1. Apple hiring
brightest brains to make car battery
A year and a half ago, Apple had
applied for just eight patents related to auto batteries. Recently, it has
hired a bevy of engineers, just one of whom had already filed for 17 in his
former career, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis.
2. US urges Lenovo customers
to remove Superfish
The US government has advised Lenovo Group
customers to remove 'Superfish,' a program pre-installed on some Lenovo
laptops, saying it makes users vulnerable to cyberattacks.
3. Google using new
CAPTCHA to collect data for ads
The 'CAPTCHA' has infuriated web users for years:
It's that login test that asks you to type in a hard-to-read sequence of
letters or numbers in order to prove are not a robot. Get one letter wrong and
you'll be denied access.
4. Motorola to make ‘exciting’ announcement
on February 25
Motorola has made a mysterious announcement about a
product it is going to launch next week. The Lenovo-owned manufacturer has sent
out invites to only international media, informing them of an event on February
25.
5. 1,500 mobile phones to be launched in 2015
As mobile phone brands like Xiaomi, Asus, Motorola,
Obi etc slug it out to increase their market share in India, around 1,400-1,500
new models are expected to be launched in 2015.
6. Cisco dumps bell curve assessment for appraisals
Cisco, for long one of the foremost practitioners
of the bell curve methodology to evaluate employees, has decided to junk the
practice and replace it with a new feedback mechanism. The company believes
this will foster teamwork and collaboration.
7. Xiaomi to sue
websites for selling phones illegally
Xiaomi will be taking legal action against websites
selling its phones illegally and infringing on the company's trademark in India
where the Chinese handset maker has an ongoing patent dispute with Ericsson.
8. Samsung gives first look of Galaxy S6 in
teaser
Samsung has released
a teaser video for its Unpacked event in Barcelona on March 1, and it's given
us a sneaky look at the Galaxy S6 in the process.
9. Lawsuit over default Google apps in Android
dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing
Google Inc of harming smartphone buyers by forcing handset makers that use its
Android operating system to make the search engine company's own applications
the default option.
10. Flipkart
uses Amazon package as dustbin
An image posted by
Reddit India has created a buzz on social media and led to a Twitter war
between e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon.
Gopinath TB,
CEO, Meteora Gaming
www.meteoragaming.com
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