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 »
HIGHLIGHTS There are lots of free Messenger chatbots you can talk to These bots let you quickly get information on a number of topics We found bots for finding books, when your flight lands, and more There’s a lot of buzz around the idea of chat bots ever since Facebook built out bots for Messenger, some of it more successful ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The laptop has a 15.6-inch HD display It comes with 4GB of RAM, upgradeable to 8GB It notably also features an optical drive Lenovo India on Wednesday launched the Ideapad 110 budget laptop, targeted at the first-time personal computer (PC) buyers in India. The Windows 10-based Ideapad 110 laptop will be available at a starting price of Rs. 20,490, ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS You don’t need to buy a flagship to get great battery life. Some specialised models trade thickness for battery. The mAh rating of a phone is only a rough guide to its battery life. The first question a lot of people ask us when buying a smartphone is – what’s the battery like? That’s a pretty reasonable question because ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The Creo Mark 1 runs the India-developed Android-based Fuel OS Creo promises a ‘new phone every month’ with OS updates This is the third update Creo has rolled out since April Creo, the maker of the Mark 1 smartphone, on Wednesday announced the July update to its indigenously-developed Android custom ROM ‘Fuel OS’. To recall, the Creo Mark 1 ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The ROG GX700 comes with a liquid cooling module It can be used with traditional cooling as well The ROG Strix GL502 was also launched in India Taiwan-based technology major Asus on Wednesday announced the launch of world’s first liquid-cooled laptop in India, the ROG GX700, priced at Rs. 4,12,990. The company also launched the ROG Strix GL502 gaming ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus 3 is expected to sport up to 6GB of RAM. The smartphone is likely to feature a brand new design. OnePlus 3 to be available for purchase through open sales. OnePlus is all set to launch the OnePlus 3 flagship smartphone on Tuesday. For the launch event, the company has introduced an Android app for live streaming – ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Nadella in a memo to employees detailed the reasons for the deal. It’s the biggest acquisition by Microsoft since he became CEO. LinkedIn will retain its independence, the companies announced. While Monday was set to be a big day for tech news, what with the keynote address of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) due to see some major announcements, ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The deal is expected to be completed by year-end. Jeff Weiner will remain as LinkedIn CEO, reporting to Nadella. LinkedIn will keep its “brand, culture, and independence.” Microsoft and LinkedIn on Monday announced that the Redmond giant will buy the social network for professionals in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, a figure that includes LinkedIn’s net cash. ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Avitha Vijay is the youngest developer at WWDC. Vijay is just nine years old. She has developed educational apps for children. Apple’s annual developer’s conference, WWDC 2016, is taking place on Monday, and it’s one of the biggest events on the tech-calendar each year. Like many others, Anvitha Vijay is there with a number of iOS apps to her ... Read More »
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