Kuala Lumpur, Leading smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics on Thursday launched the new versions of its popular Galaxy A-series smartphones in an all “glass and metal” design and with improved selfie features. The new versions of the dual-SIM A-7 and A-5 phones have been launched with slight improvements in certain features than the […]
Chandigarh, India and France committed themselves to closer ties, especially in business and combating terrorism, just hours after French President Francois Hollande began his three-day visit to India here on Sunday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke protocol to welcome him. Addressing the India-France Business Summit, Modi said India and France had huge potential to […]
Victims of crime whose wifi-enabled smart phone, tablet or notebook computer is stolen will soon have a better chance of getting it back, thanks to changes to the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Regulation. Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said the changes will include forcing pawn shop staff to record media access control […]
London, Unfaithful lovers can use a new app that allows them to keep multiple phone numbers on their existing smartphone and cheat on their partners. The app, called Swytch, allows users to have up to five additional mobile numbers on their existing smartphone nullifying the need of keeping two mobiles to orchestrate their double lives, […]
New York, Facebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed, according to a media report. “People have told us they’d like new options to see and have conversations about more stories on Facebook around specific topics they’re interested in,” the Verge quoted a Facebook spokesperson as […]
Hyderabad, Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has agreed to set up a Microsoft centre for excellence in Visakhapatnam. Nadella, who met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday, assured cooperation with the state government in utilisation of cloud data for improving citizen services. During the 80-minute-long meeting with Naidu at the latter’s […]
New Delhi, Global internet search engine giant Google will train two million new Android developers in the next three years, its chief executive Sundar Pichai said here on Thursday. “As per the new plan (by Google), we will train two million Android developers in partnership with 30 universities. This will be done over the time […]
New Delhi, Saudi Arabia has stepped up its economic engagement with India with yet another business delegation of nearly 50 members set to visit the country from December 13-18 to expore opportunities in diverse areas from retail to realty, officials here said. Led by Kamel S. Almunajjed, co-chair of the Saudi-India Business Council, the delegation […]
Beijing, Chinese stocks opened mixed on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to open at 3,433.86 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.25 percent higher at 11,991.7 points, Xinhua news agency reported. The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.36 percent to open at 2,658.97 points.
A record number of shoppers are expected to head online this year to do their Christmas shopping, a new nationwide survey commissioned by Australia Post reveals. The Australia Post research highlights 87 per cent of people will be turning to online shopping to buy one or more of their presents this year, compared to only […]