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Swipe launches its first fitness band in India at Rs 1,499
The device that can track steps taken and calories burned, comes with a rechargeable 55 mAh battery, which is claimed to last up to seven days.
Blackberry says will continue operations in Pakistan
BlackBerry says it has decided to continue its operations in Pakistan as the government dropped a request for access to users' data.
Twitter launches special firework emoji to celebrate #HappyNewYear
To celebrate the arrival of 2016 around the world, when Twitters users type a Happy New Year hashtag, a one-off firework emoji will be displayed.
Differential pricing violates Net neutrality: IAMAI to TRAI
According to IAMAI's stance, Facebook's Free Basics violates Net neutrality.
Facebook accused of hiding growth concerns prior to IPO, must face shareholder class actions
Facebook made its market debut on May 18, 2012 at $38 per share. Its share price fell to $17.55 on September 4, 2012 and stayed below the IPO price for more than a year.
Kochi's Startup Village set to launch 2nd phase, plans pan-India scale up
Startup Village in Kochi is aiming to align itself with the Centre's 'Startup India' programme in the second round during which it will scale up activity pan-India.
Mobile phone companies agree to install panic button to help women in distress
Mandatory regulations in this regard will be issued by the Department of Telecommunications soon, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said.
Will be happy to have Google, Twitter on Free Basics; ready for third-party audit: Facebook
Facebook said it is open to the scrutiny of its Free Basics program by any third party agency like IAMAI or NASSCOM.
Asus launches 3G-powered ZenFone Go at Rs 5,299 in India
The device will be available in four colours - Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Rouge Pink and Flash Blue.
Smartphone data could help boost behaviour studies
Researchers used user-generated data, harvested from their phones to evaluate the cause of increased stress levels of participants.
TRAI asks Reliance Communications to hold rollout of Facebook's Free Basics service
TRAI has asked Reliance Communications to keep services of Facebook's free Internet platform, Free Basics, in abeyance, till the issue on differential pricing is sorted out.
Huawei starts selling Honor smartphones offline
Till date, Honor smartphones were only available in India, online, on the e-commerce portals Flipkart.com and Snapdeal.
'Cow' becomes Yahoo India's Personality of the Year 2015
It started with the Maharashtra government announcing a ban on sale of beef in the state - a move, which led to massive debates online and offline, spiraling into the 'beef controversy'.
Toshiba to cut 7,000 jobs in PC and TV units, sees full-year loss
Toshiba will cut nearly 7,000 consumer electronics jobs after a $1.3 billion accounting scandal, in an overhaul that will streamline the sprawling conglomerate into a company focused on chips and nuclear energy.
New dawn of the 'peer-to-peer' economy
People are flocking to the 'sharing' economy as way to turn their car or apartment, spare time or hobby, into a source of revenue - with far great flexibility than a conventional job.
The Dress: Case of optical illusion tops 10 weirdest science news in 2015
There were even scientific papers written about it. A trick of the light, or indication of varying forms of colour vision in humans -- the theories, and their responses, were endless.