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GoDaddy Shut Down 15K Scam Subdomains - From Hacked Websites : Now a days the scammers are not limited to fake web sites, but they have even exploited legit websites to execute their malicious purposes. Recently, GoDaddy has taken off thousands of such scam subdomains suspiciously associated with legitimate websites. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Shantanu Ghose, Director - India, Aruba(an HPE Company) : Aruba continues to give a seamless connectivity experience to its customers: Shantanu Ghose, Director - India, Aruba(an HPE Company) VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach - Exposed Sensitive Information From 190,000 Accounts, Asks Users to Reset Password : Docker Hub, One of the largest repositories for Docker container images has now become the latest victim of a security breach. As confirmed by the firm, the Docker Hub data breach resulted in the compromise of sensitive information. The incident affected around 190,000 user accounts. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dell Technologies Partner Program brings holistic solutions portfolio : Dell Technology World conference held in Las Vegas, Dell Technologies has announced the advancement of its Dell EMC Partner Program, which is now known as the Dell Technologies Partner Program. With the Dell Technologies Partner Program, Partners now have the full weight of the Dell Technologies brand behind them. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dell Technologies and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Accelerate Digital Transformation : Helping customers advance their digital workspace strategy, Dell Technologies and Microsoft Corp. at the Dell Technologies World held at Las Vegas, announced the expansion of their partnership to address a wider range of customer needs and help accelerate digital transformations. Through this collaboration, the companies will deliver a fully native, supported, and certified VMware cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Additionally, joint Microsoft 365 and VMware Workspace ONE customers will be able to manage Office 365 across devices via cloud-based integration with Microsoft Intune and Azure Active Directory. VMware will also extend the capabilities of Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop leveraging VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix observes 30 years of Innovation in the industry : Citrix is celebrating 30 years of its presence in the industry. Over the last three decades, Citrix has remained relevant to customers and innovated technology to drive the future of work. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Realme 3 Pro Sale starts Today 12 Noon : The Realme 3 Pro is up for sale in India for the first time on Flipkart and Realme.com starting 12pm today .The Realme 3Pro comes with Gorilla Glass 5-protected 6.3-inch Full HD+ display that sports a dewdrop notch with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and runs on Android v9.0 (Pie) operating system. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Oppo The Official Partner For The Championship, Wimbledon : With the announcement of its partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), Chineses smartphone brand OPPO becomes the first Official Smartphone Partner and first-ever Asian partner of The Championships, Wimbledon.The partnership will start at this year's Wimbledon Championships, which begin July 1. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple Defends Removing Prenatal Control Apps : Apple has recently removed some third-party apps from the App Store that offered screen time monitoring services. These apps allow parents to keep track of their children's smartphone usage and also help parents to enforce parental control on the use of various applications. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Xiaomi Redmi 7 Sale Starts Today At 12 Noon : Xiaomi's latest smartphone, Redmi 7, that was launched last week is up for sale starting 12 noon today. The phone will be available on Amazon India website, Mi Home and Mi.com. The company said it will also be available across offline stores soon. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jet staff to go for the legal battle to get dues : The chance of reviving Jet Airways is becoming less and less likely as the days roll on. With slots going to rivals and aircraft back to lessors, will anyone really want to step in becomes a big question mark? It shows the lenders are not very confident of getting any serious bid. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Data theft in Ayushman Bharat raises many question on security : Ayushman Bharat, health insurance programme runned by the Government of India confirmes on the recent attempted on the security breach. “There have been attempts to get illegal access to large medical data including sensitive personal information,’’ said Dr. Indu Bhushan, CEO Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Taiwan Expo 2019 @newdelhi : In a bid to organize the second edition of Taiwan Expo,Bureau of Foreign Trade (MOEA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is all set to organise at Pragati Maidanin New Delhi, India on May 16-18, 2019. There will be series of activities that are scheduled to take place in New Delhi to mark the beginning of the event which includes a series of industry forums, trade meetings, Taiwan cultural performances and other range of exciting events such as Taiwan day tour via AR and lucky draw. Visit the Expo and Win Flight Ticket to Taiwan! VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Qualcomm XR Technology in RealWear to Support UROS in Kazakhstan’s Digitization Goals : UROS, an IoT connectivity firm, RealWear, and Qualcomm have joined hands for a digitization project set to begin in Kazakhstan later this year. The project involves providing connected safety equipments to thousands of workers in Kazakhstan who work in distant areas devoid of proper connectivity. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Twitter dirty secret leaked : The CEO of the worlds most popular micrblogging platform - Twitter,  Jack Dorsey admitted that Twitter makes it 'super easy to harass and abuse others' , addressing the issue in a systematic way is his biggest worry. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

