Pepsi Phone P1s With 5.5-Inch Display, Android 5.1 Lollipop Launched

Pepsi Phone P1s With 5.5-Inch Display, Android 5.1 Lollipop Launched Pepsi-branded smartphones and accessories were announced to be in the works last month. The popular Pepsi brand on Thursday took the wraps off the Phone P1 and Phone P1s in China. The food and beverage company is however running a crowdfunding campaign to produce the smartphone. It's worth noting that Pepsi is only licensing its brand for use on smartphones...

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Hackers-for-hire played key role in JPMorgan, Fidelity breaches

Hackers-for-hire played key role in JPMorgan, Fidelity breaches NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO:  When US prosecutors this week charged two Israelis and an American fugitive with raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in one of the largest and most complex cases of cyberfraud ever exposed, they also provided an unusual look into the burgeoning industry of criminal hackers for hire. The trio, who are accused of orchestrating massive computer...

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'Startup founders, not cricketers, are the new Indian idols'

'Startup founders, not cricketers, are the new Indian idols' "Whom do you idolize?" At school or college, in competitions of every nature, from friends and family members, the question of who one wants to be like in a few years seems to crop up invariably. Over a decade ago, when I was growing up, the answer would largely cover a few regular names. A celebrated cricketer, an astronaut, maybe an actor, a social worker, a historical figure or...

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MTNL to soon launch free roaming service

MTNL to soon launch free roaming service MTNL chairman and managing director NK Yadav said the scheme will be announced soon and they are finalizing th... Read More NEW DELHI: State-run telecom operator MTNL, which offers services in Delhi and Mumbai, will soon launch free roaming scheme, allowing customers to receive calls at no extra cost while travelling across the country.BSNL already has such a scheme in place.At present, MTNL customers...

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Google Maps for Android Gets Offline Navigation and Search Features

Google Maps for Android Gets Offline Navigation and Search Features Next time you need directions to a place but don't have a good connectivity on your phone, Google Maps will still be able to offer help. The Mountain View-based company announced on Tuesday that it is introducing offline navigation and search features to its mapping service on Android. The company says that iOS client of Maps will get these features "soon". Google says...

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IRCTC Now Lets Users Book Train Tickets 30 Minutes Before Departure

IRCTC Now Lets Users Book Train Tickets 30 Minutes Before Departure  Come November 12, you can book a railway ticket online via IRCTC 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train. In a passenger-friendly move, the Indian Railways has also made changes in its system of chart preparation, which would now be prepared twice. First reservation chart would be prepared four hours prior to departure of a train while second and...

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Chrome Exploit Allegedly Gives Root Access to Virtually Any Android Device

Chrome Exploit Allegedly Gives Root Access to Virtually Any Android Device A critical vulnerability in Chrome for Android has been reported that makes it possible for attackers to take over a device. The vulnerability was demonstrated at the MobilePwn2Own, PacSec conference in Tokyo. The researcher believes that the vulnerability affects all versions of Android capable of running the latest version of Chrome. Qihoo...

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Amazon May Export Delivery Lessons From India to Cut Costs Abroad

Amazon May Export Delivery Lessons From India to Cut Costs Abroad E-commerce giant Amazon.com is taking lessons learnt from its daily battles with India's choked roads and cramped cities to some of its largest developed markets, exporting a model of cheaper deliveries and reduced warehousing costs. Online shopping is booming in India, where millions of consumers are newly able to access the Internet thanks to cheap smartphones....

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No, This Startup That Raised Rs. 12 Crore Isn't '12-Days-Old'

No, This Startup That Raised Rs. 12 Crore Isn't '12-Days-Old' Coverage of startups seems to be see-sawing between breathless adoration, and cynical condemnation. We're in the latter phase again unfortunately, and that's why you might have seen headlines claiming that a 12-day-old startup just raised Rs. 12 crore in funds. Making the news even more salacious, the founder of the startup actually worked for one of the companies that...

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It's Time to Go Green: Save the Planet and Money Too

It's Time to Go Green: Save the Planet and Money Too Bengaluru's world famous eyesore, Bellandur Lake became a headlining act on national and international media, as news reports highlighted how it had caught fire, with foam coming right into pedestrians faces. A change.org campaign demanding an immediate cleanup of the lake has collected over 31,000 signatures so far, while the local authorities have installed water sprinklers...

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Microsoft Releases First Major Update to Windows 10

Microsoft Releases First Major Update to Windows 10 Microsoft has announced it is rolling out the Windows 10 November update, the first major update to its latest operating system. Codenamed Threshold 2 and also dubbed the Fall Update, Thursday's update largely aims to smoothen the rough edges that Windows 10 originally shipped with around three-and-a-half months ago. The update is the same build, dubbed 10586, which...

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Google's Self-Driving Car Gets Pulled Over for Driving Too Slow

Google's Self-Driving Car Gets Pulled Over for Driving Too Slow Everyone's equal in the eyes of the law - even self-driving cars. A testament of which was on display this week. A Google self-driving car got pulled over by a law abiding policeman in Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, USA for driving too slowly. This is the first time, says Google, that its self-driving car was pulled for driving too slowly, a relatively rare offence...

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