Samsung has started rolling out a new update to its Galaxy S7 edge smartphone. Currently hitting units in Australia, the update brings Android security fixes for the month of December. View image on Twitter Follow henklbr™ @henklbr @SamMobiles @DDDorresteijn @_Martinovich_ December Security Patch available for Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in Australia 11:54 AM – 9 Dec 2016 · Tilburg, Nederland Retweets likes There’s currently no word on what other changes (if any) the update brings along, as well as whether or not the Galaxy S7 has also started receiving the same update. Anyway, as is usually the case with OTA…
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Global growth will pick up faster than previously expected in the coming months as the Trump administration’s planned tax cuts and public spending fire up the U.S. economy, the OECD said on Monday, revising up its forecasts. In its twice-yearly Economic Outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated global growth would accelerate from 2.9 percent this year to 3.3 percent in 2017 and reach 3.6 percent in 2018. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Thanksgiving Day shoppers push loaded up carts during the ‘Black Friday’ sales at a Target store in Culver City, California on November 24,…
US home prices reach new peak nationally Tuesday, 29 Nov 2016 | 12:06 PM ET | 00:37 Tight supply and high demand pushed home prices in September to a new peak nationally. Prices were 5.5 percent higher than September of 2015, up from the 5.1 percent annual gain in August, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. The index has now surpassed its previous peak of July 2006. The nation’s 20 largest cities reported a 5.1 percent annual gain, unchanged from August. “The new peak set by the S&P Case-Shiller CoreLogic National Index will be seen as marking a shift from…
Liesman: Potential for growth after latest Q3 read Tuesday, 29 Nov 2016 | 8:32 AM ET | 04:19 The U.S. economy grew faster than initially thought in the third quarter, notching its best performance in two years, buoyed by strong consumer spending and a surge in soybean exports. Gross domestic product increased at a 3.2 percent annual rate instead of the previously reported 2.9 percent pace, the Commerce Department said in its second GDP estimate on Tuesday. Growth was the strongest since the third quarter of 2014 and followed the second quarter’s anemic 1.4 percent pace. Growth was also lifted by…
Consumer confidence at 107.1 in November Tuesday, 29 Nov 2016 | 10:00 AM ET | 00:29 Consumers had a more optimistic outlook about the economy in November, according to a monthly survey released Tuesday. The Consumer Confidence Index hit 107.1 in November, up from 98.6 in October, according to data from The Conference Board on Tuesday, the highest since July 2007. Economists expected the consumer confidence index to hit 101.2, according to a Thomson Reuters consensus estimate. The survey, a closely followed barometer of consumer attitudes, measures confidence toward business conditions, short-term outlook, personal finances and jobs. David McNew | Reuters…
In a bid to lessen student’s burden, the commission issued a directives to ensure no higher education institutes shall nag students for submission of their original documents such as mark sheets, school leaving certificates and other related documents during the admission process. UGC RELATED STORIES School timings changed in Noida, Ghaziabad, Lucknow due to heavy winter UP Board Exams 2017: Exam dates released, check them here Delhi: CTET cleared teachers’ salary to be increased by up to 90 per cent Microsoft launches Hour of Code campaign in India to teach students concepts of computer coding Haryana to set up colleges…
District Magistrate of Lucknow, Raj Shekhar said the schools have been asked to open at 9:00 am and wind up by 2:00 pm. District Magistrate N P Singh, Gautam Buddha Nagar today ordered change of school timings for Nursery to Class VIII with effect from December 9 RELATED STORIES UP Board Exams 2017: Exam dates released, check them here Delhi: CTET cleared teachers’ salary to be increased by up to 90 per cent Microsoft launches Hour of Code campaign in India to teach students concepts of computer coding Haryana to set up colleges for persons with disability Principals and teachers…
Now that Microsoft’s massive $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn has officially closed, it’s time for the next step: figuring out how its massive store of business information can best be used by Microsoft and its customers. Building upon the company’s integration plan outlined earlier this year, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella laid out a set of plans for short-term integration with LinkedIn (in a blog post on LinkedIn, natch), with advantages for both consumers and business customers. Perhaps the most interesting will be closer ties between resume functions in Word and in LinkedIn, so that users drafting resumes in Word will be able to update…
Windows is the indisputable platform of choice for gaming and VR, but Linux is catching up fast as graphics companies ramp up driver and hardware support for the OS. AMD is showing more love for Linux than ever before. The company on Thursday announced some hardware and driver updates that will strengthen gaming and VR on the OS. The biggest news is AMD’s support for FreeSync on Linux PCs. FreeSync can improve the rendition of games and high-definition video by allowing GPUs to communicate directly with displays, reducing image stutter and lag time. Images are drawn up on the screen while…
Apple has revealed that the adoption rate for its mobile payments service – Apple Pay – in the US has crossed the 35% mark, which translates into 4 million locations. The revelation was made by Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey. Bailey noted that the service’s adoption in the country jumped from 4% to 35% in just two years. Commenting on the jump in adoption, she pointed that the rise of EMV chip cards – which she said are annoying for consumers – is driving users towards Apple Pay. However, she made it clear that “knocking EMV is not necessarily the…