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Starting with iOS 10, Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users to delete the built-in apps and download them again later
Apple iOS 10 will give a little bit more control. Starting with iOS 10 beta, Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users to “remove” some built-in apps, and download them again later.
Apple has put out a support page highlighting exactly how to go about removing these apps, but points out that removing some apps could affect overall system functions.
WWDC 2016: Chec

OnePlus 3 is sure stylish. In fact, it can easily pass off as an HTC flagship, which we think has been the pinnacle of smartphone design.
OnePlus has been a unique company in many ways. It was among the first to decide that its single mission would be to offer a smartphone that can take on the flagship devices, but at much lower price points. it has been very successful in this endeavour with the OnePlus One, maybe a bit less so with the OnePlus 2. Now, it’s time for its third marquee dev

OnePlus 3 has finally been launched: Here’s a look at the top features, pricing and more.
OnePlus 3, the new flagship killer, from the Chinese technology start-up OnePlus, is now finally out. Of course, specs of the OnePlus 3 were leaked ahead of the launch and earlier today, a newspaper ad in India confirmed the pricing and specs.
With the OnePlus One, the company showed that it was possible to give an iconic design, thanks to the sandstone finish which made the phone stand out, as well

“The world is a great place, but I don’t fit in.”
“Death is beautiful.”
“There is no way out.”
“I am done.”
The seemingly unrelated statements have a thread in common. If these are status updates on social networking sites, chances are the individuals posting them could be potentially suicidal, feel mental health experts.
It has been increasingly seen that a person who committed suicide, tried to convey something to virtual friends through st

“The world is a great place, but I don’t fit in.”
“Death is beautiful.”
“There is no way out.”
“I am done.”
The seemingly unrelated statements have a thread in common. If these are status updates on social networking sites, chances are the individuals posting them could be potentially suicidal, feel mental health experts.
It has been increasingly seen that a person who committed suicide, tried to convey something to virtual friends through st

“The world is a great place, but I don’t fit in.”
“Death is beautiful.”
“There is no way out.”
“I am done.”
The seemingly unrelated statements have a thread in common. If these are status updates on social networking sites, chances are the individuals posting them could be potentially suicidal, feel mental health experts.
It has been increasingly seen that a person who committed suicide, tried to convey something to virtual friends through st

OnePlus will feature metal unibody design and will be available invite free right from launch (Source: TENAA)
OnePlus is all set to launch its 2016 flagship, OnePlus 3 globally tonight. The event will be held in VR like last year and OnePlus has made its own VR headset called LoopVR in tie-up with AntVR. OnePlus 3 is expected to launch in two variants with 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM. The smartphone, like all other flagships this year, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.
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OnePlus 3 is projecting itself as the flagship killer
OnePlus is all set to launch its 2016 flagship, OnePlus 3 globally tonight. The event will be held in VR like last year and OnePlus has made its own VR headset called LoopVR in tie-up with AntVR. OnePlus 3 is expected to launch in two variants with 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM. The smartphone, like all other flagships this year, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.
OnePlus 3 is rumoured to drop the trademark Sandstone Back panel

Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani’s telecom arm, has climbed up to sixth position on data usage even before its commercial launch.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom arm Reliance Jio even before its commercial launch has climbed up to sixth position on data usage as its pilot launch saw users downloading more as against some industry players.
While Airtel continues to lead with 45 million gigabyte (GB) of data usage per month in the March quarter, Jio is ranked sixth with 13 million GB,

At the successful mega launch event on June 8, where LeEco unveiled its second generation Superphones, Le 2 and Le Max2 and marketplace e-commerce website, LeMall, LeEco also unveiled the first of its kind customer engagement, “CEO Program”. As part of the program, LeEco will be looking for 200 CEOs – Chief Experience Officers who will be the lucky few to become the early adopters of LeEco’s second generation Superphone – Le 2.
The CEO recruitment program is an unpr

Starting with iOS 10, Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users to delete the built-in apps and download them again later
Apple has announced several changes to its next mobile operating system, iOS 10. But the company didn’t mention that it will be offering more controls to users with the new release of iOS.
Starting with iOS 10, Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users to delete the built-in apps and download them again later. All of the major iOS apps are now visible in the App Store and Ap

Bethesda has announced plans to bring Fallout 4 and Doom to HTC Vive (Source: Bethesda)
Bethesda Software, has again surprised many with VR announcements in its second ever E3 conference in Las Vegas. The company has announced plans to surround gamers with 360-degree visions of an intergalactic hell and a nuclear wasteland.
At E3 2015, Bethesda had announced Doom, Fallout 4 and a mobile game called Fallout Shelter. This year, the company will bring all of those big titles to virtual reality.
Be

Anvitha Vijay’s Smartkins Animals apps lets smaller children identify animals and this makes her the youngest developer to attend WWDC
Minutes after the Apple keynote at WWDC 2016 got over, the stage was full of children and teenagers trying to click their selfies and posing for a group photo. Among them, was a nine-year-old Australian Indian girl in a blue dress. Anvitha Vijay’s Smartkins Animals app lets smaller children identify animals and this makes her the youngest developer t

