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Avaya rolls out 'IP Office' application globally
US-based business communications company Avaya Holdings Corporation on Monday globally released its "Avaya internet protocol (IP) Office", a unified communication cloud solution to create seamless customer-employee engagement regardless of their locations, devices, or apps.
Moto G6 series with 18:9 displays launched in India
Eying a bigger pie of India's vast budget smartphones market, Motorola India on Monday introduced the Moto G6 series in the country with the launch of two devices -- Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play.
BPAC aims to spread EOS Platform for developers to build distributed apps
BPAC, (Block Producer App Coalition), a global alliance of four powerhouse EOS application developers, has announced its candidacy for EOS Block Producer. The four founding members of the coalition have come together with the aim to support decentralized applications (or dApps) and developers building applications on EOS.The BPAC team includes four well-established names of the blockchain world - BLOCKv (http://blockv.io), a programmable blockchain layer; Workcoin (http://workcoin.net), a decentralized platform for freelancers; SpringRole (http://springrole.com), a protocol for professional attestations; and, White Rabbit (http://whiterabbiticos.com), an ICO discovery and indexing platform.Kurt Braget, AppStore Lead said, "Today, several major companies, banks and governments looking to build enterprise level applications on the blockchain, and leverage the smart-contract technology. Although, we have been witnessing the Ethereum network being hammered with traffic in several ...
Facebook defends data-sharing partnerships with phone makers
After a New York Times report claimed that Facebook allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends, the social network has defended the pacts saying that these partnerships do not raise privacy concerns.
'New e-skin wirelessly activates fully soft robots'
Scientists have developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination process. The researchers from Seoul National University in South Korea developed an electronic skin (e-skin) pair as a two-part, wireless soft driving system based on fully printable, stretchable hybrid electronics. "Soft robots have great advantages in organically integrating every robot components without rigid boundaries, but current soft robotic designs still rely on rigid components mostly in driving parts," the researchers wrote in the journal Science Robotics. "This e-skin opens a new avenue for soft robotic assembly. It is soft, thin, and light enough for a robot not to be perceptible, but it can activate the robot as a driving skin," they said. One part is the e-skin for input sensing at a human side, and the other for activating soft robots. The e-skins are soft (same material for the target robot body), thin (less than 1
Facebook gave firms broad access to data on users, friends: NYT
Facebook has formed data-sharing partnerships with 60 device makers, including Apple and Microsoft, giving them access to information of users and even their friends, a media report has claimed, weeks after the social media faced massive backlash for improperly sharing personal data of up to 87 million people. The New York Times yesterday revealed the partnerships, shedding new light on the social media giant's behaviour related to customer data in the wake of a scandal involving the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Facebook, which was founded in 2004, has reached data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device makers including Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung over the last decade, starting before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, company officials were quoted as saying by the report. The deals allowed Facebook to expand its reach and let device makers offer customers popular features of the social network, such as messaging,
'La Macarena' song can help improve CPR quality: Study
Performing chest compressions in time with the beats of the international 90's hit song 'La Macarena' can improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), scientists say. Improving the quality of compressions performed during CPR can significantly increase the chance of survival and lead to better health outcomes. Researchers from University of Barcelona and Universitat Autonoma Barcelona in Spain compare the effectiveness of a smartphone metronome application, and a musical mental metronome in the form of the song "La Macarena" at improving the quality of chest compressions. Both the app and the song provide a regular rhythm to help time compressions. The team selected a group of 164 medical students from the University of Barcelona to perform continuous chest compressions on a manikin for two minutes. Subjects either received no guidance (control), were provided with the smartphone app (App group), or were asked to perform compressions to the mental beat of the song "La ..
Alexa, Google Assistant to be integrated in XBox One
Microsoft is reportedly working with Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa to support voice commands for the upcoming "Xbox One".
Microsoft's Android launcher has family-location tracking feature
Microsoft is reportedly rolling out a new locating tracking feature to its Android launcher app to help users track locations of their family members.
