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Facebook  has introduced a new way for publishers to go live – Facebook Live Audio. The social giant, in a blogpost said, “We know that sometimes publishers want to tell a story on Facebook with words and not video.” Facebook Live Audio allows publishers to broadcast live audio such as news radio, interviews and readings for up to 4 hours. Keeping in mind areas where connectivity can be an issue, Facebook said it will alert broadcaster if their signal is low. Publishers can broadcast audio with the a still image that they already have on Facebook or upload a different image. “Our new Live Audio option makes it easy to go live with audio only when that’s the broadcaster’s preferred format,” Facebook added Android  users listening to a live Audio on Facebook can leave the app or lock their phone and the audio will still play in the background. However,  iOS  listeners will be able to continue listening only as they browse other parts of Facebook. Just l...

There are people on social media who actually wrote, "Let's just hope the kid dies from cancer or better I am hoping kareena was infected with Zika during her pregnancy". Kareena Kapoor  Khan and  Saif Ali Khan  are blessed with a baby boy and they have named the newborn Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi. Now, what they name their kid is entirely their prerogative. Commenting on whether you like it or not is acceptable because we live in a country that gives freedom of expression (mostly) but wishing ill for the kid who’s just a day old is crossing all boundaries of human decency. There are people on social media who actually wrote, “Let’s just hope the kid dies from cancer or better I am hoping kareena was infected with Zika during her pregnancy”. The comment came after a tweet by Pakistan-origin Canadian author Tarek Fatah, who has been posting about Saifeena’s baby ever since the name was announced. The author turned the discussion in another direction by relating l...

In the digital age, there is no downtime. You need a phone that lets you quickly switch from work to play. The Alcatel IDOL 4S with Windows 10 makes this easy. It’s like a PC that fits in your pocket.                 You’re sprawled on the couch, binging on the latest season of your favorite show, when your                  phone pings you back to reality. Then it pings again. And again. There’s only one reason why                you’d be getting this many emails at 9:30 p.m. – something has come up at work. You put                      down the bag of chips and pick up the phone. We live in the age of the 24/7 job. Raise your hand if you check your work email before you even get out of bed. Have you stepped away from a fancy dinner to take a client call? Typed out a document from the stands at your kid...

                 As a group, Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement. Roughly 1 in 3 don’t have anything at all saved for retirement, according to a  spring 2016 survey  by finance portal GoBankingRates.com. Even more disturbing, a 2015 study by the  U.S. Government Accountability Office  found that  29% of Americans 55 and older  — that is, those theoretically toward the end of their working life — have neither a pension plan nor a dime in savings to support them in retirement. Some folks have a good reason they aren’t saving, such as unemployment or health problems. But millions of others have the means and ability to sock away a decent nest egg, but simply haven’t managed to build up the savings they need.   If you have the means and ability to save but are still way behind on the road to retirement, then chances are you’re probably making at least one of these common investing mistakes...

    The public, already reeling from the pain of demone tisation, was put to further hardship on Tuesday by the previous day's RBI circular that deposits above Rs 5,000 in old 500 and 1,000 notes would be credited to bank accounts “only after questioning the tenderer, on record, in the presence of at least two officials of the bank as to why this could not be deposited earlier and receiving a satisfactory explanation“. There were reports from across the country of officials at many bank branches refusing to accept deposits in excess of Rs 5,000. A top official at a very large government bank ack nowledged that instructions had gone out not to accept such deposits unless two officers were present. Officers at some other banks were told by their bosses that they should be completely “satisfied“ before crediting the money ­ prompting most of them to err on the side of caution. A bank manager, “I don't want to take a risk and later be questioned or investigated for having accep...