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Since its launch in July, the OnePlus 2 has been hard to procure, with the invites necessary to purchase the phone in short supply. The company has come under quite a bit a flak for the lack of availability, especially after promises to the ensure invite mechanism would be more widely inclusive compared to the OnePlus One, and that more units will be on offer for consumers across the country Running OxygenOS 2.1.0 based on Android 5.1, the 64GB OnePlus 2 has been priced at Rs. 24,999. OnePlus 2 will feature a 5.5-inch in-cell display with a full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) resolution and 1500:1 contrast ratio. It is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810 v2.1 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz and coupled with an Adreno 430 GPU alongside 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB internal storage.A 16GB OnePlus 2 with 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM will be made available later this year at Rs. 22,999. The OnePlus 2 sports dual 4G Nano-SIM cards (dual-SIM dual standby), as well as USB Type-C connectivity (with the cable revers...

Bengaluru-based Helpchat, a chat-based personal assistant app with operations in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, reportedly laid off around 150 employees on Saturday. Following news reports, paired with a social media backlash by disgruntled employees, Helpchat founder Ankur Singla published a blog post on Sunday explaining the reasons for the layoffs - primarily due to a change in business model from a consumer complaint resolution platform (Akosha), to a personal assistant app. Helpchat has also downsized its work-from-home program for chat experts. Singla writes that they were struggling to bring accountability among their work from home chat personnel. "Everyone says that failure teaches you more than success but it's never pleasant while you are in the middle of it," He wrote. Ex-employees have taken Helpchat's Facebook page to vent. One of them asks why employees were sacked after being appointed in August, and why work from home employees were not evaluated on...

Remote-access software developer LogMeIn has acquired LastPass, a popular password-management software company, for $125 million (roughly Rs. 810 crores). LogMeIn said in a statement last week that the deal is expected to be closed in the coming weeks. The company acquired another password management service, Meldium, in September 2014 and plans to merge it with LastPass. The statement said that in the near-term, both Meldium and LastPass will be supported, but long-term plans will have the company's password and identity management services centre around the LastPass brand. "LastPass has a great business, a beloved and award winning product, millions of loyal users, and thousands of great business customers - they are synonymous with the category," said Michael Simon, LogMeIn's Chairman and CEO. "We believe this transaction instantly gives us a market leading position in password management, while also providing a highly favourable foundation for delivering t...

Some of Google Inc's services, including Drive and Docs, which were facing disruptions for a few hours on Friday have been resolved, the company said. Google's status page had showed that its file-sharing services such as Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom, as well as the Google Realtime API were facing disruptions. "The problem with Google Drive should be resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better." the company said on an update to its page at 5:30 p.m. ET. Google, which has now morphed into holding company Alphabet Inc, also acknowledged the disruption in a tweet on its Docs page. "Looks like something's up with Docs - but fear not, we're on it & you'll be editing again in no time. Stay tuned here!", the account tweeted. "We...

Yes, Asteroid 86666 Is Headed Our Way. No, It Doesn't Pose Any Danger Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: Oct 10, 2015 18:16 IST A giant asteroid - around 2.5 kms in diameter - is heading towards Earth. An asteroid of its size has the potential to cause global devastation if it was to hit Earth, but Nasa said the space rock poses no danger to us. Termed Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL10),it is due to make its closest pass on Saturday, Daily Mail reported. All asteroids are monitored by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab's Near-Earth Object Observations programme. The programme keeps track of the orbits of comets and asteroids and publishes warnings if one of these rocks is due to collide with Earth, or will come close to doing so. The programme's official Twitter handle addressed the speculation surrounding Asteroid 86666 by saying: "In response to Qs, asteroid 86666 will safely pass Earth Oct 10 by over 15 million mi/25 million km. It poses zero threat." The orbits of E...