OPPO brings in the new A5s with a water drop screen, priced at INR 9990 : OPPO has launched its latest budget friendly smartphone in India, OPPO A5s. Built with a stylish design and a long-lasting battery life, the OPPO A5s features waterdrop screen, dual rear camera and runs on a MediaTek Helio P35 chipset. With a robust 4230mAh battery, OPPO A5s leverages AI algorithm optimization to reduce power consumption, delivering exceptional long-lasting battery life. Priced at INR 9990, OPPO A5s comes in two variants: 2GB RAM + 32GB ROM. The 2GB RAM + 32GB ROM version is available in black and red color that went on sale from 20th April 2019. Meanwhile, the 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM will be available in green and gold color in May 2019. The OPPO A5s will be available on Amazon Flipkart, Snapdeal, Tata CLiQ, PayTM Mall and all offline stores. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

N. Kashinath,takes over as Member (Signal & Telecom) Railway Board : N. Kashinath took over as Member (Signal &Telecom) Railway Board on 16.04.2019. Shri N. Kashinath belongs to the 1980 Batch of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) with his lien on Southern Railway.  Prior to this assignment, he was working as DG (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board since August, 2018. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft acquires Express Logic to push IoT dream : Microsoft acquires Express Logic to push IoT dream Microsoft has acquired San Diego-based software company Express Logic, that makes software for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to accelerate IoT development for billions of devices at scale. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Wipro's Critical Business Operation Model : Unaffected by cyber attack : With a relpay to last Cyber attack on few of Wipro's employee accounts, has not impacted its critical business operations and the firm has taken remedial measures as it has became aware of potentially abnormal activity within its network about 10 days back in respect of few of its employee accounts, who were 'subjected to an advanced phishing campaign', during a regulatory filling company accounced on a report. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VP Venkaiah Naidu Felicitates Beneficiaries Of Vodafone Idea's Financial Literacy program : Jaadu Ginni Ka, a financial literacy program started by Vodafone India Foundation, the CSR arm of Vodafone Idea and Learning Links Foundation, Friday celebrated one year of its completion. During the celebration the program announced to educate 13 million Indians in next two years. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Terry Gou, chairman Foxconn to contest president of Taiwan : Taiwan's richest person Terry Gou, chairman Foxconn announced on Wednesday, that he will contest the country's 2020 presidential election after being urged to do so by a Chinese sea goddess. Gou will step down from Foxconn(Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.), one of Apple’s most important manufacturers, in order to campaign for the nomination of the Kuomintang, the pro-China opposition party. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

UBER gets $1 billion investment for it’s self-driving car : In a bid to invest into the emerging sector that is driverless cars, Uber’s autonomous vehicle unit has raised $1 billion from a consortium of three Japanese investors including Softbank’s Vision Fund, Toyota, and auto-parts maker Denso. The financing establishes Uber’s self-driving cars unit as its own corporate entity, valued at $7.25 billion. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Xiaomi Redmi Y3 with 32-MP selfie camera to be launched on April 24 : Xiaomi is going to launch a new budget friendly smartphone, Redmi Y3 in India on April 24. According to Xiaomi, Redmi Y3 will come with a huge 4000 mAh battery, leaping from the 3080 mAh battery in the Redmi Y2. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

WhatsApp new feature will block users from taking screenshots : For a long time WhatsApp has been working on some new features that include Dark mode, new audio attachment UI, Authentication and more,is reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to block chat screenshots when fingerprint authentication on Android phones is enabled,  will be a part of WhatsApp’s Authentication feature. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Telecom sector is being taxed like non-essential items : Balesh Sharma, CEO, Vodafone Idea said in a statement, the telecom sector is being taxed like non-essential items such as liquor and cigarette, instead of being treated as critical infrastructure. 'We have got customs duty at 23%, GST at 18%,' he said. 'We paid lot of money for spectrum, that's the reason for so much of debt that we're carrying,' Sharma said. The policy makers and the political parties has to think positively on how to evolve the debt-ridden Telecom sector. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Reliance Jio Post Rs 840 Cr In Profit In Q4 : Reliance Jio Thursday reported a net profit of Rs 840 crore for Q4, ended March 31, 2019 showing a Q-o-Q growth of 1.1%. In Q3 the company had posted profits of Rs 831 crore. However, on a year-on-year basis, the company's net profit grew 64.7%. In Q4 for FY 2018, Jio's net profit was 510 crore. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jet Airways suspension from the operations raises many questions ??? : Jet Airways temporary shutdown and halted all flight operations indefinitely from wednesday raises many questions on why this most admired airlines got into the stage of sick airlines, the sources said,Promoters are purely responsible for the debacle and they only have to comet with the revival Plan to save the debit ridden Airways. Says OfficialJet Airways’ temporary shutdown has significantly aggravated problems for the airline with potential investors asking lenders to take an upto-80% haircut on their Rs 8,500-crore debt. The bidders have also severely criticised the banks’ reluctance to release emergency loans. Now a question arises on why the Public Sector banks will come into the picture, that could be the reason why the Banks are thinking not twice but thrice on it. However, the lenders have selected four suitors including Etihad Airways and NIIF to place bids for the airline, the report says. VARINDIA- IN...

