tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83117788215403247532024-03-05T06:11:08.099-08:00GizmeonGizmeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713260909459655183noreply@blogger.comBlogger1005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311778821540324753.post-62998552247039430192015-05-11T22:44:00.007-07:002015-05-11T22:44:52.273-07:00Samsung to delay its smartwatch launch until Apple Watch hype dies down: Report<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Samsung
is known to be working on a new smartwatch to take on the Apple Watch.
Now, a new report by SamMobile, known to provide accurate details about
unannounced Samsung products, now reveals that the company plans to
delay the launch of its new smartwatch until the hype around the Apple
Watch dies down.</div>
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SamMobile
has learnt that the launch has been pushed to the second half of the
year, most likely September alongside the Galaxy Note 5, so that the
company can “follow a proper time table with its product launches, and
possibly to give the market time to settle down with the Apple Watch’.
Needless to say, Apple Watch is the most talked-about smartwatch.
Moroever, Samsung already has several failed attempts at wooing
audiences with a smartwatch.</div>
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Samsung
has announced a slew of other watches in the past (none have managed to
make an impact), but the highlight of the upcoming wearable is its
round face. This is the first Samsung smartwatch with a round face. We
have previously seen the similar pattern being followed by Motorola with
the Moto 360 and LG with the G Watch R smartwatches adopting circular
screens.</div>
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It will reportedly also come with a ‘rotating bezel ring’. It is internally codenamed Orbis, but could be launched as ‘Gear A’.</div>
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Interestingly,
we’ve been hearing about this smartwatch for quite some time now. It
was earlier rumoured to be announced at MWC and hit stores on the same
day as the Apple Watch.</div>
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Now,
it is expected to be announced at the IFA 2015. At the IFA, the company
is also expected to announce the Galaxy Note 5. We may see just one
variant of the Note 5, featuring a 2K or 4K Super AMOLED display and
powered by an Exynos 7422 processor. Besides, Samsung will also launch
the Project Zen that is likely to replace the Galaxy Note Edge. It won’t
simply be a variant of the Note 5 with a curved display, but a
completely new product.</div>
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Apple
Inc is in talks with Chinese banks and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on
launching the firm’s mobile payments system in China, Chief Executive
Tim Cook told the official Xinhua news agency in an interview.</div>
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“We
very much want to get Apple Pay in China,” Cook told Xinhua during a
visit to the country. “I’m very bullish on Apple Pay in China.” Apple
could not immediately be reached to comment on the report.</div>
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Apple
Pay, which allows consumers using Apple devices to buy goods by holding
the device up to readers installed by store merchants, was launched in
the United States last September and quickly began to handle more
transactions than all other “contact less” payment methods combined,
Apple said.</div>
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Cook said he believed it could take off even faster in China.</div>
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Alibaba
executive chairman Jack Ma said in October that the Chinese e-commerce
giant was open to working with Apple on Apple Pay. Alibaba affiliate
Alipay is China’s largest payments service. Analysts expect China to
take over the Americas to become Apple’s biggest market. In the first
three months of the year, for the first time, Apple sold more iPhones in
China than in the United States.</div>
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The firm hopes to keep adding stores in China, where it aims to have 40 by next year, from 22 currently, Cook told Xinhua.</div>
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Cook’s China visit was to focus on Apple Pay’s entry as well as environmental initiatives to protect forests, he added.</div>
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Between
government surveillance programs and websites that track users’
location and browsing habits, anonymity is hardly a given on today’s
web. But there are a few solutions available for those looking to go
incognito. Among the most ambitious initiatives in this vein is the Tor
Project.</div>
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At
the core of the Tor Project is a distributed network, in which several
layers of connected routers act as separate “nodes,” transmitting
information while guaranteeing users’ anonymity. In practice, this means
users can connect through the network to prevent websites from
pinpointing their location.</div>
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There
are multiple ways to go online using the Tor network, but the most
popular is the Tor Browser, a free program that allows users to surf the
web through the distributed network. For total anonymity, users are
advised to deactivate all of their extensions, including Flash and
JavaScript, keeping in mind that this limits access to certain sites and
services.</div>
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It
is also possible to connect to the Tor network when using other
browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, after making some
fairly advanced tweaks to the network settings. Other programs that
allow users to connect to the Tor network include the TorChat anonymous
messaging service and a dedicated BitTorrent client.</div>
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Following
Edward Snowden’s revelations on the NSA’s surveillance programs, a
growing number of users worldwide have migrated to the Tor network,
including everyday people concerned about online privacy. Nonetheless,
the network still has a somewhat shady reputation, as it is also used by
drug traffickers and arms dealers, among others seeking to avoid the
law.</div>
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According to Karen Reilly, director of development at Tor, 2.5 million users access the web through the network daily.</div>
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Keeping
up with its promise to not make users in India wait too long, OnePlus
has launched its 10,000mAh Power bank in India priced at Rs 1399. It is
up for grabs on Amazon.in and will be available in Silk white and
Sandstone black.</div>
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“To
compliment your existing devices and to help you stave away from the
‘charge your device’ every so often blues, we offer you the “OnePlus
Power Bank” where portability, affordability and capacity will be your
key features for buying this wonderful accessory,” OnePlus writes in a
blogpost.</div>
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The
portable power bank comes equipped with dual USB ports (5V-2A) for
charging two devices at a time. It also comes with a battery indicator
LED along with safety features to prevent overcharging and overheating.
