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Google Faces Inquiry Over Location Data Collection
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) "is carrying out an inquiry into the claims that Google collected users' Cell ID data without consent even when their smartphone's location service was inactive.
Users Opting Mobile Payments Exceed 520 Million in China
According to the People's Bank of China, Chinese banks dealt with 8.6 billion payments from mobile services in the second quarter of this year, up 40.5 percent from a year ago.
Facebook to Let Users See if They 'Liked' Russian Accounts
US lawmakers called the announcement a positive step. The web page, though, would fall short of their demands that Facebook individually notify users about Russian propaganda posts or ads they were exposed to.
SHAREit Achieves 1.2 Billion User Base Worldwide
Starting with 100 million downloads in March 2014, SHAREit touched 1.2 billion users worldwide in a span of two-and-a-half years, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Hike, Airtel Payments Bank Tie-up For Mobile Wallet
The SoftBank-backed app Hike, which has over 100 million registered users, saw over 30 percent month-on-month growth for its wallet service.
News18.com Announces The Jury Members For Its Annual Tech & Auto Awards
Audi India Head Rahil Ansari and Huawei India CMO Suhail Tariq are among the Jurors for News18.com’s annual Tech & Auto Awards.
Japan-Led Probe to Martian Moons to Carry NASA Instrument
The selected instrument, named MEGANE (meaning "eyeglasses" in Japanese), will be developed by a team led by David Lawrence of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
Cisco Teams up With Interpol to Fight Cyber Crime
The alliance will see the two organisations develop a coordinated and focused approach to data sharing, Cisco said in a statement.
Scientists Solve The Mystery of America's Scuba-Diving Fly
American author Mark Twain was among those who remarked about these flies at the 12-mile-wide (19-km) Mono Lake, which is three times saltier than the Pacific Ocean. They also live at Oregon's Lake Abert and Utah's Great Salt Lake, also salty and alkaline...
Nokia to Digitally Empower 500 Weavers of Tamil Nadu
The project will enable weavers to embrace new technologies, designs, and scale-up traditional weaving methods by employing Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools and digital connectivity for marketing and sales.
RDP Unveils ThinBook 1430p 14.1 Inch Laptop: Price, Specifications And More
ThinBook 1430p comes packed with the latest generation Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor coupled with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage which can be expandable by microSD card up to 128GB.
HP Introduces New Lineup of OMEN Gaming Notebooks in India
HP OMEN 15 and OMEN 17 laptops feature the latest "NVIDIA 10 Series GTX" graphics, high-resolution display with optional G-Sync technology and a single-access service panel to upgrade RAM and storage.
Apple delays Release of HomePod Speaker Until Early 2018
The delay announced Friday means Apple’s HomePod speaker won’t be available in the U.S., U.K. and Australia until early next year.
Microsoft Launches Azure Databricks, New AI Tools For Developers
The platform will enable organisations to provide self-service analytics and machine learning over all data with enterprise-grade performance and governance.
WhatsApp 'Delete 'Not' For Everyone': Here's How You Can Bring Back Deleted Messages
WhatsApp 'Delete for Everyone' feature can be retraced to bring back deleted messages on the chat platform. Here's how you can use a little tech to access the delete messages.
New NASA Tool Predicts Which Cities Face Floods Due to Ice Melt
The researchers explained that as land ice is lost to the oceans, both the Earth's gravitational and rotational potentials are perturbed, resulting in strong spatial patterns in sea-level rise (SLR). The pattern of sea-level change has been termed sea-lev...