Google logo. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) In a fillip to government’s Skill India initiative, technology giant Google on Monday launched its “Android Skilling and Certification” programme to help make the country…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) In a move to speed up the availability of internet-connected cars in India, WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton with other global business leaders on Monday announced they will invest an undisclosed…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Xiaomi Mi India on Monday announced its partnership with Foxconn’s subsidiary distributor arm Innocomm and Just Buy Live to expand its offline distribution network to more than 5,000 outlets in…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Smartphone maker itel India on Monday launched an innovative personal interpreter for its smart keypad feature phones it5231 and it5320. The app named King voice can be activated via shortcut…
New York, July 11 (IANS) PostGhost — a nascent website that kept copies of deleted tweets sent by verified users — has decided to shut operations after micro-blogging site Twitter sent the start-up a notice….
Melbourne, July 11 (IANS) Australia’s Tasmania state will soon take delivery of a new, world-class underwater robot which will help scientists explore new parts of the Antarctic environment. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), known as…
Washington, July 11 (IANS) A police officer in US’ Kansas city was fired after he threatened an African-American woman’s five-year-old daughter on Facebook. Rodney Lee Wilson worked with Overland Park Police Department in Kansas, Buzzfeed…
Chennai, July 11 (IANS) The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu that went critical or started nuclear fission on Sunday is expected to touch its rated capacity in three months time,…
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu went critical or started nuclear fission on Sunday at 8.56 p.m., said officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd…
London, July 10 (IANS) Scientists at Finland’s Aalto University have set a new world record in microwave detection, breaking the old record by fourteen-fold — a feat that may lead to manufacturing of ultrasensitive cameras…
New York, July 10 (IANS) NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found that carbon dioxide ice more often covers the ground at night in some mid-latitude regions than in polar regions of the Red Planet,…
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) As telecom operators prepare their bids for the next round of spectrum auctions, keenly watched is the 700 MHz band, being put on the block for the…
Panaji, July 9 (IANS) The Defence Ministry is working on developing indigenous second generation routers in order to secure the armed forces communication networks, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. Speaking at the golden…
Brussels, July 9 (IANS) Striking down the previously reached agreement over US surveillance concerns, the European Union (EU) accepted the Private Shield law that would allow US companies to transfer Europeans private data to servers…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Facing investigation over his speeches that are believed to have “inspired” two of the Bangladeshi cafe attackers, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Saturday sought support from the Muslim community…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A tidal turbine designed to harness the kinetic energy found in moving bodies of water could be ideal for India to generate clean energy from a renewable resource with less…
New York, July 9 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has said that it has begun offering an option to encrypt messages — a way to have secret conversations with other users — to some of…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Parents and schools can now actively monitor their children’s movement enroute to school and home and also within the school premises, thanks to a smartphone app that Gurgaon-based software company…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) The IIT Bombay and IIT Madras will collaborate with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to conduct research and develop products related to critical aerospace technologies as part of the…
New York, July 9 (IANS) After a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past few months, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, had his account compromised briefly on Saturday, a media report said….