VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft has enabled digital payments services on Microsoft Kaizala in India by integrating the payment services of YES Bank and MobiKwik using both the organizations’ mobile payment infrastructure. Payment integration with Microsoft Kaizala will enable users to quickly send or receive money without having to leave the Kaizala mobile application. With Microsoft Kaizala, users have the option to make peer-to-peer payments in one-to-one and group chat conversations via the MobiKwik wallet and via YES Bank’s state-of-the-art Unified Payment Interface (UPI) integration. The UPI payment integration on Microsoft Kaizala works with all 86 banks that are already participating in UPI.  Microsoft Kaizala is also aimed at making the firstline workforce more productive and helping them communicate in real time. There are nearly 1.9 billion such workers worldwide, and a large portion of this workforce is based out of India. Microsoft Kaizala, a mobile-only product designed for large gr...

Microsoft has announced that the company will invest US$5 billion in the Internet of Things (IoT) globally over the next four years. This increased investment will support continued research and innovation in IoT and what is ultimately evolving to be the new intelligent edge. With Microsoft’s IoT platform spanning cloud, operating system and devices, Microsoft is simplifying the IoT journey so any customer – regardless of size, technical expertise, budget, industry or other factors – can create trusted, connected solutions that improve business and customer experiences, as well as the daily lives of people all over the world. This will support Microsoft’s technology platform, as well as supporting programs, thereby enabling continued research and development in key areas, including securing IoT, creating development tools and intelligent services for IoT and the edge, and investments to grow our partner ecosystem. Customers and partners can expect new products and services, o...

Are you thinking to link your AADHAAR with FACEBOOK …!!!  Please go through the complete story here and then decide... The different news headlines recently factoid the allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - confederated data mining firm, used ill-gotten and data from millions of users to try to influence elections. And in return Facebook said on Wednesday that as many as 87 million people might have had their data accessed - an increase from the 50 million disclosed in published reports by Cambridge Analytica .The BBC has been told that about 1.1 million of them are UK-based. The overall figure had been previously quoted as being more than 50 million by the whistleblower Christopher Wylie, BBC reported on Wednesday also. Facebook revealed and resolutes Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal than previously thought and hence it will restrict the user data that outsiders can access.Durin...

WhatsApp is unquestionably, one of the most popular messaging application across the globe, has brought new features and updates from time to time, which is used by over 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide and is quite popular amongst the users.The app is so popular that if you make a search for the app in Google Play store, several other instances and fake counterparts appear. One such fake app with a similar moniker is WhatsApp Plus, which a lot of people even use it, mistaking it for the original version due to great similarities between the two. While the app is in use for quite a while, the users must delete this app as a new report points out that this app is illicitly sharing the users’ data and replaces it with malware. According to a report by Malwarebytes, this fake version of WhatsApp is surfacing around the web with malicious intentions to take the control over users data. This app is not available on Google Play store, however, the APK file of the app is in ...

Plantronics and Polycom have entered into a definitive agreement under which Plantronics will acquire Polycom in a cash and stock transaction valued at $2.0 billion enterprise value. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close by the end of the third calendar quarter of 2018. With the acquisition of Polycom, Plantronics will become the partner of choice for the communications and collaboration ecosystem. The combination - Accelerates Plantronics Strategy - Polycom brings a global leadership position in voice and video collaboration, accelerating Plantronics vision of delivering new communications and collaboration experiences.... Read More