Last month, specs of a 7-inch variant of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab E tablet leaked online. This was followed by reports that the device is heading to the US – it also received the FCC approval. Now, the tablet has leaked in all its glory. Specs-wise, from what we’ve heard so far, the device will be powered by a 1.3GHz processor, and sport a 7-inch (1280×800 pixel) display. RAM will be 1.5GB, while internal memory will be 8GB, although expandable. Weighing in at 283g, the 8.7mm thick tablet will pack in a 4,000mAh battery, and run Android 5.1 Lollipop. It will…
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Audi India will begin assembling the 2.0-litre TDI diesel engine in India by the end of this year. The engine will be assembled at the Volkswagen facility in Chakan near Pune and will be rolled out from a single assembly line that has been specifically set for it. Currently Audi faces stiff competition from the country’s favorite German carmaker Mercedes-Benz. With fresh plans for local assembling, the carmaker can expect to see a reduction in custom duty bill by about 10-30 per cent, which might possibly be passed onto the customers in the form of reduced prices. The localisation is…
n CNBC’s social media on campus series, we asked editors at college papers across the country: What social media platforms are hot? Are any of them dead or just for old people? This installment is by Sonali Seth, a sophomore at the University of Southern California. Source: Mimi Nguyen Sonali Seth We, millennials, have fallen out of love with Facebook for exactly the same reason we fell in love with it: its unapologetic ubiquity. Like so many other social networks, its increasing publicity of our online presence has forced us to grapple with new questions about what it means to…
In CNBC’s social media on campus series, we asked students from all across the country to tell us what social media platforms are most prevalent at their school. Facebook? Snapchat? Twitter? Are students using them for purely social purposes or professional/school activities? And, are any social media platforms “dead” or just for old people? Here’s what students had to say. People Images | Getty Images Millennials are falling “out of love” with Facebook, according to University of Southern California student Sonali Seth. Haylee Millikan, a student at the University of Washington, says contrary to what some people think, social media…
Huawei’s Honor 7 units that have been purchased in Europe are finally set to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This should happen in the next two weeks, so the rollout will commence by the end of the month. Up until this point we’ve seen the new tasty treat being out in India, but only with prior registration, which means it might actually have been a beta build. Speaking of that, Huaweilaunched the first beta for the new software in the UK at the beginning of December 2015. It’s now in the process of sending out the final version…
The Internet Archive has been on a roll lately, bringing back classic MS-DOS games, Windows 3.1 software, and even defanged versions of old PC viruses. Now, the site has hit a milestone with its Apple II collection: A group of anonymous hackers have successfully broken the elaborate copy-protection schemes on more than 500 classic games and programs. The result is that these Apple II classics are now playable directly in modern web browsers. It’s worth noting that Archive.org’s Apple II collection already spanned thousands of titles—yes, including Number Munchers—before hitting this milestone. But as archivist Jason Scott explains in a…
The market rallied on Thursday, and Jim Cramer said the reason was seller’s remorse. The same stocks that were clobbered when they reported earnings are now roaring higher because investors have either forgotten the bad news, overlooked it, or decided it wasn’t as bad as they thought. “I often marvel at how short term people’s thinking can be when it comes to earnings, and how they should think so much longer-term if they story is really unchanged or actually better,” the “Mad Money” host said. Kimberly-Clark reported earnings recently, and, in Cramer’s opinion, the numbers reflected fantastic growth and a…
After two years of talking the talk, Microsoft is apparently getting serious about bringing universal Windows apps to the Xbox One. Microsoft will reportedly reveal the first universal Xbox apps during its Build developers’ conference later this month and explain how the console is opening up to app makers,according to The Verge. Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, also wrote on Twitterthat Microsoft will reveal more about Universal Windows Platform in general. Microsoft first started talking about universal Xbox apps in 2014, as part of a broader push for apps that run across phones, tablets, PCs, and Xbox consoles. That…
Gold is still expensive, but rising economic risks and market turmoil mean investors should buy it for insurance, Deutsche Bank said Friday. The recovery since the global and European financial crises had put theprice of gold under some pressure. The yellow metal, which some analysts view as a safe haven or as a protection against rising inflation, typically underperforms during periods when the economy is growing or inflation is low. However, in a note issued Friday, the German Bank said economic signs are pointing in gold’s favor. “There are rising stresses in the global financial system; in particular the rising…
Virtually everyone in technology knows about Kevin Mitnick, who in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s was a notorious fugitive hacker on the run from the FBI. (If you’re not familiar with the details of Mitnick’s exploits, I recommend his book, Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker.) Most experts also know that he’s made his living since being released from prison as a security consultant. But did you know that he still hacks for a living? Mitnick has always emphasized the importance of social engineering for hacking, an emphasis that’s lacking in most security advice.…