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Oceania is latest cruise line to make Internet access free

Add Oceania Cruises to the list of upscale cruise lines offering unlimited free Internet to customers. The six-ship cruise operator says all passengers on its vessels will have access to free Internet around-the-clock by the end of April. The free Internet service, called Wavenet, only will be fast enough

Kremlin cracking down on internet to muzzle critics, say experts

As Vladimir Putin starts his fourth Kremlin term, authorities are turning up the heat on popular websites and apps ostensibly to fight terrorism but analysts say the real motive is to muzzle critics. A move this week to block the strongly encrypted messenger Telegram, less than a month after Putins crushing

Gadgets Guru director arrested for tax evasion

Rajpal Singh, the director of an online shopping website Gadgets Guru, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly evading service tax and Goods and Service Tax (GST). As per GST officials, he evaded service tax of Rs 3.06 crore and GST of Rs 578 crore. Rajpal Singh has been sent to judicial custody till April 24. Gadgets

Five gadgets and bits of gear for work and play – start pestering your boss for them now

Whatever people say about the importance of work-life balance, most of us living in big cities spend a significant part of our lives at our jobs. But all work and no play may actually reduce productivity, so here are five gadgets and items of gear that not

Corda blockchain operating system for financial markets

R3 is developing a blockchain-platformed operating system called Corda. A 100-plus member consortium of banks, regulators and technology partners are developing Corda and are led by blockchain tech start-up R3 CEV. Corda is an open source blockchain project, designed for business from the start. Only Corda allows you to build

CHINATOWN BUREAU OFFERS NEW ‘OPERATING SYSTEM’ FOR AGENCIES

Chinatown Bureau’s Paul Miser and Marie Berry Credit: Chinatown Bureau A pair of WPP expats have their way, agencies and marketers of the future will use an “operating system” that’s as integral to the creative process as Snow Leopard is to a MacBook Pro. Paul Miser and Marie Berry,

Most popular operating systems on desktop and mobile

The latest data from NetMarketShare shows that Windows 7 remains comfortably ahead of Windows 10 on desktop PCs. Its March 2018 statistics also showed that iOS 11.2 and Android 7.0 are the most popular mobile operating systems, with 20.93% and 20.41% market share respectively. Android 8.0 has also gained

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 With 13-Megapixel Selfie Camera Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Samsung has quietly launched the Galaxy J7 Prime 2 in India. What appears to be an updated version of the Galaxy J7 Prime, the J7 Prime 2 comes with an octa-core Exynos 7 Series processor and sports a 13-megapixel front camera. It also comes with a fingerprint scanner at the

LG K8 (2018) Launched in Russia as LG K9: Price, Specifications

Following the unveiling of 2018 edition of the LG K8 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has now unveiled the smartphone in Russia under the brand LG K9. Besides the change in name of the handset, there has been no major alteration in terms of features and specifications. While announcing the

Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ 128GB Variant Silently Launched in India

The 128GB variants of Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have been quietly launched in the Indian market. This move comes just weeks after the two Galaxy S9 series smartphones made their way to the country, in 64GB and 256GB storage options. Gadgets 360 has learnt that Samsung has announced the launch