United Breweries and its flagship brand Kingfisher was, for a long time, synonymous with the name Vijay Mallya in his heydays, while he was also referred to as ‘the king of good times’. So, it was quite natural for the fugitive liquor baron to have a meltdown to see his shares in the company getting …
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Haryana Hospital Botches Cataract Operations And Puts 38 Patients At Risk Of Losing Eyesight
Access to basic healthcare still remains a necessity for majority of Indians. While people from underprivileged background cannot afford private hospitals, going to government hospitals puts them in a more vulnerable position. Haryana has once again drawn flak for medical negligence and botched up surgeries that might render 38 patients blind. Times of India reported that 38 elderly patients had …
Read More »With P30 Pro, Huawei shows US controversy and trade war aren’t stumbling blocks
Whether you know the telecom giant because of its popular Android phones or because it’s made an enemy of the US government, you’ve probably heard the name Huawei. This fact alone marks a big shift from just a couple years back, when people struggled to even pronounce the name of the Chinese company — now the number two phone maker …
Read More »Spotify amps up curated playlists so you can find the perfect song 24/7
One of my favorite aspects of Spotify is the personalization: Discover Weekly, the Daily Mixes, or suggestions based on artists I’ve listened to. Now the streaming service wants to take its playlist algorithms to the next level, according to a Wednesday blog post from the company. Some of the playlists created by Spotify’s editorial team, ones like Happy Hits and …
Read More »Apple ‘sorry’ some MacBook keyboards are still having issues
Apple acknowledged Wednesday that some MacBook owners are having trouble with the company’s latest butterfly keyboard but said most aren’t. “We are aware that a small number of users are having issues with their third generation butterfly keyboard and for that we are sorry,” an Apple spokesperson said in an email. “The vast majority of Mac notebook customers are having …
Read More »Magic Leap heads to AT&T stores, along with AR Game of Thrones experience
Westeros will show up in augmented reality, if you happen to be in Boston, Chicago or San Francisco. AT&T has announced that three US stores will be selling Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets starting April 1 (no joke), along with unique AR experiences tied to Game of Thrones. This is AT&T’s first significant retail push for Magic Leap since …
Read More »Huawei P30 Pro camera tops Galaxy S10 Plus pictures two ways in our early tests
Huawei may have just announced the P30 Pro, which has four cameras on the back, but we’ve already had hours to put this new Android phone’s photography skills to the test. What better a foil than the Galaxy S10 Plus, Samsung’s flagship phone for spring, which has three very good rear cameras of its own. There are some important differences here that …
Read More »Get up to speed on Huawei P30 Pro’s new camera tech
Periscopes? RYYB sensors? There’s enough new camera tech packed into the Huawei P30 Pro that you might be baffled by the new terminology. Mostly all you need to know is that the flagship smartphone’s camera is versatile, outdoing competitors in some key areas like zoom and nighttime shots. But Huawei’s technology could well spread farther across the industry, so it’s …
Read More »Huawei Mate 30 Pro in testing, launching ‘September or October’
It was just days ago that Huawei unveiled its new P30 line of phones in Paris, but the bustling tech giant is already looking forward to September. That’s around the time its next flagship phone, the Mate 30 Pro, will launch, an executive said in Malaysia on Wednesday. The Mate 30 is currently being tested in Huawei’s labs, Huawei Product …
Read More »How to run Microsoft’s Windows Defender on Chrome and Firefox
Microsoft is making Windows Defender available via extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome — because everyone needs protection. The company said its goal was to extend its antivirus technology to other browsers and give customers a way to protect themselves against browser-based attacks. The extensions automatically redirect untrusted webpage visits to Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge, Windows Insider …
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