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Global leader in flash storage solutions SanDisk on Friday launched 200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick for faster transfer speed enabling users to store thousands of photos and videos and share them easily. The 200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick will initially be exclusively available at Amazon.in for Rs 9,990 and then extended to other channels in a phased manner. "With the explosion of content, people need more advanced storage solutions to keep up with the volume and quality of the photos, videos and files they are creating on their mobile devices," said Rajesh Gupta, country manager -- India & SAARC, SanDisk said in a statement. "Our goal is to deliver innovative, intuitive offerings that help them capture life's great moments without worrying about storage limitations," he added. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick features the SanDisk Connect app, which enables nearly effortless management of content between devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod...

If the controls and movement in a traditional video game aren't natural, it's merely annoying to players. For designers of virtual reality experiences, the same mistake could make users sick. With the release of a trio of high-definition headsets on the horizon, many VR aficionados in attendance at this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco are confronting that issue head on. The low-latency headsets from Oculus, HTC and Sony are intended to right the nausea-inducing wrongs of their VR predecessors from 20 years ago, but many users still report feeling woozy after using souped-up systems, such as the Oculus Rift. "The challenge is that people's sensitivity to motion and simulator sickness varies wildly," said Evan Suma, an assistant professor who studies VR at the University of Southern California, during a talk at the 30th annual gathering of game creators. It's a unique design challenge for game makers accustom to crafting interactive e...

Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan is set to enforce a ban on smartphones in the workplace for police and government workers in an effort to prevent information leaks, according to a document that was itself leaked. A government document leaked to the media in the Central Asian state on Thursday said smartphones would be banned starting March 24 for on-duty police officers and civil servants given "increasingly frequent cases of confidential information leaking through the WhatsApp mobile application". A Kazakh civil servant told AFP on Friday that government workers had heard they would soon be searched for smartphones at the entrance of their workplaces but that such measures had not yet been implemented. The Kazakh government has yet to comment on the leaked document's authenticity. Interior Minister Kalmukhanbet Kasymov said Thursday that police had already been informally forbidden from using smartphones on the job. Kasymov denied that the new ban was connected to a scandal ...

Over its 10-year history, Twitter has marked numerous world events and created its own unique moments. Here are a few key milestones in Twitter history: just setting up my twttr — Jack (@jack)  March 21, 2006 March 2006:  Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first tweet, an automated message saying "just setting up my twttr." That same day, he sent the first live tweet, "inviting coworkers." Arrested — James Buck (@jamesbuck)  April 10, 2008 April 2008:  US university student James Buck (@jamesbuck) got off a one-word tweet "Arrested" after being taken into custody by Egyptian authorities at an anti-government protest in that country. In what is seen as an early demonstration of the power of Twitter to rally people to a cause, the resulting outcry prompted authorities to quickly restore his liberty. He proclaimed his release in a tweet reading "Free." http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm ...

Apple Inc , amid a pitched battle with the US government over law enforcement’s desire to crack into iPhones, has hired a new security executive to oversee its corporate digital defences, people familiar with the matter said. Apple appointed George Stathakopoulos, formerly vice president of information security at Amazon.com Inc and before that Microsoft Corp's general manager of product security, to be vice president of corporate information security, the people said. Apple declined to comment on the new hire, but a reporter calling Apple and asking to speak with him was connected to a person answering 'George's office'. Stathakopoulos did not immediately return the call. Stathakopoulos reports to Apple's chief financial officer and will be responsible for protecting corporate assets, such as the computers used to design products and develop software, as well as data about customers. The company's heads of hardware and software remain in charge of protectin...

Cisco Systems Inc will invest over $100 million in India to support the country's ambitious plan to connect thousands of its villages to the internet and create jobs, Executive Chairman John Chambers said on Friday. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a series of initiatives under the 'Digital India,' 'Skill India,' and 'Startup India' schemes to connect millions of Indians to the Internet, create more tech jobs and move more services online. Chambers said the company will work with federal and provincial governments in India to launch incubation centers for entrepreneurs and training students. Cisco will invest $40 million of the total planned investment into funding early and mid-stage startups.

Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc are vying to buy rights to stream conventional TV programming, the New York Post reported on Thursday. Both companies have approached programmers about a deal, the Post said, citing several sources familiar with the situation. Facebook, which is already in talks with the National Football League for digital rights to Thursday Night Football, has met with a wide range of TV executives over the past few weeks, sources told the Post. However, it was not known how Facebook would deliver the shows, sources who heard the pitch told the newspaper. "Our goal with live video is to work with our partners to move to a sustainable monetization model quickly," Facebook said in a statement. "We are not focused on acquiring the rights to conventional TV programs." Twitter declined to comment.

The rumor that Twitter will scrap its 140-character limit for tweets just won’t die. In an interview with NBC this morning, CEO Jack Dorsey has gone on record to say that the limit is staying. In September 2015, we first heard Twitter was experimenting with tweets longer than 140 characters. Then in January, the rumor came back, suggesting the company was hoping to launch a feature internally referred to as “Beyond 140” toward the end of this quarter. Apparently the new limit would be 10,000 characters. In August 2015, Twitter increased the limit for Direct Messages from 140 characters to 10,000 characters, so the 10,000 figure isn’t completely arbitrary. But Dorsey makes it quite clear the 140-character limit isn’t being removed: NBC: “140 characters, the limit, is it staying, and if it’s going away, when?” Dorsey: “It’s staying. It’s a good constraint for us. And it allows of the moment brevity....