Microsoft, which is essentially out of the mobile business, is now relying on platforms like cloud computing and Cortana intelligence suite for its next growth verticals. (AP) Back in March, Micros…
Digital space is a great leveller; will women, elderly be left behind?
It is important to recognise that digital education alone is not sufficient to bring these segments into the fold of digital access, we need innovation in the process and devices that are designed …
Tech power: How Mahindra Comviva is making mobile payments easy
In mobile data space we have over 80 deployments in more than 40 countries, with over 800 million subscribers across the globe. (Reuters) Today, every business is connected through digital platform…
Facebook, Microsoft, Google agree to work with Bangladesh government: Minister
Speaking at a question-and-answer session, State Minister for Telecoms Tarana Halim said that not only social media giant Facebook, but the two internet behemoths, too, have also agreed to respond …
Congress crosses one million mark on Twitter
Congress had organised a workshop to train its spokespersons in handling digital media, in particular Twitter and Facebook, in August 2013. (Reuters) Congress has crossed a million followers mark o…
Apple’s next iPhone to use mobile chips from Intel
Intel’s modem chips will be in iPhones used on AT&T Inc’s U.S. network and some other versions of the smartphone for overseas markets, the Reuters quoted the bloomberg. (Reuters) Te…
Japanese tech firms to guide newly-eligible teenagers to vote
Yahoo Japan will launch a webpage listing the 20 most relevant issues for young voters in a bid to help them decide which party to support. (Reuters) Tech companies, including Yahoo and Facebook, a…
Laptops still popular mode of accessing Internet : TCS
A survey by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) shows that even as smartphone sales grow at a double – digit pace in the country, desktops and laptops still remain the most popular mode of access…
App on Sikh Heritage in Singapore launched
The app trail through Bukit Brown Cemetery and its surrounding cemeteries, home to thirty pairs of Sikh guard statues, is also featured in the app. (Reuters) A mobile app exploring Sikhs’ his…
Now a wearable device to guide the blind
Electronic Travel Aid is the only mobility device that can help a blind person navigate his way by sending haptic feedback or vibrations through the sense of touch. (Reuters) “It is better th…