VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Coolpad has announced that its unit has sued three group firms of Xiaomi for several patent infringements. Coolpad said in a statement that its subsidiary, Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Limited has filed a lawsuit against Xiaomi Telecom Technology Co, Xiaomi Technology Co and Xiaomi Factory Co., in a court in Jiangsu province for using its patents without authorization. Yulong demanded that the Xiaomi companies should immediately stop production or offering for sale and current sale of some of the smartphone models, including Xiaomi 6, Xiaomi Max2, Xiaomi Note3, Xiaomi 5X, Redmi Note4X and Mi MIX2. Yulong had filed a similar legal case against Xiaomi in a Shenzhen court in January 2018 as well. The patents involved in this lawsuit are systematic interactions or UI type patents. They all involve basic communication, display and interactive functions of mobile phones, and are difficult to circumvented or replaced. "It is because the IP (...

VMware announced the appointment of Ramkumar Narayanan as the Vice President and Managing Site Director, India. In his new role, Ramkumar will be heading VMware’s R&D Center in India. Niranjan Maka, Vice President (Global Sites R&D and IoT Engineering) said, “We are delighted to have Ram onboard the VMware team. He is an experienced engineering and business leader in data-driven digital product innovation spanning global enterprise and consumer industries. His extensive experience in product development, product management and product marketing will bring tremendous value to our R&D efforts. As an engineering industry veteran with experience as technology advisor to large and small enterprises he will play a crucial role in driving VMware India’s innovation and growth in the years to come.” Based out of Bangalore, Ramkumar Narayanan is a global leader focusing on data driven, digital product innovation spanning consumer and enterprise markets. Before joining...

With the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is become the stressed topic with in the technology companies such as Google, Apple, IBM and others ,there is radical amount of transformation ,which we could find in the works is a "For You" tab that will show nearby points of interest, with a "Your Match" feature attempting to custom-tailor recommendations. Now Google maps to get augmented reality(AR), with VPS (Visual Positioning System). With AR on, a future version of the Maps app will merge its traditional interface with a live camera view. When doing navigation, superimposed arrows will appear at each turn, making it harder to misinterpret directions. The company is even experimenting with inserting animated characters such as a fox, which would remove any doubt and make the app more entertaining. VPS is a related feature, combining the live camera view with Google's data trove to get a better sense of position than possible with just GPS. Th...

Accelerated Mobile Page ( AMP) is a project from Google and Twitter designed to make really fast mobile pages. At its essence, it's basically a stripped-down form of HTML, a diet HTML if you will.  fundamentally, it's an HTML page designed to be super lightweight and critically designs really fast loading. So Google, Twitter, a bunch of other companies have rolled this out — kind of in response to projects like the Facebook Instant Articles project from Facebook and Apple News and so forth. This is designed to be the open response. So it's open source, and there are all kinds of elements of openness to the project. Everyone knows that Google is a giving high priority for Mobile-friendly pages. While everyone was busy in making mobile friendly pages, Google comes up with the great open source initiative called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). There are two benefits behind this important initiative is Quick Read Carousel showing up in search engine results and higher r...

It is also true that the phishing email to delivering ransomware. Organizations need to understand how ransomware works and what needs to happen in order for an infection to be successful. Let's break down what the infection process looks like, starting with the most common ways ransomware gets delivered and the steps you can take to reduce your risk. We've heard the horror stories about employees finding USB flash drives in the parking lot and plugging them in. But by far, the two primary, most likely delivery channels for ransomware are email and compromised websites. Email is the most ubiquitous method of communication on the Internet. Email is the most ubiquitous method of communication on the Internet . E-mail was not designed with any privacy or security in mind. There have been many efforts to make email more secure and the lack of email security is also having some surprising collateral damage.For cyber criminals, email serves as a direct line straight to the ...

It is absolutely fact in this digital world that, you understand that your online presence can really help your offline career. Whether you’re a marketer analyzing Super Bowl ads, an investor posting about Bitcoin, or a software engineer explaining the newest technologies, you grasp the power of thought leadership to improve your career. The San Francisco-based startup, which had raised around $40 million in funding from some big-name investors, was acquired by social customer service company Lithium Technologies for a reported $200 million back in 2014. Lithium later launched a product called Reach, powered by Klout, to “put the social back in social media marketing. the Klout deal gave it access to AI and machine learning capabilities, but as a service on its own? - well, that’s a different matter. Klout, the pioneer in using big data to measure online expertise founded way back in 2008. Lithium acquired Klout and the combination brings together the 100 million consum...

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has collaborated with Payso Fintech in a bid to create awareness about digital payments in four cities namely, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal and Indore. Under the association Finternship, an eight weeks internship program will be organized for about 600 graduates and postgraduates students of prime institutes to make them digitally sound. These students will undergo a certified training program free of cost and post the training they will reach out to merchants in order to help them accept cashless payments. Earlier this week the program was started in Mumbai and it will also be conducted sequentially in Pune, Bhopal and Indore this month. Kunal Kalawatia, Senior Vice President – Marketing & Branding, NPCI said, “We intend to enable over 12,000 merchants with BHIM UPI payments in a span of 8 weeks through this Finternship programme. We are happy to collaborate with Payso Fintech and spread awareness about Bharat Interface for Money –...