The battery is also backed by one year manufacturer warranty. It claims
to provide three full charges for the OnePlus One.</div>
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In
March, OnePlus has started shipping the 10,000mAh Power Bank in the US.
The company had also promised an India launch soon and released a
statement saying, “As for our fans in Europe and India, you won’t have
to wait long, either. We are ironing out the logistics process for a
smoother shipping experience.”</div>
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Recently,
the company also announced to have resolved issues it had with Micromax
through mutual consent. OnePlus One users in India will continue to get
Cyanogen updates.</div>
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BlackBerry
has launched the Leap smartphone in India at Rs 21,490. It will be
available starting today via all BlackBerry exclusive stores.</div>
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The
BlackBerry Leap is an affordable all-touch smartphone which sports a
5-inch edge-to-edge HD display with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution along
with a 294ppi pixel density. It is powered by a Snapdragon S4 Plus chip,
which has a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU. It also includes 2GB RAM.</div>
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BlackBerry
Leap runs BlackBerry 10 OS (version 10.3) and supports BlackBerry Blend
desktop software. In terms of memory, the device has an in-built
storage of 16GB and can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD
card. On the camera front, the BlackBerry Leap has an 8MP auto-focus
camera with LED flash along with a 2MP front-facing camera. The device
can record 1080p videos at 30fps and also has a 5x digital zoom.</div>
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In
terms of connectivity, it supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Hotspot,
Bluetooth v4.0, A-GPS, 4G LTE and microUSB v2.0. The smartphone is
fuelled by a non-removable Li Ion 2800mAh battery that claims to last
for up to 25 hours, even after heavy use.</div>
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“The
BlackBerry Leap was designed specifically for the young power
professionals who see their smartphone device as a powerful and durable
productivity tool that also safeguards sensitive communications, while
on-the-go” said Sunil Lalvani, Managing Director, BlackBerry India.
“With BlackBerry Leap complementing the latest BlackBerry portfolio,
including BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Classic, we continue to
provide products and services that meet the needs of our consumer and
enterprise customers,”</div>
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Twitter
can help more job-seekers than any other traditional platform if it
incorporates a formal job board, say experts. The number of Twitter
users has grown more rapidly than LinkedIn and Facebook in 2014,
according to a study by the Pew Research Centre.</div>
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It
showed that Twitter has more job openings than other social media sites
and more job seekers than LinkedIn. However, only 15% of recruiters
have actually found someone to hire through Twitter.</div>
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The
people surveyed by Software Advice cited inconsistency of job postings
and poor communication by companies with job-seekers as reasons for
dissatisfaction.</div>
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Currently,
the primary way for a Twitter user to find a job is by following
specific companies she or he is interested in or by searching via
hashtags related to jobs, companies or industries.</div>
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But
a search for the hashtag #jobsearch will produce hundreds of tweets
that are not related to actual jobs, such as articles on job hunting,
random thoughts and junk tweets that use the hashtag for promotion.</div>
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In
addition, as new tweets keep appearing every few seconds, the process
of finding an appropriate job can be extremely time consuming and
difficult.</div>
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What
Twitter may do is to add this functionality, perhaps similar to what
sites like Monster.com or CareerBuilder have done. They aggregate job
postings, making it easy for job seekers to view jobs by different
parameters such as functional area, industry, region etc.</div>
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Apple
has for the first time overtaken Xiaomi to become the largest vendor of
smartphones in China, one of the world’s biggest markets.</div>
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Apple
grabbed 14.7% of market share in the first quarter of 2015, surpassing
Xiaomi, which had a 13.7% share, according to market researcher the
International Data Corporation (IDC).</div>
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The
two companies were followed by state-owned Huawei, Samsung and Lenovo.
Top spot in China’s smartphone market, which is one of the world’s
biggest but also one of its most fiercely competitive, has been occupied
by four different companies in the past five quarters.</div>
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Samsung
and Lenovo have also topped the list. Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung
and Lenovo took up 57.8% of the market in the January-March period.
While Apple, Xiaomi and Huawei saw shipments increase during this time,
Samsung and Lenovo suffered substantial declines, according to the data.</div>
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A total of 98.8 million smartphones were shipped, 4.3% fewer than in the first quarter of 2014.</div>
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This
was the first such drop in over six years, suggesting the market may be
reaching saturation point after several quarters of over 20% growth.</div>
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The
market entered a period of adjustment in the first quarter as
companies’ inventories piled up due to intense competition, Wang Jiping,
director of IDC’s China branch, was quoted by news portal Sina.com.</div>
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Alibaba
is in talks with India’s Micromax Informatics to buy an about 20
percent stake in the smartphone maker, helping the Chinese e-commerce
giant expand in one of the world’s fastest growing markets for the
devices, several people with direct knowledge of the matter said.</div>
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The
deal, if completed, would see Alibaba investing as much as $1.2 billion
in Micromax, the second-largest smartphone brand in India by sales, and
would value the company at up to $6 billion, two of the people said.
