IT leaders hail budget for creating digital infrastructure

New Delhi (IANS) Top IT industry leaders on Monday hailed the budget's thrust on domestic manufacturing, incentivising digital transformation and helping Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) thrive after a pandemic-hit 2020.

Union…

Telegram makes it official to import your WhatsApp chat history

New Delhi (IANS) Encrypted messaging app Telegram which added over 100 new million users in January has made it official to bring your chat history to its platform from apps like WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk.

This works both for individual…

Zuckerberg defends WhatsApp privacy policy amid India backlash

New Delhi (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the upcoming WhatsApp privacy policy that has witnessed a massive backlash in India, saying that the update does not change the privacy of anyone's messages with friends and family.

Talented dogs can grasp new words after hearing them: Study

London (IANS) Ever wondered if pooches can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.

While preliminary evidence seems to show that…

Android 12 may bring double tap on back gesture support

New Delhi (IANS) In the initial releases of the Android 11 Developer Preview, it looked like Google was planning to add double-tap gesture support for Pixel phones and now, it appears the feature may arrive as part of Android 12.

The double-tap…

Twitter launches new emoji to celebrate Republic Day

New Delhi (IANS) As Indians across the world gear up to celebrate the 72nd Republic Day, Twitter on Monday announced the launch of a specially dedicated emoji to mark this momentous occasion.

The unique emoji design depicts the Indian Air Force…

SpaceX ridesharing mission launches record 143 satellites

San Francisco (IANS) Much like ridesharing via Uber on Earth, Elon Musk-run SpaceX has successfully launched its new cost-cutting rideshare mission with 143 small satellites -- a new record for a single rocket -- into space.

Called the Transporter-1…

Properly cooked poultry meat, eggs safe to eat: FSSAI

New Delhi (IANS) A document issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India suggests that proper cooking inactivates the bird flu virus present inside meat and eggs.

In view of the bird flu scare in the country, the Food Safety and…

Twitter acts on inactive accounts, new verification soon

New Delhi (IANS) Micro-blogging platform Twitter has started removing blue verification badges from inactive and incomplete accounts and will begin the new verification process for its users in few weeks.

Twitter, which paused its public verification…

LG K42 with US military-grade durability launched at Rs 10,990

New Delhi (IANS) Amid speculations that South Korean tech giant LG may pull out of the mobile phone business, the company on Friday unveiled the LG K42 smartphone in India.

The smartphone will be exclusively available on Flipkart starting January…