Toyota develops small, doll-like robot --- ‘Kirobo Mini’
Bigwig Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a small, doll-like robot which has been designed to act as a virtual companion. The 10-centimeter tall robot -- small enough to be easily...
View ArticleEarly version of Microsoft’s redesigned Paint app for Windows 10 appears online
Close on the heels of recently leaked details on Microsoft's planned redesign of its famous Paint app for Windows 10, an early version of the overhauled Paint app has now appeared online, and can be...
View ArticleYahoo will “soon” bring back its temporarily disabled email forwarding feature
Close on the heels of a Monday report by Associated Press (AP) that beleaguered Internet firm Yahoo Inc. has disabled the automatic email forwarding feature since the beginning of October, the company...
View ArticleSamsung starts mass production of semiconductors with 10 nm FinFET process...
In a recent announcement, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has revealed that the mass production of semiconductors using 10 nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology has been commenced by the company.Samsung...
View ArticleNetflix reports impressive subscriber growth in Q3 2016
On Monday afternoon, streaming video company Netflix delivered a blowout earnings report for the 2016 third quarter, smashing its own expectations for growth as well as beating the estimates of Wall...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces a Unified Update Platform
In a Thursday announcement, software giant Microsoft said that it is rolling out a new update publishing system --- the Unified Update Platform (UUP), which will facilitate device users to easily...
View ArticleGoogle plans to ban fake-news websites from using AdSense
Tech giant Google has revealed in a Monday announcement that websites which host fake news will be banned from using the company's online advertising service.The move announced by Google is chiefly...
View ArticleUS online shoppers made $1.2B of purchases via mobile devices on Black Friday
According to estimates released recently by Adobe, Black Friday 2016 marked the first-ever billion-dollar mobile shopping day in the US history; thanks to the $1.2 billion worth of purchases made by...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court hands Samsung a victory in its patent dispute with Apple
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court unanimously gave a ruling in favor of Samsung in the company's long-running patent-infringement scuffle with Apple - the Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., No....
View ArticleMicrosoft and Qualcomm partner to build low-cost Windows-on-ARM PCs
In an announcement made at the Windows Hardware Engineering (WinHEC) conference in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday morning, Microsoft said that it has partnered with Qualcomm to equip ARM devices with...
View ArticleMicrosoft partners with Qualcomm to bring full Windows 10 version to ARM...
In an announcement this week, Microsoft has revealed that it has a new initiative underway with Qualcomm, to bring a full version of Windows 10 OS - together with desktop app support - to ARM...
View ArticleDelayed release of Apple AirPods is reportedly caused by technology issues
According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report Friday, tech giant Apple's AirPods wireless earphones will likely not be available for purchase during the 2016 holiday season because of a delayed...
View ArticleOculus Rift reorganization creates unusual vacancy at the top
Facebook-owned Oculus Rift virtual-reality (VR) headset manufacturer has recently undergone a reorganization as a result of which an unusual vacancy has been created for the post of a new CEO.According...
View ArticleUber’s self-driving cars to remain on SF roads, challenging California DMV’s...
On Friday, ride-hailing service Uber said that it intends to continue operating its self-driving cars on San Francisco roads despite the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)’s Wednesday order...
View ArticleTwitter CTO Adam Messinger announces his departure
In a tweet posted on Tuesday, high-profile Twitter executive Adam Messinger – the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – said that he is leaving the company after a five-year stint.Messinger had...
View ArticleUber pulls its self-driving cars from SF roads after regulators revoke their...
On Wednesday, ride-hailing company Uber was forced to shut down its self-driving pilot program in San Francisco because the registrations of the company’s 16 self-driving cars in the city were revoked...
View ArticleSnapchat acquires Israeli AR startup Cimagine Media for an estimated $30-$40M
In a Sunday report, financial daily Calcalist News has revealed that California-based ephemeral messaging service Snapchat has quietly acquired Israeli augmented reality (AR) startup Cimagine Media.The...
View ArticleBentonville police issues warrant to Amazon, asks company to hand over data...
In a development first reported in The Information, online retail giant Amazon has been issued a warrant by police authorities in Bentonville, Arkansas, for handing over data – audio or records – from...
View ArticleFlurry: Apple and Samsung missed smartphone sales opportunities this holiday...
In its Wednesday issued annual report, research firm Flurry Analytics has revealed that bigwig smartphone vendors Apple and Samsung apparently missed smartphone sales opportunities in the 2016 holiday...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud acquires Kaggle
The Google Cloud Platform announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the world’s largest community for data scientists and machine learning nerds, called Kaggle. Kaggle allows AI enthusiasts to...
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