Valve must be sleeping poorly these days. Steam is still king of PC gaming at the moment, but it’s an increasingly belabored kingdom beset on all sides by would-be rulers. Today presents perhaps the strongest challenge yet: Epic, flush with Fortnite cash, will open its own storefront in the near future. It’s cross-platform, cuts developers a much better deal, focuses on discoverability and communication from the get-go, and of course ties in with Epic’s work on the Unreal graphics engine. We’ve seen plenty of Steam competitors over the years, but this is the first one I’d call a true threat to…
Author: Loknath Das
For the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that is meeting from December 3-5 a lot has changed in the last couple of months. Crude has nosedived, rupee has strengthened against the dollar, the US central bank is sounding less hawkish and trade tensions appears to be abating. In India too, inflation has moderated further and growth has disappointed. Against this backdrop, a pause in interest rates is a certainty and well reflected in the behaviour of the 10-year G-Sec. But will it be a boring policy? Certainly not. This is the first policy after the rift between the Reserve Bank of…
Remember the Huawei teaser from last Monday with a shooting star in the upper left corner? The company cleared any confusion today, relaunching the same teaser, but with a camera instead of a light dot, revealing this will be the Huawei nova 4, and it will arrive on December 17. Huawei nova 4 teaser The phone was already spotted in the wild in a pre-production case with its unusual selfie camera in the upper left corner. Given Samsung is yet to announce a launch date for the Galaxy A8s, Huawei looks set to become the first company to introduce a…
The Asus Zenfone Max M2 and the Pro M2 have showed up on a few occasions in the last few weeks in leaks and teasers but the new report is a bit more revealing than you’d expect. It has almost all the specs and renders that you’d need. Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 WinFuture brings us detailed renders showing the design of both phones. The first thing we notice is that the non-Pro variant has slightly thicker chin and a narrower notch but otherwise the two follow the same design language. In addition, the Max M2 has a metal back…
TPV Technology, the official brand licence partner of Philips Television and Audio business in India, has launched seven models of smart and LED TVs. The new range of Philips TVs covers screen sizes from 22- to 65-inch. There are also smart TV models that run Philips’ Saphi operating system. Further, there are variants featuring Ambilight technology and come with HDR Plus. The top-of-the-line models in the Philips TV family sport OLED+ TVs. The range starts at Rs. 9,990 and will go on sale in the country through online and offline channels by mid-December. The new Philips TV range starts with…
AFP/Getty Images Most teens think social media is a good thing in their lives, a Pew Research Center survey found. Although social media has been blamed for making people depressed and lonely and encouraging poor thinking skills, most teens think it’s a good thing. The majority of teenagers — people ages 13 to 17 years old — associate positive outcomes with social media use, a new survey from Washington, D.C. think tank the Pew Research Center found. Some 81% of teens say social media makes them feel more connected to friends and 69% say it helps them interact with a…
Social media icons appearing on the display of a smartphone (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) “Social Media Roundup” is a weekly roundup of news pertaining to all of your favorite websites and applications used for social networking. Published on Sundays, “Social Media Roundup” will help you stay up-to-date on all the important social media news you need to know. Facebook ‘Your Time On Facebook’ Starts Rolling Out [“source=forbes]
Everyone knows that Tesla is an innovative company, and almost everyone knows that its cars don’t need gasoline. But as Lou Steinberg points out in a recent article entitled Some of the Greatest Innovations are not What You Think, electrification is not Tesla’s only innovation, and when it comes to competing in the global auto market, it may not even be the most important. In Steinberg’s view, Tesla’s most important innovations stem from the fact that it’s the first company to approach cars the Silicon Valley way: as a software problem. Steinberg perceived the power of “tin wrapped software” as the…
Let’s be frank here, we all knew this was coming. Foldable display tech, arguably the biggest smartphone revolution in years finally reaching end-user viable market status was bound to demand a premium. Especially in its first iteration and from a top dog, name-brand the likes of Samsung. Even so, $1925 – $2565 is beyond eye-watering. It is exuberant to say the least. It is clear that the Samsung Galaxy F/Flex or whatever naming the Korean giant lands on will be a concept device, not really meant for the general consumer. Much like the Note Edge was back in the day…
NTA has set up more than 3400 TPCs (practice centers) for JEE Main 2019 across 622 districts pan India. The TPCs are set up to help applicants understand the changes introduced in the pattern of JEE Main 2019. Registered students are eligible to take the mock test and prepare for the examination. Mock tests are available both online and offline. Candidates must note that registration for TPCs are done weekly and practice center is allotted a day before the scheduled mock test. Applicants can take the online mock test as well and there are several websites that provide online practice…