Intel, TAG Heuer unveil new connected watch
New Delhi – Intel and Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer on Tuesday unveiled a new “TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45″ connected watch that supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and Near Field Communication.Fitted with a small microphone, the watch enables the user to communicate with it via voice, in addition to touchscreen capabilities.”The watch provides unique customisation […]
SoftBank's Son to meet Saudi King Salman on Tuesday in Tokyo
SoftBank Group Corp Chairman Masayoshi Son will meet Saudi King Salman on Tuesday in Tokyo, a person briefed on the matter said, as the kingdom and the Japanese tech and investment firm proceed with plans to create a $100 billion technology-investment fund.The source did not have further details on the meeting between the billionaire entrepreneur […]
Verizon sought $ 925 million discount for Yahoo merger, got $ 350 million
NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc sought almost triple the price reduction that it ultimately obtained for Yahoo Inc’s core assets following two massive cyber attacks at the internet company, according to a Yahoo filing.The closing of the deal, which Verizon first announced in July for a purchase price of $4.83 billion, had been delayed […]
Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc barred software developers on Monday from using the massive social network’s data to create surveillance tools, closing off a process that had been exploited by U.S. police departments to track protestersFacebook, its Instagram unit and rival Twitter Inc came under fire last year from privacy advocates after the American Civil […]
Life after memory chips: what's in the New Toshiba?
Singapore: Japan’s Toshiba Corp, presenting its plan to sustain the firm after a $6.3 billion writedown, identified a “Rebuilt Toshiba” as a maker of components and machinery that will exclude its once-core memory chips arm and problematic nuclear power business. The following is a breakdown of Toshiba, the conglomerate behind the first mass-market laptop and […]
Hyderabad emerges as the city with the best quality of living – Times of India
India.comHyderabad emerges as the city with the best quality of livingTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Hyderabad has been ranked as the top Indian city in the quality of living ranking, for the third year in a row, as per Mercer’s Quality of Living rankings 2017. For the second year in a row, according to the study, New […]
Unified EPF website down for several months, employees struggle for claims
In stark irony, while PM Narendra Modi continues to harp on the Digital India initiative, the government’s Employee Provident Fund (EPF) website (unified portal) has been down for several months. According to the official Twitter handle, the unified portal of the Employee Provident Fund has been out of service since February 8. However, though the government has provided […]
Manohar Parrikar takes oath as new Goa Chief Minister
Panaji: Over two years after he quit as Chief Minister of Goa to become the nation’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar is set to return to the coastal state’s mantle again and head a BJP-led government. Watch Parrikar take oath:The decks were cleared for Parrikar to take oath as Goa Chief Minister with President Pranab Mukherjee on […]
Jaitley defends Goa Governor’s decision to invite BJP to form government
Hitting back at the Congress for accusing the BJP of using money to “steal the mandate” in Manipur and Goa, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the Congress “complains a bit too much” and that the Goa Governor could not have invited the “minority” of Congress MLAs to form the government. “The Congress did […]
All on renewable energy: This Hyderabad man wants to walk 100 kms to the South Pole
Even as the threat of climate change and global warming looms over the citizens of the planet, an expedition plans to show that humans can survive on renewable energy in one of the most hostile places on the planet – the South Pole. The expedition, consists of 10 people, who were selected by Sir Robert […]