India is the world’s third largest smartphone market and was the fastest
growing in the Asia Pacific region in the third quarter of last year,
according to industry research firm International Data Corporation.</div>
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Micromax
and Alibaba began talks on the stake sale after discussions with
investors led by Japanese telecoms firm Softbank Corp stalled over
differences in valuations, the sources said.</div>
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“The
Softbank talks are not officially over, but it’ll be hard to get back
on track,” said one of the people. Softbank is the largest shareholder
in Alibaba.</div>
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All
the sources involved in the process declined to be named as they were
not authorised to speak to the media about ongoing talks. Micromax,
SoftBank and Alibaba declined to comment. The sources said Alibaba wants
to use the Micromax deal to tap into the boom in the number of internet
users in India, which is also one of the world’s most rapidly growing
smartphone markets.</div>
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Growth
in India, and especially in mobile transactions, would help Alibaba
offset stiff competition at home from domestic rivals including JD.com
Inc, as well as what appears to be growing e-commerce user saturation.</div>
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Strong
revenue from mobile transactions helped the company report a 45 percent
increase in quarterly revenue. “The talks are centered around using
Micromax devices as a platform to get into a serious business of its own
in India,” said one of the sources, referring to Alibaba.</div>
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Alibaba,
for example, would be able to roll out services such as Alipay, its
online payment platform, on Micromax phones. Ant Financial Services
Group, which owns Alipay, is China’s largest payment service provider
and is controlled by Alibaba’s executive chairman and founder Jack Ma.</div>
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The stake sale is aimed at helping Micromax raise capital as it expands into new business segments including personal computing.</div>
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The company is seeking funds from private investors, or a possible stock market listing, its co-founder told Reuters.</div>
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Micromax
started up in India in 2008, and its affordable, large-screen phones
are now the country’s most popular after Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
smartphones. Micromax counts Sequoia Capital and TA Associates among its
investors.</div>
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Gizmeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713260909459655183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311778821540324753.post-81597435987739386172015-05-11T22:42:00.005-07:002015-05-11T22:42:43.729-07:00Ericsson extends patent suits against Apple to Europe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Swedish
telecom equipment maker Ericsson has filed lawsuits in Germany, Britain
and the Netherlands against Apple over technology licence payments,
Ericsson said on Friday, extending a U.S. battle between the firms to
Europe.</div>
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Ericsson
said it had offered to enter into arbitration with Apple to reach a
global licensing agreement for its patents, but that offer had now
expired. “Apple continues to profit from Ericsson’s technology without
having a valid licence in place,” said Kasim Alfalahi, Chief
Intellectual Property Officer at Ericsson.</div>
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“Our
technology is used in many features and functionality of today’s
communication devices. We are confident the courts in Germany, the UK
and the Netherlands will be able to help us resolve this matter in a
fair manner,” he added.</div>
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An
Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the legal action in the three
European countries, which relates to 2G and 4G/LTE mobile communications
standards and non-standardized technology, but referred to its
statement in January.</div>
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“Unfortunately,
we have not been able to agree with Ericsson on a fair rate for their
patents so, as a last resort, we are asking the courts for help,” part
of that statement said.</div>
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Ericsson
had already filed a complaint in mid-January in the United States
against Apple, responding to a lawsuit from the iPhone maker.</div>
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Last
year, smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co agreed to pay Ericsson
$650 million along with years of royalties to end a licence dispute.</div>
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If
the dispute with Apple also went Ericsson’s way, the U.S. firm would
have to pay it between 2-6 billion Swedish crowns ($240-725 million)
annually, analysts said, based on estimates of levels of handset sales
and royalty payments per phone.</div>
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Facebook
may pursue a lawsuit against law firms that represented a New York man
who recently turned fugitive rather than face federal charges that he
tried to defraud founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the company, a
judge ruled.</div>
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New
York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower said Facebook and Zuckerberg
could move forward with a lawsuit alleging law firms, including DLA
Piper LLP and Milberg LLP, maliciously prosecuted claims by Paul Ceglia
that were based on forged documents.</div>
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Rakower
said that, accepting Facebook’s claims as true, its complaint
adequately alleged the law firms “knew there was no basis – and
therefore no probable cause- for Ceglia’s claims.”</div>
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Facebook
in statement said it was pleaded with the ruling and would “continue to
hold accountable DLA Piper and the other firms who pursued Paul
Ceglia’s fraudulent claims against Facebook.”</div>
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A
DLA Piper spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. Milberg’s
lawyer declined comment, and a lawyer for a third firm, Lippes Mathias
Wexler Friedman LLP, did not respond to a request for comment.</div>
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The
ruling came a week after what would have been the May 4 start of a
criminal trial in Manhattan federal court of Ceglia, a 41-year-old wood
pellet salesman from Wellsville, New York.</div>
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Instead,
Ceglia removed his electronic ankle bracelet in early March and
disappeared, along with his wife, two children and a dog. His
whereabouts remain unknown. The criminal case arose from Ceglia’s June
2010 civil lawsuit in upstate New York against Menlo Park,
California-based Facebook and Zuckerberg.</div>
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Ceglia
alleged that a 2003 contract with Zuckerberg, then a Harvard University
freshman who had done programming work for Ceglia’s StreetFax.com,
entitled him to half of Facebook. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in New York last month upheld the dismissal of that lawsuit, saying
“overwhelming forensic evidence” showed the contract was forged.</div>
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Over
the years, the lawsuit was handled by several prominent law firms,
including DLA Piper, one of the largest firms in the world.</div>
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Facebook
sued those firms in October, saying they knew or should have known
Ceglia’s lawsuit was a fraud, but plowed ahead “for the purpose of
extorting a lucrative and unwarranted settlement.”</div>
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Facebook
also said those lawyers stayed with the case even after a lawyer at
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, who also represented Ceglia,
warned he had found “smoking-gun” evidence of fraud. Kasowitz Benson
soon withdrew from the case.</div>
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Facebook
has started testing an internal search engine for its mobile app.