Justdial is Leaking Personal Details Of All Customers : Over 100 Million User's data Found Exposed on Internet : Justdial India's largest local search service with an unprotected database service is leaking personally identifiable information of its every customer in real-time who accessed the service via its website, mobile app, or even by calling on its fancy '88888 88888' customer care number, reported on a news.The personal data of over 100 million Just Dial users were exposed online. This information includes details such as names, email IDs, mobile numbers, gender, date of birth and addresses of the users of the local search service. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Intel Acquires Omnitek To Improve FPGA Vision Offerings : Intel Corporation has announced to acquire Omnitek, a provider of optimized video and vision FPGA IP solutions. Omnitek’s technology enables customized high-performance vision and artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing capabilities on FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) for customers across a range of end markets. Omnitek’s IP addresses demanding application requirements in areas such as video conferencing, projection and display, medical vision systems, and more. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cyient partnering with Xynteo to address 'last-mile challenge' : Cyient, leader in engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network, and operations management solutions to global industry leaders, in partnership with Xynteo, an international advisory firm, announced the launch of the MedTechConnect platform, aimed at bringing medtech stakeholders together to address India’s ‘last-mile challenge’ in healthcare and, ultimately, touch millions of lives by 2022 and beyond. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Genesys Recognises Partners for Outstanding Achievements : Genesys® (www.genesys.com), leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact centre solutions, recognised its top performing partners in 2018 during the annual Genesys Asia Pacific (APAC) Partner conference held last month in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event gave attendees an insider’s view of the future growth strategy of Genesys and how its partner ecosystem will benefit from the company’s latest offerings and innovations. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google hit by global login outage affecting Gmail and Google Docs : India too affected : Google product is affecting from global login outage issues and Problems signing in to Google products from the US, UK, India, Singapore, Europe to Australia. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Panasonic Revamps its Smart Factory Solutions business in India : Panasonic announced its plans to ramp up its smart factory solutions business in India. The company has integrated its welding business and SMT (Surface Mount Technology) equipment business to consolidate its software and hardware capabilities and become an end-to-end integrated Smart Manufacturing Solutions company. The smart factory solutions proposition will enable Panasonic to deliver broader, high value-added, smart solutions and services along with world-class hardware to the manufacturing industry. The company targets to achieve 1000 Cr in revenue from its smart factory business in the next three years, with solutions and digital manufacturing expected to contribute 15% to the total smart factory business revenue. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra Teams Up i2Chain, To Use Blockchain To Secure Customer Data : Tech Mahindra has partnered with San Francisco-based Blockchain startup i2Chain to secure customer information and data assets by using next-gen technologies. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Aramco in talks to acquire 25% stake in Reliance refining businesses : World's largest oil producer Saudi Aramco is in “serious discussions” to acquire a 25 percent stake in the refining and petrochemical businesses of Reliance Industries. The stake could be worth up to $15 billion, valuing the Mukesh Ambani-led company's refining and petrochemicals businesses at $60 billion, reports said. Ambani recently travelled to Saudi to meet Aramco CEO Amin Nasser. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Worldwide IT Spending To Grow 1.1% in 2019 : Report : The worldwide IT spending in 2019 is expected to grow at 1.1% to reach $3.79 trillion in 2019, a recent Gartner report forecasts. In 2018 the growth was 4% and the market size was $3.74 trillion. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Wipro Faces Cyber Attack – Forensic Firm Hired To Investigate… : Wipro, third-largest IT outsourcing company in India a worth of $11 billion has been hacked. Wipro’s systems faced serious Cyber-attacks/ Phishing and it is a matter of huge concern from cyber security’s point of view. It is highly unfortunate to hear when a top IT company in India can’t save themselves from the cyber attack. Wipro has admitted that they are under a cyber attack, and their clients are being targeted by hackers. Wipro called the incident a zero-day attack and has employed a forensic investigator to probe the incident. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jet Airways temporarily suspends all flight services : In a letter to all the esteemed passengers and members flying in the jetairways, a humble letter written by the CEO,Jet Airways,which is well appreciated and hope they could come out with the present crisis they have faced as there is no lender could finalised to fund. The story remain answered how and why the Airlines got nearing bankrupted.It was was once India’s most popular full-service airline is now struggling to stay afloat. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Hungama Music To offer music videos on Amazon Echo Show : Hungama Music, one of the leading music and music video streaming platforms in the country owned by Hungama Digital Media, today became one of the first services in India to offer music videos on Amazon Echo Show. With the availability of music videos on Amazon Echo Show, users cannow watch their favourite songs, in addition to listening to them,by simply asking Alexa to play music videos from Hungama Music. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dimension Data and Cisco announce co-innovation Partnership : In a strategic partnership growth, Dimension Data and Cisco have announced a new co-innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment and framework to jointly solve clients’ business needs. Drawing on their respective core strengths, competencies, and technologies, Dimension Data and Cisco are coming together to provide the scale and market-reach to transform ideas into viable, deployable solutions. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

