London, March 3 (IANS) In its bid to save children from online sexual abuse, France’s national police has urged parents to stop posting photos of their children on Facebook and other social media platforms. According…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) GreenDust, one of India’s largest online store for refurbished products, on Thursday launched its new mobile app to enable customers avail exclusive deals and discounts on open-box, factory seconds and…
New York, March 3 (IANS) A popular smartphone app purported to accurately measure blood pressure in an instant actually fails to detect high blood pressure in eight out of 10 patients, thereby potentially putting users’…
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) Mobile HIV-testing vehicles are set to debut in the Chinese capital Beijing, providing free tests and helping link the needy with follow-up treatment, the media reported on Thursday. The first five…
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) China has the highest adoption rate in the world for technology-enabled payment systems, the media reported on Thursday. In a survey of 13,000 respondents in 26 countries, 86 percent of Chinese…
London, March 3 (IANS) Diego Dzodan, Facebook’s vice-president for Latin America who was arrested by Brazilian police for not complying with previous judicial decisions, was released on Wednesday. Facebook spokesman Matt Steinfeld confirmed to technology…
New York, March 3 (IANS) Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet — the parent company of Google — has been picked by Pentagon to head a new advisory board on defence innovation. Pentagon press secretary…
Bengaluru, March 2 (IANS) Social media network Facebook on Wednesday claimed it had 69 million daily active users (DAU) in India, including 64 million accessing its website on mobile. “In India, we have 69 million…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) An American company is holding discussions with Antrix Corporation to put into orbit its communication satellite, using India’s heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the government said on Wednesday….
New York, March 2 (IANS) Smartphones would constitute 98 percent of handset sales by 2020, according to a study by US-based market research firm iGR. “Many factors are driving the global increase in smartphone sales….
New York, March 2 (IANS) Robots are unreliable in case of fire or other emergency situations but people trust them blindly, according to a new study. People may trust a robot too much for their…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Chinese internet conglomerate LeEco has sold as many as 200,000 smartphones within 30 days, the company said on Wednesday. The company calls its phones “superphones”. “The incredible response from our…
Samsung’s 3D plasma television. Moscow, March 2 (IANS) You can soon watch your favourite 3D movie without a headache or discomfort. A team of Russian researchers has found that apart from bad glasses and cheap…
London, March 2 (IANS) The shortage of familiar domain names such as dot-com and dot-co-dot-uk have seen domain registration drop but the rise of ‘not-com’ domains can open up new areas of the internet, says…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) With healthcare a fast growing sector, women entrepreneurs are increasingly coming up with different services in the e-commerce space. Aiming at making healthcare easily accessible at your…
New York, March 2 (IANS) Doctors lack the capacity or tools to review or instantaneously interpret data from lifestyle, fitness or food tracking mobile apps, says a new study. Researchers from the University of Washington…
Moscow, March 2 (IANS) Russian scientists have created a perfect filter for the protection of respiratory organs and other purposes. Weighing only 10-20 mg/m2, the fabric made of nylon nanofibers allows 95 percent light transmission…
New York, March 2 (IANS) As more and more people are watching Facebook Live Videos, the social networking giant has pushed its live video feature to top of its News Feed. The company is considering…
Washington, March 2 (IANS) After conducting some key research on the International Space Station (ISS) to send humans to Mars in the near future, astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov safely…
Rio de Janeiro, March 2 (IANS) Brazilian police arrested Diego Dzodan, Facebook’s vice-president for Latin America, for not complying with previous judicial decisions. In a press release, the federal police stated that Dzodan had been…