According to a report by Techcrunch, some iOS users are now seeing an
‘add a link’ option alongside ‘add photos, locations and feelings’.</div>
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Basically,
users can search a keyword in the link function and Facebook will then
suggest a list of related news articles that one can post. This new
change is being tested to make it simpler to search and share on mobile
devices.</div>
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This
means, one will no longer have to search, copy the URL and then paste
it while using mobile phones. The report adds that the update is aimed
at ‘Facebook’s recent effort to get publishers to post content directly
to the site’.</div>
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This
means users will be able to search and access content within Facebook,
without the need for ‘Googling’ or ever leaving the social network.
Facebook is used by many digital news organisations to share content and
this move will help solidify its position as a content host. “By
hosting content and allowing users to search for stories in its own app,
Facebook is making it easy to read and share news without ever actually
leaving Facebook,” the report adds.</div>
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There
is no word on if the update will be made available to everyone.
Moreover, it reportedly favours the user’s frequently visited websites
or the ones with a higher rating.</div>
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The
most recent leak suggests that Google is all set to announce its
upcoming mobile OS iteration, Android M, at the I/O to be held later
this month. Now, a Bloomberg report highlights that Android M will bring
more ‘privacy controls’ to users.</div>
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The
new iteration of Android will reportedly offer users more detailed
choices over what data apps can access such as photos, contacts, and
location data. This move closely follows Apple that recently added
similar security features.</div>
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A
ZDnet report adds that ‘the change would give a user more granular
controls over their data and how its used, adding that the option has
been present in the past — albeit hidden for developers’ use only’.</div>
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Though
Google hasn’t officially announced Android M, a session called ‘Android
for Work Update’ said, “Android M is bringing the power of Android to
all kinds of workplaces.” Google is known to name its mobile OS versions
in alphabetical order, so it’s quite likely that after Lollipop, the
next name will begin with the letter ‘M’. Google quickly pulled out the
description, but not before ArsTechnica got its hands on a screenshot.</div>
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From Muffin to Malai barfi, the guess game for the name has already begun.</div>
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Fujifilm
has launched four new cameras in the Instax series namely, Mini 8, Mini
25, Mini 50S and Mini 90, that can print photos instantly. These
cameras are priced between Rs 6,441 and Rs 10,999.</div>
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The
instax Mini 8 features a compact design and will be available in seven
different colours. It comes with a simple operational system for instant
pictures. There’s a brightness adjustment dial to allow taking photos
in different modes.</div>
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Next
in line is the instax Mini 25 that comes with a stylish, compact design
that can take a selfie print instantly. The instax Mini 50S features a
self-timer mode. The instax Mini 90 sports a classic/retro look with
advanced features such as bulb and double exposures. It is also equipped
with functions like macro mode and high performance flash.</div>
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Commenting
on the occasion, Yasunobu Nishiyama said, “We are excited to launch the
Instax series which has been well accepted in countries outside India.
This range has been designed keeping in mind predominantly young age
group and their requirements. Indian young population is experimental/
wants to seek new experiences and maintain their family values. Each
camera has its own unique features, distinguishing one from the other
and comes with 1 year warranty. Considering the growth of the market and
the steady progress of the Indian economy, we have an extremely
positive outlook for this series and expect it to be welcomed by
customers of diverse needs in the country.”</div>
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The Mini 8 is priced at Rs 6441, Mini 25 at Rs 8045, Mini 50S at Rs 9147 and Mini 90 at Rs 10999.</div>
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While
Google may have chosen to name its next version Lollipop over laddoo or
licorice or whatever you wished, looks like the guessing game for its
next iteration will begin soon. Yes, Google has disclosed the schedule
for its I/O event to be held later this month and seems like Android M
will be at the show.</div>
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One
of the sessions called ‘Android for Work Update’ says, “Android M is
bringing the power of Android to all kinds of workplaces.” Google is
known to name its mobile OS versions in alphabetical order, so it’s
quite likely that after Lollipop, the next name will begin with the
letter ‘M’. According to ArsTechnica, Google has pulled out the
description, but not before the news site got its hands on a screenshot.</div>
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So,
its not yet official if Google is announcing its next iteration Android
M at the event, but several users have already guessing a probable
name. Some early favourites are Muffin, Mud pie and Meringue.</div>
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How
about Indian dessert like Malai Barfi or Malpoa? In fact, last year a
group of students from IIT-Kharagpur – which also happens to be Pichai’s
alma mater – have been lobbying for the next version of Android to be
named Lassi. Google also ensured the fun continues as it announced the
next iteration simply as Android L and named it only after the version
was ready to ship. This ensured a lot of speculation and buzz around the
name.</div>
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Prior
to that Google chose KitKat by booting out the long-time rumoured Key
lime pie. Google had also created a landing page for Kitkat. It created
similar buzz with reports about if Nestle’s paid Google or vice versa
for using the name KitKat. However, John Lagerling, director of Android
global partnerships, quickly said, “This is not a money-changing-hands
kind of deal” . Keylime Pie reportedly got the boot as Google realised
that not too many people knew the actual taste of a Keylime pie.</div>
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So what do you think? What ‘sweet’ name will Google release for Android M? Let us know. We’d love to see more options.</div>
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Google
I/O kicks off by the end of the month, and the search giant has now put
out the schedule for the event. While Android M is said to be one of
the biggest announcements, Google also has some nifty details up its
sleeve to reveal at its upcoming event. Here’s a quick look at what to
expect at Google I/O.</div>
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Android for Work<br />
Google is expected to announce an update to the Android for Work, which
was announced earlier this year. It aimed at making the software more
appealing to corporations, a move that could help extend the Internet
company’s reach into workplaces. At the event, Google is expected to
bring Android to all type of work places. “The current implementation
doesn’t work for high-security businesses, so we’re guessing that
