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World's largest plane successfully completes maiden flight

World's largest plane successfully completes maiden flight

14-04-2019  comments

Los Angeles (IANS) The world's largest aircraft, developed by aerospace venture Stratolaunch, completed its first flight test on Saturday.

With a dual fuselage design and wingspan greater than the length of an American football field,…

Disney to launch streaming service to take on Netflix

Disney to launch streaming service to take on Netflix

12-04-2019  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Taking on streaming giants like Netflix and Hulu, Walt Disney Co. has announced it will launch its new streaming service called Disney+ in November, at a price of $6.99 a month.

This comes after the entertainment giant…

CMFRI, ISRO join hands to protect coastal wetlands

CMFRI, ISRO join hands to protect coastal wetlands

12-04-2019  comments

Kochi (IANS) In an effort to build resilience against the impact of climate change on wetlands, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have teamed up to map, validate and protect smaller…

Lenovo tops in global PC shipments in Q1

Lenovo tops in global PC shipments in Q1

11-04-2019  comments

Mumbai (IANS) -the inclusion of Fujitsu's shipments from its 2Q18 joint venture. Its shipments increased in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Japan, where Fujitsu had a larger presence.

"We saw the start of a rebound in…

Harassed for political post, FB user to move CERT-In

Harassed for political post, FB user to move CERT-In

10-04-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi-based Facebook user, visited by a company representative to verify if he is the one who had written a post with political content, on Wednesday said he would take Facebook to the cyber crime cell at the Indian Computer…

Facebook to use AI to map world population

Facebook to use AI to map world population

10-04-2019  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Aiming to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create accurate maps, Facebook said its maps now cover "majority" of Africa and that its project would eventually map nearly the whole world's population.

In 2016,…

First-ever image of 'monster' black hole captured

First-ever image of 'monster' black hole captured

10-04-2019  comments

London (IANS) In a historic feat, astronomers announced on Wednesday that they have captured the first-ever image of a black hole in a distant galaxy -- the biggest tribute to the late Stephen Hawking who theorised about the existence of black holes…

YouTube reaches 265 mn users in India

YouTube reaches 265 mn users in India

09-04-2019  comments

Mumbai (IANS) Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday announced that India was its largest and fastest growing audience in the world with more than 265 million monthly active users.

"India is now both our biggest audience and one of our fastest…

Foldable phones to reach 30mn units by 2023: Gartner

Foldable phones to reach 30mn units by 2023: Gartner

08-04-2019  comments

Mumbai (IANS) Foldable phones will account for 5 per cent of high-end phones by 2023, amounting to 30 million units as they are expected to potentially re-inject innovation in the smartphone market, said a new report by Gartner Inc. on Monday.

Netflix withdraws support for Apple AirPlay

Netflix withdraws support for Apple AirPlay

07-04-2019  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Netflix has suddenly withdrawn support for Apple's AirPlay, a feature that let people watching Netflix on their iPads and iPhones to instantly play the content on their TVs, the media reported.

The move came as a shock…

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