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Facebook messenger
'800 million people use Facebook Messenger every month'

New York: As many as 800 million people across the globe use Facebook’s “Messenger” app every month, the social networking giant’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said early on Friday. “800 million people now use Messenger each month,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. He said “I’m proud that Messenger is helping to connect so many […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Selfie stick app
Replace selfie stick with this camera app

New York: A US-based developer has developed a camera app that lets a user take selfie or groupfie by just tilting his/her head and without a physical selfie stick. Named as “Selfie Stick”, the app is designed by San Diego-based iOS developer Ford Davis who reckons that the need to carry an extra bit of […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
FACEBOOK
'Facebook deliberately crashed its Android app'

New York: Facebook, in order to test the limits of consumer patience and the loyalty of Android smartphone users, crashed its app repeatedly, a report said. According to a report published on tech news website, The Information, on Tuesday, the company intentionally crashed the app multiple times to test how much their user base would […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Smartphone
MP graduates with 75% attendance to get smartphones

Bhopal: Graduate students in colleges of Madhya Pradesh will be gifted smartphones if they have at least 75 percent attendance, according to a state government scheme announced on Wednesday. Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta said students of two academic sessions — 2014-15 and 2015-16 — will be given smartphones by April 2016. Gupta […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Letv launches world's thinnest 65-inch TV
Letv launches world's thinnest 65-inch TV

New Delhi: China-based Internet conglomerate Letv on Wednesday released the world’s thinnest TV, Super 4 Max65 Blade at the ongoing four-day International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The sleek, slim and amazing looking TV is just 3.9mm thick which is equivalent of two coins put together. The Super 4 Max65 Blade has a […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
TheaterMax, Lenovo
Lenovo unveils world's first smartphone with TheaterMax

New Delhi: Lenovo on Tuesday launched Vibe K4 Note to revolutionise multimedia experience on smartphone by introducing TheaterMax, an immersive large screen experience powered by Lenovo Virtual Reality (VR) technology. TheaterMax can convert any multimedia content to become immersive, giving users a virtual large screen cinematic experience when viewed through a VR headset. Virtual Reality […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
FACEBOOK
Facebook activates 'Safety Check' for Manipur quake

With a powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale rocking India's north-eastern region early Monday, Facebook has activated its safety check tool to help people in the area let friends and family know they are safe

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
pollution APP
This app tells you about quality of air you're breathing

Helpchat, one of India's biggest personal assistant apps, has launched a new "pollution metre" feature that monitors the air in the surrounding environment and delivers you a personalised air quality update

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
moto 360
Moto 360 men's collection now available on Amazon

Motorola watch's Moto 360 (2nd Gen) men's collection is now available on e-commerce website Amazon India with a new variant of the product on sale

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
heart monitor
Stretchy, wearable device to monitor heart functioning

New York: Using gold nanoparticles, South Korean scientists have created an ultra-thin and stretchable wearable device that can provide continuous heart rate monitoring. The device could lead to improved personal and mobile health-monitoring systems. The researchers said that currently available wearable devices such as watches and bands are not suitable for all situations. “Rapid developments […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
micro cable
Flippy: World's first reversible micro-USB cable to make your life easy

New Delhi: Smartphone users who get annoyed with ill-fitting USB connectors, tangled cables and slow data transfer speeds have a solution in Flippy – the world’s first reversible micro-USB cable. Flippy is a patent-pending technology by Dott, an innovative smart-device accessories brand, that allows users not only to transfer files at a lighting speed but […]

  • Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Facebook
Facebook Launches 'Bulletin' For Independent Writers

With an aim to promote independent writers, Facebook has announced a set of publishing and subscription tools -- Bulletin -- to support these creators in the US.

Google
Google Messages To Get 2 New Features Soon In India

The new experience uses machine learning technology to automatically sort your messages into categories, including personal, transactions, OTPs and offers to help you easily find the messages that matter most the moment you need them.

YouTube
YouTube TV '4K Plus' Tier Brings 4K Streaming

Google-owned video-streaming giant YouTube TV is introducing a new add-on that introduces 4K quality, downloads and unlimited simultaneous streaming on a home network to the Google live TV subscription service.

LIGO
India to build Gravitational wave detector by 2025

New Delhi: A new LIGO gravitational wave detector to measure ripples in the fabric of space and time is set to be built in India by 2025, in collaboration with universities from across the globe. The new Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detector will add to the two already operational in the US. The LIGO […]

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