Siemens to expand its digital industrial footprint with acquisition of Mentor Graphics

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Siemens to acquire design automation and industrial software provider Mentor Graphics for $37.25 per share. 

Mentor Graphics is a pioneer and leader in design automation software ranging from Integrated Circuit (IC) and System-on-Chip (SoC) design to automotive electronics solutions. Siemens becomes unique digital industrial player to offer mechanical, thermal, electrical, electronic and embedded software design capabilities on a single integrated platform.

Samsung Electronics to Acquire HARMAN

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Samsung Electronics and Harman International Industries, Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Samsung will acquire HARMAN for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8.0 billion. 

Samsung Pay Launches Partnership with Sberbank

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Samsung Electronics announced today a new Samsung Pay partnership with Sberbank. Beginning November 8, Sberbank customers with Mastercard credit or debit cards can register them for use with Samsung Pay.

With the new partnership, Samsung Pay is now available with seven major banks including Alfa Bank JSC, VTB 24 OJSC, MTS OJSC, Reiffeisen Bank JSC, Russian Standard Bank JSC and Yandex LLC.
To use Samsung Pay, customers simply need to open the Samsung Pay app and tap their compatible Samsung device against the NFC or MST reader to make a payment.

Code.gov software sharing website launched

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Code.gov, a U.S. government website for promoting the sharing of custom-developed software code, was launched Thursday with listings of nearly 50 open-source projects from various government agencies.

 The move follows the announcement by the White House in August of a Federal Source Code policy that would promote reuse of new custom source code developed by government agencies across the federal government to prevent replication of work and expense.

Samsung releases Galaxy S7 edge in Blue Coral

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Samsung Electronics has officially released its sixth color edition of the Galaxy S7 edge; Blue Coral. 

Starting November 1, the Blue Coral Galaxy S7 edge will be available in selected markets around the globe.

Specific availability details will be announced by each market’s wireless providers and regional Samsung offices.

Huawei NB-IoT Solution Wins Gold Medal at World Internet of Things Exposition

Huawei NB-IoT Solution Won the Gold Medal at WIOT

Huawei’s NB-IoT solution has won the gold medal for new technologies and products at the 2016 World Internet of Things Exposition (WIOT) in Wuxi, China October 30 – November 1, 2016. 

Huawei is the first company to win a significant award in the narrowband cellular IoT field, for its industrial contribution to the NB-IoT technologies with continuous innovation.

Apple to delay AirPods shipments

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If you’ve been waiting for Apple’s AirPod wireless headphones to go on sale, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. Apple says that it is not ready and will need “a little more time.”

Apple Watch Nike+ arrives this Friday, October 28

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Apple and Nike today announced Apple Watch Nike+ will be available on Friday, October 28. 

Apple Watch Nike+ combines all of the unique features of Apple Watch Series 2 with the new Nike+ Run Club app for unrivaled motivation to go for a run, guidance from the world’s best coaches and athletes and coaching plans that adapt to your unique schedule and progress.

GoDaddy Announces Email Encryption And Email Archiving Features For Office 365 Users

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GoDaddy, the world's largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced the availability of two new features, Email Archiving and Email Encryption, for Office 365 users. 

The new features, available as add-on services for all GoDaddy Office 365 customers, will make it easier for small business owners to transmit, store and protect valuable data about their business and customers, and simpler for those operating in regulated industries to remain compliant.

GoDaddy Acquires ManageWP

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GoDaddy, the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire ManageWP, the leading WordPress site management tool.

ManageWP enables web designers and developers to manage multiple WordPress sites from a single dashboard, no matter where they are hosted.

Huawei Release CloudFAN Access Network Solution

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Huawei has announced the CloudFAN access network solution at the Broadband World Forum 2016 held in London. Huawei also showcased its existing large-capacity distributed Optical Line Terminal (OLT) which supports open protocol and works with the network controller to achieve the smooth evolution of CloudFAN. 

To implement the all cloud strategy, the operator’s network needs to migrate to a DC-Centric architecture, where network functions and services will all run on the cloud.

Huawei Certified as GSMA Mobile Connect Vendor

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Huawei has been certified as a ‘Mobile Connect Vendor’ for its Dynamic Subscriber Profile (DSP) product by GSMA. Huawei's cutting-edge DSP has successfully passed rigorous testing and is now listed on GSMA's official website as a Mobile Connect-compliant product. 

With a Mobile Connect-compliant DSP from Huawei, mobile network operators can now extend their portfolios to include user authentication.

AWS US East (Ohio) Region now Open

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As part of Amazon ongoing plan to expand the AWS footprint, amazon has announced their new US East (Ohio) Region which is now available. 

 In conjunction with the existing US East (Northern Virginia) Region, AWS customers in the Eastern part of the United States have fast, low-latency access to the suite of AWS infrastructure services.

The Details

The new AWS Ohio Region supports Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and related services including Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, NAT Gateway, Spot Instances, and Dedicated Hosts.

