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This Startup Netted $75 Million to Wring The Most Out of Your Software

WalkMe, a company that helps businesses make the best use of the software they already have, now has $75 million in fresh funding to do that. This Series E round, led by Insight Venture Partners, brings total funding to $167.5 million. WalkMe’s software tracks what users do

Gujarat floods: Social media comes to the rescue as govt reaches out to locals, coordinates relief work

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a relief of Rs 500 crore after taking an aerial survey of the flood affected areas of Gujarat on Tuesday, many villages around the Deesa city of Banaskantha district continue to remain cut off because the bridges and roads en route have

ALIS in Blunderland: Lockheed says F-35 Block 3F software to be done by year’s end

F-35 software development will be finished by the end of this year, Lockheed Martin has said – which contradicts the view of various American government audit agencies. “We are well positioned to complete air vehicle full 3F and mission systems software development by the end of 2017,”

Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of New watchOS 4 Operating System to Developers

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming watchOS 4 update to developers, a little over one week after seeding the third beta and over a month after introducing the new update at its 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference. Once the proper configuration profile has been installed from the

How Digital Creators Use Hardware And Software To Tell Stories

Earlier this year at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, Kate Swanborg, Vice President of Technology, Communications and Strategic Alliances at DreamWorks Animation told a room of industry executives in the HP suite that the filmmaking industry changed when films became data. Swanborg says that when you’re processsing more than 270 billion pixels at

Paytm Says It Plans to Sell Gold Worth $200 Million This Year

Paytm plans to sell 5 tonnes of gold valued around $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,288 crores) this year, the digital payments firm said on Friday, as it strives to develop a viable business from its e-wallet platform. E-wallets like Paytm, Citrus Pay and MobiKwik, which allow users to transfer money into virtual wallets via smartphone

Google Street View Can Now Be Used to Explore the International Space Station

HIGHLIGHTS The imagery already available in Google Street View The astronaut captured imagery over six months Space constraints posed difficulties in capturing imagery Google Street View in search giant’s Maps service is one of those features that has given users a much better idea of various locations around

Samsung Strikes Deal With Apple to Manufacture A12 Chips for iPhone: Report

After a five-year hiatus, Samsung Electronics will return to manufacturing chips for Apple’s new iPhonein 2018, according to a report from the Korea Herald. The South Korea-based electronic company was a primary producer of iPhone chips until 2013, when Apple awarded its rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) exclusive production rights. In

Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages

Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. It comes after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warned encrypted messages were increasingly being used by terrorists, drug traffickers and paedophile rings, calling for

Amazon’s Meal Kits Go on Sale as It Looks to Expand Groceries Business

Amazon has begun selling ready-to-cook meal packages for busy households in a bid to expand its groceries business. Amazon-branded meal kits come with raw ingredients needed to prepare such meals as chicken tikka masala and falafel patties. They can help households save time; a kit for salmon with