Online giant Amazon said Thursday its profits more than tripled in the third quarter, but shares fell as the rise was weaker than expected. Amazon extended its string of positive results after years of investments that produced little or no profit, helped by its cloud computing, streaming video and new products and services. Profit surged to $252 million (roughly Rs. ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS EU sent letters to WhatsApp and Yahoo Said they had concerns about WhatsApp’s recent change in privacy policy Asked Yahoo to communicate all aspects of the data breach European privacy watchdogs said on Friday they had sent letters to WhatsApp over its sharing of information with parent company Facebook and Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and its scanning ... Read More »
Micro-blogging website Twitter has introduced a special emoji for the tenth season of reality TV show “Bigg Boss”. When people tweet using hashtags like #BiggBoss, #BiggBoss10 and #BB10, the eye symbol of the show will be activated next to the hashtag. The emoji was launched on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the site, conversations around “Bigg Boss 10” ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Printing files as PDF is easy on Android You don’t need any external plugins Google’s apps let you save as PDF by default Printing files to PDF is a useful feature to have. You could use it for things like archiving a Web page that you need – such as the page showing your flight ticket or important source ... Read More »
HDFC Red CEO on How Drones and Machine Learning Can Improve the Real Estate Listings Business HIGHLIGHTS Builders themselves are very enthusiastic about adopting technology By 2020, the digital natives, will be buying houses Machine learning has the potential to be a real game-changer The startup-within-a-big-company is a narrative that’s becoming increasingly popular, but Sohel I S, CEO of the ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The Pacific Light Cable Network will stretch 12,800 kilometers PLCN is expected to handle some 120 terabytes of data per second Most Pacific subsea cables stretch from the US to Japan Google and Facebook on Wednesday announced plans to work with a China Soft Power Holdings subsidiary to connect Los Angeles and Hong Kong with a high-capacity Internet cable. ... Read More »
Russian Indicted in US on Charges of Hacking LinkedIn A federal grand jury in California has indicted a Russian man for hacking computers belonging to LinkedIn Corp , Dropbox and Formspring, the US Justice Department said on Friday. Yevgeniy Nikulin was arrested on October 5 by officials in the Czech Republic and remains in custody in Prague, the Justice Department ... Read More »
While companies better known for online video have been duking it out for supremacy in the field, Twitter and Vine have been quietly innovating. Earlier this summer, Twitter announced extended lengths of Vine and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) video uploads to 140 seconds. Here are a few things you should know about the increased video length. 20 Things About 140 Second Video ... Read More »
Small businesses are waking up to the potential for using social media to market their products, a new study has found. How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media According to the report by SCORE, a nonprofit association for small businesses, 45 percent of these small companies use social media marketing to promote a specific product or service. Apart from product ... Read More »
AirAsia has said any guests found with the device will be denied boarding. HIGHLIGHTS AirAsia says passengers not permitted to carry Galaxy Note 7 phones Prohibition due to safety concerns, includes recalled devices Guests found with the device will be denied boarding, says AirAsia New Delhi: Malaysian budget airline group AirAsia has prohibited carrying Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on any ... Read More »
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