FIAPO and Vgungho have joined hands : FIAPO and Vgungho (online marketplace) have joined hands, this association is a part of FIAPO’s Corporate Outreach campaign where businesses that produce and support cruelty-free consumables are encouraged and promoted. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ingram Micro appoints Jyotil Mankad new business head In Ingram Micro : Ingram Micro announced the appointment of Jyotil Mankad to lead the company’s cloud business in India. Jyotil will be responsible for furthering the development of Ingram Micro’s Cloud Marketplace services and platforms, increasing the company’s cloud market share, establishing key partnerships and heading the company’s overall cloud market strategy in the country. He will be based out of the company’s head office in Mumbai, reporting to Diego Utge, SVP and Country Chief Executive, Ingram Micro India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Worldwide IT & Business Services Revenue Crosses $1 Trillion In 2018 : The global revenues for IT Services and Business Services crossed the $1 trillion mark in 2018 with $513 billion coming from the second half of the year according to the IDC.   Annual growth for IT services revenue accelerated slightly to 4.3%, outstripping the worldwide GDP growth by more than half a percentage point. This largely reflects overall healthy corporate IT spending sustained by large enterprises' cautious yet optimistic business outlook, the research firm said on Monday. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India Could To Be The Superpower By 2028 : Indian is a progressive country and is one of the fastest growing economy in the world and the trio-leaders like Piyush Goel, Nitin Gadkari and Ravi Shankar Prasad under the leadership of Narendra Modi and they are remembered for their vision and smart work they have done towards the tranformation in LED light, solar energy, Road & Transportation transformation supported by Digital India for various 'transformative journey' undertaken over the last five years. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple, Qualcomm Settle All Their Litigations : Qualcomm and Apple have announced that they have dropped all their legal cases and signed a settlement agreement on Monday.   As per the settlement agreement, Apple has also agreed to pay some amount to Qualcomm. However, the payment amount is not revealed - by neither of the companies. Qualcomm expressed that the payment amount would help its earnings per share may increase by $2. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Content streaming platform  Hotstar  has set a new record of having 267 million viewers for  Vivo IPL 2019  in the first three weeks of the sporting extravaganza. The firm's last year’s record was 202 million viewers for the entire season.  Hotstar also set a global live streaming record once again with a concurrency of 12.7 million viewers during the Royal Challengers Bangalore v/s Mumbai Indians match on 28th March 2019. With this, the platform broke its own previous record of 11.2 million concurrent viewers who watched the India v/s New Zealand T20 match. So far, the tournament has been stellar for Hotstar, with the streaming giant witnessing a remarkable 2x growth in watch time over the same period last year. Commenting on the records achieved,  Varun Narang, Chief Product Officer, Hotstar  said, “The remarkable rate at which the viewership has grown over the years is testament to the audience pull that VIVO IPL enjoys. On the back of...

WhatsApp will deactivate your account if you’re using these clone apps, here’s how to prevent it : Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has been currently issuing  warnings and urging its users not to use third-party clones such as GB WhatsApp or WhatsApp Plus. WhatsApp has more than a billion users currently and it has been strictly warning all users that these clones are safety risks as the company cannot validate their security practices. WhatsApp has stated that they will temporarily ban accounts of those users who are using these clone apps. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google Helps Police Identify Devices To Crime Scenes : We can't deny the fact that,Google knows everything about you through the internet, more specifically Google Services like, Google voice searches are all stored also. Everytime u say ok google or just search something  with ur voice, its stored and u can listen to every search u've every searched.There is no secret that Google tracks you everywhere, even when you keep Google's Location History feature disabled. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

iPHONE could be an affordable Phone : In a recent media release India is Apple's next growth market, Terry Gou, Chairman, Foxconn said, the company would begin mass production of iPhones in India this year. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Regulate, don’t ban, say app users & parents after calls to ban TikTok : With the recent verdict of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on urged the Central government to ban TikTok. It said that children who were using the video-sharing app were vulnerable to exposing themselves to sexual predators. The court also asked the government if it would enact a statute like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in the US. Now. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

PayU acquires Wibmo for $70 Mn : Financial institutions, internet payment service providers (PSPs), credit card companies, and all the payment solution companies to give all the services online, mobile banking and commerce are faced with the mounting challenge of making digital transactions safer. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Paytm Money brings in web version for a better investment experience : Paytm Money has announced the launch of its web & mobile web version of its investment platform to assist users with the discovery & research of mutual funds while simplifying investments. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Airtel joins hand with Cisco to bring advanced connectivity solutions to its customers : Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Cisco have announced an alliance to offer advanced networking and connectivity solutions to enterprise and SMB customers in India. This partnership will leverage Airtel’s deep customer relationships and network to offer highly secure and cutting-edge digitization technology from Cisco in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are down: What exactly is the Issue ? : It comes just one month after Facebook experienced its worse ever outage - with both social networks and WhatsApp having issues for 24 hours and users across the world complained of Facebook and some of its applications including WhatsApp. It has latter confirmed the problem was not the result of a DDoS attack, which refers to a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack in which a hacker overwhelms a site by flooding it with fake traffic. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jio becomes world's fastest company to get 100 million subscribers : Reliance Jio has crossed the 300 million customers mark in two-and-a-half years of its operations, sources said in In its earnings report for the quarter ended December 2018, Bharti Airtel had disclosed that it had 284 million customers. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

