Huawei says reports of NSA spying won’t impact growth

SHENZHEN: China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 telecoms equipment maker, on Wednesday shrugged off analysts’ concerns that its growth will suffer from media reports alleging the United States accessed servers... Read more »

Project Ara will change the mobile industry

Project Ara will change the mobile industry, looking to be released January 2015. At the first Ara Developers Conference, happening now in Mountain View, California, Google developers took to the stage to discuss... Read more »

Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet

Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected, a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to our planet and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it’s... Read more »

Facebook hits 100m India users, largest after US

Facebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social networking company said on Wednesday. The fast-expanding mobile... Read more »

Samsung’s profit falls as smartphones get cheaper

SEOUL: Declining smartphone prices hit profit at Samsung Electronics Co. for a second straight quarter. The consumer technology heavyweight said on Tuesday that it expects operating income of about 8.4 trillion won... Read more »

Google buys solar-powered drone

Internet search giant Google has bought US high-altitude drone maker Titan Aerospace for an undisclosed sum. Google said the acquisition was intended to help the firm’s efforts to expand internet access. Titan... Read more »

Faster Wi-Fi on flights leads to battle in the sky

NEW YORK/HAMBURG: Wi-Fi in the sky is taking off, promising much better connections for travelers and a bonanza for the companies that sell the systems. With satellite-based Wi-Fi, Internet speeds on jetliners... Read more »

Dropbox Reaches for Brass Ring With Photo-sharing Carousel

Dropbox on Wednesday unveiled Carousel, a new app designed to function as a storage space for users’ photos and videos. The Carousel app allows Dropbox users to organize, share and save photos... Read more »

Google invests in Silicon Valley robot-maker Savioke

Google is taking a stake in a Silicon Valley-based robotics company that has yet to reveal its first product. Savioke’s work may be under wraps, but it has announced plans to begin customer trials... Read more »

Kickstarter’s successful and ridiculous projects

IF you’ve ever had an idea or invention you think could make you a fortune but have no capital to get it started there’s a way the internet can help. Kickstarter is... Read more »

Astronomers find ‘diamond ring’ in space

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has captured a spectacular image of a planetary nebula aligned with a star in such a way that it looks like a diamond engagement ring.... Read more »

‘500 dolphins caught in WA nets’ in decade

ABOUT 500 dolphins have been caught in the Pilbara trawl fishery in the past 10 years, West Australian scientists say. Murdoch University PhD candidate Simon Allen and colleagues from the Cetacean Research... Read more »

Amazon launches TV streaming and gaming device

Amazon has launched an internet-connected TV set-top box as it vies with Apple and Google to gain a share of the lucrative television market. Dubbed Amazon Fire TV, the device is a... Read more »

Woolly creatures join tourists in Louvre Museum

PARIS: It’s not every day that you can stand in line at the Louvre Museum next to a flock of live sheep. But that’s what happened to tourists Friday caught up in... Read more »

Microsoft’s Office apps for iPad ushers in new era

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft has released an iPad version of its popular Office software suite, a breakthrough heralding a new era under a CEO who promises to focus more on the devices that... Read more »

Facebook buying virtual reality firm Oculus for $2bn

NEW YORK: Facebook said Tuesday it was buying Oculus, a specialist in virtual reality technology, for about $2 billion in cash and shares. Facebook said it would build on Oculus´ technology, including... Read more »

My Journey To The Guinness World Record By Capt Muhammad Arbab

Pakistan made a new record. Pakistanis are feeling proud. People are clapping, friends are standing with me, family members are watching me live on TV. I was looking at the crowd in... Read more »

Obama meets Internet bosses on surveillance

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama met bosses from Facebook, Google and other Internet giants Friday to discuss plans to overhaul US spy agency surveillance practices which have infuriated the industry. Obama sat... Read more »

BLACKBIRDS DROPPING FROM ARKANSAS SKY

ARKANSAS – Once again, hundred of dead blackbirds are falling from the Arkansas sky – two years in a row. The town of Beebe, Arkansas has seen this before, and citizens are... Read more »

Nose can detect one trillion odours

The human nose can detect one trillion different odours, far more than we previously thought, say US scientists. Until now, the long-held belief was that we can sniff out about 10,000 smells.... Read more »

DNA create mugshots to catch criminals: scientists

DNA left at a crime scene could in future be used to build up a picture of an offender’s face, scientists believe. A first step towards genetic mugshots — a sci-fi twist... Read more »

Google Public DNS Server Traffic Hijacked

by Mohit Kumar : The Internet is becoming a dangerous place day-by-day and especially for those innocent web users who rely on 3rd party services. The latest bad news is that the... Read more »

Fluoride can cause major brain damage

by Ethan A. Huff: Renowned medical doctor and neurosurgeon Dr. Russell Blaylock holds nothing back when it comes to telling it like it is, even when “it” goes against the prevailing schools... Read more »

Disease-detecting breathalyser unveiled in Japan

TOKYO: Japan’s Toshiba on Tuesday unveiled a breathalyser which it says can detect a wide range of diseases just 30 seconds after users blow into the machine. The device, about the size... Read more »