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    Meet Square Stand, an iPad holder that lets business accept credit cards

    Meet Square Stand, an iPad holder that lets business accept credit cards Square Inc, a closely watched payment-processing company, made a significant push into the hardware business on Tuesday, unveiling a new credit-card reader that it claimed could be the centerpiece of the next-generation checkout counter. At a press event in a sunlit San Francisco […]

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    Nanotech Startup Behind ‘Dunkable’ Phone Tech Explores Asian IPO

    Nanotech Startup Behind ‘Dunkable’ Phone Tech Explores Asian IPO P2i, a technology spin-off from Britain’s Ministry of Defence, is looking to raise as much as 10 million pounds ($17 million) from Singapore investors as it readies the launch of its “Dunkable” or waterproof technology for smartphones and tablets. The fundraising by the nanotechnology company follows […]

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    Xiaomi India Claims It Sold Half a Million Smartphones in 3 Days

    Xiaomi India Claims It Sold Half a Million Smartphones in 3 Days HIGHLIGHTS The company sold Xiaomi and Redmi devices during the festive season sales The Redmi 3S was the top-selling product on Flipkart Last month, the Redmi Note 3 became the bestselling online phone in India The October festive sales in the country have […]

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    Apple-Samsung Mobile Patent Dispute to Be Heard by US Supreme Court

    HIGHLIGHTS US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday Samsung paid Apple $548.2 million last December Apple has said Samsung was properly penalized for ripping off its work After five years of litigation, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in the bitter patent dispute between the world’s two top smartphone manufacturers over […]

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    India Among Top Five Countries Using Workplace by Facebook

    Buoyed by the positive response from over 1,000 companies that are currently using Workplace(formerly known as Facebook at Work), the company has announced to make the app available to all. This means you can chat with a colleague across the world in real time, host a virtual brainstorm in a Group or follow along with […]

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    With Touch ID, Apple fires biometrics into the mainstream

    With Touch ID, Apple fires biometrics into the mainstream By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc is offering a tantalising glimpse of a future where your favourite gadget might become a biometric pass to the workplace, mobile commerce or real-world shopping and events. Although Apple’s executives said at Tuesday’s launch […]

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    Microsoft Working to Bring Cortana to Your Car

    We last saw Microsoft showing its ‘Windows in the Car’ concept during last year’s Build Developer conference in April. The concept was at that time in its early stages. However, the firm this year has demonstrated an upgraded version of its in-car concept featuring Cortana. The Redmond-based tech giant has separately announced a pilot programme […]