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (“Jio”) has announced its new Postpaid offering with a promise to redefine postpaid services in India. The all-new JioPostpaid will be available for subscription starting 15th May, 2018. JioPostpaid marks a paradigm shift in the way postpaid services are offered and consumed, just like Jio did with its prepaid services. With JioPostpaid, Jio has strengthened the service offerings suited to the requirements of postpaid subscribers. It has redefined the postpaid services that Indians have experienced till date by introducing the revolutionary “Zero-Touch” Postpaid. Jio Postpaid brings a differentiated connected living experience to postpaid users and will once again challenge the industry status quo by offering the lowest tariffs in India and abroad to the postpaid users, who end up paying disproportionately higher as compared to the prepaid segment.... Read More

SAP SE has announced that its intelligent cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution SAP S/4HANA Cloud is now available in India. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is an Intelligent ERP with built-in machine learning and AI capabilities and helps to streamline business processes with a simplified user experience, thus helping organizations transform into “Intelligent Enterprises”. The solution combines automation of mundane tasks with pre-emptive decision making, to increase overall business agility. With the S/4HANA Cloud, businesses will be notified of the latest innovations through quarterly updates, granting them access to the latest innovations in areas such as predictive analytics. With conversational AI platforms being the next big paradigm shift in IT, SAP has integrated SAP CoPilot with the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The solution is the first true voice-activated digital assistant for enterprises that enables users to to get their work done more qui...

ON Semiconductor Corporation has announced its acquisition of SensL Technologies Ltd ("SensL"). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to ON Semiconductor's non-GAAP earnings per share. SensL, based in Ireland, is a technology leader specializing in Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM), Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) and LiDAR sensing products for automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets. This acquisition positions ON Semiconductor to extend its market leadership in automotive sensing applications for ADAS and autonomous driving with expanded capabilities in imaging, radar and LiDAR. By combining this acquisition in Ireland with previously acquired radar technology and design centers in Israel and United Kingdom, ON Semiconductor is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive set of sensor solutions for next-generation highly autonomous vehicles and to solidify its position as a leader in image sensing and ultrasonic park assistance. I...

Citrix Summit 2018 has kicked off with the presence of 2,500 of dignitaries travelled from across the globe to be part of the annual summit in the famous, Anaheim Convention Center , which has been buzzing with conversation. The drone overhead captured some great photos, including this one: The most energetic Citrix President & CEO David Henshall addressed on his vision key note address, the opening keynote session has presented the view of Citrix vision, customer innovation and technology. This is really an eye opening session by delivering the elegant experience and comprehensive security which could help organizations be productive, engage customers, and unlock innovation, which has continued for an hour. To begin with Mark Ferrer, EVP and chief revenue officer, spoke about the evolution of Citrix products into solution sets that really resonate with customers, partners and employees. Mark introduced CEO David Henshall for a look back at 2017 highlights-including...

New Citrix Analytics Service will provide visibility into company-wide user and entity behavior, system security, performance and operations, and simplify IT infrastructure. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect anomalous behavior and potential threats, Citrix is now able to deliver actionable intelligence from the information gathered via our cloud services and on premises products to help customers proactively identify and manage internal and external threats. Citrix Analytics uniquely enables customers to adopt a risk-based security model, allowing them to dynamically balance the needs of users to have rapid access to data with IT’s need to secure and govern the environment.  This new service securely aggregates and correlates user interaction with applications, devices, networks and data across our suite of products and cloud services to help detect and prevent malicious activity and data exfiltration. With an end-to-end view of the location of ...

Absolutely it has proved again by the battleground in the space of e-commerce. It is among the top US based multinationals outside of USA between Walmart and Amazon, each of which lost out on the world’s largest e-commerce market - China. There are other significant shareholders in the company include early investor Accel Partners, South African media conglomerate Naspers and US-based online marketplace eBay. Walmart and Alphabet are seen joining forces once again as they seek to take on Amazon’s growing retail clout, this time in a market outside the US. Walmart will acquire about a 60 percent stake in Flipkart, while Alphabet will get a roughly 15 percent stake in the online marketplace for about $3 billion, one of the sources said. US retailer Amazon is Flipkart’s largest online competitor in India, though Flipkart has the biggest market share. Amazon was also reportedly interested in a Flipkart buyout, which would give it control of around 90% of the market. If the Walmart...

One of the compelling aspects of technology is the pace of innovation and change. Not long ago, a laptop or desktop computer with keyboard and mouse hardwired to the corporate network clearly defined a workspace. In this new era of user-centric computing, where users engage across multiple devices, platforms and clouds, how does IT keep up? Visibility into these heavily distributed and complex environments is difficult. The good news is that Citrix is in the business of helping organizations of all stripes navigate this workspace transformation to achieve their future of work. An essential ingredient for IT pros to help them deliver secure digital workspaces in this fast-paced environment is advanced analytics. Citrix Analytics uniquely aggregates and correlates information across network traffic, users, files and endpoints in Citrix environments to gain a comprehensive view of users, application performance and usage. It provides predictive analytics with prescriptive actions. It...

