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Global RPA software market grew 63% in 2018: Gartner |
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Egham (London) | Monday, 2019 10:45:06 PM IST |
| Robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue grew 63.1 per cent in 2018 to $846 million, making it the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, a new report by Gartner Inc. said on Monday. ... read.. |
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Tech Mahindra introduces AI-based Humanoid in Noida |
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Lucknow | Monday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Tech Mahindra Ltd on Monday introduced K2, the first Human Resource (HR) Humanoid, for its Noida Special Economic Zone Campus in Uttar Pradesh, after unveiling it in its Hyderabad campus earlier this month. ... read.. |
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HONOR 20: Great design and camera steal the show |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Chinese smartphone giant Huawei and its sub-brand HONOR have been putting up a brave fight against the ban imposed by the US. The handset player confirmed rolling out the next upgrade to Android OS "Android Q" for several of its devices last week that inc ... read.. |
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Not regulation but Facebook's dream to become WeChat may kill it |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Facebook which accounts for 75 per cent of global ad spend that is likely to hit $110 billion by 2020 is nowhere near an immediate demise and government regulations would only strengthen the social networking giant in the short term, a new Forrester resea ... read.. |
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Microsoft taking bold steps to empower startups: Anant Maheshwari |
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Bengaluru | Monday, 2019 8:45:05 PM IST |
| Armed with a cutting-edge technology platform, a well-established partner organisation and an expansion of M12 venture fund, Microsoft is ready to help Indian startups across the spectrum embrace the next phase of growth, Anant Maheshwari, President, Micr ... read.. |
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Samsung launches 2 new tablets in India |
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Gurugram | Monday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Strengthening its product portfolio in the stagnant tablet segment in India, Samsung on Monday launched Galaxy Tab S5e and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 which start at Rs 35,999 and Rs 14,999, respectively. ... read.. |
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Less than 10% South Asian homes have an IoT device |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Just 8.7 per cent of homes in South Asia have Internet of Things (IoT) or "connected" devices such as Internet-enabled TVs or surveillance camera against a global average of 40 per cent, new research said on Monday. ... read.. |
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Cannabidiol shows promise as new antibiotic |
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Washington D.C. | June 24, 2019 6:41:23 PM IST |
| Cannabidiol, the main non-psychoactive chemical compound extracted from cannabis and hemp plant, is found to be active against Gram-positive bacteria including those cause serious infections, with a potency similar to established antibiotics, finds a rece ... read.. |
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Google Duo letting users share photos: Report |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2019 6:15:05 PM IST |
| Google Duo has finally got a new feature to include images -- Version 56 -- which is now partially live and allows users to send Snapchat-like single photos to their contacts. ... read.. |
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3 astronauts set to return on Earth abroad Russian spacecraft |
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Washington | Monday, 2019 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Three Expedition 59 crew -- NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency -- are set to ride back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). ... read.. |
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Blizzard's global esports director steps down |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2019 3:15:05 PM IST |
| Kim Phan, the Global Esports Director of American video game developer and publisher Blizzard, has left the firm to pursue a "new endeavour" in the industry. ... read.. |
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Mi Max, Mi Note series discontinued: Xiaomi CEO |
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Beijing | Sunday, 2019 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi's Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun has revealed that the company currently has no plans to launch new phones in the Mi Max and Mi Note lineups this year. ... read.. |
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Superflare may end Earth one day |
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Washington D.C. | June 23, 2019 7:11:21 PM IST |
| Earth could continue to host life as long as the sun does not experience a massive burst of energy called a superflare, a recent study claims. ... read.. |
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Indian PC gaming ecosystem set to explode: HP Inc |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 5:45:05 PM IST |
| Gaming has lately come of age in India - breaking the social tolerance barrier - and once you experience it on smartphones, you will crave a bigger screen experience with top-of-the-line specifications. ... read.. |
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Students from Indian towns get cracking at coding early in life |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 3:15:05 PM IST |
| Gone are the days when students in small towns planned to pursue traditional courses like calligraphy art or swimming during their annual summer breaks. These course are now increasingly being replaced by the likes of cybersecurity, professional gaming an ... read.. |
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Would you shun Facebook if given lifetime data protection? |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 2:45:05 PM IST |
| Would you give up your digital life if all your personal information - passwords, posts, pictures, videos, jokes, memes, GIFs etc - remain private for the rest of your life or given back to you, with no duplicate data saved in the Dark Web? ... read.. |
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Here's how you can click a better selfie |
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San Francisco | Sunday, 2019 1:15:05 AM IST |
| If you are not a pro in taking selfies, doing simple things like positioning your face slightly to one side can make your photo look much better, suggest experts. ... read.. |
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3D sewing robotic arm developed in China |
