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Streaming this fall: Apple TV+, gaming service
Taking Netflix, Amazon Prime and hordes of video streaming giants head on, Apple on Monday announced the much-awaited Apple TV+ that will stream highest-quality original TV shows, movies and documentaries across genre.
Apple pivots to services with video, news offerings
Apple on Monday unveiled a star-packed original video service along with a subscription plan for magazines and newspapers as part of a new strategic move for the iPhone maker. The US tech giant, aiming to emphasize digital content and services to make up for a slump in smartphone sales, also announced Apple Arcade, a game subscription service for mobile and other devices. Director Steven Spielberg, TV host Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell made appearances at the event, which puts Apple in competition with Netflix, Google, Amazon and others in various segments. The Apple TV+ service -- an on-demand, ad-free subscription service launching this year in 100 countries -- will compete with services such as Netflix and Hulu with Apple investing heavily in its own content, while upgrading its TV application for third-party services. "We believe deeply in the power of creativity," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said at the event at Apple ..
Apple TV+ streaming service to take on Netflix, Amazon
Taking Netflix, Amazon Prime and hordes of video streaming giants head on, Apple on Monday launched the much-awaited Apple TV+ that will stream highest-quality original TV shows, movies and documentaries across genre.
Apple launches first-ever game subscription service 'Arcade'
Apple on Monday announced its first-ever game subscription service called Apple Arcade that will feature over 100 new and exclusive games, including original releases from renowned creators like Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Wong and Will Wright.
No restriction order on research subject: Government
The Ministry of Human Resource Development said on Monday that it has not issued any directive to restrict the choice of subjects for research since the government believed in the principle of freedom in research.
Soon, create public events on Google Maps
Google Maps has a new feature in-the-making which will allow users to create public events with ease.Android Police spotted a new bit of documentation on the Google Maps Help site that hinted at a process to add a public event through the Android app. The feature is currently live but it is not available for everyone.The feature, called 'Add a public event' allows users to submit events similar to the public events being shown in Maps. The option appears in the main 'contribute' tab of the 'your contributions' sections, as well as in a new 'events' tab of the same section.With the feature, you can add a name to the event, provide a location and time, pick a category of the event, describe it, and also provide a website.
Telegram's new tool permits nuking messages once and for all
Telegram has added a new feature which will let you take care of messages you don't want to keep, whether it is your own or sent by someone else.The new 'nuclear option' is a delete feature that allows a user to selectively delete their own messages or messages sent by someone in a chat. As TechCrunch explains, it does not require one to have composed the original message or begun a chat thread to delete messages.Essentially, it is like the one final weapon you can use to wipe out communication both from your own inbox and the inboxes of others.The feature is a far cry from the current reputation-saving 'unsend' or 'delete' feature which lets you recall or remove unpleasant texting before someone notices because there is no record of the deleted message.The 'nuclear option' is available on the updated version 5.5 of Telegram that is billed as offering more privacy to its users.
WhatsApp tests new 'frequently forwarded' label to curb fake news
Advancing its efforts at curbing the spread of fake news through forwarded messages, WhatsApp is looking at a new tool that will help users identify better if a particular message has been doing the rounds already.As Engadget reports, the new feature is currently in beta for Android and labels messages you send as 'frequently forwarded' if they have been already shared five or more times.One can also check the number of times a particular message has been forwarded from the Message Info section where you will be able to see the exact forwarding count.The feature currently labels only those messages which are being sent and not the ones you receive. It is unclear when the feature will be rolled out to the masses.
50-year-old pleads guilty to duping Facebook, Google
A 50-year-old from Lithuania pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, in which he scammed tech giants Facebook and Google into paying more than USD 100 million for work that never happened.Evaldas Rimasauskas and some unnamed conspirators posed as Quanta Computer, a Taiwan-based laptop manufacturer and ran a phishing scam by sending fraudulent emails to agents from Google and Facebook regularly in directing business with Quanta, Cnet reports.Rimasauskas allegedly asked money for services rendered by the real Quanta Computer be sent to a different bank account in Latvia and Cyprus, all controlled by himself. In all, USD 23 million from Google in 2013 and USD 98 million from Facebook in 2015 were siphoned off.The prosecutors don't allege that Rimasauskas was directly responsible for convincing Facebook and Google in sending the money, but believe he created the infrastructure for the money transfer.He was extradited to the US in August 2017 and now he has pleaded guilty. Rimasauskas ..
