Speaking at a dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, billionaire George Soros, delivered a speech in which he called Facebook and Google a ‘menace to society’ and urged for increased government regulation of both companies. According to a post on his website, "The internet monopolies have neither the will nor the inclination to protect society against the consequences ...

The introduction of Reliance Jio in the Indian markets did cause a catastrophic effect.  And what clearly stood out as an undefeated winner was the Jio Phone. In the era of numerous smartphones, this feature phone caused the overall phone shipments to record a steep rise of 37 per cent in the last quarter of 2017. According to reports of Counterpoint, a market research firm, the purchas...

Alphabet Inc’s Google rolled out a new addition to its ads settings that will enable users to mute reminder ads in apps and on websites that partner with the company to show the ads. Google has released Chrome 64 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, bringing a stronger pop-up blocker, over 50 security fixes, and for the Spectre attack.   Reminder ads are reminders of a website that users hav...

Ziox Mobiles with the partnership of Sun Airvoice company has released a budget smartphone named ‘Astra Star’. This new product is an addition to the company’s product portfolio and is priced at Rs 5,899. The phone features a 5-inch FWVGA display and a 2.5D curved glass finish. It is equipped with 1.3Ghz quad core processor and 1GB of RAM. Astra Star sports 5MP camera in the rear and 2M...

EU antitrust regulators are expected to impose a multi-million euro fine on Qualcomm on January 24 for paying Apple to use only its chips, according to a person familiar with the matter. The European Commission in 2015 accused the company of the anti-competitive behaviour. The fine could, in theory, go as high as 10 per cent of Qualcomm’s annual revenue, which was $22.2 billion for its m...

The increasing demand for storage is significant in today’s smartphones, especially in the Android flagships. All premium devices now feature 4K video recording which will definitely need a chunk of storage. Considering this demand, UK based Integral company has decided to pump up their existing microSD storage products portfolio by adding a 512GB microSD card, which happens to be the wo...

If you are someone who doesn’t gel well with long distance journeys in cars or buses, then this news will be making you happy. Researchers at the University of Michigan have patented a new type of glasses that will help reduce nausea while travelling in cars. There’s no particular name for this technology right now but you could be seeing it soon in autonomous cars. The system works on ...

Scientists have developed a new algorithm that can allow smartphones to help analyse the mysterious ultra-high energy cosmic rays that emanate from supernovae and black holes. Cosmic rays are constantly entering the Earth's atmosphere. Among them are ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) whose properties remain somewhat of a mystery to scientists. They emanate from supernovae and black ...

The Amazon Great Indian Sale is here and has already started at midnight on January 21 and will run till January 24. The ongoing Amazon sale is offering cash back, discounts and exchange offer across various categories. Users who have HDFC Bank debit or credit card can get an additional cashback of 10 percent, capped at Rs 1,500 per card on a minimum transaction of Rs 2,000. Moreover, b...

LSTN has entered into an exclusive partnership with Indian distributor Ferrari Video and its retail brand Headphone Zone to launch high-quality headphones. LSTN claims that their goal is to connect people through sound. The company also claims, for every LSTN product sold, proceeds are donated to Starkey Hearing Foundation to help provide hearing aids to people in need around the world....