In the present scenario, privacy has become a rare commodity for all users. With the advancement of technology and people becoming more and more social there nothing left to be hidden. It seems like Privacy has been taken away from people as one can easily find another’s personal information, including their email address, phone numbers, social accounts etc over the web. There are large numbers of people who can misuse these details in some harmful manner thus it becomes important for us to maintain a proper check on our data privacy settings. You can take the below- mentioned steps in…
Author: Loknath Das
I’m lost in my living room. But fortunately I’m adrift in the warmth of a song playing through the speaker of my record player. One month of completely giving up social media has resulted in 86 unread Facebook notifications, seven unopened Snapchats, and countless instances of Twitter telling me “so and so and 150K others liked so and so’s tweet.” Yet, here I sit with my eyes closed while Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon echoes off the walls. Can a Millennial raised in the cocoon of constant social media really unplug without feeling unplugged from reality? That was the…
Many important decisions made within a government agency happen after collecting and analyzing pertinent data. Reviewing analytics about your agency’s social media presence is smart, but many agencies just don’t do it. Part of the challenge is that a lot of government agencies still don’t have a dedicated social media coordinator. In an “other duties as assigned” situation, the nice-to-have aspects of a social media program, such as reporting on analytics, often get pushed aside because there isn’t enough time or manpower. The other challenge is discerning what data is the most meaningful to government agencies. WHAT DATA SHOULD WE…
Embattled computer security firm Kaspersky Lab said Thursday that malware-infected Microsoft Office software and not its own was to blame for the hacking theft of top-secret US intelligence materials. Adding tantalising new details to the cyber-espionage mystery that has rocked the US intelligence community, Kaspersky also said there was a China link to the hack. The Moscow-based anti-virus software maker, which is now banned on US government computers because of alleged links to Russian intelligence, confirmed that someone did apparently steal valuable National Security Agency programs from an NSA worker’s home computer, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal on October 5. According…
HIGHLIGHTS Micromax Bharat 5 price in India has been set at Rs. 5,555 It will go on sale in the country via offline retail stores Micromax has also unveiled a bundled Vodafone offer Micromax Bharat 5 was launched in India on Friday, the latest low-cost 4G smartphone from the domestic brand. Besides its low price point, the Bharat 5’s biggest highlight is its massive 5000mAh battery. There is also a bundled data offer, announced in partnership with Vodafone. The smartphone will only be available to buy via offline retailers in the country. The company at its launch event also announced that it…
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday said India ranks first in the world in terms of mobile broadband consumption, consuming more mobile broadband data than users in the US and China. “Just one year back, India was ranked 150th in the world for mobile broadband. Now it is number one, after the launch of Jio,” Ambani said in New Delhi at the HT Leadership Summit. “Today, Indians consume more mobile broadband data than users in USA and China. If data is destiny, new India is well and truly ready for its new tryst with destiny,” he added. Talking about the economy,…
Not content with leaving Black Friday deals for digital games alone, Sony India has announced a host of discounts for the PS4 Slim, PS VR, Uncharted 4, and other games at specialist game stores like Games The Shop, Sony’s own Sony Centre stores, and online retailers like Amazon. At the time of filing this story these discounts have not gone live just yet, but this is what you can expect to buy at a cheaper price from November 24 to November 27. PS4 Slim 1TB console with Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection For many, the PS4 is simply a machine to play Uncharted — Sony’s…
Not content with leaving Black Friday deals for digital games alone, Sony India has announced a host of discounts for the PS4 Slim, PS VR, Uncharted 4, and other games at specialist game stores like Games The Shop, Sony’s own Sony Centre stores, and online retailers like Amazon. At the time of filing this story these discounts have not gone live just yet, but this is what you can expect to buy at a cheaper price from November 24 to November 27. PS4 Slim 1TB console with Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection For many, the PS4 is simply a machine to play Uncharted — Sony’s…
HIGHLIGHTS PUBG will be hitting mobile devices As of now it’s been announced for China only The country constitutes to 40 percent of the game’s player base PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will be coming to mobile devices. Tencent — PUBG’s China publisher will be working with the game’s developer Bluehole to bring PUBG to mobile devices for the Mainland China market. According to a post by Tencent, development on the mobile version of PUBG is “ongoing smoothly”. What this means is, you can expect PUBG on Android and iOS devices soon enough. There’s no mention of a PUBG mobile game release outside of…
HIGHLIGHTS PUBG will be hitting mobile devices As of now it’s been announced for China only The country constitutes to 40 percent of the game’s player base PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will be coming to mobile devices. Tencent — PUBG’s China publisher will be working with the game’s developer Bluehole to bring PUBG to mobile devices for the Mainland China market. According to a post by Tencent, development on the mobile version of PUBG is “ongoing smoothly”. What this means is, you can expect PUBG on Android and iOS devices soon enough. There’s no mention of a PUBG mobile game release outside of…