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Time Inc. Restructures Technology and Data Divisions, CTO and Data Chief Gone
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Time Inc., the country's largest magazine publisher, said Monday it would restructure its technology, product engineering and data organizations, appointing a new tech operations leader while announcing the departure of both its CTO and data chief ...and more »

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI Advances Access to Transformative Technology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI launches new program to provide advanced technology for use in core facilities that are intended to serve a cohort of users – including researchers from outside the HHMI community. Technology and discovery often act in tandem to advance science, ...and more »

But the Silicon Valley-based Facebook, a dominant player in the social media world, denied having an anti-conservative bias. (Reuters) Facebook today denied allegations from a former news curator that it scrubs its site of articles by and about political conservatives.
Tech news outlet Gizmodo reported yesterday that a former news curator at the social media giant has alleged that articles from politically conservative outlets — particularly when written about conservative subjects &mdash

Video creators have options such as offering works for rent, purchase, or on subscription channels, according to Amazon. (AP) Amazon challenged YouTube today by adding a platform to its video service that lets “storytellers and creators” share works online and generate revenue.
The US online retail titan unveiled Amazon Video Direct where, like at YouTube, people can upload videos for online viewing at an ad-supported venue.
The move came shortly after the Seattle-based firm made Am

Micromax Canvas 6 is available on the company’s official estore and is price at Rs 13,999. Here’s our first impression of the device.
Micromax Canvas 6 is the new flagship smartphone from India’s second largest mobile manufacturer. A recent Canalys report termed Micromax one of the biggest losers in the Indian market with shipments falling drastically in Q1 2016.  While Micromax has clung on to its second position in the market, other players both from India and the ones

Micromax Canvas 6 is available on the company’s official estore and is price at Rs 13,999. Here’s our first impression of the device.
Micromax Canvas 6 is the new flagship smartphone from India’s second largest mobile manufacturer. While Micromax is holding on to the second position in the market, it is being challenged by newer players, especially those from China.
Canvas 6 is a comeback device, one that will show Micromax is still capable of delivering a solid mid-

Motorola’s next Moto X smartphones will feature metal unibody design and come with modular back plates (Source: hellomotoHK/Google+)
Motorola is reportedly working on two new flagship handsets in the Moto X series. Motorola is planning to launch two new Moto G handsets in India on May 17.
According to VentureBeat, the two new phones will feature modular design unlike LG’s G5. Last year, Motorola had launched three devices in the Moto X series. This year company’s two upcoming

Micromax Canvas 6 is available on the company’s official estore and is price at Rs 13,999. Here’s our first impression of the device.
Micromax Canvas 6 is the new flagship smartphone from India’s second largest mobile manufacturer. A recent Canalys report termed Micromax one of the biggest losers in the Indian market with shipments falling drastically in Q1 2016.  While Micromax has clung on to its second position in the market, other players both from India and the ones

Facebook at Work users will not be able to access posts from friends and family or third-party apps like Candy Crush; nor will there be ads.
The biggest challenge yet to traditional enterprise communication systems like email and newsletters might come from the unlikeliest of places. Over the last six months, Facebook at Work has been capturing the interest of CIOs across the world despite being in Beta. In fact, there are over 60,000 of them on the waiting list for what it calls the most democr

MediaTek is keen on seeing the 32MP high-spec camera coming on new smartphones later this year
So, are you game for a 32MP rear camera? Well, chipmaker MediaTek is surely keen on seeing this high-spec camera coming on new smartphones later this year, thanks to its Helio X20 processor.
The fabless semiconductor company from Taiwan says there are “one or two brands” working on this capability. “It is a capability and not everyone will want to take it to the limit. Most companies

Xiaomi Mi Max with a giant 6.44-inch display is now out in China and starts at RMB 1499 for the 3GB RAM+32GB storage.
Xiaomi Mi Max, the new phablet from the Chinese technology company, has been officially announced at an event in Beijing, China. Mi Max has a large 6.44-inch display, and comes in an all-metal body.
Xiaomi says that Mi Max is ultra-slim, (only 7.5mm in thickness) and weighs 203 g. The Chinese tech start-up insists that you can fit the Mi Max in your jeans pocket. It will com

Xiaomi Mi Max has been officially announced by the company in China. Here are the full specs.
Xiaomi Mi Max, the new phablet from the Chinese technology company, has been officially announced at an event in Beijing, China.
Xiaomi Mi Max has a giant 6.44-inch display, and an all metal body. The company says that smartphone is ultra-slim, and its dimensions are 173.1 x 88.3mm x 7.5mm. Mi Max weighs 203 g and Xiaomi insists that you can keep this one in your pocket. It will come in Gold, Silver and

Spotify now has 30 million paying users, making it the market leader in music streaming (Source: Reuters)
Music streaming service Spotify has seen a faster pace of growth since the launch in June last year of rival Apple Music, a top executive said on Monday.
Spotify, which was created in Stockholm 10 years ago, now boasts of having close to 100 million users in more than 59 markets, despite increasing competition and, so far, a lack of profits.
“It’s great that Apple is in the game

