sensitive displays, similar to the 3D Touch that we’ve seen in Apple’s iPhone 6s series. Google recently rolled out another update to Android N developer preview, which brought a new set of Emojis, launcher shortcuts, and Vulcan API for better graphics.
Now it would appear that a VR mode and support fo

Micromax Canvas 6 Pro deliveries will start on April 20 for all those who have pre-ordered the smartphone.
Micromax Canvas 6 Pro’s deliveries will start on April 20 for all those who had pre-booked the smartphone on the company’s website.  The Indian smartphone manufacturer recently announced a big brand revamp, which included the launch of 19 new devices including its new flagship Canvas 6 series.
Canvas 6 and Canvas 6 Pro are both priced at Rs 13,999 and Micromax is selling t

Fitbit Blaze is being sold as a fitness watch, but with a clear indication that it will do more. So it has a colour touchscreen, multiple watch faces and notification alerts along with the stuff that is now common to Fitbit trackers.
I consider the Fitbit Charge HR the most practical of fitness tracker, just for its sheer simplicity which doesn’t come at the cost of functionality. For the past week I have been trying the new Fitbit Blaze, which has recently come to the top of the Fitbit r

Apple may completely drop its aluminium casing for an all-glass enclosure for iPhone 8, suggests a report.
Apple may completely drop its aluminium casing for an all-glass enclosure in the iPhone 8 in 2017, suggests a report in 9to5Mac.  The report quotes KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is known for his accurate predictions on Apple.
While Apple iPhone 8 for 2017 might see a design overall, according to Kuo, the Cupertino-based tech giant will stick with the current aluminiu

Since Amazon launched its subscription video service five years ago, it has been available only through the Prime membership program, which currently costsper year.(AP) American electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon has dropped the requirement to sign up for a year to access its Prime membership services.
The E-commerce giant would be adding the new subscription options by Monday evening.
Prime Video alone would cost $107.88 a year and $9 on a monthly basis, while the full Prim

Google’s upcoming mobile operating system Android ‘N’ will also be supporting virtual reality capabilities.
Android ‘N’ developer preview has been released which contains references to ‘VR Listener’ and ‘VR Helper’ apps, as well as warning and informing users that a given app will be able to run when one is using applications in virtual reality mode, the Verge reports.
According to the technology news and information website ArsTechnica, the

Researchers, led by an Indian-origin engineer in US, have developed a novel technology that can double WiFi speeds with a single antenna. (Source: YouTube video from Columbia Engineering)
Researchers, led by an Indian-origin engineer in US, have developed a novel technology that can double WiFi speeds with a single antenna, a breakthrough that could revolutionize the field of telecommunications.
This is the first time researchers from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Scienc

The Oculus Rift headset in its box. Jason Rubin, Oculus’ head of worldwide studios, is downplaying questions raised about the VR system’s privacy policy.
An executive from virtual reality company Oculus says consumers shouldn’t be concerned about an invasion of their privacy when using the Oculus Rift.
Jason Rubin, Oculus’ head of worldwide studios, is downplaying questions raised about the VR system’s privacy policy.
“It’s a new medium,” said Rub

Micromax Canvas 6 Pro deliveries will start on April 20 for all those who have pre-ordered the smartphone.
Micromax Canvas 6 Pro’s deliveries will start on April 20 for all those who had pre-booked the smartphone on the company’s website.  The Indian smartphone manufacturer recently announced a big brand revamp, which included the launch of 19 new devices including its new flagship Canvas 6 series.
Canvas 6 and Canvas 6 Pro are both priced at Rs 13,999 and Micromax is selling t

Huawei has launched two new smartphones – Y3 II and Y5 II – in its Y-series.
Huawei has launched two new smartphones – Y3 II and Y5 II – in its Y-series. While the smartphones are listed on the Huawei website, the company has not revealed any word on the pricing yet. Also, it is unlikely that Huawei will announce its Y-series for India.
Both Huawei Y3 II and Y5 II come with a similar spec sheet, with only a few different features.
Read: Read: Huawei Honor Holly 2 Pl

DJI has announced Matrice 600 drones, equipped for aerial photography and specifically designed for filmmakers.
DJI has announced Matrice 600 drones, equipped for aerial photography and specifically designed for filmmakers. DJI M 600 can be bought from the company’s website at $4,599.
DJI posted a video on YouTube showing how the drone can carry professional cameras to shoot videos from various angles. The cameras cam move 360 degree to produce dynamic visuals.
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The application, available free of cost, enables people to navigate some 600 videos that chronicle the various stages of the IT industry and the people involved with its growth – like why the first computer was installed in India, early perception of computers among subsequent industry stalwarts like NR Narayana Murthy or how TCS set out on the software exports path. (Reuters) Turning down the idea of writing a book to chronicle the history of the Indian IT industry, former CEO and co-fou

An executive from virtual reality company Oculus says consumers shouldn’t be concerned about an invasion of their privacy when using the Oculus Rift. Jason Rubin , Oculus’ head of worldwide studios, is downplaying questions raised about the VR system’s privacy policy.
Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota wrote an open letter to Oculus earlier this month asking for details about user data collected by the VR system. The Rift is worn on users’ heads and can detect moveme

The app was launched in Mumbai on Sunday by Infosys Co-Founder Kris Gopalakrishnan.
Turning down the idea of writing a book to chronicle the history of the Indian IT industry, former CEO and co-founder of Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan has chosen to use his love for computing technology to create an iOS and Android application called itihaasa — a 600 video chronicle of the history of an industry that has created 35 lakh jobs.
The app, which features interviews with 44 stalwarts of the techno