The pound will rally but business needs decision not more fudging : The pound will benefit from a relief rally – but little else has changed - as Theresa May is forced to concede a medium delay to Brexit, affirms the CEO of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisation. The message from deVere Group’s Nigel Green comes as officials in Brussels say EU leaders have agreed a delay to Brexit to 31 October . VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Global smart speaker installed base to top 200 million by end of 2019 : The worldwide smart speaker installed base will grow 82.4% from 114.0 million units in 2018 to 207.9 million in 2019. The US is expected to maintain its lead in terms of smart speaker adoption, accounting for 42.2% of the global smart speaker installed base by the end of the year,as per canalys report. The East Asian markets stood out, particularly China, as these countries present larger growth opportunities due to the sheer number of middle-class households and a working population willing to embrace new technology. The Chinese market is one of the world’s most competitive, yet Google and Amazon have no presence there. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Will It Be Right To Guess…Microsoft Would Acquire Adobe : When we see the interest of Microsoft to tie-up with Adobe, with the joint announcements in September 2017 about an expanded partnership for the default chat-based workspace in Office 365, is now the preferred collaboration service for Adobe Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Disney CEO says social media platform a powerful marketing tool for extremists : As per news report, Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger said that Adolf Hitler would have 'loved social media' as a tool to spread extremist propaganda. He has also criticised social media platform for allowing hate to spread. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Instagram stories of some users exposed to strangers due to bug : After Facebook and WhatsApp, Instagram is accused to expose Stories from certain users to complete strangers. The complaint has been first received from a user InternetRyan via Twitter, who was confused about seeing strangers in his Instagram Stories tray. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Danielle Brown steps down as CDO of Google, joins payroll and benefits startup Gusto : Danielle Brown, Google’s Chief Diversity Office (CDO) has stepped down from his position. She became Google’s CDO in the year 2017. She has joined payroll and benefits startup Gusto to lead its Chief People Operations. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Hatem Naguib, SVP Security - Barracuda Networks : Barracuda aims to protect customers and hopes to deploy robust security globally: Hatem Naguib, SVP Security - Barracuda Networks VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

TikTok  to provide a positive in-app environment for its users in India, has revealed the removal of over six million videos that have violated its Community Guidelines. This is part of TikTok’s ongoing efforts to make its millions of users feel safe and comfortable within the community by empowering them with the right tools and resources. TikTok has also introduced its age-gate feature for its new users, which will only allow users age 13 years and above to login and create an account on TikTok, further adding to the safety mechanisms in place to ensure that underage users do not use the platform. Helena Lersch, Director, Global Public Policy, TikTok , says, “As a global community, safety has been one of TikTok’s key priorities. The launch of our age-gate feature in addition to our existing takedown of content that violates our Community Guidelines reinforce our ongoing commitment to ensure that our platform remains a safe and positive space for our Indian users an...

Will India start producing Apple iPhone X from July? : Foxconn will start the commercial production of Apple iPhone X range smartphones from July from its 160-acre factory in Chennai. The increase in manufacturing will further depend on the continuation of a favourable incentive regime into the next government. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cisco ropes in former Thomson Reuters CIO : Cisco has appointed Jacqueline Guichelaar as its group Chief Information Officer. Previously, Guichelaar was in Thomson Reuters, where she was heading IT operations as its Group CIO. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cisco ropes in former Thomson Reuters CIO : Cisco has appointed Jacqueline Guichelaar as its group Chief Information Officer. Previously, Guichelaar was in Thomson Reuters, where she was heading IT operations as its Group CIO. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jionews unveils latest relevant news : Jio has launched a revolutionary digital product called JioNews in the form of a mobile application as well as web-based service . The app is available on both the Google Play Store & Apple App Store for users to download. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Taiwan Doctor finds four live bees inside a woman's eye dining on her tears …!!! : The 28-year-old woman, Ms. He belongs to Taiwan feeling irritation in her eyes and finally made the decision to seek medical attention for her eye pain. This action led to something straight out of a child's nightmare. She was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The pain she experienced was caused by bees that were living in the inside of her swollen eyelids and dining her tears. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Gear Up For The HONOR Gala Festival Sale : With the gala festival sale is on from 8th to 12th April, it comes with the range of HONOR’s eclectic range of products across smartphones, wearables and tablets. This is the first time ever that the brand is rolling out this huge sale with the leading e-commerce giants – Amazon and Flipkart with discounts up-to 50% and offers worth 50 Crores. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

UK announces to hold social media bosses liable for any harmful content : The British government said , it will explore making social media executives personally liable for harmful content published on their platforms, in a raft of new online safety proposals. Under the proposals, a new regulator would have the power to force platforms and others to publish annual transparency reports. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

