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NEWS 
March 21, 2016 Quantum Break Runs at 720p on the Xbox One: Report
Quantum Break is out on April 5 on Windows 10 PC and Xbox One. In the build up to its release we’ve seen a steady stream of details about the time-manipulating shooter emerge. One such piece of information is the game’s resolution. According to a presentation made by the game’s developer, Remedy Entertainment at Siggraph […]
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NEWS 
March 19, 2016 Foxconn CEO Says Agreed With Sharp on Most Points of a Takeover Deal
Taiwan’s Foxconn is aiming to finalise a deal to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp by the end of the month, after the two firms reached a consensus on most points, Foxconn Chief Executive Officer Terry Gou said. Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, has been given preferred negotiating rights and most remaining issues […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 19, 2016 Toshiba Says Cooperating With US on ‘Accounting Problem’
Toshiba’s American units are cooperating with US authorities over alleged accounting irregularities, the embattled firm said Friday, a day after its shares tumbled on a report it was under investigation. The company has been roiled by a profit-padding scandal, in which high-handed bosses for years systematically pushed their subordinates to cover-up weak financial figures. Toshiba, […]
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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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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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COMPUTERS 
March 16, 2016 I Played Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Windows 10 So You Don’t Have To
Microsoft wowed the world at E3 2015 as it promised to bring some of its more popular games to PCs. The first of these was Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Since then, we’ve seen leaks and confirmations of PC release of time-manipulating shooter Quantum Break, and one-time Xbox exclusive Forza 6. Rumours of Gears of […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 16, 2016 Start Your Business Off on the Right Foot With These 10 Tips
Getting into a new business venture is an incredibly complicated process. So you need to start with the basics and work your way up from there. Below is a collection of some tips from members of the small business community about the basics you need to start your business off on the right foot. Learn […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 16, 2016 Nursery admissions: HC seeks Delhi govt’s reply on management quota case
In a bid to make the admissions process transparent, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on 6 January scrapped management quota and all other quotas with the exception of a 25% for economically weaker sections. Photo: HT New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government on two petitions brought on […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 Uber starts to lease cars to its drivers on the lines of Ola
Photo: Bloomberg Ride-hailing company Uber has started leasing cars to drivers in India, borrowing a page from the play book of its larger rival Ola, as it seeks to expand market share. The leasing programme, aimed at attracting more drivers to its platform, is being tested in select cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 Airbnb to let neighbours give feedback on hosts
A file photo shows employees working in an Airbnb office in Paris. Photo: AFP Tokyo/San Francisco: Airbnb Inc. will soon give people renting out rooms and homes through its website a better way to find out how the strangers showing up at their properties are behaving. A new tool will let neighbours weigh in with […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 App Annie bets on Southeast Asia, India to capture smartphone surge
App Annie—derived from App Nanny, to imply it takes care of all things app—is mostly unknown outside of tech circles yet counts the biggest names in the industry among its customers. Singapore: A Singaporean shophouse may seem an unlikely symbol of Asia’s mobile boom. Yet one muggy evening in March, about a hundred people packed […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 15, 2016 Why University Spin Offs Need Engineers on the Founding Team
Recently a team of graduate students came to me to talk about a company they were planning to start. They had an option to license a university invention that used would detect heavy metal ions in water. They had clearly researched the idea and had identified a market. They would sell sensors to companies required […]
