Last year, Microsoft had made a splash with its branded Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. This year, the company has unveiled its book series, i.e., Microsoft Surface Book i7 and pushing its hardware in a new direction. To-date, all the Surface hardware focuses on the laptop and the ultraportable market. On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled […]

New York, Aug 12: Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to US President Barack Obama during the May 2015 #AskPOTUS town hall meeting, the media reported on Friday. According to Buzzfeed, Costolo asked employees to deploy an algorithm which was built in-house to filter out […]

New York: US tech giant Apple is planning to revamp its entire MacBook Pro line this year, with a new design and a number of new features, a media report said. The company is working on a new programmable strip of OLED-based function keys that can be switched to perform different functions depending on which […]

Mumbai, Aug 10: Professional networking website LinkedIn on Wednesday announced that it has crossed the 100-million member mark in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), and with 37 million members, India is its largest market in the region. Globally, India retains its spot as the second-largest market after the US, a company statement said. LinkedIn has doubled […]

New Delhi, Aug 10: Global professional services company Accenture and LinkedIn on Wednesday announced they will jointly host “HackFest 2016”, a platform for students to solve real-world business and human challenges through innovative ideas. The non-stop, 20-hour challenge will be held in Bengaluru on September 24-25. “HackFest 2016 is also an opportunity for students to […]

New Delhi: While the world of technology is going ga-ga over the future of modular smartphones, South Korean electronics conglomerate LG has already translated the concept into reality with the G5 — it’s flagship device that has upped the ante for other vendors in the customised smartphone market. The Rs 52,990 G5 features a “slide-out” […]

Beijing, Aug 9: India is a potential market for cloud computing services, said Yu Sicheng, Alibaba Group vice-president, said on Tuesday. Yu made the remarks at an event on the sidelines of an event of the Alibaba Cloud Global, the subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant. He also announced the opening of cloud data centres in […]

New Delhi, Aug 8: Casio India on Monday introduced three new projector models that promise to reduce the power consumption by up to 50 percent and feature a dust-resistance design to ease the maintenance. Part of its EcoLite series of LampFree projectors, the devices come with Casio’s 5th generation laser and LED hybrid light source […]

New Delhi, Aug 8: In a strategic move to gain a stronghold in emerging markets like India, Chinese Internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Monday announced the appointment of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jia Yueting as Chairman of another leading Chinese smartphone player Coolpad. With the announcement, Coolpad’s stocks surged over 20 per […]

Sydney: A district court judge in Australia’s New South Wales state has ordered a man to pay $150,000 in damages for writing a defamatory Facebook post that ruined a motel owner’s life. In March 2014, electrician David Scott wrote the following post on Facebook: “Pedophile [sic] warning:- Nambucca [town] has been used as a relocation […]