San Francisco : Microsoft has said it has acquired open-source company Citus Data to bolster the competitiveness of its Cloud computing business. Citus Data is a company dedicated to the open-source database software PostgreSQL. Microsoft did not disclose detailed...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : Once the darling of Indian smartphone users, desi brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Intex and few others have nearly been decimated by affordable-yet-powerful devices from the Chinese vendors that have flooded both online and offline...
San Francisco : Retail giant Amazon's Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched "Backup" -- a new feature which makes it easier for companies to backup their data using its Cloud computing platform. AWS "Backup" makes protecting storage volumes, databases and...
San Francisco : A revised iPod touch and USB-C cables for iPhones could be on Apple's list of offerings in 2019, according to a report from Macotakara -- a Japan-based supply chain blog. "Details on what changes a new iPod touch might feature are unclear at this...
San Francisco : Taking its legal battle with chip making giant Qualcomm to the next level, Apple has claimed it wanted to use Qualcomm modems in its 2018's iPhone models but the chip maker refused to sell them after being sued by the iPhone maker over its licensing...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : In a society that is increasingly becoming paperless, a home printer is still top on a parent's mind -- both for homework as well as the experiential learning needs of their children. Beyond facilitating homework prints, a consumer-grade...
Bengaluru : IBM inventors from India earned over 800 patents -- the second highest contributor to the company's global record of 9,100 patents in the US in 2018 -- with nearly half in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing, cyber security,...
Seoul : Samsung Electronics Co said on Tuesday its operating profit plunged 28.7 per cent in the fourth quarter compared with a year ago due to weak memory demand, falling far short of market expectations. Operating profit came to 10.8 trillion won ($9.66 billion) in...
By Gokul Bhagabati, New Delhi : In a list of top smartphone players in the Indian market for the third quarter of 2018, Micromax made a surprise entry after a long hiatus, once again bringing back the domestic handset player into the spotlight. With a nine per cent...
Las Vegas : Dell subsidiary Alienware unveiled at CES 2019 here its thinnest and lightest 17-inch notebook with Alienware m17. Alienware m17 is 40 per cent lighter than its predecessor, weighing only 2.6 kgs. Available in epic silver and nebula red colours, the m17...