Profit booking, coupled with heightened chances of a US rate hike and a weak rupee subdued the Indian equity markets during the early morning trade session on Monday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE traded marginally in the red. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded flat. […]
Australians will be able to transport themselves to vivid virtual worlds, sit front row at events and play immersive 3D games from the comfort of their lounge room when Telstra launches the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge alongside a futuristic headset that transforms these smartphones into virtual reality devices. The new Samsung Galaxy […]
New Delhi, Ringing Bells, the makers of the controversial “Freedom 251” smartphone, has reportedly claimed to have paid back the money it generated from the first 30,000 pre-booking orders on the first day of the sale this month. Mohit Goel, managing director of the Noida-based company, has claimed that the money of all 30,000 customers […]
Security researchers are reporting that new highly advanced malware is being used to attack Android smartphones. The malware¾known as Mazar¾is delivered through an unsolicited SMS or MMS message incorporating a web link. If a user clicks on the link, an attacker can gain full administrator-level control of the phone and perform tasks such as sending […]
New Delhi, Facebook had cut off its Free Basics service for India three days after the country’s telecom watchdog said no to discriminatory pricing of data content. “Free Basics is no longer available to people in India,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an e-mail statement to IANS. No further comment was offered. The Telecom Regulatory […]
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 […]