1. BlackBerry Ltd on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger.
2. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of online retail giant Amazon, is now the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published Tuesday. The fortune of Jeff Bezos went to $112 billion (roughly Rs. 7.27 lakh crores), according to Forbes, after Amazon stock's value rallied by 59 percent over the past 12 months.
3. Online furniture marketplace Pepperfry has raised Rs 250 crore in a fresh round of funding from State Street Global Advisors, the asset management unit of State Street Corporation.
4. Expanding its portfolio of mobile workstations and business notebooks, HP Inc. on Wednesday introduced three devices in its "EliteBook" series and two devices in "Zbook" series in India.
5. Avenir Telecom licensed smartphone brand Energizer Mobiles has announced the launch of the latest Hardcase H570S in France. This is the company's first rugged smartphone that comes with IP68 dust and water resistance.
6. BlackBerry Ltd on Wednesday signed a technology and brand licensing deal with Swiss consumer electronics maker Punkt Tronics AG for "BlackBerry Secure" that will be installed in phones and other smart devices.
7. Uber's self-driving trucks have been hauling cargo on Arizona highways, the US ride-hailing firm said on Tuesday, laying out plans for autonomous vehicles to work with truck drivers to move freight around the country.
8. Boat Lifestyle on Wednesday launched the NIRVANAA TRES triple driver earphones with High Definition (HD) audio and an in-line microphone. The new earphones with a price tag of Rs. 3,990 are available for purchase through Amazon.in. The company is offering a one-year warranty.
9. Telecom Italia (TIM) on Tuesday pledged to accelerate cash flow generation, increase shareholder returns and become a more digital player in the first three-year business plan under new Chief Executive Amos Genish.
10. Trai chairman RS Sharma has said top telcos are free to match the lower or even free offers of a rival without falling foul of the latest predatory pricing order that redefined significant market power (SMP) because their intention is not to kill competition.
11. Microsoft is set to move Windows 10 S from a dedicated operating system to merely a mode for existing Windows 10 versions in 2019.
12. France's competition authority is considering opening up antitrust investigations into the country's online advertising market following an initial, one-year preliminary examination.
13. Giving credence to the belief that Apple smartphones can be cracked, a US-based company has claimed that its online tools, available at a starting price of $15,000, can break into any iPhone including the newly-launched iPhone X.
14. Nokia 6 3GB RAM variant's price in India appears to have been slashed. The smartphone model, which was launched in June last year at a price of Rs. 14,999, is now available for purchase through Amazon India at Rs. 13,499.
15. Apple Fest is not the only sale that Amazon India is holding. The e-commerce platform is also conducting another campaign of Samsung Carnival sale from March 5-8, during which it is offering discounts on smartphones, tablets, wearables and other Samsung gadgets as well.
16. Having received the approval of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last week, Paytm Money is all set to commence operations in the next six to eight weeks along with a dozen or so asset management companies (AMCs).
17. The government will launch mobile app SukhadYatra to provide users with real time data, including expected wait at toll plazas and report any accident to NHAI.
18. Google has released Chrome 65 for Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux users. The new Chrome browser for Android devices includes a list of new features alongside some security enhancements and developer-focused upgrades. In contrast, the new Chrome version for Mac, Windows, and Linux systems is primarily designed to uplift the developer experience alongside offering some security improvements.
19. The God of War Limited Edition PS4 Pro release date is April 20 internationally, three days after the God of War release date of April 17. As for how much it would cost you, Sony says the God of War Limited Edition PS4 Pro price is $400 (around Rs. 25,930).
20. To curb resellers from purchasing numerous units and selling them off at a premium, Xiaomi India on Tuesday announced that it would be removing the COD (Cash On Delivery) payment option for the Redmi Note 5 Pro for "initial few sales" on Mi.com and Flipkart.
21. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $30 million to help improve the literacy skills of elementary school students across the nation.
22. Luke Cage will return June 22 with its second season, Netflix has announced via a 20-second teaser, which features bits and pieces of new footage: explosions, gunfire, smashing doors, and a raging Cage (Mike Colter).
