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Mobile data to surge tenfold by 2021 over increased video consumption: Ericsson
Ericsson, the world's top mobile network equipment maker, expects a tenfold surge in mobile data traffic between 2015 and 2021, while in June it forecast an eightfold growth between 2014 and 2020.
SBI to soon launch wallet app 'Batua' for feature phone users
'Batua' can be used to make utility payments, transfer funds and buy air tickets, among others things, and it will be available in 13 languages.
BioPhone: New smartphone system that tracks your heart rate from a distance
The BioPhone derives biological signals from your phone's accelerometer and it can capture the small movements of your body that result from the beating of your heart and rising and falling of your chest.
Faced with criticism, Facebook to broaden use of 'Safety Check'
Zuckerberg explained that until the Paris incident, the tool was meant for natural disasters but now the Facebook policy has been changed to incorporate other serious and tragic human disasters as well.
Australian Muslim woman donates $1 to UNICEF for every nasty tweet she receives
Susan Carland, who teaches at Monash University in Melbourne, has pledged that for every hate-filled tweet that comes her way, she will donate a dollar to UNICEF.
Leaked: HTC's rumoured variant of its 'iPhone lookalike' One A9 that looks like the Huawei Nexus 6P
Images of the purported device, dubbed the HTC X9, are shown to feature a bigger 5.5-inch HD display and run a 2.2GHz Quad Core SoC coupled with 2 GB of RAM.
Did you tweet with #HappDiwali? Find yourself in Twitter's after-Diwali diya mosaic
Twitter has now released a special Diwali mosaic in the shape of the diya.
Google's self-driving car stopped by a cop for moving slow
Google playfully posted a photo of a motorcycle cop pulling over one of it self-driving cars on Thursday for riding along at a cautious pace.
Samsung Gear VR: Samsung's $99 virtual reality headset now up for pre-orders
The Samsung Gear VR is available on Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, and Samsung.com; it will ship on November 20.
New study explains why superstitions are hard to shake
Certain variables create situations in which intuition is likely to override rational thought.
Obama debuts on Facebook with a post on climate change; wants to have 'real conversations' with people
Obama says he chose Facebook because 'at a time when nearly three in four adults online use Facebook, this feels like a great place to do it.'
Vodafone begins preparations for IPO in India
The company has been considering an Indian IPO for several years, but has held back because of regulatory and tax issues in the country.
Indian Army gets highly encrypted Google-like cloud system
This is similar to 'Meghraj', the Cloud system of National Informatics Centre, and will provide all information technology infrastructure, including servers for computing, storage, network security equipment centrally for automation of Indian Army.
Quantum Receptivity to help target ads better at shoppers
The new technology tells marketing firms when to show ads to shoppers for the most impact.
Alibaba to acquire China's YouTube
Alibaba is snapping up Youku Tudou, China's equivalent to YouTube, in the latest of a string of acquisitions as it sets its sights far beyond its core eBay-style transactions business.
Japan its own enemy in push to improve cybersecurity
The country's data security measures are being hobbled by a widespread corporate culture that views security breaches as a loss of face.