Looking for a job? Smartphone apps to help you

Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition.  Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including...

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HP launches laptop-cum-tablets, SlateBook x2 and Split x2

Hewlett-Packard India has announced a slew of products including notebooks, detachables and All-in-One PCs. HP SlateBook x2 sports a removable screen that also turns into a tablet. By releasing the magnetic hinge, users can move between the two form factors -— tablet and notebook PC.  Powered by Android and Microsoft Windows 8...

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Google eyes television over Internet: Reports

US Internet giant Google is scrambling to deliver pay television online and has met with some content providers on licensing, The Wall Street Journal has reported. "If the Web giant goes ahead with the idea, it would join several other companies planning to offer services that deliver cable TV-style packages of channels over broadband...

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Yahoo CEO: Q2 most productive quarter in history

Yahoo! said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose sharply from a year ago, but revenues lagged, offering a mixed picture for chief executive Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts. Net profit rose 46 percent from a year ago to $331 million, slightly better than expected, but revenues excluding payments to partners fell one percent to $1.07...

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Lenovo’s 7-inch tablet with calling @ Rs 8,990

 Lenovo has started taking orders for its IdeaTab A1000 tablet in India on its official website. The Chinese manufacturer has placed this device in the budget segment and has priced it at Rs 8,990. It will compete against the likes of Acer Iconia B1, Asus MemoPad and Micromax Funbook Talk in the market. Unveiled at the Mobile...

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Review Kindle Fire HD 8.9: A tablet for readers

Do you know Amazon sells an Android tablet? Unless you are someone who keeps an eye on the world of technology, probably not. This is because Amazon, which launched its first tablet Kindle Fire in 2011, wasn't selling anything other than Kindle -- aka the world's most popular e-book reader -- in India until last month.  There...

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Microsoft: Received 400 requests for data from India

Microsoft received over 400 requests from India last year for inquiries regarding criminal activity, affecting nearly 600 different accounts, according to the American tech giant.  Microsoft provided no content data in response to these requests, the company said.  However, Microsoft did provide non-content data 88.5...

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Universities in US vulnerable to cyberattacks

America's research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly. Campuses are being forced to tighten security, constrict their culture of openness and try to determine what...

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Now, human pee to charge cellphones

Pee power! In a world first, UK scientists claim to have developed a novel method to charge mobile phones - using human urine.  Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have described the "breakthrough" finding of charging cell phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.  "We are very...

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‘Cyberattacks on stock exchanges put markets at risk

Around half of the world's securities exchanges were the target ofcyberattacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges.The prevalence of attacks along with the interconnected nature of the markets creates the potential for widespread impact, said the joint staff working paper by the International Organization...

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