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The incredible shrinking operating system: How containers and serverless computing are changing the cloud

Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Hang around enterprise computing types long enough, and you’ll wind up talking about “the stack” at some point. It’s a term used to refer to the complicated layers of software that run in modern data centers, and

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Specifications Leaked: 5.99-Inch Display, 4000mAh Battery, and More

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 may not be too far away, going by the TENAA listing HIGHLIGHTS Redmi Note 4 successor likely to launch soon It is said to come with 5.99-inch display The handset may pack 4000mAh battery Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 – allegedly the successor of the

Amazon Diwali Sale Dates Announced; Discounts on Mobile Phones, TVs, Laptops, and More

HIGHLIGHTS Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale clashes with Flipkart’s Big Diwali Sale SBI credit, debit card users will receive 10 percent additional cashback Mobiles will see discounts of up to 40 percent, Amazon said Amazon will host the next Great Indian Festival sale for Diwali from October 14 to October 17, the

Google, IBM launch open API for auditing and governing software pipelines

Google and IBM have announced the launch of Grafeas, an open-source project providing developers with a standardised way of auditing and governing their software supply chains. The project provides an open API that collects and aggregates the metadata generated at each stage of software supply chain, according

The most popular operating systems for smartphones and PCs

The latest data from NetMarketShare shows that Windows 7 is still the most popular desktop operating system, with Windows 10 gaining ground. The September 2017 statistics also revealed that iOS and Android 6.0 remain the most widely-used mobile operating systems, with more devices moving to Android 7.0. Mobile OS

What is the Android operating system and what is an Android phone?

Google unveiled its new Pixel 2 devices this week (Picture: Google) Google unveiled their latest flagship phones on Wednesday: the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The new phones follow the highly successful Google Pixel phone last year, after Google rebranded their Nexus range. Android is also

Lava Z60 With Android 7.0 Nougat and ‘Bokeh Mode’ Launched in India: Price, Specifications

HIGHLIGHTS The handset will be available in Gold and Black colours Lava Z60 sports a 5-inch FWVGA display It packs 1GB of RAM Lava on Thursday launched its new budget smartphone, called the Z60, in India at a price of Rs. 6,499. While the handset falls in the

Roku rolls out Roku OS 8, refreshes TV hardware with 4K and faster processors

Photo by Lauren Goode/ The Verge Roku just announced updates to five of its TV streaming products, as well as a new operating system that marries access to over-the-air TV with video streaming services. The announcements from Roku come after both Apple and Amazon have revealed updates to their own video

Paytm Mera Cashback Sale Offers: Deals on iPhone 7, Google Pixel, TVs, and More

HIGHLIGHTS The Paytm sale offers discounts and cashback deals Paytm is the only one offering discounts on smartphones today This sale will continue till September 23 The Paytm Mera Cashback Sale has just started today, coinciding with the Flipkart Big Billion Days saleand the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale’s early access for Prime members.

Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL Leak in Renders With Price and Storage Variants Tipped

HIGHLIGHTS The Pixel 2 smartphones are expected to launch on October 4 Pixel 2 XL has been tipped to be made by LG The new renders show two colour variants of the smartphone Google recently teased the October 4 launch of its next generation of Pixel smartphones. However, as we