Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is now available on the iPhone. As you may have guessed, it’s not going to replace Siri anytime soon. This is because Alexa is baked into the Amazon app and there’s no way to map it to the Home Button on your iPhone. This feature is currently only available for Amazon users in the US, Read More

After years of relying almost exclusively on Jeffrey P. Bezos’s fortune, Blue Origin now has a paying customer that will bring in a precious resource that has been scarce in the company’s 17-year existence: revenue. At a satellite conference Tuesday morning, Bezos announced that Eutelsat Communications, a French-based satellite company, has signed on to be the first customer of Blue Read More

There are very few companies that can boast of a product portfolio as diverse as Xiaomi. Now, the Chinese company has expanded its product range even further as it has launched its smart shoes powered by Intel technology. The ’90 Minutes Ultra Smart Sportswear’ shoes (yes, this is the name) come with Intel’s Curie chip and provide users with information Read More

      Microsoft launched its Skype Lite app for low-end Android smartphones last month and with its latest update, the Redmond-based company has now added the support for Kannada language to the video-chatting application as well. Separately, the Linux version of the app has also moved from alpha to beta and has received some new features and bug fixes. Read More

The E-class was Mercedes’s first step on Indian soil and even today it remains the most important sedan in their line-up. Ever since Mercedes came to India, the E has been its most consistent performer and with over 34,000 units sold since its launch in 1995, the E-class is the same to Mercedes, as a daily loaf of bread is Read More

The iconic Hindustan Motor Ambassador has been sold to the French manufacturer Peugeot for an agreed sum of Rs 80 crore. The C.K. Birla Group, who owns the Hindustan Motors, formalised the deal with the PSA Group for the sale of the Ambassador brand, including the trademarks. The proceeds from the sale will be utilised by Hindustan Motors to clear Read More

Hyundai recently launched a facelifted model for the Grand i10 in the Indian market. Priced in the range of Rs 4.58 lakh to Rs 7.32 lakh, it is their primary fighter in the B-segment and takes on the Maruti Suzuki Swift, Honda Brio, Tata Bolt and Nissan Micra. Now with the Grand i0 out on the market, we can shortly Read More

This decade has seen a paradigm shift in car makers’ and car buyers’ sensibilities. Global warming as a threat had been identified back in the 90s. But it is now that the average temperatures around the globe have set new records for consecutive years, when the world has realised that we should let go of fossil fuels and opt for Read More

Audi unveiled the RS3 Sedan at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, while the new A3 went on sale in May last year. Following that, a new and updated RS3 Sportback is making its way at the forthcoming 2017 Geneva Motor Show. As with the RS3 Sedan, the Sportback will come with what Audi calls “world’s most powerful production five-cylinder engine” Read More

As part of Ford’s plans to introduce self-driving cars for commercial ride sharing fleets by 2021, the company has announced it plans to invest $1 billion over next five years in tech startup company Argo Al. Pittsburg-based Argo AI will help Ford build a virtual driver system and once developed it might also be licensed to other companies as well. Read More