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Apple Plans to Launch a Low-Cost iPad For Students & Teacher

25Mar By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Apple Plans to Launch a Low-Cost iPad For Students & Teacher

In an attempt to gauge back its student and teacher customer base from tech giants Microsoft and Google, Apple Incorporation is planning to launch a new low cost “iPad” in its education-focused event which is scheduled to be held in Chicago in the coming week. This move is likely to shift company’s focus back to education sector just like it did earlier in 2012 with its first-ever education dedicated event. As per the reports from Bloomberg, this device would be a lower cost version of its already launched 9.7 inch iPad. Apple is also parallelly working on developing a classroom software that could enhance the use of iPads in schools. It can be noted that how smartly Apple is using its iPad strategy to regain its reputation in the education market. While, as of now Apple has always...

16Mar By AnkitaNo Comments

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Google Assistant Now Available in Hindi

Global leading search giant Google launched its virtual personal assistant in the Hindi language. The assistant will be available on Android 6.0+ version & above. Google Assistant was launched as the successor of Google Now and Voice Search back in 2016. The company is also planning to make this language assistant available from 19 to 30 languages till 2019. Purvi Shah, Technical Program Manager, Google Assistant said in a press statement, “The Google Assistant is truly an Indian, it’s your helpful dost that speaks our language and understands the things you care about, from finding biryani recipes, to pulling up the latest cricket score or finding directions to the nearest ATM. In order to make it even more useful to Indians over time, developers and businesses can now build Act...

Xiaomi Will Launch Six Smartphones in India This Year

12Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Xiaomi Will Launch Six Smartphones in India This Year

Xiaomi Corp., China’s smartphone, and appliances maker is planning a major market take over in 2018 after announcing its plan to launch at least six smartphone models in India this year, the opening of 100 exclusive stores, and the release of new product categories in the near future. They are also planning to introduce a new range of televisions. Xiaomi global vice-president and India head Manu Kumar Jain said in an interview that the company is also looking forward to investing in India’s rapidly growing start-up ecosystem by penning down small and large cheques in the view of acquiring stakes in software and internet start-ups. They are also planning to maximize the number of investments over the coming years, as part of its broader strategy of investing $1 billion in Indian firms. ...

How Vizag City Will Become Capital of Blockchain

7Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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How Vizag City Will Become Capital of Blockchain

Recently India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was surprisingly full of praise towards blockchain’s development potential and was critical about the need for “rapid adaptation” to this technology. While Governments are usually skeptical about Cryptocurrency, the transparency that blockchain technology offers will surely be beneficial in India which is a victim of 69% bribery rate and was ranked most corrupted nation in Asia in 2017. Loan frauds systematically reach $2 billion every year, resulting in usual increase in interest rates on business loans by up to 20%. According to investopedia, "A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as ‘completed’ blocks (the most recent transactions) are recorded and added to it in c...

Facebook Testing ‘Voice Clips’ Status Updates in India

5Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Facebook Testing ‘Voice Clips’ Status Updates in India

Facebook is currently prototyping ‘Voice Clips’ which might become a brand new way of sharing post on the Social Media platform. The feature termed “Add Voice Clip” will appear on the status update composer menu. With this feature, users will be able to record short audio clips and share to their friend list. The trial period started in India, with an Indian user being the first to use it. By including this mode of status sharing, Facebook hopes its users will be enthusiastic about sharing thoughts orally rather than by using words. They are also launching this feature to facilitate users that struggle with non-native language keyboards by enabling them to talk instead of type. "We are always working to help people share and connect with their friends and family on Face...

Samsung Launched Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones

26Feb By NitishNo Comments

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Samsung Launched Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones

South Korea based tech giant Samsung unveiled its latest flagship model in the smartphone segment Galaxy S9 and S9+ with added features. "With the Galaxy S9 and S9+, we have reimagined the smartphone camera. Not only do the Galaxy S9 and S9+ enable consumers to shoot great photos and videos anywhere, it's a smartphone that is designed to help them connect to others and express themselves in a way that is unique and personal to them," said D J Koh, president and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronic. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ Features- The phones have features like dual aperture and slow motion video options that compete with iPhone X and Google Pixel 2 series. It also have features like dual-stereo speakers and Dolby Atmos surround sound capabil...

