Shortly after he was named the new CEO of Microsoft, Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella shot off a letter to employees asking the software giant to “prioritize innovation” and “help drive cultural change.” “While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more,” wrote Nadella, only the third CEO in the company’s 39-year history, Tuesday […]
A new era of smart batteries are near us where the source of charging would be solar power, TV set or even Wi-Fi at your home. Although it would take some years to hit the market, Apple is looking into ways to fit its smartwatch’s screen with a solar charging layer. This would charge the […]
Twitter has acquired more than 900 patents from computing giant IBM, ending a dispute between the two companies, a joint announcement said Friday. The statement said the two firms entered into a patent cross-license agreement as part of a deal giving the patents to the messaging platform. “This acquisition of patents from IBM and licensing […]
The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the central government for its laxity in coming out with a notification on a national email policy for official communication. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul warned the government of “coercive action” if it keeps on delaying the email policy despite the […]
It seems Google might release a new colour variant for its Nexus 5 next month, if the latest purported image in a series of leaks is to be believed. Android Police has posted an image that suggests that Nexus 5 will be hitting Google Play store on February 4. The leaked image comes via US […]
samSamsung’s current flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, and its compact version, the Galaxy S4 mini, will soon be available in a Black Edition, which also features black-coloured faux-leather back cover, as seen in Galaxy Note 3. The smartphones were previously only available in the dark-blue Black Mist and off-white White Frost variants. The Samsung Galaxy […]
The clue to astronauts’ immunity in outer space owing to prolonged travel lies in learning the negative impact of zero gravity on fruit flies. A team of researchers from the University of California at Davis and the University of Central Florida (UCF) has studied the impact weightlessness has on fruit flies bred in space. “Our […]
Microsoft Corp is close to naming a new chief executive, most likely its cloud-computing head Satya Nadella, a source close to the matter said on Thursday, concluding a five-month long search for a heavy-hitter to lead the world’s largest software company. As part of the move, co-founder Bill Gates may step aside as Chairman but […]
Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo’s email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people those Yahoo mail users have recently corresponded with, the company said Thursday. Yahoo didn’t say how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google’s Gmail, according to the research […]
Google’s fourth-quarter earnings rose 17 percent even though a long-running slump in its online ad prices deepened. The performance announced Thursday indicates that Google is still struggling to close the gap between the rates for ads shown on mobile devices and those on personal computers. Advertisers haven’t been willing to pay as much to reach […]