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Gmail on iOS finally gets payments, snooze email feature
A year after introducing the ability to send or request money on Android app, Gmail is finally extending its pay friends feature to its iOS users.As part of the new update version 5.0.180422, iOS users will be able to send and request money from Gmail, Cnet reports.In addition to that, iOS users will also be able to snooze emails. The feature makes the email disappear for a while and then show up later as a fresh email.
Twitter testing end-to-end encrypted messaging: Report
Twitter is reportedly testing a new feature on its Android app that makes messaging secure with end-to-end encryption.Called 'Secret Conversation', the feature is expected to be available in the conversation info section in direct messaging of the Twitter app on Android, Mashable reports.As users seek more security, end-to-end encryption has become a new mandate for messaging apps. The technology makes it difficult for snoopers to access or intercept messages which are exchanged between two parties.NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden had asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for such a feature on the platform a year ago. It remains to be seen when the end-to-end encryption is officially rolled out.
Google may launch new Android controls to manage phone usage
To help users manage time spend on Android mobile devices, Google may launch a new set of controls to its operating system at its annual developer conference "Google I/O" scheduled to kick-off on Tuesday.
Brazil court tells Microsoft to ease data-sharing opt-out
A Brazilian federal court has ordered Microsoft to make it easier for users of its Windows 10 operating system to opt out of providing personal data to the software giant. Prosecutors in Sao Paulo filed a civil action last month that accused the Redmond, Washington-based company of violating Brazilian privacy and consumer protections. They said the default settings allowed Microsoft to collect users' geolocation information, internet search histories, e-mail content and more and that the process for opting out was too complex. The court gave Microsoft 30 days to simplify it. The decision was signed April 27 but made public by prosecutors yesterday. Microsoft says it will work with prosecutors to address the concerns. The court is still deciding on other aspects of the case, like whether to impose fines.
Microsoft partners China-based drone giant DJI, chip-maker Qualcomm
Microsoft has announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI -- the world's biggest drone company -- where DJI will create a new software development kit (SDK) for Windows 10 PCs.
Microsoft determined to protect customers' data: Satya Nadella
At a time when data privacy is making headlines the world over, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday reiterated that the company is determined to ensure consumers' data and is building secure solutions towards preserving data privacy.
World becoming a computer, privacy is a human right: Nadella
Observing that the world is becoming a computer, Indian American CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella today called for greater integration of ethical values and principles that protects individuals' privacy, human values and democracy. The opportunity that we see (today), the world is becoming a computer. Computing is getting embedded in every person, place and thing, every walk of life in our homes, in our cars, and our works, in and out stadiums, entertainment centers, every industry from agriculture to precision medicine, from autonomous cars to autonomous drones, from personalised retailers to personalised banking, are all being transformed, Nadella said in his key note address to the annual Microsoft Build 2018 conference here. Addressing several thousand software developers including several from India, Nadella if one thinks about the sheer computing power that is getting distributed and how the computing power is being used to collect data, and create the rich experiences throughout .
Microsoft hell-bent to protect customers' data: Satya Nadella
At a time when data privacy is making headlines the world over, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday reiterated that the company is determined to ensure consumers' data and is building secure solutions towards preserving data privacy.
Google, NITI Aayog to enhance India's AI ecosystem
In a bid to spur the growth of India's nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ecosystem, the NITI Aayog and Google partnered to develop a number of initiatives pertaining to the same.To this effect, a Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed by Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayog and Rajan Anandan, Vice President, India and South East Asia, Google, in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant.The NITI Aayog will be setting up a national programme to conduct research and development in frontier technologies such as AI. In furtherance of this mandate, it has been developing India's national strategy on AI along with the National Data and Analytics Portal to enable the wide deployment and use of AI.Google and NITI Aayog, together, will work on organising trainings for relevant government functionaries to introduce them to open source AI tools with the goal of enabling more effective governance, awarding grants and scholarships to researchers, scholars and university ...
amid 'Intelligent Edge' push, Microsoft partners drone giant DJI
Amid a renewed call to achieve the $4.5 trillion "Intelligent Edge" and "Intelligent Cloud" global opportunity, Microsoft on Monday announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI -- the world's biggest drone company.
Panasonic launches 'P95' in India for Rs 3,999
Expanding its budget series, Panasonic India on Monday launched "P95" in India for Rs 3,999.
