San Francisco, (IANS) : In a big loss to Twitter, the company's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adam Bain who was in charge of the micro-blogging website's revenue business, has decided to leave the company. According to a company filing, Chief Financial Officer Anthony...
Facebook officially announces Windows desktop gaming platform
New York, (IANS) : Facebook has officially launched "Gameroom" Windows desktop gaming platform in collaboration with cross-platform game engine Unity. As announced in August, Unity and Facebook are collaborating on adding Facebook as a new build target to the Unity...
Google Pixel XL: Real, direct competition to the Apple iPhone 7
By Sourabh Kulesh, New Delhi, (IANS) : When Google launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered premium devices Pixel and Pixel XL earlier this month, the message was clear: The device with the personal Google Assistant built right in sounded the threat bugle for...
Chinese brands a huge success in Indian smartphone market: Report
Beijing, (IANS) : Despite calls for boycott of Chinese goods on Indian social media, the sales of Chinese smartphones are on the rise due to growing acceptance of brands like Vivo, Oppo, Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo, suggests a report in the state-owned media. Xiaomi...
nubia Z11 Mini available in India at Rs 12,999 from Oct 21
New Delhi, (IANS) : Earlier part of Chinese multinational telecommunications company ZTE Corporation, nubia has now gone stand-alone with its first mid-budget phone, Z11 Mini, which will be exclusively available for Indian customers on Amazon at Rs 12,999 from October...
Microsoft develops first human-like speech recognition system
New York, (IANS) : In a major breakthrough in the field of speech recognition, Microsoft researchers have created a technology that accurately recognises the words in a conversation like humans do. The team from Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research reported...
India can only ‘bark’ about trade deficit: Chinese media
By Gaurav Sharma, Beijing, (IANS) : The call for boycott of Chinese goods on Indian social media is "rabble rousing" as Indian products cannot compete with those of China, the state-owned media said on Wednesday. In an acerbic op-ed, Global Times launched a blitzkrieg...
Facebook Messenger to come with data saver mode
New York, (IANS) : Social media giant Facebook's upcoming version of Messenger will come with data saver mode that will allow users to save on data, a media report said. Till now, Messenger app automatically downloads anything the user receives regardless of size of...
Online sales of threatened cacti an open door for illegal trade
New York, (IANS) : Unregulated sale of endangered species of plants such as cacti on major e-commerce websites like eBay and Amazon has threatened their survival, a new research has found. The findings showed that plants and seeds were found available in major online...
Social media won’t affect your ability to concentrate: Study
New York, (IANS) : Frequent use of online social media does not lead to long-term problems with your ability to concentrate, says a new study. These modern communication tools do not, it seems, interfere with our primal instincts, such as long-term attitudes, time...