Google gets nod to license Android for Huawei

San Francisco (IANS) With US President Donald Trump providing a reprieve to Huawei, less than a month after blacklisting the Chinese telecom giant, American tech titan Google can now work with it and continue to sell its Android license to the…

Ramdev's Kimbho app in hibernation, Patanjali still hopeful

New Delhi (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev's dream 'swadeshi' messaging app 'Kimbho' that aimed to give Facebook-owned WhatsApp a run for its money but was taken down from app stores last year owing to privacy concerns is still…

Redesigned Thane station to minimise mangrove destruction: Khare

New Delhi (IANS) The National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL), implementing the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project said on Saturday they have reworked the Thane station's design in Maharashtra to reduce the number of mangroves…

Microsoft's Edge browser gets 'tracking prevention'

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has rolled out a "tracking prevention" feature, designed to protect users from being tracked by websites that they aren't accessing directly, to its new Chromium-based Edge browser.

"For now,…

HP brings world's first dual-screen gaming laptop to India

New Delhi (IANS) PC and printer major HP Inc on Friday brought world's first dual-screen gaming laptop "OMEN X 2S" to India for a starting price of Rs 209,990.

HP has added an additional second screen to the "OMEN X 2S"…

Facebook outlines global feedback for content oversight board

San Francisco (IANS) Grappling with government regulations over privacy violations, Facebook on Thursday published a new report summarizing what the social networking platform learned from personal discussions with more than 250 people and over 1,200…

New software problem detected in Boeing 737 MAX

Washington (IANS) Aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing and US federal regulators said they have identified a new software problem on the 737 MAX, further delaying the process of returning the troubled jet to service.

The new issue involves software…

Tata salt 'safe for consumption', says company

Mumbai (IANS) Tata Chemicals, which manufactures the Tata Salt brands, on Wednesday assured that its salt is "safe and harmless" for consumption.

The company said that India is among countries like US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand…

Apple cancels deal for quantum dot iPhone camera

San Francisco (IANS) Apple has reportedly scrapped a $22 million contract with British tech firm Nanoco for advanced iPhone camera sensor.

Manchester-based Nanoco primarily develops cadmium-free quantum dots for displays. The technology allows…

WhatsApp to stop supporting Android 2.3.7 and iOS 7 in 2020

San Francisco (IANS) Messaging service WhatsApp said on Tuesday that it would no longer support devices using the Android 2.3.7 operating system and iPhones using iOS 7 after February 1, 2020.

The service's updated FAQs note that users…