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October 30, 2016 Google Assistant Gets IFTTT Support; Makes Voice Commands on Pixel, Google Home More Powerful
Google unveiled its smart home speaker called Google Home at its Made by Google event on October 4. The speaker, like the Google Pixel smartphones, is powered by the Google Assistant. At the time of launch, Google Home did not have many integrations to work with, but that should change when the Assistant SDK becomes […]
NEWS October 14, 2016 Google Gets More Time to Counter EU Antitrust Charge on Android
Google Gets More Time to Counter EU Antitrust Charge on Android Alphabet’s Google has been given an extra three weeks to respond to EU antitrust charges that it abused its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The US tech giant had been due to file a […]
COMPUTERS September 25, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
NEWS September 19, 2016 Instagram Stories Gets Slide to Zoom Feature
Facebook-owned Instagram has provided the first update to its Stories feature where users can now zoom in while recording videos and have the option to switch between the front- and rear-facing cameras. Instagram recently announced its Stories format that clones Snapchat’s popular feature. In Instagram Stories, a set of moments are created that will appear […]
NEWS September 1, 2016 WhatsApp for iPhone Gets a Voicemail Feature That’s Identical to Voice Message
WhatsApp for iPhone Gets a Voicemail Feature That’s Identical to Voice Message HIGHLIGHTS Feature is available on WhatsApp v2.16.8 for iPhone WhatsApp for Android saw the feature in beta last month It’s not known when the feature will arrive on the Android app Following its appearance in the beta version of Android last month, WhatsApp’s […]
COMPUTERS August 29, 2016 CSC-HP Merger Deal Gets Approval From Competition Commission of India
Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) with Hewlett Packard’s enterprise services segment, a deal that would create one of the world’s leading pure play IT services companies. Both entities have presence in India. Under the deal,announced in May, CSC would merge with Everett Spinco – a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]
NEWS August 8, 2016 Trak N Tell gets funding from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton
Bits N Bytes Soft, which operates as ‘Trak N Tell’, creates products to ensure safety of passengers while travelling in their vehicle via use of telematics and connected car technologies. New Delhi: Gurgaon-based car telematics solutions start-up ‘Trak N Tell’ has raised an undisclosed sum from a group of investors, led by WhatsApp co-founder Brian […]
NEWS August 8, 2016 Ola gets notice from Karnataka govt on complaints over peak hour charges
On 1 June, the state transport department gave an undertaking to court not to impound Ola. Photo: Mint Bengaluru: Barely a month after cab aggregator Ola received a permit under the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules 2016, the state transport department has issued a show cause notice to the company over complaints of charging […]
COMPUTERS August 7, 2016 Opera for Desktops Gets Easy Tab Muting, Improved Customisation, and More
After launching Opera Mini v14.0.2 for Android last month, Opera Software has now released version 35 of its desktop browser application for Windows, Linux, and OS X. The updated browser includes new features, the highlight of which is the easy muting of a single or multiple tabs. Opera desktop browser v35 now lets users not […]
NEWS August 6, 2016 Dilshad Garden-Ghaziabad Section Of Metro Work Gets Stuck
The proposed Dilshad Garden-New Bus Stand (Ghaziabad) Metro extension is 9.60-km elevated section having eight stations. (File photo) GHAZIABAD: The DMRC’s project to extend the Metro rail from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad has got stuck due to alleged delay in clearance of a file for the last six months. “The […]
COMPUTERS August 2, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
