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February 6, 2016 Twitter Says Widespread Outages Resolved; Blames Glitchy Software Update
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had reversed a glitchy software update and resolved outages widely reported across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America that affected users of the social network on computers and phones. In a status update at 1800 GMT (1 p.m. EST), Twitter said an “intermittent issue affecting some users” […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 OS X El Capitan v10.11.3 Now Available for Download; Brings Bug and Security Fixes
Apple on Tuesday rolled out OS X El Capitan v10.11.3 for its desktop users. The new update offers bug fixes and squashes numerous security holes. It is available to download via the Updates tab inside the Mac App Store. The OS X El Capitan v10.11.3 update fixes multiple security holes, eight of which could have […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 HP Sprout Pro With Projector, Touch-Capable Second-Monitor Launched
HP has announced a new model of its Sprout computer. Called the Sprout Pro, the new variant offers a specifications upgrade over the original Sprout, coupled with a range of suites. It starts at a price point of $2,199 (roughly Rs. 150,000) and will begin shipping in select regions starting next month. HP surprised everyone […]
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February 6, 2016 India Funding Roundup: Swiggy, Jugnoo, Industrybuying, DailyObjects, Indus OS, Tinystep, CashKaro, Collegedunia
Funding activity seems to have increased in the week following the Startup India event, which saw the announcement of a Rs. 10,000-crore fund. The largest funding round in our latest roundup goes to a food delivery startup, apart from large funding rounds from Omidyar Network and Unilazer Ventures. Jugnoo Auto rickshaw aggregator Jugnoo has raised […]
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February 6, 2016 Spotify Buys Music Social Network Apps Soundwave, Cord Project
Spotify is stepping up the competition against Apple Music and major European rivals Deezer and Tidal with a pair of acquisitions aimed at making it easier to discover and share music with friends. The Swedish music-streaming service has acquired Dublin- based Soundwave, an app downloaded more than 1.5 million times, praised by Apple Inc. co-founder […]
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February 6, 2016 Teewe-Maker Raises $3 Million Funding, to Enter Smartphone Market With Android-Based OS
On the event of its latest funding round, Bengaluru-based Mango Man Consumer Electronics, the makers of HDMI media streaming device Teewe has re-branded itself Creo. The re-branding coincides with the launch of its proprietary Android OS on Thursday. The company launched its website Creosense.com and announced it had raised $3 million (roughly Rs. 20.3 crores) […]
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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 Google Unveils Virtual Tour of Buckingham Palace
Web surfers will be able to peek into the gilded interiors of Queen Elizabeth II’s home in a new virtual reality tour launched by Google on Wednesday. Buckingham Palace, the queen’s primary residence, has opened its doors to the tech giant for 360-degree photos of some of its richly-decorated rooms. The tour can be viewed […]
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February 6, 2016 Apple’s Music Memos App Makes It Easier to Jot Down Song Ideas; GarageBand Gets an Update
Apple realises that many people use its Voice Memos app on their iPhone to record ideas for songs, and perhaps that’s why it is now giving these users a standalone app for the task. On Wednesday, the Cupertino-based company released Music Memos. On the sidelines, Apple also updated GarageBandmusic suite. Apple has had the GarageBand […]
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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 Mozilla Co-Founder Brendan Eich Unveils Ad-Blocking Browser ‘Brave’
Brave Software, a startup spearheaded by Mozilla co-founder and former CEO Brendan Eich – also known as the creator of JavaScript, has launched an early version of a new Web browser. The browser blocks intrusive advertisements, the kinds that slow the performance and the loading speed of a website. It also restricts the loading of […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 Google Chrome to Soon Get Faster and Less Resource Intensive With Brotli
If you think Google Chrome doesn’t load webpages fast enough for you, that could change soon. Google’s flagship Web browser will soon implement Brotli, a new algorithm that offers better compression, leading to lighter webpages and faster loading. You can test the feature on a Chrome beta build available via the Canary channel. Ilya Grigorik, […]
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February 6, 2016 Housing.com Secures Rs. 100 Crores in Fresh Funding From SoftBank
Japan-based SoftBank has invested an additional Rs. 100 crores in Housing.com to drive the growth of the realty portal. Announcing the fresh funding, Mumbai-based Housing.com said that “it has secured a fresh round of funding from SoftBank, its largest investor”. “The new Rs. 100 crores infusion will well-capitalise the company to drive its new strategy […]
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February 6, 2016 Hike Messenger Claims Over 100 Million Users
Mobile messaging app Hike claimed on Thursday that it has over 100 million users on its platform, with a monthly messaging volume of over 40 billion messages. The company claimed that Hike has doubled the number of messages in five months, and has added over 30 million users since October 2015. “Hike has emerged as […]