China dominate top five VC funded IoT companies list in 2018 : Even though there is still no clear winner in the ongoing US-China trade war, the Asian giant has clearly emerged as winner in the Internet of Things (IoT) race. Among the top five venture capital (VC) funded companies in IoT space, four were Chinese companies while only one was American in 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

What went wrong with Jet Airways, lenders plan to sell 75% stake : The airline is credited with successfully as India’s second-biggest carrier, but its fleet has dwindled to 26 planes from 124 as recently as January. Cash-strapped Jet Airways and decided on the timeline for the stake sale. Jet Airways India Ltd.’s lenders invited initial bids to buy as much as 75 percent of the debt-laden carrier, starting a process that will determine the future of India’s oldest surviving private airline. A question comes when Naresh Goyal could not run his Airlines, now who would be the next entrepreneur will able to run this debt-ridden Airlines. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

The other side of - WhatsApp Web : The digital revolution has given rise to many social networking apps used extensively in India. Most of the social networking apps are used prominently for official and personal communication. The scenario in India for using social networking apps is not well defined and hence the misuse of WhatsApp can be more than its constructive use and this is only going to increase.The darker side of WhatsApp Web and precautions to be taken. Since, this is a election time common persons should not be victimized. This is applicable to all business entities also. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Election Commission prevents release of #ModiBiopic till elections are over : The Election Commission has interrupted the release of Vivek Oberoi starrer movie the #ModiBiopic - PM Narendra Modi until the General Elections are over. The EC said the film, which was to release on April 11, 'would disturb the level-playing field.' Notably, the Supreme Court had rejected a plea to stop the release of the PM Modi biopic, saying the poll body should take the call. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Election Commission prevents release of #ModiBiopic till elections are over : The Election Commission has interrupted the release of Vivek Oberoi starrer movie the #ModiBiopic - PM Narendra Modi until the General Elections are over. The EC said the film, which was to release on April 11, 'would disturb the level-playing field.' Notably, the Supreme Court had rejected a plea to stop the release of the PM Modi biopic, saying the poll body should take the call. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

AWS launches Accelerated Transcoding in AWS Elemental MediaConvert to Speed Up Video Processing : Today, AWS launched Accelerated Transcoding, a new feature in AWS Elemental MediaConvert that increases the processing speed of file-based video encoding jobs by up to 25 times. With Accelerated Transcoding , you can meet the most demanding turnaround times for processing the highest quality video with confidence. MediaConvert automatically analyzes job characteristics and applies optimal processing to complete the job with maximum efficiency. Accelerated Transcoding is available in the on-demand professional pricing tier with no additional charge. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

TAC Security to be global security company : In a recently held Annual General Meeting of TAC Security, India & USA based cyber security solutions provider where there were some key announcements for TAC Security’s successful fiscal year of 2018-19. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google parent Alphabet's Drone Delivery Service Takes Off in Australia : On Tuesday Drone Service parent wing of Google, Alphabet Inc made its first air delivery in North Canberra, Australia, after getting approval from the country’s civil aviation authority. The delivery service will be available to a limited set of eligible homes in the suburbs of Crace, Palmerston and Franklin and would gradually expand to customers in Harrison and Gungahlin, Wing the companies Drone delivery division said on a report. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Snapdeal to acquire ShopClues in all stock deal : Snapdeal is in talks to acquire ShopClues , Snapdeal had initiated talks with ShopClues to evaluate a “potential strategic alliance”, to buy smaller online retailer ShopClues in an all-stock deal. Snapdeal has investments from SoftBank, Foxconn and Alibaba Group. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Youtube announces India as its largest and fastest growing audience in the world : YouTube has shared insights on the exponential growth of online video ecosystem and how it is interlinked to India’s Internet growth story. It revealed the insights in its annual flagship event, Brandcast. Kicking off the keynote, YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki announced that the platform has more than 265 million monthly active users in India (as per ComScore). She said, “India is now both our biggest audience and one of our fastest growing audiences in the world. YouTube today has become the first stop for users to consume content, whether they’re looking for entertainment or information. It is this incredible variety of content combined with the growing reach that makes YouTube a perfect platform for brands to drive personalised engagement.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Redmi Note 7 Pro 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage Variant to Go on Sale in India on Today: Here is the Price : Just after the Chinese company teased the arrival of its new option, Xiaomi through the Redmi India Twitter account announced on Tuesday, Redmi Note 7 Pro 6GB RAM 128GB storage variant will go on sale in India for the first time on April 10. The Redmi Note 7 Pro 6GB RAM 128GB storage option will go on sale at 12pm (Noon) IST through Mi.com, Flipkart, and Mi Home stores. Notably, the new variant was launched alongside the Redmi Note 7 Pro 4GB RAM 64GB storage model back in late February, though it wasn't available in the country so far. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

To reduce spamming , Twitter cuts down the number of Accounts User Can Follow per day : From 1000 to 400 : In coming days all social media platforms are  making their platforms more secure for users. Facebook and WhatsApp are also incorporating new features to fight fake news spread by spammers. Similarly tweeter also ahed in the race and is dramatically reducing the number of accounts it is possible to follow each day, in an apparent attempt to combat spam and bot accounts that populate its platform. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

