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Now enjoy Urdu shayari on Amazon Alexa (Lead) |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2020 10:45:06 PM IST |
| Rekhta Foundation on Friday launched its own Amazon Alexa skill where poetry lovers can enjoy hundreds of Urdu poems and shers (couplets) according to poets and genres like love, sadness as well as humour with simple voice commands. ... read.. |
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Now enjoy Urdu shayari on Amazon Alexa |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2020 10:45:06 PM IST |
| Rekhta Foundation on Friday launched its own Amazon Alexa skill where poetry lovers can enjoy hundreds of Urdu poems and shers (couplets) according to poets and genres like love, sadness as well as humour with simple voice commands. ... read.. |
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Twitter backs allyship in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2020 7:15:06 PM IST |
| Urging people to be especially mindful of Black and Brown communities who regularly face threats to their wellbeing, violence, and hate because of their identity, Twitter outlined how to easily practice allyship. ... read.. |
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Fortnite's live event, season 3 postponed again amid protests in US |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2020 5:45:05 PM IST |
| Epic Games has announced that Fortnite's new season will be unveiled on June 17, while 'The Device' live event has been delayed until June 15, as several US cities are under protests over the death of African-American George Floyd in Minnesota. ... read.. |
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'ISRO biz to zoom if units converted into separate entities' |
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Chennai | Friday, 2020 4:15:05 PM IST |
| The sum of the turnover of Indian space agency's various divisions if spun off into different business entities will surpass that of its behemoth parent owing to focused leadership and innovation, said a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organi ... read.. |
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Elon Musk tells Bezos it is time to 'break up' Amazon |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2020 3:45:06 PM IST |
| After successfully sending 2 NASA astronauts into space aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk has slammed Blue Origin and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, saying it is time to break up the ecommerce giant and end its monopoly. ... read.. |
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Slack joins Amazon to take on Microsoft Teams |
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Seattle | Friday, 2020 3:15:06 PM IST |
| Enterprise messaging platform Slack has joined Amazon in a multi-year agreement to take on its closest rival Microsoft Teams. Under the new deal, all Amazon employees will get access to Slacks office tools. ... read.. |
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Astronomers unveil the magnetic field of the solar corona |
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Honolulu | June 5, 2020 9:11:45 AM IST |
| While the world has been dealing with the corona virus pandemic, researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost atmosphere of the Sun which expands into interplanetary ... read.. |
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Swiggy starts alcohol delivery service in West Bengal |
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Kolkata | Friday, 2020 2:45:05 AM IST |
| On-demand delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday said it had started online processing and home delivery of alcohol through the "Wine Shops" category in West Bengal, days after first launching its service in Jharkhand and Odisha. ... read.. |
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Lockdown period helped us grow business, say digital marketers |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2020 10:15:06 PM IST |
| During the time of Covid-19 pandemic when most of enterprises have cut down on traditional marketing and publicity spend, the scope of digital marketing has increased manifold as target audiences are home in social distancing times and remaining online fo ... read.. |
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Google clarifies why it removed Mitron, 'Remove China Apps' |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2020 9:15:06 PM IST |
| With the scrapping of Mitron and Remove China Apps from its Play Store gaining a lot of attention in India, Google on Thursday said that it removed a video app "for a number of technical policy violations", while adding that it also does not allow an app ... read.. |
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India consumer storage market grows 8% in Q1, SanDisk leads |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2020 8:15:06 PM IST |
| The India consumer storage market shipments grew eight per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter with SanDisk dominating the overall market, said a report from CyberMedia Research (CMR). ... read.. |
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NetApp to acquire Israeli company Spot for $450mn |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 7:15:06 PM IST |
| California-headquartered global Cloud data services company NetApp said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli company Spot, formerly Spotinst, with an aim to establish leadership in Application Driven Infrastructure. ... read.. |
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Warehouse workers in US sue Amazon over Covid-19 risk |
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New York | Thursday, 2020 5:15:05 PM IST |
| A group of Amazon warehouse workers from a facility in New York has sued the e-commerce giant allegedly for unsafe working conditions, thereby putting them and their families at risk of Covid-19 conditions, the media reported. ... read.. |
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Former employees slam Zuckerberg over his inaction to flag Trump tweet |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 3:45:06 PM IST |
| Several former influential Facebook employees have written an open letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, criticizing his inaction over controversial posts from US President Donald Trump on glorifying violence and calling him to start fact-checking world leaders ... read.. |
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Black holes are more like holograms, say scientists |
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Washington D.C. | June 4, 2020 9:11:50 AM IST |
| According to new research by SISSA, ICTP, and INFN, black holes could be like a hologram, where all the information is amassed in a two-dimensional surface able to reproduce a three-dimensional image. ... read.. |
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Amazon donates $10 million to fight racism |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 4:45:05 AM IST |
| Amid ongoing protests in the US over the death of African-American George Floyd, Amazon on Wednesday said it will donate a total of $10 million to organisations that are working to bring about social justice and improve the lives of Black and African Amer ... read.. |
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Avast warns of 3 'fleeceware' apps on Apple App Store |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2020 1:45:06 AM IST |
| Digital security provider Avast on Wednesday said it had discovered and reported three apps to Apples App Store, which overcharge users, do not provide the services they promote and appear to be "fleeceware". ... read.. |
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Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens near a galaxy not so far away |
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Washington D.C. | June 3, 2020 11:11:46 PM IST |
| A new ultra-bright source of X-rays has awakened in between our galactic neighbours the Magellanic Clouds, after a 26-year slumber. This is the second-closest such object known to date, with a brightness greater than a million Suns. ... read.. |
