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NEWS 
April 30, 2022 Will virtual reality finally break out in 2020?
Maybe this will be the year virtual reality goes mainstream. If we say it enough times we’ll be right eventually, yeah? But it really does feel like 2020 might be the year. Four years into consumer virtual reality, I finally feel excited again. The hardware is great, and cheaper than ever before. The games are […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 17, 2019 Are computers finally able to understand the subtleties of language?
We are more comfortable with the idea of talking to machines than ever before. That is due mainly to the growing popularity of smart speakers and virtual assistants, such as Google Home, Amazon Echo and Apple’s Siri. Indeed, as they have proven capable of carrying out tasks such as playing music and setting alarms, we have been happy to ask them to do so. But […]
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ALL DEALS 
July 21, 2017 SoftBank’s Son Finally Explains How All Those Deals Fit Together
Masayoshi Son has had a busy year even by the standards of Japan’s most prolific investor. On Thursday in Tokyo, he took time to explain how it all fits together. In the past six months, SoftBank Group Corp. has invested in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving. The 59-year-old […]
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ALL DEALS 
July 20, 2017 SoftBank’s Son Finally Explains How All Those Deals Fit Together
Masayoshi Son has had a busy year even by the standards of Japan’s most prolific investor. On Thursday in Tokyo, he took time to explain how it all fits together. In the past six months, SoftBank Group Corp. has invested in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving. The 59-year-old […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 11, 2017 Finally, Mobile Live Video Streaming Comes to YouTube
Six years after YouTube featured live-streaming for desktops in 2011, the company finally decided to bring the app to mobile. YouTubers around the world have been waiting for this feature since the company announced it in June of 2016. It is here, but with a caveat. You need more than 10,000 followers to use the […]
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NEWS 
December 7, 2016 Will Google Finally See Coupon Success With Latitude?
After testing it out in Austin during SXSW, Google has rolled out Google Latitude Check-In offers nationwide, teaming up with partners like American Eagle, Macy’s and Quiznos to let users “unlock” offers all around the United States. It may not seem like revolutionary news with all the activity in the offers/deals space as of late, […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 4, 2016 Microsoft Finally Admits You Don’t Need Amazon, Flipkart, or Snapdeal to Buy an Xbox One in India
Microsoft Finally Admits You Don’t Need Amazon, Flipkart, or Snapdeal to Buy an Xbox One in India HIGHLIGHTS The Xbox One is now available offline officially This could be a move before announcing the Xbox One S for India No price drop for the Xbox One in India has been confirmed yet For most part […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 24, 2016 Microsoft Finally Admits You Don’t Need Amazon, Flipkart, or Snapdeal to Buy an Xbox One in India
HIGHLIGHTS The Xbox One is now available offline officially This could be a move before announcing the Xbox One S for India No price drop for the Xbox One in India has been confirmed yet For most part of the Xbox One’s lifecycle in India, the console has been exclusive to Amazon India. Last year, […]
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ALL DEALS 
September 2, 2016 Instagram Finally Lets You Zoom in on Photos and Videos
Instagram Finally Lets You Zoom in on Photos and Videos HIGHLIGHTS It’s arrived on Instagram’s latest iOS app version Pinch to zoom feature will roll out to Android users in ‘coming weeks’ Zooming on photos or videos will make them look gross There have been a lot of requests to add a much-wanted zoom feature […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 13, 2016 Foxconn Finally Seals Sharp Takeover Deal for $3.5 Billion
Taiwan’s tech giant Hon Hai said Wednesday it had finally sealed a takeover of Japanese electronics maker Sharp in a “historic” deal worth JPY 389 billion ($3.5 billion or roughly Rs. 23,222 crores). It is the first foreign acquisition of a major Japanese electronics firm and comes after weeks of delays, with Hon Hai buying […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 11, 2016 Xbox One Is Finally Available at Local Game Stores in India
HIGHLIGHTS You can now buy the Xbox One at local game stores. These are official units with warranty from Microsoft. Microsoft India appears to be unaware of this. Almost two months ago we spotted Xbox One exclusive games like Halo 5 on the store shelves with retailers telling us the Xbox One console itself will […]
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NEWS 
July 27, 2016 Is Google Play Music Finally Coming to India?
HIGHLIGHTS Individual songs listed at Rs. 15 each; entire album listed for Rs. 95 App will compete against iTunes and local competitors like Saavn and Hungama YouTube Red might be making its way to India as well It seems likely that Google might finally be bringing Play Music to India as several Reddit users have […]
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