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Hangzhou (China) | Saturday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Traditional ways of sewing that rely on human hands or sewing machines may undergo a drastic change, as researchers in eastern China's Zhejiang province have created a 3D sewing robotic arm. ... read.. |
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PhonePe 2nd most downloaded finance app in May: Report |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2019 8:45:05 PM IST |
| In a sign that people in India are fast adopting digital payments methods, a new study has found that PhonePe, a Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based app, was the second most downloaded app in the world in the finance category in May after Google Pay. ... read.. |
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Elon Musk forecasts grim future of human race |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Tesla CEO Elon Musk's grim forecast of humanity suggests that a "population bomb" would lead to a worldwide collapse in humans in the coming decades and everybody would start to see the evident effects by 2050. ... read.. |
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'Stressed' Facebook content moderator died on duty in US: Report |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 1:15:05 AM IST |
| A Facebook content moderator at a US site operated by professional services vendor Cognizant died last year on duty after he failed to meet the 98 per cent "accuracy" target set by the social networking giant, a chilling report by The Verge has revealed. ... read.. |
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New YouTube test to hide comments on videos in India |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 11:45:05 PM IST |
| In a bid to curb the spread of hateful and racist comments on its platform, Google-owned YouTube is experimenting with hiding comments on videos by default and the test has gone live in India. ... read.. |
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Samsung launching 3 new tablets in stagnant Indian market |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 10:45:05 PM IST |
| Samsung which gained 51 per cent market share (by value) and 50 per cent market share (by volume) in the first quarter of 2019 in the Indian tablet market is set to launch three new tablets early next week, a top company executive said on Friday. ... read.. |
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Indian entrepreneurs scouting for agile, secure workplaces: HP Inc |
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Gurugram | Friday, 2019 8:45:05 PM IST |
| Offices the world over are becoming lean, shunning physical boundaries, while co-working places have become the new norm where you need a small yet "always connected" place for video conferencing, presentations and quick meetings that can happen next to t ... read.. |
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TeamViewer now installed on 2bn devices globally |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Germany-based remote connectivity solutions provider TeamViewer on Friday announced its software has been installed on more than two billion devices globally -- representing 2 billion uniquely generated IDs. ... read.. |
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Apple iOS 13: Siri to soon talk in desi English accent |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 7:15:05 PM IST |
| As Apple iOS 13 is set to reach India this fall, the new operating system on iPhones is loaded with India-specific features like desi English accent for virtual assistant Siri that would now speak to you in a more natural and expressive way -- in both mal ... read.. |
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Wearable devices market to hit 223 mn units in 2019: IDC |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 6:45:05 PM IST |
| The wearable market is expected to reach global shipments of 222.9 million units in 2019 with earwear and watches accounting for more than 70 per cent of all wearable shipments by 2023, a report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests. ... read.. |
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Google abandons its pixel tablet dream: Report |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Confirming that there would be no upcoming sequel to its Pixel Slate, Google has seemingly abandoned its tablet-making efforts and focus mainly on making laptops. ... read.. |
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Facebook's digital coin set to run into rough weather |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 4:15:05 PM IST |
| Sensing a multi-billion dollar opportunity to improve the cross-border payments system, Facebook is launching its own digital coin called 'Libra' next year which is set to run into rough weather with several governments, including India, not treating cryp ... read.. |
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Cloud IT infrastructure sales hit $14.5bn in Q1: IDC |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 3:45:05 PM IST |
| Revenue from the sale of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for Cloud environments, including Public and Private Cloud, reached $14.5 billion in the first quarter of 2019, an 11.4 per cent growth year-over-year. ... read.. |
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Huawei positive about future after winning key 5G deals |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2019 10:45:05 PM IST |
| Caught in the crossfire of global geopolitics, Huawei on Thursday said things have started looking up for the company with the signing of key 5G deals in the UK and Russia and added that it is "positive" about the future. ... read.. |
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'62% Indian professionals scared by changing skills' |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2019 7:45:05 PM IST |
| With skills needed to succeed changing rapidly, 62 per cent Indian professionals feel daunted by the rapid pace in the requirement of expertise, according to a survey by professional networking platform LinkedIn. ... read.. |
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Bengaluru-based Subex establish IoT security lab in US |
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Bengaluru | Thursday, 2019 6:45:05 PM IST |
| Devarabisanahalli-headquartered Internet of Things (IoT) and critical infrastructure security solutions provider Subex has partnered with the town of Florence, Arizona to establish an IoT security lab in the US. ... read.. |
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Apple expands retail presence in US with Best Buy |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2019 5:45:06 PM IST |
| Expanding its repair services across the US, Apple has partnered consumer electronics retailer Best Buy with the company's nearly 1,000 stores that would provide expert service and repairs for Apple products. ... read.. |
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Twitter removes precise location tagging on app |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2019 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Micro-blogging site Twitter has decided to eliminate the option of letting users add their precise location details like latitude and longitude as part of their tweets. ... read.. |
