Obama meets tech firm's chiefs amid NSA concerns

Technology company executives pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to rein in the U.S. government's electronic spying after a court dealt a blow to the administration's surveillance practices.

Top executives from Apple Inc, Google Inc, Yahoo Inc, Netflix Inc, Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc, Microsoft Corp, Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and other companies met privately for more than two hours with Obama and top White House aides.
The session came as Obama and his national security team decide what recommendations to adopt from an outside panel's review on constraining the activities of the National Security Agency without compromising U.S. national security.

Obama to meet US tech firm chiefs

Obama to meet US tech firm chiefs

US President Barack Obama will Tuesday meet bosses of tech giants including Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter to discuss US spy agency surveillance and his notorious health care reform website. 

A White House official said Obama would talk to the Silicon Valley chieftains about progress in repairing the glitch prone website Healthcare.gov which has hampered the rollout of his signature domestic initiative.

"The meeting will also address national security and the economic impacts of unauthorized intelligence disclosures," the official said, adding that Obama also wanted to discuss how the tech sector could help unleash new economic growth and job creation.

Edward Snowden says future generations will have no concept of privacy

Edward Snowden says future generations will have no concept of privacy

Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed details of electronic surveillance by American and British spy services, warned of the dangers posed by a loss of privacy in a message broadcast to Britain on Christmas Day.

In a two-minute video recorded in Moscow, where Snowden has been granted temporary asylum, he spoke of concerns over surveillance and appeared to draw comparison with the dystopian tale "1984" which described a fictional state which operates widespread surveillance of its citizens

Simple tips to keep your online accounts secure

Simple tips to keep your online accounts secure

Security experts say passwords for more than 2 million Facebook, Google and other accounts have been compromised and circulated online, just the latest example of breaches involving leading Internet companies.
Some services including Twitter have responded by disabling the affected passwords. But there are several things you can do to minimize further threats -even if your account isn't among the 2 million that were compromised.
Here are some tips to help you secure your online accounts

Micromax A2000 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core chip

Micromax A2000 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core chip

Micromax seems all geared up to launch its next smartphone in India, as the yet-to-be-announced A2000 smartphone's image and specifications have been leaked.

The news comes from MMXNewscaster, a source of leaks related to Micromax mobiles. According to the tipster, Micromax's upcoming smartphone would be dubbed A2000; however, we assume that this might be the model number of the alleged smartphone, while the final name is yet-to-be-revealed. Further, the leaked specifications of the alleged Micromax A2000 smartphone include a 4.7-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection; 1.3GHz quad-core processor; 1GB of RAM and 4GB of ROM, with no word on the inbuilt storage.

Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch full-HD display

Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch full-HD display now up for per-order at Rs. 20,999

 

Xolo's latest phablet, the Q3000 is now up for pre-order at an e-commerce website at Rs. 20,999. The online retailer claims that the Xolo Q3000 will be available on January 4, 2014. However, there is no official word on the pricing and availability of Xolo Q3000.

Earlier, the latest phablet from Xolo was spotted at an online retailer without pricing.
The Xolo Q3000 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device which runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It comes with a 5.7-inch (1080x1920 pixels) full-HD IPS display. The Xolo Q3000 continues the Q-range tradition and is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor with 2GB of RAM.

Jet Airways launches iOS app

Jet Airways launches iOS app, featuring Passbook app support

Jet Airways on Tuesday launched its mobile application on Apple's iOS (a mobile operating system) to enable customers a seamless travel experience.

The application is available for free download from the App Store and is compatible with iOS 6 version and above, Jet Airways said in a release in Mumbai.
The app has been specially optimised for iPhone 5, it said.
"Jet Airways is the first airline in the country to offer such an application. This will enable customers a seamless and uniform travel experience across all mobile platforms," airline's senior vice president (commercial) Gaurang Shetty said.