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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Chrome OS 49 Update Now Available; Brings Material Redesign, and More
Google started releasing the stable version of the Chrome 49 browser earlier this month (OS X, Windows, and Linux) as well as Android devices. Now, Chrome OS 49 with build 49.0.2623.95 is now available for all Chrome OS devices. Announcing the new stable build Chrome OS 49 build, Josafat Garcia, Technical Program Manager atGoogle (Chrome) […]
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NEWS 
March 17, 2016 Fallout 4’s First DLC ‘Automatron’ Has a Release Date and Price
Post-apocalyptic role-playing game and one of our favourite titles of last year, Fallout 4 is getting its first piece of downloadable content (DLC) next week. It’s called Automatron and will be available on March 22. The premise has you squaring off against a horde of evil robots that torment the Commonwealth courtesy of a new […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 17, 2016 Microsoft Is Training AI With Minecraft, and Soon You Can Help Too
Some of Microsoft’s top minds have been training a computer to make it understand the concept of learning by way of playing Minecraft, and the software giant now wants your help. “We’re trying to program it to learn, as opposed to programming it to accomplish specific tasks,” Fernando Diaz, a senior researcher at the company’s […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 17, 2016 Sony Reveals PlayStation VR Price, Release Date, and Specifications
Sony finally announced the release month, price, and specifications of its PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset at its PS VR event at the Game Developers Conference 2016 (GDC 2016). The contender to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift will be available for $399 in the US, 399 Euros in Europe, GBP 349 in the UK and […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 17, 2016 FreeCharge to Roll Out ‘Chat and Pay’ Feature On Thursday
Mobile wallet and digital payments player FreeCharge announced Wednesday the launch of its ‘Çhat and Pay’ feature, which the company said enables social payments between users and merchants. The chat-based payments interface will let merchants accept payments using the FreeCharge app in under a minute of registration,merchants will also be able to upgrade their payment […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 17, 2016 India Funding Roundup: A Home Tutoring Marketplace, Rickshaw Advertising Startup, and More
Our latest funding roundup compiles seed and late stage investments in Indian startups engaged in tech-based recruitment, tutor aggregation, fashion discovery, home services, and more. WorkIndia Recruitment marketplace WorkIndia founded by a group of IIT/ IIM alumni recently announced Wednesday that it had secured an undisclosed sum in funding from Beenext, a Singapore-based early stage […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 16, 2016 The Weekend Chill: The Division, Creed, and More
A lot happened this week on the cultural side of things, especially on a busy Wednesday that spanned the music, book, and film world. Chief among those was the death of Sir George Martin, aged 90, producer of the Beatles and long regarded as “the fifth Beatle” himself. Meanwhile, JK Rowling – the famous author […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 16, 2016 Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch, Android N Beta, and More News From This Week
Since we last met, a lot has happened in the world of personal technology. From Apple’s ongoing battle with the FBI, to the new legal tug-and-war on call drop penalties, it has been an exciting week for tech enthusiasts in India and across the world. Possibly the biggest news of the week was the launch […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 What is the Difference Between a Mentor and Coach?
More often than not, mentoring and coaching are used interchangeably in the business context. That’s why at many organizations, a mentor is expected to undertake coaching responsibilities as well. But despite what most people might think, there is a big difference between a mentor and a coach. If you are wondering how these two roles differ […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 16, 2016 What’s common to Hitler and company budgets
The obsession that once a budget is set it’s sacrosanct, is akin to Hitler’s ‘withdrawal is superfluous’ doctrine. Photo: Getty Images The last quarter of every year is epochal for two reasons: one, everyone believes that the world is coming to an end on 31 March and the budgeted numbers that could not be met […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 Education start-up FlipClass raises $1 million from S. Chand and Blume Ventures
The Bengaluru-based firm had in 2014 raised about $250,000 in funding from LetsVenture, an online fund-raising platform. Bangalore: FlipClass (run by Gyankosh Solutions Pvt Ltd), an education start-up that operates a marketplace for home tutors, on Monday said it has raised $1 million in funding from S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd, a publisher of […]
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NEWS 
March 14, 2016 50 To-Do List Apps and Solutions
Thanks to the different hats they wear, many small business owners struggle with task management. In fact, more than half of small business owners (PDF) worry about, “Having enough time”. If you want your small business to succeed and grow (without driving you crazy), you need to get a handle on the whole task management thing. […]