Apple To Soon Launch Its Second Generation AirPods

24Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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Apple To Soon Launch Its Second Generation AirPods

The Apple wireless AirPods that debuted in India in the late 2016, is reportedly going to upgrade its earphones to the second generation this year. These new AirPods are said to be installed with an upgraded chip which would help the users to call for Siri, by simply saying 'Hey Siri' . This is the same feature which exists in the iPhone, iPad and the newly released smart speaker HomePod. To activate Siri, the user have to double tap the side of the AirPods. The AirPods first generation were priced at Rs 15,400 in India and was introduced with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The highly anticipated product came with features like it automatically turns on when they are put in the ear and automatically pauses when the user takes them out. The giants AirPod shipments were predicted to incre...

Facebook to combine AR, VR and News Feed with 3D Posts

22Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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Facebook to combine AR, VR and News Feed with 3D Posts

Facebook users should gear up for some stimulating news. The Facebook Inc.’s Andrew Bosworth, head of virtual and augmented reality products and hardware, announced that the social media company will make its "biggest AR/VR news" to date at the upcoming Facebook Developer (F8) Conference in May. Under 70 days to go until our biggest F8 to date -- where we'll share the biggest AR/VR news from Facebook to date. https://t.co/hHXeEIdJaW — Emotional Support Boz (@boztank) February 21, 2018 Facebook has been consistent in coming up with new features such as 360 photos, Live videos and GIFs which have helped them in keeping the users mainly the youth interested, and now it is polishing its standard to a new level. Last year, in October Facebook debuted with posts of 3D M...

Google Exposes Microsoft Edge Security Flaw

20Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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Google Exposes Microsoft Edge Security Flaw

The Microsoft Edge Browser has a security flaw that might help the hackers inject malicious code into a user's computer says Google. Google has publicly given the details of Microsoft's Browser defect whose patch hasn't been produced till yet. This might come as a stressing news for the Microsoft edge users as they might be dealing with some infectious agent unbeknown-st to them. The shortcoming of the browser which was earlier discovered in November 2017, by the Google's Project Zero informed Microsoft about the issue in November and gave the company the standard three months disclosure deadline. With the 90 day deadline over, the team force employed by the google tasked with finding zero-day vulnerabilities — Project Zero —went public with the details of the security flaw. Ac...

Know Why Twitter Shuts Down Its App For Mac

17Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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Know Why Twitter Shuts Down Its App For Mac

The most used micro-blogging application, Twitter has announced today, that it is ditching its application for Mac, thus moving the users to twitter.com, Tweetdeck or third party websites. The company wants to focus on its efforts to provide great experience that stays consistent across platforms. They tweeted : We're focusing our efforts on a great Twitter experience that's consistent across platforms. So, starting today the Twitter for Mac app will no longer be available for download, and in 30 days will no longer be supported. — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 16, 2018 Since yesterday, the twitter app for Mac is no longer available for download and after 30 days, it will not support the iOS platform Mac-book. (Also read: Twitter Booked Profit For The Fir...

Apple may Introduce Three New iPhones this Year

15Feb By RishabhNo Comments

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Apple may Introduce Three New iPhones this Year

Apple's $999 iPhone X may soon be old! Smartphone giant maker Apple is now gearing up to introduce three new iPhones this year. It is also reported that one of them will be more premium than the other two. The news is predicted by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo , who along with his team is well known for predicting details about Apple products launch. "We predict Apple will launch three new iPhone models in 2H18: 6.5-inch and 5.8- inch OLED models and a 6.1-inch TFT-LCD model, all equipped with a full-screen design and TrueDepth Camera (front 3D sensing), as with iPhone X," Kuo wrote in Monday's note. It is predicted that Apple is preparing two iPhones which will be targeting "high-end market", in the report. However, the third model will be for the lower-end market which may be pri...

Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

14Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

Snapchat, a widely used image messaging and multimedia mobile application is facing a major re-approval from its users over its redesign. Last week, Snapchat updated its features and changed the whole platform to target its revenue rates. Since then, the users have bombarded Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc asking Snapchat to reverse the updates. Dear #snapchatupdate , We hate you. Sincerely, Everyone ? — Mitz (@MitzLove) February 9, 2018 The result of such fierce reaction from the users is due to the confusion and struggle, they are going through to use their favourite features on the platform. Such updates include the difficulty to see stories that would easily appear by swiping right from the main camera screen earlier. Now, the whole update have shifted the ...