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February 6, 2016 YouTube Ban Lifted in Pakistan After Google Launches Local Version
Pakistan Monday lifted a years-long ban on video-sharing site YouTube after Google launched a country-specific version ensuring the filtering out of content deemed blasphemous. The Supreme Court in 2012 had ordered a ban on the site after the “Innocence of Muslims” was uploaded. The American-made film depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a thuggish deviant and […]
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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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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 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 India Funding Roundup: Silvan, SnapBizz, ShabdaNagari, LocalCircles, Little, Housing, Fisdom, Just Buy Live, Easypolicy
The week following the Startup India event has seen the largest investments going to startups specialised in online insurance, B2B distribution, and e-commerce enablement solutions. Silvan Silvan Innovation Labs, a Bengaluru-based company providing home security and automation products, has reportedly raised Rs 3.5 crores from Chennai Angels. The company will focus on offering its services […]
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February 6, 2016 Skype’s Latest Update Hides IP Addresses by Default
Skype is rolling out an update for all of its apps on desktops and mobiles, adding the ability to hide a user’s IP address. The company says that from now on all Skype users’ IP address will be hidden as a default status in the latest versions of Skype. “Starting with this update to Skype […]
COMPUTERS February 6, 2016 Google Chrome 48 With Multiple Security Fixes Released for Desktop
Google has released the version 48.0.2564.82 of its Chrome browser for Linux, Windows, and OS X. The updated version brings several fixes and improvements on both desktop and mobile devices. The Chrome v48 brings a number of bug fixes most of which were detected using AddressSanitizer, Controle Flow Integrity, and MemorySanitizer codes, says the blog […]
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February 6, 2016 BitTorrent Sync Update Brings Encrypted Folders and More
BitTorrent has released an update for its file synchronisation app called BitTorrent Sync to bump the version up to 2.3 and add a number of features for its users. One of the major additions is the ability to add encryption to a folder. BitTorrent Sync allows users to move files from one device to another […]
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February 1, 2016 Ex machina: are computers to blame for market jitters?
Photo Credit: pixabay 7.2K Total Views Recent turbulence in the share markets has caused some experts to point the finger of culpability at computerised High-Frequency Trading. There are few complaints about HFT when computers push share markets up, but in the ebbing tide of today’s markets, it’s blamed both for exaggerating the share market dive […]
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February 1, 2016 Google’s AI just cracked the game that supposedly no computer could beat
Computers have slowly started to encroach on activities we previously believed only the brilliantly sophisticated human brain could handle. IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat Grand Master Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, and in 2011 IBM’s Watson beat former human winners at the quiz game Jeopardy. But the ancient board game Go has long been […]
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February 1, 2016 Dell launches products in Chandigarh
Dell India has launched new products in Chandigarh. Built to optimise Windows 8, the XPS 12 convertible (Laptop), Latitude 10 tablet, Latitude 6430u Ultrabook, and the OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One with touch controls were launched on Wednesday. According to the computer major, the product range has been specially designed to provide the next wave of computing […]
COMPUTERS February 1, 2016 Samsung rolls out Chromebook2 with full-HD
Samsung has reportedly rolled out its new range ofChromebook 2 with full HD screen. The successor to Series 3 Chromebook, which was launched last March, the Chromebook2 has upgraded to better 2.1-GHz Exynos 5 octa-core processor. According to PC World, the new Chromebook 2 is being offered in 11.6-inch display and 13.3-inch with full HD […]
