Automaker BMW and Chinese tech company Baidu have decided to end their joint research project on self-driving car technology, according to a report published in Reuters, which claims that Baidu – which was carrying out on-road tests in China on BMW 2 sedans – will now use Ford vehicles for testing. The tech giant is […]
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Russian Telecom Regulator Roskomnadzor Orders to Block LinkedIn in Russia
Russia has banned LinkedIn on its soil after the social network failed to satisfy the Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor. The regulator said it has ordered to stop LinkedIn services on Russian soil. A statement from Roskomnadzor revealed that LinkedIn failed to satisfy it that LinkedIn meets the Russian laws requiring personal data to be stored […]
Twitter’s COO Adam Bain Quits the Company; CFO Anthony Noto to Fill the Post
Twitter Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain has resigned from his job as well as the company. Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto has now been named as the new COO of the company, and Twitter has now started search for a new CFO. Anthony Noto is acknowledged as the person who built the company’s business model. […]
GoPro Decides to Recall 2,500 of its Recently Launched Karma Drones
GoPro has decided to recall about 2,500 units of its Karma drone that was launched in September. The company said it decided to recall the new drone after finding power loss issue during operation in some units. The company also revealed the refund program for consumers who can return the product for immediate refund. The […]
Google DeepMind Announces to Team up with Blizzard to Conquer ‘StarCraft II’
Google’s DeepMind, the artificial intelligence company, has announced to build an AI that can beat “StarCraft II” DeepMind has teamed up with Blizzard to release “StarCraft” as an AI research environment. The aim is to create an AI-friendly environment for the game and integrate the features of AIs to access in order to understand this […]
BMW Says It has Sold 100,000th Electrified Vehicle
BMW has sold its 100,000 electrified vehicle, three years after the i3 first hit the markets in November 2013. According to BMW, i3 is the most successful EV in the premium compact segment. In comparison, the full-size Tesla Model S hit the milestone of 150,000 units a few months back, while the Nissan Leaf has […]
Alphabet’s CapitalG Quietly Discloses Investment in Snapchat
CapitalG, the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc, has quietly disclosed an investment in Snapchat. No formal announcement has been made by CapitalG or Alphabet Inc, but the unit – earlier known as Google Capital – was found to have added Snapchat’s logo on its investment portfolio section of its website. Snapchat’s logo can be […]
Instagram is Testing Live Video Feature Called ‘Go Insta’: Report
A Russian news website T Journal has claimed that Instagram is currently testing the live video feature called ‘Go Insta’ for some users on the beta Android app in Russia. The new feature has been added in ‘Stories’ section, and for these users, the feature appears at the top of the page with a red […]
Mahindra Rolls out e2o Plus Electric Car in India
Mahindra has launched its new electric car e2o Plus in India. The new e2o Plus electric car provides seating for four people and also offers a number of improvements, including more range and faster charging, compared to its predecessor e2o. There are three variants being offered for Mahindra e2o Plus. The P4 variant is priced […]
BMW Launches 2016 BMW 3GT in India
BMW has launched the 2016 BMW 3 series Gran Turismo in India. The car will be available in three variants. The base model Sport Line diesel (320d) is priced at Rs 43.30 lakh, while the Luxury Line diesel and the Luxury Line petrol (330i) will be available at Rs 46.50 lakh and Rs 47.50 lakh […]
Coffee is the Most Popular Food on Twitter, Finds New Study
A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Utah has found that coffee is the most tweeted-about consumable in the United States. The researchers—who received $721,825 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out this study—analyzed about 80 million tweets sent by 603,363 unique users between April 2015 and March […]
Microsoft’s Cloud Service Dynamics 365 to Arrive in India on November 1, 2016
Microsoft has announced that its cloud service Dynamics 365 will be available in India from November 1 onwards. Microsoft’ cloud service combines the existing Dynamics CRM and ERP products to provide end to end business services. Dynamics 365 is expected to come with better intelligence capabilities (advanced analytics and machine learning) and a variety of […]
India was the Frontrunner in Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program in Jan-June 2016
