Anish Chakraborty
Editor
09 Oct 2017
TechnologyGoogle clarifies why it dumped the 3.5mm headphone jack
When Apple dumped the headphone jack its Senior VP-Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller said, "It comes down to one word...courage. The courage to move on and do something better for all of us." Majority of us disagreed.
08 Oct 2017
IndiaWorld Post day: Do you remember the postman?
Ten years down the line, we'd have a hard time explaining, to the future generation, what a landline phone is or what the job of a typist was. It's already difficult now.
08 Oct 2017
TechnologyBlackBerry 'Krypton' Motion will be its comeback phone
If you look really back in the past, you will probably remember a time in cellphones' history when BlackBerry was popular. That was then. Nowadays it's barely heard of.
08 Oct 2017
BusinessZEE acquires 9X Media, INX Music for Rs. 160 crore
According to reports, 9X Media and INX Music have been acquired by Subhash Chandra-backed Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) for a cash consideration of Rs. 160 crore.
08 Oct 2017
TechnologySmartphone controlled bandages? That's possible
Innovation isn't always about creating a new solution. Sometimes it's about re-imagining an existing one.
06 Oct 2017
BusinessPaytm Payments Bank incurred Rs. 30cr loss in 7 months
In its regulatory filing to Registrar of Companies (RoC), Paytm Payments Bank informed that in the time period between August 2016 and March 31, 2017, it has incurred losses of Rs. 30.7 crore.
06 Oct 2017
BusinessSnap CEO says Spectacles sales are 'over 150,000 units'
When Snap launched Spectacles, it didn't hold back from making marketing gimmicks. One of the brilliant ones was the idea of Snapbot vending machines, which would pop up at random places and from which, you could buy Spectacles.
05 Oct 2017
BusinessAdobe integrates Aadhaar-based authentication on Adobe Sign
American multinational software firm Adobe Systems said that in order to promote e-signatures in India, it will now start integrating Aadhaar-based authentication into its e-signature feature "Adobe Sign".
05 Oct 2017
TechnologyMid-segment phone Comio C2 gets launched, priced at Rs. 7,199
A relatively new competitor in the Indian smartphone market, Comio has launched a new smartphone in the country. The latest offering from the company, dubbed C2 is a budget-smartphone and carries a price tag of Rs. 7,199.
05 Oct 2017
PoliticsDon't get gloomy over one quarter of slow growth: PM
Narendra Modi, speaking at Institute of Company Secretaries of India's golden jubilee celebration, launched a tirade against "people who sleep well only after they spread a feeling of pessimism all around."
04 Oct 2017
BusinessGoogle drops its 'first-click free' policy
Google is canceling its 'First Click Free' policy, under which news sites were required to provide at least three articles per day in Google Search and Google news before they could enable a paywall.
03 Oct 2017
BusinessOla to get $2bn in fresh funding from Tencent, SoftBank
While its biggest rival Uber is witnessing a tussle between its founder and erstwhile CEO Travis Kalanick and the present board, Ola is gearing up for another round of funding.
03 Oct 2017
TechnologyOnePlus 6 is on its way, forget about OnePlus 5T
Reports suggest that OnePlus is gearing up to launch its next flagship smartphone model sometime in early 2018.
03 Oct 2017
BusinessMake in India? When it comes to smartphones, not yet
India's goal of becoming a smartphone-making hub has hit a major roadblock due to lack of skilled labor and component makers.
03 Oct 2017
BusinessHuawei triumphs over Apple, becomes top smartphone brand in China
It appears that Apple has finally lost its biggest overseas market. An FT survey shows that Apple, which is trying to regain its popularity in China, has fallen out of favor among the locals.
03 Oct 2017
TechnologyHuawei is ready to topple Apple with its new phones
Last month, after Apple's introduction of its "neural engine" dedicated to taking care of AI-related tasks such as facial recognition, Huawei took a pot-shot at the Cupertino giant.