LONDON (TIP): Forgot your passport on way to the airport? Relax as De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, is working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Bruce Springsteen’s generous gesture to snowbound followers this winter was the first time many music fans became aware of Nugs.net, a website that offers concert experiences to those who can’t make it […]
FRANKFURT (TIP): Nearly a decade after the iPhone broke the mould for mobile phones the question being asked is whether the evolution of the smartphone has finally come to an end, as even Apple now […]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) scraped its request for Apple Inc.’s assistance to hack into the phone of a terrorist killer. The federal government department, on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), […]
NEW YORK (TIP): 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 Live Videos […]
WhatsApp users will finally be able to share documents with each other over chats. The feature is now available on the latest WhatsApp builds available on Google Play and the App Store. Users with WhatsApp version 2.12.453 […]
Google Photos now gets updated with a new feature that allows users to edit images faster. The update gives users a slew of powerful editing tools. For instance, the app now gets a variety of filters […]
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have shown that a next-generation cell-based immunotherapy may offer new hope in the fight against the most aggressive form of brain cancer called glioma. Despite improvements in surgical procedures, chemotherapy, […]
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin scientist has developed a new one atom-thick flat material that could upstage the wonder material graphene for having properties allowing it to be used in advance digital technology. Discovered by Madhu […]
5G will massively speed up the Internet and unlock the Internet of Things–making driverless cars and talking fridges a reality–but experts warn plenty of hurdles remain. The fifth generation of mobile networks should permit devices […]
TORONTO (TIP): Imagine a window in your living room that could double as a giant thermostat or a big TV screen. A new glass technology may make it possible. Researchers at University of British Columbia […]
Facebook users around the globe can now do more than “like” a post. They can love it, laugh at it or feel angered by it. The social network rolled out “Reactions” – an extension of the […]
Google cardboard — a virtual reality (VR) headset that docs your phone — spawned as a side project that’s now turned into an entire division focused on virtual reality. Google Cardboard is like an “open-source-hardware“ that […]
Putting their iOS and Android apps through rigorous tests, Instagram has officially launched multi-account support for their mobile app. For someone who likes to keep their professional and personal accounts separately, or manage accounts of […]
NEW YORK — Researchers, including an Indian American scientist, from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the […]
Feb 24: In a first of its kind research, an Indian American led team at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University have essentially hit the pause button on boiling. Using a focused […]
In an effort to curb battery drainage as you use Wi-Fi to play games or watch movies, a team of engineers including Indian-origin researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will meet with the European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager in Brussels in the coming week, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. European competition officials have been […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have developed a ‘smart’ wearable robotic limb that responds to human gestures and the music it hears, allowing drummers to play with three arms. The two-foot long robotic arm can be attached […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Freedom 251 may be the world’s cheapest smart phone but the device released by Noida-based Ringing Bells is riddled with problems, including a possible copyright infringement of Apple’s iconic iPhone, HT […]
Two days after closing down its controversy-ridden Free Basics programme, Facebook India Managing Director Kirthiga Reddy stepped down from her current role and will relocate back to the US. In a Facebook post, Reddy says […]
WASHINGTON: A team led by an Indian-origin scientist in US has discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and smartphones that consume a lot less power. The semiconductor, […]
Reports suggest Apple is on target to introduce its next iPhone and iPad models on March 15, and aims to start selling the devices in the same week, technology blog 9to5Mac reported. Apple, which will introduce […]
TOKYO (TIP): High-schooler Nao Noguchi is a perfect illustration of why Japanese camera sales have plunged the past few years — she uses her smartphone for everything and cannot understand why anyone would bother with […]
NEW YORK: A tweet by Facebook board member Marc Andreessen implying that Facebook’s Free Basics is the same as colonialism created a storm on Twitter on Wednesday, with many Indians lashing out against him on […]
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