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Google Pay to be introduced to Tez users in India

New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): American tech MNC Google announced that its culminated payment platform, Google Pay, will soon be brought to users of its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-integrated mobile payments platforms, 'Tez', in India.

2018-01-09T05:40:06.106104+00:00 IST

Gemalto launches first biometric EMV card for contactless payments

New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Gemalto on Friday said that it has been selected by Bank of Cyprus to supply the world's first EMV biometric dual interface payment card for both chip and contactless payments.

2018-01-05T07:23:55.888555+00:00 IST

AI-backed features to empower technological advancements in 2018

New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Following up trends from 2017, Artificial Intelligence is expected to be the face of technological advancement in 2018 as well.

2018-01-04T09:44:59.780840+00:00 IST

Apple acquires mobile iteration platform Buddybuild

New York [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): Technology giant Apple acquired a Vancouver-based mobile iteration platform, Buddybuild, with an aim to make it easier for developers to create and iterate their apps for its platforms.

2018-01-03T05:10:00.182878+00:00 IST

Ever wondered how the Internet works?

New Delhi [India], Jan.03 (ANI): Do you know that only 10% of population knows the full form of the Internet and just 2% understand how it works.

2018-01-02T20:18:12.459667+00:00 IST

Microsoft Garage launches Favorites Lock Screen app in India

New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Microsoft Garage announced that its Favorites Lock Screen app will now be available to Android users in India.

2017-12-29T08:45:02.760166+00:00 IST

Google dedicates its doodle to Kannada poet Kuvempu

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Google on Friday dedicated its doodle to renowned 20th century Kannada poet and author Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa aka Kuvempu to mark his 113th birth anniversary.

2017-12-28T23:48:16.809020+00:00 IST

Google remembers Ghalib on his birth anniversary

New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Google on Wednesday has dedicated its doodle to one of Urdu literature's most iconic poets, Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, most commonly as Ghalib, to mark his 220nd birth anniversary.

2017-12-26T21:30:22.612211+00:00 IST

HDFC's banking chatbot 'Eva' now compatible with Google Assistant

New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): HDFC Bank's Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled chatbot, Eva, built by Senseforth AI Research Pvt Ltd, now works with Google Assistant in Indian English, making it available on millions of Android devices.

2017-12-20T06:15:40.710856+00:00 IST

Alibaba announces cloud services for Indian enterprises, SMEs

New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group, announced on Wednesday that clients can start to sign up for services to be delivered in its new India data centre, which is set to open in January 2018 in Mumbai.

2017-12-20T04:08:35.168489+00:00 IST

Facebook working on ending 'engagement bait' to reduce spamming

New York [USA], Dec 19 (ANI): Amid extensive spamming that has been reported by users, Facebook announced that it is monitoring the situation and will demote posts that beg for likes, comments, and shares.

2017-12-19T11:05:55.327329+00:00 IST

Phonon's Chatbot to help banks, insurers, telecom companies with Aadhaar linking process

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Dec 19 (ANI-BusinessWire India): Phonon Communications, provider of India's largest loan bot, announced the launch of a new chatbot with Aadhaar validation capabilities. "Aadhaar Bot" is an AI-powered (Artificial Intelligence) chatbot which can be integrated with websites, mobile apps, SMS campaigns and social media pages of service providers.

2017-12-19T10:19:13.906992+00:00 IST

Kaspersky Lab appeals to US court to remove ban on products

Mumbai [India], Dec.19 (ANI); Kaspersky Lab announced today that it is seeking an appeal in federal court of U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) decision on Binding Operational Directive 17-01 banning the use of the company's products in federal agencies.

2017-12-19T05:58:11.200360+00:00 IST

Facebook Messenger reports two-fold growth in video calls in 2017

New York [USA], Dec 19 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook reported that a total of 17 billion video calls were made in 2017 via its Messenger platform, which is double the figures from the previous year.

2017-12-19T04:40:22.329487+00:00 IST

MoSPI, UN collaborate to harness potential of data for development

New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Taking heed of the importance of outcome-based monitoring to track progress on national priorities and the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and the United Nations in India announced their collaboration to leverage technology for evidence-based decision-making.

2017-12-17T07:36:06.951707+00:00 IST

Sort your loan application issues with these fintech apps

New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): A lot of loan application used to get rejected both in consumer loans as well as business loans.

2017-12-16T11:27:40.532912+00:00 IST

Facebook enables users to mute people, groups, pages for 30 days

New York [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): Tired of constant notifications from people, groups and pages? Say no more, as Facebook will now give you an option to mute these select persons or communities for a brief period.

2017-12-16T09:41:48.672383+00:00 IST

Hardware tech firms witness 11 pct growth from software-based revenue models

New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Digital security provider Gemalto in its latest report revealed that the device manufacturing industry is embracing software over hardware as its primary business model, owing to how crucial software is becoming to device manufacturers, specifically in improving business performance and growing revenue.

2017-12-16T07:25:35.028455+00:00 IST

Twitter launches 'Moments' feature in India

New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The micro-blogging site, Twitter, has rolled out Twitter 'Moments' feature to its userbase in India.

2017-12-16T03:15:33.362258+00:00 IST

Google Assistant to feature on more Android phones in India

New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Tech giant Google on Thursday announced that its 'Assistant' feature which is already available across a number of devices and languages will now be available on supported phones running on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

2017-12-14T12:15:58.868875+00:00 IST

Digital technology to increasingly operate on human terms, say consumers

New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): With the end of 2017 approaching, Ericsson ConsumerLab in its latest report while exploring the future from an early adopter user perspective noted that consumers expect digital technology to increasingly operate on human terms.

2017-12-11T13:40:13.870754+00:00 IST