COAI Calls Jio GigaFiber A Game-Changer For India Reliance Jio unveiled its much-awaited fiber-based broadband service known asJio GigaFiberyesterday. It is expected to be rolled out across 1,100 cities simultaneously and registrations will begin on August 15 this year. While Jio GigaFiber is not yet operational, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) already sees it as a ‘game changer’ for the country. This comes as a sweet surprise as industry body COAI and telecom giant Jio have had a slew of problems in the past....

Duplex Could Put Call Centers Out of Business, But Google Focused on Consumers Duplex, Google’s Assistant-driven AI system which can make voice calls to make reservations and other bookings on your behalf, might soon be making its way to the enterprise customers with a focus on cloud services. Following a plannedpilot testof Duplex in restaurants and salons, Google is now reportedly testing the system in call centers, where Duplex’s very human speech attributes will make it an ideal candidate to replace human workforce if tests are successful....

Facebook Planning New TV Show on Cristiano Ronaldo for Facebook Watch Facebook is banking on the global celebrity appeal of Cristiano Ronaldo for a new Facebook Watch documentary series focused on the Portugal and Real Madrid footballer. Varietyhas obtained an exclusive scoop on the story from multiple sources, who’ve revealed that Facebook is in talks with Los Angeles-based Creative Artists Agency for an original documentary TV show on Ronaldo that will follow the football star on and off the field....

Future Assassin’s Creed Titles May Have Multiple Settings and Time in the Same Game In a recent interview to theUbisoft blog, the executive VP (creative) of Ubisoft Canada, Lionel Raynaud, suggested that future titles in the company’s popular Assassin’s Creed franchise may span across multiple eras and timelines. He also revealed that upcoming titles in theFar CryorWatch Dogsseries may take place in multiple cities and countries instead of being stuck in the same setting....

Google Denies Security Breach at Google Docs Following Yandex Controversy Google hasissued a statementdenying the integrity ofGoogle Docswas compromised in any way, even as the Russian media this week reported that many files, supposedly meant for private use, were being indexed by the country’s leading search engine, Yandex. In its statement, Google said Docs remains secure, and contrary to reports, the indexed documents were either deliberately made public by their authors, or a hyperlink for them were published on a publicly accessible platform, making them searchable by web-crawlers, including those from Yandex....

IndiaMART Files IPO Draft; Looking to Raise Rs 500 Crore IndiaMART InterMESH, which owns and operates what’s believed to be the country’s first e-commerce venture, IndiaMART, has filed a draft prospectus with market regulator SEBI in the lead-up to a proposed IPO. The company is looking to raise around Rs. 500 crore, and is offering 4,288,801 equity shares of Rs 10 each, with its promoters and primary investors selling some of their stakes in the issue....

Intel Pentium Processors to Power Microsoft’s Affordable Surface Tablets Microsoft’s Surface line of convertibles has garnered critical acclaim for their combination of portability and power, but their pricing has always been on the higher end of the spectrum. So, when reports emerged that Microsoft is gearing up to launch an affordable line-up of Surface devices, it stirred a lot of excitement. According to a new report fromWinFuture, those waiting anxiously for an affordable Surface tablet might be in for a disappointment in terms of performance, as the device will reportedly be powered by an Intel Pentium processor....