Facebook accused of connecting ISIS 'friends'
Facebook has been accused of putting thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) supporters in contact with one another via the social networking giant's "suggested friends" tool, according to a media report. The Mark Zuckerburg-led company is facing a severe crisis of credibility ever since the news broke out that it improperly shared personal data of its about 87 million users, mostly in the US, with the UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which used it for political purposes. In a study to be published later this month by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an American non-profit organisation, researchers studied the online activities of 1,000 ISIS supporters in 96 countries and observed that radical Islamists were routinely introduced to each other. It sets out to reveal the extent to which the social media algorithm has helped the ISIS terrorist network. Critics say that the feature, designed to match Facebook users based on common interests, actively helps terrorists .
'Sensor stickers turn human body into multi-touch surface'
Scientists have developed novel skin sensors that allow mobile devices to be controlled from any point on the body. The advance was challenging because such sensors could not measure touches precisely enough, nor could they capture them from multiple fingertips simultaneously. "The human body offers a large surface that is easy to access, even without eye contact," said Jurgen Steimle, a professor at Saarland University in Germany. The prototype sensor, named Multi-Touch Skin, looks similar in structure to the touch displays that are well known from smartphones. Two stacked electrode layers, each arrayed in rows and columns, form a kind of coordinate system, at whose intersections electrical capacitance is constantly measured. Capacitance is reduced at the point where fingers touch the sensor, because the fingers conduct electricity and therefore allow the charge to drain away. These changes are captured at each point, and thus touches from multiple fingers can be detected. In order ..
Samsung to revamp Galaxy 'J' with 4 smartphones in India
In a bid to disrupt the mid-segment smartphone market, Samsung is set to launch four new smartphones with "Infinity Display" in India in May. All of them will be made at its Noida facility.
ASUS expands gaming laptop line-up in India
Expanding its gaming laptop series in India, Taiwan-based technology giant ASUS on Monday launched the "FX 504 TUF GAMING" and "ROG G703" devices in India.
New message bug crashes WhatsApp, Android devices
A bug is being forwarded via messages which when tapped, could send not just the WhatsApp Android app crashing but possibly even the entire Android device as well, the media reported.
ShareChat announces 'Private Messaging', 'Shake-N-Chat', 'Open Tagging' on its platform
Ushering into the new age of rising user demands, ShareChat, fast growing vernacular social media app, on Monday, announced the launch of three new features - 'Private Messaging', 'Shake-N-Chat', and 'Open Tagging'.Based on a survey undertaken by ShareChat on User Meet-up in 2017 across six Indian cities, more than 88 percent of ShareChat users wanted a Private Messaging feature on their social media platform.Against this insight, ShareChat developed a feature which allows users to send private messages without having to switch to an alternative app.The 'Private Messaging' feature is designed to encourage one to one communication in Indian languages among the vernacular internet users of India.Additionally with the 'Open Tagging' feature, users are allowed to create tags and post relevant content under these user generated tags.The most engaging and trending user-generated tags will be visible in the "explore" section of the platform."Over the years, we have observed that many users ..
Amazon will 3D scan your body to give you exact size of clothing
Online shopping websites collect a lot of data to know your preferences and show you customized content which you would like. Now, Amazon is reportedly going a step ahead to physically scan your body to show you the clothing which fits you perfectly.The e-commerce giant is reportedly inviting customers (volunteers) to its New York office in order to keep a tab on their body shape and size over a 20-week period via 3D scanning.These volunteers will visit twice a month in order to allow Amazon a better understanding of the changing human body, Digital Trends reported. In turn, Amazon will give them gift cards worth up to USD 250.The idea behind this project is apparently to help Amazon provide you with the best fit of clothing and in turn, reduce the number of returns the company has to deal with on a daily basis.
Cambridge Analytica: UK watchdog orders data firm to hand over data
A UK data privacy watchdog group, Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reportedly ordered Cambridge Analytica to return all of the personal data it collected from an American professor amidst the Facebook privacy scandal.The ICO noted that even non-British citizens have the right to seek and obtain data held by a British firm. The company has 30 days to comply with the request submitted by Professor David Caroll.Failing to do so, the company will be charged on account of violating the Data Protection Act of 1998, and will be committing a criminal offense under which it can be punished by an unlimited fine, Digital Trends has reported.The professor had previously sought access to the data the firm had collected about him. However, he was not convinced with the limited explanations provided to him.Cambridge Analytica is accused of wrongfully accessing the data of over 87 million Facebook users to build political tools which allegedly influenced the US elections.
Google builds new AI experiment Emoji Scavenger Hunt game
Google has introduced an all-new Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiment called Emoji Scavenger Hunt which is essentially a mobile game that identifies real-world objects and matches them with an emoji.The game is available on emojiscavengerhunt.withgoogle.com. You simply need to use the phone's browser to play the game.Google will show you an emoji on-screen and your task is to use the phone's camera to find a matching object. It is a timed game and each successful match will add more time to the clock, Digital Trends has reported.The game uses AI and machine learning to help identify and match objects.