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“We have held the impugned regulation to be ultra vires, arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent,” a bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman said.
Mobile phone users will not be compensated for call drops as the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the government’s regulation, which mandated the telecom companies to pay for the deficiency in services.
The apex court held the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) regulation to be “manifestly arbit

Facebook is seeking to reassure Thai users that it safeguards their private data, after a series of arrests raised concerns the social network had failed to protect personal information from Thailand’s military government.
A statement from Facebook’s Asia-Pacific spokeswoman, Charlene Chian, says the company has not given any account information to the Thai government, and its systems remain secure. It said it publicly lists government requests for data or blocking sites, and respond

Google says it will ban ads from payday lenders, calling the industry “deceptive” and “harmful.”
Google said today it will no longer allow ads for loans due within 60 days and will also ban ads for loans where the interest rate is 36 percent or higher. The ban is effective July 13.
Payday lenders have come under criticism for charging high interest rates to customers, who are often poor, for short-term loans that wind up being difficult to pay off, leading many to be stuc

CBC.ca
Hyperloop One technology tested successfully in Nevada desert
CBC.ca
Hyperloop One, a Los Angeles company working to develop futuristic transportation technology, conducted a successful test of its high speed transportation technology Wednesday in the desert outside Las Vegas. The seconds-long, outdoor demonstration by ...
Watch the First Full-Scale Demo of Hyperloop TechnologyGizmodo
Hyperloop One to test ultra-high-speed transport technology in Las Vegas desertThe Independent
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VentureBeat
Apple releases third Safari Technology Preview update with Web Inspector improvements, bug fixes
VentureBeat
Apple today released the third update to its Safari Technology Preview browser, which is meant to implement the most cutting-edge Web technologies into a browser for developers that looks just like normal Safari. Today's release shows Apple fixing a ...
Safari Technology Preview 4 released with fixes to 1Password integration & Netflix9 to 5 Mac
Apple Releases Safari Techn

Meizu m3 note has been launched in India for Rs 9,999. Here’s a close look at its top competition.
Meizu has officially launched its m3 note smartphone in India. The budget smartphone is Chinese company’s effort to offer a big screen, and battery smartphone to Indian consumers at a mid-range pricing. The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India and users will need to register to buy the smartphone.
Meizu m3 note competes directly with Xiaomi

Meizu m3 note has been launched in India for Rs 9,999. Here’s a close look at its top competition.
Meizu has officially launched its m3 note smartphone in India. The budget smartphone is Chinese company’s effort to offer a big screen, and battery smartphone to Indian consumers at a mid-range pricing. The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India and users will need to register to buy the smartphone.
Meizu m3 note competes directly with Xiaomi

Meizu m3 note has been launched in India for Rs 9,999. Here’s a close look at its top competition.
Meizu has officially launched its m3 note smartphone in India. The budget smartphone is Chinese company’s effort to offer a big screen, and battery smartphone to Indian consumers at a mid-range pricing. The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India and users will need to register to buy the smartphone.
Meizu m3 note competes directly with Xiaomi

Meizu m3 note has been launched in India for Rs 9,999. Here’s a close look at its top competition.
Meizu has officially launched its m3 note smartphone in India. The budget smartphone is Chinese company’s effort to offer a big screen, and battery smartphone to Indian consumers at a mid-range pricing. The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India and users will need to register to buy the smartphone.
Meizu m3 note competes directly with Xiaomi

TechRepublic
IBM Watson takes on cybercrime with new cloud-based cybersecurity technology
TechRepublic
Eight universities have begun a year-long initiative to train IBM Watson for work in cybersecurity. Will the Jeopardy champ soon police the internet? By Conner Forrest | May 11, 2016, 8:09 AM PST. RSS. Comments; Facebook; Linkedin; Twitter; More.
The thinking computer: cognitive technology in the public sectorPublic Financeall 105 news articles »

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at The Indian Express office. (Source: Express)
With the Supreme Court annulling the call drop compensation regulation, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said telecom operators must “heed properly” his call for improving service quality.
“When they can expand telecom services to the nook and corner of the country, why can’t they improve the quality?” Prasad asked soon after the court judgement. Share This ArticleRe

Sony’s new G Master brand of professional full frame lenses feature new SSM motor system for autofocus (Source: Sony)
Sony India has announced the launch of new G Master brand of interchangeable lens today. The new brand includes three new E-mount full frame lenses.
The all three new lenses feature Sony’s optical element technology, design and calibration. Sony claims its new lenses will allow users to produce never seen before still images and video content.
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Meizu m3 note has been launched in India for Rs 9,999. Here’s a close look at its top competition.
Meizu has officially launched its m3 note smartphone in India. The budget smartphone is Chinese company’s effort to offer a big screen, and battery smartphone to Indian consumers at a mid-range pricing. The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India and users will need to register to buy the smartphone.
Meizu m3 note competes directly with Xiaomi

Google Chromecast Audio is designed to turn any dumb speaker into a really smart one
Google introduced Chromecast two years back and has sold nearly 20 million of these since launch. Chromecast was an effort to take over home entertainment devices and its most distinct accomplishment was to add streaming features to any television with a HDMI port.
Now the company has two devices, Chromecast for TV and Chromecast Audio, geared for two different purposes.
Google Chromecast Audio
Chromecast Audio

Gizmodo India
National Technology Day: 9 Indian Tech Innovations to Feel Proud About
Gizmodo India
Way back in 1988, on this day, India became a nuclear force to be reckoned with. Five nuclear missile tests were conducted successfully in the arid lands of Pokhran in Rajasthan, marking the event as one of the most significant milestones in India's ...
National Technology Day: 5 Desi innovations to boastTimes of India
5 Things You Must Know About National Technology DayThe Better India (blog)
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Lenovo India on Tuesday launched the Lenovo ZUK Z1 smartphone priced at Rs 13,499 on Amazon.in via flash sales – the handset runs on Cyanogen operating system (OS) 12.1 – an OS that enables deep customisation of the user interface with its theme app. Registrations for the first sale started on May 10 at 1 p.m. The first sale is scheduled for May 19 at 2 p.m.
Lenovo ZUK Z1 smartphone comes in white and grey colours.
“The biggest demand of a customer is to get maximum experience

The Independent
Hyperloop One to test ultra-high-speed transport technology in Las Vegas desert
The Independent
An American firm working on Hyperloop technology is set to show off a prototype of its ultra-high speed transport system in the desert near Las Vegas. Hyperloop One (formerly known as Hyperloop Technologies), one of the many companies working on ...
Hyperloop One readies for test in Nevada desert todayCBC.ca
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Even as Reliance Industries doesn’t intend to offer subsidies on its Reliance Jio Infocomm 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 with some bundled promotional offerings. In a prepaid market like India, a

Tech Times
Fragment Of World's Oldest Stone Axe Reveals Cutting-edge Technology From Prehistoric Ancestors
Tech Times
A fragment of the world's oldest known stone axe has been unearthed by a group of archeologists in West Australia's Kimberley region. Believed to be about 10,000 years old, the polished basalt fragment reveals the cutting-edge technology used by the ...
Cutting edge Stone Age technology was born in AustraliaSydney Morning Heraldall 68 news articles »

iBall CompBook Excelance is priced at Rs 9,999 and might well the world’s cheapest laptop with Windows 10.
With a price tag of Rs 9,999, iBall CompBook Excelance could well be the cheapest 11.6-inch laptop in the world. Powered by Intel Atom processors and running Microsoft Windows 10, the company has also launched a 14.1-inch version Exemplaire at Rs 13,999.
Both come with HD screens and have a large 10,000 mAh battery, which the company claims will provide 8.5 hours of video playback an

iBall CompBook Excelance is priced at Rs 9,999 and might well the world’s cheapest laptop with Windows 10.
With a price tag of Rs 9,999, iBall CompBook Excelance could well be the cheapest 11.6-inch laptop in the world. Powered by Intel Atom processors and running Microsoft Windows 10, the company has also launched a 14.1-inch version Exemplaire at Rs 13,999.
Both come with HD screens and have a large 10,000 mAh battery, which the company claims will provide 8.5 hours of video playback an

Meizu m3 note features metal unibody design and will compete against Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and Coolpad Note 3 Plus
Meizu m3 note has been officially launched in India as an Amazon exclusive. The smartphone is priced Rs 9,999 and will go on sale from May 31. Registrations of the Meizu m3 note start May 11 at 2 pm.
Meizu m3 note features a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920x1080p) display with Dinorex scratch-resistant glass for protection.
Watch: Meizu m3 note First Look Video
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The Windows 10 operating system-powered laptops will be launched in two variants for consumers -– 11.6-inch screen (Excelance) for Rs 9,999 and 14-inch (Exemplaire) screen for Rs 13,999.(iball) iBall today launched its first laptop CompBook, priced at Rs 9,999, saying it expects to grow revenues by 30 per cent this fiscal as the technology firm expands product portfolio in the country.
The firm has partnered Microsoft and Intel for the laptop.
“The idea behind the product is to take

“We have held the impugned regulation to be ultra vires, arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent,” a bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, struck down the TRAI regulation making it mandatory for telecom companies to compensate subscribers for call drops holding it as “arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent”.
“We have held the impugned regulation to be ultra vires, arbitrary, unreasonable and non-trans

Meizu m3 note features metal unibody design and will compete against Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and Coolpad Note 3 Plus
Meizu m3 note has been officially launched in India as an Amazon exclusive. The smartphone is priced Rs 9,999 and will go on sale from May 31. Registrations of the Meizu m3 note start May 11 at 2 pm.
Meizu m3 note features a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920x1080p) display with Dinorex scratch-resistant glass for protection.
Meizu m3 note is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT6755 Hel

iBall CompBook Excelance is priced at Rs 9,999 and might well the world’s cheapest laptop with Windows 10.
With a price tag of Rs 9,999, iBall CompBook Excelance could well be the cheapest 11.6-inch laptop in the world. Powered by Intel Atom processors and running Microsoft Windows 10, the company has also launched a 14.1-inch version Exemplaire at Rs 13,999.
Both come with HD screens and have a large 10,000 mAh battery, which the company claims will provide 8.5 hours of video playback an

WhatsApp desktop native app for Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Macs is now out. Here’s how to download and set-up.
WhatsApp’s desktop app for Windows 8 and above and Apple’s Mac OS 10.9+ is now ready for download. Last week leaks had indicated that WhatsApp was working a native desktop client for the two platforms. Till now WhatsApp web was the only option for accessing the messaging service on your PC or MacBook’s internet browser.
WhatsApp is finally playing catch

Le 1s Eco emerges as the definitive winner amongst other phones in this price segment and the only one to come bundled with supertainment and best in class features. The first flash sale for Le 1s Eco is just one day away. The blockbuster phone available at an introductory price of Rs. 9999 comes bundled with LeEco membership program worth Rs. 4900, which is going to be a game changer.
The buyers buying the anticipated Le 1s Eco can avail of an additional 10 percent cash-back on all HDFC credit