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Airtel may buy Aircel 4G airwaves
MUMBAI: Bharti AirtelBSE % is close to buying 4G airwaves from Aircel for about Rs 3,800 crore as India's No. 1 phone company looks to strengthen its high-speed broadband spectrum…
Apple CEO Tim Cooks Hails Economic Reforms in India
New York: Applauding the economic reforms unveiled by India, tech giant Apple's CEO Tim Cook said the world's third largest smartphone market presents a "very good business environment" going ahead.…
Facebook to Open Its First Data Centre in Ireland
Facebook will construct a data centre facility at Ireland's Clonee village that will become part of the infrastructure that enables billions of people connect on the social networking platform, Messenger,…
Apple’s Beats cord-free, wireless headphones called ‘AirPods’
Apple seems to be putting its recently acquired Beats Electronics brand to some practical use, that now seems to be a closer to Apple’s iPhones that ever before. 9to5Mac reports…
Facebook developing Messenger for Mac App
Facebook is building an as-yet-unreleased Facebook Messenger app for Mac desktop that would help Apple users to instantly access it straight from the dock, a media report said. Instead of…
Microsoft developing its own SIM card
With the proliferation of Windows 10 devices--especially those with built-in cellular capabilities--Microsoft appears to be keen to make cellular data access easier. This was evident when they recently published a…
Google, Lenovo Unveil First Project Tango Smartphone at CES 2016
Google and Lenovo in collaboration announced their first consumer-targeted product with Project Tango technology at the ongoing CES 2016 trade show - smartphone. The Chinese tech firm plans to launch…
Tech Mahindra, MetricStream announce global tie-up
Software firm Tech Mahindra has entered into a strategic alliance with US-based MetricStream to deliver governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions across the globe. MetricStream's leading enterprise and cloud apps…
Twitter planning character limit for tweets
Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, well beyond its current 140-character limit, technology news website reported on…
Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s Challenge To Himself
As New Year's resolutions go, this one will put your "clean out my inbox" or "lose 15 pounds" to shame. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook…
Windows 10 Now Running on 200 Million Device
Microsoft Corp's latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems. Windows…
Oculus Rift VR Headset Pre-Orders
Facebook-owned Oculus VR will begin taking orders for its Rift virtual reality headsets on Wednesday, as the doors of Consumer Electronics Show gadget extravaganza officially open in Las Vegas. Oculus…