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Airbnb sees India as one of the fastest growing markets in the world (Source: Airbnb)
Airbnb, the US based startup which specialises in home sharing, has announced its India growth tripled in the last year. Airbnb has transformed from a technology company to hospitality company.
Airbnb says India is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for them. It believes India’s travel market is set to surpass $40 billion by 2020, and the company is banking on its India prospects for future

Apple Inc. has lost a legal fight with a Chinese company that a Beijing court says is allowed to use the iPhone name on wallets and handbags.
The court said Apple failed to prove iPhone was a ”famous brand” in China before the local company applied for a trademark in 2007, an official legal newspaper reported. Such status under Chinese law might limit its use on other products.
The ruling in late April allows Xintong Tiandi Technology to keep using the iPhone name, according to the L

Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps. (Source: Reuters)
Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers.
Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps.
Google did not dis

Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 is a 11.6-inch Windows 10 notebook powered by Intel processor (Source: Micromax)
Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 has been launched at Rs 10,499. The laptop is powered by Intel quad-core processor and runs Windows 10.
Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 is the successor to Canvas Lapbook that was launched last year. In our review, we had called it the best Windows 10 laptop for beginners.
Must Read: Micromax Canvas Lapbook review: Best Windows 10 device for beginn

The latest discovery came after Hold Security researchers found a young Russian hacker bragging in an online forum that he had collected and was ready to give away a far larger number of stolen credentials that ended up totalling 1.17 billion records. (Reuters) Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia’s criminal underworld, a security expert said.
The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majori

The basic idea came from Tata Steel whose workers will be using it soon, with user inputs from Tata Chemicals and Tata Motors whose shop-floors will also benefit. (AP) The Tata Group today said it has developed a watch exclusively for factory workers which can provide critical real-time safety data and announced that it is looking to sell wearable devices to tech-savvy consumers in the future.
“This is the very first safety wearable in the world designed specially for a factory floor work

Advertising fuels the internet, allowing for many services to be free for users, and we are not against them
From May 4, Opera will launch native ad-blocking technology both in the stable version of the desktop browser, as well as the Opera Mini mobile browser for Android. The move could have significant impact in many markets given that Opera is one of the top browsers.We spoke to Krystian Kolondra, Opera Software’s Senior Vice President of Products responsible for Opera’s entire c

Advertising fuels the internet, allowing for many services to be free for users, and we are not against them
From May 4, Opera will launch native ad-blocking technology both in the stable version of the desktop browser, as well as the Opera Mini mobile browser for Android. The move could have significant impact in many markets given that Opera is one of the top browsers.We spoke to Krystian Kolondra, Opera Software’s Senior Vice President of Products responsible for Opera’s entire c

LeEco Le 1s Eco comes with a Supertainment package membership part of the device. Here’s why LeEco is looking at ecosystem rather than just hardware. (Source: Hansa Verma)
Chinese internet and technology company LeEco has launched a new ‘Supertainment’ package for its smartphones in India. LeEco wants to get into the entertainment and content side as well, and has tied up with some players in India. Content bundled with hardware is an area that not too many players in India ar

Apple iPhone 7 will make everyone want to upgrade to the new device, said CEO Tim Cook in an interview. (Source: AP)
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that the iPhone 7 will make everyone want to upgrade to the new device. He made the comments on CNBC’s Mad Money show, which is hosted by Jim Cramer.
The Guardian quotes Apple CEO Tim Cook as saying on the show, “We have great innovation in the pipeline, like new iPhones that will incent you and other people that have iPhones today to upgra

Sony Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact, Z2 and Z2 tablet getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Sony has started rollout of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Z2 and Z2 tablet. The update is available over-the-air or via Sony’s PC companion app.
Google had announced Android 6.0 Marshmallow at Google I/O 2015 and in all likelihood the company will announce Android N at I/O 2016 which starts from May 18.
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The original YU Yutopia flagship. The company says it is working on a new flagship device.
Micromax co-founder and YU promoter Rahul Sharma has put out a new post on YU’s forum stating that the company is working on a a new flagship device, which will launch this month. Sharma claims their new device will ‘break all other flagships.’
Rahul Sharma’s post reads, “Hope all’s well ! It’s been a while since we connected, due to obvious personal reasons :) &n

Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 is a 11.6-inch Windows 10 notebook powered by Intel processor (Source: Micromax)
Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 has been launched at Rs 10,499. The laptop is powered by Intel quad-core processor and runs Windows 10.
Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 is the successor to Canvas Lapbook that was launched last year. In our review, we had called it the best Windows 10 laptop for beginners.
Must Read: Micromax Canvas Lapbook review: Best Windows 10 device for beginn

LeEco Le 1s Eco comes with a Supertainment package membership part of the device. Here’s why LeEco is looking at ecosystem rather than just hardware. (Source: Hansa Verma)
Chinese internet and technology company LeEco has launched a new ‘Supertainment’ package for its smartphones in India. LeEco wants to get into the entertainment and content side as well, and has tied up with some players in India. Content bundled with hardware is an area that not too many players in India ar

Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps. (Source: Reuters)
Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers.
Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps.
Google did not dis

Flock is a messaging app from India, designed for enterprises that seeks to challenge Slack.
Enterprise messaging is no longer limited to boring emails. Companies across the world are collaborating over new messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Slack and Moxtra. Now, an Indian company in trying to be heard in this space.
Flock actually started as a messaging tool much before Slack, but only recently decided to refocus on enterprise. “We are trying to solve the same problem which is communica

Apple has lost legal fight with a Chinese company over iPhone trademark (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Apple Inc. has lost a legal fight with a Chinese company that a Beijing court says is allowed to use the iPhone name on wallets and handbags.
The court said Apple failed to prove iPhone was a “famous brand” in China before the local company applied for a trademark in 2007, an official legal newspaper reported. Such status under Chinese law might limit its use on other products.
The rul

Tamron is way cheaper than Canon/Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens but is it any better (Source: Tamron)
Getting a DSLR is the easy bit these days. Getting a good lens is when the struggle starts as most options from a DSLR brands are costly. This is where a Tamron or a Sigma come into play.
We recently got our hands on the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8. Tamron is way cheaper than Canon/Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8, but is Tamron a better alternative? Here’s our Review:
The body is all-metal, but it looks like a

Facebook has paid $10,000 to a 10-year-old boy for spotting a bug in Instagram (Source: Reuters)
The social networking giant has paid $10,000 to a 10-year-old boy for spotting a bug in Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram.
According to a report in technology website VentureBeat.com, Jani from Finland discovered the security flaw in Instagram on his own.
He found a bug in Instagram which requires you to be at least 13 before even signing up, that let him delete any comment on the soci

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday launched a “Connect” tab — a new feature to help you figure out which relevant accounts you would like to follow.
The “Connect” tab will also make it easier to connect with your friends and family by giving you the option to automatically sync your address book.
“If someone in your address book joins Twitter, we’ll let you know so you can give them a warm welcome,” said Ricardo Castro, product manager at Twi

A photo monitor developed by digital lifestyle devices provider BenQ has been selected as the best photo monitor by the Spain-based Technical Image Press Association (TIPA).
BenQ’s SW2700PT photographer monitor was on Wednesday awarded for its precise coverage of Adobe RGB colour space, high-contrast rendering of deep black levels and comprehensive connectivity, including display port, HDMI USB 3.0 and OSD controller.
“The award will motivate us to create visual devices that are tail

The report also said while the high-end smartphone market in India is small, with only 6 million units at the 0-plus range, or 6 percent of the total, macroeconomic and demographic trends, and an appetite for 4G services, will lead users to upgrade to better smartphones over time. (Reuters) India will overtake the US as the second-largest smartphone market next year, and local players, led by Reliance Industries, will benefit in the near term, says Morgan Stanley in its latest report based on a

Apple sells what it calls refurbished iPhones at a discount in some countries including the United States, and extending this practice to India would have likely helped it gain market shares. India has rejected a plan by Apple Inc to import used iPhones, government officials said, a blow to the US tech giant which has been seeking to revive flagging sales of its flagship smartphones.
Apple sells what it calls refurbished iPhones at a discount in some countries including the United States, and e

