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ELECTRONICS 
March 27, 2016 How to Experience Virtual Reality Without an Expensive Headset
Hollywood studios, news outlets and consumer brands are all dabbling with virtual reality. Many everyday folks will soon join them using 360-degree cameras coming soon from Samsung and LG. But headsets to view VR video can cost more than $1,000 once you include a high-end personal computer with fast-enough graphics. And while smartphone makers are […]
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March 11, 2016 Start-up studies: Learning to be an entrepreneur
IIM-B is ready to make entrepreneurship education part of its flagship PG programme from the coming academic year. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Two years into her job in a leading information technology (IT) company, Varsha Ramachandran, 27, got bored and decided to quit for a creative career—a start-up that would help organizations and companies “redefine green […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 OnePlus One Gets an Ubuntu OS ROM
OnePlus might “Never Settle” for playing along with other brands. The Android OEM that has already made an iPhone case is this time collaborating with Canonical to bring the Ubuntu OS (formerly Ubuntu Touch OS) to the OnePlus One. Not only did OnePlus announce the news on its forum for the OnePlus One, but also […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 9, 2016 Does an Extremist’s iPhone Contain a ‘Cyber Pathogen’?
A local prosecutor has offered an unusual justification for forcing Apple to help hack an iPhone used by a San Bernardino mass killer: The phone might have been “used as a weapon” to introduce malicious software to county computer systems. San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos acknowledged to The Associated Press that there’s no […]
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March 3, 2016 I will believe in e-commerce model when they sell at an economical price: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
A file photo of investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Mumbai: What do you get when you put the man who pioneered modern or organized retailing in India, the country’s top value investor, and the poster boy of its ongoing e-commerce boom together? Answer: An entertaining and lively panel discussion with no shortage of either […]
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NEWS 
February 29, 2016 Capillary Tech invests an undisclosed amount in WebEngage
Capillary, one of India’s most valuable enterprise start-ups having raised about $80 million in venture funding so far. Bengaluru: Capillary Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which offers customer relationship management software and marketing analytics for retailers, has invested an undisclosed amount to buy a stake in business analytics start-up WebEngage. The move to pick up a stake […]
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NEWS 
February 28, 2016 The iota Lite by Cube26 Is an Affordable Smart Bulb
Thanks to cartoons like The Jetsons on Cartoon Network, we’ve grown up with the idea of a future home where all gadgets are connected and smarter than anything we’re used to right now. Whether it’s food at the press of a button, lights that know your schedule and switch on and off on their own, […]
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February 26, 2016 Eight Smartphone Features That Deserve an Award
Yearly software refreshes to mobile operating systems like iOS and Android, along with the constant app updates by developers means that there’s barely any time to stop and think about the amazing convenience our phones bring to us today. There aren’t any formal awards for small features in phones that nonetheless make a big impact, […]
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February 18, 2016 Red cards in cricket: An idea whose time has come
Photo Credit: Saeed Khan / AFP 13.2K Total Views Cricket is often called the “gentleman’s game” but the reality is sometimes rather different. If the game conjured up romantic images of idyllic village greens and players clad in pristine white upholding the “spirit of the game” (whatever that means), it has metamorphosed into a multi-billion […]
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February 15, 2016 As the city’s young move out for studies or jobs, an industry is taking their place to take care of the senior citizens left behind.
Photo Credit: Rana Chakraborty 31.4K Total Views A drive down Kolkata’s spine, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass that connects the north and south, will tell you what the city is really worried about. Between signboards advertising new-age condominiums, five-star hotels and schools with “world class” facilities are a number of ads by hospitals and pharma companies […]
