New York Playing the augmented reality smartphone game Pokemon Go may help students build stronger communication skills in classrooms, a new study claims. Researchers from Iowa State University in the US focused on giving students equitable access to technology and help them build multimodal communication skills. That meant not onlyRead More

San Francisco US tech giant Apple has acquired an app and sleep monitoring device called Beddit, but the terms of the deal have not been disclosed so far, media reports said. Beddit —an app and sleep system —is designed to monitor daily sleep habits through the iPhone. The device isRead More

New Delhi, May 9 Google today dedicated its doodle to mark the 181st birthday of French ophthalmologist Ferdinand Monoyer, who invented the popular eye test that is now used in clinics across the world. The colourful animated doodle, shows a pair of eyes taking an eye exam-squinting at the hard-to-readRead More

London A robot has been used to successfully perform a delicate eye surgery on six patients in a world- first trial which shows that robotic procedures can be more accurate than the trained human hand. In the trial, researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK performed the membrane-removalRead More

Washington Scientists have developed a new smartwatch with a display that moves in five different directions — dramatically improving functionality and addressing limitations of today’s fixed-face watches. The watch, named Cito, has the ability to rotate, hinge, translate, rise and orbit. Beyond making the watches more convenient for users, theRead More

Washington A new mission to Saturn’s moons Titan or Enceladus to find signs of life beyond Earth cannot be ruled out as NASA says it is reviewing 12 proposals for future unmanned solar system mission to be launched in the mid-2020s. The proposed missions of discovery — submitted under NASA’sRead More

Russia has blocked access to Chinese social media app WeChat, developed by Tencent Holdings, for failing to give its contact details to the Russian communications watchdog. Access to China’s most popular social media platform has been restricted since May 4, according to information posted on the Russian regulator’s website. LastRead More

Microsoft recently launched the Surface Laptop and with a new hardware event lined up on May 23, it is now expected Microsoft take off the wraps of a new Surface device. Going by the device lineup and unveiling timeline, it is expected that the Surface Pro 4 will be theRead More

New York Cinnamon may reduce the effects of a high-fat diet and risk of cardiovascular damage by slowing the fat storing process in the body, scientists, including one of Indian origin have found. Researchers fed rats cinnamon supplements for 12 weeks along withh a high-fat diet. They found that afterRead More

Nokia has confirmed that it has started shipping the Nokia 3310. The company took to Twitter to make the announcement. The tweet reads “Your 17 year wait is over, now shipping. #Nokia3310.” Nokia also put out a short teaser of the phone, saying “Are you ready? I’m on my way.”Read More