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Stamford company's golf technology shows advances - The Advocate

20-10-2016 22:18 via stamfordadvocate.com

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Stamford company's golf technology shows advances
The Advocate
Sal Syed, CEO of Stamford-based Arccos Golf, demonstrates his company's Arccos 360 product, which link golf club sensors with a smartphone app, at the Tamarack Country Club, in Greenwich, Conn. Monday, October 17, 2016. less. Sal Syed, CEO of ...and more »

How technology use messes with your sleep and what you can do about it - ABC Online

20-10-2016 22:09 via abc.net.au

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How technology use messes with your sleep and what you can do about it
ABC Online
In the habit of playing games on your phone or checking social media as the last thing you do before bed? Even if you don't think you have a sleep problem, your night-time habits might be reducing your quality of life more than you think, experts say.and more »

CPS World Café adresses technology and the skills students need to be successful - Columbia Daily Tribune

20-10-2016 21:10 via columbiatribune.com

CPS World Café adresses technology and the skills students need to be successful
Columbia Daily Tribune
Skills that prepare students for jobs that might not exist yet and the role of technology in developing those skills were the themes of the Columbia Public Schools' World Café. CPS Superintendent Peter Stiepleman and Jeremy Tucker, superintendent in ...

Legislature OKs using tax for school security, technology - Washington Times

20-10-2016 20:42 via washingtontimes.com

Legislature OKs using tax for school security, technology
Washington Times
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Legislature has voted to let schools use special local taxes to upgrades their security and technology. The bill sent to Gov. Rick Snyder by the Senate Thursday affects 'sinking fund' millages - local property taxes ...and more »

Technology Sector Update for 10/20/2016: LAWS, DRWI, SYNT, S - Nasdaq

20-10-2016 20:23 via nasdaq.com

Technology Sector Update for 10/20/2016: LAWS, DRWI, SYNT, S
Nasdaq
Technology stocks have been dueling with industrial issues for the deepest slide among sectors in the S&P 500, with shares of tech companies retreating nearly 0.6%. In company news, Lawson Products ( LAWS ) shares were climbing Thursday after the ...

'Black Mirror' Creator Dramatizes Our Worst Nightmares About Technology - NPR

20-10-2016 19:55 via npr.org

'Black Mirror' Creator Dramatizes Our Worst Nightmares About Technology
NPR
The 3rd season of the dystopian series created by Charlie Brooker is soon available on Netflix. Inspired by shows like The Twilight Zone, it's about the unintended consequences of the digital age. Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email ...

New technology may allow drones to recharge midflight - UPI.com

20-10-2016 19:10 via upi.com

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New technology may allow drones to recharge midflight
UPI.com
"There are a number of scenarios where wirelessly transferring power could improve drone technology," said researcher Samer Aldhaher. By Brooks Hays | Oct. 20, 2016 at 1:10 PM. Comments 0 Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter. An error ...and more »

Nintendo Switch: Watch trailer for new console

20-10-2016 19:09

To all you guys out there. Finally your wait is over as the Nintendo Switch has finally been revealed. The trailer, which is of three-minute, gives us our first official look at the console.
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How Technology Is Helping Animals Lead Normal Lives - Tech.Co

20-10-2016 18:56 via tech.co

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How Technology Is Helping Animals Lead Normal Lives
Tech.Co
Technology offers many benefits to the animal kingdom, ranging from pet search websites that help them find a home all the way to tracking devices that enable us to learn about the habits and needs of whales. Americans alone have adopted approximately ...

Innovation & Illumination: How Technology & Consciousness Coexist - Collective Evolution

20-10-2016 18:05 via collective-evolution.com

Collective Evolution
Innovation & Illumination: How Technology & Consciousness Coexist
Collective Evolution
Would you call this period of civilization one of technological advancement? Of spiritual awareness? Or would you refer to it as the period of Technological Entrancement, reflecting an ill-defined “dream of progress”? advertisement - learn more ...

Global Haptics Technology Market - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts to 2022 - Anticipated to Reach $29.84 Billion ... - Business Wire (press release)

20-10-2016 17:40 via businesswire.com

Global Haptics Technology Market - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts to 2022 - Anticipated to Reach $29.84 Billion ...
Business Wire (press release)
The global haptics technology market is anticipated to reach $29.84 Billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 25.39% between periods 2016-2022. Significant applications in smartphones, tablets, wearables, gaming devices of haptic technology is set to drive the ...and more »

US start-up R3, banks test Ripple's cross-border payments technology - Reuters

20-10-2016 17:38 via reuters.com

US start-up R3, banks test Ripple's cross-border payments technology
Reuters
NEW YORK U.S.-based financial innovation start-up R3, along with 12 global banks, have completed the test of a cross-border payment system powered by blockchain technology and developed by financial technology company Ripple. Ripple, a U.S.-based ...and more »

Oneview lands global award for hospital technology - Irish Times

20-10-2016 17:29 via irishtimes.com

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Oneview lands global award for hospital technology
Irish Times
Irish healthcare group Oneview has won the 2016 Frost & Sullivan Global Technology Innovation award. Frost & Sullivan cited Oneview's ability to “seamlessly integrate hospital technologies on one scalable platform”, and its “exceptional” financial ...and more »

With 155 Million Users, India is The Primary Focus For Facebook

20-10-2016 17:18

In India, Facebook has 155 million monthly active users, 77 million daily active users, 147 million Mobile monthly active users and 73 million Mobile daily active users.