Man pleads guilty to scamming Google, Facebook
A 50-year-old man from Lithuania has pleaded guilty to scamming Google and Facebook into paying over $120 million for work that never took place.
Moto G7, Motorola One launched in India
Lenovo-owned Motorola on Monday launched Moto G7 and Motorola One in India for Rs 16,999 and Rs 13,999, respectively.
Plan your next family vacation with ease on Trello
New York City-based collaboration tool major Trello, being used by millions across the world, has added new ways to organise travel by offering a legitimate platform for collaborative itinerary-building.
WhatsApp to tell how may times a post was forwarded
WhatsApp is reportedly working on two features that will help its over 1.5 billion users know how many times a message has been forwarded.
Online voting technology of Right2Vote is now certified by Government of India
The world's biggest democracy - India is going to polls in few days and lack of an online voting option is frustrating for a lot of citizens. The 20 million plus NRI community, which has been fighting for their right to vote in Supreme Court, for more than 10 years now will not be able to participate in the elections.Another 300 million, around 1/3rd of registered voters, would not be able to vote as citizens migrate from one part of the country to another for various reason including studies, job, marriage etc. As per Lost votes campaign of Times of India, 90% of the voters who did not vote in 2014 actually couldn't due to lack of remote voting option.Online voting is mandatory under certain lawsTechnology is not a limitation. The government of India itself has certified Right2Vote's online voting platform for security, functionality and quality. The government of India itself made it compulsory under The New Companies Act 2013 for all listed companies to provide e-Voting facility to
'Chandrayaan 2 will carry NASA's laser instruments to Moon'
India's lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled to launch next month, will carry NASA's laser instruments that allow scientists to make precise measurements of the distance to the Moon, according to the US space agency officials. During the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held at Texas, US last week, NASA confirmed that Chandrayaan 2 and Israeli lander Beresheet, due to touch down April 11, will each carry NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays. "We're trying to populate the entire surface with as many laser reflector arrays as we can possibly get there," Lori Glaze, acting director of the Planetary Science Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, was reported as saying by 'Space.com'. Retroreflectors are sophisticated mirrors, that reflect laser light signals sent from the Earth. The signals can help pinpoint precisely where the lander is, which scientists can use to precisely calculate the Moon's distance from Earth. While five such instruments already exist on the ...
2nd leg of WhatsApp campaign to fight fake news
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday launched the second-leg of its "Share Joy, Not Rumours" education campaign to encourage the responsible use of its platform ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
OPPO's first 5G smartphone gets 5G CE certificate
The Chinese handset maker OPPO on Monday announced that its first 5G smartphone has successfully passed 5G CE tests conducted by Sporton International Inc -- a global inspection services authority.
New tech to combat vehicle number plate thefts
Researchers are set to launch trials of technologies that could improve vehicle identification and combat number plate thefts and misuse. One technology being trialled is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sticker on a vehicle's front windscreen which will act as a third number plate, according to researchers from La Trobe university in Australia. The sticker would self-destruct when removed, enabling police to identify vehicles that are suspected to have a stolen or cloned number plate. The second technology is Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), a digital technology that can communicate with road infrastructure and could also be used to identify automated vehicles in the future. Additional security features for number plates, like holographic patterns on driver's licences and passports will also be tested. New digital identification methods would make it harder for an offender to hide a vehicle's identity as the additional identifiers will not match a stolen or cloned ...
Andhra start-up accuses BJP of stealing web template
An Andhra Pradesh-based technology start-up has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using its web template to get its own hacked website up without giving them credit.
Self-powered, washable textiles may pay way for smart clothing
Scientists have developed a textile-based display technology that is washable and does not require an external power source, paving the way for smart clothes. When we think about clothes, they are usually formed with textiles and have to be both wearable and washable for daily use. However, smart clothing has had a problem with its power sources and moisture permeability, which causes the devices to malfunction. To ease out the problem of external power sources and enhance the practicability of wearable displays, Professor Kyung Cheol Choi from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) fabricated their wearing display modules on real textiles that integrated polymer solar cells (PSCs) with organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). PSCs have been one of the most promising candidates for a next-generation power source, especially for wearable and optoelectronic applications because they can provide stable power without an external power source, while OLEDs can be ...