“I always felt that education is the real gift you can gift to any child. We can give clothes, we can give food and we can give them lots of gifts, but all of them are very temporarily but education is something which will transform their lives, will make them independent and they in turn transform the lives of their family members or their friends circle or whoever they get in contact with,” said VVS Laxman Terming education as a ‘real gift’, former India batsman VVS Laxman said it can not only transform the lives of children but enable them…
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While there have already been reports about replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 units overheating in South Korea, a new Wall Street Journal report now says that similar complaints have been received by the company in the US as well. In many cases, users have complained that the phablet gets very hot during calls. For its part, Samsung has acknowledged the complaints and has said that it’s investigating the matter. The company is, however, assuring users that the issue “does not pose a safety concern.” “There have been a few reports about the battery charging levels and we would like to reassure…
Last month, OnePlus announced that the Soft Gold variant of its OnePlus 3 smartphone will land in India sometime in the first week of October. In line with that, the company has now revealed that the model will go on sale in the country on October 1, and will be an Amazon exclusive at launch. View image on Twitter Follow OnePlus India ✔@OnePlus_IN Mark your calendars, fans! The #OnePlus3SoftGold will go on sale on October 1st, only on @amazonIN. 9:00 PM – 28 Sep 2016 106106 Retweets 336336 likes The device will carry a price tag of INR 27,999 (around…
Following the Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus launch, Xiaomi is gearing up to unveil the Mi Note 2 and Mi Note 2 Pro in October. According to analyst Pan Jiutang, the company will introduce the two phones at the end of next month. On top of that, Jiutang says Xiaomi will also offer the phones in more than a few color choices. While there’s no information on what exactly the color choices are, the Mi Note 2 and Mi Note 2 have been circling the rumor mill in the last few months. As a result, we have a good…
Share of Nike dropped 4 percent after the bell. The athletic apparel giant reported earnings of 73 cents per share, beating estimates of 56 cents per share. Its revenue of $9.06 billion beat analysts’ estimates of $8.87 billion. Shares of Sonic fell 7 percent after the company guided lower for its fourth quarter. The nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants announced that it expects same-store sales to decrease 2 percent. Analysts were estimating same-store sales growth of 0.5 percent, according to FactSet. Sonic also adjusted its EPS expectations for the quarter, lowering it to 43 to 45 cents per share…
Source: Spectacles Spectacles by Snapchat If Snap’s lighthearted rebrand takes off, it could pave the way for serious new lines of business — including augmented and virtual reality, experts told CNBC. Along with a name change, the company behind Snapchat released over the weekend a new set of glasses that lets users capture short videos from their own perspective and post it to the app. The product, $129.99 Spectacles, rolled out with a colorful, retro-lite look and asizzle reel of some roguish young people recording their skateboard tricks. Snapchat declined to share anything further with CNBC about its plans. Josh…
HOME INTLNEWSMARKETSINVESTINGTECHMAKE ITVIDEOSHOWSMORE PROLIVE TVWATCHLIST Disney considering bid for Twitter -Report Disney considering bid for Twitter -Report Monday, 26 Sep 2016 | 2:41 PM ET | 03:14 Walt Disney is said to be working with an adviser on a potential Twitter bid, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday, and the speculation sent the social network’s shares on an intra-day run. In recent months, speculation that Twitter will be sold has gathered steam. Last week, sources told CNBC that several technology and media companies had expressed interest in acquiring Twitter, including Google and Salesforce.com Earlier in the day, Twitter’s stock…
It seems like the confusions, paper leak and other issues will continue to hover over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) conducted this year. In a recent statement, while rejecting the a petition challenging the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) answer keys released on August 8, the High Court of Delhi said that it cannot review answer keys prepared by subject experts. Who filed the petition? The petition was filed by Sagar Sanjeev Dua challenging the answers of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to five questions of NEET Students who appeared for the examination earlier pointed out…
Following the incessant controversy over the appointment of IIM faculty under quota system for the reserved candidates, it is now been learned that the premier institutes had to be withdrawn the 1975 HRD order, which had earlier exempted the premier institutes from reservation policy. However, there is a speculation that the 1974 HRD order was only meant for technical institutes and not for the management institutes. The confusion arose when the HRD Ministry exempted the IIM Ahmedabad from recruiting its faculty through quota and subsequently adopted the order by the IIM fraternity. The ambiguity over IIM’s faculty recruitment Speaking about…
The hype is building around AMD’s upcoming Zen chip (due at the end of 2016), but if you’re calling it a CPU, you’re off-track. That’s because the first iteration of the company’s new microarchitecture, code-named Summit Ridge, is actually an SoC, or System on Chip. Confused? That’s understandable, says Kevin Krewell, principal analyst with Tirias Research. “The definition of System on (a) Chip is not clear,” Krewell says. “First, the definition of ‘system’ is contextual—if it’s a smartphone it needs to have a CPU, GPU, modem, DRAM controller, and other support logic. In the case of a server system, the…