technology

Monaco is the first in Europe to roll out Huawei-built 5G network

Monaco on Tuesday became the first country in Europe to inaugurate a next-generation 5G mobile phone network based on technology from Chinese firm Huawei, which is seen by the US as a major security risk.

Honk Kong based ‘Tecno’ launches new sub-brand ‘Spark’ in India

A Malware named ‘Agent Smith’ affected 15 million android devices in India

Facial recognition tech is double-edged, needs to be handled carefully in India.

Spotify Lite for low end or older Android phones now available in India

Swedish music streaming app Spotify on Tuesday launched a “Lite” version of its app for the Indian market that is just 10MB in size and helps people control data and storage on low-end Android smartphones and in areas with poor Internet connectivity.

ASUS further extends its horizon in India, 4th ROG Store coming up in Hyderabad

Taiwanese electronics major ASUS, which has 40 percent market share in the gaming laptop segment, is working towards expanding its offline footprint in India and would open its fourth Republic of Gamers (ROG) Store in Hyderabad next month, a top company executive said on Tuesday.

Millenials’ skilled in Disruptive Technology will help India to reach $5tn mark

To make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-2025 as the fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 knocks at the door, the country urgently requires a renewed focus on skilling the youth in advanced technologies as robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, data analytics and quantum computing.

Social Media and Networking outages a common norm in 2019

This year has seen several incidences where everyday apps faced major outages running into several hours in India. To the respite of users, they had Twitter to fall back upon as it was the only app functioning most of the time. “Outages make us realize how much do we actually depend on the Internet and apps. People even have apps that remind them it is time to drink water. And if these apps stop working, one can imagine the plight. Social media outages make me uncomfortable and restless,” says Deepansh Jain, a 21-year-old college student from Mumbai.

Mozilla would charge $5 for ad-free news subscription in Firefox

Mozilla, the maker of Open Source browser Firefox, is teasing an ad-free news subscription service for $5 per month, offering ad-free browsing, audio readouts and cross-platform syncing of news articles from multiple websites.

Microsoft has teased Windows 1.0 from 1985 for Netflix show ‘Stranger Things’

As part of a mystery tie-in with a Netflix show “Stranger Things”, software giant Microsoft has been teasing a nostalgic throwback to 1985, 33 years ago when Windows 1.0 debuted.