2014 is all set to come to an end and today we take a look at the top five smartphones from the year. We’ve chosen these phones based on the kind of appeal they generated, the features offered and of course, consumer popularity. The list is in no particular order. iPhone 5s: If there was one phone that managed […]
Samsung created a new category when it launched the Galaxy Note. While naysayers were initially critical of its ungainly size, it did manage to attract a large number of consumers who were looking for a device that integrated the big screen of a tablet with the portability and convenience of a smartphone. It even inspired […]
Tech-savvy Karnataka government is offering free Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) to citizens of the state capital to access internet and stay connected with their near and dear ones on social media. Touted to be the first of its kind in the country, the facility – Namma Wi-Fi (802.11N) will allow citizens to use smart-phones, tablets, net-books, […]
Did you learn how to play the new mobile game or how to chat with friends on social media from your kid? You are not alone. Nearly 40 percent of parents across the world, especially women and those belonging to lower-middle and poor families, learn from their children how to use computer or internet. According […]
China’s moon rover, Jade Rabbit, has experienced a mechanical control problem and scientists are organising repairs. The problem occurred due to “complicated lunar surface environment”, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said Saturday. According to SASTIND, the rover faced problems when it entered its second dormancy in the morning […]
Read this right. If a doctor visits you without a stethoscope, then don’t get surprised. Slick hand-held ultrasound devices that look like smartphones are set to replace the 200-year-old stethoscopes very soon, an Indian-origin doctor has said. These pocket-sized ultrasound machines can diagnose heart, lung and other problems more accurately than traditional stethoscopes. “With ultrasound […]
Nokia’s rumoured budget Android smartphone, thought to be codenamed Normandy, has been in the news for months now, with leaked images hitting the Internet on a regular basis, along with speculated availability and specifications. Now @evleaks has claimed that Nokia’s only Android phone might be launched as the Nokia X. The popular phone tipster’s reads, […]
As the world wishes NASA’s Opportunity rover a happy 10th anniversary, here comes a starling announcement that the Mars rover has found concrete evidence about presence of fresh water on the red planet. Ten years ago, Jan 24, 2004, the Opportunity rover landed on a flat plain on Mars and rolled into an impact crater […]
Cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on the soil of Mars, according to ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterra of Wageningen University. To investigate whether it is possible to grow plants in the soil of Mars and on the moon, researchers undertook an experiment with 14 plant species […]
Three new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars in the Messier 67 star cluster and one of them circles a star that is nearly identical to the Sun, according to European Southern Observatory, or ESO, officials. The find, which was made using the ESO’s new HARPS telescope instrument at the La Silla Observatory in Chile […]