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Microsoft experiments with ads in Windows 10 Mail app
Your Mail app in Windows 10 may soon showcase targeted ads. Microsoft recently tested out the feature by placing ads at the top of the inbox.According to Aggiornamenti Lumia, Microsoft appeared to show the ads for non-office 365 subscribers. However, in an FAQ page, which has been now removed, the company indicated that the ads were a mere experiment.The test was reportedly conducted in countries including Brazil, Canada, Australia, and India. Microsoft's Frank X Shaw also explained that it was an experimental feature that was never intended to be tested broadly and that it is being turned off.
Microsoft turns off ads in Windows 10 email app
After introducing personalised advertisements in the Windows 10 default email app, Microsoft has made a U-turn and turned these ads off.
New Microsoft app evaluates facial expressions against emojis
Microsoft has launched a new app called "Emoji8" that allows users to compare their own facial expressions to emojis and get evaluated with scores.
Hafele digital door security systems - it's time to 'REinvent Access'
Over the years, evolution in living patterns has demanded more from the traditional key than mere home security. People move out of their homes much more - be it for short durations to work or longer durations for holidays; and the home is left to the limited realms of security provided by a simple lock and key.During this time, the home has to be accessible to few key people like the domestic help coming in for household chores or children returning from school or maybe even a guest wanting to use your house while you are away on vacation. At the same time, the home has to be secured from break-ins or unwanted access.And so comes to mind some pertinent questions about the modest possibilities of security from a key:Can a key..Allow remote access?.Manage selective access?.Smile its way to opening a lock?.Tell who tried to break into your home?.Raise alarms during break-ins?.BE TRUSTED?Today, people want smarter and convenient options to manage the access to their homes - the question .
Facebook testing feature to let you co-watch videos with friends
Facebook is testing a feature called "Watch Videos Together" on Messenger that would enable simultaneous co-viewing of videos over a group chat on different devices.
Planet-hunting Kepler telescope put to rest with final commands
NASA's Kepler space telescope, that discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and revealed that our galaxy contains more planets than stars, has received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth
Focus should be on improving quality of roads at low cost: Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the mission of his ministry is to build high-quality roads at low cost."The mission of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is to build high-quality roads at low costs," Gadkari said via video message at a two-day international conference titled "Pavements and Computational Approaches" organised by Central Road Research Institute (CSIR) in the national capital on Friday.Furthermore, the Union Minister called upon experts at the conference to be ready to experiment with innovative technology, make all possible use of indigenous raw material including waste material, and promote the pre-cast technology. He also said the thrust of technological innovation should be on reducing cost and time for completion of projects without compromising on quality.The objective of the conference is to deliberate upon advancements in pavement technology and road infrastructure engineering across the world, with special emphasis
6 held in Noida for using malware to dupe US, Canadian nationals
Six persons have been arrested from here for allegedly using malware to lock up computers of American and Canadian citizens and then demanding money to fix it, police said on Friday. The six accused ran a fake call centre in Noida's Sector 2 and were held Thursday by a joint team of police and cyber cell, they said. They have been identified as Prabhat Sinha, Atul Verma, Vijay Sharma, Deepak Tiwari, Suresh Goswami, Jahazeb Pasha, and all of them are IT experts, they added. The accused were running the racket under a firm named Code Mevan, Superintendent of Police (SP), Noida city, Sudha Singh told reporters Sinha and Sharma were the company's directors. The other four were tasked with sending the virus on computers through internet pop-ups, she said. "Once they would get confirmation that the target's computer has hung, the accused would call them up using an international number and tell them that they were calling from a software company's customer care service and offer to fix the .
Govt starts facility for security testing of telecom products
The government has started a facility for testing telecom products and equipment to ensure security in digital communications at the national level, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said Friday. "Yesterday, we inaugurated state-of-art of facility for preparation of security assurance standard putting us at the forefront of technology. This facility will work for security from the national perspective and also facilitate the development of testing and certification ecosystem in the country," Sinha said at an Assocham event. The Department of Telecom has set the deadline of April 2019 for mandatory testing of some telecom products including mobile phones and equipment. This will be applicable on all equipment that are imported to India or are sold in the country. However, there are some other telecom gears, that would go through the mandatory testing starting January 1, 2019. These equipment include modem, audio conferencing, fax machines, satellite equipments etc. The minister said that ...
Railways to have its own full-fledged cyber cell
The Railway Board has decided to have its own full-fledged cyber cell and constituted a committee to work out modalities, a top Railway Protection Force (RPF) official said Friday. He said Railways has recieved 70 lakh applications for 9,000 vacancies in the RPF for which recruitment in currently underway. "The Railway Board has constituted a committee which represents the RPF also to set up a cyber cell. Such a cell is needed for not only for the RPF, but also for entire Railway security, for commercial activities, for tendering process kind of works. "Therefore, it has been decided to have a cyber cell at the Railway Board level," said Arun Kumar, Director General of RPF. "And we have said the cell should function under the RPF. Let the committee take a call on this," he said. Kumar was in the city to review security measures and coordination with other agencies, including the GRP. Addressing reporters, he said, "Besides having a general cyber cell of Railways at a ...
Supply glut mars Turing effect for Nvidia shares
(Reuters) - Worries about how fast the computing world will transition to Nvidia Corp's next generation "Turing" graphic chips helped knock 20 percent off the value of its shares on Friday, after results pointed to a huge glut of unsold older generation chips.
Govt's mission to build high quality roads at low cost: Gadkari
The government's mission is to build high quality roads at low cost, Union Road Transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday. Gadkari also called upon experts to test innovative technology, make all possible use of indigenous raw material including waste material, and promote pre-cast technology. In a video message to an international conference here, he said the thrust of technological innovation should be on reducing cost and time for completion of projects without any compromise on quality, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement. The objective of the two-day conference which started Friday is to deliberate upon advancements in pavement technology and road infrastructure engineering across the world, with special emphasis to the requirements of developing countries. Experts will discuss issues related to design and construction of pavements, material characterisation, computational analysis and modelling, statement said.
