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Facebook’s Oculus founder sued for using confidential information from ex-employer to build Rift headset
Palmer Luckey is said to have used information from his previous employer to make his own head mounted display called the Oculus Rift.
Nokia CEO says in no hurry to sell mapping unit Here: Report
Nokia is in no hurry to sell its mapping unit HERE despite receiving high quality bids, the Finnish company's chief executive said in a trade magazine interview.
You can now call STD mobile numbers without the '0' or '+91' prefix
Earlier users were required to add either of the two prefixes to connect mobile numbers outside of their home network, but now they no longer need to do so.
Microsoft: At just 8 seconds, human attention span is now even less than a goldfish
Humans now have an attention span less than of a goldfish (nine seconds average).
Apple buys GPS startup Coherent Navigation
The tech giant did not reveal the details of the deal, but the acquisition is expected to further boost Apple’s location technology and services.
Indian netizens angry after Zuckerberg posted India map on Facebook sans Jammu & Kashmir
Zuckerberg posted the image on his Facebook page following the launch earlier this week in Malawi of the Facebook-led Internet.org.
Huawei-made Google Nexus smartphone to come with a 5.7-inch 2K display: Report
Citing Chinese analysts, a report says, the next Nexus will feature a 5.7-inch 2K (2560 x 1440) display from Samsung and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor.
Smartphone data can be used to provide electricity in rural areas
Researchers used anonymised cell phone data to assess the feasibility of various electrification options for rural communities in Senegal.
Smartphones now used as microscopes to conduct medical tests
A smartphone-run video microscope was used to test for some devastating infections caused by tiny parasitic worms in Central Africa.
Windows 10 includes the middle finger emoji, becomes first platform to let users flip the bird
One of the Unicode 7.0 emojis and named quite articulately, ‘Reversed hand with middle finger extended’- it simply means 'the finger.'
Google search on mobile overtakes desktop for the 1st time
Google has been able to adapt better than most companies, partly because its search engine and other services are embedded in Android mobile OS.
NASA's 10-engine electric plane completes flight test
The Greased Lightning or GL-10 prototype successfully transitioned from hover to wing-borne flight during several test flights, NASA said.
Google embeds engineers at universities to teach, mentor students
To diversify its workforce, Google has decided to send a handful of software engineers to teach at some Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Vodafone sends network in a backpack to help restore mobile communications in Nepal
The Instant Network Mini system can connect up to five mobile phone users to global telecoms networks concurrently within a radius of 100 metres.
Asus Zenfone 2 with 128GB of internal storage listed online at Rs 29,999; coming soon
While Asus so far has launched four variants of the Zenfone 2, the fifth variant with 128 GB of built-in storage space appears to be coming soon to India.