New smartphone app to help you save money

A new smartphone app that keeps tabs on your expenses, creates a monthly budget and suggests ways to curb over-spending has been developed.On the basis of the financial information you provide to 'HelloWallet' while signing up, the application will instantly show you recent transactions, accounts and a budget summary.HelloWallet also...

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6 gadgets to get you fitter

The festive season is always fun. It's the time for family and friends; there are weddings and parties to attend. What joy! But there's a downside to the revelry. Before we even realize it, we're sleeping later than usual, rising later too, and our diets go for a toss. Our pants get that little bit...

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BlackBerry starts offering free BB10 apps

Canadian handset makerBlackBerry is betting on the apps ecosystem to turn around its fortunes with free and discounts on apps across categories like games, music and productivity for users of its BB10 platform."BlackBerry is kicking off the winter festive season with a variety of offers on some...

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Snapchat finds its niche with disappearing messages

  For 13-year-old Coral Fairchild, Snapchat trumps old-style text messaging as the way to socialize with friends in the mobile Internet age. The northern California girl adds mustaches to faces in pictures or speech bubbles using touch-screen features that allow people to draw on Snapchat...

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Hackers latest target: SmartTVs, security cameras

Besides PCs and mobile phones, internet-connected devices like smartTVs, routers and security cameras are also now vulnerable to attacks from cybercriminals, security software provider Symantec said.With millions of devices now connecting to the internet and in many cases,...

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Is Jeff Bezos' Amazon to be the 'next Walmart'?

Jeffrey Preston Bezos may probably have the most recognisable laugh — "a guttural roar that sounds like a cross between a mating elephant seal and a power tool," as Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Brad Stone describes it — among America's tech titans, but don't let...

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Andriod app Homely for house property search

Trivandrum-based IT company Mind Media Innovations has launched an Andriod application   'Homely', which helps users to find house properties. The application 'Homely' lets users browse through properties by major builders and find their dream home, the company said in a statement. The ...

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Computers can play chess but can they negotiate business deals?

  The game of chess and the process of business negotiation share many similarities. Two sides engage in a strategic dance toward their objectives. Back and forth, each player's move affects the other's next move in an exciting tangle of calculation and strategy. As technology has advanced,...

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Twitter halo fades after listing: Facebook, LinkedIn hold ground

After a big-bang listing, Twitter shares seem to be losing its fizz while social media rivals Facebook and LinkedIn are holding the fort amid portfolio churn by investors.In a dream debut, microblogging site Twitter's stock popped up on NYSE debut on November 7 and closed with 73 per cent...

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Meet K5, a night watchman on wheels

The night watchman of the future is 5-feet tall, weighs 300 pounds and looks a lot like R2-D2 - without the whimsy. And will work for $6.25 an hour.A company in California has developed a mobile robot, known as the K5 Autonomous Data Machine, as a safety and security tool for corporations,...

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