Facebook paid US$611,741 to 149 researchers during first half of the year as part of its Bug Bounty program, and Indian researchers got the largest share of the bounty for finding flaws. The first and second runners up in the program were the US and Mexico. Facebook however did not reveal the breakup of the […]
Huawei and UC Berkeley Announce a Partnership to Develop Artificial Intelligence
The Chinese company Huawei and the University of California, Berkeley have decided to enter into a partnership to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that will apply to our daily lives and better contribute to society. Huawei will invest $1 million into the new research partnership. Huawei’s research unit Noah’s Ark Laboratory will set up the partnership […]
Facebook Workplace – a Business Messaging Service – Launched for Companies, Nonprofits and Organizations
Facebook has launched Workplace, a business messaging service created for professional to enable them communicate from anywhere in an easy way. Facebook tested the service on more than 1,000 organizations in the US, UK and India before announcing the formal launch of the service. “The workplace is about more than just communicating between desks within […]
Facebook Planning to Give ‘Free’ Internet to US: Report
Facebook is planning to give free internet to millions of users in the US and is currently in talk with government officials and wireless carriers, according to a report published in The Washington Post. The company wants to launch an American version of the app that would provide Free Basics service in the US, […]
The British Consumer Watchdog ICO Imposes a Fine of 400,000 Pounds on TalkTalk for Failing to Protect Customers’ Data from Hackers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has imposed a record fine of £400,000 ($509,000) on British broadband provider TalkTalk for failing to protect personal details of thousands of customers from hackers. Last year, TalkTalk was hacked between 15 and 21 October, and during this much-publicized cyberattack details of over 157,000 customers’ were stolen. […]
WhatsApp Rolls Out New Camera Features
Instant mobile messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out new camera features, allowing users to customize and enhance the pictures and videos they share with friends and family around the world. With new features, WhatsApp users can now write or draw on their pictures and videos and also add emojis to express themselves. For users to […]
Facebook Rolls Out ‘Lite’ Version of Its Messenger App for Android Devices in Selected Countries
Facebook has launched the “lite” version of it Messenger chat app on Android devices in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Malaysia, and Tunisia, where many people are still using older phones with low memory and slower internet connections and are therefore unable to run the full-fledged application. The new launch marks latest effort of the social […]
Choosing the Right Social Network for Your Travel Business
Emergence of social media is transforming the way travel business (or any business) is carried out. Just a decade back, there were limited options for travel companies to connect with their potential customers across the world. Today, social media offers plenty of options to travel companies and travelers to connect with each other. For many […]
Using Images in Social Media to Create More Viral Content
Evolution of social media has changed the traditional marketing process to some extent and given rise to a new concept—social media marketing. Today, every company dreams of creating “viral” posts on social media that passes from one device to another, spreading the word about its brand, product and services among the users. Businesses that have […]
Bentley Launches Bentayga Diesel SUV – Its First Diesel Car
Bentley has finally launched the Bentayga Diesel SUV – its first ever diesel car, equipped with 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo engine and co-developed with sibling brand Audi. Named after the Roque Bentayga rocks on Spain’s Grand Canary Island, this fastest diesel car of the world has a top speed of 168 mph (270 Km/h) and comes […]
Instagram Offers Feature to Save Photos as Drafts
Instagram has rolled out a drafts feature to allow users save their pictures as drafts. Using the new feature, users would be able to save an edited photo at any point throughout the uploading process. The new “Save Drafts” feature is easy to use. After you add an effect, caption, filter, or location to a […]
Ghost Robotics Launches Ghost Minitaur, Its First Direct-Drive Legged Robot Platform
Ghost Robotics, LLC, has launched its first direct-drive legged robot platform, named Ghost Minitaur that can easily move across difficult terrains and has been designed for highly-precise force feedback applications. Ghost Robotics specializes in developing legged, direct drive (gearless) and proprioceptive robots. Ghost Minitaur is a legged robot that can perceive tactile sensations. It features […]
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