23. Virtual currencies like bitcoin can be regulated as commodities by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
24. With Pixel 2, the search giant integrated stronger AI abilities in the camera’s feature. One of the features it has is Google Lens which enhances the capabilities of the smartphone’s camera. This much-touted feature is finally making its way to all Android smartphones via Google Photos.
25. Xiaomi teased the launch of a new smartphone expected on March 14.
26. As per information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total of 22,207 Indian websites including 114 government websites were hacked during April 2017 to January 2018.
27. Flipkart is wooing back customers in Indian metros with a slew of initiatives as the country’s largest online retailer seeks to reclaim lost ground among high spending urban shoppers who had gravitated to rival Amazon India in recent years.
28. Netflix has released the first full trailer for Lost in Space, its modern-day reboot of Irwin Allen's classic 1965 sci-fi series, which follows the pioneering space-colonists Robinson family, who find themselves in unknown alien territory after their spaceship veers off-course in a space-time incident.
29. Open-world zombie survival fantasy State of Decay 2 finally has a release date and a surprisingly low price. Microsoft announced that you can play this Xbox One and Windows 10 PC exclusive from May 22. State of Decay 2 price is $30 (around Rs. 1,945) internationally with a State of Decay 2 Ultimate Edition at $50 (approximately Rs. 3,241). The State of Decay 2 India price is Rs. 1,999 with the Ultimate Edition costing Rs. 3,324.
30. In a rare coming-together of IT cognoscenti, India and Taiwan are collaborating in organising the global ICT and Internet of Things (IoT) show Computex 2018 and the Smart Asia trade expo here from Wednesday.
31. A two-year-old boy in Shanghai locked his mother's iPhone for the equivalent of 47 years after playing with it and repeatedly entering the wrong passcode.
32. BSNL has introduced a set of new plans for its prepaid and postpaid segments in Assam. Data mini packs for instant users, new unlimited voice STV (special tariff vouchers), enhanced free data limit/month, up to 60 percent discount on postpaid rents are among some of the new plans.
33. As the issue of copying verified Twitter accounts to trick cryptocurrency users is becoming increasingly prevalent, the microblogging company has said that it is working to curb these copycat handles.
34. Haptik, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chatbot platform, on Wednesday announced that it has partnered with Cloud major Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer solutions to customers in India.
35. Google has added more than 20 languages to its virtual keyboard app Gboard that include Chinese, both the traditional and simplified versions, and Korean.
36. Lenovo is all set to unveil a new smartphone at its launch event scheduled for March 20. An executive from the Chinese electronics giant has posted a teaser image of what is supposedly an invite for an event for the same date. Apart from the launch date, the invite reveals that it would be a handset from Lenovo's 'S' series of smartphones.
37. Porsche is studying flying passenger vehicles but expects it could take up to a decade to finalise technology before they can launch in real traffic, its head of development said on Tuesday.
38. Some Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro users have complained about an issue that reduces the volume output, specifically when using a headset. The affected Redmi Note 5 Pro users reported the problem on the Mi Community forums. Xiaomi has addressed it by releasing an MIUI 9.2.5.0 OTA (over-the-air) update that is already rolling out for all the Redmi Note 5 Pro users.
39. Samsung aims to regain market share lost to Apple and OnePlus in the premium segment, with the launch of its new flagship Galaxy S9, even as it struggles to keep its No. 1 ranking across smartphones and feature phones.
40. Chipmaker Qualcomm is in talks to settle a patent dispute with China’s Huawei Technologies Co and could reach an agreement in the coming weeks.
41. An arbitration tribunal in an interim order has restrained debt-ridden Reliance Communications from sale, transfer or mortgaging of assets.
42. With the competition getting fiercer in the Indian smartphone market, Samsung is geared up to launch India-focused smartphones across price points in the remaining part of the year.
43. Apple Music for Android has been updated with new experiences for music videos. The new update is specifically designed to align the Apple Music app on Android devices with its iOS counterpart.
44. A US government national security panel has identified potential risks that warrant a full investigation of Singapore-based Broadcom $117 billion (roughly Rs. 7.6 lakh crores) bid for chipmaker Qualcomm.
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