Saturday, December 15, 2018

Honor Band 4 to launch in India on December 24

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is all set to launch its latest fitness tracker Honor band 4 in India. The device is listed on Amazon which means that it will be exclusively available on the platform and will come to India on December 24. https://ift.tt/2zZGrRj

China's ZTE loses major German mobile contract

Chinese telecoms giant ZTE lost its biggest contract in Germany, network provider Telefonica on Friday said, as resistance mounts across the West to Beijing's infrastructure manufacturers. https://ift.tt/2PB29jD

Games that went the Battle Royale way this year

The Battle Royale concept is not an entirely new concept. From being a mod to mainstream gaming genre it has evolved over the year and with the launch of PUBG and Fortnite, the battle royale became one of the most played gaming genres in less than two years. https://ift.tt/2rAYYia

Photos of 6.8 million Facebook users may have been leaked

The social media giant in a blog post said that the bug gave developers access to photos of users, shared apart from their timelines, such as those on Marketplace or Facebook Stories. https://ift.tt/2EmUqDy

2018’s 25 best technology companies to work in India

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India's first private drone factory comes up in Hyderabad

Built by the Adani Group and Israel-based Elbit Systems, the 50,000 square feet facility will develop Hermes 900 medium altitude long-endurance UAVs for the Indian and global markets. https://ift.tt/2CdmEPL

MIT scientists invent new method to shrink 3D objects to nanoscale

MIT scientists have invented a way to develop nanoscale 3D objects of nearly any shape, which could be used in many fields - from optics to medicine to robotics. https://ift.tt/2LhATWD

Sebi eases norms around cyber security operations for small market intermediaries

Market regulator Sebi Friday relaxed guidelines pertaining to setting up cyber security operations centre for small market intermediaries as they lack knowledge in cyber security. https://ift.tt/2EiCUR8

Airtel, Vodafone Idea gain up to 10% after TDSAT rejects predatory pricing rules

Shares of Bharti Airtel increased 9.97%, while Vodafone Idea gained 8.02%. https://ift.tt/2LkW7Di

How to use Google Lens on iPhone, iPad

Google Lens is a content recognition app from Google that retrieves more information from an image. This includes language translation, getting information on products, menu from several restaurants and getting background information on monuments, places and more. https://ift.tt/2UMArnB

India's software market to grow 14% in 2018: Report

India's software market is expected to register a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 14.1 per cent by the end of 2018, a new report by International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Friday. https://ift.tt/2Bn6Vw6

YouTube removed 7.8 million videos in July-September quarter

Video-sharing giant YouTube has removed as many as 7.8 million videos between July and September, in its attempt to address violative content on the video platform. https://ift.tt/2UNyDLp

Google's new AI model to help detect diabetic retinopathy

Google has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that can detect diabetic retinopathy with a level of accuracy on par with human retinal specialists. https://ift.tt/2BiIFLj

Huawei facing fresh set of problems in France and Germany

Huawei faces fresh challenges in Europe after France's Orange said it would not hire the Chinese firm to build its next-generation network and Germany's Deutsche Telekom announced it would review its vendor strategy. https://ift.tt/2CegmQ9

National electronics policy almost finalised: Ravi Shankar Prasad

"We are working on electronics policy, we have almost finalised that. We had widest consultation possible," Prasad said at an event organised by industry body CII. https://ift.tt/2LgrEpO

Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...