Technology

New Delhi: Rajasthan is going digital and being all-inclusive. The recently held DigiFest in Udaipur paved the way for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Now, in an attempt to not exclude the population who is not comfortable reading or writing in English, Rajasthan now offers Hindi email Ids.

It has become the first state in the country to launch free email addresses in Hindi for its residents, state IT department Principal Secretary Akhil Arora has said. 

It is believed that, the initiative will ensure maximum participation of people towards e-governance and also that maximum facilities are available in vernacular language, the report said.

New Delhi: December is upon us and Google has revealed its annual list of top Android apps of the year, some of which may come off as surprising picks. 

The Best of 2017 list includes applications from various categories including the best app, most entertaining app and many other categories. There are many applications which you might have not even heard of or which might come to you as a surprise pick. That means the list is full of new entries to the Play Store that many Android users probably don't know about.

Even besides the most popular titles, Google also curated its own list of favourites, which may not have been among the most downloaded titles, but were ones the company's editors picked as standouts in various categories.

So, if you are an Android user, here are the best Android apps of 2017, according to Google. 

New Delhi: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are raking up the ranks quickly, and machines could well take up quite a few jobs as well. A new report by Mckinsey has found out that as many as 800 million workers could lose their jobs and replaced due to automation by 2030.

On the other side the economic growth, rising productivity and other forces could more than offset the losses, as per the report.

With the advent of software that can respond to customer’s inquiries and robots that can provide services within a flip of a second, mid-level workers will need to upgrade themselves to save their jobs.  

In a study early this year, McKinsey found that about half of all work activities globally have the technological potential to be automated, but the latest report provides a better assessment based on economic, social and technical factors.

New Delhi: The controversial digital currency Bitcoin has soared to an all-time high after its price rocketed more than 15 per cent over the weekend.

As it stood on November 27, a single Bitcoin was valued at a staggering £8015 ($10,740) an 800 per cent rise since the start of the year.

The move takes it to 20% above the level it stood at on Friday last, according to the Luxembourg-based Bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp. It started the year at around $1,000.

The total market capitalization for the cryptocurrency market has exceeded $300 billion for the first time.