At Apple’s big World Wide Developers Conference, creativity was the theme, with new devices and plenty of improvements aimed at creative professionals and developers. But there was also a new operating system announced in iPadOS, along with news of iOS 13, watchOS 6, MacOS 10.15 and tvOS 13 updates. And that’s not to mention the death of the iconic iTunes app. iTunes is being replaced by three separate apps on the new MacOS Catalina operating system.CREDIT:AP What was once iTunes will soon be Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. iPhone and iPad users will be used to this separation,…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple, beset by falling iPhone sales, announced upcoming changes to its phone and computer software intended to highlight its increasing emphasis on digital services and to further position it as a fierce guardian of personal privacy. The revisions previewed Monday during a conference in San Jose, Calif., included a new feature that will let people log into apps and other services with an Apple ID instead of relying on similar sign-in options from Facebook and Google — two companies that mine data to sell advertising. Apple said it won’t collect tracking information about users from that…
Hit by the triple whammy of delay in GST refunds, unfavourable forex and end of trade privilege to Indian firms, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector wants the government to offer incentives in the upcoming Union Budget so that it can cope with the tough times. The industry body has proposed to the Finance Ministry to re-introduce some of the pre-GST era incentives and provide cheaper finance to meet capex and working capital requirements. It has also asked for lowering interest cost to 4-5 percent to make the industry competitive. “After the roll-out of Goods and Services Tax (GST), all…
If you want to stay in the US, you’ll likely have to share your internet presence. As proposed in March 2018 (and to some extent in 2015), the country now requires virtually all visa applicants to provide their social media account names for the past five years. The mandate only covers a list of selected services, although potential visitors and residents can volunteer info if they belong to social sites that aren’t mentioned in the form. Applicants also have to provide previous email addresses and phone numbers on top of non-communications info like their travel statuses and any family involvement in terrorism. Some diplomats and…
Nirmala Sitharaman’s appointment as the finance minister in the new Modi government came as a big surprise since speculations were rife that BJP President Amit Shah could be assigned the portfolio. Nirmala Sitharaman is not new to the Ministry of Finance. She had earlier served as the Minister of State in the finance ministry before becoming the full-time defence minister in the Modi government. Sitharaman has also served as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry. In addition, she was also made Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs in the Modi government. The appointment is…
As Apple does not rely on selling ads for its revenue, Apple can use privacy protection as a key selling point for its products. Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Photo Credit: PTI San Francisco: Claiming that Apple’s products are “certainly not just a luxury”, the company’s software chief, Craig Federighi, has dismissed “the luxury good dig” levelled indirectly at the company by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In an op-ed article in The New York Times earlier this month, Pichai said that “privacy cannot be a luxury good offered only to people who can afford to buy premium products and services”. Pichai did…
Data and application security is a high priority for businesses due to the growing risks posed by theft and increasing government mandates to maintain and secure private information. One need not look any further than Singapore’s largest group of hospitals Singhealth, and its massive data breach last year, for an example of the various risks organizations need to address to protect customer information. Singaporean banks were also top targets of the Tinba v3 Trojan cybercriminals in 2015-2016, accounting for over a third (36%) of attacks, according to BMI Research. Regardless of the industry, any companies collecting valuable data on its customers are vulnerable to…
Elementary skills, as the term indicates, are the building blocks of quality education among children. However, there is a disparity among urban and rural children when it comes to elementary skill development. This is one of the key reasons why some rural children lag in education. Children in rural India attend school in their neighbourhoods or villages, and don’t have access to facilities that children in cities have. Most schools in cities have provision for special skill-based training that improve elementary skills such as listening, reading, writing, and speaking among the students. The Indian education system relies heavily on English as…
he unassailable majority of the BJP-led coalition has shrunk the once-familiar space for post-result speculation around government formation but the vacuum has been filled by questions on who will be the finance minister. Finance minister Arun Jaitley has given no indication in public that he wants to step aside, and reviewed the economic situation with senior officials at his residence on Friday. Some saw in the meeting a subtle signal that he was capable of running the ministry. However, an element of conjecture has crept up after media reports suggested poor health might stand in the way of Jaitley’s continuation…
Software stocks are some of the rare stocks that are actually showcasing bullish behavior in otherwise bearish year of 2019. At the same time Software and Services S&P 500 jumped by 20% in the period from April 2018 and April 2019, while the same sector has 390% increase since the low Software and Services hit back in 2010. Needless to say, Software stocks are perhaps some of the most profitable to buy and hold in 2019. Here are top 3 software stocks to consider investing in 2019. Table of Contents Best Software Stocks: FireEye (FEYE) Best Software Stocks: Adobe Systems…