Android M and the new version of Work combine for even more app
separation,” points out ArsTechnica.</div>
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Android M</div>
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The
‘Android for Work Update’ session says, “Android M is bringing the
power of Android to all kinds of workplaces.” Google is known to name
its mobile OS versions in alphabetical order, so it’s quite likely that
after Lollipop, the next name will begin with the letter ‘M’. According
to ArsTechnica, Google has pulled out the description, but not before
the news site got its hands on a screenshot. From Muffin to Malai barfi,
the guess game for the name has already begun.</div>
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Voice commands<br />
With the ‘Your app, now available hands-free’ session, the company will
be announcing ‘Voice Access’ that offers access to Android devices only
via voice. This could probably mean a driving app or so. Moreover, it
also means users need to remember a lot more voice commands to access
the app. Google may have to work at ensuring the app understands varying
accents and dialects.</div>
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Skybox<br />
A session called “The Earth in real time” talks about implementing
Skybox. Those not in the know how, Google had bought satellite imaging
company Skybox last year for around $500 million. The announcements are
speculated to be around real-time satellite imaging.</div>
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Cloud Messaging</div>
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Google is also expected announce Cloud Messaging 3.0, a new version of Google’s push messaging platform.</div>
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Games for Chromecast<br />
Google has also announced to be making more announcements for
Chromecast. The description goes on, “designing for the mobile and
television experience on multiple screens, and adapting existing game
design patterns to a multi-screen interactive format.” There’s also
another session covering, “Android and iOS mobile devices as game
controllers to unleash new interaction models for Chromecast and other
Cast devices.”</div>
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Miscellaneous<br />
One can also expect some more on Polymer 1.0, Google’s UI toolkit at
making websites that offer an app feel. Google’s Advanced Technologies
and Products group may showcase a wearable at the show. Google is also
known to be testing tools to woo developers, and we could possibly hear
more on it at the show.</div>
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Looks
like Apple Watch, despite all the hype surrounding its launch, has
sparked a battle of the sexes, if one goes by the results of a new
study.</div>
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A
study by California-based data mining company CrowdFlower analysed more
than 30,000 tweets since the launch of the Apple Watch on April 24 and
found the split down gender lines.</div>
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Women were far more positive about the Watch before the launch and continue to be so now, the study said.</div>
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The
study found 64 per cent of women tweeted positive feelings about the
Apple Watch compared with 53 per cent of men, Time reported.</div>
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The
majority of positive tweets about the Apple Watch concerned the use of
apps on the Watch while the biggest complaint in negative tweets about
the Watch were about the slow delivery for orders, the study found.</div>
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The
study found that 70 per cent of all tweets about the Apple Watch were
from gadget-obsessed guys. Also, people generally loved the fitness app
which breaks down a healthy lifestyle into the daily goal of completing
three rings of movement, standing and exercise.</div>
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But apps happen to be also one of the biggest concerns with the Apple Watch, with 22 per cent of negative tweets about app bugs.</div>
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News
has it that there won’t be a Windows 11. Yes, Windows 10 is the last
traditional release from the company, and Microsoft will improve it by
adding enhancements and updates in the future.</div>
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TheVerge
quotes Microsoft employee Jerry Nixon, a developer evangelist speaking
at the company’s Ignite conference saying, “Right now we’re releasing
Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re
all still working on Windows 10.”</div>
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He
reportedly went on to explain how Microsoft has been working on the
base of Windows 10 all through last year even when it launched Windows
8.1. The company will continue to further push updates to this latest
OS, but will avoid releasing a complete new version.</div>
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The
reason for this change is Microsoft reportedly plans to launch Windows
as a service. However, doesn’t really explain how it plans to do so.
“Microsoft has altered the way it engineers and delivers Windows, and
the initial result is Windows 10. Instead of big releases, there will be
regular improvements and updates. Part of this is achieved by splitting
up operating system components like the Start Menu and built-in apps to
be separate parts that can be updated independently to the entire
Windows core operating system,” points out TheVerge report.</div>
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“Recent
comments at Ignite about Windows 10 are reflective of the way Windows
will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in
an ongoing manner, with continuous value for our consumer and business
customers,” a Microsoft spokesperson later told the news site.</div>
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The company recently announced the latest build for Windows 10. Read on to find out what’s new.</div>
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Global
investment banks are scrambling to get a piece of the action from
India’s booming technology start-ups, having missed out on the initial
flurry of deal-making to their better-connected but much smaller
domestic rivals.</div>
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Banks
including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are looking to
hire more bankers in India and are now regularly attending “bake-offs”
to pitch for advisory roles on deals, according to several banking
industry sources.</div>
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Foreign
money has been pouring into India’s fast-growing e-commerce sector,
with investors ranging from Japan’s Softbank Corp to Singapore’s Temasek
Holdings and GIC Private Ltd piling in.</div>
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Many
large global investment banks have stayed away from work in the
emerging sector though due to the relatively small deal sizes.</div>
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Now
they are stepping up efforts to build relationships while the companies
are still young – learning lessons from China where many of them are
struggling to compete with small boutique banks as Internet deals pick
up speed.</div>
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“Several
of these companies will be large IPO candidates in the next 12 to 24
months, so the big banks have to start positioning themselves for this,”
said Harish HV, a partner in India at advisory firm Grant Thornton.</div>
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The
number of venture funding deals for technology start-ups in India in
the first quarter of 2015 was the highest in nine quarters and exceeded
the number of such deals in China, according to data from CB Insights.
