Facebook remains the most popular social networking site in India with 51 per cent of users logging on daily, while WhatsApp tops the list of instant messaging (IM) apps, according to report by global research consultancy firm TNS. As per the findings of ‘Connected Life’ — a global study of the digital attitudes and behaviours…
NEW DELHI: Less than two weeks after the new iPhones went on sale, a number of users are reporting issues with the flagship Apple devices. Users are complaining about the phones’ Touch ID or home button overheating while starting up the device. Several users took to Apple’s support forum explaining the problem. A user posted…
WASHINGTON: Imagine a pair of glasses that project a virtual map as you walk down a new road, or turn your office into a gaming arena where you fight out zombies. A new patent application by Google could make it possible. Google has published a patent application for using holograms in a head mounted display…
NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone start-up OnePlus is offering OnePlus One phones free in Bengaluru, if they aren’t delivered within 60 minutes of the order being accepted. Sounds like a pizza delivery promotion gone wild, but OnePlus is serious about this promotion offer. “Can you ever imagine receiving a smartphone in about the same time as…
The Apple Watch has been on sale since the spring, and like all Apple products, it has been the subject of intense speculation, criticism, fawning and doomsaying. Expect all of it to accelerate, because on Monday Apple is releasing the first major upgrade of the watch’s operating system. The new software had been scheduled for…
Robots: Our new underwater ‘astronauts’ Soon it may be easier to design, plan and carry out infrastructure operations in deep water. Soon it may be easier to design, plan and carry out infrastructure operations in deep water. The EU project called “SWARMs” aims to achieve this by integrating autonomous vehicles such as ROVs and AUVs….
LONDON: A smart glove that features sensors to convert hand and finger movements into text and spoken dialogue is being developed by a university student in London. The SignLanguageGlove is being developed by designer and student at Goldsmiths, University of London, Hadeel Ayoub. The first experimental version of the glove was equipped with five flex…
Sanmay Ved, an ex-Google executive, luckily became the owner of ‘Google.com’ domain on Tuesday for just one minute. The executive said he was wandering inside the Google Domains page when he found the ‘Google.com’ domain as available to buy. Interestingly, Ved was able to add the domain to his cart and was able to make…
In just a day, the uptake for Apple’s iOS 9 jumped to almost 11 percent, according to the latest stats from analytics firm Mixpanel. Rolled out Wednesday across the world, Apple’s latest mobile software reached an adoption rate of 10.9 percent as of Thursday morning, according to the firm’s findings. Mixpanel bases its data on an analysis of…
Heart patients are likely to benefit from a revolutionary new technology that would offer a wider window for transplant once the precious organ is retrieved from the donor. The rare system is set to double the survival time of a heart from the present four hours to nearly nine hours. The phenomenon will ease travel-time…
