New York, Jan 3 (IANS) Social networking website Twitter and Politwoops have struck a deal that would allow people to access the controversial tweets that politicians posted and later deleted after public outcry. Politwoops will…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Following years of hype, 2016 looks to be the year that Virtual Reality (VR) actually becomes real as firms like HTC, Sony and Samsung propose to launch equipment this year to…
Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the 103rd Session of Indian Science Congress, in Mysuru on Jan 3, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mysuru, Jan 3 (IANS) As frugal innovation and crowd sourcing were instances of…
New York, Jan 3 (IANS) The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be held from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, the official website said. CES is a global platform where next-generation innovations are…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Jan 3 (IANS) The once-bitten-twice-shy scientific community has decided to stick to the basic or applied science, keeping out mythology from their annual jamboree this time. “Only pure science is our real business…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Instead of adopting large-scale technologies from big corporate players, India’s smart city plan should incorporate “appropriate technologies” that are smaller in scale and can evolve with new innovations at minimum cost,…
London, Jan 2 (IANS) A group that says it targets online activity linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on the BBC’s website. All the BBC’s websites were unavailable…
New York, Jan 2 (IANS) An Arab Spring activist has accused the Twitter micro-blogging site of suspending his account after administrators mistook him for the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Iyad El-Baghdadi,…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Jan 2 (IANS) Eminent scientists and technologists from across the country will brainstorm here from Sunday on how best to implement the Modi government’s ambitious Make in India programme for the global market….
Big Data is increasingly being used by prominent companies to outpace the competition. Be it established companies or start-ups, they are embracing data-focussed strategies to outpace the competition. In healthcare, clinical data can be reviewed…
London, Jan 1 (IANS) For new mothers who can’t always make a sense of baby’s cries, help is at hand. A team of researchers has developed a smartphone app that can decode what the baby’s…
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Microsoft has unveiled a free app that uses machine learning to improve selfies by taking age, gender, skin tone and lighting into account and beautify the overall photo. Named “Microsoft Selfie”,…
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) The micro-blogging site Twitter has reversed its controversial decision to ban popular tool Politwoops that archived politicians’ deleted social media updates to bring more transparency to public dialogue. Politwoops is…
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Did you get a pair of binoculars or a telescope? If so, you can put them to the test by searching the Eastern sky for a view of a fuzzy comet…
San Francisco, Dec 31 (AP) Facebook’s making some of its users feel a lot older than they really are. The social network sent automated messages today inviting some users to celebrate “46 years of friendship…
Berlin, Dec 31 (AP) Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, undermining the cause of the far-right movement….
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…
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…
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…
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…