Yahoo launches Facebook Messenger bots for weather, news, finance and more

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Yahoo has launched a bunch of bots for Facebook Messenger. The company is bringing four different bots for News, Weather, Finance and Monkey.
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Apple News app for iOS updated with human curated Top Stories

Apple has updated News app with a new feature with an aim to offer more news. With the latest update, Apple’s editors will curate a list of “top stories” that will be displayed for all of the apps users.

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Qualcomm launches Design in India Initiative in support of Government’s Make in India Vision

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Qualcomm announced the launch of a new Design in India Challenge in New Delhi. The initiative is being launched by Qualcomm to support the Government’s vision of Make in India.

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Facebook Instant Articles feature now available for Android users in India

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Facebook had debuted their Instant Article feature for iOS devices in USA and parts of Europe. The feature is now available to users in India on their Android devices starting from today.

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SoundCloud introduces Pulse – A companion app for creators

 

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SoundCloud has just launched Pulse, a companion app for the original SoundCloud app that is meant for creators. The application is now available to users on Android devices.

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Instagram rolls out a new video feature called “Best Videos”

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Instagram is introducing a new video feature called “Best Videos” which is basically a curated video channel like Snapchat Stories and Twitter Moments.

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Instagram’s community is now 400 million users strong

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Instagram has just announced that their fast growing network of users has just exceeded 400 million. That shows the power of photos as Instagram is a social network that uses images to send messages across people all over the world.

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Microsoft to streamline their smartphone lineup – Will release only 6 smartphones a year

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Microsoft’s recent job cutting has been a hot topic of discussion online for all the wrong reasons. However CEO Satya Nadella also mentioned that they are planning to streamline their devices into 3 categories from now on.

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Apple’s suppliers start working on iPhones with force touch technology

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Apple first debuted the force touch technology with the Apple Watch and the new Macbook. A lot of rumours started circulating saying that Apple will use this technology in the upcoming iPhones as well. Now apparently Apple’s suppliers have started manufacturing the iPhones with Force Touch already.

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Samsung planning to launch 10 devices priced between Rs 9,000 – Rs 18,000 next quarter

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Samsung is apparently planning to launch a bunch of devices; 10 to be specific between the range of Rs 9,000 to 18,000 in order to fight back the stiff competition from Chinese manufacturers.

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Google introduces ‘News Lab’ to help build the future of media

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Google’s new effort to empower innovation for the Internet media is its new portal called News Lab. The search giant introduced this new site on Monday saying that it is aimed to collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media. Continue reading “Google introduces ‘News Lab’ to help build the future of media”

SwiftKey for iPhone and iPad updated with 12 new themes and more

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Apple’s new “Powerful” ad makes you feel powerful if you own an iPhone 5s

Apple had almost stopped promoting its flagship offering – the iPhone 5s since launch and now, out to the blue, Apple has launched a new Ad for the iPhone 5s and it has also created an exclusive webpage for the ad with links to apps that are featured in the Ad.

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Micromax to assemble phones in India starting next year

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Micromax is looking to start assembling its phones in India starting next year, according to reports. The company might be the second largest smartphone vendor in India, it still imports all of its devices from China to sell it here. The original device manufacturers in China who do contract manufacturing for companies like Micromax, Karbonn and so many others, have enabled the influx of cheap and powerful smartphones for our market. With the ever expanding growth of the smartphone market in India, Micromax, which boasts 21 percent of the Indian market, might surely find that the logistics of import is definitely an issue, and the company is looking to fix it.

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