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India's first-time internet users are addicted to these quirky Chinese apps

Hundreds of millions of Indians, newly connected to the web, are flocking to wacky, racy content on apps such as Like, Helo and TikTok

Explained: Why telcos don't want you to buy mobile boosters online

While illegal signal boosters may enhance wireless coverage in a particular area, such devices, when improperly designed or installed, will cause interference with mobile network

Facebook rules out cyber attack after its family of apps suffers outage

According to the website downdetector.com, outages were heaviest in North America and Europe, but some users appeared to be affected in other regions

Facebook and Instagram down in worldwide outage, users get error message

Users headed to Twitter, making the hashtag #facebookdown the top trending topic in the United States

This techie holds the key to IBM's huge bet on the Watson AI platform

Sriram Raghavan has recently been elevated to lead IBM's research in AI space globally

How Facebook plans to make Indian tech student job-ready with its VR thrust

The Menlo Park-based social media giant is reaching out to students and exposing them to VR/AR to bridge gap between academia and industry requirements

www @ 30: The story of the web, as told by its creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Berners-Lee wrote while the web had created opportunities and made daily lives easier, it had also created an opportunity for scammers, enabled spread of hatred, and made crime easier to commit

Data usage in India to grow at 73% CAGR by 2022: Assocham-PwC study

Average monthly spend on voice services in 2013 was Rs 214 compared to Rs 173 spent on data. In 2016, the spend on voice fell to Rs 124, while data spend rose to Rs 225, says the report

Big Tech may fail: On dot com bubble anniversary, a truth to remember

Today's tech giants have more substance to keep them aloft than those that dominated during the tech-stock boom, but they still may not be great investments

Logitech Z607 5.1 speakers review: Impressive, a sweet deal for audiophiles

While Bluetooth connectivity is the key feature, the speaker can be easily paired with smartphone, TV, computer, among other audio devices

Mobile malware attacks double in 2018

Cybercriminals are actively using popular porn-tags to promote malware in search results. Overall, 87,227 unique users faced such malware in 2018

Here's the rocket science behind SpaceX Dragon 2's nail-biting landing

The landing and recovery of the Dragon 2 will represent a crucial milestone in commercial space flight

Can Mark Zuckerberg really make Facebook a privacy-friendly platform?

Facebook CEO says he is shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy

Odisha govt set to launch Satark app to tame the bolts from the blue

Odisha hopes to save lives and protect people from lightning injuries using a new app

Life Sciences 4.0: Tech-innovations transforming healthcare worldwide

Be it life sciences companies, specialist drug producers, or startups, almost all of them are now in the process of transforming to cater to this new wave

Smart supplies for forces

Logistics management for the Army is focused mostly on inventory tracking, procurement and resource management

Vision VR: Immersive technologies turn businesses, industries smarter

The biggest use of AR/VR is in the entertainment and marketing sectors where 'customer experience' has replaced 'customer service'

Internet users in India to reach 627 million in 2019: Report

Internet usage in the country has exceeded half a billion people for first time, pegged at 566 million, driven by rural internet growth and usage

India offers world's cheapest mobile data packs, reveals UK research

While India ($0.26) topped the scale of cheap mobile data, Kyrgyzstan ($0.27), Kazakstan ($0.49), Ukraine ($0.51) and Rwanda ($0.56) completed the top five countries offering the cheapest data packs

China's Xinhua puts world's first female AI news presenter on the job

Last November, AI news presenter anchor Qiu Hao was unveiled during the World Internet Conference in China