Huawei Devices Blacklisted From Downloading the VLC for Android App Huawei devices can no longer download the popularVLC for Androidmedia player app from the Play Store, all thanks to Huawei’s EMUI ROM which kills the app while running in the background. After multiple reports from annoyed Huawei users about the aggressive RAM management and subsequent killing of apps, including VLC the developer has finally taken a harsh action. While Huawei calls it a battery saving measure, the management is known to be excessively aggressive....

Huawei Launches Nova 3 for Rs 34,999, and Nova 3i in India at Rs 20,999 Huawei has today launched the Nova 3 and the Nova 3i smartphones in India, both of which feature a four cameras in all – two on the front as well as the rear. The Huawei Nova 3 (6GB + 128GB version) has been priced at Rs 34,999 and will go on sale starting August 23 exclusively on Amazon....

Huawei Nova 3 Hands-On: Charming Good Looks With Four Cameras and Promise of AI Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3imade an entry into Indiawith a prospect that the company has mastered over the past few years. The two smartphones come with Huawei’s home-baked Kirin chipsets and use the company’s expertise in AI to make photography more convenient. Both the Huawei Nova 3 and 3i feature not only dual cameras at the back but also challenge many industry norms by bringing dual cameras in the front – that too without costing a lot....

Indian Students Win at Microsoft Imagine Cup For App to Fight Fake Medicine An app to fight fake medicine has helped a team of Indian students from Bengaluru win a special award at the annualMicrosoftImagine Cup world championship held at the tech giant’s headquarters in Redmond, US. The awards announced on Wednesday saw “Team DrugSafe” from R. V. College of Engineering here win the award under Big Data category. Microsoft Imagine Cup is a technology competition where students from around the globe team up to solve some of the world’s biggest problems....

Industrial IoT Poised to Surpass Consumer Devices by 2020 in India As the Internet of Things (IoT) adoption picks up in India, sectors like energy and utilities, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics and agriculture will lead the market and industrial IoT will surpass the consumer IoT space in the country by 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. IOT represents an opportunity of up to $12 billion and industrial IOT is expected to consume the higher majority of share when compared to the consumer IOT, said the joint report by The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Deloitte, released on the sidelines of the “IoT for Smart India” summit here....

Latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Brings Mixed Reality ‘Flashlight’, 157 New Emoji and More Microsoft hasreleaseditsWindows 10Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. The latest release has brought with it some interesting new features, enhancements and UI tweaks that the company hopes will make the Windows experience more enjoyable for users. It’s worth noting here that RS5 builds will henceforth come from the RS5_RELEASE branch....

Mumbai Firm Genesys Empowering Self-Driving Cars in US with High-Precision HD Mapping Althoughself-driving carsremain a distant reality for the Indian roads, a Mumbai-headquartered firm has become the first desi company to develop high-precision HD maps for a customer in the United States which is at the forefront of autonomous vehicle technology. Established in 1995, Genesys International Corporation Ltd has completed an extensive HD mapping of road and street network for an autonomous driving project in North America that will enable residents to access self-driving taxis at their doorstep....