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Apple's iPad Pro to go on sale Wednesday

10Nov By PriyankaNo Comments

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Apple's iPad Pro to go on sale Wednesday

Apple Inc said its iPad Pro will be available to order online on Wednesday and arrive ga naar at stores later this week. The 12.9 inch-screen tablet, which starts at $799 but costs more than $1,000 if buyers also want a keyboard and an optional stylus, will be available in more than 40 countries, including the United States, the UK, China and Japan. Sales of iPads have been falling for several quarters as big-screen iPhones appeal to more consumers. Apple sold 54.86 million iPads in the year ended Sept. 26 – a drop of 19 percent from a year earlier. Since launching iPad with a 9.7-inch screen in 2010, Apple has released a mini version in 2012 with a 7.9-inch screen. Apple unveiled the larger iPad Pro on Sept. 9, hoping to rival Microsoft Corp's 12-inch Surface Pro 3 in at...

YouTube to support virtual reality video on its app

6Nov By PriyankaNo Comments

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YouTube to support virtual reality video on its app

YouTube announced two new features Thursday for its Android app that expand the video site’s use of virtual reality, giving the new technology its biggest platform yet. The app now supports VR video – a format that gives viewers what the company says are more realistic 360-degree perspectives of films. To view it, a user would call up a virtual reality video on the YouTube app, click a button on the video for VR mode, and place the phone in Alphabet Inc’s “Cardboard” device, a handheld gadget made from the standard box material that creates a VR viewing experience. Makers of virtual reality content can upload VR videos compatible with the Cardboard viewer directly to YouTube. YouTube said there are about a dozen VR videos, including one stemming from the R...

Facebook now makes 78 percent of its ad revenue on mobile

5Nov By AnkitaNo Comments

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Facebook now makes 78 percent of its ad revenue on mobile

It wasn’t that many years ago that Facebook had its aha moment — when it realized that mobile was the way forward for advertising. Flash forward to today, and mobile advertising makes up 78 percent of the social network’s total advertising revenue. Advertising makes up almost all of Facebook’s income. The mobile advertising revenue represents a 73 percent uptick from last year’s third quarter. However, revenue from ads served on personal computers was down 7 percent from last year. COO Sheryl Sandberg said Facebook’s three main goals in terms of its advertising business include capitalizing on the shift to mobile, growing the number of marketers using the Facebook platform, and finding new ways to make ads more relevant to users. Sandberg said the average adult in the U.S. ...

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Breaking: Facebook to launch news app

Facebook Inc is preparing to launch a new standalone news app called Notify next week, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the plans. The app will feature content from dozens of media partners including Vogue, the Washington Post and CBS, the newspaper said. Facebook had earlier tied up with nine news publishers to launch "Instant Articles", which publishes their content directly to the social network's mobile news feeds. The company's new app will compete with Twitter Inc's recently launched service called Moments, which aims to provide a better way of curating and aggregating content for users and help them follow live events. Facebook was not immediately available to comment. Shares of the company, which is set to report quarterly earnings after ...

Reliance Communication Acquires Sistemas Indian Telecom Business

2Nov By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Reliance Communication Acquires Sistemas Indian Telecom Business

Billionaire Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications today said it will take over Russian conglomerate Sistema's Indian mobile telephony venture that operates under the MTS brand. While financial details of the deal were not immediately announced, RCom said Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) will hold a 10 percent equity stake in RCom as a result of the deal. In addition, RCom will assume the liability to pay the government installments for SSTL's spectrum, amounting to Rs 392 crore per annum for the next 10 years. "RCom will acquire approximately 9 million customers and approximately Rs 1,500 crore of annual revenues by virtue of the transaction," the company said in a statement. In addition, RCom will acquire SSTL's most valuable and superior 800/850 MHz band spectrum, idea...

