Daily Archives: March 12, 2016
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March 12, 2016 First impression: Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung’s annual refresh, the Galaxy S7, looks sexier than its predecessor, the S6. And that says a lot about the shift in Samsung’s design philosophy. The silver version, though, seemed a fingerprint magnet. In the limited time I spent with the S7, two things come to mind, the first being the camera. The rear 12-megapixel […]
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March 12, 2016 Samsung S7, S7 Edge launch could trigger price war
The fight for dominance in the smartphones market between the two global giants — Samsung and Apple — is not new. In the past two years, the battle has spread to new territories such as India. And, with Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, offered at aggressive prices, Samsung on Tuesday opened another front. According to […]
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March 12, 2016 Microsoft bets big on huge SMB base in India
Global technology giant Microsoft is betting big on India’s 40 million strong small and medium business (SMB) base for the next level of growth in the country, with its ‘mobile first’ solutions. With the country moving ahead with 3G and 4G technology and most small businesses taking asmartphone first approach, Microsoft believes that it is […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Work from home fraud most prevalent internet scam in India: Telenor
Thirty-nine per cent net users are victims of ‘work from home’ fraud and 25 per cent have fallen prey to lottery scams even as 85 per cent of the country’s Internet user base are familiar with the term ‘Internet Scam’, says a study by Telenor. The multi-market survey conducted by Telenor Group assessed the impact […]
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March 12, 2016 Panasonic launches T50 smartphone at Rs 4,990
Panasonic on Thursday, introduced the T50 based on the company’s SAIL interface. It will be available at a price of Rs 4,900 in Midnight Blue, Rose Gold, Champagne Gold colour variants, the company said in a statement. The device features a 4.5-inch FWVGA display with 480 x 854 pixels resolution. Under the hood, it houses […]
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March 12, 2016 Uber turns to Bengaluru’s tech talent to beat Ola
San Francisco-based ride hailing company Uber was forced to develop a mechanism for accepting cash payments from customers in India, given the extremely low penetration of credit cards in the country. Seen as an inconvenience at first, the company has exported the solution to other emerging markets such as Vietnam and Indonesia. To mine the […]
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March 12, 2016 Facebook buys filters app Masquerade to counter Snapchat
A 3D plastic representation of the Facebook logo is seen in this illustration in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Reuters ALSO READ Facebook Messenger, Snapchat decline in popularityFacebook most preferred social network for Hyd GenZ: TCS Youth surveyFacebook to ban private gun sales on its social networkFlipkart invests in parenting social network TinystepFacebook’s broken hearts […]
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March 12, 2016 Ola to extend auto service to eight more cities
Even as rival Uber shut its auto-rickshaw service it piloted in Delhi late last year, domestic rival Ola is aggressively expanding its auto service in newer cities. The Bengaluru-based taxi aggregator which is backed by Tiger Global, Softbank and Chinese taxi hailing service Didi Kuaidi is now planning to launch the service in eight more […]
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March 12, 2016 Bill Gates Says ‘Will Look Into’ Age of Empires Sequel
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one half of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently took to user-curated social news website Reddit to answer any questions people had in what he said was his fourth Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). Gates dealt in a lot of topics, from bio-terrorism to his life at Harvard […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Facebook’s Oculus Unveils New Social, Video Features for Samsung Gear VR
Facebook-owned Oculus VR is bringing new social and video capabilities to the world of virtual reality. The company announced an update to its software that will enable Samsung Gear VR users to create a social profile while also leveraging several other features. The update will go live on Thursday. Oculus added that it also plans […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Oculus Rift May Offer Better High-End Quality Than PS VR, Admits Sony Executive
After years of hype and development, high-end virtual reality (VR) headsets will make their way to consumers starting with the Oculus Rift this month, in 20 countries around the world. Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) is one of its biggest competitors, and Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Masayasu Ito pointed out this week why he […]
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March 12, 2016 The Division Breaks Ubisoft’s Day 1 Sales Records
Tom Clancy’s The Division – Ubisoft’s latest open world role-playing shooter – might have taken its time getting to consumers, but it’s selling like hotcakes, the company claims. (Also see: Hitman, The Division, and Other Games Releasing This March) The game sold more copies in the first 24 hours than any other Ubisoft title in […]