Apple sells what it calls refurbished iPhones at a discount in some countries including the United States, and extending this practice to India would have likely helped it gain market shares. Even as the Tim Cook-led technology giant bets big on India, Apple’s plan to import used iPhones has been rejected, government officials have said. This is a blow to Apple which has been seeking to revive flagging sales of its flagship smartphone, the iPhones.
Apple sells what it calls refurbished iP

LeEco Le 1s Eco features 5.5-inch Full HD display and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek chipset with PowerVR graphics. (Image: IE) LeEco Le 1s Eco smartphone has been launched in India priced at Rs 10,899; the smartphone offers, what the company calls, ‘Supertainment’ services. LeEco Le 1s Eco smartphone is a first ‘Made for India’ product launched by the company. LeEco Le 1s Eco smartphone will come with one year free LeEco content membership. For the first for first

Advertising fuels the internet, allowing for many services to be free for users, and we are not against them
From May 4, Opera will launch native ad-blocking technology both in the stable version of the desktop browser, as well as the Opera Mini mobile browser for Android. The move could have significant impact in many markets given that Opera is one of the top browsers.We spoke to Krystian Kolondra, Opera Software’s Senior Vice President of Products responsible for Opera’s entire c

LeEco Le 1s (Eco) comes with a Supertainment package membership part of the device. Here’s why LeEco is looking at ecosystem rather than just hardware. (Source: Hansa Verma)
Chinese internet and technology company LeEco has launched a new ‘Supertainment’ package for its smartphones in India. LeEco wants get into the entertainment and content side as well, and has tied up with some players in India. Content bundled with hardware is any area that not too many players in India ar

Apple iPhone 7 will make everyone want to upgrade to the new device, said CEO Tim Cook in an interview. (Source: AP)
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that the iPhone 7 will make everyone want to upgrade to the new device in comments made on CNBC’s Mad Money show, which is hosted by Jim Cramer.
The Guardian quotes Apple CEO Tim Cook as saying on the show, “We have great innovation in the pipeline, like new iPhones that will incent you and other people that have iPhones today to upgra

The social networking giant has paid ,000 to a 10-year-old boy for spotting a bug in Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram. (Reuters) The social networking giant has paid $10,000 to a 10-year-old boy for spotting a bug in Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram.
According to a report in technology website VentureBeat.com, Jani from Finland discovered the security flaw in Instagram on his own.
He found a bug in Instagram which requires you to be at least 13 before even signing

A new Connect tab on Twitter Inc’s mobile app makes it easier for people to find accounts to follow, the social network said on Tuesday as it launched the new feature to attract more users.
The tab suggests a list of accounts based on those already followed, as well as popular ones in the area, product manager Ricardo Castro said in a blog post on the company’s website.
Users can choose to automatically sync their address books to connect with friends and family with the tab, he said

Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called on Brazilians to demand his company’s WhatsApp messaging service never be blocked again after an appeals court on Tuesday overturned the application’s second suspension in five months.
In a post in English on his Facebook page, the U.S. billionaire and Facebook founder urged Brazilians to gather outside Congress in the capital Brasilia at 6 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Wednesday to rally in favor of legislation that would prevent Inte

IN A first-of-its-kind agreement, between police and IIT, the Hyderabad City Police and IIT-Hyderabad on Tuesday entered into an agreement for collaboration in areas of advanced technology for enhancing safety and security of the city’s residents. IN A first-of-its-kind agreement, between police and IIT, the Hyderabad City Police and IIT-Hyderabad on Tuesday entered into an agreement for collaboration in areas of advanced technology for enhancing safety and security of the city’s re

Dating website operator Match Group Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as its popular dating app Tinder attracted more paying users.
The company’s shares rose 7.3 percent to $11.98 in after-hours trading.
Match Group, which also owns Match.com and OkCupid, gets bulk of its revenue from membership fees and paid features.
The company said its average paid-member count jumped 36 percent to 5.1 million in the first quarter ended March 31, also helped by the acquisi