Government’s move to scrap old Rs500 and 1,000 notes will lead to “immediate but temporary contraction” in the mobile phone and PC market in the October-December 2016 quarter, research firm IDC said today. The ongoing cash crisis is expected to pull down feature phone shipments sharply by 24.6 per centRead More

When you hunt for a laptop, the first thought of owning an Apple MacBook has always crossed the mind of the buyer. However, those who are used to working on a Windows operating system find it a little tough to switch to a Mac OS. In contrast, ownership for AppleRead More

Google has started rolling out its very first update for Pixel phones which will include double-tap and raise-to-wake features. The features will allow Pixel smartphone users to see alerts with one tap on the display. Users can also raise the phone to wake the screen to see notifications. The raise-to-wakeRead More

Intel is about to layoff a major portion of its wearables division, people familiar with the matter claims, according to recent media reports. However, the company has denied it. In a statement to a technology news website TechCrunch, Intel denied the news. They said, “There is no way stepping backRead More

Panasonic has expanded its ELUGA smartphone portfolio with the launch of ELUGA Mark 2. The device is priced at Rs 10,499 and will be selling exclusively through the e-commerce website Flipkart. As for the specification, the smartphone comes with a 5.5-inch IPS display with 2.5D curved screen. It is poweredRead More

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said on Monday it was trying to ascertain if Yahoo! Inc’s (YHOO.O) decision to scan clients’ email accounts at the behest of the U.S. authorities last year broke European law. Sources have told Reuters that Yahoo used a software program to sift through millions ofRead More

New York: Facebook will now allow its 1.2 billion users to automatically launch its crisis response tool, “Safety Check”. According to a report by cnet.com on Thursday, this change will allow the community to decide the urgency of the nearby danger, something Facebook has struggled to grasp. In the areasRead More

New York: Micro-blogging website Twitter has launched Android TV app allowing users to stream National Football League (NFL) and other live videos available on its platform. “Users can also watch a feed of curated tweets and a live broadcast side-by-side, and there is no need to log in or evenRead More

Singapore’s central bank on Wednesday said it will launch a pilot project with the country’s stock exchange and eight local and foreign banks to use blockchain technology for interbank payments including cross-border foreign currency transactions. The effort is supported by the R3 blockchain research lab and BCS Information Systems, RaviRead More

Taiwan plans to ask Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pull apps of Uber Technologies available in Taiwan on their app stores, a government official said, upping pressure on the ride-hailing firm that is locked in a dispute with the island. Uber operates in Taiwan as an internet-based technologyRead More