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Himalayan glaciers getting smaller every year: Study |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2019 7:45:05 AM IST |
| Himalayan glaciers across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each year since 2000, a new comprehensive international study said on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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Appetite for online retail sites among kids grows threefold |
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Moscow | Thursday, 2019 2:15:05 AM IST |
| More children are taking to e-commerce sites for looking at products (and sometimes buying) as new research by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has found that the interest of children in online shopping has more than tripled in the last 12 months -- from two ... read.. |
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Tariffs on mobile phones, computers harm US users: Report |
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Washington | Thursday, 2019 2:15:05 AM IST |
| Additional tariffs in the US on import of consumer electronics products from China would have a "substantial negative impact" on American consumers, even after accounting for alternative sources of supply, said a US consulting firm. ... read.. |
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Google invests $1 billion in housing across Bay Area |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2019 1:45:05 AM IST |
| After announcing a fresh investment of $600 million in expanding its data centre in Oklahoma, Google has now decided to invest $1 billion for 20,000 homes in the Bay Area in San Francisco. ... read.. |
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Data usage per smartphone highest in India: Ericsson |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2019 11:45:05 PM IST |
| With the availability of attractive data plans and higher video consumption among young users, monthly data usage per smartphone in India rose to 9.8 gigabytes (GB) at the end of 2018, the highest in the world, according to a Ericsson report on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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Amazon adds 15 planes, eyes 70-aircraft fleet by 2021 |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Just after losing air-shipping contract of global courier company FedEx amid competition, e-commerce major Amazon has added 15 cargo aircraft to its fleet in the making, aiming to reach 70 planes by 2021. ... read.. |
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Google Street powers AI tool to monitor road infra |
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Sydney | Wednesday, 2019 9:45:06 PM IST |
| By tapping into Google Street View images, researchers have developed a new programme using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor the stop and give way (yield) signs needing replacement or repair. ... read.. |
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nubia ups its game, plans to launch Red Magic 4 this year |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2019 9:45:06 PM IST |
| India's gaming smartphone market is finally getting some competition, especially after the launch of nubia Red Magic 3 earlier this week at a starting price of Rs 35,999. The Shenzhen-headquartered smartphone maker is now planning to release the next iter ... read.. |
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Nutanix poaches AWS veteran to drive India business |
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Bengaluru | Wednesday, 2019 9:15:05 PM IST |
| US-headquartered enterprise Cloud computing company Nutanix on Wednesday announced the appointment of veteran IT leader Anantharaman Balakrishnan as its new Vice President and Managing Director of Sales for India. ... read.. |
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Google Calendar suffers global outage |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 5:15:06 PM IST |
| Adding to the plethora of outages that apps from major tech giants have been suffering lately, Google's Calendar refused to work for over nearly three hours for users around the world. ... read.. |
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5 startups get Rs 35 lakh each in WhatsApp India contest |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2019 11:20:53 AM IST |
| Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Invest India on Tuesday picked 5 Indian startups who would receive nearly Rs 35 lakh ($50,000) each to further develop country-first products to solve real-life problems being faced by millions in the country. ... read.. |
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Two planets that could support life discovered |
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Madrid | Wednesday, 2019 11:20:53 AM IST |
| Two exoplanets that have been discovered, which are warm similar to Earth and may have water, could be good candidates to support life, according to a study on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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HMD Global moving all user data to Finland for security |
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Helsinki | Tuesday, 2019 11:45:05 PM IST |
| HMD Global, which makes and markets Nokia-branded phones, on Tuesday announced partnership with consultancy firm CGI and Google Cloud to move and store phone activation and performance data at the Google Cloud Region in Hamina, Finland for better protecti ... read.. |
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Samsung Display leads smartphone screen market in Q1 |
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Seoul | Tuesday, 2019 11:45:05 PM IST |
| Samsung Display Co. maintained its dominant position in the global smartphone display market in the first quarter as more handset makers adopted OLED panels for their premium products, a market researcher has said. ... read.. |
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Climate change affects crops in India: Study |
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Washington D.C. | June 18, 2019 10:41:29 PM IST |
| India's grain crops are vulnerable to climate changes and yields from rice, experience larger declines during extreme weather conditions, found Kyle Davis Environmental data scientist at Columbia University. ... read.. |
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Facebook's digital currency 'Libra' coming in 2020 (Lead) |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 10:15:05 PM IST |
| As the chorus grows to break up Facebook and regulators scramble to fix it over privacy violations, the social networking giant on Tuesday announced a digital wallet subsidiary called 'Calibra' that would launch Blockchain-powered cryptocurrency 'Libra' n ... read.. |
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Truecaller gets free Internet voice call feature |
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Bengaluru | Tuesday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| To facilitate high quality Internet calls, communication app Truecaller on Tuesday launched a new feature called "Truecaller Voice" for its 140 million daily active users globally, the company said in a statement. ... read.. |
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