Google to shut down 'Neighbourly' app

San Francisco (IANS) Google has announced that it is shutting down its Q&A social app Neighbourly on May 12, as the project did not take off as expected.

The search engine giant unveiled the app in May 2018 as a test in Mumbai to let users…

YouTube working on TikTok competitor called Shorts

San Francisco (IANS) Google-owned YouTube is reportedly working on a TikTok rival called Shorts, to be introduced by the end of this year.

Shorts will allow people to upload brief videos into a feed inside the mobile app, much like TikTok,…

ASUS ROG unveils new gaming laptops

New Delhi (IANS) ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) on Wednesday announced new gaming laptops with new 10th Generation Intel Core processors.

The ‘ROG Spring 2020' collection is led by the Zephyrus Duo 15 along with refreshed Zephyrus S, M,…

Microsoft patents foldable device with 3 screens

San Francisco (IANS) A new patent has revealed that Microsoft is looking into developing a new Surface product with three displays on a single hinge mechanism.

According to the patent, the new Microsoft device features two separate screens…

Australian researchers begin testing COVID-19 vaccines

Canberra (IANS) Researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Thursday announced that they have begun testing vaccines for the novel coronavirus.

The CSIRO said that it has commenced…

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back to normal after outage

New Delhi (IANS) Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down for millions of users in North and South America and Europe on Thursday morning.

According to outage tracking website Downdetector, people across the reported problems with the platforms,…

US, Italy strain more virulent than one in India: Top Indian microbiologists

New Delhi (IANS) The strain of new coronavirus in India is not as virulent as the ones which are devastating Italy, Spain and the US. In an in depth genomic analysis of rapidly revolving SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) viruses, top Indian microbiologist Rup…

Coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet: MIT scientist

New Delhi (IANS) New coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet as a sneeze or a cough results in a turbulent gas cloud that could contain SARS-CoV-2 droplets, an MIT researcher has claimed in a paper published in the Journal of the American…

Samsung provides masks, PPE kits to hospitals in India

New Delhi (IANS) Samsung on Tuesday said it has started supporting local authorities in various states in their preventive drive to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus by providing thousands of Preventive Masks and Personal Preventive Equipment…

Microsoft 365 offers new personal, family subscriptions from April 21

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has unveiled its new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions which are designed to replace and enhance the existing Office 365 consumer plans.

Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans will be available…