Posts

While most of known victims of the ransomware (74 per cent) are based in the US, they are spread across several regions, including Britain (8 per cent), Belgium (6 per cent), Canada (5 per cent), Australia (2 percent) and Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, the Middle East and India (1 per cent each), the report said. “This is an attack pattern we’re likely to see an increase in India and it is time for Indian business and individuals to synchronise their cybersecurity posture to defend against such attacks,”Peter Mackenzie, Global Malware Escalations Manager at Sophos, said in a statement on Wednesday....

Samsung Galaxy On8 Hardware Specifications The Galaxy On8 comes with a modern, elongated form-factor, but has fairly ordinary hardware that might fail to impress Android aficionados. It has a polycarbonate shell, and features a 6-inch HD+ (1480×720) Super AMOLED Infinity Display that comes with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio, and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 450 SoC, and comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded with a microSD card....

Additionally, mobile will influence two in three apparel purchases, amounting to $66 billion opportunity for brands, half of which will be driven by Facebook, the findings showed. Friction occurs when consumers dropout during purchase due to unnecessary additional effort, incremental step or inconvinience. “Today, mobile has become central to the way brands market and sell their products and engage with customers end-to-end. With our Zero Friction Future report, we aim to help fashion brands adopt relevant marketing strategies and reduce friction in consumer journeys across multiple touch-points, leading to improved conversion rates and increased revenue opportunity,”Trivedi added....

We may have left the wizarding world (of the books) behind many years ago, but Harry Potter and his first Quidditch match is still as fresh in our mind as dew on grass on a chilly morning. It was yet another day at the Hogwarts school but if you, a muggle, wants to glide on the Nimbus 2000 broom and relive that gripping moment for yourself then it’s now possible....

Smartphones might be a different story, but when it comes to televisions, Sony absolutely owns the premium segment. The company’sBravia seriesare a feather in its cap and the Japanese giant is all set to further grow this lead with their new Master Series of televisions. The company has launched two models of the Master Series, the A9F (OLED) and Z9F (LED).“The Master Series provides image quality approaching that of a professional monitor in a production studio,”said Kazuo Kii, who oversees Sony’s TV business....

If you thought one notch is already more than you can handle in a phone, you might have just dodged a bullet. To save hapless users from overzealous OEMs who might some day hit upon the brilliant idea of incorporating a whole bunch of notches in their smartphones, Google has now laid down some ground rules about exactly how many of thoseunseemly ‘design features’can be included on each device, though how it will enforce these rules remains to be seen....

Aware of Apple’s poor run in the Indian premium smartphone market this year, CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday avoided mentioning India and the company’s “bullish approach” towards the country — probably for the first time — at the company’s Q3 earnings call. “We were very happy to see double digit year-over-year growth in our active installed base of Macs to a new all-time high with nearly 60 per cent of purchases during the quarter coming from customers who are new to Mac....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday notified directions on quality of service (QoS) forVoice over LTEusers through Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) option that is proposed to measure and report call setup delays. The regulations came afterTRAIhad initiated public consultation on February 26 and an ‘Open House Discussion’ was held on April 23, said a TRAI statement, adding these were to“measure call set up delay for mobile originating and terminating calls on sample basis in the networks where LTE has been launched but Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is yet to be launched”....

Google’s autonomous vehicles division,Waymo, is expected to launch full-fledged taxi services with its self-driving vehicles in the near future. The company has been testing the service in several US cities for more than a year, with its trial in the Arizona capital of Phoenix believed to be the furthest along among the company’s 25 test cities. Recently, the company allowed the media a sneak peek into the functioning of its trial vehicles....

Spotify built its empire on the back of music streaming, but it is recently experimenting with non-musical forms of content as well. The app already carriesexclusive videos, but is today introducing ‘Archie motion comics’ into the mix as well. As reported byThe Nerdist, Spotify has teamed with the team behind the new Archie comics tobring your much-loved storyline to life with a six-episode video series. The music streaming giant has partnered with digital comics startup Madefire to turn the first six volumes of the comic into motion comics, with music and animation that’s been topped off with voice acting....

Spotify is one of the leading music streaming services, and am sure many of you already use it to listen and stream music, legally. However, the problem with Spotify and many other music streaming services is the fact that you can’t use your favorite songs as your alarms. However, it seems like it’s all set to change for good, starting with Spotify. As announced in anofficial blog post, Google is rolling out a new update for Google’s Clock app which will allow users to connect their Spotify accounts and wake up to their favorite playlists or songs....

As announced in anofficial blog post,Swiggy has introduced the Swiggy Super, the company’s very own membership program that unlocks unlimited free deliveries from every restaurant. Swiggy Super will offer usersunlimited free deliveries across all 35,000 restaurants listed on the platform, irrespective of the distance or time of day. In addition, the membership program will ensureno surge feefor the user and a quicker resolution mechanism through a dedicated customer care team....

Huawei may have already impressed us with theP20 Pro, however, the Chinese giant is now gearing up to launch its Mate flagship series to surprise us even further. The rumor mill has been chatting up the device on the Internet and we have now got a first look at Huawei Mate 20 Pro via a leaked live image. Thanks to a Chinese tipster over on Weibo, you can scroll down a little tocheck out the purported live image of the high-end variant of the Mate 20 series– Huawei Mate 20 Pro....