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Tech in Asia
Minimum viable technology: more preparation ≠ better product
Tech in Asia
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Brampton Guardian
Technology helps vulnerable residents at Peel Cheshire Homes
Brampton Guardian
Residents of Peel Cheshire Home have moved into the technological age with a new monitoring and communications system. Residents like Wes Coupland (right) have been issued bracelets that lets staff know their position and condition (in case of falls ...

Forbes
Thinking Big About Technology And Evil
Forbes
Marvin Minsky, the cognitive scientist and co-founder of the MIT artificial intelligence laboratory, used to say, “You don't really understand something if you only understand it one way.” This is especially important to remember if you're trying to ...

Jackson Clarion Ledger
Technology gifts for Christmas 2016
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Now that the Christmas season is officially upon us, this is an exciting time to be looking at the amazing new technologies that have found their way into nearly every area of our lives. While gifts are intended to match what the receiver wants – not ...

The speaker can play music from MP3 player, PC, TV, CD, DVD and other devices and has a built-in FM Radio.

Watch the second episode of India's first Social and Web-Exclusive show: TheTechAndAutoShow.

Paytm rolled back the initiative after concerns were raised over security of customer’s card details by the industry.

"Yesterday afternoon the Commission was targeted by an attempt to saturate our internet connection," Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a news briefing on Friday.

A group of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a "simple and inexpensive" method for fabricating artificial muscle fibres, using ordinary nylon fibre.

Lenovo K6 Power is expected to have a 5-inch display, dual sim support and a fingerprint scanner. The phone will come in two variants, one with 2GB RAM and a 16 GB ROM, while the other one will support a 3 GB RAM and 32 GB ROM.

Lenovo has had a successful partnership with Flipkart, with many key launches in the past. The exclusive availability of the product will further strengthen its relationship with Flipkart and enable Lenovo to effectively reach the target consumers across India.

Kenyan ride-hailing app ‘Little’, which is backed by telecoms operator Safaricom, is considering expansion into Nigeria or Uganda in the first quarter of 2017, the chief executive of its parent firm said.

The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors.

CNBC
Macy's CEO: Customers use technology to enhance in-store shopping
CNBC
Black Friday shoppers are increasingly using technology not just to shop online, but to improve their brick-and-mortar experience in the store as well, Terry ...and more »

The software was unveiled at the 2016 ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in Vienna, Austria.

In her first speech to parliament since announcing plans on Sunday to seek a fourth term as chancellor, Merkel called for a debate on how fake news, bots and trolls can manipulate public opinion.

Panasonic's new air purifiers are available in the price range of Rs 11,995-Rs 34,995.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend 19.5 billion yen ($173 million) on the previously unreported project, a budget breakdown shows, as part of a government policy to get back Japan's mojo in the world of technology.

Xiaomi was valued at $46 billion in its last fund-raising in 2014 - making it briefly the world's most valuable start-up at a time when it was China's best-selling smartphone maker and looked set to make a splash worldwide.

The impact of demonetisation is more prominent in the tier 3 and beyond cities where small retail shops transact more in cash.

Also, according to Google Trends, the interest for Black Friday is rising every year.

On News18 Tech we get you the top 5 food tech startups that have changed the way we order food and the lives of business owners.

Reuters
Japan plans supercomputer to leap into technology future | Reuters
Reuters
Japan plans to build the world's fastest-known supercomputer in a bid to arm the country's manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them ...and more »

The ongoing cash crisis is expected to pull down feature phone shipments sharply by 24.6 percent and that of smartphone by 17.5 percent during the quarter compared to the previous three-month period.

The speaker is powered by an SMPS solution instead of a standard transformer.

The test requires the person to be aware of what is happening around and follow the doctor's instructions.

Coolpad will be launching two new smartphones namely Coolpad Mega 3 and the Coolpad Note 3S on November 30, Wednesday.
As of now, no specifications have been revealed about either of the phones.

The students from a private IT academy in the southeastern city of Mariupol spent three months dismantling around 100 keyboards to make a replica of Jobs' face

The phase detection auto-focus system is capable of 'full-time AF' and is the first implementation of 4D Focus in the full-frame "a" series.

Many Reddit members were furious that the website's chief executive had edited messages.

While the OnePlus 3T smartphone looks the same it comes with Snapdragon 821 processor, bigger 3,400 mAh battery and a whopping 16MP front camera.

Lenovo K6 Power is expected to have a 5-inch display, dual sim support and a fingerprint scanner. The phone will come in two variants, one with 2GB RAM and a 16 GB ROM, while the other one will support a 3 GB RAM and 32 GB ROM.

The Desire 10 Pro also packs in HTC BoomSound and runs on HTC's Sense UI based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Android 7.0 Nougat brings multi-window options, night mode, better battery optimisation amongst others.

Stuff.co.nz
Bullet train technology could be used in our future buildings: engineer
Stuff.co.nz
A bullet train in China, running on magnetic levitation. The same technology could one day be used to make buildings more resilient to earthquakes, Canterbury University professor Stefano​ Pampanin​ says. The same magnetic technology behind bullet ...and more »

Financial Times
Technology groups move into banks' City turf
Financial Times
Twenty years ago, the City trading floor of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange was jammed with traders in bright jackets buying and selling millions of derivatives contracts.

Financial Times
A technology gift guide for Black Friday
Financial Times
Compiling a technology gift guide just before November's Black Friday shopping frenzy has been a little more complicated than usual this year. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we deliver the news. Select topic. Select topic ...

While the OnePlus 3T smartphone looks the same it comes with Snapdragon 821 processor, bigger 3,400 mAh battery and a whopping 16MP front camera.

Los Angeles Times
Former Dodgers star Shawn Green takes a swing as technology entrepreneur
Los Angeles Times
In an event space packed with venture capitalists looking to invest in the next big thing, he did not stand out. He slipped a black jacket over a blue shirt, mingling with the hundreds of people enjoying hors d'oeuvres, an open bar and painfully loud ...and more »