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450 percent increase in cricket apps during T-20 season: Report

New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Cricket-related apps have seen over 450 percent surge during the ongoing T-20 World Cup, a report by app tracking service 9Apps Trends said here on Thursday. According to data shared by the tracking service, the traffic peaked during the second week into the cricket season with India-Pakistan match adding to […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
Microsoft's AI bot resurfaces on Twitter, goes haywire again
Microsoft's AI bot resurfaces on Twitter, goes haywire again

New York: Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bot which was activated on Twitter last week for a playful chat with people, only to get silenced within 24 hours as users started sharing racist comments with it, was accidentally resurrected again and messed it all up once again. Tay came back to life briefly on Wednesday when […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Twitter to help create realistic birdsong soundscape

Brasilia: Using a genetic algorithm, scientists in Brazil have created a realistic soundscape of birdsong that can be triggered by updates from the micro-blogging service Twitter. The team developed an evolutionary, or genetic, algorithm that synthesises authentic sounding birdsong in the computer. The system could also be used to manipulate the acoustic space of a […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
Waiting for your iPhone SE? You can get it from April 8
Waiting for your iPhone SE? You can get it from April 8

Gurgaon: If you are waiting for the cheaper, smaller yet powerful iPhone SE, you won’t have to wait for too long as Beetel Teletech Limited, a Brightstar company, announced it will make available the latest Apple offering with a four-inch display, beginning April 8. “Pre orders open on March 29 at 12:01am,” a company statement […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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nexGTv's 'data saving' feature to let you stream videos at ease

New Delhi: nexGTv – IndiaÂ’s largest subscription-driven video entertainment app – on Thursday introduced a unique feature that allows users to manage their data flow at will as they stream a video on smartphones or other devices. The feature can help a user save data by as much as five times even as they continue […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
NIKE ADVANCED SHOE
Nike unveils futuristic, self-lacing shoes

New York: Many of us have wished for a shoe that automatically ties its laces when they get untied while we are running. American sports footwear and apparel brand Nike apparently heard us and on Thursday released the futuristic self-lacing sneakers. Launched at an event here, the shoes — named HyperAdapt 1.0 — resemble the […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
FACEBOOK VIDEO
Turn off notifications during 'Live Video' on Facebook soon

New York: Social media giant Facebook has announced it will soon roll out a feature that lets a user turn off disturbing notifications as they use “Live Video” feature on its platform. Although the social media giant witnessed a sharp increase in live streaming since it opened its “Live Video” feature earlier this year, some […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Louisiana tops in posting hateful, abusive tweets in US: Study

Washington: When it comes to tweeting hateful and abusive content on the micro-blogging site Twitter, the state of Louisiana – at a rate of 1,115 tweets per 10,000 – has become the origin of the most “slur-containing” tweets in the US. According to “Best Places to Live” study conducted by apartment hunting app Abodo that […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
WORLD CULTURAL FEST
Twitter abuzz with World Culture Festival

New Delhi: The three-day World Culture Festival, which began here on Friday after much uncertainty for many days, was the big talking point on micro-blogging site Twitter. “And it’s raining as world culture festival begins. We can conquer man, not nature!,” tweeted a noted journalist, perhaps expecting a washout of the event on its first […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
FB LITE
Facebook Lite hits 100 mn monthly active users

New Delhi: Facebook Lite has reached 100 million monthly active users in less than nine months since its launch, making it the fastest growing version of Facebook to hit that milestone, the social media giant announced on Wednesday. Facebook Lite now supports more than 50 languages, is smaller than 1 MB and has rolled out […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Google celebrates International Women's Day with doodle

New Delhi: Global internet search giant Google on Tuesday marked the International Women’s Day with one of its special doodles featuring real women rather than animated characters. The International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, is a global event aimed at inspiring women and celebrating their achievements. Google posted a short video on its home […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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'Facebook to become world's biggest virtual graveyard by 2098'

London: If you are bogged down by notifications sent by the known but deceased people in your timeline on Facebook, do not get surprised by this news. According to researchers, the social networking giant will become the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by the end of this century as there will be more profiles of dead […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
Kryptos Mobile
Kryptos Mobile chosen I-MADE's official mobile app platform

New Delhi: Bangalore-based mobile platform company, Kryptos Mobile has been selected by the Innovation in Mobile App Development Ecosystem (I-MADE) project as the official mobile app platform. With this association, Kryptos Mobile will provide its cross-platform mobile application development platform to more than 35,000 Indian institutions and over 20 million college students. “We are pleased […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Popular blood pressure app 'overwhelmingly inaccurate'

New York: A popular smartphone app purported to accurately measure blood pressure in an instant actually fails to detect high blood pressure in eight out of 10 patients, thereby potentially putting users’ health at risk, an alarming study has found. Although the app, called Instant Blood Pressure, is no longer available for purchase, it was […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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GreenDust launches its mobile app

New Delhi: GreenDust, one of India’s largest online store for refurbished products, on Thursday launched its new mobile app to enable customers avail exclusive deals and discounts on open-box, factory seconds and surplus products. “The launch of the GDClub app was inspired by our online feat at www.greendust.com. Additionally, tapping the trend of online shopping, […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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