Reliance’s own LYF brand of 4G phones and bundled offerings could enable a stronger push.
Even as Reliance Industries doesn’t intend to offer doles on its 4G handsets under the “LYF” brand, some concessions are certainly expected given the state of play in India’s mobile phone and data market, global investment advisory CLSA has said in an analysis.
“While Reliance has said categorically it is not looking to give handset subsidies, we expect it to come up wit

Nokia said the loss compared with a profit of 177 million euros a year earlier.
Nokia reported Tuesday a first-quarter net loss of 513 million euros ($584 million) due to lower demand in mobile networks as well as the impact of its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, and warned of a further decline in earnings.
In the company’s first earnings report since the 15.6-billion-euro acquisition, Nokia said the loss compared with a profit of 177 million euros a year earlier.
Net sales were 5.5 billio

Micromax Canvas 6 Pro comes with more 4GB RAM, an all plastic body, 16GB storage space and no fingerprint scanner. It is priced at Rs 13,999.
Micromax has launched Canvas 6 Pro and Canvas 6 as its new flagships. The company has also been running a loud, and perhaps a bit odd, TV ad campaign to promote its new smartphones.
Micromax, which wants to join the list of top five smartphone players in the world by 2020, now wants to promote its services side as well. The new Canvas 6 series comes with

Micromax Canvas 6 is available on the company’s official estore and is price at Rs 13,999. Here’s our first impression of the device.
Micromax Canvas 6 is the new flagship smartphone from India’s second largest mobile manufacturer. A recent Canalys report termed Micromax one of the biggest losers in the Indian market with shipments falling drastically in Q1 2016.  While Micromax has clung on to its second position in the market, other players both from India and the ones

Google will also extend the project to Dadar, Bandra Terminus , Churchgate, Thane, Kalyan, Panvel, Vashi, Kurla, Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Google has rolled out its free WiFi service for Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati and Allahabad railway stations. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will inaugurate the service at the stations soon.
Google has launched the service along with Railtel, which provides Internet services as RailWire. The free WiFi is available at 15 stations across the

Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India at a price of Rs 13, 499 and will Amazon exclusive.
Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India today at a price of Rs 13, 499, and it will be an Amazon exclusive smartphone. Lenovo Zuk Z1 will go on sale from May 19 and registrations for the sale start from today at 1.30 pm.  The company had a live web-stream for this launch, which can been viewed here.
Lenovo Z1 is the first device by ZUK, a new business vertical created from within the company to fo

Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India at a price of Rs 13, 499 and will Amazon exclusive.
Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India today at a price of Rs 13, 499, and it will be an Amazon exclusive smartphone. Lenovo Zuk Z1 will go on sale from May 19 and registrations for the sale start from today at 1.30 pm.  The company had a live web-stream for this launch, which can been viewed here.
Lenovo Z1 is the first device by ZUK, a new business vertical created from within the company to fo

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and J5 (2016) editions are now out in India. We take a look at their biggest competition.
Samsung Galaxy J7, J5 (2016) editions have been launched in India; both smartphones are Flipkart exclusive. Samsung has continued with mid-range pricing that we saw in the previous J-series. The Galaxy J5 starts at Rs 13,990, while the bigger Galaxy J7 has a Rs 15,990 price-tag.
Samsung says that the J series is their largest selling smartphone one in India, and according to a rece

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and J5 (2016) editions are now out in India. We take a look at their biggest competition.
Samsung Galaxy J7, J5 (2016) editions have been launched in India; both smartphones are Flipkart exclusive. Samsung has continued with mid-range pricing that we saw in the previous J-series. The Galaxy J5 starts at Rs 13,990, while the bigger Galaxy J7 has a Rs 15,990 price-tag.
Samsung says that the J series is their largest selling smartphone one in India, and according to a rece

Alcatel CEO Michel Combes (L) with Nokia President and CEO Rajeev Suri (R) Photo: Reuters Nokia’s mobile network equipment sales fell more than expected in the first quarter and will continue to decline this year, the Finnish company said, as customers hold off new orders while it integrates its purchase of rival Alcatel-Lucent.
Nokia bought Franco-American Alcatel for 15.6 billion euros ($17.8 billion) earlier this year to help it more broadly compete with Sweden’s Ericsson and Chi

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and J5 (2016) editions are now out in India. We take a look at their biggest competition.
Samsung Galaxy J7, J5 (2016) editions have been launched in India; both smartphones are Flipkart exclusive. Samsung has continued with mid-range pricing that we saw in the previous J-series. The Galaxy J5 starts at Rs 13,990, while the bigger Galaxy J7 has a Rs 15,990 price-tag.
Samsung says that the J series is their largest selling smartphone one in India, and according to a rece

Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India at a price of Rs 13, 499 and will Amazon exclusive.
Lenovo Zuk Z1 has been launched in India today at a price of Rs 13, 499, and it will be an Amazon exclusive smartphone. Lenovo Zuk Z1 will go on sale from May 19 and registrations for the sale start from today at 1.30 pm.  The company had a live web-stream for this launch, which can been viewed here.
Lenovo Z1 is the first device by ZUK, a new business vertical created from within the company to fo