Wipro Acquires US-based Cloud Services Firm Appirio For $500 Million

20-10-2016 17:18

Appirio also brings to Wipro, Topcoder, a leading crowd-sourcing marketplace connecting over a million designers, developers and data scientists the world over with customers.

Samsung Galaxy On Nxt With Android M, 3GB RAM, Fingerprint Scanner Launched at Rs 18,490

20-10-2016 17:18

Samsung Galaxy On Nxt is powered by a 1.6 GHz octa-core Exynos 7870 processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory.

Reliance Jio Free Tariffs Are Fully Compliant With Regulatory Norms: TRAI

20-10-2016 17:18

Reliance Jio Welcome Offer will be available to all the customers for subscription till December 3.

Instagram Will Now Help People With Suicidal Thoughts

20-10-2016 17:18

Instagram has launched new tools to support people struggling with self-injury or suicidal thoughts globally, including in India.

Apple Launch Event on October 27: What to Expect?

20-10-2016 17:18

Apple has announced that will now host a launch event on October 27.

India growing faster than US for us: Facebook

20-10-2016 17:14

Social networking giant Facebook today said it is witnessing strong growth in the Indian market, adding users at a faster pace than in the US, and the country could become its largest base in coming years.
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Are We Being Controlled by Technology? - Rhode Island College News

20-10-2016 16:48 via ric.edu

Are We Being Controlled by Technology?
Rhode Island College News
Nicholas Carr, author of “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” presented a thought-provoking lecture at Rhode Island College, sponsored by Open Books – Open Minds. It was difficult to dismiss the ominous words spoken by author ...

Technology museum put on 'at risk' register - Cambridge News

20-10-2016 16:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk

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Technology museum put on 'at risk' register
Cambridge News
25/08/10 Pix of Museum of technology, for centres feature, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge. Picture by Keith Heppell. Share. Get daily updates directly to your inbox. + Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email.

Flying drones could soon re-charge whilst airborne with new technology - Phys.Org

20-10-2016 15:50 via phys.org

Flying drones could soon re-charge whilst airborne with new technology
Phys.Org
Scientists have demonstrated a highly efficient method for wirelessly transferring power to a drone while it is flying. The breakthrough could in theory allow flying drones to stay airborne indefinitely – simply hovering over a ground support vehicle ...and more »

New Danish technology to enhance oil recovery in the North Sea - The Copenhagen Post - Danish news in english

20-10-2016 15:34 via cphpost.dk

The Copenhagen Post - Danish news in english
New Danish technology to enhance oil recovery in the North Sea
The Copenhagen Post - Danish news in english
Researchers from the Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre at DTU and Aalborg University are, in collaboration with the Norwegian engineering company Eldor, developing a new technology that aims to improve water management on ...

New Tesla models to be equipped with — deactivated — self-driving technology - Financial Post

20-10-2016 15:22 via business.financialpost.com

Financial Post
New Tesla models to be equipped with — deactivated — self-driving technology
Financial Post
Christopher Goodney/BloombergAn instrument panel with the Tesla Motors Inc. 8.0 software update illustrates the road ahead using radar technology inside a Model S P90D vehicle. Twitter · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email · Typo? More. Comments · Tumblr ...
All new Tesla vehicles will have self-driving technology, Elon Musk saysCBC.ca
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WhatsApp Video Calling Feature Launched But Don't Get Excited

20-10-2016 15:20

WhatsApp video calling feature has been reportedly available on Windows Phone.

Samsung Will Launch Only 4G-enabled Android Phones in India

20-10-2016 15:20

Samsung will launch only 4G smartphones in India.

Panasonic Launches 4K TVs Starting at Rs 74,900

20-10-2016 15:20

Panasonic DX 700 (65-inch) is priced at Rs 3,10,000 and DX 650, which comes in 40-inch, 49-inch and 55-inch variants, is priced at Rs 74,900, Rs 1,14,900 and Rs 1,68,900, respectively.

Google Pixel Phones: How to Make Reliance Jio Work on Them

20-10-2016 15:20

Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones doesn’t support Reliance Jio VoLTE calls by default while Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus does.

90% Apple Lightning-to-USB Cables Sold on Amazon, Groupon Are Fake

20-10-2016 15:20

Apple claims that accessories like Lightning-to-USB cables and USB power adapters sold on Amazon and Groupon are 90 per cent fake.

The first Cybathlon pushed the limits of bionic technology - Engadget

20-10-2016 15:00 via engadget.com

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The first Cybathlon pushed the limits of bionic technology
Engadget
Andre van Rüschen slowly climbed a five-step ramp at the end of his race. With a black processor strapped to his back and leg supports on either side of his lower limbs, he stayed focused on the body-machine coordination that was keeping him upright.