Make in India: This Indian State Attracts Investments Of Over Rs 1.5 Lakh Cr

1Nov By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Make in India: This Indian State Attracts Investments Of Over Rs 1.5 Lakh Cr

In the run up to the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit, agreements worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore have been signed with companies from solar, mining, textiles and petroleum sectors, as the state gears up to become a major investment destination. Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit 2015 is slated to be held in Jaipur on November 19 and 20. "We have MoUs worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore. A major chunk of the investments promised under the agreements are in solar energy sector, apart from petroleum and mines," Veenu Gupta, Principal Secretary, Industries, Government of Rajasthan said. "We have been able to attract major investments in the solar energy sector owing to our inherent climatic advantages," she added. Asked about comparisons with Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, who have been...

Craze of using Fitness apps rises in China

31Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Craze of using Fitness apps rises in China

Every year brings a new exercise fad, but a new technological trend appears to be changing the very way people are approaching fitness. Smartphone apps and the smart wear that goes with them allow users to monitor their every action and share them online. Lacing up and hitting the track is a time-tested way to keep fit. But now, there's something new, with smartphone apps promising to change exercise forever. Feifei here has always been into fitness, but the new wave of apps, she says, are taking things to a new level. "For me, apps make things a lot easier. I can calculate my distance, calories, and how much I work out. It also gives me something to post on social media," said Yan Feifei, a running enthusiast. Sharing results online is a key part of the new app movement...

Hackers broke into nearly 2,000 Vodafone UK customer accounts

31Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Hackers broke into nearly 2,000 Vodafone UK customer accounts

LONDON- Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. "This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," he added in a statement. (more…)

E-commerce Effect cause 55.58% decline in footfalls at Delhi-NCR malls in this Diwali

31Oct By NitishNo Comments

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E-commerce Effect cause 55.58% decline in footfalls at Delhi-NCR malls in this Diwali

In the wake of an unprecedented surge in e-commerce, shopping malls already under huge pressure due to large vacant spaces are expected to see a sharp decline in the footfalls could be to the extent of 55.58 per cent during the ongoing festive season this year, reveals an ASSOCHAM recent survey. According to the just concluded survey, Delhi-NCR has recorded the highest decline in footfalls at city malls. As per the study, about 120-150 malls were launched in the past two years but close to 65-70% of the spaces in many of the malls still remain empty. Several malls, unable to attract the shops are even shutting down. The major factors attributed to this situation are an economic slowdown, online shopping, high-interest rate and inflation of consumer good items, the steep drop in sho...

31Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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Cambridge Scientists make super battery

Scientists have created a battery whose technology in principle could power electric cars and other energy-hungry devices far better than current lithium-ion batteries, but it remains years away from commercial use. Researchers at the University of Cambridge on Thursday announced the creation of a laboratory demonstration model of a lithium-oxygen battery that overcomes many of the barriers that have held back the development of this technology. (more…)

Apple TV challenges developers to take apps to the big screen

30Oct By No Comments

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Apple TV challenges developers to take apps to the big screen

Apple's loyal army of software developers is joining the tech giant in its bid to conquer the living room with a new version of Apple TV, creating apps for the big screen that they hope will attract users and unlock a rich source of revenue. A long-awaited update to Apple TV, which launched in 2007, will start shipping in 80 countries on Friday. Apple views apps as the future of television. An App Store is the centrepiece of the new device, and hundreds of apps will be ready at launch, including gaming, shopping and photography. Although developers have already been able to make apps for smart TV rivals, Apple's vast base of developers will set the device apart, analysts say. And developers say they relish the opportunity to reach users in a more intimate setting. “It’s a pheno...

98% people like the convenience of door step delivery of the medicines: PHD CHAMBER & 1MG.COM Report

29Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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98% people like the convenience of door step delivery of the medicines: PHD CHAMBER & 1MG.COM Report

In a joint survey conducted by India's PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 1mg Technologies on challenges faced by consumers while buying medicines from Pharmacies, it has been stressed that an overwhelming majority of patients seek more convenient ways to get their medicine. They face problems of visiting multiple pharmacies to get all their medicines and also notice price difference across pharmacies for the same drug. (more…)