New York: Instant messaging app WhatsApp is working on a feature that will track the live location of members, allowing users to track the whereabouts of their friends in real time. According to the WABetaInfo account on Twitter which is known for leaking information related to WhatsApp updates, the featureRead More

Washington You may now take calls by simply blowing at your smartwatch, thanks to scientists who have created a number of new ways to interact with small screen devices that are hard to control with fingers. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in the US created Whoosh, a technique thatRead More

The US technology industry, a major employer of foreign workers, hit back on Saturday at President Donald Trump’s sudden executive order on immigration, with some leaders calling it immoral and un-American. Trump’s order temporarily bars citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States even if they hold validRead More

Washington, Social support is the main motive for Facebook use, while Twitter usage focuses more on gaining new knowledge and seeking advice, suggests a new study which reviewed 10 years of research on social support via social networking sites. Researchers at Michigan State University and San Diego State University inRead More

CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida),  NASA on Friday marked the 50th anniversary of its moon programme’s fatal Apollo launchpad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three astronauts inside their spaceship during a routine pre-launch test. NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee diedRead More

Officials of US-based iphone makerApple made a detailed presentation to the government today on its plans and demands for setting up a manufacturing facility in India. The presentation was made by senior executives of Apple to the inter-ministerial group including officials of DIPP, revenue and commerce. “They are seeking certainRead More

Every year Apple brings new upgrades in the digital voice assistant Siri, but this year it is tipped to undergo a revamp. Apple had acquired an Australian-based machine learning startup Turi in August 2016 to further strengthen the functionality of Siri. People familiar with the matter told DigitTimes that Apple’sRead More

Seoul, The world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries on Monday for the fires that led to last year’s humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. Internal and independent investigations “concluded that batteries were found to be the cause of the Note 7 incidents”, the South KoreanRead More

Los Angeles, For the first time, a team of students in the US is planning to brew beer on the Moon by sending a canister aboard an Indian lunar lander that is set to launch this year. Engineering students at the University of California, San Diego are finalists in theRead More

Google launched a new version of Google Play Services recently and with it came a new feature called Instant Tethering that ensures all your devices stay online always. Austrian journalist Andreas Proschofsky posted a few screenshots on his Google+ account that confirms that the new feature is out. Users withRead More