The total value of investments in India topped $1 billion for the third
straight quarter.</div>
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LOCAL RIVALS</div>
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To
compete with local rivals like Avendus Capital and Kotak Mahindra
Capital, foreign banks are now pitching for relatively small deals at
start-ups, hopeful they will eventually lead to more lucrative work,
banking sources said.</div>
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Avendus,
which focused on the tech sector before the deal momentum picked up,
ranks fourth in the advisory league table for announced technology deals
in India so far this year. That’s ahead of bigger global rivals
including Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan,
according to Thomson Reuters data.</div>
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While
Credit Suisse topped the fee income table with $7.7 million in India
technology advisory fees in 2014, Avendus ranked second with $3.7
million from seven deals, according to data from Thomson Reuters/Freeman
Consulting Co.</div>
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“We
first looked at the sector and said ‘okay the sector is going to be
sizeable. Who are the leading companies in this?,'” said Aashish Bhinde,
head of Avendus’s digital and technology practice.</div>
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“Global investment banks were completely missing from the scene.”</div>
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Now
foreign investment banks are starting to make in-roads. Jefferies’
India arm advised home shopping firm Naaptol.com to raise about $20
million last month from Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd and some existing
investors.</div>
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Citigroup
Inc, which advised Indian online payment services provider One97
Communications in raising funds from Alibaba Group affiliate Ant
Financial Services in February, is “very focused” on the internet space
in India, said Madhur Deora, its managing director for investment
banking in India.</div>
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Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs did not respond to requests for comments on their work with Indian technology start-ups.</div>
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WESTERN STYLE FEE</div>
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While
India has fewer Internet users than China, online sales could rise to
over $100 billion in 2020 from $2.9 billion in 2013, making it the
fastest-growing market globally, according to a Morgan Stanley research
report.</div>
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This
has led to global banks vying to offer services like loan financing to
online retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal, hoping this could help them
secure mandates on any future IPOs, sources said.</div>
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“Fees
on these IPOs would be much more Western style than the commoditized
deals in India,” said an M&A banker with a large foreign bank, also
one of the advisers on Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding’s
record $25 billion IPO last year.</div>
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For
large IPOs, Indian tech companies would need the marketing muscles of
big foreign banks. But the local banks have likely cemented strong
enough relationships that their foreign rivals can not push them out
entirely.</div>
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“I
would be surprised if any investment bank out there is not rapidly
building up their digital and tech practice given the pace and momentum
with which the transactions are happening, which is good for the
industry,” said Bhinde of Avendus.</div>
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When
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s eccentric founder Jack Ma stepped down as
CEO two years ago, he declared “the Internet belongs to young people,”
and promised that most of the company’s leaders born in the 1960s would
soon retreat from management.</div>
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On
Thursday, that transition at the e-commerce behemoth appeared complete
as Ma trumpeted the appointment of a fresh chief executive, Daniel
Zhang, born in 1972, as part of a broader reshuffle.</div>
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Yet
as the eight-year Alibaba veteran and current chief operating officer
moves into the corner office, the firm remains as much Jack Ma’s company
as it was when it was founded in his apartment 16 years ago.</div>
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Ma
exerts an outsize influence on the company, holding the title of
executive chairman and controlling a 6.26 percent stake as of end-2014,
worth about $13.4 billion at Thursday’s closing price of $86 a share.</div>
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“No matter who the CEO is, Jack Ma still has ultimate control of the company,” said Henry Guo, an analyst at Summit Research.</div>
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If
Ma is the visionary, Zhang’s job will be to deliver results quickly,
especially as mobile commerce explodes. The company reported on Thursday
that mobile transaction value in the March quarter accounted for more
than 50 percent of the total for the first time.</div>
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For his part, Zhang brings a strong reputation to the job.</div>
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He
was a “key architect”, the company said, of the hugely successful
“Double 11″ shopping festival – also known as Singles Day, the Nov. 11
event that has overtaken Black Friday in the United States as the
world’s largest online shopping event – and he helped get the
Amazon-like Tmall platform off the ground.</div>
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“The
business has to change because the market is changing. They need
someone to really lead the company to adapt themselves to this
environment,” said Tian Hou, of T.H. Capital Research in Beijing.</div>
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SHARE PRICE SLUMP</div>
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In
a letter to staff on Thursday, Ma praised outgoing CEO Jonathan Lu, who
will become a vice chairman and focus on developing talent. “Over these
two years, Jonathan has had to face immense pressure and he embraced it
with tremendous courage and sacrifice. It was in these two years that
Alibaba’s business grew by leaps and bounds,” Ma wrote.</div>
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But
Lu, who was born in 1969, also presided over a slump of more than 30
percent in Alibaba’s share price from its all-time high in mid-November
that carved more than $70 billion off the stock’s value.</div>
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The
company was also blindsided by Chinese regulators in January over
intellectual property piracy and illegal business on Alibaba platforms.
