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YouTube Go lightweight app no longer beta in India, you can now watch videos offline too Google has now taken the YouTube Go application, the lightweight app which lets you save videos to watch offline. The tech major has now taken the beta label off the app. The app is most suitable for regions which have low-bandwidth and also enables users to transfer the videos to friends over Bluetooth. With only 9.4 MB in size, YouTube Go promises that it is made to work with less storage and slow speeds as well as work on old Android versions back to Jellybean (Android 4.1). The app is shown last updated on November 28, 2017. You can go ahead and download the app from Google's Play store. Currently, Youtube Go has been made available to only India and Inodesia but chances are that Google will be announcing it for more regions. The facility to download and save videos from YouTube was already there but you would need a YouTube Red subscription. Explainer: Beta refers to a product or an applic...

Reliance JioPhone booking starts again, but there is a big catch After creating a storm in the Indian telecom sector Reliance Jio is ready to add some more power to it. The retail leg of the telecom giant has started accepting applications for booking of their much talked about JioPhone again. Without going overboard and not keeping it open for all, Reliance Retail will be open to only those who have earlier expressed interest in buying the phone. The company said that they have started sending out SMS messages to potential buyers. These potential buyers had shown interest in buying the phone in July. People who are interested can click on the link in the SMS message or make a call to the number displayed in the message. A Reliance Jio channel partner said, "A link will be sent to people who are again showing interest to make payment of Rs 500 on the authorised channel. Once they make payment, they will be informed about the date when JioPhone will be delivered to them." More...

AirSim: Microsoft's open-source AI simulator now available for self-driving vehicles Microsoft's "AirSim" (Aerial Informatics and Robotics) Artificial Intelligence-based research project now includes car simulation which will further help advance the research and development of self-driving vehicles. Earlier this year, Microsoft open-sourced "AirSim", a high-fidelity system, for testing the safety of artificial intelligence systems. AirSim provides realistic environments, vehicle dynamics and sensing for research into how autonomous vehicles that use AI that can operate safely in the open world. "The updated version of AirSim also includes additional tools for testing airborne vehicles. We have made it easier for people to simulate flying drones by adding a built-in flight controller, called simple_flight, that simplifies the setup process," Shital Shah, Principal Research Software Engineer at Microsoft, posted. "This allows rapid experimentat...