Facebook townhall Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook informing people about the live session. (Reuters) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in his first ever townhall Q&A using ‘Facebook Live’ feature, spoke of using internet to connect people, Virtual reality, Artificial intelligence, Facebook’s future plans, his ambitions and goals, among a whole host of topics.
“We are trying to give people the power to share whatever they are experiencing or thinking with the

Facebook townhall Q&A LIVE: Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook informing people about the live session. (Reuters) Facebook townhall Q&A LIVE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in his first ever townhall Q&A using ‘Facebook Live’ feature, is talking about talking about internet and its benefits, Virtual reality, Artificial intelligence and Live feature of Facebook.
Earlier, Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook informing people about the live session. “Now with Live I can

Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook informing people about the live session. (Reuters) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will talk to the users of the social media platform using ‘Facebook Live’ feature in a short while from now. Zuckerberg will be talking about Artificial Intelligence and Facebook Live feature in his town hall Q&A session today.
Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook informing people about the live session. “Now with Live I can hear from more of our community at on

OnePlus 3 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, and will have 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. OnePlus 3 flagship smartphone which is set to launch 3 hours from now in a virtual event will begin at 10.pm. Here are the 5 things you should know and expect from the much awaited launch.
Design: OnePlus is expected to do away with distinctive sandstone back panel and embrace a full metal body design in an attempt to join the ‘premium’ league of Android smartph

A key finding from the study is the opposing view of the perceived importance of cybersecurity as a high-priority initiative in India. (PTI) There is growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in India, with nearly 8 in 10 IT and C-suite business leaders experiencing increased cyber-attacks on their firms in 2015, said a report on corporate data security practices.
According to the study, the Indian businesses are under increasing risk from serious cyber-attacks, with a third (33%) of the respondent

Xiaomi Redmi 3s is an upgraded version of Redmi 3 with a new processor and rear fingerprint sensor (Source: Mi.com)
Xiaomi has announced another budget Redmi smartphone in China. Xiaomi Redmi 3s is an upgraded version of Redmi 3 which was launched early this year.
Xiaomi Redmi 3s will be available in China starting at 699 Yuan. The base variant comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage while there is another variant with 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage priced at 899 Yuan.
Both the variants will go on sal

Sony is bringing Resident Evil 7 to PlayStation VR, which arrives on January 24 and a free demo available right now (Source: Reuters)
At E3, it was back to square one with, gaming getting a big push. Microsoft, showed its grand plans for two new consoles and revealed new big-names gaming titles. Rival Sony didn’t want to be left behind, and it came to gaming party with bunch of top name titles and pricing for Sony Playstation VR.
Sony Playstation VR is priced at $399, and it seems So

OnePlus will feature metal unibody design and will be available invite free right from launch (Source: TENAA)
OnePlus is all set to launch its 2016 flagship, OnePlus 3 globally tonight. The event will be held in VR like last year and OnePlus has made its own VR headset called LoopVR in tie-up with AntVR.
OnePlus 3 is expected to launch in two variants with 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM. The smartphone, like all other flagships this year, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.
OnePlus 3 is

Microsoft has announced it will acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in what is the one of the biggest technology company deals.
Microsoft has announced it will acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in what is the one of the biggest technology company deals. Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, and will report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The deal is expected to close this calendar year. Microsoft is paying $196 per share for LinkedIn acquisition.
Microsoft in a blog post said, “The tran

Ringing Bells claims it will start deliveries of Freedom 251 to customers who have registered for buying the phone
Ringing Bells, a little-known company that ran into controversy after announcing a Rs 251 ‘smartphone’, today claimed it will start deliveries of the handset to customers from June 28.
Deliveries will start to customers who have registered for buying the phone, Noida-based company’s Director Mohit Goel said.
“We will start shipment of Freedom251 from June 28

 
“The world is a great place, but I don’t fit in.”
“Death is beautiful.”
“There is no way out.”
“I am done.”
The seemingly unrelated statements have a thread in common. If these are status updates on social networking sites, chances are the individuals posting them could be potentially suicidal, feel mental health experts.
It has been increasingly seen that a person who committed suicide, tried to convey something to virtual friends thr

The new smartphone sports a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display and operates on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. (Image: mi.com) Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has launched a new Redmi 3S smartphone in China, with a base price of CNY 699 ($106). However, there is no announcement on global launch of the device. The new smartphone sports a five-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display and operates on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop.
The device also features a 13-megapixel

It is a four-socket x86 server equipped with Intel Xenon processor E7 v4 product family and superfast memory. (Reuters) Japanese Information and Communication Technology (ICT) major Fujitsu has launched its next third-generation PRIMERGY servers for business critical computing.
The rack optimised third generation PRIMERGY RX4770 M3 server enables digital transformation, provides superior performance and reliability to business-critical backend data centre services.
It is a four-socket x86 serve

