1. Tamil Nadu has tied up with Microsoft to accelerate digital literacy in schools. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will begin work in seven schools identified by the Government to train students and teachers on coding and gaming, application development, robotics and entrepreneurship.
2. Apple has now allowed app developers to add as many as up to 10 screenshots per device form factor for their apps listings on the App Store.
3. In a new policy document released yesterday, the Donald Trump administration has announced a new policy that makes the procedure of issuing H-1B visas more stringent.
4. German premium carmaker BMW and China's Great Wall Motor Co have signed a letter of intent to jointly produce electric Mini vehicles in China.
5. Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei said that they have successfully conducted India’s first 5G network trial under a test set up at the telco's Network Experience Centre in Manesar (Gurgaon).
6. Google Play apps and games store has started accepting payments in Kenya through Safaricom's mobile phone M-Pesa service to boost downloads in a market where many people do not have a credit card.
7. The country’s largest telecom operator Airtel has entered into partnership with Motorola Mobility India. As part of the partnership the telco will be offering cashback on budget 4G smartphones of the company. Under the partnership, two 4G smartphone from Motorola -- Moto C, Moto E4 and the Lenovo K8 Note from Lenovo will be available for cashback of Rs 2,000.
8. Google recently released the latest software update for its Files Go app on Android. The update, although minor, brings along a crucial feature that allows users to backup their files on Google Drive through the Files Go app. Apart from that, the update also adds "additional SD card features" and several bug fixes and improvements.
9. A novel image-based diagnostic tool, developed using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques, may potentially speed up diagnoses and treatment of patients with retinal diseases and pneumonia among children.
10. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has quit the board of OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company he co-founded that aims to promote and develop friendly AI that benefits the humanity.
11. Apple may finally launch its AirPower wireless charging mat that it had announced last year, alongside the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.
12. Huawei has unveiled a technology that uses Artificial Intelligence-enabled smartphone to drive a car that can not only identify objects on the road but take smart decisions to avoid collisions or hitting someone.
13. Chinese technology major Lenovo has become market leader in the Indian tablet market replacing Datawind with 21 per cent share in the second half of 2017, with Samsung sharing the second position with Datawind at 16 percent.
14. To give businesses more insight into a company's measurement tools to calculate the impact of advertisements on its platforms, Facebook has introduced new labels on some of its metrics.
15. A new iPhone-based app may help patients who survived a heart attack to maintain their health and reduce the number of hospital readmissions.
16. China's Huawei is forging closer commercial ties with big telecom operators across Europe and Asia, putting the company in prime position to lead the global race for next-generation 5G networks despite U.S. allegations it poses a security threat.
17. Samsung on Friday released an Android app that is designed to offer mobile data savings and privacy management. Called Samsung Max, the new app is designed by Samsung R&D Institute India and is available for free download on Google Play and Galaxy App store for select Galaxy devices.
18. Feb 23, 2018 -Snapchat's parent company lost some $1.3 billion in market value on Thursday after reality star Kylie Jenner's tweeted that she was no longer using the messaging service.
19. Huawei P20, one of the next flagship offerings by the Chinese company, has purportedly surfaced on the TENAA site. The images available on the certification site show a vertical dual camera setup on the upcoming smartphone and reveal its metal build.
20. IT veteran and tech investor T V Mohandas Pai today said he cannot think of anyone else in the world other than Nandan Nilekani to assist the Centre in developing IT infrastructure for the mega National Health Protection Scheme in a short time.
21. Indian telecom operator Idea Cellular has announced a mega cashback offer on all new 4G smartphones. The telco launched the offer in order to compete against Reliance Jio’s Football cashback offers.
22. GoDaddy Inc's quarterly revenue topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the web-hosting company earned more from each user and expanded customer base with its acquisition of Host Europe Group.
23. Nissan Motor Co. is testing on regular roads what it calls "a robo-vehicle mobility service." Called Easy Ride, it uses a cell-phone app to book semi-autonomous driven rides.
24. In a tug of war over flying taxis versus Hyperloop transport system, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Tesla CEO Elon Musk came out in the open on the micro-blogging site Twitter when the former took a swipe at Tesla over the need to dig tunnels for its Next-Gen mobility dream.
25. An LED waterfall, a digital lake, an indoor "mountain" and a "DreamSpace" for teaching the next generation about technology: This is what Microsoft's new office "One Microsoft Place" in Dublin houses.
26. Popular photo-sharing app Instagram is terminating its veteran Global Community Team that worked to build deep ties with photographers and promote the service around the world as part of restructuring in the company.
27. SIM card provider ChatSim on Thursday announced the launch of its latest ChatSim 2 SIM card in Milan, Italy. The second generation of the company's proprietary SIM card now claims to offer Internet surfing with "free and unlimited data traffic."
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