ITI Ltd breaks into Top 50 in Fortune India's 500 Ranking for 2019 : As a result of the efforts of Manoj Sinha, Minister of State (independent charge) for Communications and most importantly the Modi government, ITI Limited has earned a position in the Top 50 in Fortune India’s ‘The Next 500’ Ranking for year 2019. It figures at the 39th rank on the Fortune India list. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Financial advisory giant expands graduate programme by 25% due to demand : One of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations is to expand its flagship graduate programme by more than 25% this year, it has revealed. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Are the blockchains really 'Unhackable' ? This impression is out dated now..!!! : Generally It is presumed that block-chaining is un-hackable, as it is with well defined high profile security breaches and sealed with an impenetrable force with strong Password protectors, VPNs, etc but now this concept is out dated. The belief that blockchaining is unhackable does seem odd. This is because blockchain hacks are one of the main reasons that the general public has even heard about this decentralized. That’s surprising since blockchain technology has been presented as the solution to our privacy woes because of those security issues are emerging in crypto. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

A social media watchdog could prevent further Measles outbreaks - GlobalData : James Mather, MChem, Senior Pharma Analyst at GlobalData has discussed the impact the initiatives for a social media and digital content watchdog, could have on public health. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

SenRa and myDevices present IoT in a Box : SenRa, a PAN India LoRaWAN network service provider, and myDevices, the Internet of Things solutions company have announced the launch of IoT in a Box for the Indian market with the initial roll-out focused on providing end-to-end commercial refrigeration monitoring solutions. With India's IoT market poised to touch $15 billion USD by 2020, new and cost-effective solutions are an integral part of driving the market growth and IoT adoption in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Finally Microsoft Releases First Preview Builds of Chromium-based Edge Browser : Following 23 years of developing of its own browser engine, Microsoft announced late last year that the company's Edge browser would use Google Chrome (the same open-source web rendering engine that powers Google's Chrome browser.) as a base. Early builds leaked online in March, and now the first official preview builds of Chromium-based Edge Browser are available. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Critical vulnerability identified in Xiaomi's Built-in Browser App Lets Hackers Spoof URLs : Immediately stop using its built-in MI browser or the Mint browser available on Google Play Store for non-Xiaomi Android devices. Because both web browser apps created by Xiaomi are vulnerable to a critical vulnerability which has not yet been patched even after being privately reported to the company, a researcher told on a report. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

The Internet of Things Is Transforming the Live : The Internet of Things has proved the live of many people comfortable and going forward it will be much better, with technology is going to solve many problems. Technology becomes more sophisticated and innovators come out with the next best device, this web of interconnected objects-from kitchen appliances to wearables to voice-operated assistants like ALEXA and Google Home-is going exponentially across the globe. As the interconnected devices are going cross 50 billion number in the next two years, industry predicts more than double the number of devices in 2019. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

NIIT Technologies to acquire WHISHWORKS IT Consulting : NIIT Technologies Limited has announced the signing of a definitive agreement with WHISHWORKS IT Consulting, an IT services and consulting company specializing in MuleSoft and Big Data technologies, to acquire a 53% stake initially, with the remaining equity to be acquired over the next two years through pay-outs linked to financial performance. The transaction closure is subject to fulfillment of certain government/regulatory approvals. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Esri Inc. acquires NIIT Technologies' controlling stake in Esri India : NIIT Technologies Limited has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the sale of its entire 88.99% stake in ESRI India Technologies Ltd (Formerly NIIT GIS Ltd.). ESRI India Technologies has been an exclusive distributor of ESRI Inc cutting edge GIS products in India and has been supporting customers since 1996. The distribution agreement was expiring on 31st March 2019 and Esri Inc expressed its desire to directly manage the distribution of its products in India. The transaction is expected to close within this month. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

OTTs & TSPs Need to Work Together :Broadband India Forum : Broadband India Forum (BIF), an independent policy forum and think-tank, today held an event on the ‘Regulation and Substitutability of OTT Services with Telecom Services’. The event was presided over by the Chief Guest, Mr. Yaduvendra Mathur, Special Secretary, NITI Aayog and other industry luminaries including Mr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER and Mr. Ashwinder Sethi, Principal, Analysis Mason. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Social Media Users in India is on Upward direction : With India’s GDP bouncing back to a growth rate of 7.2 per cent, it has once again become the fastest growing economy in the world. Internet users are now growing by an average of more than one million new users every day, with all of the original ‘Next Billion Users’ now online. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

