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Microsoft Word Flow keyboard’s interesting feature is its one-handed texting mode
If there was one thing really good about Windows 10 Mobile till now then it has to be its keyboard. But that equation is going to change completely today.
Microsoft has officially launched its Word Flow keyboard for iOS in the United States. The app which is only available in the US App Store shows how someone can make good use of Apple’s third-party keyboard APIs.
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Microsoft Word Flow keyboard’s for iOS has been officially launched and comes with an interesting feature of one-handed texting mode
If there was one thing really good about Windows 10 Mobile till now then it has to be its keyboard. But that equation is going to change completely today.
Microsoft has officially launched its Word Flow keyboard for iOS in the United States. The app which is only available in the US App Store shows how someone can make good use of Apple’s third-party k

Google, Ford, Uber, Volvo and Lyft are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market
Alphabet Inc’s Google unit, Ford Motor Co, the ride-sharing service Uber and two other companies said on Tuesday they are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market.
Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co, and Uber rival Lyft also are part of the Self-Driving Coalition

Minimally invasive colitis screening using infrared technology could offer fast, simple test
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Sony RX10 III comes with newly developed Zeiss 24-600mm lens with focal lens of F2.4-4.0 (Source: Sony)
Sony has added another new camera to its catalogue with RX10 III. The third generation of RX10 camera now comes with almost triple the optical zoom range.
At the heart of Sony RX10 III is the newly developed Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens. The lens comes with a zoom range of 24-600mm and has aperture of F2.4-4.0.
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TranServ, a digital payments company, has closed an investment of $15 million.
TranServ, a digital payments company, has closed an investment of $15 million. The Series C funding round is being led by Micromax Informatics and IDFC SPICEFund, a domestic venture capital fund managed by IDFC Asset Management Company, along with existing investors Nirvana and Faering Capital India Evolving Fund.
TranServ had recently launched its own mobile wallet called Udio and has a strategic partnership with Vi

Karbonn today said it will roll out an SOS app for women on its handsets in the next two months, much ahead of the government’s mandate of installing a panic button on phones from January 1.
“The directive is a step towards harnessing the full potential of mobile devices which could be a potent tool in ensuring women’s safety,” Karbonn Mobiles said in a statement.
The firm added it has been working on developing a mobile SOS app for women which would be rolled out over th

LeEco hopes to start producing a version of the LeSEE in a few years at a plant being built near Las Vegas by US strategic partner Faraday Future, in which Jia has invested.
Tomorrow’s cars will be all-electric, self-driving, connected to high-speed communications networks … and free. And probably Chinese.
That, at least, is the vision of Jia Yueting, a billionaire entrepreneur and one of a new breed of Chinese who see their technology expertise re-engineering the automobile indust

Microsoft Word Flow keyboard’s interesting feature is its one-handed texting mode
If there was one thing really good about Windows 10 Mobile till now then it has to be its keyboard. But that equation is going to change completely today.
Microsoft has officially launched its Word Flow keyboard for iOS in the United States. The app which is only available in the US App Store shows how someone can make good use of Apple’s third-party keyboard APIs.
Also Read: Microsoft’s Wor

Meizu might launch its new budget smartphone, m3 in India on May 11 (Source: Meizu India)
Meizu has sent invite for an event on May 11. The event in all likelihood is for the launch of m3, the budget smartphone which was announced early today in China.
Meizu m3 is the successor to m2 which was Meizu’s budget offering here in India. The smartphone has been launched in two variants – one with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage and other with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage.
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Instago, being an app-integrator, shows all available options from Ola, Uber, Jugnu, Red Bus and more.
Delhi residents seems to have discovered surge pricing with the second round of the odd-even scheme, resulting in this model of pricing being banned. However, Instago, an app founded by ex-Google employees Nakul Khanna, is claiming to offer a solution.
Instago, being an app-integrator, shows all available options from Ola, Uber, Jugnu, Red Bus and more. All you need to do is enter the pick-up

Google, Ford, Uber, Volvo and Lyft are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market
Alphabet Inc’s Google unit, Ford Motor Co, the ride-sharing service Uber and two other companies said on Tuesday they are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market.
Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co, and Uber rival Lyft also are part of the Self-Driving Coalition

The government has announced a compulsory panic button in all smartphones and feature phones, along with GPS feature in a new order.
The Government of India has decided that no mobile can be sold in the country without an in-built panic button and global positioning system (GPS) from January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, respectively.
The move aims to help improve security of women and increase accountability of the security forces as well. “Technology is solely meant to make human life b

The counters that YouTube uses to register the number of views to reflect the success of the videos have inconsistencies, researchers have found. (Reuters) The counters that YouTube uses to register the number of views to reflect the success of the videos have inconsistencies, researchers have found.
This data can have economic implications, since with some online advertising campaigns that use videos, the portals can charge based on the number of registered views, researchers said.
One of the

Xioami Redmi Note 3 has been made available in India since March 9, but only through flash sales. So far, six flash sales have been conducted on Amazon India and seven times on Xiaomi website (including three flash sales at Mi Fan Festival).(Source: Mi) Xiaomi Mi 5, priced at Rs 24,999 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, priced at Rs 9,999 will be available for open sale on Wednesday on Mi website. Xiaomi Mi 5 was launched in India on April 6 during the Xiaomi Mi Fan Festival.
Xioami Redmi Note 3 has been