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Facebook, Paypal eye digital payments market in Southeast Asia (Ld) |
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San Francisco/New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 10:45:06 PM IST |
| With an aim to cement their position in the fast-growing digital payments market in Southeast Asia, Facebook and Paypal have invested in Gojek, Indonesia-based first and fastest growing app for ordering food, shopping, commuting and making digital payment ... read.. |
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Giant asteroid to fly by Earth this week |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2020 10:15:06 PM IST |
| NASA is tracking a giant asteroid which may be taller than the Empire State Building in the US, and it will be flying near the Earth on June 6 (Saturday). ... read.. |
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Xiaomi leads wristbands market in India with 41.9% share in Q1 |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 9:45:06 PM IST |
| Xiaomi has maintained its lead in the wristbands category with 41.9 per cent market share in Q1 2020 in India, although it witnessed an annual dip of 39.3 per cent from the same quarter last year, according to a report from the International Data Corporat ... read.. |
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Trump's social media order violates free speech, claims lawsuit |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2020 9:45:06 PM IST |
| In one of the first lawsuits challenging the executive order on preventing online censorship signed by US President Donald Trump, a digital rights group has claimed that the order violates the rights to free speech of all online platforms and individuals. ... read.. |
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IT spending in India to plummet 8% in 2020: Gartner |
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Mumbai | Wednesday, 2020 7:15:06 PM IST |
| Due to Covid-19 pandemic impact, IT spending in India will total $83.5 billion, a decline of 8.1 per cent in 2020, according to a forecast by Gartner on Wednesday. This is the first decline in IT spending experienced in India in the last five years. ... read.. |
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Realme Narzo 10: Decent companion for early gamers |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 6:45:05 PM IST |
| The late arrival of Realme Narzo series owing to Covid-19 lockdown has only made fans more curious about the much-anticipated affordable devices that offers early gamers a respite from phones in budget segment that fail to match speed, performance and pow ... read.. |
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Despite concerns, Zoom sales boom amid Covid-19 pandemic |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 4:45:06 PM IST |
| Surrounded by concerns over privacy and security issues, video meet app Zoom has reported $328.2 million in revenue for its quarter that ended April 30, up 169 per cent (year-over-year) as more people join its platform in the social distancing times. ... read.. |
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PLI scheme a 'game changer' for mobile manufacturing: ICEA |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 2:45:06 AM IST |
| Calling the production-linked incentive scheme a "game changer", industry body India Cellular and Electronics Association on Tuesday said that the scheme will help boost growth in mobile phone manufacturing in India as well as meet exports targets assigne ... read.. |
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Mitron app suspended from Google Play Store |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 1:15:05 AM IST |
| Mitron, the much-touted desi version of TikTok, has now been pulled down by Google from its Play Store for allegedly violating its spam and minimum functionality policy. ... read.. |
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Covid-19 to push 64% Indian firms adopt cloud computing: IDC |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 11:45:06 PM IST |
| As a result of the spread of the pandemic, 64 per cent of the organisations in India are expected to increase demand for cloud computing while 56 per cent for cloud software to support the new normal, a new IDC report said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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ASUS launches new TUF gaming laptops, ROG desktops |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 10:45:05 PM IST |
| Taiwanese electronics major ASUS on Tuesday launched a new range of TUF gaming laptops A15 and A17, featuring the new 7 nanometer AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors at a starting price of Rs 60,990. ... read.. |
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61% Indian business leaders think Covid-19 ups cybercrime risk |
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Bengaluru | Tuesday, 2020 10:15:06 PM IST |
| About 61 per cent of Indian business leaders and decision-makers think their business is more likely to experience a serious cybercrime during the Covid-19 situation as opposed to 45 per cent globally, said a survey on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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54% of online videos watched in India are in Hindi: YouTube |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| About 54 per cent of online videos that Indians watch are in Hindi, while English is preferred by only 16 per cent of the viewing population, followed by Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Bengali, Google-owned YouTube said in a report on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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42 lakh wearable units shipped in India in Q1 2020, earwear leads |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Riding on the growing earwear category, the India wearables market registered 42 lakh unit shipments in the first quarter of this year, clocking 80.6 per cent growth year-over-year (YoY), a new International Data Corporation (IDC) report said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Fitbit's share in global wearable device market drops to 3% in Q1 |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Among the top five wearables device makers, only Fitbit's shipments declined in the first quarter of 2020, leading to a smaller market share from 5.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 to 3 per cent in Q1 2020, according to a report from Internatio ... read.. |
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Sony postpones its PS5 event amid protests in US |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 6:45:07 PM IST |
| Sony has postponed its PlayStation 5 event that was supposed to happen on June 4 as several US cities were witnessing protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. ... read.. |
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Apple releases new iOS update with fixes for new jailbreak bug |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 4:45:06 PM IST |
| Apple has released iOS 13.5.1 update with an important change that patches the vulnerability used by the Unc0ver jailbreak tool which was released last week and allegedly works on all recent versions of iOS, including iOS 13.5. ... read.. |
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'Apple Tags' tracking devices may launch later this year |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 1:20:55 PM IST |
| Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that Universal Scientific Industrial, Shanghai-based manufacturing company will begin supplying the system-in-package for company's upcoming Ultra Wideband item tracking tags in the second to third quarter of 2020. ... read.. |
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Walmart paid $12bn worth dividends in 2019, Amazon paid $0 |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 1:20:55 PM IST |
| Retail giant Walmart spent $11.8 billion in 2019 on dividends and bought back shares of stock from its shareholders while its closest competitor Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon paid nothing to Wall Street investors, despite generating $13 billion more than Walmar ... read.. |
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