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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading: An Implementation of a Log-Structured File System

This weekend I am travelling to Australia for the first AWS Summit of 2017 . I find on such a long trip, to keep me from getting distracted, I need an exciting paper that is easy to read. Last week's 'Deep Learning' …

What’s new in Office 365 administration—public preview of Microsoft Graph reporting APIs

Since March 2016, the usage reports in the Office 365 admin center have been providing admins with insights about how their users adopt and use Office 365. Today, we’re pleased to announce the public preview of the new Microsoft…

Reliance Jio has just announced that it has extended the Prime membership to 15 more days allowing more customers to get onto its paid platform. This means that customers who could not enroll for Jio Prime by 31 March can still d…

Reliance Jio has extended the Jio Prime offer date to 15 April. The reasoning behind this is to ensure more Jio subscribers get the option to upgrade to the Jio Prime membership plan, which offers benefits over non Prime membersh…

Reliance Jio Extends Prime Deadline, Announces Complimentary First Three Months For Prime Users

R eliance Jio announced today that their Prime subscriber number has enrolled over an astounding, 72 Million users. The booming telecom tycoon says this is the “largest migration from free to paid services in history” and we def…

Leading oil producer Shell on Friday opened the Shell Technology Centre here with experts, laboratories and technology units. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the centre. “Shell is dev…

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it paid Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, the third-generation leader of Samsung Group, 1.135 billion won ($1.02 million) in the fourth quarter of 2016, disclosing his compensation for the first …

When reviewing and implementing a backup solution it’s important to remember that the purpose of it is to provide the ability to recover. Recovery is an aspect that could easily be overlooked or not properly understood, many solu…

Norton Launches WiFi Privacy Solution to Allow Secure Browsing Over Unsecured Networks!

Since the Government’s initiative to install free WiFi in public places has kicked off, a lot of users are facing problems related to unsecured network and hacking. It is common for hackers to steal your data over an unsecur…

OnePlus has been capitalising on its Dash fast charging technology which was announced with the OnePlus 3. It is indeed one of the quickest when it comes to charging smartphones. To celebrate the success of its charging technolog…

Idea announces a new postpaid pack that offers 1GB/day 4G data

Idea Cellular has announced the launch of a new postpaid plan that offers 1GB 4G data every day for a month. The new plan can be activated on limited rental plans worth Rs 199 and above. The company is offering rental discounts o…

Tim Cook had visited India last year and had announced a startup accelerator in Bengaluru and a development centre in Hyderabad. Today Apple has officially announced the opening of its App Accelerator in Bengaluru. The main aim…

The ban on BS-III compliant vehicles in India shouldn’t come as a surprise to manufacturers and consumers alike as the order regarding the ban was given in 2010. A Supreme Court (SC) judgement from 29 March 2017 and a statement…

To give local content a push globally, including in India, leading video streaming service Netflix on Friday introduced “HERMES”, an online subtitling and translation test and indexing system to find better translators. The tool…

Walmart’s India Gamble: Ready To Sell Only Make In India Products If Allowed To Open Stores!

Walmart, which is world’s largest retailer, is playing the game skillfully in India. Combining the buzz of Make in India program, and the news that FDI rules for multi-brand retail may be relaxed, Walmart has thrown in a tem…

Congrats Hyderabad! You Are The Only City In India To Get 1 Gbps Broadband Speed!

ACT Fibernet, which claims to be the largest non-telco internet service provider (ISP) which uses fiber optic technology in India, has launched 1 Gbps broadband speed in Hyderabad. This means that Hyderabad has become the fi…

Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco has successfully raised nearly $2.2 billion from new investors including Tianjin Jiarui Huixin Corporate Management Company and property developer Sunac China Holdings, stock market filings on Thur…

The value of the Oracle PaaS Partner Community Forum

I have just returned home from the Oracle PaaS Partner Community Forum 2017 which took place in Split, Croatia. Filled with energy, inspiration, impressions, already fond memories, more understanding, longer term plans and shorte…

The Earth is no a planet for the same reasons that Pluto is no longer considered as one

Pluto is no longer considered a planet by the International Astronomical Union (ISU), much to the dismay of planetary scientists around the world. The distant, icy world has been relegated to the category of dwarf-planets and the…

Error'd: Oh JavaScript!

"I have a feeling that VS Code is trying to tell me that the object class provides functionality common to all JavaScript objects," writes Eric .   "Hmmm...When I set out to upgrade my broadband speed, 'nu…

Let's not confuse ourselves and others with these classifications of B2B/C/G etc. Let's keep it simple. The post It’s time to pick and choose among B2B, B2C and C2C for Business entities appeared first on NextBigWhat .…

Sachin Tendulkar launches cricket-centric app “100MB Cricket” for iOS users

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today started his digital innings as a mobile phone app dedicated to him, `100 MB’, was launched here. The app is conceptualised and developed by JetSynthesys and has been envisioned by Sachin himsel…

At the time of announcement of Samsung’s all-new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphone, head of mobile, DJ Koh confirmed that the company will not face any supply issues when the smartphone launches on 21 April. According to a re…

As Samsung prepares to bring its Galaxy Note 7 phablets back to select markets around the globe, the device was found to be used in a rather odd section of its smartphone and battery testing facility in Gumi, South Korea. Accord…

Samsung Dex station pricing and availability details announced, to cost $149

Samsung has announced the details for its DeX station on its website along with availability details. According to the company, Samsung DeX will sell for $149.99 (Rs 9,700 approximately). The Station is available for pre-order r…

The Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon will be held from 8 AM on 1 April to 8 PM on 2 April. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the participants of the Hackathon directly via video conferencing on 1 April. The Smar…

Airtel Ordered to Take Down its “Fastest Network” Campaign by ASCI

T he Reliance Jio and Airtel spat over the latter’s claim for having the “fastest 4G network” in the country finally has a conclusion. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has ordered Airtel to withdraw the TVC and …