Alphabet Inc`s Google said on Thursday it renamed its business-to-business cloud computing brand and enhanced some enterprise applications using artificial intelligence, the company`s latest gambit to better compete with Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. in the lucrative cloud business. Discussing the rebranded Google Cloud, Diane Greene, senior vice president of Google`s enterprise business, said the company has made good progress courting Read More

Swedish music-streaming service provider Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire German rival SoundCloud, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the discussions. SoundCloud`s founders and investors were exploring strategic options for the company, including a sale, that could value it at $1 billion, Bloomberg reported in July, citing people familiar with the matter. The FT story Read More

New Delhi: As we enter a technology era where Next-Gen devices are launched every single day, some are bound to fail as they don`t connect with consumers — while a few will be remembered as being ahead of their time. So what exactly went wrong with two recent much-hyped devices: Google Glass and Samsung Galaxy Note 7? Let us first Read More

New Delhi: US-based computer technology company Dell on Monday launched a new convertible laptop — Latitude 3379 — in its Latitude 3000 series. The Rs 64,990 device is built for business on-the-go, offers four modes for users for a great business computing experience. “With Dell Data Protection, the new convertible Latitude 3379 of the 3000 Series range becomes a secure Read More

Bengaluru: Panasonic India today said it is expecting “tremendous” growth in the consumer businesses, on good monsoon this year and 7th Pay Commission giving boost to consumer confidence for spending. “While we look forward, there is a tremendous growth which we are targeting from consumer businesses, we are?targeting about 20 per cent compared to last year,” Panasonic?India President and CEO Read More

Tokyo: Japan`s Transport Ministry on Friday said that a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone belonging to a foreign passenger was found emitting smoke at Kansai International Airportearlier this week. However, there were no damages or injuries, the ministry confirmed. The smartphone started to emit smoke on Tuesday, shortly after its owner tried to detach the battery at a security check point Read More

Helsinki: Nokia has cut the price of its OZO virtual reality camera by 25 percent from its initial launch price, the Finnish company said on Thursday. Nokia, whose main business is now telecoms network equipment, started selling the camera earlier this year as the first device to be produced for its digital media business, one of its new hopes for Read More

Stockholm: Swedish communication technology and services giant Ericsson announed on Wednesday it would launch the worlds first commercial 5G New Radio (NR) incorporating multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) technology and multi-user MIMO, with the first deployments coming in 2017. Together with the Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins announced in June this year and its commercially available Radio System Baseband 5216 — which currently Read More

New Delhi: Keeping pace with content demands across new and traditional platforms, Adobe on Wednesday unveiled a series of innovations, including virtual reality (VR) and motion graphics which are coming soon in Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud. Adobe will showcase advancements in virtual reality (VR), 3D, motion graphics and character animation supported by tools to deliver, measure and Read More

New Delhi:The wearable devices market in India grew 41.9 per cent in the second quarter over the first quarter of this year, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported on Tuesday. According to IDC`s “Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker” report, the total shipment in the second quarter stood at over 567,000 units of which the basic wearables, defined as those which cannot Read More