Online service provider AOL on Friday said it will shut its pioneering AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on 15December. The chat program connected a generation of people to their buddies and crushes while guiding them through the early days of digital socializing. The company reportedly has no planned replacement for the platform in the times when […]
Tech giant Google unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone – Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL – which will be available in India from November 15 priced at Rs 61,000 onwards. The devices, which will compete in the premium segment with devices like Apples iPhone 8 and X as well as Samsungs Note […]
India has approved smartphones maker Oppo’s request to open single-brand retail stores in the country, paving the way for the Chinese firm to sell directly to consumers and add to its existing wholesale business. The move would help Oppo expand its reach in the world’s third-largest smartphones market, where global giants such as Apple Inc […]
Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc. The news expands the likely number […]
India’s ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a lack of skilled labour and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has championed a manufacturing drive, under the slogan ‘Make in India’, to boost the sluggish economy and create millions of jobs. Among the headline-grabbing […]
If history is a guide, Uber Technologies new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi is likely to dangle data sharing and a promise to pay fines and fees when he sits down with London officials to negotiate the ride service’s future in one of its most important markets. From the Philippines to Portland, Oregon, the strategy has […]
Weeks after Beijing banned fundraising through token launches and ordered some bitcoin exchanges to shut, casting a chill over the cryptocurrency industry, traders say that the market is far from dead.
Jio today unveiled the latest offering from Apple Inc. – the iconic iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus on Jio- at its sprawling campus at the Reliance Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai – with an unprecedented package to enable many more Indians across the country to enjoy the iconic devices on Jio’s most advanced and superior […]
In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was all praises for the company’s Indian-American CEO Satya Nadella, saying he has successfully charted a course for making the most of the opportunities created by technology and helped the IT giant to stand out in the computing industry.
The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.
Bangalore-based startup Synup that provides Saas solutions for marketing of local businesses, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures. The round also saw the participation of its existing investor Prime Venture Partners. Launched back in 2014, Synup was founded by 23-year-old Ashwin Ramesh along with industry veterans Mohan Gopalakrishnan and Karthik […]