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Vivo V15 : It is a not a simple phone : Vivo V15 and V15 Pro smartphone has been unveiled in India. Similar to the model that was launched in India last week, the Vivo V15 packs a pop-up selfie camera as well. The smartphone also comes with 6GB of RAM and a triple rear camera setup. However, unlike the V15 Pro that has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SoC, the Vivo V15 includes with a MediaTek Helio P70 SoC. The phone measures 161.97x93x8.54mm and weighs 189.5 grams. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Spotify enters India's streaming market : Swedish company, Spotify claimed to be the world's most popular paid music-streaming service offering free music supported by advertising on its app has made its debut in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Why the Trump-Kim Summit Failed : The scheduled meeting among President Trump and Kim Jong-un fixed in the dining room of a French-colonial hotel in Hanoi on Thursday morning, had struck up in turning tense. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

PM addresses India Today Conclave : The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the India Today conclave in New Delhi ,he said on his address by appreciating the India Today Group for the awareness spread by them about the Swachh Bharat Mission. Reflecting on his tenure so far, as Prime Minister, he said that his relative lack of experience at the national level turned out to be a blessing in disguise. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Union Cabinet approves NPSP 2019 : Recently the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved the National Policy on Software Products (NPSP) – 2019 to develop India as a Software Product Nation and aims to develop India as the global software product hub, driven by innovation, improved commercialisation, sustainable Intellectual Property (IP), promoting technology start­ups and specialized skill sets. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Is there need to regulate Digital Platforms ? : Digital TV is likely to hit the industry in a bigger way than it already has. FMCG, Telecom, BFSI and Real Estate will continue to be growth drivers for Digital. The Indian film industry is expected to cumulatively clock a revenue of Rs 19,200 crore by 2020 compared with Rs 22,400 crore for digital in the same time. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Bharati Airtel with Nokia to extend Deployment of VSP Network Solution in 15 Circles : An Automated Data Center Network : India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel with Finnish telecommunication giant Nokia are going to introduce Automation in Data Center Network by extending the deployment of Nokia's Nuage Networks VSP (virtualised services platform) solution in 15 circles (service areas) in the northern and southern parts of the country, reported on Wednesday. Nuage Networks is a Nokia venture focused on software-defined networking solution. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

IRCTC Launches Payment Aggregator System - IRCTC iPay : Another Digital India initiative : The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)  on Thursday has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay - the exclusive digital payment gateway, which will provide a better digital experience and improved online digital payment convenience to rail passengers availing online travel and related services through the IRCTC website - another step which will help promote government’s Digital India initiative. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indian Govt. demands YouTube to Remove abusive video links of IAF pilot : Google's YouTube on Thursday removed 11 abusive video links of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Mr. Abhinandan Varthaman after the IT Ministry demanded the video streaming platform to do so. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

FSSAI issued Notice for Zomato to bag the Food Safety License : The online food delivery Farm Zomato will not be able to operate in India without a valid food safety licence for their operations. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a notice to Zomato asking it to get a food safety license on priority for their operations. Citing section 31 of The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, FSSAI said no person or firm can carry out any food business without license. The autonomous body further said even though the firm does not make food it’s accountable for the safety of food products. Officials from Nagar Nigam inspected the Zomato state head office situated at Cantt Road and issued a notice on behalf of FSSAI. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Vodafone joins hands with ARM over IoT deployments : Arm and Vodafone have entered into a strategic agreement that will significantly reduce complexity and costs faced by organisations when implementing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Expanding on the companies’ previous collaboration around integrated SIM (iSIM) technology, this partnership brings together Vodafone IoT global platform and connectivity, and Arm’s IoT software and network services to provide enterprises with programmable, connected system on chip designs that eliminate the need for traditional SIM cards. This allows customers to securely deploy, remotely provision and manage massive numbers of IoT devices across global markets at a significantly lower cost and complexity. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

BlackBerry put Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter : A new Rival added to the List ….!!! : Once upon a time Canadian tech company BlackBerry was considered this major player in the smartphone industry. After after Apple launched the iPhone and changed the dynamics of how people use their smartphones. Yet a combination of factors led to its decline and BlackBerry couldn't manage to handle the demands of the industry and quickly went into a free fall. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Beware of TikTok App...!!! Illegally Gathering Children's Data : Exposed & Fined by US Authorities : The fast-growing, Chinese video sharing Network TikTok agreed to pay a $5.7 million fine to US authorities to settle charges that it illegally collected personal information from children, officials said Wednesday on a report. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Do you Know ...Social Media Enabled Cybercriminals Generate $3.25 Billion Revenue Every Year ..??? : The report published Tuesday online called “Social Media Platforms and the Cybercrime Economy”, draws readers’ attention to the fact that the availability of these platforms gives these scamsters the opportunities to “amplify, persuade and spread malware more quickly than email or other attack vectors.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Vulnerabilities found in Smart Home Appliances - Digital Hazard for Humanity & IoT : Alert….!!! : It is estimated that by 2020, not so far from now, 20.4 billion smart home devices will be installed. Nearly doubling the number installed this year alone, there are IoT devices heated towards the whole family, from mom, dad, kids, and even pets. With this growing popularity though, security concerns grow as well — ignoring the safety and integrity of these devices enables risk. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Netra AEW&C And Heron Drones In Action Across LoC - Eye in the Sky : Indian Air Force : In the early hours of Yesterday's Morning The Indian Air Force were executed 12 days after Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group, for the cruel Pulwama attack in Kashmir, on a CRPF convoy, carried out air strikes on Jaish-E-Mohammad terror camps across the Line Control, within the Pakistani occupied Kashmir (PoK) using 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets. During this operation, Netra AEW & C and Heron drones kept an eye on possible retaliation by the Pakistan Air Force jets, report said. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

NSEL scam : SEBI now terminate Geofin, Anand Rathi Commodities (ARCL) : Last Saturday Capital and commodity market regulator SEBI has declared first action against Motilal Oswal Commodities Broker and India Infoline Commodities  as not ‘fit and proper’ to neither trade nor facilitate trade in commodity derivatives and soon another similar  declaration have propagated by SEBI for Geofin Comtrade (formerly Geojit Comtrade) and Anand Rathi Commodities (ARCL) to neither trade nor facilitate trade in commodity derivatives for their suspected involvement in the ₹5,600-crore National Spot Exchange scam. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ransomware attack to the database of University of Madras : In a recent incidence in the University of madras the database faced a serious threat in the form of Ransomware (a malicious software) attack, following which the data was encrypted and the attacker demanded a ransom of Rs 18 lakh to restore access to the data. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

45% jump in enquiries for second passports for HNW individuals : A second passport or permanent overseas residency is now the ultimate luxury item for high-net-worth individuals, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cambium Networks brings high-speed Gigabit connectivity for Urban and Public Wi-fi : Cambium Networks, a leading global provider of wireless networking solutions and specialized in providing an end-to-end wireless fabric of reliable, scalable, secure, cloud-managed platforms that perform under demanding conditions, Cambium Networks empowers service providers and enterprise, industrial and government network operators to build intelligent edge connectivity, today announced that they are working with Facebook to build high-speed connectivity solutions using Terragraph. Terragraph connectivity technology will be embedded in Cambium Networks’ upcoming cnWave™ 60 GHz multi-mode wireless system. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE