HTC admits fixing One (M8) benchmarks, offers users High Performance Mode

Prior to the launch of the HTC One (M8) last week, benchmarking results had the device blowing away rivals like the Samsung Galaxy S5, leading to suspicion in some quarters.Those suspicions turned to straight up accusations when the phone performed much...

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Amazon to offer EMI scheme for Kindle ebook reader, Kindle Fire tablets

NEW DELHI: Amazon has announced that consumers in India will be able to purchase Kindle readers (Kindle and new generation Kindle Paperwhite) and Kindle Fire tablets on EMIs (equal monthly instalments).The option of EMIs is available from Citibank, HDFC...

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Apple named most powerful tech brand of 2013

WASHINGTON: Apple is the most powerful brand in the technology industry, a recent report from CoreBrand has revealed.CoreBrand's analysis, which it the most powerful tech brand, has come out with the list of 100 most elite brands list for 2014. Apple...

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Google updates developer policy to check shady, deceptive ads in apps

WASHINGTON: Google has reportedly updated its policy following which new rules have been laid down by the company for app developers in an attempt to crack down on shady and deceptive advertisements. The company recently introduced changes to the Google...

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HTC admits to fixing One (M8) benchmark results

Prior to the launch of the HTC One (M8) last week, benchmarking results had the device blowing away rivals like the Samsung Galaxy S5, leading to suspicion in some quarters.Those suspicions turned to straight up accusations when the phone performed much...

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Hacked Twitter accounts can be more valuable than stolen credit cards

Hackers operate by the same rules of economics as we all do. Thanks to a high profile breach like Target's , a glut of stolen credit cards has made them cheap cheap cheap. So you know what's a more valuable target these days? Your Twitter account.That's...

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Hacked Twitter accounts can be more valuable than stolen credit cards

Hackers operate by the same rules of economics as we all do. Thanks to a high profile breach like Target's , a glut of stolen credit cards has made them cheap cheap cheap. So you know what's a more valuable target these days? Your Twitter account.That's...

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Apple, Samsung to revive patent battle in US court

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple and Samsung will return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley for a new round in their seemingly perpetual patent war.The case concerns smartphone and tablet patents and is just the latest in a long-running feud between...

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Twitter is designed for every Indian: Rishi Jaitly, Twitter India

Singapore-based Parminder Singh, managing director, Twitter, Southeast Asia, India, Middle East & North Africa, and Mumbai-based Rishi Jaitly, market director, Twitter India, have their task cut out as the eight-year-old microblogging site steps...

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Apple, Samsung to renew patent battle in US court

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple and Samsung will return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley for a new round in their seemingly perpetual patent war.The case concerns smartphone and tablet patents and is just the latest in a long-running feud between...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders starts in India

NEW DELHI: Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S5 smartphone in India.The device can be booked on the company's official e-store for a sum of Rs 1,500. Samsung has not disclosed the price of Galaxy S5 yet, and has only announced that...

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Tech Mahindra upgrades billing system for Nawras

DUBAI: Tech Mahindra Ltd has upgraded the Infinys postpaid billing system at Nawras, a member of Ooredoo Group, the company said in a statement.This upgradation of the system from 'IRB 2.2. to RBM 5.3.7' will ensure transparent billing system and better...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders start in India

NEW DELHI: Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S5 smartphone in India.The device can be booked on the company's official e-store for a sum of Rs 1,500. Samsung has not disclosed the price of Galaxy S5 yet, and has only announced that...

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Easy to hack into a Tesla car, researcher says

SINGAPORE: Tesla Motors Inc's electric vehicles can be located and unlocked by criminals remotely simply by cracking a six-character password using traditional hacking techniques, according to newly released research.Nitesh Dhanjani, a corporate security...

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Easy to hack into a Tesla car, researcher says

SINGAPORE: Tesla Motors Inc's electric vehicles can be located and unlocked by criminals remotely simply by cracking a six-character password using traditional hacking techniques, according to newly released research.Nitesh Dhanjani, a corporate security...

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Infosys to dissolve its Executive Council

NEW DELHI: IT services major Infosys announced that its top decision-making body, the Executive Council, will be dissolved effective April 1, 2014.Also, the Bangalore-headquartered firm appointed nine executive officers, which include executive chairman...

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Mobile devices uninteresting without cloud: Microsoft CEO

NEW YORK: Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella, while signalling a new course for the firm, said mobile and cloud are "two facets" of the same thing, a belief that found place in his maiden speech as chief executive of the software giant.Nadella,...

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BlackBerry reports loss, revenue falls below $1 billion

TORONTO: BlackBerry reported a much smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, sending its shares up nearly 7%, even as its smartphone sales continued to slide. The company said its net loss was $423 million, or 80 cents a share, for the fourth...

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BlackBerry may launch high-end QWERTY phones: Report

TORONTO: BlackBerry plans to introduce high-end smartphones that cater to keyboard aficionados in the coming 18 months, in an effort to win back core corporate and government clients who have shunned the company's touch-screen devices.Chief executive...

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Mt. Gox bankruptcy investigation's deadline extended

TOKYO: A deadline for a court-mandated investigation into why bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox failed, and whether it should be revived under bankruptcy protection laws, has been extended to May 9, the company said in a brief statement on Friday.The Tokyo District...