Pesky calls: Trai proposes compulsory access to call logs, SMSes for DND apps
Amid stand-off with iPhone maker Apple, Trai has inserted a clause in its proposed regulation on pesky calls, which will make it compulsory for all devices to provide access to call logs and SMSes required for the functioning of 'do-not-disturb' kind of mobile apps. "Every access provider shall ensure that all devices registered on its network shall support all permissions required for the functioning of such apps as prescribed in the Regulations 6 (2) (e) and regulations 24 (2)," Trai said in a corrigendum to draft rules on May 30. The clause 6 of the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation, 2018 is about arrangements that telecom operators should make to facilitate registration of complaints, change in choice of subscribers, mode of filing complaints or registration required to bar pesky calls and SMSes. To file complaints against pesky calls and SMSes, subscribers are required to share phone number, time, date and the purpose for which they received ...
Traces of water, metal found in unique exoplanet
Scientists have identified traces of of multiple metals, along with possible signs of water, in one of the least dense exoplanets ever found. The team, from the University of Cambridge in the UK and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain used the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) to observe WASP-127b, a giant gaseous planet with partly clear skies and strong signatures of metals in its atmosphere. WASP-127b has a radius 1.4 times larger than Jupiter but has only 20 per cent of its mass. Such a planet has no analogue in our solar system and is rare even within the thousands of exoplanets discovered to date. It takes just over four days to orbit its parent star and its surface temperature is around 1127 degree Celsius. The observations of WASP-127b reveal the presence of a large concentration of alkali metals in its atmosphere, allowing simultaneous detections of sodium, potassium and lithium for the first time in an exoplanet. The sodium and potassium absorptions are very
'Tablets' section returns on official Android website
The tablet section which disappeared from Google's official Android website is back now, the media reported.
TSTS develops 'unique' system to monitor attendance in schools
The Telangana State Technology Services (TSTS), a state government-owned company, has developed a unique system through which attendance in schools and others can be monitored on a real-time basis. As per the system, devices like swiping machines are installed in schools or offices and a four-digit Aadhar number and biometrics are captured, a senior official of TSTS told PTI. The devices are equipped with net connectivity and once the four-digit Aadhar number and biometrics are entered, they (devices) communicate with servers and a (authentication) response comes back in about less than four seconds, he said. The attendance data can be accessed on dashboards at multiple levels -- by the Head Master of the school or institution, the district-level education officer (for his area) and the Head of department in Hyderabad (across the state), he said. The dashboard is either on a PC or a laptop, he said. "Real time. Every minute you will see how many have cleared the ...
To play or not to play: The contest industry in the time of data theft worries
On a lazy afternoon not so long ago, Anustup Roy Barman decided to try his luck at playing a contest while watching a matinee show on HBO, and ended up winning an Apple iPhone 8. The contest required a participant to go on the channel's Facebook page and answer six questions related to the film Barman was watching. It was tantalising, notwithstanding the concerns over data theft and intrusions on private space on social media sites. "It read that if I could answer all six questions correctly and post a screenshot of it, I would be eligible for an iPhone 8 (one grand prize) or some other prizes (10 more winners)," Barman said. "Participating in the contest seemed funny but I went ahead out of curiosity. After a month, I saw a comment under that post asking for my address details, said the Kolkata-based 24-year-old. After a few days came a courier containing the prized phone. That contests are merely publicity stunts for brands is common perception, but the recent data leak controversy .