Technology has not delivered on human rights, re:publica conference hears - Irish Times

20-10-2016 14:37 via irishtimes.com

Irish Times
Technology has not delivered on human rights, re:publica conference hears
Irish Times
Technology has the power to transform how human rights are delivered but it also has the power to discriminate and create a chilling effect on democracy, the re:publica digital culture event in Dublin has heard. The conference, which has sessions ...

Chinese brands a huge success in Indian smartphone market: Report

20-10-2016 14:15

Despite calls for boycott of Chinese goods on Indian social media, the sales of Chinese smartphones are on the rise due to growing acceptance of brands like Vivo, Oppo, Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo, suggests a report in the state-owned media.
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Here's How to Make Reliance Jio VoLTE Calls on Google Pixel Android Phones

20-10-2016 13:49

Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones doesn’t support Reliance Jio VoLTE calls by default while Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus does.

Airtel Offers 10GB of 4G Mobile Data at Rs 259

20-10-2016 13:49

Airtel will offer 10GB of 4G or 3G mobile data at a price of Rs 259 to new users.

Google ‘Unplugged’ TV: Tech giant in talks with CBS, Viacom, 21st Century Fox and others to start online television

20-10-2016 12:37

Alphabet Inc. started by Google founders has reportedly signed an agreement with CBS Corporation with an aim to introduce the network on the web television service planned by the company.
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Google Television: Here’s how ‘Unplugged’ online TV for reluctant subscribers will hit cable networks

20-10-2016 12:37

Alphabet Inc. started by Google founders has reportedly signed an agreement with CBS Corporation with an aim to introduce the network on the web television service planned by the company.
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How Do You Regulate the Future? - Fortune

20-10-2016 12:30 via fortune.com

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How Do You Regulate the Future?
Fortune
As attitudes shift and technology advances, regulators ploddingly follow. The process can be messy, incremental, and sometimes painfully slow—but new policies are emerging. Gene editing. A mosquito engineered to resist malaria could save lives. But ...

Samsung India will launch 4G phones, expects to gain market share

20-10-2016 12:18

Samsung India Electronics will make all the future launches, including entry level smart phones, with 4G facilities and it expects to gain the market share in the current year on the back of new launches, a top company official said.
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Samsung to launch only 4G smartphones in future

20-10-2016 12:12

While launching 'My Galaxy' app here today, Sharma said that the company would be investing Rs 2,000 crore at its Noida plant for increasing smartphone manufacturing capacity and other products.

You Will See This LeEco Self-driving Car in Michael Bayâs Transformers 5 Movie

20-10-2016 10:42

LeEco LeSEE futuristic self-driving electric car will be featured in the upcoming Transformers 5: The Last Knight movie in 2017.

Google partners with rival Slack to make ‘G Suite’ more productive; Here are the 5 new features

20-10-2016 10:18

Google has just updated its G Suite of apps which was earlier known as Google Apps for work. The G Suite will now have a few new productivity features.
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Top 5 Android smartphones under Rs 15,000 to buy this Diwali

20-10-2016 09:18

At Rs 11,999, the 4G LTE powered Le 2 is all that one could have asked for. It comes with biometric security, good camera, more power, and dual SIM support.

You can Buy Food, Movie Tickets on Facebook in US

20-10-2016 08:56

Facebook has announced the addition of new tools on the site to allow users to link directly with businesses.

LeEco Announces Its Big American Dream with Le Pro 3 and uMax85 TV

20-10-2016 08:56

LeEco unveiled its open, integrated Internet ecosystem consisting of platform, content, apps and the stunning array of connected smart devices that bring it to life.

Microsoft and Facebook tie-up to bring ‘Bookings’ service for businesses

20-10-2016 08:54

With an aim to increase user participation, Facebook just revealed a lot of new integrations, in which Microsoft's Bookings service is a major one.
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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime review: Secured with longer battery life

20-10-2016 08:40

The South Korean giant Samsung, which is recuperating from the aftermath of the premium Galaxy Note 7 failure, recently launched a mid-range device that offers better security and longer battery life to woo new customers in India.
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Qualcomm unveils world’s first 5G connection; users to get 400 times 4G speed on smartphones

20-10-2016 07:50

Move over slow internet speeds with 2G, 3G or even 4G connections. Qualcomm a technology major, has announced its plan to roll out 5G services which will be 400 times the current speed.
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British singer looks to bitcoin technology for 'fair trade' music business - Irish Times

20-10-2016 07:00 via irishtimes.com

Irish Times
British singer looks to bitcoin technology for 'fair trade' music business
Irish Times
Blockchain technology, which underpins the cryptocurrency bitcoin, may be revolutionising the fintech sector, but one Grammy award-winning artist hopes it can also disrupt the music industry. The British singer, songwriter and producer Imogen Heap, who ...and more »

Sony MHC-V44D, priced at Rs 29,990, has really good audio quality

20-10-2016 02:35

The audio quality is really good for this full-fledged party device
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