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March 18, 2016 Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 Hybrid With Windows 10 Launched at MWC 2016
Huawei at its pre-MWC 2016 on Sunday announced that it is entering the PC business. The Chinese conglomerate unveiled its MateBook, its first 2-in-1, or laptop-tablet hybrid. The retail price of the MateBook starts at $699 (roughly Rs. 48,000). The MateBook runs Windows 10 Pro. The MateBook, which has a metal unibody, resembles the Microsoft’s […]
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March 17, 2016 Twitch’s New Initiative Aims to Put Game Streaming at the Centre of Everything
Since launch four years ago, live streaming video platform Twitch has become a popular way for millions to get their gaming fix by watching others plough through new releases and hear their narration. Now Twitch wants to take that a step further, and influence game development itself with its new initiative called “Stream First”. “In […]
COMPUTERS March 17, 2016 Razer Blade 2016 With Upgraded Specs, Lighter Weight Launched at GDC 2016
Razer earlier this year launched Blade Stealth notebook for gamers with high-end specifications. After a couple of months at the onset of Game Developer Conference 2016, it now has launched the fifth edition of its Blade gaming laptop with upgraded innards, a lighter weight, and lower price. The new Blade laptop comes in two configurations […]
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March 16, 2016 Changing gears at India’s start-ups
The Morgan Stanley markdown brings Flipkart’s valuation down to about $11 billion from the $15.2 billion the company claimed when it raised its last round of funds. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint In late October, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley, speaking to The Wall Street Journal about technology start-up valuations, said, “All these private valuations are […]
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March 16, 2016 The correction underway at India’s start-ups space
Morgan Stanley’s filing comes nearly two months after Flipkart appointed co-founder Binny Bansal (right) as its new chief executive officer, replacing Sachin Bansal, who became executive chairman. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint On 29 July 2014, when Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, said it had raised $1 billion in funding, the world sat up and took notice. […]
ALL DEALS March 12, 2016 AAP Government to Pilot Free Public Wi-Fi Facility at Sant Nagar Market
As per its vision to provide free Wi-Fi at markets in Delhi, the AAP government has decided to launch a three-month pilot project for it. The government will launch the service at Sant Nagar Market area in north Delhi’s Burari on March 15 and users will be able to download 50MB data every day free […]
NEWS March 12, 2016 Calligrapher monk Robert Palladino, who inspired Mac typography, dies at 83
Father Palladino, a Roman Catholic priest who learned the art of calligraphy as a Trappist monk, inspired the transformative typefaces used in Apple’s first machines, and by extension the modern personal computer. Prior to Mac, computers and operating systems used fonts and typesets that boasted all the artistic appeal of an IBM punchcard. As reported […]
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March 12, 2016 Reliance Jio to offer free Wi-Fi at 6 stadiums for T20 World Cup
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio will offer free Wi-Fi services during the T20 World Cup across six stadiums in the country. The services, under the name JioNet, would be available to the spectators of the cricket matches in Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, IS […]
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March 12, 2016 Panasonic launches T50 smartphone at Rs 4,990
Panasonic on Thursday, introduced the T50 based on the company’s SAIL interface. It will be available at a price of Rs 4,900 in Midnight Blue, Rose Gold, Champagne Gold colour variants, the company said in a statement. The device features a 4.5-inch FWVGA display with 480 x 854 pixels resolution. Under the hood, it houses […]
ELECTRONICS March 12, 2016 Indie Film ‘Creative Control’ Looks at the Near Future of Personal VR
What does technology look like five minutes in the future? It’s a question that’s on a lot of artists’ minds lately. Whether it’s the Siri-like companion in Spike Jonze’s ‘Her,’ a beautiful AI in Alex Garland’s ‘Ex Machina’ or the ability to instantly rewind and project memories in the “Black Mirror” episode of TV’s ‘The […]
ALL DEALS March 11, 2016 Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to offer start-up tips at IIT-B on 19 January
At IIT-Bombay, Travis Kalanick will speak to entrepreneur hopefuls on how to build a business, drawing parallels from his own entrepreneurial journey, and “what it takes to build the world’s fastest-growing start-up”. Photo: AFP Mumbai: Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and chief executive officer of taxi-hailing service Uber Inc., the most valuable start-up, will be in […]
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March 11, 2016 Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1, FZ-N1 Rugged Smartphones Launched at MWC 2016
Panasonic on Monday unveiled two new Toughpad handheld devices – the Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 – at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Android-powered Panasonic Toughpad FZ-N1 will be initially available as a Wi-Fi model in March at an estimated street price of $1,499 (approximately Rs. 103,000) while the voice model will be launched […]
