The world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung, assailed by a shambolic recall and embroiled in South Korea’s wide-ranging corruption scandal, on Friday backed away from a planned corpora…
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Siri Helps Four-Year-Old Boy Save His Mother’s Life
HIGHLIGHTS Roman was able to unlock his mother’s iPhone using her thumb The four-year-old boy used Siri to call up emergency services Response team was able to find Roman’s address base…
Google App Gets ‘Tappable Shortcuts’ for Interest-Based Searches on Android, iOS
HIGHLIGHTS The new shortcuts feature is available only to US users for now It allows for search of nearby restaurants, and events The icons are based on various interests like sports, weather Googl…
Using a sat nav turns off parts of your brain
The dangers of relying too heavily on a sat nav have been extensively documented. But now scientists have figured out exactly why people end up driving into rivers, hitting bridges and more when st…
In a Massachusetts warehouse, NASA’s Valkyrie robot helps lay the groundwork for Mars settlements
NASA’s Valkyrie (R5) robot will never slip the surly bonds of Earth. The humanoid space robot is destined to spend the rest of its days on terra firma with the rest of us. But like Robonaut b…
Google Maps ‘Transit’ Public Transport Feature Expands to 7 More Indian Cities
HIGHLIGHTS Google Transit feature is available on Android and iOS It is now available in sixteen Indian cities in total New cities include Chandigarh, Lucknow, Vadodara, and Indore Google Maps has …
Pre-Installed Malware Found on Range of Android Devices: Report
HIGHLIGHTS The pre-installed malware was detected in 36 Android devices Devices include Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S7 and LG G4 The cyber-security firm suggested implementing advanced security m…
UIDAI Flags Unauthorised Aadhaar Services by Sites, Apps
The UIDAI has asked the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and Google India to act against some websites and mobile apps providing unauthorised Aadhaar-related services, Parliament was informe…
ESTI’s Eye iPhone Case Runs Android, Brings Expandable Storage and Dual SIM Card Slot
HIGHLIGHTS The phone case comes with a 5-inch display The case provides IR blaster functionality to phone Comes with 3.5mm headphone jack ESTI’s smart iPhone case – Eye has now achieved…
Your wearables know that you’re sick before you do
When you get that feeling of the flu coming on, you never quite know what’s going to happen next. Sometimes it quietly fades away. Other times you’re off work and in bed for a week or m…