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Vivo 'V11 Pro' on Airtel online store for Rs 4,299

Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the availability of Vivo's "V11 Pro" on its online store at a down payment of Rs 4,299, along with its post-paid EMI plans.

Messaging most popular online activity for Indian consumers: Survey

Messaging has emerged as the most popular online activity for Indian consumers, with a latest survey revealing that mobile users spend over 30 minutes on average daily on messaging applications. "Over 90 per cent of the consumers use some kind of messaging application regularly to stay in touch with friends and family," said the report by Consumer Education and Research Centre, a not-for-profit consumer outfit, in partnership with Chase India, a public policy consultancy firm. The report 'Understanding consumer choice towards mobile applications' is based on a consumer survey, conducted by Nielsen, to understand the app preference of Indian consumers and the reasons driving such preferences. "Messaging has emerged as the most popular online activity, with users spending over 30 minutes on average every day on messaging applications...Other popular activities include video streaming, music streaming, social networking and browsing the internet," the report said. Consumers exercise ...

This Alibaba robot will serve in China's hotels soon

China's e-tail giant Alibaba on Thursday unveiled a robot that will serve guests in the country's hotels soon.

'Motion sculptures' 3D-printed from videos

MIT scientists have developed a way to 3D print "motion sculptures" from two dimensional videos that can help professional athletes and dancers to better visualise human body movements. The system uses an algorithm that can take 2D videos and turn them into that show how a human body moves through space. In addition to being an intriguing aesthetic visualisation of shape and time, the team envisions that their "MoSculp" system could enable a much more detailed study of motion for professional athletes, dancers, or anyone who wants to improve their physical skills. "Imagine you have a video of Roger Federer serving a ball in a tennis match, and a video of yourself learning tennis," said PhD student Xiuming Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. "You could then build motion sculptures of both scenarios to compare them and more comprehensively study where you need to improve," said Zhang. Since motion sculptures are 3D, users can use a computer interface to ...

EU tells Facebook 'patience at limit' on consumer rules

The EU warned social network Facebook on Thursday to bring "misleading" consumer terms in line with the bloc's rules by the end of the year or risk financial penalties. "My patience has reached its limit," EU Justice and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Vera Jourova said in a statement. "It is now time for action and no more promises." Jourova said she would call on consumer protection authorities across the 28-country bloc, which requested the changes last year, to act swiftly and sanction the company if Facebook failed to comply. "While Facebook assured me to finally adapt any remaining misleading terms of services by December, this has been ongoing for too long," she said. The commission said that proposals made by the Mark Zuckerberg-led company were "very limited", even after the company changed its conditions in April. These new terms of services "contain a misleading presentation of the main characteristics of Facebook's services", the Commission said. The commission meanwhile ...

Over 30 bn malicious login attempts detected under 1 year: Akamai

Cloud delivery network provider Akamai Technologies on Thursday said it detected 30 billion malicious login attempts globally during a period of eight-months ending in June 2018.

Adcom launches feature phone with selfie camera

Domestic feature phone brand Adcom on Thursday launched "A1 Selfie" feature phone as part of its new "A" series line-up.

Amazon considering opening 3,000 cashier-less stores: Bloomberg

Amazon is considering opening up to 3,000 new cashier-less stores by 2021 to vie for shoppers at convenience stores and quick-service sandwich shops, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. CEO Jeff Bezos is trying to decide on the best format for this bold and expensive venture, Bloomberg said, quoting people familiar with the matter. The new AmazonGo outlets could be convenience stores offering freshly prepared foods and some groceries, like 7-Eleven, or just a place to grab a quick bite to eat, one of the sources told Bloomberg. The company unveiled its first cashier-less store near its headquarters in Seattle in 2016. Since then it has announced two additional sites in Seattle and one in Chicago, Bloomberg said. It said shoppers use a smartphone app to enter the store and once they scan their phones at a turnstile, can choose from a range of salads, sandwiches, drinks and snacks. Then they leave without stopping at a cash register. Sensors and computer-vision technology detect what ...

iVOOMi unveils affordable 'FullView' smartphone in India

Chinese electronics company iVOOMi on Thursday launched an affordable "FullView" smartphone "iVOOMi iPro" for Rs 3,999 that will be available on Flipkart from September 20.

Samsung launches Galaxy A7 with triple rear camera

Samsung Electronics on Thursday joined the smartphone camera war, launching the affordable Galaxy A7 that comes with a powerful rear triple camera system.

