Next-gen Google Nexus 7 specs 'confirmed'

NEW DELHI: It has been just over a year since the launch of Google Nexus 7, which was unveiled at Google I/O in 2012, and became an immediate success. As the 2013 I/O drew near, market expected that the internet giant will unveil the second generation Nexus 7 tablet at the conference. However, Google didn't do so and the specifications...

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Govt planning Aakash 4, calls for suggestions

NEW DELHI: Despite setbacks, Indian government is not giving up on its dream of a low-cost tablet for school and college students. The ministry of human resource development has now formally announced that it is working on Aakash 4.  In a public note posted on the website of the department of electronics and information technology,...

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Apple applies for iWatch trademark in Japan

TOKYO: Apple has applied for a trademark for "iWatch" in Japan, a patent official said on Monday, signalling the iPhone maker may be moving ahead with plans for a watch-like device as gadget makers turn their attention to wearable computers.  The trademark application, submitted on June 3 and released on the Japan Patent Office...

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11 ways to keep your emails safe hackers

WASHINGTON: Emails are the most common thing vulnerable to spying. Adam Levin, founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911, has given 11 steps not to do with email and doing which will make us vulnerable to hackers, ABC News reported. Firstly, he said that a person should never check their e-mail on an unsafe network, as a computer...

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Airpush Launches 'AirDSP' to Provide Effortless Real-time Bidding Capability for Company's 5,000+ Mobile Advertisers

Airpush, winner of “Best Mobile Ad Network” at the 2012 MEA’s, today unveiled its “AirDSP” platform to provide mobile real-time bidding capability for the company’s 5,000+ advertisers.Using AirDSP, advertisers can run campaigns across major mobile RTB exchanges and SSPs a single interface, using the most advanced optimization and audience...

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RED Express a trusted brand of the E-Commerce companies in North India

“Most of the E-Commerce companies in North India trust RED Express for delivering their shipments to their customers” RED Express is expanding its horizons everywhere and adding new feathers to its cap every day. Now, most of the E-Commerce companies in north India trust RED Express for delivering their consignments to their customers....

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Facebook to remove bug that collects phone numbers

WASHINGTON: An online security company has exposed a bug in Facebook's Android app, which collects phone numbers without permission, even if the users are not members of the social networking site or sign into the app.  According to the Huffington Post, the problem has been confirmed by Facebook and would be addressed in the...

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Flashlight that runs on body heat

WASHINGTON: A 15-year-old girl in Canada has invented a flashlight that produces light just by using the warmth of your hand. Ann Makosinski, British Columbia, invented the thermoelectric 'Hollow Flashlight' that works via the thermoelectric effect. The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to...

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Google crisis response to help Uttarakhand victims

NEW DELHI: Search engine major Google has started an online resource facility to help people affected by the devastating floods in parts of Uttarakhand.  'Google crisis response' is prominently displayed on the home page of the search engine via the link 'resources' and provides up-to-date information on rescue and relief operations...

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Boredom drives trolls on Facebook and Twitter

LONDON: Boredom and amusement are behind many incidents of cyberbullying and trolling on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a new first-of-its-kind study has found.  The research by Lancaster University in UK, suggests that those who engage in trolling - Internet user behaviour that is meant to intentionally anger...

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Videogames may help students in education: Study

LONDON: Videogames could be key to keeping more disengaged youngsters interested in education, a new study has found.  The research, carried out by Lancaster University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), has shown how basing educational projects around video games can get hard-to-reach youngsters interested in learning.  The...

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Facebook should allow a break-up feature: Experts

LONDON: Social networking sitesFacebook should offer a feature which makes it easier to a couple's joint content following a break up, researchers say.  Experts believe this could enable people to deal with the break up more effectively.  Social networking sites should enable couples who split up to erase the evidence of...

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Mahindra Satyam shares to stop trading July 4

HYDERABAD: Mahindra Satyam (erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd), which merged into Tech Mahindra last month, will become history in the records of BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) as trading of the company's scrip is likely to end July 4.  "Trading of Satyam ( stocks) will end on July 3 and there will not be trading July...

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Vodafone to pay Rs 4,000 crore for licence extension

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Group Plc's Indian unit, which is in a dispute with the government over the renewal of its licences in three key cities, is offering to pay Rs 40 billion ($673 million) for the extension of the permits, the company said in a letter dated June 18 to the telecoms ministry and seen by Reuters.  The price offered...

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