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NEWS 
March 9, 2016 Oppo R9, R9 Plus Camera-Focused Smartphones Set to Launch on March 17
Oppo since last week has been teasing the Oppo R9 and the Oppo R9 Plus camera-focused smartphones in China. It has also been posting teasers on its Weibo account touting the handsets’ VOOC fast charging. However, it has finally posted an image confirming when it will be launching the duo. The Chinese tech firm, as […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 9, 2016 US Appeals Ruling on Accessing Data in New York iPhone Case
Calling a New York judge’s ruling “an unprecedented limitation” on judicial authority, the Justice Department asked a Brooklyn federal court on Monday to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn’t required to pry open a locked iPhone. The government’s 45-page brief comes a week after US Magistrate Judge James Orenstein issued his decision in […]
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NEWS 
March 9, 2016 China Criticises US Restrictions on Telecom Giant ZTE
China on Tuesday criticised a move by Washington to slap restrictions on one of the country’s biggest telecommunications equipment companies, ZTE, for violating US trade sanctions on Iran. The US Commerce Department said ZTE Corp. and related companies set up a scheme to circumvent sanctions and “illicitly export” controlled items to Iran, violating US laws. […]
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March 8, 2016 Flipkart bets on large appliances to power next stage of growth
Flipkart started selling large appliances again in early 2014, nearly a year after it was forced to withdraw these products because of customer complaints about late deliveries and poor quality of products. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: India’s largest e-commerce firm Flipkart Ltd is banking on sales of high-priced products such as television sets, refrigerators and […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 4, 2016 Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale Day 4: What’s on Offer
It’s the fourth day of the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale, and while the madness of day 3 might be behind us, there are still plenty of deals on popular electronics. Friday’s best offers include deals on tablets, audio equipment, laptops, and more. But before we get into the deals, here are some tips: 1) […]
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March 4, 2016 Kae Capital raises $30 mn for fund focused on local start-ups
Kae Capital founder and MD Sasha Mirchandani. New Delhi: Kae Capital, which invests in early-stage companies, has raised $30 million from existing and new investors as part of its second fund. The firm will be raising an additional $10 million soon, said Sasha Mirchandani, founder and managing director of Kae Capital, on Thursday. He declined […]
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NEWS 
March 4, 2016 Why Morgan Stanley’s action on Flipkart is bad news for Indian unicorns
Given that Flipkart is expected to list its shares in the US at some point over the next few years, the valuation estimates of the mutual funds will be an important indicator of how stock market investors will value the company. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru/New Delhi: Late last month, Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd, the country’s […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 3, 2016 Apple Bricks Ethernet Port on Some Macs With OS X Update, Here’s How to Fix It
If your Mac isn’t connecting to the Internet, you can blame Apple for that. The Cupertino-based company has admitted that a recent update to the operating system rendered the Ethernet port on the machine useless for at least some people. The company has explained on the support website about how one can fix the glitch. […]
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March 2, 2016 Now a reality show on start-ups
Photo: iStock Hyderabad: A European start-up accelerator is bringing together two modern-day trends—start-ups and reality shows—to launch what could be the world’s first reality show on start-ups. It will be aired online on Spark10.tv, named after the accelerator that’s starting the web-based reality television show launching in April-May. Spark10 is India’s first European accelerator and […]
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March 2, 2016 Businesses are built on burning ambition. But don’t burn at both ends
I am 28. I have just raised the first round of venture capital for my e-commerce company. It is a heady feeling. But as the high-fives are settling down, please tell us the things we should keep in mind, what must be done to take the company to the next round of funding and 20x […]
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February 25, 2016 Apple’s Failed Retail Revolution: Beacons Still Won’t Be Big on Black Friday
Hari Gottipati, an independent tech consultant, saw the future of shopping in 2013. In its annual update to the software for its mobile devices, Apple had just made it possible for its phones to allow super-precise location services-and that would be a major coup for the staid world of coupons. While the global positioning system […]
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February 24, 2016 Apple Fight On iPhone Access Extends To Other Cases
Apple has been locked in a legal and public relations battle with the government in the California case. (AFP Photo) WASHINGTON: Apple is battling the US government over accessing locked devices in at least 10 cases around the country, in addition to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show. The […]
