Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Monday appealed people to register or update their mobile numbers in Aadhaar for easy access of various government services online. “People can avail various government services online from the comfort of their home or from wherever they are in a hassle-free manner by using their Aadhaar – the unique and non-repudiable identifier,” UIDAI CEO ... Read More »
Google on Tuesday unveiled a set of enhanced features to bring alive the Olympic mood among Indian fans which will help them to know more about their favourite athletes and sports disciplines. On Google, when you search for “Olympics” or a similar query, an in-depth search result will be displayed at the top of the Search page or in your ... Read More »
E-commerce major Snapdeal has set up six mega logistics hubs across Delhi-NCR and other cities to strengthen its warehousing and delivery operations ahead of the festive season. The new centres, 3 in Delhi-NCR and one each in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Kolkata, will allow Snapdeal to deliver products faster as it competes head-on against rivals likeFlipkart and Amazon. Snapdeal did not ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Philips announces range of health products meant for home-use Product line-up includes watch, thermometer and blood pressure monitor The products will work with Philips’ HealthSuite app In a move that is unlikely to come as a surprise to anyone, healthcare industry’s tech giant Philips has announced a range of smart products aimed at tracking your various health parameters. The ... Read More »
Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users, the largest known breach of the encrypted communications system, cyber researchers told Reuters. The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people ... Read More »
To create an ecosystem for various modes of communication like e-mail and website addresses in Indian scripts, the government will provide complimentary ‘.bharat’ domain name available for one year on purchase of ‘.in’. “We have written to registrar for providing one year complimentary web address with ‘.bharat’ (available in Devanagari and other Indian scripts) when a person registers a ‘.in’ ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Samsung Cloud backup and restore service was unveiled Tuesday Galaxy Note 7 users to get 15GB of storage free on Samsung Cloud Samsung describes service as enhancement of its Smart Switch feature Samsung alongside the Galaxy Note 7 launch on Tuesday also unveiled its Samsung Cloud service, which will allow phone users to make backup of their mobile phone ... Read More »
The Delhi High Court has ordered blocking of 73 “rogue websites” which indulged in “rank piracy”, saying mere blocking of the uniform resource locator (URL) was not sufficient as it could be easily changed. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and A K Pathak also said that to “block the website as a whole is justified” as these were illegally ... Read More »
A major Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange has suspended trading after $65 million (roughly Rs. 435 crores) in the virtual unit was reportedly stolen by hackers – sending the digital currency plunging more than 20 percent. Bitfinex said it had suspended all transactions after discovering that some users’ Bitcoins had been taken. “Today we discovered a security breach that requires us ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Hacker also responsible for selling LinkedIn data dumps earlier Yahoo’s exposed considered to be really old Verizon recently bought Yahoo for roughly Rs. 32,500 crores After a hacker going by the name of Peace put up for sale a cache of what’s alleged to be 200 million stolen Yahoo user account credentials earlier this week, the Internet company says ... Read More »
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