ZTE Corporation is set to launch a slew of smartphones in India under its own brand in the coming months. ZTE, which also owns the Nubia brand, is already selling smartphones in India but now it plans to re-enter the Indian market with different business strategies using the same tactics that have helped it gain some foothold in the US …
Twitter says it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 “for threatening or promoting terrorist acts”. In a blog, the US-based firm said the accounts “primarily related to ISIS” (the so-called Islamic State group). “We condemn the use of Twitter to promote terrorism,” it said, adding that it had increased its report reviewing teams to react faster. Twitter has …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded compensation for what amounts to a three-and-a-half-year arbitrary detention, a U.N. panel ruled on Friday. Assange, a computer hacker who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, has been holed up in the embassy …
Virtual reality company Wevr raised $25 million (roughly Rs. 170 crores) from investors including HTCCorp and Samsung Ventures to fund the launch of a new platform for VR creators to distribute content, executives said on Friday. The platform, called Wevr Transport, is available now to a limited number of users in a test phase. It is designed to run on …
Repairing an iPhone is an expensive proposition. Often Apple doesn’t even entertain repairs but instead offers users a new phone for an substantial amount. In many countries, Apple’s products are available though their after sales is not in place, so often users revert to getting their iPhones repaired from third parties. A report by the Guardian , however, claims that …
BlackBerry Ltd is cutting 200 jobs at its hometown headquarters in Ontario and in Florida in order to trim costs, it said on Friday, as the smartphone maker moves to turn around its fortunes and put more emphasis on its enterprise software business. “As BlackBerry continues to execute its turnaround plan, we remain focused on driving efficiencies across our global …
Twitter is set make a big change to it platform next week according to a report on the BuzzFeed . The micro blogging site is set to introduce a new algorithmic timeline, which will present tweets on the basis of what Twitter thinks its users want to view instead of the chronological feed it offers right now. This comes at …
Wireless charging is something we associate with modern smartphones. In the truest sense, it is not wireless because the phone has to be almost tethered to the charger, which isn’t much of a benefit. Apple is said to be working on a better long range solution for its iPhone. Guess what! Google is also working on a solution that’s similar, …
If you put technology and style together it comes down to these battle stars – Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G vs Yu Yureka Plus. When it comes to competition, Micromax makes sure that it leaves no stones unturned. It has always focused on delivering the high expectations at desired price and it’s latest venture comes as no surprise, yet again micromax …
Having gone from humble black-and-white beginnings, 2016 will see TV set free from the television set to be consumed wherever and whenever you want Thanks to over-the-top services and systems such as Sky Q, this year will be the year where watching TV where you want it, when you want it and on whichever device you want it goes mainstream. …