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COMPUTERS 
April 17, 2016 Intel Plans to Cut Thousands of Jobs: Report
Intel Corp is planning to cut thousands of jobs this spring, including reducing headcount in some business units by double-digit percentages, news website Oregonlive said, citing sources inside the company familiar with the plan. The job cuts at the world’s largest chipmaker this year will be considerably larger than the more than 1,100 US jobs […]
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NEWS 
March 26, 2016 Intel Says ‘Tick-Tock’ Strategy Isn’t Working Anymore
Intel will stop following its two-year “tick-tock” development model, according to details contained within a routine report published by the company. The chipmaker’s most recent form 10-K, a financial document filed annually with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, outlines all of its business operations and any details potentially relevant to investors and regulators. […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 22, 2016 Intel Mastermind, Silicon Valley Statesman Andy Grove Dead at 79
Andy Grove, the Silicon Valley elder statesman who made Intel into the world’s top chipmaker and helped usher in the personal computer age, died on Tuesday at age 79, Intel said. The company did not describe the circumstances of his death but Grove, who endured the Nazi occupation of Hungary during World War Two, living […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 19, 2016 Intel Officially Kills Overclocking of Locked CPUs With Microcode Update
Intel has officially pulled the plug on third-party motherboard BIOS tweaks which, for a brief time, allowed people to circumvent the multiplier locks on its less expensive CPUs. Intel has reserved overclocking for its premium 6th-generation ‘Skylake’ Core i5 and i7 processors, but enterprising third parties found ways to push even locked models beyond their […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 19, 2016 Intel SoCs Get Built-in Speech Recognition; May Help Apple Bring Siri to OS X
Intel SoCs will soon have native support for speech recognition features. This capability comes as the chipmaker partners with Sensory, a Silicon Valley-based company focused on machine learning techniques. The announcement further intensifies the speculation about Apple bringing Siri to its OS Xdesktop operating system. Dubbed TrulyHandsfree, the always-on, always-listening voice triggering component and low-power […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Samsung Chromebook 3 With Intel CPU Goes on Sale at $200
Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 3 at CES 2016, the latest entrant in the company’s Chromebook lineup, and promised that the laptop will go on sale soon. The new Chromebook 3 is now available to buy at $200 (approximately Rs. 14,000) via the company’s online store, and is also expected to go on sale via Amazon. […]
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NEWS 
March 10, 2016 Indiamart raises fresh funds from Amadeus Capital, Westbridge and Intel
The company offers a platform and tools to over 1.4 crore buyers to search from over 2.57 crore products and get connected with over 18 lakh suppliers. New Delhi: Indiamart.com, one of the largest online listing platforms for small and medium businesses has raised an undisclosed amount in Series C funding led by Amadeus Capital, […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 9, 2016 Intel to Make ‘Significant Portion’ of the iPhone 7’s LTE Modems: Report
Apple’s next flagship smartphone, expected to be named the iPhone 7, will reportedly have some of its innards made by Intel. According to an analyst at CLSA Securities, Intel has secured orders for a “significant portion” of the cellular modems on Apple’s next-generation iPhone. The analyst adds that Apple isn’t looking to completely cut its […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 25, 2016 Nexus 5X, iPad Air 2, Intel Compute Stick, TVs, and More Tech Deals
This week’s best deals feature a smartphone, tablets, and a PC, apart from other gadgets. 1. Apple iPad Air 2 128GB Wi-Fi and Cellular If you are in the market for the high-end variant of the iPad Air 2, Paytm is offering a cashback of 8% on the 128GB Wi-Fi and Cellular variant. You can […]
