Facebook seeks to patent software to analyse who lives with you

San Francisco (IANS): Despite facing flak for leakage of personal data of millions of its users in recent times, Facebook is seeking to patent a software that could help it build profile of an user's household - the number of people in the household,…

IIT Kharagpur builds a system to boost LPG distribution

Kolkata (IANS) IIT Kharagpur researchers have devised a decision support system to help maximize the LPG connections in BPL (below poverty line) households, an official statement said.

It is a first of its kind for analysis of a…

Google inspires kids to explore space on Children's Day

New Delhi (IANS): Google on Wednesday celebrated Children's Day in India with a doodle inspiring children to explore space.

This year, the search engine's theme for the day's doodle was "What Inspires You". 

A…

WhatsApp selects 20 teams to curb fake news globally, including India

New Delhi (IANS): Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide - including experts from India and those of Indian origin -- who will work towards how misinformation spreads and what additional steps…

XBox Chief pledges to fix Microsoft Store for PC gamers

San Francisco (IANS): After repeated complaints from gamers regarding the problems associated with Windows-based games, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has pledged to fix the Microsoft Store and establish it as the best digital storefront for PC gamers, the…

Excessive use of Social media can cause depression

New York (IANS) Excessive use of social media including Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram is associated with poor well-being which could lead to depression and loneliness, researchers have warned.

The study, published in the Journal…

Google celebrates professor who foresaw Internet's impact

New Delhi (IANS): Google on Monday honoured Greek professor and computer scientist Michael Dertouzos's 82nd birth anniversary with a doodle.

Dertouzos foresaw how the Internet would impact everyday lives.

He predicted the popularity…

Now measure air quality with App

Bengaluru (IANS) Three students of Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering in Delhi developed an Android app to measure the alarming pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR), the US-based Marconi Society, which awarded them…

Facebook apologises for 'White supremacy' ad

San Francisco (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook has apologised after letting an ad campaign targeting its users interested in "White genocide conspiracy theory".

News site The Intercept had no trouble in launching…

Act fast against ozone-depleting gas: EIA

New Delhi (IANS): With the 30th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer opening in Ecuador on Monday, an environmental group urged it to act fast to curb ozone-depleting gas trichlorofluoromethane,…