Google is offering security experts a bounty to identify Android app flaws as the Alphabet Inc unit seeks to wipe out bugs from its Google Play store. Each flaw will score at least $1,000 under the programme announced on Thursday to back up automated checks that have failed to block malware and other problems that […]
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has signed up 10 news publishers including the Washington Post and The Economist to take part in a trial that gives its mobile app users access to a limited number of articles a month and then the option to subscribe via the publishers’ own websites. The move is a […]
Microsoft Corp’s secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than four years ago, according to five former employees, in only the second known breach of such a corporate database. The company did not disclose the extent of the attack to the public […]
Cyber security watchdogs and researchers are issuing warnings over risks associated with a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications after the discovery of a flaw that could allow hackers to read information thought to be encrypted, or infect websites with malware. An alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Computer Emergency Response Team […]
City based micro-lending platform KrazyBee, primarily focused towards purchase finance, today said it has raised $8 million in a Series A financing, led by Xiaomi Technologies and Shunwei Capital. Others who participated in the investment are E-city Ventures and RK Group and the Series A funding is a mix of equity and debt (majorly equity), […]
Bharti Airtel is selling iPhone 7 32GB at a down payment of Rs 7,777 and 24 monthly instalments of Rs 2,499 each through its online store, which went live today. The company will sell other devices as well through its online store and the handsets will come bundled with monthly mobile service plans. “Airtel’s online store […]
E-commerce firm Flipkart is in talks for a partnership with online ticketing platform BookMyShow in a bid to build out its services and transaction offering, the Economic Times newspaper reported. The talks are at a preliminary stage and may see Flipkart picking up a significant minority stake in BookMyShow, two people familiar with the discussions […]
Reliance Industries Ltd’s telecoms arm Jio will turn profitable “shortly,” the Indian conglomerate said on Friday, while adding it would continue to pump around $1 billion into the venture for each of the next few quarters. Jio launched late last year with free voice and cut-price data, sparking a price war in India’s cut-throat telecoms […]
Qualcomm Inc confirmed an earlier report that the chipmaker had filed lawsuits in China, seeking to halt the manufacture and sale of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the country. Qualcomm filed the suits in a Beijing intellectual property court, claiming patent infringement and is seeking injunctive relief, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Friday, but did not […]
Palo Alto, California and Bengaluru based startup GridRaster, bagged a seed funding of $2 million from a clutch of investors including Exfinity Ventures, Lumia Capital, Pipeline Capital, NexStar Partners, Unshackled Ventures and Explorer Group. The startup works on enabling high-end virtual and augmented reality experiences on mobile devices, using multiple stack approach. The company plans to utilize the […]
Scientists have developed a new technology that allows users to interact in a virtual reality environment using only mouth gestures such as a smile. The proliferation of affordable virtual reality head- mounted displays provides users with realistic immersive visual experiences. However, head-mounted displays occlude the upper half of a user’s face and prevent facial action […]
Digital payments firm MobiKwik plans to invest Rs 60-80 crore on marketing and promotions in the next six months as it looks to drive transaction volumes on its platform and get more consumers onboard. MobiKwik, which competes with the likes of Alibaba-backed Paytm and Flipkarts PhonePe, also expects to see 2.5X growth in daily transactions […]