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WhatsApp update: Now, users can pin favourite chats on top – Find details

New Delhi: Popular mobile messaging service, WhatsApp has introduced another new feature which allows user to pin specific chats on the top of the other chats in the chatting list. According to the news published in DC, maximum of three chats can be pinned to the top. The latest chats will appear

Samsung has received 80,000 pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in India

IAN|April 26,2017 Coming as a sigh of relief for Samsung after the Note 7 fiasco last year, pre-orders for its new flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices have reached 80,000 units within a week of the launch in India. “The pre-orders are expected to hit 150,000 units by the end of this month,” indus

Intex FitRist Cardio with heart rate monitor launched at Rs 1,499, to be available exclusively on Amazon.in

FP|April 26,2017 Intex has announced a new activity tracker, called the FitRist Cardio. An update of the original FitRist, the new version comes with a heart rate monitor. The FitRist Cardio features a 2.18 cm OLED display with a 96 x 32 pixels resolution. It comes with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivit

This is how much the Samsung Galaxy S8 actually costs

Samsung recently launched the Galaxy S8 smartphone in India, starting at Rs 57,900. This is however, not the actual cost of the device. Naturally, all smartphone manufacturers sell their products at higher than actual prices to generate maximum profit. Moreover, the retail price besides comprising o

Circulating videos of sexual abuse is a crime, warn experts

Saudi Gazette report | April 1191,2017 JEDDAH – Experts and legal advisers have warned against taking and publishing video clips and photos of sexual harassment through the social media, even if it was done with a good intention, saying it would have a negative impact on the victim and his/her fa

DATA WAR: AIRTEL DOLES OUT FREE DATA PACKAGE

New Delhi: Mobile operator Bharti Airtel is handing out free high-speed data to its postpaid subscribers for the next three months to counter aggressive offerings by newcomer Reliance Jio. Airtel is offering up to 30 GB of free data for the next three months for postpaid subscribers logging onto

Snapchat denies CEO's 'India is a poor country' remark

The rating of the popular app dropped to a "single star" from "five star" on the App Store. New Delhi, April 16,2017 A day after Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel's purported disinterest in expanding business to "poor countries" like India created controversy in social media, parent company Snap

Apple receives permit to test self-driving cars

Apple Inc has secured a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California. Reuters| April 16,2017 Apple Inc has secured a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California, fuelling speculation that it is working on self-driving car technology in a crowded arena of companies hoping to offer those

Using phones too much may increase risk of neck and upper back pain

London, April 16,2017 (ANI): Dear parents, ask your kids to spend less time on their cell phones as a study finds increase in number of patients with neck, disk hernias and alignment problems mainly due to prolonged use of smartphones. According to researchers, some patients, particularly youngst

Bengaluru girl tops English Olympiad

BENGALURU, April 8,2017 (TNN): A class 12 student of Bethany High School has bagged first rank in an international Olympiad for her outstanding performance in English. Rukaiya Abuwala, 17, topped the Science Olympiad Foundation's (SoF) seventh International English Olympiad by beating students from

Google axes ‘Gchat’ instant messenger to change office gossip forever

Google Talk – the instant messenger that accompanies Gmail and is often referred to as “Gchat” – will no longer work from June 26. For those who would rather stare into their PCs rather than risk a conversation with their colleagues, Gmail is offering another chat feature. The email provi

Android O developer previews are out; expect a new notification system, better battery life and more

While most Android users in the market are still waiting to upgrade their phones to Android 7 Nougat, Google has already released a developer preview of Android O. Don’t ask us what the O stands for, it could be Oreo or it could be Ostrich, your guess is as good as ours. Hey, if you have a sugges

60% of engineering graduates unemployed

NEW DELHI: More than 60% of the eight lakh engineers graduating from technical institutions across the country every year remain unemployed, according to the All India Council for Technical Education. This is a potential loss of 20 lakh man days annually. That's not all. Less than 1% of engineeri

WhatsApp’s old Status feature spotted on Android beta

WhatsApp is looking to bring back the old ‘Status’ feature, as its new Snapchat-styled Status received mixed reactions from users. According to reports, WhatsApp beta version 2.17.95 for Android revives the old WhatsApp Status. The beta version gives users the old WhatsApp Status back, which feature

Reliance Jio Prime Subscriptions Begin Today; New Tariff Plans Spotted

Reliance Jio Prime subscriptions open from Wednesday, March 1, and are open until March 31. Last week, Reliance Jio had disclosed just the new Rs. 303 monthly tariff plan when it announced the subscription, but now a new report claims that the telecom operator will offer two other monthly plans as w

ZEALANDIA is Earth’s eighth new continent! Scientists discover 5million square kilometer landmass east of Australia

We may very soon be able to visit a new continent on the planet earth! Yes, if the reports are to be believed, scientists have discovered a new, eighth continent on earth and they are calling it Zealandia. Located to the east of Australia, a team of 11 geologists found 5 million square kilometre lan

Google to soon ban torrent sites

Reacting to the number of complaints and negative feedback received from entertainment companies, search engine giant Google is gearing up to ban torrent sites. Google, along with others, is taking this stand to prevent online piracy. According to a report by Torrent Freak, the search engines hav

Reliance Jio May Soon Give Users Mobile Numbers Starting With '6'

The latest entrant in the telecom industry, Reliance Jio has reportedly received permission to assign new users mobile numbers starting with the numeral '6'. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given its nod towards operators issuing 6-series MSC (mobile switching code) codes for phone numbers, with