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CMO opportunity worth $37bn for Indian IT firms by 2020: Study

NEW DELHI: As digital technologies reinvent the way brands and consumers communicate globally, a study by IT-ITeS industry body Nasscom and software firm SapientNitro says there will be $37 billion of CMO opportunity for the Indian technology industry...

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CCI imposes Rs 1 crore fine on Google

NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission has imposed a Rs 1 crore penalty on Google for failing to provide information related to an investigation into the internet major's alleged unfair trade practices in India.The fair trade watchdog also directed the...

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WD launches My Cloud network drive

NEW DELHI: Storage solutions company, Western Digital, has introduced its My Cloud NAS (Network attached storage) drive in India. The solution allows users to organize, centralize and store digital content from all of their computers and mobile devices...

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Google can now plan your meal

WASHINGTON: Type apple vs orange in your Google Chrome web browser and you instantly get the nutritional information of these fruits, displayed side by side in a chart.All thanks to a new tool installed by Google.The tool that appears automatically is...

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Cisco to ship new video conferencing solution to India

LAS VEGAS: Networking giant Cisco will start shipping its new video conferencing solution to India and other parts of the world, offering enterprises, especially small and medium sized firms, high quality connectivity and at lower cost of ownership....

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Tencent to buy $500m stake in SKorean mobile gaming firm

BEIJING: China's Tencent Holdings said on Wednesday it was buying a 28% stake in South Korean mobile gaming firm CJ Games for $500 million. The purchase will help Tencent, China's biggest listed Internet company, expand its profitable online and mobile...

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Aircel to offer free Facebook access to users

HYDERABAD: Telecom operator Aircel today announced launch of a new data product, Facebook for All, offering free access to the social media platform for its customers. "Under this service, Aircel enables its customers, both new and existing, to network...

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Aircel to offer free Facebook access to users

HYDERABAD: Telecom operator Aircel today announced launch of a new data product, Facebook for All, offering free access to the social media platform for its customers. "Under this service, Aircel enables its customers, both new and existing, to network...

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Apple wins patent ruling against Samsung in Japan

WASHINGTON: Apple has won another legal bout against Samsung in its ongoing patent row. The move comes as Tokyo District Court Judge Koji Hasegawa ruled that Apple's iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPad 2 did not infringe on patents held by Samsung related...

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Readers to get $166 million in ebook price-fixing settlement

WASHINGTON: As part of a price-fixing settlement, major ebook publishers have reportedly agreed to fund back $166 million to people in New York and 32 other states. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement that for each book the readers...

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New app will help you burst stress

WASHINGTON: If you are getting stressed out and depressed owing to studies or relationships, there is an app that helps tide over mental tiredness.The researchers at University of Michigan have developed a stress-busting app that helps students to overcome...

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Sony bets big on 'selfies'

TOKYO: Sony is counting on the boom in smartphones and the market's voracious appetite for megapixels - vital to better quality video calls and "selfies" - to sustain the double-digit revenue growth in its image sensor business.Imaging - both cameras...

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New app will help you burst stress

WASHINGTON: If you are getting stressed out and depressed owing to studies or relationships, there is an app that helps tide over mental tiredness.The researchers at University of Michigan have developed a stress-busting app that helps students to overcome...

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‘Steve Jobs of China’ set to bring Xiaomi to India

NEW DELHI: Xiaomi, the phone maker headed by the man famously known as the Steve Jobs of China, is set to foray into the Indian market.Hugo Barra, the vice president of Xiaomi and formerly the vice president of product management for Android, told technology...

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French group files privacy suit against Facebook, Twitter

PARIS: France's leading consumer rights group said it had filed suit against Twitter, Facebook and Google accusing the internet giants of breaching privacy laws.UFC-Que Choisir said it had filed suit in the Paris high court for "abusive" and "illegal"...

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New smartphone app can diagnose diseases

LONDON: A new app which turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device could help in the fight against diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world, Cambridge scientists claim. The recently-developed mobile...

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Buying online? Read the user agreement

When Mumbai resident Ritika Desai was browsing through an online portal that offered free filing of income tax, a 10-page 'terms & conditions and privacy policy agreement' popped up on screen. The print was too small and the sentences too long, so...

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White House denies Obama dumping BlackBerry

WASHINGTON: US president Barack Obama isn't giving up his BlackBerry - at least not for now.The White House is shooting down the notion that Obama's device is caught up in a pilot programme designed to transition away from BlackBerry smartphones.The...

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New smartphone app can diagnose diseases

LONDON: A new app which turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device could help in the fight against diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world, Cambridge scientists claim. The recently-developed mobile...

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China demands explanation from US over Huawei spying

BEIJING: China wants a clear explanation from Washington over a report that the US National Security Agency infiltrated servers at the headquarters of telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.Hong Lei, the...

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HTC: Not the best way to sell a smartphone

As HTC readied a new version of its flagship smartphone, it planned for many challenges. It didn't know that one of them would be Roshan Jamkatel, a teenager from Schaumburg, Ill.On March 2, Roshan — a self-described prankster — turned up on YouTube...

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Cyber criminals using malware that act as sleeper cells: Cisco

NEW DELHI: As enterprises are increasingly adopting technologies like cloud and mobility, they are also facing more security challenges with cyber criminals using malware that are dormant while entering a secure network and then becoming active, networking...

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