Today’s users have multiple apps, files, folders and devices they need to access just get their work done, but all that technology doesn’t necessarily equate to improved productivity. In many ways, it makes productivity worse. A person may need to send an important document or an older presentation, but they may not be on the device where they saved that distinct presentation. Or there are a number of SaaS apps that an employee needs to access throughout the day, but each one has its own credentials that the user needs to remember and track independently. IT teams are also challenged with managing a growing application portfolio and securing various devices types and operating systems entering the enterprise. The workspace is about improving productivity and providing a better experience for how people work and where they work — with the right set of apps and files exactly in the moment they need it.” With the mission when we embarked on building the Citrix Workspace app was ...

To expand its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio and IoT analytics capabilities, and accelerate the development of new IoT applications for key vertical markets, Nokia has acquired SpaceTime Insight. SpaceTime Insight provides machine learning-powered analytics and IoT applications for some of the world's largest transportation, energy and utilities organizations, including Entergy, FedEx, NextEra Energy, Singapore Power and Union Pacific Railroad. Its machine learning models and other advanced analytics, designed specifically for asset-intensive industries, predict asset health with a high degree of accuracy and optimize related operations. As a result, SpaceTime Insight's applications help customers reduce cost and risk, increase operational efficiencies, reduce service outages and more. Bhaskar Gorti, President of Nokia Software, said, "Adding SpaceTime to Nokia Software is a strong step forward in our strategy, and will help us deliver a new class of in...

Virtusa Corporation has announced the appointment of Madhavan Satagopan as Executive Vice-President for Non-Linear Business Strategies. Kris Canekeratne, Chief Executive Officer, Virtusa Corporation, said, "We are delighted to welcome Madhavan to the team, where he will work with the best people in the industry and drive excellence with his leadership ability, passion, and focus. I am confident that Madhavan’s experience and capabilities will add strength to our business leadership as we look to continue our strong growth and cement our role as the go-to partner for digital engineering services.” In this role, Madhavan will be responsible for driving changes in the company’s go-to-market approach towards non-linear business models, enhancing engagement in the partner and startup ecosystem, and improving the quantum and velocity of innovation for Virtusa and its clients. With over 24 years of experience in techno-domain specialization, Madhavan Satagopan brings a rem...

Amit Bhardwaj has been arrested for allegedly scamming investors out of Rs 2,000 crore in Maharashtra alone. One of the biggest Indian names in the digital-currency market, Bhardwaj, ran a slew of ventures, including GainBitcoin, GBMiners, MCAP and GB21.Cyber cell of Delhi Police has arrested founders of bits2btc Kamal Singh and Vijay Kumar for duping 2,500 people for over Rs 100 crore. Bhardwaj, who is often referred to as a Bitcoin evangelist and Bitcoin visionary, is an alumnus of MGM's College of Engineering in Maharashtra and has worked with software major Infosys.Bhardwaj founded GainBitcoin in 2013 as a cloud-based platform for trading and mining of bitcoins.It is my vision to get even the smallest investor to ride the Bitcoin wave. I can say with confidence that our early stage hitches have been ironed out and GainBitcoin is firm on its feet to offer a robust, trustworthy trading environment to our 1,00,000+ customers. We have also witnessed a record 47 percent hi...

There is a literally financial turf war among two world's biggest retail giant of America Walmart's and Amazon in India. Walmart is closed the deal with 75% stake in Flipkart, amidst the speculations of exits of co-founders of the SoftBank-backed e-commerce marketplace.The biggest e-commerce business in India has closed for $15 billion.The sale values Indian e-commerce market leader at around $20 billion. With this India has become the main battleground for Walmart and Amazon, each of which lost out on the world’s largest e-commerce market - China. A question comes why these two global giants are targeting India as a opportunity geography, reason could be of population of 1.3 billion that is expected to surpass China’s in the coming years. Amazon reportedly offered to buy a 60% stake in Flipkart on Monday, a deal that would have included $2 billion to cover the “breakup fee” Flipkart would have had to pay Walmart for pulling out of the deal. Amazon declined to issue a...

Cambridge Analytica and the SCL Group UK based data consulting firm having offices in London, New York City, Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Cambridge Analytica, the Political consulting firm has been implicated in major political developments in both the UK and America as well as in India and beyond. Documents made public by whistleblower Christopher Wylie highlighted the “extensive” work conducted by SCL Elections in India, helping parties target audiences based on factors such as caste. It is at the centre of a storm around misuse of Facebook user data, is shutting down and has filed for bankruptcy. It is true that after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, there are many opted out for signing up for a Facebook account and it is true. The Facebook scandal is creating a new wave of people are deleting their Facebook accounts, and that’s fine. But fundamentally, thanks to network effects, it is hard to quit Facebook. There are some observations also true that many have...