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Technology a blessing to tourism

Loknath Das, , , ,

Tourism! Some call it leisure, others call it business. It means different things to different people at different times. To many, traveling all over the world for business while you accidentally bump into unique destinations is Tourism. To a certain extent, this is true. However, tourism goes way beyond just travelling around. It encompasses travelling, visiting tourist destinations, learning diverse cultures and tradition as well as experiencing various lifestyles. Merely passing by a tourist site doesn’t make one a tourist. You actually have to stay in a place and spend…

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Spotify, Universal Sign Global Licence Agreement

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Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming company, and Universal Music Group said Tuesday they have signed a new multi-year global licence agreement. Under the deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, Spotify’s paying subscribers can have access to a new album by a Universal artist for a period of two weeks after its release, the two companies said in a joint statement. But “singles are available on Spotify for all listeners,” its chairman and CEO Daniel Ek said in the statement. Since it was founded in 2008, the online…

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WhatsApp Text Status Feature Makes a Return With ‘About’ Description

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WhatsApp did a major overhaul by introducing Snapchat-like WhatsApp Status a while back. It was met with a lot of criticism from many users who wanted the old text-based status message back. Now, with WhatsApp’s latest beta, the company is testing just that. In the latest Android beta version 2.17.95, users are now seeing the revival of the old status message feature. The feature is still being tested, but this indicates that it should arrive in the stable version soon. If you want to use it immediately, we suggest you…

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Apple to Start Publishing AI Research to Hasten Deep Learning

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Apple will allow its artificial intelligence teams to publish research papers for the first time, marking a significant change in strategy that could help accelerate the iPhone maker’s advances in deep learning. When Apple introduced its Siri virtual assistant in 2011, the company appeared to have a head start over many of its nearest competitors. But it has lost ground since then to the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Assistant and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa. Researchers say among the reasons Apple has failed to keep pace is its unwillingness to allow…

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Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Side Unlocked Variants Now Available inside the US

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Samsung will promote unlocked variations of its flagship Galaxy S7 telephones inside the US so consumers can transfer providers more without difficulty. Even though two-yr carrier contracts are now uncommon, customers are rather stuck with -12 months installment plans and can not take a smartphone to a rival until it’s paid off. Unlocked telephones have no such restrictions. They may be also free of carrier-precise apps for messaging, video and different duties, though Samsung nonetheless provides several past the usual version of Android from Google. Samsung’s Galaxy S7 will promote…

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HTC ‘Marlin’ Nexus Specifications Leaked

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HTC is broadly anticipated to be running on the 2 new Nexus devices codenamed M1 and S1, the quick paperwork for codenames ‘Marlin’ and ‘Sailfish’, to release this 12 months. Both the ‘Marlin’ and ‘Sailfish’ are rumoured to be the platform lead gadgets for Android Nougat. Now, a new leak has surfaced tipping the innards of the larger of the two rumoured HTC-made Nexus devices. According to Android Police, the HTC ‘Marlin’ is said to recreation quad-center Snapdragon 820 or the rumoured 821/ 823 processors, and feature 5.5-inch QHD (1440×2560…

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