Tech
After 9 years at Google, why Peeyush Ranjan joined Flipkart in India
Ranjan has joined Flipkart as senior vice president and head of engineering. He will be working closely with Mukesh Bansal, head of Flipkart commerce platform.
Nokia HERE maps: Competition stiffens between luxury carmakers, Internet giant, investors
It is seen as a three-way race between German carmakers, a consortium including Uber and Baidu, and a third group including China's Tencent and Navinfo.
Redesigned Google Hangouts for desktop now available. Here's how you can get it
The new UI shows your list of conversations and the currently open conversation in one single window.
25 years of Solitaire: Microsoft hosts a global tournament, gives you a chance to show the world how good you're at the game
Players will be challenged to bring their best to defeat Microsoft's best, from Klondike to FreeCell to Spider, TriPeaks and Pyramid game modes.
Your fingerprints could soon tell you if you are high on cocaine
The non-invasive drug test for cocaine accurately detects its presence in your system via just your fingerprints.
Google to soon launch the world's first fully self-driving car
The new pod isn't designed for a long trip, or a joyride. It lacks air bags and other federally required safety features, so it can't go more than 25 miles per hour.
A man insisted on honesty and became a billionaire in China, the land of fakes
Before he became a billionaire in e-commerce, Richard Liu was a failure.
9 mobile numbers on a single SIM! BlackBerry's new solution coming to India
BlackBerry is in discussions with regulatory authorities and telecom operators in the country to launch its virtual SIM solution by year-end.
Facebook, IBM partner to develop better online ads
The two companies would work together on data analytics for 'tailored marketing capabilities that reach the right people at the right time.'
Read: Sheryl Sandberg shares a post in memory of husband Dave Goldberg
"If the day I walked down that aisle with Dave someone had told me that this would happen...I would still have walked down that aisle," Sandberg says in her note.
Motorola slashes Moto 360 smartwatch prices by Rs 5,000
The leather variants, which were originally priced for Rs 17,999, will be available for Rs 12,999.
Microsoft patents smart glasses that allow users to detect, interpret emotions
The wearer of the glasses can determine who to analyse, whether an individual or a group, without their knowing.
'Who invented the piano?' asks Google. 'Bartolomeo Cristofori,' answers Google
One of Cristofori's biggest innovations was creating a hammer mechanism that struck the strings on a keyboard to create sound.
86% parents baffled with teens' Internet lingo
A survey of 2,000 British parents found that 86 per cent think teenagers speak an entirely different language on social media and messaging.
Physical stores can boost revenue of online retailers: Study
When brick-and-mortar stores of the online retailers were added, consumers made more frequent purchases overall, for a net revenue increase of 20 per cent.
TAG Heuer Smartwatch will come with a $1,400 price tag
Developed in alliance with Google and Intel Corp, the TAG Heuer watch makes the company Apple's biggest Swiss competitor for connected timepieces.
