Page 196 - Technology Internet
WhatsApp's Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora quits
Neeraj Arora, WhatsApp's chief business officer, said he is leaving the popular messaging service, joining a stream of top executives who have departed Facebook and its group companies in the past year. Arora, an IIT- Delhi alumnus and the number four in the company, was being touted to take over as WhatsApp CEO earlier this year however the role of global head of the company was given to Chris Daniels. Arora had been with WhatsApp since 2011 and through Facebook's USD 19 billion acquisition of the messaging company in 2014. His exit comes seven months after WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum left the company. "It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since Jan (Koum) and Brian (Acton) got me onboard at WhatsApp, and it has been one hell of a ride! It is time to move on, but I cannot be more proud of how WhatsApp continues to touch people in so many different ways every day," Arora said in a Facebook post on Monday. "I am confident that WhatsApp will continue to be the simple, ...
Tech Mahindra bags Rs 270 cr IT modernisation project from Coal India
IT company Tech Mahindra Tuesday said it has bagged Rs 270 crore project from Coal India to deploy modern technologies in the state-owned company. "We have bagged a Rs 270 crore project from Coal India. It will span over period of five years," Tech Mahindra Sales Head for India Puneet Gupta told reporters here. The implementation of the project would be done in phases. The phase 1 of the project includes ERP software implementation in Coal India and its two subsidiaries -- Mahanadi Coalfields and Western Coalfields, Gupta said. The deal also includes supply and implementation of Hospital Information Management System, across all eight subsidiaries of Coal India covering 21 hospitals, he said. "We will bring the depth of our digital experience into this engagement and deliver connected experience to Coal India," Tech Mahindra President, India Business and Corporate Affairs Sujit Baksi said. He said that the company has also won a five-year project to modernise six Indian ports in ...
Google Maps allows hashtags in reviews
You can now use your favourite hashtag when reviewing a place on the Google Maps.Google has introduced a new feature to Maps that will make business reviews more engaging and useful. One can add up to five hashtags in their posts which Google suggests should be placed at the end of the review, Engadget reported.It is also suggested that specific hashtags such be used such as #sunsetviews and #wheelchairaccessible instead of generic terms.The feature is available on Android devices. It is unclear as to when it will be available on iOS or the web.
Promoted Google Play apps using fraudulent ad practices: Report
The Google Play Store, known for getting infected with malware time and again, now appears to be promoting apps which have been using scammy ad practices.According to an app analytics firm Kochava which shared its report with Buzzfeed News, there are eight such Android apps with over 2 billion downloads in the Google Play store that have been engaging in the malpractice.These apps engaged in monitoring user behaviour for 'click injection' - a method where the owner gets credit and paid for serving the ad, to make money from installs.Seven of these are owned by Cheetah Mobile and one is owned by Kika Tech. Apps suspected of engaging in fraudulent behaviour include Clean Master, CM File Manager, CM Launcher 3D, Security Master, Battery Doctor, CM Locker, and Cheetah Keyboard. From Kika Tech, the Keka Keyboard app is under the scanner.
Skullcandy Venue: Value for money, good battery life (Tech Review)
The market has plenty of wireless headphones, but it is only a few brands that actually offer quality music for audiophiles.
Amazon makes its machine learning course available to everyone for free
Amazon has announced that it is making its machine learning course available to everyone at no cost. It is the same course which is used to train engineers at Amazon.The course will be available to all developers through a new AWS Training and Certification Machine Learning offering, containing over 30 self-service, self-paced digital courses with more than 45 hours of courses, videos, and labs for four key groups: developers, data scientists, data platform engineers, and business professionals.Each course will cover the fundamentals and build on through real-world examples and labs allowing developers to explore the technology through some fun problems engineers had to resolve at Amazon.Amazon is also offering a certification exam, which is available at USD 300 while the course is free.
8K Miles Software Services becomes Premier Consulting Partner in AWS Partner Network
Powered by Capital Market - Live News
Facebook working on fix for bug showing old messages
With several users complaining about old messages resurfacing on their Facebook Messenger, the social networking giant said it was aware of the issue and was working on a fix, The Verge reported.
