India is a 'quick-test market' for company's products - says Google's CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai feels that India adopts "remarkably" fast to new products and services. And it is the country's "thirst and hunger" for connectivity that is the driving force.

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Volvo Will Never Let You Miss a Meet Again

LAS VEGAS — The best thing about being out of the office is being unavailable for certain meetings.

Evil geniuses Volvo and Microsoft are about to end all that. The two companies have collaborated on an in-car solution to this office absentee problem: integrating Skype for Business in a Volvo car.
Maybe Volvo should take most of the blame... er... credit since it's the one integrating existing business communication technology in its 90 Series cars.

The application will appear on the automobile's huge in-dash touchscreen, connecting to your smartphone to complete the call. Mashable was promised a hands-on demo of Skype integration later this week. We'll report back on our findings.

In a press release on the new technology, which will be on display this week at CES, Anders Tylman-Mikiewicz Volvo's vice president of consumer connectivity services explained his company's fascination with making group meetings happen when you're on the go this way, “We’ve all been there. Sitting in the car trying to join a conference call. You either fumble with or drop your phone while trying to connect or you forget the long PIN code to join. It’s not the best way to start an important call in the car. On top of all that your attention is not where it should be — on the road. With the addition of Skype for Business all that goes away."

Along with Skype for Business, Microsoft is also bringing its digital voice assistant, Cortana, to Volvos, which means the cars will get voice recognition and access to Cortana's Bing- and AI-based intelligence. Perhaps you'll not only be able to attend meetings while in your Volvo, but have all the answers, too.

Maybe being able to attend all those meetings no matter where you are isn't such a bad thing.

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From Day 1 of CES 2017, You Can Feast Your Eyes By The 7 Best-looking Debuts

CES is, to a degree, all about appearances. As the first major tech event of the year, it's an opportunity for companies to show off their latest and greatest — so looks matter.

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Holds 2 Terabytes of Data - The world's largest Flash Drive

Have a ton of digital data you need stow away in your pocket? You're in luck — about two full terabytes worth of it, in fact.

Fresh off the CES news line comes word of Kingston Digital's latest offering, a massive (at least storage-wise) USB flash drive, the DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte (GT). With up to 2 TB of storage, Kingston claims it's the highest capacity USB flash drive in the world.
In the words of my colleague Damon Beres, "that's a big honkin' flash drive."

Back in 2013, Kingston was the first to release a 1 TB flash drive. The new 2 TB version comes outfitted with a zinc-alloy metal casing for "shock resistance" and a USB 3.1 adapter (sorry, MacBook Pro users).

If you were wondering just how much storage 2 TB gives you, it's about 70 hours of 4K video. You know all those episodes of Game of Thrones you pirated downloaded? You can fit the entire 60-hour series (so far) in glorious 4K with plenty of room to spare — all on a drive that fits in your palm.
The drive is primed to ship in February in both 1 TB and 2 TB sizes, but a price point hasn't been set for either model. Expect it to cost a pretty penny — stuffing all that storage into such a small package won't come cheap. 

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A Cute Little Robotic Elmo Helps Kids Learn Codes

LAS VEGAS — Elmo's coming to Sesame Street with a brand new set of wheels.

On Tuesday, WowWee showed off ELMOJI, its upcoming robotic collaboration with Sesame Workshop. It's a teeny robot version of your favorite Sesame Street character, and its goal is to teach kids to code.

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WANT YOUR IPHONE'S STORAGE LAST LONGER? HERE'S SOME TRICKS

With its non-expandable memory, one of the major bugbears for iPhone owners is the storage capacity. Whether you've got a 16 or 64GBer, you just know that dreaded "Storage Almost Full" message will pop up at exactly the wrong moment.

While there are steps you can take should that happen, it's also good practice to try and tread lightly on your memory in the first place. There are a few neat, easy tricks to try and make your iPhone's storage capacity last as long as possible.

1. Don't shoot everyday video in high res

While for some it may be essential to shoot video with their iPhones in the highest resolution possible, for most people's everyday cute kitty clips a lower resolution will suffice.

You can change how the iPhone capture film footage by heading to "Settings," then "Photos & Camera," then look for where your phone gives you the "Record Video" options. Click on this to select 720p at 30fps. Simply change it back when you do want higher quality footage.

2. Don't keep messages forever 

By default, your iPhone saves all your text and multimedia messages forever. It's unlikely you really want iMessage, SMS and MMS correspondence going back years, so there is a way to have messages automatically delete after a sensible timeframe.

In your "Settings" menu, scroll down to see the "Messages" option. From here look for the "Message History" section, tap it and then you can choose to delete messages after 30 days or a year. 

  

3. Don't keep all photos when shooting HDR

The iPhone camera's "high dynamic range" setting is a clever tool when used correctly, but can be a real memory hog if you use it often. This is because it takes multiple exposures before combining those snaps into the HDR version.

Rather than save down all the exposures, you can make your phone only save the final HDR pic. Find this option in "Settings," then "Photos & Camera," then scroll down to see the option to "Keep Normal Photo." Toggle it to off to save some storage space.

 4. Don't automatically download purchases made on another iDevice

If you have multiple Apple devices, there's a default setting that sees all purchases across all devices automatically downloaded to every device linked with that iTunes account.

While there will be apps and content you want to double up on, this is almost certainly not the case for every single purchase.
To stop your iDevice doing this, go to "Settings," then "iTunes & App Store." Here you can toggle off to stop the automatic download of music, apps, books and audiobooks and updates.

 

5. Don't keep high resolution photos on your iPhone

If you've activated the iCloud Photo Library service, then you can choose to enable a setting that saves you a ton of photo storage space.

The option to "Optimize iPhone Storage" saves your pics and vids to your Camera Roll as per usual, but in a smaller format. The full-res originals are stored in iCloud, ready to access whenever you might need them.
If you go to "Settings," then "iCloud," then "Photos" and select "Optimize iPhone Storage" you'll be all set up.


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APPLE CELEBRATING NEW YEAR IN CHINA GIVING FREE GIFTS ON PURCHASE OF MAC AND IPHONES THIS FRIDAY

If you live in China and were on the fence about when to get a new Mac or iPhone, you will want to check out the Apple store this Friday.

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THIS NEW YEAR WHATSAPP PULLS SUPPORT FOR OLDER DEVICES

This New Year, WhatsApp was not an option for many people to send greetings to their friends and family. To add to their woes, alternative messenger apps were also not easy to find.

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HERE'S THE BRAND NEW LG's 4K TVs FOR BETTER COLOR ACCURACY

 LG's new 4K TVs employ 'nano cells' for better color accuracy.
TV manufacturers seem to be a bit stuck on where to go next. 3D didn't exactly take off, and 4K, while nice, has been around for years and there's still not enough content for most users to really care.

So what's next? If you ask LG, it's nano cells. At CES in Las Vegas, LG unveiled its new lineups of Super UHD TVs — SJ9500, SJ8500 and SJ8000 — all of which feature the company's Nano Cell technology.

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PAYTM - INDIA'S LARGEST MOBILE WALLET APP IS GOING TO OPERATE ITS OWN PAYMENTS BANK

Paytm announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India for launching Paytm Payments Bank, a move that "changes everything" for the company.

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