No Clarity From SBI on Interim Funding for Jet Airways : Jet's lenders, led by State Bank of India (SBI) , agreed to bailout the airline in a complex deal that involved the banks taking a majority stake, while seeking out an investor to help revive the company's fortunes, but seems offered no clarity on interim funding, leaving the future of the carrier hanging in the balance. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with Indiabulls Housing Finance Finalises : As the business in non-bank lenders are surging, with this the cost of raising funds from the market was low. There is tougher market conditions brought back attention of the board of Lakshmi Vilas Bank approved to merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH) through a share swap deal. The merger will help Indiabulls get access to low-cost stable funds and an entry into banking. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indian Railways to deploy Microsoft Kaizala to connect its employees with healthcare services : Indian Railways will be using Microsoft Kaizala to connect its employees across the country with quality healthcare facilities. Microsoft Kaizala app will enable serving and retired railway employees to avail healthcare services of 125 railway and 133 private recognized hospitals. The Kaizala group, managed by doctors from South Central Railways will be complemented with focused groups of doctors, paramedical staff and nurses. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Supreme Court Bar Association along with Vakilsearch brings in : Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has joined hands with Vakilsearch, a technology-driven platform committed to organize the professional services industry in India, for the launch of one-of-a-kind Go-Digital initiative. In line with PM Modi’s Digital India movement, the SCBA’s week long Go-Digital initiative in association with Vakilsearch is a strong step forward towards digital empowerment of the legal ecosystem. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Why CommScope Puts $7.4B for Arris ? : The deal, will bring consolidation from the cable, telecom to wireless product market, will create a technology behemoth that will see its addressable market double to more than $60 billion. With the focused area inclusion of 'converged small cell' products for licensed and unlicensed spectrum, wired and wireless communications infrastructure, private network products for enterprise customers and public venues, and will bring a host of line-up of connected/smart home solutions. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Papa Kehte Hain actress is now the head of a division in Google India : Former Bollywood actress Mayoori Kango who is best remembered for her role in Papa Kehte Hain that also featured the song Ghar Se Nikalte hi, has been appointed as Head of Industry - Agency partnerships in Google India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Juniper Networks to invest in India to create new opportunities : Chief Executive Officer, Juniper Networks, Rami Rahim is very encouraged by the wins that Juniper has recently obtained, both in the service provider and in the enterprise side. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Reliance Industries signs a strategic transfer agreement with Haptik : Reliance Industries has announced that its subsidiary Reliance Jio Digital Services Limited (RJDSL) has entered into a definitive business transfer agreement with Haptik Infotech (Haptik). The transaction size, including investment for growth and expansion, is estimated at about INR 700 Cr, with INR 230 Cr as the consideration for the initial business transfer. The Haptik team will continue to drive growth of the business, including the enterprise platform as well as digital consumer assistants. On a fully diluted basis Reliance will hold about ~87% of the business with the rest being held by Haptik founders and employees through stock option grants. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Government's Determination For Turnaround of BSNL & MTNL to Compete The 4G waves : BSNL is one of the biggest internet service provider in India and Bharat Fiber (FTTH) is a unique technology being deployed by BSNL for the first time in India. The digital divide is going to further reduce with this innovative move of BSNL - Digital Gram Sewaks to deliver BharatFibre services with the high speed optical fiber based internet in rural sector. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cyber crime is a growing challenge....lack of digital literacy measures exposes children : Traditional crimes are today replaced with modern crimes, where in computer is used as a tool to attack common people and victimize them. In short, hackers are emerging faster than technology. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Human Error Remains the Main Challenge for Cyber-Security Worldwide : GISEC has witnessed the world’s leading cyber security experts gathered at Dubai World Trade Centre for three days starting from 1-3 April was a co-located event to IoTX and Future Blockchain Summit has witness more than 200 talks, briefing sessions and live hacking demos that were given by the world’s foremost cyber security experts and business leaders, one reoccurring theme stood out: human error remains one of the largest obstacles to cyber security. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amazon infused 240 Cr to bid the competition : Amazon has placed its strategic investment plan in place to address Indian arm to capture the lion share in the food-only retail industry in India. As per the report,Amazon Retail India Pvt. Ltd has received Rs. 240 Crore from existing shareholder Amazon Corporate Holdings Pvt. Ltd, a Singapore-based existence controlling the food-only retail business across ASEAN countries. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dedicated financing support to the SME sectors in India : In a bid to scaling up rooftop solar in the MSME sector in India requires addressing issues related to lack of low-cost financing, inadequate level of awareness, and lack of rooftop aggregation models, according to a new report from Deloitte and Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector is expected to contribute significantly to achieving the government’s target of building 40 gigawatt (GW) of the rooftop solar capacity by 2022. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Could The Biopic of PM Modi Go Live on April 5 : The biopic of PM Narendra Modi, where Vivek Oberoi is starring has run into controversy, is scheduled the date on April 5 instead of April 12 . VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cybercrooks could enter your premise through your Television : A recent report says,Dragons, zombies and superheroes and top TV show disguises used to spread malware. TV shows are one of the most popular and universal types of entertainment, yet with the rise of torrents, online streaming, and other methods of digital distribution, they often suffer from copyright infringement. In many regions, such programs can now be consumed through illegal channels, such as torrent-trackers and illegal streaming platforms. Unlike legitimate resources, torrent trackers and hosted files may send a user a file that looks like an episode of a TV show but is in fact malware with a similar name. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE