Device to free diabetics from pinpricks?
September 9th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 9 (IANS) A non-invasive approach could free diabetics from the pain of several pinpricks.A tiny bio-sensor engineered by Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS, Germany, is ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Canadians now spend less time on mobile devices
August 21st, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Aug 21 (IANS) While the frequency of Canadians using their Smartphones, Tablets and eReaders remains stable, the average time they use them has declined, a study showed.The study led ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
80 percent of Bangladeshi farmers own mobiles
July 22nd, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Around 80 percent of farmers in Bangladesh now own mobile phones which they use to estimate the market demand for their crops, the World Bank has ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
New service gives parents control over kids’ mobile use
May 21st, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) A new mobile service will soon give parents control over their children's cellphone use, whom they chat with or text and also allow them to switch ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Airtel, Axis Bank join hands for mobile banking
May 16th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Telecom company Bharti Airtel Wednesday said its subsidiary, Airtel mCommerce Services, and Axis Bank have partnered to offer banking and payment services, especially to India's ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion
April 10th, 2012 - 4:29 am ICT by BNO News
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -— Internet social network giant Facebook announced on Monday that it has reached an agreement to acquire popular photo-sharing app Instagram for roughly $1 billion.According to the ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Google patents environment-based ads
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 23 (IANS) Google has been awarded a patent on technology that will serve up targeted advertising based on a smartphone user's environment, The Telegraph reported Friday.The web giant ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Use of IT for subsidy transfers to drive industry growth’
March 17th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 17 (IANS) Use of technology for transferring subsidies directly to beneficiaries and other social initiatives envisaged in the 2012-13 budget will drive growth of IT hardware and ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Indian kids worst victims of cyberbullying, says study
January 18th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Three out of 10 parents in India say their children have been victims of cyberbullying and a majority of them through social networking sites like ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Facebook is partnering with HTC for a Smartphone
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Social network giant Facebook reportedly plans to come out with its smartphone next year. The company has subsequently contracted HTC to manufacture the handset which is ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Taiwan’s Mediatek brings Facebook to entry level phones
November 8th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Taiwan-based mobile handsets chipset manufacturer Mediatek Tuesday signed a deal with social networking site Facebook to bring the site on entry level feature phones ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Chipmaker AMD to cut workforce
November 4th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Nov 4 (IANS) Computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) said it plans to cut its global workforce by about 10 percent in a move to reduce operational ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Bharti ties up with Japan firm for mobile internet
October 20th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Bharti Enterprises, parent company of India's telecom giant Airtel, Thursday said it has entered into a joint venture with Japan-based internet company Softbank Corp to ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Ice cream sandwich powered Galaxy Nexus makes its debut
October 19th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Google is fighting to improve its dominance of the mobile operating system market. The company has introduced its latest OS called Ice Cream Sandwich. Google says ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Motorola launches world’s `thinnest’ smartphone
October 19th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) Motorola has launched what it called an "impossibly thin" Droid RAZR phone with a stainless-steel core, a Gorilla Glass screen and a nanotechnology Splash-guard that protects ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India’s mobile phone users spoilt for choice
June 5th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Once dominated by global brands like Nokia, Samsung and LG, the Indian mobile handset market has seen a revolution in the past few years with ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
After iPhone, game-changer PaperPhone is here!
May 6th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 6 (IANS) Canadian researchers have invented a plastic smart phone which is as thin and flexible as a credit card and changes its shape depending on where it ... Read more...
Posted in World |
U.S. newspapers saw ads revenue decline by more than 6% in 2010 - report
March 14th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. newspapers saw their revenue from advertisements decline by more than six percent in 2010, compared to a year earlier, according to a report released by Pew ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
‘All in one’ car radio ‘makes calls, connects to GPS, finds online music’
January 8th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): A new smart car radio called Parrot's Asteroid lets drivers make calls, find music with voice activation, and connects to GPS or the Internet - all in one.You ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Can apps help us keep our New Year’s resolutions?
December 26th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): Today there is an app for almost everything, from losing weight to finding a job. Can any of them help us keep our New Year's resolutions?Yes and no, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Third party should keep stolen mobiles’ database, say firms
December 18th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) A third party regulator should maintain the database of stolen mobile handsets and the equipment identity register should be maintained on a national level, say telecom service ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
All airline boarding passes now bar coded
December 16th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wednesday said that the global transition to 2D bar coded boarding passes (BCBP) technology has been completed, which is expected to ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BlackBerry stock soars after tablet demo
October 27th, 2010 - 8:30 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 27 (IANS) BlackBerry stock soared more than six percent Tuesday after a demonstration of its just-unveiled PlayBook tablet Monday.After hovering under $50 for some time, RIM stock rose ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Now, a mobile video game to train you to choose healthier diet
October 13th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): A candidate from Georgia Tech College of Computing has shown that playing health-related video games on a mobile device can help adults learn to live more healthfully by ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nokia launches N8 smartphone
October 12th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Mobile handset manufacturer Nokia Tuesday launched the Nokia N8 smartphone with Ovi services which will enable its users to create content, connect to their favourite social networks ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Here are the rules of smart phone etiquette
September 22nd, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): With iPhones and Blackberrys seeping into offices, homes as well as classrooms, there is a need for people to practice some smartphone etiquettes, says an expert.However, it is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mobile phones users prefer using handsets for net surfing to PCs
September 21st, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 21 (ANI): The days are long gone when mobile phone use was restricted to just talking and texting, for it is now barging into the territory of PCs, so much ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, Facebook mobile users can control privacy while on the move
August 5th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 5 (ANI): From now on, people using Facebook on their mobiles will be able to select whether their friends, or friends of friends, or everyone can see any new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
US allows ‘jailbreaking’ of iPhone
July 27th, 2010 - 8:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 27 (DPA) New government rules announced Monday will allow iPhone users to unlock, or "jailbreak," their phones without violating the law.
The amendments to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act will ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Google reportedly planning to launch its own mobile
December 27th, 2009 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 27 (DPA) Google reportedly hopes to strengthen its presence in the world of mobile telephony with plans to introduce its own high-tech phone sometime in 2010, according to press ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Now, mobile phones can diagnose acute appendicitis
November 30th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) Radiologists can diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with the use of a mobile phone equipped with special software.
"The goal is to improve the speed and accuracy ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Yowza coupons available on Android and iPhone phones
November 27th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is a huge mother-of-all battle between various retailers, on account of Black Friday today. There are bigger and better deals in store for customers today ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Wireless smart home comes closer to reality
November 20th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 20 (ANI): A team of scientists has proposed a smart home network system that works by integrating well-known Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into the Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi) ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Coming soon, contact lenses with built-in virtual graphics
November 14th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 14 (ANI): Researchers are working on the idea of projecting images into the eye from a contact lens.Scientists at the University of Washington are labouring on a contact lens that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Get live news on your mobile as you get on TV
November 3rd, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) English news channel NewsX has now made its videos available on mobile phones with just a 30-second delay from what is seen on the TV. The service ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |