Author: Ankit Kumar

“The World is fast-paced” was the phrase used to describe the technological transformation that changed the life of humans, a few decades back. The usage became popular considering the transportation advancement, changing lifestyle, improvements in the communication technology, and more. In the recent years, people could see the change of pace is spreading to other sectors as well. The most-visible and the prominent sector is education industry. The education itself transformed to “learning,” and that means people who wanted to grasp a particular skillset, learn it without thinking too much about the value of the certificate, but the quality of…

Yes! Finally Uber realises the responsibility of the company towards the safety and security of women and the society. The deed of obtaining medical records of rape victim by an executive has been dealt firmly. This Executive is Eric Alexander, the President of Uber in Asia Pacific. The name and position of the executive clearly proves that misconduct runs even in the top level management of the company. Uber has gained a bad name in India after the rape incident held in 2014 in Delhi. After that, Uber was banned for several months and the driver was arrested and life sentenced…

WhatsApp is the largest instant messaging platform in the world for the last few years. Last year, it crossed the user base beyond one billion, and with added features, its popularity is growing further. These developments have brought the attention of cyber criminals towards the platform, and thousands of hoax are spreading in the environment, targeting the inexperienced users. Additionally, there are issues of malware attacks using fake links and download options. Many of these are carefully crafted to target the internet novice or people who are not much familiar with the web ecosystem. A significant percentage of the WhatsApp…

The browser wars continue with Google Chrome clearly leading the game following by Mozilla Firefox in 2nd place while others like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari are lagging behind.But this does not stop anyone from launching new browsers. Brendan Eich, Mozilla’s Former CEO and the creator of JavaScript is coming with an upbeat browser named Brave which will be free from Ads and packed with a lot of security features like Firefox. Also, there is lot of buzz going on recently about ICO (Initial coin offerings) which is used by companies to raise funds through sale of cryptocurrencies, but…

Technology always scales down as it progresses. From memory to phones and even drones that can fit in the palm of your hand, packing more power into smaller hardware is definitely a trend. The same is true for computers and motherboards, which is why the Raspberry Pi has become hugely popular in recent years. The Raspberry Pi is cheap, accessible and versatile. Because of this it’s been utilised in many developing countries as a means of educating the local population about ICTs and teaching programming and coding skills with very little resources. It’s also been used in a variety of…

Phishing campaigns are one of the major security concerns today and are a popular technique used by hackers and cybercriminals to gain entry into a victim’s computer. Many cybercriminals use phishing emails to spread malware like viruses, Trojans, worms and even Ransomware which have become a dangerous form of cyber threat in recent days. As a technology leader, Google has always tried their best to keep their products safe from such cyber threats. With its Google Docs users recently affected by sophisticated phishing attacks, Google is taking additional precautions to safeguard its Gmail users from phishing emails and spam with…

Devandra Fadnavis, honorable chief minister of Maharashtra inaugurated on Friday the first multi-modal electric vehicle project in India which will be operated by the ride-hailing company Ola in Nagpur. This was done in lieu of celebration of the 3rd anniversary of Narendra Modi government. Chief minister Devandra Fadnavis told the media during the inauguration ceremony that “We are extremely proud of the commitment corporations like Mahindra, Ola and others are working towards building sustainable transportation for all”. This pilot project was launched with a fleet of 200 electric powered vehicles which the people of Nagpur can book and ride through…

General Motors India made a shocking announcement on May 18 that it will stop selling cars in India from the end of this year. GM decided to exit from the Indian market as part of its global restructuring process. Because of this surprise announcement, more than 150 GM dealers in the market are at distraught and agony with the fear of more than 10,000 job losses. Also, it might be really difficult for the GM dealers in India to find potential buyers for more than 18,000 cars that are currently in stock which could result in losses of thousands of…

Have you ever wondered whether Artificial intelligence can be applied in health care like diagnosis of cancers and other serious diseases? Infervision is one such technology start-up that has made a breakthrough in this area by applying deep learning algorithms for analysis of CT scans to detect lung cancer.   Infervision, a Chinese start-up founded by Chen Kuan in 2015 has developed AI algorithms which can detect early signs of lung cancer by reading X-ray images and CT scans. This high-tech AI start-up based out of Beijing has been using computer vision and deep learning technology to help doctors in…

Tesla Motors has made its plan for India quite clear on Monday. The launch of Tesla motors in India was expected this year. But CEO Elon Musk hinted the delay of the launch of Tesla cars in India. He stated the reason while responding to a twitter user. Tesla vehicles are finding it difficult to enter the Indian market due to the norms of ‘Make in India’ reforms, according to which foreign companies need to source at least 30% of products locally. Musk tweeted, “Maybe I’m misinformed, but I was told that 30 % of parts must be locally sourced…

With the ongoing Google’s annual I/O developer conference which started on Wednesday, company’s many new endeavors in the field of technology came up, with some really exciting ones for android users. Google’s new innovation- Android O is an exciting surprise for all the android lovers. Here we are introducing 5 features of Android O that you should be aware of. Battery Life            The increasing pace of life demands really fast activities and today, all such work activities are related to the android we have and the battery it possesses. Majorly, the battery is used up in closing the apps running…

    The company established and developed by One97 Communications in 2010 is soon going to be operational as Paytm Payments Bank Limited. On May 23 Paytm, a website founded as prepaid mobile recharge website will start functioning as a payments bank of India. A payment bank operates like a normal bank and performs almost all the transactions, except for advancing loans or issuing credits. This type of bank is set up for easy availability of financial services to the lower income groups. In September 2013, a committee was setup for the study of “Comprehensive financial services for small businesses…