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August seems to be the month of acquisitions, particularly in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. Recently, chip giant Intel announced its plans to buy Nervana Systems, close on the heels of iPhone maker Apple’s announcement on the buyout of machine-learning startup, Turi. In recent times, technology companies are teaming up with startups in the field of AI to outdo competition in the space. Intel is strengthening its AI efforts by acquiring the two-year-old San Diego, California-based startup Nervana Systems, which has already grabbed much attention for its machine learning technology....

Delta ID Inc. announced today its ActiveIRIS software is amongst the first to pass the Performance Testing of integrated mobile devices used for Aadhaar authentication. The Performance Testing was held by STQC, in collaboration with C-DAC and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), under the Ministry of Electronics and IT of the Government of India, during May 2016 in New Delhi. Delta ID’s ActiveIRIS software integrated in the Samsung Galaxy Tab Iris was also the first to be awarded provisional certification by STQC prior to the Performance Testing. “We want...

Wi-Fi, RADIUS and DHCP top the list of most common device issues for users of enterprise computer networks, the latest study by Nyansa, a new generation of network analytics software technology has revealed. The company today reported the results of its analysis of more than 76 billion client device events that occurred across live business networks using Nyansa’s Voyance network analytics service. The report, titled “Network Insider” based on real-world enterprise network traffic trends, detailing some of the key connectivity issues that organizations face and their impact on the user...

Karnataka High Court has directed global chip maker Intel to pay INR 16.5 crore to the Bengaluru’s civic corporation towards property tax arrears by August 28. “Intel India gave in writing that it would abide by the High Court order to pay 50 per cent of the INR 34 crore it owes to us by August 28,” IANS report published in ET quoted Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) spokesman S.S. Khandre as saying. “Though Intel India paid property tax partly on its campus as per its estimates under the self-assessment scheme, we...

Over 900 million Android devices are affected by ‘high-risk’ Quadrooter flaw, warns security company Check Point Software Technologies. Android devices are affected by the “high” risk privilege escalation vulnerabilities, dubbed “Quadrooter”. Adam Donenfeld, the firm’s lead mobile security researcher who found the flaws, said the vulnerabilities in greater detail at the Def Con security conference on Sunday. Four previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets that ship with Qualcomm chips could let a hacker take full control of an affected device. An attacker would have to trick a user...

ESS Distribution, the national distributor for Eset has reportedly suspended the distribution of Eset products in India. The company has informed its partners, distributors and resellers across India that both retail and enterprise products under Eset brand will not be sold by ESS Distribution or any other companies affiliated with it. After the suspension of the distribution-ship, all commercial and support inquiries will now to be addressed directly to Eset company. ESS Distribution have been involved in marketing and distributing of Eset products in India since 2007. Over the years, the company...

IBM and Vodafone India today announced a multi-million dollar, five year agreement for IBM to manage IT services support for Vodafone India’s IT infrastructure and applications environment. By bringing together Vodafone India’s enterprise data and cloud ready applications into a scalable environment that keeps data local, private and secure, the new IBM hybrid cloud platform will enable delivery of faster and more insightful data intelligence and support faster decision-making. IBM will support Vodafone India’s IT environment transition into IBM hybrid cloud, allowing the company to leverage and integrate existing IT...

LatestOne.com, a mobile and tech accessories e-tailer has announced the launch of a managed market place. LatestOne.com has delivered more than one million orders and currently processes an average of 3,500 B2C orders per day on an inventory based model. The company operates through its own fulfillment centers in Delhi and Hyderabad. LatestOne.com has expanded its business model to a managed market place and will now list products from over 500 mobile and tech accessories vendors, gradually over the next 3 months. With this initiative, LatestOne.com plans to increase the...

Today’s progressive digital age has brought about an obvious need to shift towards innovation and technology. Capitalizing on this shift, Navneet Education Ltd. a pioneer in the stationery industry, has gone a step further and launched ‘YOUVA Smartbooks’. Youva Smartbooks have been designed to enable Augmented Reality that works in sync with the YOUVA app (iOS, Android). The YOUVA app lets you enter the virtual space and at the same time brings you very close to the real world environment. This is the foremost offline Augmented Reality application in this...

RDP Workstations, a Hyderabad-based IT hardware and mobility devices manufacturing company, is planning to set up a laptop and phablet manufacturing facility in Hyderabad with an investment of about USD 2 million (INR 13.3 crore) in the next one year. “The facility will initially assemble SKDs (semi-knock down) units and graduate to CKD (complete knock down) units in a phased manner,” said Vikram Redlapalli, Founder and Managing Director of RDP. Incorporated in 2012 as a manufacturer of low-cost computing products, called thin clients, RDP Workstations expanded its product basket on...