Category: Tech

Elitegroup Computer System, a Taiwan based electronic manufacturing firm, has launched the smallest Mini PC named Liva Q in India for a price of Rs 13,500. Named as Liva Q, the company claims it as the smallest Mini Personnel Computer ever launched. The device weighs over 260 grams and measures 70 x 70 x 31.4mm. The computer has a configuration of 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC storage and runs with the latest Windows 10 operating system. Meanwhile, excluding the branded software the device just comes at Rs 13,500. The device is powered by an Intel Apollo Lake Pentium and Celeron SoC ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: cnmo After the successful launch of Xiaomi Mi note 5 and Xiaomi Smart TV, the brand is on a new move to captivate the flagship sector with their brand new Mi MIX 2S and Mi 7. The recent products launch in India, by the brand, had gained a huge popularity among the audience in terms of quality with cheap pricing. As a result, Xiaomi had rewritten all the previous records by other smartphone brands, beating Samsung and Oppo. The new Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S is confirmed to launch on March 27, that comes with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon ... Read more

Surveying a village is time consuming and prone to errors. Maharashtra government has found a solution for this by replacing the manual surveys with drone surveys, which they say is very accurate and fast. The Maharashtra government is using drones mounted with high resolution cameras to speed up the exercise of mapping villages and towns in the state. The government has launched a pilot project to survey the areas with the help of camera-fitted drones. The project was launched in Sonori village in Purandar tehsil of Pune district. Mapping was earlier carried out manually, but drone technology is now changing the way ... Read more

Science enthusiasts across the world are waiting for the Mission to the moon launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral  in 2019. Now, Vodafone has announced that it has plans to create the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PTScientists. “The moon will get 4G coverage next year, 50 years after the first NASA astronauts walked on its surface. Vodafone plans to create the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PTScientists. We have target to land in 2019 on Moon,” said a Vodafone representative. Vodafone has appointed Nokia ... Read more

It was a happy news for cardiac patients, as the new initiative between Microsoft and Apollo Hospital are on its way to create new machine learning Artificial Intelligence algorithms, to forecast patient risk associated with heart disease. “Cardiac disease is amongst India’s leading causes of mortality and morbidity, which is exacting a toll on the health and well-being of our citizens,” said Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals. The new study further gives the doctor the best move to initialize treatment plans and lowers mortality rate associated with the condition. Microsoft previously has started a new innovative platform called ... Read more

After the much awaited successful launch of Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro in February, Xiaomi India is all set to launch the new Redmi 5 on March 14. According to reports, the new Redmi 5 tagged as ‘compact powerhouse’ would be the ancestor of the model launched way back in China. Speculations are that the phone would be slim, sleek and compact with a strong battery backup. The new Redmi 5 would be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 chipset integrated with 2,3 and 4 gb of RAM. The phone would further house a 12 MP rear ... Read more

Pal-V Liberty, manufactured by PAL-V International a Dutch Company, would become the first flying production car in the world. The three-wheeled car acts as a gyrocopter with two separate engines for flight as well as for the roads. The car currently is being certified by European Aviation Safety Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration and requires a pilot license to fly it. Additionally, the car also required a small strip of land for take-off and landing. The car further adds safety features in case of emergency engine failure, that it claims to land even on a small area like that ... Read more

American multinational chip manufacturing company Intel is all set to manufacture 5G enabled laptops by the end of 2019. The company also introduced their conceptual model of the future technology, which attracted a large number of audience at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The concept model of the company houses a 5G modem integrated with the latest i5 technology. The PC is unique with its adjustable two in one design to that of a PC and a Tab. Intel also collaborates with other manufacturers namely Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft to fasten the production time. Besides 4th generation technology, ... Read more

Think about the practicality of spraying hectors of agricultural field with insecticide, is it time-consuming? Whereas hiring a helicopter would be too pricey for the farmers. Also, the accidental intake of these chemicals can cause serious health hazards. Hence the use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) solve the distress for the poor farmers, as they spray their precious crops with full attention to detail automatically. Recently, pesticide spraying drones were made available by the ‘Krishi Yantra Dhare centres’ in 10 districts across the state of Karnataka, headed by Mallikarjun Marchad Goud, director Varsha Agri-Business Centre for Development Ltd. Krishi Yantra Dhare ... Read more

Photo Courtesy:youtube.com India’s all-time favourite 4G network Jio has issued an additional 10GB for the users. The new offer has a limitation as it could only be used to live stream the Jio TV. The add-on was put forward after the company’s versatile Jio TV app received an award at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Jio TV is an absolute revolutionary app in the field of telecommunication, as it gives the opportunity to watch television Contents on the move, including a slide option to view contents according to the time of broadcast. Jio users can exclusively check their add-on status ... Read more

Apple’s all-time personal computing compatible model line-up, MacBook Air would arrive at a cheaper price, according to a report published by the Apple analyst KGI Securities. MacBook Air, the predecessor of MacBook Pro, has a huge fan base across the globe, with its ultra-thin sleek aluminium design, along with the prestigious retina display. The newly released analysis reveals that Apple is preparing to reduce the price tag for their 13-inch MacBook Air this year, that could hike the overall sales of the model. Apple’s new move is as part of celebrating their 10th anniversary of their revolutionary model, as the ... Read more

German luxury car manufacturers Porsche is one step ahead of the future, as they plan to build autonomous passenger drones. No doubt as the futuristic modes of transportation would be these drones, that don’t even require pilots to operate between stations. According to a news website Automobilwoche, claims that the company is on its way to release the design sketches. Meanwhile, Porsche hasn’t released much data regarding the report and some of the sales directors of the company have mentioned about the practicability of the design. The futuristic modes of transportation are the major research highlights of automobile companies like Ehang (China), as ... Read more

Google has announced a new video segmentation with real-time to the YouTube app that will be integrated to the latter’s stories feature designed specifically for YouTube creators on its beta version. The new on-device mobile video segmentation is a lightweight video format, which will allow creators to replace and modify the background, effortlessly increasing videos’ production value without specialised equipment. The new technology has been developed using machine learning to solve a semantic segmentation task using convolution neural networks. Video segmentation is a widely used technique that enables movie directors and video content creators to separate the foreground of a ... Read more

Booking.com, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies and digital technology leader, announced the 10 sustainable tourism startups that will be joining the 2018 Booking Booster Programme in Amsterdam in May 2018. Building upon its successful launch in 2017, the three-week accelerator programme consists of a series of lectures, hands-on workshops and coaching, culminating in a final pitch to receive a scaling grant of up to €500k from Booking.com’s €2 million fund in order to help support the next stage of the startups’ projected growth. Out of the 10, start-ups, two are from India and one from Nepal. Global Himalayan Expedition ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: pedestriantv Sandisk owned by Western Digital (WD) has launched their latest 400 GB Micro SD card at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With their latest innovation, the card sets its title as the world’s fastest UHS-I flash memory card. The card has a data reading speed of 160 MBps followed by a write speed of over 90 MBps, which is faster than its predecessor models. The massive speed is achieved by the 3D NAND technology that can further launch an application at quick speeds. SanDisk also offers shock-proof, temperature-proof, waterproof, and X-ray proof to their new model. ... Read more