The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) was unveiled towards the end of last month, and pre-orders for it went live in the company’s home country of South Korea on October 1. Now, the phone has been made available for purchase in the Asian country. The device is currently an SK Telecom-exclusive in South Korea, and carries a price tag of KRW 649,000 ($583). It’s currently only available in blue color, with the carrier saying that pastel pink and silver color models will become available soon. The carrier also revealed that those opting for the 6.5GB data plan will get a discount…
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Twitter, which is said to be entertaining buyout bids, may also haveMicrosoft as a potential suitor, a source told CNBC on Monday. CNBC’s David Faber reported on “Closing Bell” that the social media giant is moving closer to a formal sale process for the company, according to sources familiar with the situation. However, he said, that does not mean it is in that formal process yet. Twitter potential sale seen accelerating: Sources Monday, 26 Sep 2016 | 3:38 PM ET | 03:29 According to sources familiar with the matter, Facebook is unlikely to have interest in buying the social network. Moves…
FB’s Sandberg: We measure all the way through to sales Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016 | 11:01 AM ET | 02:06 Facebook has 4 million advertisers, up from 3 million in March, COOSheryl Sandberg told CNBC’s on Tuesday. “I think that’s because businesses know that consumers are spending time on mobile, and they need to be there,” Sandberg said on “Squawk Alley.” Sandberg spoke on the sidelines of Advertising Week, a New York event for marketing, brand, advertising and technology professionals. She said that video is “exploding” and especially important in Facebook’s dominance of the mobile platform, although the company hasn’t focused…
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, shared her views on the internet ad market, the metrics measurement controversy, competition and gender equality in an extensive interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on Tuesday. “Video is exploding across Facebook. … What’s happening with live on Facebook is really exciting. We’re not yet focused on monetization,” Sandberg said. She added, “Marketers know that people are on mobile. The average American consumer is checking his or her smartphone 150 times a day. So if you need to reach people, you need to be where they are, and the best place to do that is…
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) works under the government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government and in subordinate offices. The commission also conducts examinations for the recruitment in various government departments of the country. We bring before you a short quiz, in order to test your knowledge for the Junior Engineer (JE) examination. Correct answer: Gangtok Correct answer: Surat Railway Station Correct answer: Odisha Correct answer: Mahatma Gandhi Correct answer: Suresh Prabhu Correct answer: Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) Correct answer: Binny Bansal Correct answer: Max Walker Correct…
One of the most economical universities in India, Jawaharlal Nehru University is soon going to start a school of management and entrepreneurship. Subjects taught in the university: Social Science Language course Science and other areas Why did authorities introduce business course in this realm? It’s time for affirmative action to give equal opportunity to the weaker section of the society and then only there would be holistic economic development, said D K Sundar, CEO of Tata Chemicals “A school of management in JNU will benefit the society in general and the aspirants from underprivileged background in particular as they get…
When I reviewed Event[0] last month I said, “This might just be one of the most importantindie games of the year.” And then along came Virginia. Like Event[0], Virginia belongs to a growing subset of experimental games, ones focused on expanding the language of games as much as—or sometimes more than—commercial appeal or approachability. Whether or not their individual experiments are successful, I feel these games are important to experience if you care about the growth of the medium—not least because you can expect their better ideas to be “borrowed” by the bigger-budget games of the future. Lynchian Long preface…
The ShadowBrokers’ auction for the hacking tools has so far generated little interest. Hackers claim to have stolen files that may belong to the NSA. Credit: National Security Agency
Samsung has started pushing out a new update to the Galaxy A8 Duos smartphone from last year. Weighing in at 890MB and hitting units in India, the update brings along Android Marshmallow (version 6.0.1) and also includes Android security patch for the month of September. As is usually the case with OTA roll-outs, it may take some time for the update to hit your device. Meanwhile, if you feel impatient, you can manually check for the update by heading to your handset’s Settings menu. source”gsmarena”
T-Mobile – one of the Big Four carriers in the US – has announced that it will resume sales ofthe Samsung Galaxy Note7 in the country beginning October 5 (tomorrow). The phablet will be available for purchase through the carrier’s website as well as offline stores. With this, the magenta carrier joins Sprint and Verizon who have been selling the new, safer version of the phone for the past couple of weeks. So now, AT&T is the only carrier among the Big Four that has yet to resume Galaxy Note7 sales, or at-least announce when it would do so. source”gsmarena”