Month: July 2019

Intel forecast current-quarter profit and revenue above estimates and raised its full-year revenue forecast on Thursday, allaying concerns about a global semiconductor sales slowdown and curbs on US sales to China’s Huawei Technologies. Intel shares rose 4.9 percent to $54.70 in extended trading. The chip industry is in a slowdown, with research firm Gartner forecasting a 9.6 percent drop
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Google parent Alphabet’s stock price leapt Thursday after reporting stronger-than-expected results in a quarterly update coming amid growing scrutiny of technology firms by antitrust regulators. The Internet giant said profits tripled in the second quarter from a year earlier to $9.9 billion (roughly Rs. 68,400 crores) while revenues increased 19 percent to $38.9 billion (roughly
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YouTube videos featuring young children drew nearly triple the average viewership of the platform’s other content, according to research released on Thursday that provided ammunition for child advocates who want Alphabet to take more aggressive steps to make its streaming service safer for kids. Pew Research Center said its findings show videos aimed at or featuring children
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In a post on RED’s message board, founder Jim Jannard reasserted the company’s commitment to the disappointing Hydrogen One handset. It’s a distant memory now, but the pricey niche device was teased and delayed for months, only to be generally run through the ringer in reviews. The camera module was one of various complaints with
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Flipkart is hosting The Grand Gadget Sale from today. The sale will end on July 27 and categories like laptops, audio, gaming, cameras, smart home products, wearables, mobile accessories, power banks, data storage, tablets, computer peripherals, laptop accessories, and more are listed with deals and discounts. The e-commerce site has listed laptops with minimum 25
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Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from TF International Securities has released a new report, as Apple Insider spotted. I’ve read the report and it focuses specifically on keyboard suppliers that would potentially work with Apple . And the company should potentially replace the unreliable butterfly mechanism with a new scissor mechanism. The first laptop that should receive
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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is running a sale in partnership with e-retailer Amazon, the company announced on Twitter. The company’s Honor Friendship Days sale went live earlier today and will continue through July 29. The sale brings price discounts and others offers on Honor smartphones. Additionally, Amazon is also providing 10 percent instant discount to the
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Access to the internet plays an important role in our daily lives. So much so, that more people are beginning to see access to reliable, sufficiently fast internet as a human right. But why is internet access being promoted as a human right? And what happens when we don’t have the ability to connect? Here’s
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Corsair, one of the best known PC hardware manufacturers in the world, has bought Origin PC, a US-based boutique pre-built computer firm. Origin PC specialises in gaming and workstation class PCs, and targets enthusiasts who don’t want to assemble their own computers. The firm, based in Florida, is known for its hand-built customisable PCs as
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Facebook will end access to limited friend data from Microsoft and Sony as a first step under a record $5 billion (roughly Rs. 35,000 crores) US Federal Trade Commission settlement announced on Wednesday, the world’s largest social media company said. The data is related to using Facebook on PlayStation or to syncing friends’ contact information with another service,
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The annual QuakeCon gaming convention and tournament, organised in Dallas Texas each year to celebrate id Software’s much-loved games, is usually accompanied by a special Steam sale. This year’s deals are now live and will be available till July 30. Highlights include up to 80 percent off on many popular current and past id Software games,
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