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Technology giant Microsoft seems to have entered the battleground of browsers with its newly revamped Edge browser. In its latest blog, the company has launched a video test comparing the battery life of laptops running Edge, with the battery life of laptops running other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and even Opera.Microsoft has claimed that Edge Browser provides 36-53 percent more battery life than Chrome. To do the test, Microsoft ran the Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera browsers on the Surface Book. The Chrome browser was the first to lose, not lasting...

The much awaited Spectre from HP, which is claimed to be the thinnest laptop in the world, has been launched in India. It has been priced starting at Rs. 1,19,990 in India, and will go on sale from Saturday. The HP Spectre 13 weighs in at 1.11kg, which is heavier than the MacBook at 0.92kg, but lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Air at 1.35kg. Apart from svelte dimensions, the company has decided to go all out with its latest top-end laptop, and the Spectre 13 is the first to sport its new...

Zebra Technologies Corporation today announced the launch of two new two-dimensional (2D) scanners in India. The 3600 Series is Zebra’s new line of 12 ultra-rugged scanners, offering prolonged durability, enhanced scan performance, and unparalleled manageability in demanding industrial environments. The DS4308-XD, purpose built for electronics manufacturing, captures a variety of barcodes and marks emblazoned on circuit boards and other electronic components, delivering advanced scanning technology to track every component on the production line. With 2D imagers, companies can “Get More” in one device. Such scanners boast capabilities of reading the...

NEC India announced today the appointment of Takayuki Inaba as its new Managing Director. He will be responsible for leading and expanding NEC India’s business offerings in the country. He reports directly to Tetsuro Akagi, Chief Executive Officer of NEC Asia Pacific and Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation. Inaba has close to 30 years of sales and marketing experience, having taken on several senior leadership roles since joining NEC in 1988. He first started his career in NEC’s Information Processing Sales Support Division, and later moved to the Communications...

Technology giant Acer has fallen victim to cyber criminals. The company reportedly revealed in a letter to California authorities that its US E Commerce website was breached and the customer data was compromised over the last year. According to the report of Yahoo! Tech, Acer revealed in its report that customer credentials including names, addresses, payment card numbers, expiry dates, and three-digit security codes, were stolen. However, details of the nature of the attack which occurred between May 12, 2015 and April 28, 2016 were not provided.There is no evidence that...

Aiming to connect millions of internet non-users and bring them online, Idea Cellular has announced an “Internet For All” program. This program empowers all the Idea prepaid consumers and retailers to give one month of free Internet access to Internet non-users just by logging on to http://i4all.ideacellular.com from their smartphones. They can gift free 100 MB data for a month by entering the Idea mobile number of non-internet users. Idea further personalizes this service by sending periodic information on how to use free data to the non-data user and providing various ways...

Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance that dominated many large providers in recent years. Today, most provider technology innovation is cloud-centric, with the stated intent of retrofitting the technology to on-premises. By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today, predicts research organization Gartner. “Aside from the fact that many organizations with a no-cloud policy actually have some under-the-radar or unavoidable cloud usage, we believe that this position will become increasingly untenable,” said Jeffrey Mann, research vice president at...

Adobe recently launched major updates to its Creative Cloud tools and services in India and around the world. The release includes dramatic new features in Adobe’s flagship applications, performance and enhancements across Creative Cloud (CC), and exciting updates to Adobe Stock — including deeper integration within CC and the addition of an all-new premium collection of high quality stock content. Spanning across virtually all of the Creative Cloud portfolio, updates in this new release target many of the sore points that designers, photographers and filmmakers face every day. Read Also:...

Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced Infor CloudSuite is now available for the wholesale distribution industry. The cloud-based suite pairs a consumer-grade interface with rich distribution functionality that is deployed with a flexible, subscription-based delivery model designed to significantly reduce upfront IT expenditure. The CloudSuite options provide a modern suite of enterprise cloud applications to meet the needs of any distributor, regardless of size, geography, or micro-vertical focus. Read Also:AWS Certifies Its Cloud Migration Partners The Infor CloudSuite...

NIIT, a recognized leader in skills and talent development, announced their first interactive live course (online) in Digital Marketing, in collaboration with Digital Marketing Institute, Ireland. This is the first time, the course has gone online, and will also mark the 37th batch of the Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing(PDDM), from the institute. The batches for the course are scheduled to start from 26th June, 2016, and the registrations will be last accepted on 25th June, 2016. There has been a steady shift in focus on behalf of consumers and businesses,...