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Apple retail VP Angela Ahrendts steps down after five years

California [USA], February 6 (ANI): Apple’s senior retail VP Angela Ahrendts is resigning from her role after five years for new personal and professional pursuits.

2019-02-06T07:58:00.540783+00:00 IST

230 new emoji are coming to your devices this year

California [USA], February 6 (ANI): Unicode has announced a list of interesting new emoji which will make their debut on your devices in 2019. The list includes 59 new emoji with 171 variants for gender and skin tone, making the total count of 230.

2019-02-06T07:29:08.432668+00:00 IST

Flickr will no longer offer 1TB of free storage after today

California [USA], February 5 (ANI): Flickr will stop offering 1TB of free storage starting today and it is your last chance to save your old photos still on the service.

2019-02-05T10:36:45.127359+00:00 IST

Facebook turns 15: Mark Zuckerberg looks back at the journey of the world’s popular social network

California [USA], February 5 (ANI): The world’s most popular, and controversial, social networking service, Facebook has turned 15. Celebrating the anniversary, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a customary post on the service underlining the history of the service and its possible future.

2019-02-05T07:05:19.386469+00:00 IST

ISRO opens its first Human Space Flight Centre

Bengaluru [India], February 4 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) inaugurated Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), a centre dedicated to human spaceflight.

2019-02-04T08:53:07.956677+00:00 IST

Spotify in talks to acquire Gimlet Media for $200 million

Stockholm [Sweden], Feb 3 (ANI): Spotify’s ambition of moving into podcasting business is set to take shape with the big buck purchase of Gimlet Media, the podcasting giant, for over a whopping USD 200 million.

2019-02-03T15:46:59.945751+00:00 IST

Google wants the government to make some AI rules

California [USA], Feb 3 (ANI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next-big-thing, which is partly useful and partly creepy. Having machines learn human behaviour to predict the needs is something that has potential implications on the notions of privacy and security.

2019-02-03T15:45:06.558986+00:00 IST

5G vulnerable to snooping: Report

Berlin [Germany], February 2 (ANI): Ahead of the rollout of the advanced 5G network protocol, researchers have revealed the sheer vulnerability in the network that allows for spying of data over airwaves.

2019-02-02T08:54:22.890255+00:00 IST

Twitter suspended over 2000 accounts linked to Iran over election interference

Washington [USA], February 2 (ANI): Twitter revealed that it suspended 2,617 accounts since September which were linked to Iran and allegedly attempted to meddle with the US elections.

2019-02-02T08:32:21.796191+00:00 IST

Snoopy Facebook Research app invites Apple’s wrath

California [USA], January 31 (ANI): In response to Facebook’s practice of paying users to give access to their device usage through an app, Apple expressed its angst in its own way; by disabling the company from distributing the controversial ‘Research App’.

2019-01-31T08:24:27.779910+00:00 IST

Google disables snoopy iOS app, apologises

California [USA], January 31 (ANI): After Facebook’s controversial ‘Research App’ was reported, Google disabled its private iOS app that snooped on a user’s iPhone usage.

2019-01-31T08:19:05.418018+00:00 IST

Another Apple employee arrested over stealing self-driving tech secrets

California [USA], January 31 (ANI): Apple’s closely guarded self-driving technology was again vulnerable at the hands of its own employee. The company employee in question, Jizhong Chen, allegedly tried to pass on the information to a Chinese competitor.

2019-01-31T07:48:04.591548+00:00 IST

JAYS launches a-Seven wireless on-ear headphones

New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANi): Swedish brand JAYS today launched the a-Seven Wireless, a made to last on-ear lightweight headphone with aluminum housing and 25 hours of playtime.

2019-01-29T08:16:32.208312+00:00 IST

Apple revises policy for apps that cheat you with expensive subscriptions

California [USA], January 29 (ANI): Apple has revised its app policy to put a stop on malicious app makers who charge you more than what you were expecting by hiding the actual terms in fine print.

2019-01-29T07:58:27.726565+00:00 IST

Apple FaceTime bug lets you eavesdrop even if no one responds

California [USA], January 29 (ANI): Apple’s FaceTime video calling feature has a significant bug which has been found to allow the caller to hear the audio even before someone picks the call.

2019-01-29T07:38:09.021865+00:00 IST

Bluetooth 5.1 update to support direction-finding feature

Washington [USA], January 29 (ANI): Bluetooth, the core technology for wireless connections, will soon make it easier for you to locate your TV remote. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a new direction-finding feature for the next-gen Bluetooth 5.1 version.

2019-01-29T06:46:26.375468+00:00 IST

Want to invest? Lego toys are the best bet, study claims

New York [United States], January 29 (ANI): Not gold bars, not bonds, and no stocks either. The hottest new investment is Lego sets. Well, if this latest study is to be believed.

2019-01-29T05:07:33.732195+00:00 IST

Soon, Google Assistant may scan your face to personalise results

California [USA], January 28 (ANI): Google is reportedly working on a feature for its voice-enabled Google Assistant that will personalise results by scanning your face.

2019-01-28T09:26:03.560504+00:00 IST

Now, book railway tickets with JioRail app

Maharashtra [India], January 28 (ANI): Telecom operator Reliance Jio has announced a new smartphone app which will allow JioPhone and JioPhone 2 users to book railway tickets, cancel bookings, and check PNR status.

2019-01-28T09:03:23.821196+00:00 IST

Amazon is unignorable by companies: Report

Washington [USA], January 28 (ANI): What started off as a humble online bookstore, today, Amazon is a technology behemoth with a presence beyond just e-commerce. The company has a noticeable presence in logistics, manufacturing, grocery, customer services, real estate, healthcare, even fashion, among a host of other things.

2019-01-28T06:55:57.740834+00:00 IST

‘Fortnite’ gets ‘X-Ray’ Llamas to show you what you buy

North Carolina [USA], January 27 (ANI): The latest 7.30 update to ‘Fortnite’ replaces the V-Buck Llamas in favour of X-Ray Llamas that will show you what you will get when you buy them.

2019-01-27T12:02:28.395287+00:00 IST