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Saturday 25 January 2020

Country's first Super Fab Lab inaugurated by Kerala CM

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the facility through remote control from Palakkad, where he attended a function at the government Polytechic College.

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Vivo to launch iQOO premium phone in Feb in India

The brand, which has focused on the Chinese market, is planning to expand presence to more markets. The global expansion would begin next month, when it would launch its first flagship phone in India, Android Central reported on Friday.

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Wikipedia now has over 6 million articles in English

The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after the website was founded, is a testament of "what humans can do together," said Ryan Merkley, chief of staff at Wikimedia, the nonprofit organisation that operates the omnipresent online encyclopedia, TechCrunch reported on Friday. The six millionth article is about Maria Elise Turner Lauder, a 19th-century Canadian school teacher.

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Friday 24 January 2020

Have a search warrant for data? Google wants you to pay

Google’s fees range from $45 for a subpoena and $60 for a wiretap to $245 for a search warrant, according to a notice sent to law enforcement officials and reviewed by The New York Times. The notice also included fees for other legal requests.

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Samsung gives former mobile man for India Ken Kang a second stint, as MD

Rejig of top deck in the country comes at a time of intense competition in its product segments

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Zensar trims retail portfolio, to focus better on core

The IT company decides to focus on three core areas-- high-tech manufacturing, infrastructure and financial services. Zensar reported a 32.6% drop in net profit for the December quarter, citing softness in the retail segment — with a revenue impact of about $5 million — as a key reason for the profit decline.

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Turnaround year for apple: Analysts

Counterpoint Research estimates iPhone shipments to have grown 6% in 2019, though on a smaller base after a 43% decline the year before. For the October-December quarter, it is estimating the growth to be 41%, more than double the pace of the premium smartphone market where it said the expansion was slower than the full year average of 20%.

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