This Coimbatore-Based Company Is Crowdfunding an Electric Bike HIGHLIGHTS The Spero electric bike has a rechargeable battery and motor There are three models with range from 30km to 100km The base model starts at Rs. 29,900 The Spero electric bike, made by Coimbatore based Milltex Engineers, promises to be a smart alternative for the urban commute, but it doesn’t come ... Read More »
Arun Jaitley also attended the Board of Governors meeting of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). BEIJING: Sky is the limit for investments in India and its economic growth is sustainable because it has a lot of distance to cover, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “It (growth) is sustainable for the reason that India has lot of distance ... Read More »
IT companies have disappointed investors with weak earnings in the June quarter HIGHLIGHTS IT companies are likely to see further de-rating, said market expert Weak quarterly earnings is the big dent in the IT sector IT stocks have underperformed the broader markets IT stocks have underperformed the broader markets that are in the midst of a remarkable rally. The Nifty50 ... Read More »
Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq:WIX) — a cloud-based web development platform with over 88 million users around the world — has announced the global release of Wix Pro Gallery, a tool that will provide advanced functionality for photographers to create professional photographer portfolio websites. With the new Wix Pro Gallery, professional photographers can now access useful image rendering solutions and controls for uploading and ... Read More »
Snapchat may soon be able to sell ads based on things it recognizes in users’ photos. The company recently filed a patent for a behavioral targeting system that uses image recognition software to find specific items and then suggest filters based on those items. So for example, if Snapchat recognizes that a photo includes the Empire State Building, it could ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS GoChat helps finding nearby PokeStops and Pokemon The app lets you send direct messages to other players in game GoChat for Pokemon Go works as a cross-platform app Pokemon Go has been a runaway success and no matter where you go, you will find people playing the game and trying to catch ’em all. One feature that has been ... Read More »
The Islamic State group’s Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the US and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood of online images and statements about suffering and enslavement at the hands of the extremist organization. Among the images: A teddy bear with Arabic writing and ... 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 The news reading app was released in January 2014 Facebook will shut it down on July 29 The newspaper-like design of the app was lauded by many Two years ago, Facebook unveiled a Flipboard-style news reading app called Paper for its iOS users. Even though the app was well received by critics, it failed to garner a sufficient audience ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS A report highlighted Facebook tracks location for suggestions Facebook spokesperson confirmed location is one of the factors Users can turn off Facebook’s access to location on phones Facebook users who keep their location turned on may realise that they are being offered friend suggestions based on location, claims a report. We all are familiar with Facebook’s popular “People you ... Read More »
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