Sony RX10 III comes with newly developed Zeiss 24-600mm lens with focal lens of F2.4-4.0 (Source: Sony)
Sony has added another new camera to its catalogue with RX10 III. The third generation of RX10 camera now comes with almost triple the optical zoom range.
At the heart of Sony RX10 III is the newly developed Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens. The lens comes with a zoom range of 24-600mm and has aperture of F2.4-4.0.
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LeEco is eyeing a manufacturing base along with research and development centres in India.
In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India and Digital India initiatives, Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco is eyeing a manufacturing base along with research and development centres in the country, the company’s vice chairman and co-founder has said.
LeEco sees great potential in India in terms of technology and is also looking forward to setting up retail an

TranServ, a digital payments company, has closed an investment of $15 million.
TranServ, a digital payments company, has closed an investment of $15 million. The Series C funding round is being led by Micromax Informatics and IDFC SPICEFund, a domestic venture capital fund managed by IDFC Asset Management Company, along with existing investors Nirvana and Faering Capital India Evolving Fund.
TranServ had recently launched its own mobile wallet called Udio and has a strategic partnership with Vi

“We finally managed to get the panic button. We have been working on it over the last two years. I spoke to the Prime Minister and he took it extremely seriously and immediately it has been done so we should give him credit for it,” Maneka Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament. (PTI) Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said the in-built system of panic button on mobiles for women’s safety is a “game changer”.
“We finally managed to get

Xiaomi Mi Band 2 could feature a curved LCD display, a physical home button and come with heart rate sensor (Source: My Drivers)
Xiaomi could launch the successor to its super cheap Mi Band on May 8. According to My Drivers, the company will launch the new fitness band alongside Mi Max smartphone at an event in Beijing.
Mi Band has been one of the most affordable fitness tracker in the market for quite a long time. And now Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun has posted a picture of what looks like t

Swipe Technologies has launched the third smartphone in its ‘Elite’ series – Swipe Elite Note – at Rs 7,999.
Swipe Technologies has launched the third smartphone in its ‘Elite’ series – Swipe Elite Note – at Rs 7,999. The smartphone is Flipkart exclusive and is available in black colour variant.
Swipe Elite Note features a 5.5-inch HD screen with a pixel resolution of 720×1280. It comes with a 2.5D Arc touch-screen and DragonTrail Protection

Nokia buys Withings in its first move into the market for digital products that monitor health
Finnish mobile network equipment maker Nokia said on Tuesday it had struck a deal to buy France’s Withings S.A. for 170 million euros ($191 million) in its first move into the market for digital products that monitor health.
Withings’ products include activity trackers, weighing scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors and baby monitors built on a digital platform.
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NASA scientists have proposed deploying a robotic system to explore the exotic environment of the subsurface oceans of Saturn’s icy moons that may potentially harbour life. (Source: NASA)
NASA scientists have proposed deploying a robotic system to explore the exotic environment of the subsurface oceans of Saturn’s icy moons that may potentially harbour life.
Several concepts have already been studied to explore the subsurface oceans of Europa and Enceladus using autonomous underwate

The government has announced a compulsory panic button in all smartphones and feature phones, along with GPS feature in a new order.
The Government of India has decided that no mobile can be sold in the country without an in-built panic button and global positioning system (GPS) from January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, respectively.
The move aims to help improve security of women and increase accountability of the security forces as well. “Technology is solely meant to make human life b

Facebook is working on a separate camera app, which could have a Snapchat like quality.
Facebook is developing a stand-alone camera app, similar to disappearing photo app Snapchat, to increase user engagement, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The app, being developed by Facebook’s “friend-sharing” team in London, is in its early stages and may never come to fruition, according to the report.
The company is also planning a feature that al

Looking for a budget Android device that costs less than Rs 7000? Here’s a quick look at the top options from Yu Yunique to CoolPad Note 3 Lite.
Like with any technology, smartphones get better while staying at the same price. And while we would have been a little more hesitant to recommend cheaper phones till a couple of years ago, that’s not the case any more. In fact, the quality of Android phones you can now get for less than Rs 7,000 is astounding. Let’s take a look at so

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'My driving score cut my premiums by £140': How technology can cut car insurance costs
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New technology is changing the way car insurers calculate risk, with the happy result that, for many, premiums are going down. But there's a price to pay: in many cases, to qualify for lower premiums, you need to be prepared to share more data with the ...and more »

Looking for a budget Android device that costs less than Rs 7000? Here’s a quick look at the top options from Yu Yunique to CoolPad Note 3 Lite.
Like with any technology, smartphones get better while staying at the same price. And while we would have been a little more hesitant to recommend cheaper phones till a couple of years ago, that’s not the case any more. In fact, the quality of Android phones you can now get for less than Rs 7,000 is astounding. Let’s take a look at so

Timex Metropolitan+ is the first in the series of smart connected watches from the company. It stays true to its legacy with an analog watch face and familiar aesthetics of a watch.
Smartwatches are definitely the in-thing right now. Available in different form factors, with different kinds of operating systems, the wearable is the next logical step in our connected lives. And it’s not just smartphone players that are offering wearables, even traditional watch makers are joining the party

The concept of a device with panic button feature was floated after brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi.
Panic button will be mandatory for all mobile phones to be sold in India January 1, 2017, onwards to enable users make emergency call easily.
Besides, in-built GPS navigation system would be mandatory for all phones a year later with effect from January 1, 2018, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
“Technology is solely meant to make human life better and what

Zebronics DOT comes with a built-in microphone that also allows the user to make and receive calls.
Zebronics has launched its portable DOT bluetooth speakers in five neon colour variants at Rs 777. The speaker is cylindrical in shape and small enough to fit in a palm.
Zebronics DOT speaker features a 360 degree sound fidelity. The device has a range of 10 meters. Zebronics says that the mids and highs are crisp.
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