Aerial robot that can morph mid-flight developed
In a world-first, scientists have drawn inspiration from birds to design an aerial robot capable of altering its profile during flight. To reduce its wingspan and navigate through tight spaces, the robot can reorient its arms, which are equipped with propellers that let it fly like a helicopter. The technology, described in the journal Soft Robotics, paves the way for a new generation of large robots that can move through narrow passages, making them ideal for exploration as well as search and rescue missions. Birds and winged insects have the remarkable ability to manoeuvre quickly during flight to clear obstacles. Such extreme agility is necessary to navigate through cramped spaces and crowded environments, like forests. There are already miniature flying machines that can roll, pitch, or otherwise alter their flight attitude to pass through small apertures. However, birds illustrate another strategy that is just as effective for flying through bottlenecks. They can quickly fold ...
Fear of job losses misplaced; new age tech to create more employment: Prasad
Advanced technologies like AI will spawn new jobs and fears around job losses are misplaced, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said, while admitting that India Inc needs to play a larger role in the efforts to upskill people. "Remember, technology by its very nature requires skilling and I see potential for digital skilling in a big way which, by itself, will create a lot of jobs," Prasad told PTI. He said IT ministry is working with other departments like Niti Aayog on various aspects of these advanced technologies, and is also engaged with software body Nasscom on skill development initiatives. "We are working with Nasscom...Also, I have already set up several committees to examine the whole matter. Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be used for governance...for improvement. We are working quite closely with other departments like Niti Aayog," he explained. Asked if the corporate India needed to put more efforts in this area, the minister said: "There is a scope for that. Nasscom
iOS 12 to iPhone SE 2: What to expect from Apple's WWDC 2018
Apple has traditionally used its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) to offer a sneak peek into the next version of its major software updates. That time of the year is here again and it starts on Monday.
Konica Minolta sets up first inkjet press in city
Advanced imaging and networking provider Konica Minolta Business Solutions has set up an inkjet press in the city,making it the first such installation in Southeast Asia for the Japan-headquartered firm. The installation of 'AccurioJet KM-1' in Dina Color Labs recently is the first-ever state-of-the-art inkjet press for the company, which would meet new-age printing requirements, a top company official said. "We are committed to empower our valued clients with the solutions they need to capitalise on the massive business opportunities this shift to inkjet press will enable", Konica Minolta India, Managing Director, Daisuke Mori said. "We are confident that our latest hi-tech solution will help Dina Color Labs to effectively cater to new-age printing requirements in the market", h esaid. The inkject printing press is equipped with the company's patented UV inkjet technology and can print about 3,000 sheets per hour in simple mode and 1,500 in double mode. "This ...
Google retreating from military AI project: reports
Google workers have got word that the internet titan will retreat from a deal to help the US military use artificial intelligence to analyze drone video following an outcry from staff, according to reports. The collaboration with the US Department of Defense was said to have sparked rebellion inside the California-based company. An internal petition calling for Google to stay out of "the business of war" garnered thousands of signatures, and some workers reportedly quit to protest a collaboration with the military. The New York Times and tech news website Gizmodo cited unnamed sources as saying that a Google's cloud team executive announced told employees on Friday that the company would not seek to renew the controversial contract after it expires next year. The contract was reported to be worth less than $10 million to Google, but was thought to have potential to lead to more lucrative technology collaborations with the military. Google did not respond to a request for ...
SoulFit launches smart gadget 'Sonic TalkBand' in India
The cause for fitness has witnessed an additional boost as SoulFit, India's fastest growing smart gadget brand, launched its Talkband in India.Catering to the diverse needs of enthusiasts, this lightweight band comes with the zeal to provide best quality technology band in this tech-era.A premium range band with multi-utility function of two devices, it enables smart sensors and wireless technology miniature in size, proficient to monitor vital human-body activities without visiting medical centers making this gadgets a must have for corporate executives, managerial CEOS, businessman and women, doctors etc.The prominent feature includes a price worth Rs. 9,999, solid black color at amazon>>bluetooth earpiece, real- time pedometer, heart rate monitor, phone tracking, blood pressure monitoring, sleep monitoring system, music, sedentary reminder and remote camera shoot to click photographs.Here are some of the technical specifications:-Chipset:NORDIC 52832-Sensor-OSRAM ...