Life Style / Technology

'Grin' emoji wins millions of hearts globally 11 Jan 2017 - 12:31 pm

New York: Except the romantic French who prefer 'heart' emoji, people worldwide love the 'grin' emoji the most, reveals new research that looked...

Giant Telescope joins breakthrough hunt for planets in Alpha Centauri 11 Jan 2017 - 10:35 am

Santiago: The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has teamed up with Breakthrough Initiatives - a private firm dedicated to seeking life elsewhere in the...

US successfully tests micro-drone swarm 10 Jan 2017 - 09:53 pm

Washington: The Pentagon may soon be unleashing a 21st-century version of locusts on its adversaries after officials on Monday said it had successfully...

Emerging tech aims to improve life for handicapped 09 Jan 2017 - 07:05 pm

Las Vegas: Emerging technology is giving new hope for the handicapped, and harnessing brainwaves for the physically disabled and helping the visually impaired...

Finland's HMD to launch new Nokia phone to run on Android 08 Jan 2017 - 03:28 pm

HELSINKI: The Nokia mobile phone is coming back. Finland-based HMD Global says it's launching its first smartphone — the Nokia 6 — in...

Apple CEO’s pay fell 15 percent in 2016 07 Jan 2017 - 12:35 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Compensation for Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook slid 15 percent in 2016 compared to the year before, according to a filing...

Apple App Store breaks record 07 Jan 2017 - 12:28 pm

Apple rang in the New Year with some good news: the first day of 2017 marked the highest daily sales ever for App...

Jeans that give directions? Products get 'smart' at CES 07 Jan 2017 - 11:42 am

LAS VEGAS: Here's a morning routine for you. After the alarm on your smartphone goes off, it's time to roll out of your...

Cities vie to hop on super-speedy hyperloop rail 07 Jan 2017 - 11:09 am

Las Vegas: US startup Hyperloop One on Friday disclosed a list of locations around the world vying to put near-supersonic rail transit system...

Virtual reality seeks momentum at CES gadget gala 07 Jan 2017 - 09:17 am

Las Vegas: Virtual reality sought its stride Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show, where despite being a hot topic there was little sign...

SpaceX set to launch again Monday 07 Jan 2017 - 08:48 am

Washington: SpaceX plans to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, after pinning down the cause of a launchpad explosion that...

Canada competition bureau drops probe of Apple 07 Jan 2017 - 08:34 am

Ottawa: Canada's competition watchdog announced Friday it is closing its two-year investigation into whether Apple's contracts with local wireless carriers illegally stifled competition...

Human brain's face recognition develops into adulthood: studies 06 Jan 2017 - 01:38 pm

Washington: The part of the human brain that is involved in face recognition keeps developing into adulthood, a pair of new studies found,...

Nvidia to offer new PC Gaming service hosted in the cloud 05 Jan 2017 - 08:44 pm

Nvidia Corp., the biggest maker of graphics chips, announced a new version of its Shield set-top box and the debut of an online...

China's Huawei adds Amazon Alexa to flagship phone 05 Jan 2017 - 12:28 pm

Las Vegas: Chinese tech giant Huawei is adding Amazon's artificial intelligence application Alexa to its flagship smartphone for its US launch. The number...

7 useful Google products & services not many know about 04 Jan 2017 - 01:40 pm

Everyone knows about Gmail, Google Maps, Google Glass, etc. But there are many little-known Google products and services which are incredible useful and...

Global launch by Huawei of new mid-range smartphone 04 Jan 2017 - 08:38 am

Las Vegas: Chinese electronics giant Huawei announced Tuesday a global launch of its mid-range Honor 6x smartphone which includes dual-lens camera technology and...