LG G7+ ThinQ: Smart device but not flashy (Tech Review)

South Korean tech major LG has always been a darkhorse in the flagship smartphone race in India, in a market that is essentially dominated by the likes of Apple, Google and Samsung -- not to forget top Chinese smartphone player OnePlus.

WhatsApp phases out support for older iOS versions

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started phasing out support for Apple devices running iOS version 7 and older, the media reported.

Robotic skins could bring your stuffed toys to life

Scientists have developed an electronic skin that can turn everyday objects -- from a stuffed animal to balls of crumpled paper -- into robots. The robotic skins, developed by researchers at Yale University in the US, enable users to design their own robotic systems. The skins are made from elastic sheets embedded with sensors and actuators. Placed on a deformable object the skins animate these objects from their surfaces, according to a study published in the journal Science Robotics. The makeshift robots can perform different tasks depending on the properties of the soft objects and how the skins are applied. "We can take the skins and wrap them around one object to perform a task -- locomotion, for example -- and then take them off and put them on a different object to perform a different task, such as grasping and moving an object," said Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, an assistant professor at Yale. "We can then take those same skins off that object and put them on a shirt to make an .

Facebook building war room ahead of Brazil, US elections

To tackle the spread of misinformation and fake news, Facebook is building a war room at its headquarters in California for both Brazil and the US midterm elections.

Bajaj Finserv ties up with Wochit - a First in BFSI

Bajaj Finserv, through with lending arm Bajaj Finance Ltd., has announced collaboration with Wochit- a US-Israel based video automation company - to meet its ambitious goal of making video as the primary format of stimulation across its stakeholder sets. With Wochit's predictive video creation platform and distribution channels, Bajaj Finserv will bring stories to life, at scale and speed, cutting down video turn-around time to less than 30 minutes and at 1/10th the cost.Video consumption in India has increased 5X between 2016 and 2017, with smaller cities registering up to 22X growth. In the first-of-its-kind initiative, Bajaj Finserv will take its first step towards leveraging the remarkable growth in online video consumption and lead video adoption amongst BFSI players in India."Wochit is the first building block in our journey of creating video as the primary format of stimulation and communication across our stakeholder sets. We will add many other pieces of technology to create .

Amazon considering opening up to 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021 - Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashierless stores in the next few years, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

India offers NKN prog to Afghanistan to connect universities using high-speed Internet

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Wednesday said India is willing to help Afghanistan with the National Knowledge Network (NKN) programme, a move that will enable educational institutes in the war-torn country to connect using high-speed Internet. Prasad said the Indian government is conducting a robust programme to bridge the digital divide in the country. "We have got a National Knowledge Network. We have connected 1,668 universities and (educational and research) institutes in India on high-speed internet. I wish to offer NKN in universities of your country, too," Prasad told Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani. He said this during a civic reception organised for Ghani by India Foundation, a think tank. The Afghan president was on a one-day visit to New Delhi. He said some of the Indian programmes such as e-hospitals, e-scholarship, digital literacy initiative can be extended to Afghanistan.

Alibaba developing quantum chips to power diverse industries

China's e-tailer giant Alibaba group is developing quantum chips (processors) to power a range of industries, including e-commerce, logistics, finance, materials and pharmaceuticals, a senior official said on Wednesday.

BSES energises 1,000 solar rooftop connections in Delhi

In a major achievement on clean energy in the national capital, Delhi distribution company (discom) BSES on Wednesday announced it has energised a record over 1,000 rooftop solar connections in the city with a sanctioned solar load of over 40,000 KW (40 MW).

BSES energises 1000 solar rooftop connections, number likely to cross 2000 mark by year end

Power discom BSES has brought over 1,000 consumers including the Lotus Temple and Maulana Azad Medical college in the list of rooftop solar connections in the city, a company spokesperson said here. The total load of over 40 MW has been energised so far with 1,000 rooftop connections, he said. The number of rooftop solar connections by the end of the year is likely to cross the 2,000 mark, the spokesperson said. Most of the 1,077 rooftop solar connections energised by BSES fall under domestic category followed by commercial and educational connections. Vasant Valley school, DPS(east of Kailash), Bal Bharti, Aurobindo Ashram and organisations like TERI and have adopted rooftop solar connections of BSES. "BSES is amongst very few utilities in India, which are engaged in actively propagating the roof top solar installations through direct marketing efforts," the spokesperson said Rooftop solar connections allow consumers to generate electricity for self consumption and sell surplus, if ..