Huawei Launches the First 25G DOCSIS Prototype

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 Huawei launched the industry's first DOCSIS prototype at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2016 in Philadelphia, USA. This prototype supports a 3 GHz spectrum and a 25 Gbps downstream rate. It also represents a new milestone for coaxial cable technologies and was the center of attention at the Expo. 

With the arrival of the Gigabit era, ultra-bandwidth technologies based on multi-media are constantly being innovated, supporting higher and higher access rates. At present, the widely deployed DOCSIS 3.0 technology supports a maximum of 32 channels and a 1.6 Gbps sharable downstream bandwidth. 

Samsung Produces First Application Processor for Wearable Devices Built on 14-Nanometer FinFET Technology

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Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology has announced that it has begun mass production of the Exynos 7 Dual 7270. It is the first mobile application processor (AP) in the industry designed specifically for wearable devices with 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. It is also the first in its class to feature full connectivity and LTE modem integration.

Over a decade ago, Samsung has been leading the industry in expanding the adoption of 14nm technology for a wide variety of products from premium smartphones to entry-level mobile devices.

With the Exynos 7270, the company also introduces the benefits of this cutting-edge technology to wearables.

Facebook rolls out Workplace App

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Facebook has been testing a version of Facebook for the workplace within its organisation and a with a few other organizations over a year ago.

Facebook said that over 1,000 organizations around the world use Workplace (formerly known as Facebook at Work). People have created nearly 100,000 groups and the top five countries using Workplace are India, the US, Norway, UK and France.

Larry Ellison Announces Oracle Database 12c Release 2 on Cloud

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Larry Ellison announced Oracle Database 12c Release 2, the heart of Oracle’s Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Oracle’s new database is being made available in the Cloud first, providing businesses of all sizes with access to the world’s fastest, most scalable and reliable database technology in a cost-effective and flexible cloud environment.

Google Introduces New Business Apps as G Suite

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Google Apps for Work was created ten years ago (back when it was Google Apps for Your Domain) to do just that — to help people everywhere work and innovate together, so businesses can move faster and go bigger.

Samsung sign MoU with Mobile TeleSystems on Next Generation Technologies

Samsung Electronics and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the leading telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore and advance new telecommunications technologies.

SnapChat Introduces Spectacles!

Snapchat has a new sunglasses coming soon. This is not your regular sunglasses and it is called Spectacles!

Spectacles are sunglasses with an integrated video camera that makes it easy to create Memories.

Lexus UX Concept Introduces Immersive 3-D Driving Experience

The Lexus UX Concept will make its world debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, showcasing Lexus’ vision for a compact SUV of the future. 

This vehicle represents a new step in the company's design journey and a redefinition of the driving experience.

The bold UX Concept design embodies imaginative and forward-thinking technologies to provide occupants with a fully immersive experience.

Apple announces macOS Sierra free update

Apple today announced that macOS Sierra, the latest major release of the world's most advanced desktop operating system, is now available as a free update.

 macOS Sierra brings Siri to the Mac with intelligent and helpful features users know and love from iPhone and iPad, along with all-new capabilities designed specifically for use on the desktop.

How to enable Windows 10 Spotlight images on your lock screen

Enabling beautiful photography to show up automatically on your lock screen can be done with Windows Spotlight images.

Windows Spotlight updates daily with images that highlight beautiful scenery from around the globe making your system to have a new look each day.

Identifying the New Galaxy Note7 by Samsung

Samsung has begun replacing the Galaxy Note7 with a battery manufacturing standard.

To help users easily understand if they have a new device and  use their new Galaxy Note7 with confidence, the company has introduced a Green battery icon that has been included in three specific software changes.

Twitter Announces an Application Process for Verified Accounts

Twitter on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 announced that they have created an online application process for Twitter accounts to receive verified status.

Verified accounts on Twitter allow people to identify key individuals and organizations on Twitter as authentic, and are denoted by a blue badge icon. An account may be verified if it is determined to be of public interest.

Access Microsoft Azure and Office 365 from UK datacenters

Microsoft have taken significant step forward to empower businesses to achieve more with the first complete cloud offering delivered from a global provider within the U.K.

Built to power their digital transformation, Microsoft Azure and Office 365 are now generally available from new datacenter regions.

Video tutorial on How to boot Windows 10 to Safe Mode Part 2

Video tutorial of How to boot Windows 10 to Safe Mode Part 2 is the second episode of two movies.

This is the continuation of the YouTube tutorial that shows how you can boot windows 10 systems to safe mode.
watch the remaining part of the tutorial video.

Video tutorial on How to boot Windows 10 to Safe Mode Part 1

Video tutorial of How to boot Windows 10 to Safe Mode Part 1 is the first episode of two movies.

This You Tube video tutorial show you how you can boot your windows 10 system to safe mode. watch the first part and wait for the second tutorial video.

Video Tutorial on Adding Hibernate option in Windows 10 Start Menu

This is tutorial video showing how to add hibernate option in windows 10.

Windows 10 start menu is not shipped with hibernate option by default. so you need to add the option in case you are working and you do not want to shut down your computer.

Below is a youtube video on how to add hibernate option to windows 10 and how to use it.