Ma quickly smoothed things over.</div>
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A
company spokeswoman said speculation that Lu might have been removed
for underperforming was wrong, adding that the transition had been
planned since 2012.</div>
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Zhang
will take over on Sunday – exactly two years after Lu took the helm.
However he fares, the public face of Alibaba will be Ma’s.</div>
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“Investors,
the Chinese government, CEOs and foreign heads of state courting
Alibaba all beat a path to Jack’s door because of the weight he, as a
founder, plays in the company internally and how it is perceived,
rightly or wrongly,” said Duncan Clark, chairman and managing director
at BDA China.</div>
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“In Jack’s shadow it’s hard to shine.”</div>
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After
drawing flak for making public the email addresses of over 1 million
respondents on its net neutrality and OTT regulatory framework
consultation paper, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)
said it will not display addresses if users specifically state so in
their counter comments.</div>
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A
day before the deadline for counter comments to expire, Trai on
Thursday said “all stakeholders are hereby informed that during
submission of their counter comments, if anyone desires that his/her
email ID should not be displayed, it may be specifically stated so in
the email.”</div>
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The
regulator has suggested people interested in sending their comments to
have a “proper name for identification and display” in the counter
comments.</div>
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“Such respondent should also include ‘Do not display my ID’ in the subject of the email,” Trai said.</div>
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The
regulator had come under sharp criticism when it made the email
addresses of over 10 lakh people public along with their response on
Trai’s consultation on regulatory framework for OTT or internet based
calling and messaging services like Viber, Skype, WhatsApp, Line, etc.</div>
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Trai
said that it received a large number of e-mails from various
stakeholders as comments and stakeholders also requested that their
responses be published on the regulator’s website alongside other
comments received in line with past practice regarding such public
consultations.</div>
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After
processing the received emails, filtering various spam emails,
duplicate emails etc., and for proper display on the Web, these emails
were uploaded on Trai website, the regulator said.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
“Since
many of the emails had only email ID as the header, for easy
identification of the stakeholders comments, the comments were
segregated date-wise along with their email IDs and uploaded,” Trai
said.</div>
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Xiaomi
Mi Band, which went on sale on May 5, was out of stock in mere 7
seconds, states Mi India. It was the first flash sale for the Mi Band
and also, the first on its own Mi India store. As a special promotional
offer, the first 1,000 registrants got the band at Re. 1.</div>
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However,
we spoke to several users including one of our team members who managed
to grab the device at Re 1 who feel the device went out of stock is
mere 2-3 seconds.</div>
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Xiaomi
launched the Mi Band in India last month alongside the Xiaomi Mi 4i at
an event held in New Delhi. Just like all Xiaomi’s smartphones, the band
is cheap compared to the ones available in the market priced at 999.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
It
isn’t a plain boring looking device and is available in a slew of
colour options including bright pink, orange and blue. Just like most of
the fitness trackers in the market, it tracks user movements and also
sleeping patterns. One of the interesting feature is its ability to
unlock a device.</div>
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Another
notable feature is its battery life. Xiaomi claims that the tracker
offers up to 30 days of standby time. Moreover, just like most of its
competitors, it is water resistant, so you do not have to worry about
little drizzles or liquid spills.</div>
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Throughout
last year, there was buzz around more searches taking place on mobile
than desktop. Now, its official. In its Adwords blog, the search giant
writes, “More Google searches take place on mobile devices than on
computers in 10 countries including the US and Japan.”</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
However,
Google hasn’t divulged further on the number of mobile browser-based
searches. Considering Google includes tablets and desktops in the same
group, it is certain that by mobile searches it means only smartphones.
