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Government officials say issue was critical given surge in e-commerce transactions and digital payments. photo:pradeep gaur/mint

Smartphone companies come under government lens over users’ data security

The IT ministry has written to 21 smartphones makers and majority of these companies are Chinese device manufacturers.
USB devices may leak information to hackers

USB devices could pose a major security risk: Study

USB-connected devices include keyboards, cardswipers and fingerprint readers. The long-term solution is that USB connections should be redesigned to make them more secure.
At any time, users can zoom in, and pan around the scene.

Independence Day 2017: Google Earth Voyager gives you a virtual tour of Dandi March

You can now be a part of Mahatma Gandhi’s historic Dandi March as Google recreates the journey digitally on its Earth Voyager.
There are already a number of smartphone brands present in the country (PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist)

Voto Mobiles to enter Indian market, to launch 3 new smartphones in sub-Rs 10,000 category

The company aims to sell about 1.5 lakh units in the first month and plans to launch an aggressive marketing campaign across television and radio stations to enhance brand visibility.
The offer, named as Dhan Dhana Dhan, is “limited to one recharge only and not available along with Jio Summer Surprise offer”.

Reliance Jio announces ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan’ plan, offers 84 GB data for 84 days at ₹309

Similarly by paying ₹509, Jio Prime subscribers would be able to avail 2GB of 4G data per day for the next 84 days. Both the offers come with unlimited domestic calling.
The Apple logo hangs in the glass box entrance to the company's Fifth Avenue store in New York.

Inter-ministerial group to discuss Apple’s demand to manufacture in India

A group of senior officials from ministries, including commerce and finance, will early next month deliberate on the incentives sought by US-based iPhone maker Apple to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.
Researchers has previously studied the impact of drone transportation on the chemical, hematological and microbial makeup of drone-flown blood samples and found that none were negatively affected.

Drones may safely transport blood to remote areas

Using remotely piloted drones, blood products such as those transfused into patients may be quickly and safely transported to remote accident or natural catastrophe sites, according to the first study of its kind.
The total number of the cartoon images, which are increasingly being used to replace words in text messages, will go up to 1,724

Emojis showing girl in hijab, breastfeeding and yoga coming soon

The total number of the cartoon images, which are increasingly being used to replace words in text messages, will go up to 1,724
The GRAPES-3 muon telescope located at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ooty in Tamil Nadu recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays of about 20 GeV last year lasting for two hours.

Indian scientists detect crack in Earth’s magnetic shield

The world’s largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitor, located in India, has recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays that indicates a crack in the Earth’s magnetic shield, according to scientists.
The manufacturers have to build softwares which will support English, Hindi and a regional language of the users’ choice.

Bridging digital divide: Govt mandates regional language support in mobiles

In a move to break the foreign language barrier experienced by mobile phone users in India, the government has mandated support for regional languages in all mobile phones sold in the country on or after July 1, 2017.

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