Facebook is taking a cue from Snapchat Stories and Instagram Stories and testing a new feature for Messenger. Dubbed as Messenger Day, the feature lets users upload photos and videos, with filters and doodle on them. You can create slideshow of these photos and videos which will disappear in 24 hours. Continue reading “Facebook tests Snapchat Stories style feature for Messenger”
Uber, the US based ride sharing service entered India in 2013. The company has been investing and hiring heavily in the country being a potential market. The company currently offers uberPool, uberGo, uberX and uberXL services in India. Earlier this year, it launched a new service dubbed as UberCommute which is a car pooling service that is different from UberPool.
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The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has lifted the ban on using the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in flights. It has issued an advisory to the travelling public and airline companies to allow the usage of Note 7 smartphones, purchased after September 15.
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Earlier this week, Adobe Lightroom added ability to shoot image in RAW format for iOS 10. Now, the app which has been updated to version 2.5.2 is optimized for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
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Google has released developer preview 3 for Android Wear 2.0. The developer preview is now expected to continue to early 2017.
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Google Maps for Android have received an update which brings voice command support. You can now get directions to their destination by simply saying “Ok Google” followed by a voice command. This saves you from the task of actually tap or even look at the screen.
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It has been reported some time back that next year’s iPhone will have a major design shift. Now KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a report which says that 2017 iPhones will sport a glass front and back design.
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Google today announced that it will open a new India Cloud Region in Mumbai by 2017. The India cloud region is aimed at offering Google Cloud Platform services to Indian developers and enterprise customers. Continue reading “Google to open India Cloud Region in Mumbai, to go live by 2017”
Google has re-branded Apps for Works as G Suite which will comprise of Calendar, Drive, Docs, Hangouts, Gmail, Maps for Work, Search for Work, Sheets and Slides.
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Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are coming together to form a non-profit organisation to educate the public and understand how it will influence people and society. The organization is dubbed as Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to benefit people and society.
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Nvidia has introduced latest chipset for autonomous cars dubbed as Xavier. The SoC is said to make vehicles smart and even satisfy all-important safety regulations.
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Fossil had announced Q Marshal and Q Wander Android Wear smartwatches in March this year. Now these smartwatches have been listed online on Flipkart and are up for pre-order. Continue reading “Fossil Q Marshal, Q Wander Android Wear Smartwatches up for pre-order on Flipkart”
Microsoft has updated Skype app for iOS 10 with a bunch of new features and improvements. The update which bumps the app to version 6.25 gets Siri integration, support for CallKit and more.
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Edu-tech company Udacity has collaborated with Google VR, HTC Vive and Upload to launch VR Developer Nanodegree Program in India. The course is aimed at prospective budding VR developers in the country.
