New Delhi: Technology giant Google will make paid apps available for as low as Rs 10 through its app store, Google Play to help expand the paid apps user base in India. “India continues to be a major growth opportunity for developers to reach new users on Google Play. We’veRead More

New Delhi: Twitter on Friday said that it has added four more Indian languages – Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil – taking the count of supported languages to six. Hindi and Bengali have been available for a year now, the social media company said in a blog post. According toRead More

New York: Within days of the Windows 10 launch, Twitter has unveiled a native app for the operating system. Without requiring one to log in, the app showcases top trending tweets, photos and videos. It will also feed tweets in Live Tiles right from the Start Menu, The Next WebRead More

New York: Facebook has designed a training course for improving diversity in the workplace and is willing to share this with others as long as it helps eliminate biases in the hiring process. The social network giant on Tuesday launched a new page called “Managing Unconscious Bias,” which features aRead More

Washington: According to an online survey conducted by KRC Research, many smartphone users around the world have admitted to take their phones almost everywhere they go, even while they sleep! Many resent their too much dependency on it, which has subsequently created associated phobias. One such phobia is called Nomophobia-Read More

Houston: A year after Facebook introduced Internet.Org, the company is making it easier for any mobile operator to sign up to offer free Internet access to basic online services and hopes to add more 4.5 billion users. Facebook’s project to spread Internet access to the developing world isn’t just gettingRead More

New York: If someone has been shamelessly tweeting your jokes or observations as their own without giving you due credit, that would stop now. Twitter is cracking down on people who don’t re-tweet a joke with credit but take the easy way out and simply copy and paste a jokeRead More

London: When an amateur researcher posted a picture of a plant on Facebook, little did he realise that it could be a new plant species in the world “discovered on Facebook”. Amateur researcher Reginaldo Vasconcelos who clicked the plant in a jungle on a mountain top in Minas Gerais, southeasternRead More

London: Google Maps has come up with a clever response for nagging kids who just can’t stop asking “are we there yet?” during trips. The San Francisco-based internet giant has many secrets embedded in its technology, and in the latest version of Google Maps, the robotic voice behind the appRead More

New Delhi: Google celebrates the 14th Special Olympics World Summer Games with a doodle. The doodle on the homepage shows animated athletes kicking balls, swimming, weight lifting and stretching. Around 6,500 world-class athletes from 177 countries will compete against each other in special games. The 9-day long event will challengeRead More