WhatsApp's Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora quits
In yet another high-profile exit at WhatsApp, its Indian-origin Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora has quit, saying he needs "time off to recharge and spend time with family".
Amazon offers free machine learning courses to general consumers
U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon announced Monday that it is offering, for the first time, the same Machine Learning (ML) courses used to train its own engineers.
Dell hosting women entrepreneur network meet in Bengaluru
Global computer maker Dell Technologies is hosting for the first time in India its Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) meeting in this tech hub on Tuesday to focus on women funding women, said the US-based firm on Monday.
Cyber Monday set to become biggest U.S. online shopping day
(Reuters) - Cyber Monday was on track to bring in a record $7.8 billion in U.S. online sales, but will also test the limits of retailers' e-commerce operations as millions of shoppers scour for steep discounts on everything from Lego sets to big-screen TVs.
Nageshwara Rao Guntur appointed as AERB chief
Renowned scientist Nageshwara Rao Guntur has been appointed as chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Personnel Ministry said in an order issued Monday. Guntur is the chairman, Project Design Safety Committee, Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor and former distinguished scientist Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. His appointment as the AERB chairperson will be for three years, the order said.
TERI launches storage battery-based load management in Kolkata
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on Monday launched a "first-of-its-kind" pilot project here to support implementation of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) at the distribution level, aimed at reducing stress on transformers during peak hours. The Delhi-based research institute, with support from MacArthur Foundation, kick started the project in collaboration with the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL), a TERI statement said. The distribution transformers get overloaded during peak load hours, while they remain under-utilised during non-peak hours and with rise in solar power, integration of BESS at the distribution level was felt necessary, it said. A comprehensive module would be developed to assist WBSEDCL in determining application-specific optimum battery capacity, operational logic and levelised cost of storage, TERI said. For implementation of the pilot project, TERI would act as project management consultant (PMC) to ...
WPP merges famous JWT agency with digital arm Wunderman
LONDON (Reuters) - WPP said on Monday it would merge its famous JWT agency with its digital outfit Wunderman in the most eye-catching effort yet by the world's biggest advertising group to simplify its business.
No mobile phone for TN Police on critical duty
The Tamil Nadu Police on Monday banned officials below the rank of Sub-Inspector from using mobile phones while on critical duty.
Google's new Search feature gives single result to certain queries
Google is rolling out a new feature to the Search app on mobile web, Android and iOS that would not show multiple links to a query if it could be answered by a direct result for faster search experience.
UK parliament seizes confidential Facebook documents
Britain's parliament has seized confidential Facebook documents from the developer of a now-defunct bikini photo searching app as it seeks answers from the social media company about its data protection policies. Lawmakers sought the files ahead of an international hearing they're hosting on Tuesday to look into disinformation and "fake news." The parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has "received the documents it ordered from Six4Three relating to Facebook," Committee Chairman Damian Collins tweeted on Sunday . "Under UK law & parliamentary privilege we can publish papers if we choose to as part of our inquiry," he said. The app maker, Six4Three, had acquired the files as part of a US lawsuit against the social media giant. It's suing Facebook over a change to the social network's privacy policies in 2015 that led to the company having to shut down its app, Pikinis, which let users find photos of their friends in bikinis and bathing suits by searching their ...
OPPO to debut SuperVOOC charging with new smartphone in December
After launching its patented flash charging technology in smartphones, Chinese smartphone-maker OPPO on Monday announced that the brand is set to debut an even better version of fast-charging technology -- SuperVOOC -- with the launch of "R17 Pro" smartphone in December in India.
People believe social media abuses 'less harmful': study
People react less strongly to malicious speech on digital platforms, believing that such abuses on social media causes less harm than in face-to-face interactions, a study has found. From online forums to community groups, research and experience shows people are more willing to insult and use menacing language online than in person, especially when there's the protection of anonymity behind a computer. "Many of us are taken aback when people like Milo Yiannopoulos target and harass people on Twitter, then go on TV and say that digital words don't hurt anyone," said Curtis Puryear, from University of South Florida in the US. "Yet our data finds that Yiannopoulos's perspective resonates with many of us to some degree," said Puryear, lead author of the study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. "We expect people to be less hurt by malicious words in certain digital contexts, and we respond with less outrage. This may make it easy to discount the ...
