Tech

Flipkart audacity to script its own success recipe amazes purists

Frequently referred to as India’s Amazon.com, Flipkart is one of the leading e-commerce sites in India with many acquisitions in recent years such as WeRead, Chakpak, Letsbuy and Mime360 to its name.From being the biggest...

Internet control is battleground for Dubai talks

Talks in Dubai this December could bring radical changes to the Net and who controls it. Some want a body like the UN to rein in the Net’s freewheeling nature. Calls for a more regulated...

Germans’ fondness of paying in cash remains intact

The majority of Germans still prefer using cash over electronic forms of payment, a study has found. Consumers feel real banknotes and coins are a lot safer, and that their use is completely anonymous to...

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SMS is dead…

The telecommunications industry is losing billions to competition from social messaging apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber, a report says. The industry knows it’s time to fight back. On a recent trip abroad, I had...

Data security under a growing, dark Cloud

Storing data in the Cloud means you can access it from anywhere – and hackers can access it, too. But the growing enthusiasm for cloud computing has overshadowed the risks. As with many technology developments,...

Up inside Iceland’s green cloud

Its power grid is virtual emissions free and there’s plenty of cool air to keep a data center from over heating – and now Iceland wants to become the “green hard drive” of the world....

iPhone 5 : The thinnest, lightest, fastest iPhone ever

Apple has launched a new version of  its flagship product iPhone, Its officially called as iPhone5. Its feature full and comes with lots of updates. iPhone5 is thinnest, lightest, fastest iPhone ever. It comes with...

Google on buying spree, acquires startup VirusTotal

In a move that could beef up protection for its Internet services, internet major Google Inc has acquired startup VirusTotal, a cybersecurity player for an undisclosed amount. VirusTotal was set up in 2007 and uses...

Micromax unveils A57 Ninja 3 priced at Rs 4,999

Micromax has launched the A57 Ninja 3 which runs on Android 2.3 known as ‘Gingerbread’. The dual-sim phone comes at a price tag of Rs 4,999. With Dual sim and 3.5-inch touchscreen and runs on...

Samsung to launch Windows 8 phone

Samsung Electronics has today at the IFA Berlin electronic show announced a smartphone using Microsoft’s latest mobile software. Here is the catch – todays announcement of Samsung is coming  just a few days before the...

Serious games finds niche players for itself

Utrecht University students are learning to become sustainable entrepreneurs with a serious game called Solar Tycoon. But are serious games a substitute for real experience? It all started when Geoscience professors at the University of...

Facebook modest revenue beats forecast

Facebook shares went down by 16% on Friday, it was priced at $38 when listed in May. The result was in expectations, yet Facebook would beat the forecast not in a significant proportion but in...