See from Space Those Alphabets Drawn by Nature
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) Many of us may have played a game where we look at the stars or at the clouds and try to “see” in them different shapes, animals and a lot…
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Facebook Investor Class-Action Suit Cleared in US
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) A US judge has cleared a class-action suit against social networking giant Facebook from investors claiming it failed to fully disclose its risks at the time of its 2012 share…
Scientists Create $100 Smartphone-Powered 3D Printer
Beijing, Dec 31 (IANS) A team of scientists in Taiwan has created a $100 smartphone-powered 3D printer that uses visible light emitted from a phone to cure the resin instead of the traditional method of…
Happy New Year, Says Google Doodle
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Internet search giant Google on Thursday rolled out a doodle, wishing its users a “Happy new year”. In the doodle, a combination of five animated birds can be seen with…
Hubble Clicks Two Galaxies Merging for the First Time
This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the galaxy NGC 6052, located around 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. It would…
Facebook’s Free Basics Services Shut Down in Egypt
Cairo, Dec 31 (IANS) As the debate over Free Basics and net neutrality entered an interesting phase in India, Egypt has decided to shut down Facebook’s controversial free internet service, media reported on Thursday. Although…
US Honours Pluto’s Historic Flyby with Postal Stamps
Washington, Dec 31 (IANS) The US Postal Service has released a preview of its new 2016 stamps highlighting NASA’s planetary science programme, including the New Horizons’ historic 2015 flyby. The 2016 stamp series also has…
Dutchwoman Hetty Ermers Uses Facebook to Convince Thief to Return Purse
Brussels, Dec 30 (IANS/EFE) A woman from the Netherlands managed to find the thief who stole her purse through Facebook, which allowed her to contact him to return her purse along with its contents. Hetty…
Twitter Updates Rules to Stop Abusive Behaviour Online
San Francisco, Dec 30 (IANS) In a fresh bid to combat abusive behaviour, micro-blogging site Twitter is revising its rules to tackle hateful conduct including spreading of terror messages online. “We believe that protection from…
Stop Treating Google As Your Doctor
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Are you among those who log in to Google every time you are down with body ache, fever or cold, only to get more confused and scared? Many young Indians…
Facebook Testing Multiple News Feeds on Mobile
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) Facebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed, according to a media report. “People have told us they’d like new options…
Meet Nadine, the Social Robot Who Can Give You Company
Singapore, Dec 30 (IANS) Say hello to Nadine, an unconventional robot with her own personality, mood and emotions. She is friendly, can greet you back and remember your name and your previous conversation with her….
IIT, IISC Faculty Slam Facebook’s Free Basics
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Academicians from India’s premier institutes IITs and IISc have slammed Facebook’s Free Basics initiative, terming it “flawed” and “misleading”. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, around 50 faculty members from…
Apple to Pay Italy 318 Mn Euros After Tax Fraud Probe
Rome, Dec 30 (AFP) Apple has agreed to pay Italian authorities 318 million euros to settle a tax dispute after the US tech giant was accused of dodging payments, the tax office has said. The…
Now, Manage Your Smartphone While You Workout With Magnetic Z-Case
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) A US company has developed an innovative magnetic case and armband to help people manage their smartphones while exercising, according to a media report. Cleveland-based Selfie-Z developed the magnetic Z-Case…
NASA Gets $55 Mn Funding to Send Humans to Mars
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55…
Google Glass 2.0 Comes in a Folding Version
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) Remember the Google Glass? Well, the project seems to be alive as a brand new model of it appeared on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. The pictures show…
New Age Silicon-Based Chip Offers Security with Super Performance: Top Oracle India Executive
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Oracle’s state-of-the-art SPARC M7 microprocessor, the world’s first silicon-based memory intrusion detection and a high-speed encryption chip, offers data security and memory protection without performance degradation and is cost-effective, a…
Zuckerberg Fuels Free Basics Vs Net Neutrality Debate in India
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) First splashy full page ads in major Indian newspapers and now a personal piece by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a leading English daily defending Free Basics, the war over…
NASA Captures Boulders on Martian Landslide
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a massive landslide on Mars, showing a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall. The landslide was relatively fresh as many individual boulders stood above the…