This has also compelled Google to introduce a new ad experience on
mobile that is designed for screen swipes rather than mouse clicks.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
Besides,
Google also seems to be working at wooing developers to choose Android
over iOS. According to a report by TheInformation, the search giant is
testing a new system that will allow developers to try out various
versions of their apps’ profile pages in the Google Play store.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
So,
developers can now view if price changes help bring more revenue. For
instance, they can lower the price of an app, just to see how many
people download it. They can also experiment with varying layers, colour
themes and video placement, and then gauge how people react to the
changes.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
“It
might not seem like a significant change, but it gives developers a new
level of flexibility they can’t get through Apple,” points out
BusinessInsider.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
The
report also adds that building an app for both platforms simultaneously
is expensive. So, developers have to start with either one, and mostly
choose iOS over Android. Developers do so mainly because Android is
fragmented and some app features may not work on all devices. Moreover,
iPhone users are willing to pay more money, adds the report.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
So, with this tool, Google is trying to help developers make more money.</div>
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Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government stands for ensuring “non-discriminatory” access to internet.</div>
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“Government
stands for ensuring non-discriminatory access to Internet for all
citizens of the country,” Prasad said in the Rajya Sabha, as a calling
attention motion was taken up on net neutrality.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
“Current
debate on net neutrality should be seen from this perspective… while
resolving the issue harmoniously and consistently with constitutional
principles,” he said.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
The minister added that a final decision on net neutrality will be taken by the government.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
“Whatever
be the outcome of the consultation paper (of Trai) the decision will be
taken by government,” he informed the Rajya Sabha.</div>
<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;">
In
March, telecom regulator Trai released a paper inviting comments from
users and companies on how over-the-top services should be regulated in
the country. It asked stakeholders to send suggestions by April 24 and
counter-arguments by May 8.</div>
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A
six-member panel of the department of telecommunications (DoT) is also
conducting a study on the issue and is likely to submit its report by
mid-May.</div>
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The minister added: “Internet is one of the finest creations of human mind, it must belong to mankind, not to few”.</div>
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Net
neutrality means that governments and internet service providers should
treat all data on the Internet equally — therefore, not charging users,
content, platform, site, application or mode of communication
differentially.</div>
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Shortly
after Twitter introduced a way to embed classic MS-DOS games in a
tweet, the company has now disabled this feature as it goes against
company policies to have a playable game within the website. Prior to
this move, users could embed games in tweets and could share any of the
2,600 games or more in the Internet Archive’s library of MS-DOS games.</div>
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A
report by The Guardian states that embedding interactive media, and
specifically games, within Twitter Cards is against the social network’s
terms of service. Twitter guidelines point out that, ‘Do not build
end-to-end interactive experiences inside the video or audio player
unrelated to Player Card content, such as the following: purchasing,
gaming, polling, messaging and data entry.’</div>
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Following
its policies, Twitter has now disabled the feature. But, users can yet
visit the Internet Archive directly and play their favorite old classic
games. A report by TechTimes pointed out that, it is possible for the
game to return only if, developers work on another type of Twitter card
to host the MS-DOS games.</div>
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“Instead,
build these interactive experiences with our other Card types or
enhance your Player Card content with links to your website or mobile
application,” says Twitter in its Player Card’s guidelines.</div>
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Amidst
the backlash in India, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has decided to loosen
the grip on its free Internet service in India. This doesn’t mean,
Internet.org is now booted out of India, but it simply becomes an ‘open’
platform for all.</div>
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So,
Facebook says any website can be accessed for free via the service.
However, it isn’t as simple as it sounds. The social network has a long
list of rules and regulations including it will only support websites
that ditche HTTPS, JavaScript and other important things.</div>
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In its official Facebook post, the company has jotted down the guidelines that website accessing Internet.org should follow:</div>
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1. Explore the entire Internet (but how?)<br />
Facebook writes that the Internet.org platform is aimed to give people
valuable free services allowing them ‘to discover the entire wealth of
online services and, ultimately become paying users of the internet’.
Hence, participants ‘should encourage the exploration of the broader
internet wherever possible’. However, it doesn’t really mention what
exactly it expects from participating websites to encourage it.</div>
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2. Who can’t participate<br />
Websites that require high-bandwidth won’t be a part of the
Internet.org service. It further mentions that services with VoIP,
video, file transfer, high resolution photos, or high volume of photos
can’t be a part of the service.</div>
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“Operators
have made significant economic investments to bring the internet to
people globally, and Internet.org needs to be sustainable for operators
so that they can continue to invest in the infrastructure to maintain,
improve and expand their networks,” Facebook explains.</div>
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3. Tech specs<br />
Participating websites should be built to optimise browsing on phones
as well as smartphones, and work in limited bandwidth scenarios.</div>
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Websites
should also be properly integrated with Internet.org to allow zero
rating and so should not require JavaScript or SSL/TLS/HTTPS. There’s
also a list of technical guides. Check it here.</div>
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Evidently,
Facebook’s new guidelines don’t really make it an ‘open’ platform.
Looks like, the rules help to simply remodel what Facebook always had on
its mind. Nikhil Pahwa of Medianama writes, “No matter what Facebook
says about Internet.org being a means of promoting Internet usage, it
isn’t. It’s a fundamental, permanent change in the way the Internet
works by splitting it into free vs paid access.”</div>
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He
also points out at major security issues. “Without https (secure
content), this means that telecom operators will also be able to snoop
on your users, and through them, so will the government. Is Privacy a
small price to pay for free access to a directory of services?,” he
said.</div>
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The
problems just don’t end here. Using Facebook’s Internet.org means
everyone has to comply to the social network’s rules and policy.
Firstly, Facebook gets non-exclusive rights to your content. Then, every
user accessing websites via Internet.org will require a Facebook
account.</div>
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So,
every Indian going online will have no choice but to create a Facebook
account. This would also mean, if your competitor is on Internet.org,
you will have no choice either.</div>
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“The
reason why Times Internet publications remained on Internet.org was
that their competitors are also there. If one competitor chooses to come
on board, you will have little choice but to also follow, else lose out
on a potentially large user base. This gives Facebook access to data
from across websites,” he explains further.</div>
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The
report suggests that if Internet.org really wants people in India to
get online, then subsidising data packs of Rs 10-100 and allowing them
to access whatever users want, could be a solution.</div>
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Last
month, Trai received overwhelming response with over 11 lakh emails in
support of Net Neutrality. The responses are now out on its website and
open to counter comments until May 8.</div>
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Meanwhile,
the volunteer group, SavetheInternet, is requesting that in the absence
of a recommendation from TRAI and any decision from the government,
telecom companies should be restricted from rolling out any plans and
services that violate Net Neutrality. The group has also requested
support from political parties as the issue impacts both the freedom of
access to the Internet as well as survival of thousands of
Internet-enabled Indian startups trying to Make In India.</div>
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