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Apple’s popular Apple TV devices have moved into the third spot in global set-top revenue in 2015, up from ninth place the year prior. The surge is courtesy of continued strong growth in consumer retail over-the-top television (OTT) boxes, and the consolidation of the top players of the global set-top box market. Bringing Apple into global contention from a unit-shipment standpoint, more than 10 million Apple TVs were shipped in 2015 — the fifth largest volume in the world — following Arris, Technicolor, and Skyworth and ZTE, according to IHS....

Charging smartphones on USB charger connection could put your date at risk, Kaspersky has warned. Kaspersky Lab experts in a proof-of-concept experiment have discovered that devices can be compromised when charged using a standard USB connection connected to a computer. As part of this research, the company’s experts tested a number of smartphones running various versions of Android and iOS operating systems in order to understand what data the device transfers externally while connected to a PC or Mac for charging. The test results indicate that the mobiles reveal a...

CSS Corp has deployed Microsoft Office 365 solution to reduce IT cost and improve cloud-based communication and collaboration. The cloud-based solution which includes Yammer, Skype for Business, SharePoint Online and Exchange Online has helped its employees collaborate in a secure environment, streamline communication with customers and improve efficiencies. “We constantly evaluate technologies that can catapult us to the next stage of growth, enable greater collaboration with our globally distributed employees and customers. Office 365 helps us address all our communication challenges, while making our storage and IT hassles simpler and...

Kalyani Sekar has been appointed as the managing director of Verizon Data Services India, the IT & Technology arm of Verizon in India. Kalyani, who succeeds Santosh Bijur, will lead a 6,700-member workforce in Chennai and Hyderabad responsible for Verizon Communications’ India IT & Technology operations creating value for the corporation. Prior to her new appointment, Kalyani was a Senior Delivery Head, based out of Chennai, responsible for a range of Business and Operations Support Systems for Verizon Wireless and FiOS in the US. Kalyani joined Verizon in 2002 and...

Christian Fredrikson, President and CEO of F-Secure Corporation, has resigned to pursue a leadership opportunity outside the company. The F-Secure Board of Directors has appointed Samu Konttinen as new President and CEO, effective 1 August 2016. Konttinen joined F-Secure in 2005 and has held a wide range of senior management positions in the company, including Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President of F-Secure’s Consumer Business. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President Corporate Security Business. Since 2009 he has been a member of the...

The company records your conversations whenever you leave your smartphone nearby with the Facebook application running in the background. Facebook claims that the process is not for pushing targeted advertisements, but to facilitate the users in posting stuff related to the content which they might be consuming. For instance, the background noise from a television show or a movie. Some users have also claimed that they have been flooded with advertisements which aligned with the conversations, they recently indulged in, reflecting a possibility of Facebook utilizing your conversations for commercial...

In a significant step towards enabling effective e-governance services, the website of the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) of the country (www.pmindia.gov.in) has been upgraded to offer support for six new Indian languages. The new sets of languages include Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu, besides the existing Hindi and English. The new website was inaugurated by Sushma Swaraj, the Union Minister for external affairs. The minister, while announcing the upgrade said that the initiative strengthens the commitment of Prime Minister to communicate with the citizens of the country in...

Microsoft and Xiaomi have expanded their global partnership to provide innovative user experiences on mobile devices. As part of the agreement, Xiaomi will ship MicrosoftOffice and Skype on Xiaomi Android smartphones and tablets. As a result, tens of millions of consumers and business customers in China, India and around the world will have new ways to work, collaborate and communicate. The companies’ new collaboration also includes a cross-license and patent transfer agreement. “We are excited to be working closely with Microsoft on a broad technology collaboration partnership,” said Xiang Wang,...

Tech major Huawei has outlined its business plans at the Asia ICT Innovation Forum 2016 organized by Singapore Exhibition Services. Huawei spokespersons said the company is looking for a ICT transformation to enable more people in Asia Pacific to reap the benefits of technology and move towards a better connected World. Toward this end, Huawei showcased the latest innovations and solutions together with 50 partners off-site. Together with industry partners, Huawei aims to deepen cooperation across verticals and strengthen the ICT value chain. 5-point agenda 1. Huawei aims to the...

Symantec the global cybersecurity company , today announced the availability of Encryption Everywhere, a website security package available through web hosting providers. Encryption Everywhere lets web hosting providers integrate encryption into every website from the moment it is created. With the new web security service, hosting providers can offer a variety of flexible options, including basic website encryption included as part of any hosted service, and a number of premium security packages with increasingly stronger levels of website validation, protection, and trust seals. Encryption Everywhere was developed to support Symantec’s...