New York: Most people at some point of time use their smartphone while driving. And the use is not just confined to making or receiving calls as some people also click selfies while driving, a new study says. A new American multinational telecommunications corporation AT&T study has found that 70Read More

Beijing: China on Wednesday said it would invest USD 70 billion to increase Internet speeds and expand broadband access in rural areas by this year, as the country strives to boost growth by unleashing the potential of its more than 648 million web users. According to guidelines issued by theRead More

San Francisco: Social networking giant Facebook is considering to let businesses interact with users of WhatsApp via live chats and alerts. “We think that enabling that B2C [business-to-consumer] messaging has good business potential for us,” Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said on Monday at a tech conference in Boston.Read More

New York: You may soon be able to play games over Facebook Messenger. According to reports, Facebook is already in talks with developers for creating games for Messenger. Although the plans for games may still be in the early stages, with major decisions on how they actually work yet toRead More

London: While the Ice Bucket Challenge drew its fair share of criticism in the past, now a ‘fire challenge’ is turning out a headache for parents. In the so-called Facebook ‘fire challenge’, flammable liquid is poured over the body and lit. The person then has to dive into a poolRead More

New York: Do you feel you are being harassed on Twitter? If yes, you are not alone, a study said. The study by feminist activist group Women, Action and the Media (WAM) found that, among other things, around a quarter of young men and women have been physically threatened online,Read More

Toronto: With the rise in digital technology, the human attention span has shortened from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade, a recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found. Humans now have an attention span less than of a goldfish (nine seconds average). The 54-page study soughtRead More

New Delhi: The very popular online social networking site Facebook has added several new features this year. With these new add-ons, the site has become more handy to the users. Here are some of the new features on Facebook: Instant Articles: The social networking site has recently added a newRead More

Washington: Google is set to release its self-driving car on public roads thissummer. The prototypes, which will have safety drivers and a 25mph cap, will be running the same software as used by Google’s self-driving Lexus RX450h fleet, the basis of the company’s research before it announced an entirely originalRead More

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched ‘Mo Sathi’, a women’s safety app for the women in Odisha’s twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. “I am happy to dedicate this application to women of the twin cities and urge all the women to make use of this technologyRead More