HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft’s October 26 event will focus on Windows 10 The event will be live streamed All new Surface branded AIO expected at October 26 event Microsoft has announced an event on October 26 in New York City where the company says it will reveal “what’s next for Windows 10.” This is being thought to be the new Surface desktop ... Read More »
Twitter to Lay Off Employees, Halt Engineering Work at Bengaluru Development Centre Twitter Inc said on Monday it would lay off some employees and halt engineering work at one of its development centres in India’s technology hub Bengaluru. The layoffs will impact less than 20 employees at the development centre, according to a source familiar with the matter. The employees ... Read More »
Mass Effect: Andromeda Reveal at PlayStation Meeting Teased HIGHLIGHTS Mass Effect: Andromeda might be at the PlayStation Meeting A tweet from a producer of the game teases this This would make up for the game’s lacklustre E3 2016 showing With a few hours to go before the PlayStation Meeting, a producer on Mass Effect: Andromeda hinted at a potential reveal ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Karbonn Quattro L55 HD bears a 2700mAh battery It’s powered by a quad-core SoC coupled with 2GB RAM It supports India’s LTE bands, alongside VoLTE support Following its listing earlier this week, the Karbonn Quattro L55 HD has been launched on Wednesday by the company. The 4G VoLTE supporting smartphone is priced at Rs. 9,990, and comes bundled with ... Read More »
To strengthen technological capabilities to pursue new business opportunities, online shopping portal Infibeam Inc Ltd plans to set up tier-III cloud data centre at Gandhinagar. “We believe that a Rs. 350-crore tier-III data centre at GIFT city, Gandhinagar will enable increased efficiency and adaptability in our search processes, ensure faster and more user-friendly user interfaces and deliver effective, customized, personalised ... Read More »
A screen grab of Western Kentucky University website. New York: At least 25 of a total 60 Indian graduate students at Western Kentucky University have been asked to leave their computer science programme after the first semester as they do not meet its admission standards, a media report said on Tuesday. The move will force the students to return to ... Read More »
Farm sector experts in Maharashtra, especially those representing farmers, have for long been critical of the agriculture universities for their ‘failure’ to address the state’s chronic farm crisis. Mumbai: Raising a question mark over the quality of education and research at four agriculture universities in Maharashtra, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has put on hold their accreditation. At ... Read More »
File photo. St Stephen’s offers honours courses in Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Chemistry along with the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) pass courses. Photo: Sonu Mehta/HT New Delhi: Delhi University’s prestigious St Stephen’s College on Saturday announced the first cut-off list for the 2016-17 academic session with the highest requirement being for English honours ... 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 »
HIGHLIGHTS Lenovo Vibe K5 will be available via Amazon India. Registrations for the first flash sale begin on Monday. The first flash sale is on June 22. As expected, Lenovo has launched its budget Vibe K5 smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone will be available through a flash sale model on Amazon India, with registrations beginning Monday ... Read More »
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