San Francisco, June 10 (IANS) Chinese technology major Lenovo has unveiled its PHAB2 Pro smartphone powered by Tango technology, a set of sensors and software from Google that senses and maps its surroundings to enable…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Global printing and personal computer major HP Inc. is launching its thinnest laptop — HP Spectre — on June 21 in India. The company has sent out media invite for…
New York, June 9 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter has tapped longtime executive Ross Hoffman as the company’s new vice president of global media — in the third appointment to that role in the last six…
London, June 9 (IANS) Microblogging site Twitter has equipped 21st century writers with the necessary skills, including tough self-editing, to thrive in the face of emerging technologies, according to a recent study. To test if…
New York, June 9 (IANS) Soon after the news of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams’s account hack surfaced on Thursday, another report said that hackers might have used malware to collect more than 32 million Twitter…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Health can’t be cited as a reason anymore for denial of permission to set up telecom towers after recent court judgements but the authorities must hasten the process of approvals…
Moscow, June 9 (IANS) Most Russians consider biological innovations useless or even unethical, suggests a poll monitoring innovative behaviour of the population. Conducted by researchers at the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Video streaming service YouTube on Thursday rolled out a new feature ‘Smart Offline’ that lets a user download a video at cheaper night data rates offered by mobile operators in…
By Anjali Ojha Moscow, June 9 (IANS) Russian atomic power corporation Rosatom is looking forward to participating in the Make in India programme and assembly of fuel rods and control system components appear to be…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday announced that the company would auction the first five units of its flagship device OnePlus 3 in India on online marketplace Droom. This first-of-its-kind…
Toronto, June 9 (IANS) A team of researchers at a Canadian university has developed an advanced 4-D technique to avoid costly delays often associated with massive public infrastructure projects. “Any delay in the work on…
New York, June 9 (IANS) In a major shake-up, technology giants Google and Apple have reportedly been testing a new revenue sharing model for developers that would give them more money when users subscribe to…
New York, June 9 (IANS) After a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past weeks, Evan Williams, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, had his account briefly compromised, a media report said….
New York, June 9 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook is testing a new post that allows a status update that’s only visible to the News Feed and will not show up in the user’s timeline,…
New York, June 9 (IANS) Scientists have discovered that hair-like filaments on the surface of Geobacter bacteria exhibit electrical conductivity comparable to that of copper — paving the way for the employment of biological materials…
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Public sector defence electronics major Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on Wednesday announced its foray into manufacturing Micro ATMs and Citizen Verification Devices (CVD). Capable of strengthening financial inclusion in the country,…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Six in 10 smartphone users consider that wearables have uses beyond health and wellness, a new report has said, adding that devices related to personal safety and security such as…
Paris, June 8 (IANS) The French government on Wednesday launched a mobile phone application that allows people to be kept constantly informed of terrorist attacks and how to proceed if involved. The application, called ‘Alert…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) ‘Internet Saathi’, a joint digital literacy programme of Google India and Tata Trust, is all set to roll out across 400 villages and reach one lakh women in Purulia district in…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Wearable market in India clocked just over 400,000 units sold in Q1 2016, driven largely by fitness bands with 87.7 per cent market share whereas smart wearables such as smartwatches…