May Archive

Explore state and local government customer experience best practices at Adobe Experience Makers Government Forum — May 10

Ask any state and local government leader — in IT and beyond — what they’re most focused on today, and you’re likely to hear two responses: security (a perennial) and customer experience (CX). And, in most cases, the two can’t be parsed. At Adobe, we focus on

Lenovo May Soon Launch The 17-inch ThinkBook Plus Laptop With A Secondary Screen

Looks like Lenovo is all set to add a large screen model to its ThinkBook Plus series. The upcoming laptop’s design details have been revealed by @evleaks, known for his excellent track record for leaks. As per his tweet, the notebook will be dubbed as the 17-inch Lenovo ThinkBook Plus. Much

WhatsApp may lead India’s next payment revolution, but what’s stopping it?

Money is many things, but it’s not fake news. So why block WhatsApp from spreading it around? India is the laboratory of choice for Western tech firms to test out their mobile payment capabilities so they can be rolled out from Bangladesh to Nigeria. Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the fray two years ago by

Your doctor’s computer may have suggested opioids because drugmakers paid to tweak the software, DOJ says

San Francisco-based medical records startup Practice Fusion allegedly developed software for pharmaceutical companies to help increase the number of prescriptions doctors wrote for pain medications, according to a settlement with the US Department of Justice, Bloomberg reports. The company, which supplied its software to tens of thousands of doctors

Agencies may need court order to trace social media messages

Bengaluru | New Delhi: The upcoming regulations to monitor social media content will require law enforcement agencies to obtain a court order before they can direct internet platforms to trace messages back to the originator, according to two government officials aware of the draft rules. The new

You may have to verify your identity on social platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

Users of popular social media platforms will soon have to verify their online identity. These include apps like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and even WhatsApp. Such apps and websites will also have to develop an identity verification mechanism. The IT ministry is currently working on new social media guidelines. The new

India’s software exporters may lose based on falling incentives and rising tax rates

India’s software exporters may lose their competitive edge on falling incentives and rising tax rates, industry executives said, and urged the government to extend the policy benefits of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) beyond April 2020, reduce corporate taxes for large companies and review the buyback tax introduced in the Budget. The top 150 companies contribute

The May Update For Windows 10 Offers Fool’s Gold About User Control Over Automatic Updates

The May update for Windows 10 is giving users some control over when the operating system’s updates are installed. Some commentators have lauded this as a significant change that will protect users from the serious and sometimes system-breaking problems that have accompanied almost every Windows 10 update

Novel Software May Help Detect Heart Diseases: Study

Researchers have developed a new software that could spot potentially lethal heart diseases and may lead to improvements in prevention and treatment, says a new study. The software – ElectroMap – which measures electrical activity in the organ, is a new open-source software for processing, analysis and

Google’s ‘Pixel Slate’ may come with 2 operating systems

SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s first Chrome operating system (OS) based tablet “Pixel Slate” may support dual-booting Windows 10 — allowing two operating systems to run on one device, the media reported. “Chrome OS” is an operating system designed by Google that is based on the “Linux” kernel and