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ELECTRONICS April 8, 2016 ‘Detachables’ the Hot New Thing in Cooling Tablet Market: IDC
By: sristy SahaThe global market for tablet computers will see another decline in 2016, but one bright spot is in “detachables” which are gaining as PC replacements, researchers said Tuesday. A report by research firm IDC said tablet sales worldwide are likely to slip 5.9 percent this year to 195 million units, following a drop of 10 […]
NEWS April 7, 2016 In Tamil Nadu, the Forest Department is being forced to kill tigers
By: sristy SahaImage credit: Wikimedia Commons Rana was on a single-minded mission. His task: to find a tiger, an alleged “man-eater” before it killed again. Sniffing out wild cats is his speciality. The 27-month-old German Shepherd belongs to the Special Tiger Protection Force at Bandipur in Karnataka and is specially trained to detect wild animals in dense forests […]
NEWS April 7, 2016 How JNU and HCU were ranked as the best universities in the country (and why it may not matter much)
By: sristy SahaImage credit: PTI They might have been called dens of anti-nationalists and good for nothing. But on Monday, the government added another label to Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University: The best educational institutions in the country. In its first-ever nationwide ranking of educational institutions and other universities, JNU and HCU came in at the […]
NEWS April 7, 2016 Women’s rights undercut by water crisis in Bangladesh
By: sristy SahaImage credit: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP / Women are on the frontlines of climate change, both as those affected by it, and as the first responders to the crisis. This holds across the region, as women in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh struggle to deal with the crisis of water. Bangladesh is the country most vulnerable to the […]
ELECTRONICS April 6, 2016 BigScreen Lets You Chill With Your Friends in Virtual Reality
By: sristy SahaYou can enjoy all kinds of experiences with virtual reality (VR) headsets, but what if you wanted to gun down your opponents in Call of Duty or enjoy an episode of House of Cards without taking the headset off? BigScreen – a new VR app developed by Y Combinator alumni and CEO Darshan Shankar along […]
ALL DEALS April 1, 2016 AirAsia India loss narrows to Rs25 crore in Q3
By: sristy SahaPhoto: Mint Mumbai: Losses at AirAsia India narrowed to Rs.25.65 crore in the December quarter from Rs.61.15 crore in the preceding three months on the back of an increase in average fares and ancillary revenue, the local unit of Malaysia’s AirAsia Bhd said on Friday. AirAsia India is a joint venture in which AirAsia Bhd […]
NEWS April 1, 2016 New rules, 100% FDI in e-commerce give short shrift to consumers
By: sristy SahaPhoto: iStockphoto New Delhi: The government on Tuesday allowed 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in marketplace e-commerce companies. While this may bring regulatory clarity to the existing and future online retail sellers in the country, it may hamper consumer interest on several accounts. First, the government has now prohibited any discounts to consumers by e-commerce […]
NEWS March 30, 2016 Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance
By: sristy SahaThe investment will help True Balance expand to the 15 telecom circles in India. New Delhi: Softbank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, the company said in a statement. It will use […]
NEWS March 30, 2016 Samsung Pay launches in China; Myntra to take over Forever 21’s retail chain
By: sristy SahaPhoto: Priyanka Parashar/Mint What the world is talking about China’s top three web browsers made user data vulnerable, says report China’s top three Web browsers collected and transmitted data in insecure ways, making hundreds of millions of users’ personal information vulnerable to unauthorized access, according to a report by a Canada-based human rights research group. […]
NEWS March 30, 2016 Apoorva Patni plans to invest Rs100 crore in healthcare sector
By: sristy SahaApoorva Patni, son of Patni Computers co-founder Ashok Patni, plans to deploy nearly Rs.100 crore in the healthcare sector through his fund Currae Healthtech Fund. Patni, who has invested about Rs.10 crore in seven healthcare technology start-ups since 2015, plans to expand the fund’s portfolios to 20 companies with an expected investment of about Rs.100 […]
NEWS March 27, 2016 Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Price in India Revealed; Exclusive to Flipkart
By: sristy SahaThe Xbox Elite Wireless Controller was first unveiled by Microsoft at E3 2015. The controller sports hair-trigger locks, enhanced sensitivity, and swappable parts such as different directional pads. It also has the option to remap buttons as well. Needless to say, it’s not your average gamepad. What’s more is that it’s exclusive to Flipkart. While […]
ELECTRONICS March 27, 2016 Low-Cost VR Headsets Will Boost Virtual Reality in India
By: sristy SahaOnce the virtual reality (VR) phenomenon explodes, India, with its huge smartphone base, will be a key market – but VR players will have to come up with low-cost options to entice the country’s “digital” consumers. According to experts, head-mounted devices (HMDs) that create an immersive virtual world for users is the future after the […]
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