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India Accounts For 3.4% of Spam, 6th Highest In The World
According to Kaspersky Lab report on Spam monitoring, India is one of the top 10 nations in the world in distributing worldwide spam. Almost 3.4% of spam is generated in India and while it seems small in percentage, considering that we are…
Google Now Comes To Chrome, Covers Almost All Devices Now
Since Larry Page has become CEO, the company has become more focused that ever. His philosophy of more wood behind fewer arrows seem to be at work here. Where there are a lot of casualties in this philosophy (like Google Reader),…
Microsoft Lures Small Businesses With Trade-In Scheme For Cloud Computing
In a unique initiative which has never been tried before, Microsoft is offering cloud computing for small and medium business owners (SMBs) in exchange of their existing hardware.
SMBs who have 250 or less personal computers can exchange…
Google Glass Voice Commands Start Coming To Android Phones
There is a very interesting factoid that you guys must have heard- ‘The most innovations have come from military projects’. This is something true and also, quite intriguing. Another corollary that comes from this fact is that when you set…
Amazon.in Categories Swell, Sports & Fitness Store Gets Added
It’s amazing how Amazon India has been able to grow their product categories so frequently. Since they launched in July last year, Amazon has added over 15 new categories taking the total tally to 20 categories.
The new category to get…
Xbox One Coming To India In Sept, Along With 25 Other Countries
Microsoft has made an announcement yesterday that Xbox One will be arriving in 26 countries from September 2014. And to the delight of console gamers, one of the countries mentioned is India.
Xbox One, without doubt, has had one of the…
Pinterest Launches Hindi Version For Indian Users
Pinterest, one of the most popular social sharing sites in the world has now launched Hindi language version, where users can share their “pins” in Hindi. Pinterest is now available in 24 different languages including Hindi.
If you…
95% of ATMs At Risk Of Getting Hacked As Windows XP Support Ends April 8
Last year we had reported that Microsoft has finally decided to pull the plug on is most popular operating system: Windows XP. Though it will impact quite a number of computer users, one segment of it’s usage would be quite badly hit due to…
Computer Ransomware Leads A Man To Kill Himself & Son
Ransomware is very dangerous, and this tragic incidence underscores that fact!
A Romanian man killed himself and his son because of a Ransomware which had infected his computer.
Amazon.in Launches Store Pickup In Mumbai, Delhi
While placing my order for an external hard-disk on Amazon today, I noticed something quite interesting on the shipping page – It said, “On the move? Pick up your order from our pickup store.”. Here is the screenshot of what it showed me.…
Auto-Playing 15 Sec Video Ads Will Soon Hit You On Facebook
Facebook has just confirmed that starting today, Facebook video advertisements will start rolling on their platform. They have chosen a ‘select group of advertisers’ to test this new advertisement format but in the coming months, it would…
Delhi’s Select Citywalk Mall Going Online… Ironic?
Delhi’s Select Citywalk mall is probably one of the most popular shopping destinations in India. Located at Saket District Centre, in Saket, New Delhi, it is spread across 6 acres and has 1,300,000 sq ft of retail development space.
The…
Boost To Indian Ecommerce As SBI Launches Its Own Payment Gateway: SBIePay
State Bank of India, which is India’s largest bank has launched it’s own payment gateway which will help merchants, customers and various government departments use the internet to facilitate electronic transactions.
Named as SBIePay,…
Insights from Tim Berners-Lee AMA On WWW’s 25th Birthday
On March 12, 2014, the World Wide Web turned 25 years old. In the year 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist submitted a proposal, which was initially meant for a better CERN communication. His boss called the proposal "vague…
Google Staring At Rs 31000 Crore Fine By Competition Commission of India
“Don’t be Evil” is the informal motto of Google; but it seems that the antitrust heat accumulated inside India against Google can alter it.
Google can be charged $5 billion or Rs 31000 crore as penalty by Competition Commission of India…
Indian Techies Develop LeChal, World’s First Interactive Haptic Footwear
Mobile Devices have changed the way we live our lives, but it looks like wearable technologies are going to take it one step forward. I am sure you have already heard fascinating stories of wearable gadgets like Google Glass.
Now, two…
Linux Foundation Offers Its Rs. 1.5 Lakh Introductory Course For Free!
Linux is 2nd most prominent Operating System (OS) in the world after Windows. While its user base is less than exciting in the PC arena, everywhere else, it is a behemoth. Over 90% supercomputers are using Linux and as Android is…
Microsoft Transparency Report: Indian Govt Makes 416 Requests For 683 User Accounts
Microsoft has released their second Law Enforcement Request Report, according to which Indian Government made total of 416 requests to Microsoft that required details of 683 user accounts. These requests were made in a period of 6 months…
Google Now Brings Cricket Cards For IPL, World T20
If you own an Android phone, you know very well know “Google Now”, the personal assistant app from Google, that lets you know everything from Weather updates to finding directions to your favorite food joint to Flight status updates.…
Wipro Staff Buses To Offer Free Wi-Fi During Commute
Most of the IT professionals who work in large organizations like TCS, Infosys, Wipro etc., in cities like Bangalore and Mumbai do spend a large amount of their time traveling on company buses from their home to offices and back. Average…