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NEW DELHI: The year 2017 saw many innovations in terms of smartphone design and this year also it is expected that the companies will bring something new to the table. However, the year 2019 is said to bring diamond screen to your smartphone. Yes, You read that right. A company is

HIGHLIGHTS Instagram video calling feature has been leaked in a screenshot The feature is rumoured to be available alongside direct message support An Instagram spokesperson refused to comment on the development A long time after enabling its users with the Direct message feature, Instagram is now reportedly testing a

More than 100 child advocates, civil society groups, medical experts and other individuals are urging Facebook to discontinue its Messenger app for kids, alleging that the software poses health and development risks to children. Organised by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, nineteen groups, including Common Sense Media and Public

Where there’s innovation, there’s masturbation — at least in one dark corner of the internet, where nearly 80,000 people have gathered to share fabricated videos of celebrity women having sex and Nicolas Cage uncovering the Ark of the Covenant. These are “deepfakes,” a new kind of video

HIGHLIGHTS A total of 403.5 million units shipped in Q4 2017, according to IDC iPhone shipments declined 1.3 percent YoY in Q4 Samsung saw a YoY dip of 4.4 percent in its smartphone shipments The iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X helped Apple overtake Samsung in the global smartphone market in the fourth

Microsoft has been working toward unifying its Windows operating system for some time now. At this point, “Windows” is running on desktops, laptops, 2-in-1s, the Xbox, tablets, and smartphones (technically), among other devices. I put Windows in quotes there, however, because while UWP, or Universal Windows Platform, apps will

Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft makes a point as he talks to reporters at a CompUSA store in San Francisco, June 25, 1998. (Photo by Jeff Chistensen) Predicting Our Future is a podcast about the next revolutions in technology, as seen through the eyes of a

New CEO Jim Hackett has promised a new way forward for Ford, including “a total redesign of the surface transportation system with humans and community at the center.” ANDREW HARRER/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES IN ITS 114-YEAR history, Ford has been many kinds of automaker. A manufacturing innovator, a hawker of

Tech companies put a lot of work into designing their products to be “sticky.” That’s investor deck speak, but everyone knows what sticky really means: addictive. While that may be good for the companies and their funders, a growing body of research is showing that it’s not so

Accenture Friday said it has developed an artificial intelligence powered solution to help visually impaired people improve the way they experience the world around them and enhance their productivity in the workplace. The solution, called Drishti, was developed as a part of Accenture’s focus on Tech4Good, which aims to apply