The OnePlus 3 virtual launch event will begin at 10.00pm IST (12:30pm EDT). (Source: IE) OnePlus 3 smartphone which is set to launch to-night event has its features, specifications, and price revealed in a print ad. As per the advertisement published in an English daily, the OnePlus 3 will be priced at Rs. 27,999 for 64GB variant and will be available exclusively via Amazon India.
The ad also reveals some bundled offers for the smartphone including 12 months of Saavn Pro subscription, 12 months

Apple iOS 10 has been announced and it will be available for users in fall. Here’s a quick look at the top features.
iOS 10 is finally here with users and developers getting a first glimpse at the new version of Apple’s OS for iPhones, iPads and iPods at the annual WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC 2016).
Apple CEO Tim Cook called it “the mother of all releases” as it packs 10 major new features for iOS.
This version of the mobile OS also signals an Apple that is more

The greeting from Facebook that appeared on the users’ timeline read: “Happy Independence Day! Here’s to all of the Philippines’ health, happiness and prosperity.” But the greeting came with an inverted Philippine flag that immediately went viral. (Reuters) The social networking giant Facebook has apologised for showing an inverted Philippine flag in its Independence Day greeting that accidentally gave the message as if the country was at war.
The Philippines marke

Sony PlayStation E3 conference showed off the new VR headset, new games including Call of Duty, God of War, Batman. (Source: Reuters)
Sony’s PlayStation E3 Press conference saw the announcement of top new games including the new God of War, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and a new version of Batman: Arkham, which will be Virtual Reality-ready.
Sony also announced an October 13 launch for its virtual reality headset for PlayStation in the United States. It

OnePlus 3 clearly ditches the iconic sandstone finish design, and can be seen sporting a full metal unibody instead. (Image source: @evleaks on Twitter)
OnePlus 3’s official price has been revealed in India just a day ahead of its global launch. According to an advertisement in Hindustan Times, the 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM variant of OnePlus 3 is priced at Rs 27,999. We already know the smartphone is Amazon exclusive.
OnePlus users will also get access to 12 months of Saavn Pro and Idea double

Long story short, Satya had me at “independence,” wrote LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on the Microsoft buyout. (Source: AP)
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional social network, will now be a part of Microsoft, after the latter announced an acquisition. Microsoft-LinkedIn’s deal is close to $26 billion in an all cash transaction making it one of the biggest deals in the history of the technology world, valued slightly higher than Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp.

Apple WWDC 2016 conference: A group of young developers stand for a group photo on stage during the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. (Source: Reuters)
Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference has begun in San Francisco, and the Cupertino-tech giant has showcased its new iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3 and an improved tvOS.
But Apple’s WWDC is not just about new software upgrades, it is also about highlighting numbers, from app downloads to total vo

VMware vRealize Suite is a software product suite designed to enable IT professionals to create and manage hybrid clouds. (Reuters) US-based software technology firm VMware will acquire the Arkin Net, a data centre security, operation and analytical services company based in Pune and Silicon Valley.
Both the companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. According to VMware, the deal is expected to close in second quarter of 2016.
Arkin is backed by Nexus Venture Partners.

Scientists have developed a prototype dubbed ProtoDESI, a scaled-down, 10-robot system that will help them achieve the pinpoint accuracy needed to home in on millions of galaxies, quasars and stars. (Reuters) Scientists have designed a prototype system to test for a planned array of 5,000 galaxy- seeking robots, which will provide the most detailed 3D map of the universe and probe the secrets of dark energy, which is accelerating the universe’s expansion.
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Ins

At the same time, scientists from the University of Reading and the Indian government in a related study will take atmospheric measurements at the same time.(Representative Image)(Reuters) In an effort to better understand and predict South Asia’s seasonal monsoon, British scientists are getting ready to release robots into the Bay of Bengal in a study of how ocean conditions might affect rainfall patterns.
The seasonal monsoon, which hits the region between June and September, delivers m

Google India’s digital educative initiative, Internet Saathi, under Helping Women Get Online campaign has been transforming lives of many women. (Image Source: Google) Twenty-five-year-old Kamlesh Kumari, a resident of Sirmathura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan, is deeply engrossed with a tab, searching for child healthcare tips while her four-month-old daughter sleeps on her lap.
Educated till Class 8, Kamlesh craves for knowledge. With mobile phone internet in the village, she

Apple CEO Tim Cook calls iOS 10 the mother of all updates and it revamps Messages and Siri in a big way.
So what was the best feature Apple announced at the WWDC 2016 keynote? That’s a tough one to answer, given that there were so many new concepts being introduced over Apple’s four platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS.
However, the biggest takeway could be the fact that Apple was clearly leaning back on its decades old expertise in Artificial Intelligence and voice to giv