Huawei CEO says Hongmeng OS is faster than Android, MacOS
Huawei may have received a green light from US President Donald Trump to once again conduct business with American companies like Google, but it seems the Chinese tech giant is moving…
EDUCAUSE Reports that Higher Education Says AI, IOT & Social Media Having Limited Impact. What?
I’m still stunned by the results of EDUCAUSE’s survey about the relative importance of technologies and technology-enabled processes. “This is the fifth year that EDUCAUSE has tracked the influence of major…
Xiaomi Says Data of Indian Users Is Being Migrated to Local Cloud Infrastructure
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Friday announced it is migrating data of its Indian users to Cloud service providers Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure that have infrastructure in the country. "At Xiaomi, data privacy…
WhatsApp Says No to Indian Government’s Demand to Make Messages Traceable
WhatsApp has been asked to set up a local corporate entity that is subject to Indian laws HIGHLIGHTS Building traceability will undermine end-to-end encryption: WhatsApp "People use our platform for…
Telecom Secretary Says No Intent to Put Blanket Ban on Messaging Apps
HIGHLIGHTS Government is looking for other "technical solutions" Solutions to be based on metadata and artificial intelligence DoT wants to curb instances of fake news and misuse of apps The…
Jio Phone Leads Indian Mobile Market With 27 Percent Share, Says CMR
HIGHLIGHTS CyberMedia Research (CMR) published its Q2 Indian mobile market report The Jio Phone is a 4G-enabled feature phone It is said to have birthed a new segment - the…
Huawei Says It Will Raise Annual R&D Budget to at Least $15 Billion
China's Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it will increase its annual spending on research and development (R&D) to between $15 billion and $20 billion (roughly between Rs. 1 lakh crores and Rs.…
Facebook Says Bug Unblocked Connections for Over 800,000 Users
Facebook on Monday said it is notifying more than 800,000 users that a software bug temporarily unblocked people at the social network and its Messenger service. The glitch active between May 29…
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android 8.0 Oreo Global Beta ROM Needs Testers, Says Company
HIGHLIGHTS All Mi MIX 2 users are eligible to apply for the program Only active MIUI forum users will be considered Xiaomi warns that this is not a stable build…
Facebook Confirms Aadhaar Prompt Test for New Users, Says It Isn’t Mandatory
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook asks users to enter name appears on their Aadhaar card The new testing is limited to small group of users with mobile devices It doesn't make it mandatory…