iPhone X saves Apple some Pride
iPhone X saves Apple some Pride A worried last quarter witnessed a turn of events for Apple. All thanks to the iPhone X that was 2017’s top selling premium segment phone in India. Apple’s revenues climbed 13 % to $88.3 billion during the period. Apple chief executive Tim Cook was quoted saying, “iPhone X surpassed […]
Bitcoin exchange apps: a risky affair!
Bitcoin exchange apps: a risky affair ! All that glitters is not Gold. Keep this in mind while exchanging Bitcoins. Over 600 fraudulent Cryptocurrency apps exist on leading app stores. RiskIQ analyzed 18,408 apps across 20 app stores (mostly Android based). It included Apple, Google Play, and few others. They proclaim that the app stores […]
Google sweeps away 700,000 Bad Apps
Cleanliness drive at Google: takes down 700,000 Bad Apps from Play Store in 2017 Making a 70% rise from 2016 in identification and removal of malicious apps. Google’s new machine learning models and techniques led to the removal of over 700,000 apps from the Google Play Store in 2017. “Not only did we remove more […]
Online shopping sales are less on mobile apps
Doubtable but true, study reveals online shopping sales are less on mobile apps Online shoppers prefer mobile apps for searching and comparing products. But are less likely to use it as buying tool, Asaid Nikolaos , professor at University of East Anglia, UK has revealed. ”Although mobile apps are rapidly becoming a popular option to shop […]
Healthcare startups to look out for in 2018
Healthcare startups to look out for in 2018 Healthcare market in India is estimated to grow from $100 billion in 2016 to over $300 billion by 2022. The sector is creating huge opportunity for health”tech” companies thus Healthcare Start-ups are on a rise. Though these are still early days of Healthcare startups in India. There […]
Karnataka govt to fund tech startups across the country
Karnataka govt to fund tech startups across the country Good news for Entrepreneurs planning their tech startups across the country. IT minister Priyank Kharge told ET that starting this year, the state government is set to start funding. Technology startups based across the country by calling them to register in Karnataka. Entrepreneurs can register their companies under […]
Apple’s Battery issue: Apologies flowing from Apple
Apple’s Battery issue: Apologies flowing in from team Apple Apple has apologized to its customers for deliberately slowing the performance of older iPhone models without the user’s consent.This came after facing eight separate class-action lawsuits in the US.Ttwo others in Israel and many criticisms coming from world over claiming that Apple did not have consent to slow […]
Industry of E-wallets : Rising but not for all !
E-wallets : Rising but not for all ! The emergence of a new age concept of e-wallets felt it got its biggest favour by demonetization as their awareness. User base and transaction volumes jumped to unexpected heights. The e-wallets companies cashed in on the opportunity and spread across the country. Feeling they have a very […]
Twitter increases its character limit count to 280.
Twitter increases its character limit count to 280 One of the widely used platforms for social media is Twitter. It has now expanded its character count to 280 rolling out a couple of days back. The idea is to allow the users to express their thoughts without the limitation of words. Initially this was tested […]
Amazon introduces voice command apps on its Alexa.
All new Alexa After being founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994 there’s no looking back for Amazon. Being successful in many domains now Amazon is taking over the voice controlled speaker market. The idea is to tap the market by introducing their voice command apps, known as skills, on its Alexa platform. Amazon […]