Fake news is a major concern: Meghalaya CM
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Friday said fake news is a major concern and stressed the need to create awareness among people about it. He urged the media to build a reputation and a system of trust and stressed the need for people to be responsible while using the internet. The chief minister said there is need to create awareness among the people keeping in mind that the digital world is so dynamic which makes it impossible to have any kind of law that will be able to curb it. Referring to the violent protests at Motphran area which took place earlier this year, he said, "We faced a lot of difficult times in stopping or filtering news because technology was not available ... It was a wake up call and a lot of steps have been taken but they are not enough." The chief minister said this while addressing a seminar on the theme Journalistic Ethics in the Digital Age organized by the Shillong Press Club as part of the National Press Day celebration held in the .
Microland to Provide a Managed Private Cloud Solution on FlexPod
/ -- Microland, a digital accelerator for global enterprises, today announced that it has signed a global agreement to provide Managed Private Cloud solutions on the FlexPod platform. FlexPod is a converged infrastructure platform developed by Cisco and NetApp that hosts infrastructure software and business applications in virtualized and bare-metal environments, to enhance the agility and flexibility of enterprises. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/717242/Microland_Logo.jpg ) The new FlexPod Managed Private Cloud solution built on FlexPod enables customers to realize a cloud-like, As-a-Service model for their on-premises IT. The FlexPod infrastructure would be located on-premises but managed remotely, securing critical customer data and advancing cloud-capabilities for both partners and their customers. Microland's innovative solutions including Applications to Containers (a2cs), Container as a Service, etc. are available through catalogues on the FlexPod environment, thereby .
Statcon Energiaa - leading India in rooftop solar inverters
Statcon Energiaa has played a major role to become the no. 1 Indian manufacturer company in the solar inverter manufacturing sector by supplying 2.9% (34 MW) rooftop solar inverters in India's rural and urban areas, according to Bridge to India report which provides a snapshot of capacity addition trends across the country.Statcon Energiaa - the market leader over last two decades in the manufacturing of Power electronic products is excelling in latest technological innovations and Energy efficiency.Energiaa has recently launched Energy Storage Systems (ESS) - a Lithium based power packs solar Hybrid PCUs for the urban consumer who requires their ACsor other gadgets like mixie, microwave, Refrigerator etc. to run long hours during a power cut. These systems are Smart grid ready and aim to add IOT based load and source management.With the ESS Pegasus Li+ and Sphinx Li+ Series, Energiaa aims to tap into a market potential worth of 80,000 crore rupees of the urban consumer whose Energy .
Apple allows third-party app integration to its video editing software
Apple has introduced third-party workflow extensions and a host of new features for professional video creators in its update to "Final Cut Pro X" -- its professional video-editing programme.
Steep rise in government data requests from India: Facebook report
Facebook has recorded 16,580 data requests from the Indian government in the first six months of 2018 -- a steep rise compared to a total of 22,024 requests in the full year of 2017 and 13,613 in 2016.
Millions of Indian users say 'Hello' to Helo this Diwali
Helo, India's leading vernacular social media platform, witnessed overwhelming success this Diwali, thanks to its one-of-a-kind campaign.The social media platform garnered over 270 million views nationwide during the festive season, with Diwali wishes featuring India's famous celebrities among the most consumed and shared content during this period. Many notable celebrities added to the festive cheer by sharing Diwali wishes to their fans on the Helo app.Helo crossed more than 1 million downloads within the very first month of its India launch in June 2018, and has been consistently ranked among the top free apps on the Google Play Store. During the Diwali season, the app received over 120,000 entries specifically for Diwali blessings.In celebration of the festival of lights, Helo also launched a lucky light-up draw, offering Rs. 300,000 worth in total prizes, including gift packages containing smartphones, cameras, TVs and much more. Users just needed to share wishes and videos with .
OnePlus leads in the premium smartphone segment in India in Q3
OnePlus has emerged as the market leader in premium smartphone brand, with a market share of 37 percent in India, according to a leading market research firm*.In Q3 2018, the premium smartphone (USD 500+) segment, witnessed OnePlus becoming the market leader with 37% market share followed by Apple and Samsung.Commenting on the premium smartphone segment, Upasana Joshi, Associate Research Manager, IDC India said, "OnePlus climbed to the leadership position at the back of OnePlus 6, surpassing Samsung and Apple. With its dedicated community building activities and high decibel promotional activities on social media platforms, the vendor has been gradually scaling up in volumes." (*As per IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker 2018 Q3 Press Release)Additionally, in the US$400+ price segment, OnePlus clocked its highest ever shipments in a quarter, pushing the overall smartphone ASP in the online space to US$166 in 3Q18 from US$156 in 3Q17.The recently launched OnePlus 6T is the company's ...
Cotton-based biofuel cell to power pacemakers
Scientists have developed a glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fibre, and may help power implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and sensors. The fuel cell, which provides twice as much power as conventional biofuel cells, could be paired with batteries or supercapacitors to provide a hybrid power source for the medical devices, said researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US. The researchers used gold nanoparticles assembled on the cotton to create high-conductivity electrodes that helped improve the fuel cell's efficiency, according to the results published in the journal Nature Communications. That allowed them to address one of the major challenges limiting the performance of biofuel cells -- connecting the enzyme used to oxidise glucose with an electrode. A layer-by-layer assembly technique used to fabricate the gold electrodes -- which provide both the electrocatalytic cathode and the conductive substrate for the anode ..
