Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest national mobile operator, has announced to cut mobile data rates across all circles in India. The new data rates will be effective from July 15. Idea said it is offering data benefits up to 45 percent for 2G, 3G, and 4G data packs. The company said it decided to slash […]
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Hackers Attack Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account
The high-profile Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter has been hacked. After hacking the account, the attacker “OurMine” posted a tweet saying “Hey, its OurMine, we are testing your security” that was followed by release of a few Vine videos, which cross-posted to Dorsey’s Twitter feed. Earlier, hackers with the name “OurMine” […]
Now You Can Use Facebook’s New Multilingual Composer to Post in Several Languages at Once
Facebook has played an important role in lessening the geographical distance between people around the world. Now the world’s largest social network has launched its new “multilingual composer” that will let users compose a single post that will appear in multiple languages on Facebook. Other users will be able to see that post in their […]
Amazon Announces Page Flip – A Reimagined Kindle Navigation Experience for Users
Amazon has announced Page Flip, a new feature that will allow Kindle users to easily explore books while always saving their place. The reimagined Kindle navigation experience – as described by Amazon – will allow users to easily flip back and forth between pages to reference different parts of the book while they read. The […]
RCom to Offer 4G Services on Reliance Jio Network
Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications will soon launch 4G service in select circles. The service will be offered through Reliance Jio network to CDMA customers only, and GSM users will not be able to use the 4G service. “RCom has written to the Department of Telecom, informing (the department) that it will be using Reliance […]
Maruti Announces Country-Wide, Free, Week-long Monsoon Check Up Camp for Customers
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has announced a country-wide, week-long, free ‘Monsoon Fit Checkup Camp’ for its customers to help them tackle rains more effectively. Maruti was established in 1982 in Gurgaon, Haryana, and the launch of the first Maruti Suzuki 800 began a whole new chapter in the Indian automobile industry. “We set out with […]
Indian Government Launches Trial Run of Two Wheelers Running on CNG
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has made a plan to run heavy vehicles like trucks and buses with CNG in the country. Efforts to materialize three plans have already started, and trials are now being conducted in Delhi to run two wheelers fitted with CNG kits. On Thursday Mr. […]
Instagram Hits a New Milestone of 500 Million Users
Facebook’s Instagram has hit a new milestone in its history by crossing the 500 million user mark. In a blog post, Instagram revealed that over 80% of its users are now based outside the U.S. “Today, we’re excited to announce our community has grown to more than 500 million Instagrammers — more than 300 million […]
Ashok Vemuri Selected as the New CEO of Xerox’s Post-split BPO Business
Xerox Corp has selected Ashok Vemuri as the new chief executive of its BPO unit after the split of the company into two publicly traded entities. Vemuri – who has previously worked at Infosys Ltd in various roles for 14 years – will join Xerox effective July 1. He will serve as CEO of […]
Reddit is Down Again. Server Problem – Pages Timeout, “Our cdn was unable to reach our servers”
09 June 2016: Reddit is down again, and every attempt to access the site ends up with the message: “our cdn was unable to reach our servers”. Update: The site is back online, and users are now able to access it. Reddit is a website which provides people a platform to post, read, and vote […]
Have People Started Getting Bored of Social Networking Apps? Probably Yes, Study Suggests
People have started spending less time on social media apps, and are turning to more private apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram, according to a new study carried out by London-based data research firm SimilarWebs. The study analyzed the recent trends on how Android users across the world are spending their time on social media […]
Indian Smartphone Brand Micromax is Planning to Enter China’s Smartphone Market in 2017
Indian smartphone manufacturer Micromax is planning to enter the Chinese smartphone market next year, revealed Micromax co-founder Vikas Jain, while speaking at the Rise technology conference in Hong Kong. Mr. Jain also hinted that that the company may go public in next two years to boost sales and raise cash for adding a range of […]
Facebook Unveils DeepText AI System that will Analyze Text in Posts
Facebook has said that it is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called ‘DeepText’ that is able to analyze what people are writing about in posts. According to Facebook, the system can analyze several thousand posts per second and can offer near-human accuracy across 20 languages. It aims to understand the sentiments behind posts, […]
Nokia’s OZO Virtual Reality Camera is Now Available in the European Market
Nokia Technologies has launched OZO professional VR camera in the European market. The company also announced new post-production partnerships with Deluxe and the Foundry to advance end-to-end solutions for creating VR experiences. “OZO enables the creation of immersive virtual reality experiences that actually move us emotionally, and move us to act.” said Ramzi Haidamus, president […]