San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) For people who don’t prefer chatty drivers, global ride-sharing major Uber is rolling-out “quiet mode” on its luxury services. It’s the first upgrade to the ride-hail giant’s premium services to…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) Following the New Zealand mosque attack which was streamed live on Facebook, the social networking giant has tightened the rules that apply specifically to the Live camera feature on its…
Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS) The US-based international healthcare provider Columbia Pacific Management would set up its first senior living community in this tech hub, an official said on Wednesday. “With expertise in planning and executing…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) Deeming the technology unreliable and potentially in breach of peoples privacy and liberty, San Francisco has become the first US-city to ban the use of facial recognition by local agencies,…
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) In a bid to add more customers in the growing Indian market, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of retail giant Amazon, on Wednesday announced the third availability zone in…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) The ongoing trade-war between the US and China has caused Apple’s iPhone production costs to rise as much as 3 per cent because of the new retaliatory tariffs imposed by…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft is warning users using older Windows versions to urgently apply for a Windows Update in order to protect their systems and data against a potential widespread attack….
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) Accelerating efforts to generate larger revenues, Google has announced it will allow ads to reflect on the homepage of its mobile app from later this year. The ads would be…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) After a year-long lockout, Twitter is finally allowing several locked users regain control of their accounts once again. Accounts created by those under 13, were frozen owing to the General…
San Francisco, May 15 (IANS) To make it easy for people to manage their publicly visible information on Facebook, the social media giant is restoring the “View as Public” feature it had disabled last year…
Pune (Maharashtra), May 14 (IANS) A Pune court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent woman doctor to three-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and awarded Rs 10,000 fine for performing illegal sex determination tests. Judge Vishakha B. Patil…
Bengaluru, May 14 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Tuesday brought its latest premium flagship devices in the “7” series with pop-up selfie camera and massive internal storage of up to 12GB to India. Available…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Would it have been possible for an Indian to own a digital camera and use email in 1988 as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent interview to…
Sydney, May 14 (IANS) The death of a close friend will significantly affect a person’s physical, psychological and social wellbeing up to at least four years, says a study. The study, published in journal PLOS…
San Francisco, May 14 (IANS) WhatsApp users must update their app now as a bug in the app’s audio call feature allowed hackers to install spyware onto Android and iOS phones just by calling the…
San Francisco, May 14 (IANS) To establish itself as an e-commerce site, Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram has set up @shop, a special platform to facilitate convenient transactions for shoppers as well as merchants. The content…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Sending a strong message to its Chinese rivals, Samsung on Tuesday said it sold record number (five million) of Galaxy A series phones in just 70 days, starting March 1,…
London, May 14 (IANS) Vodafone on Tuesday announced that its 5G network would go live in the UK for both common consumers as well as business customers on July 3, giving the UK its first…
New York, May 14 (IANS) Low humidity is a key reason behind people falling sick and even dying from flu during the winter months, says a study. Decreased humidity lowers the immune system’s defences against…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After media reports surfaced that tech giant IBM has sacked 300 employees from its services division in India, the company on Tuesday said it is “re-inventing” itself to meet changing…