Microsoft has decided to ban commonly used weak passwords entirely, so users can’t pick an effort which is bereft of any real level of security or common sense, following the most recent majo…
Intel India unveils three new initiatives to support Digital India
Building on the momentum of its “Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur” initiative to accelerate access to technology in non-urban India, Intel India e-launched its latest “Unnati Kendra at Comm…
Download these free web apps to multi-task better
The results noted the evaluation of 20 popular apps for usability, including Google Drive, Skype, Doodle Poll, Gmail, Windows Hotmail, CoSketch and DropBox. (Reuters) A team of researchers has list…
DataWind maintains market leadership in Tablet segment in India
“Our low-cost devices which come bundled with one year of free web access remain one of the only ways for many in India to access the internet,” said President and CEO DataWind, Suneet …
Facebook bids goodbye to desktop ad exchange
Facebook unveiled FBX in 2012. The social networking website is being shifted to mobile advertising for better revenues.(Reuters) Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly planning to close FB…
AT&T bids for Yahoo’s internet business
AT&T had previously decided against making an offer, people familiar with the matter said. (Reuters) AT&T Inc, the No. 2 US wireless carrier, has made a bid for Yahoo Inc’s internet b…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 push comes to shove for some users
Microsoft announced earlier this month that 300 million devices are running Windows 10 – a faster adoption rate than either of the two previous Windows versions. (Reuters) Since last summer, …
Apple can still get exemption from local sourcing norms
Apple has turned to India to reverse slowing global sales. According to a Morgan Stanley report in April, India is expected to beat the US to become the second-largest market for smart phones next …
Samsung Tab Iris is first commercial device to use Aadhaar data
Interestingly, since a lot of other countries are also looking at Aadhar to create their own unique identification systems, Samsung could use the learnings here to tweak the product for other marke…
Business value of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi has become ubiquitous today for connecting mobiles, tablets and laptops to the internet. Since its inception in 1999, the Wi-Fi Alliance (http://www.wi-fi.org/) has been primarily promoting b…