Most of us who thronged cyber cafes in the late 1990s and a little into 2000s for surfing the internet, checking emails, night-long chats and online dating (for some lucky souls, though) can never forget the initiation into the World Wide Web, thanks to Yahoo. Yahoo Mail and Messenger were once the gospel for all […]

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Wednesday announced its second Android-based smartphone DTEK50 that combines BlackBerry’s security, privacy and productivity with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow experience. The $299 smartphone is now available to pre-order from ShopBlackBerry.com in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. “We take our customers’ privacy seriously. This device […]

In an apparent misuse of technology, a 16-year-old girl in Georgia was thrashed by her mother on Facebook Live for posting provocative photos, the media reported. In the five-minute facebook live stream, Shanavia Miller, the teenager’s mother was seen beating Nia Green while throwing a flurry of fists at her face and torso. The mother […]

In an effort to enhance users’ smartphones experience, Karbonn Mobiles has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) research company Staqu to introduce AI-enabled fashion search feature in its new range of smartphones — Fashion Eye and Fashion Eye 2.0. “With an aim to bring value-added services to its consumers, Karbonn Mobiles have forged one of the […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his first death anniversary, saying that his death has created an “irreplaceable” void. “It’s been a year since our beloved Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam left us and created a void that is irreplaceable. My tributes to this great personality,” tweeted […]

When it comes to sex, frogs can do it in water, on land and on leaves, but some male frogs have developed the preference for reproducing on land in order to keep competitors aways, new research suggests. It was earlier assumed that natural selection drove frogs to take the evolutionary step to reproduce on land […]

Although it added three million users — one million more that what analysts had expected — the not-so-promising second quarter earnings results led to the shares of micro-blogging website Twitter tumbling on Tuesday which wiped out nearly 10 per cent from its share price in after-market trading. The company posted quarterly revenue of $602 million, […]

Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Wednesday announced the acquisition of the hardware and software businesses of US TV company VIZIO Inc. for $2 billion to strengthen its presence in North America as part of its globalisation strategy. According to the deal, the VIZIO hardware and software businesses will be owned and operated as […]

In an intriguing find, scientists associated with NASA’s Dawn spacecraft have discovered a mysterious disappearance of a significant number of large craters on dwarf planet Ceres, indicating something has happened to it. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived to orbit Ceres in March 2015 and mission scientists expected to find a heavily-cratered body generally resembling the protoplanet […]

Micro-blogging website Twitter has updated its Android app and added a dark-themed mode for night time viewing to make it a little easier on the eyes. Latest is Twitter’s Android app. The Twitter’s Android app feature can be found in the app’s main menu (under your profile icon or the hamburger icon) where users can […]