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NEWS 
April 7, 2016 Stunning Jain manuscripts from the 13th century go online
Image credit: via www.jainpedia.org/ The Jain manuscripts currently in the British Library collections have a long history and were formerly held by two distinct institutions, the British Museum and the India Office Library. Built over a period of more than two-and-a-half centuries, from the earliest acquisitions of 1753 (in the British Museum’s Sloane and Harley collections), […]
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CLOTHING 
April 7, 2016 The emperor’s clothes: BJP files police complaint against journalist whose tweet mocked Modi
“Every joke is a tiny revolution,” observed British novelist George Orwell in 1945 with characteristic perspicacity. People have always mocked the powerful, either through prose, poetry, theatre or – most brutally – jokes about their body functions. To these analogue forms of humour, we’ve now added more digital equivalents – for example, thiscompilation of 24 […]
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NEWS 
April 5, 2016 Stand on Mars Without Leaving the Office: How Nasa Is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens
At its global unveil, Microsoft demonstrated how the HoloLens – its augmented reality headset – could significantly improve our gaming and design experience. But, of course, the application of its well-praised HoloLens isn’t limited to just these spheres. Later in the same year, Nasa partnered with Microsoft to form a joint venture called “Sidekick” to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Samsung Gear VR Update Brings WebVR Support to the Headset
Samsung, after having a dedicated Web browser for its Gear VR headset, is now expanding the wearable device’s coverage by adding experimental support for WebVR, a work-in-progress standard for virtual reality devices to access VR content in browsers. This comes as a part of Samsung Internet for Gear VR 1.0 update, which until now was […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 4, 2016 Meet the Laptop With 64GB RAM, 5TB SSD, and 6 USB Ports
If the current lineup of high-end laptops in the market isn’t cutting it for you, Eurocom’s new offering may interest you. The Canadian computer manufacturer has launched its Sky X9W laptop, a ‘mobile workstation’ upgrade to its already impressive Sky X9 that it released in October last year. Much like many other good things in […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 3, 2016 Hewlett-Packard Job Cuts Reflect the Toppling of a Tech Giant
Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision to cut payroll by as many as 33,300 more jobs is the latest reminder of the decline of a pillar of the U.S. computer industry and underscores Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman’s urgent efforts to gird the company against nimbler rivals. It was just seven years ago that Hewlett-Packard almost doubled its […]
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CLOTHING 
April 2, 2016 An Israeli fashion reporter’s journey to the dark side of the clothing industry
Jobless masses who once worked in developing countries’ textile industries, unmitigated waste and severe damage to the environment are among the destruction wreaked by the global fashion industry. A conversation with fashion reporter-turned-sustainability vigilante Michal Arbel-Levy. read more: http://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium-1.712038Michal Arbel-Levy, you were fashion reporter for the mass-circulation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth for four years. What made […]
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NEWS 
April 1, 2016 The $2.6 billion buying binge that felled SunEdison
SunEdison is the only US-based developer inching toward bankruptcy protection. Photo: New York: Just nine months ago, SunEdison Inc. was Wall Street’s favourite clean-energy company. It sopped up every dollar it could come by to finance a breathtaking buying binge of wind and solar farms, and in the process became the world’s largest renewable-energy company. […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 1, 2016 Delivery start-ups explore additional income streams
Hyperlocal delivery start-ups, including food-tech and logistics companies, together garnered $270 million in funding in 2015, but the sector has also seen a massive correction in the form of closure. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint With investors turning increasingly cautious, hyperlocal delivery start-ups are exploring additional revenue streams such as advertisements and promotions to try and mitigate […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 1, 2016 Start-up deals of the day
True Balance is a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account. Photo: Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance New Delhi: SoftBank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 Hewlett-Packard Job Cuts Reflect the Toppling of a Tech Giant
Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision to cut payroll by as many as 33,300 more jobs is the latest reminder of the decline of a pillar of the U.S. computer industry and underscores Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman’s urgent efforts to gird the company against nimbler rivals. It was just seven years ago that Hewlett-Packard almost doubled its […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 Amazon India Festive Sale: The Big Offers From Day One
Amazon’s Great Indian Festive sale has begun. As expected, there’s something on offer for everyone. A large number of deals across all possible categories are now live. Here are a few quick tips to help you sail through all Amazon Great Indian Festive sale: 1) Some of the best deals would be available as Lightning […]
