New York: An electrical fire filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 with smoke minutes after passengers disembarked following a non-stop flight from Tokyo. The Massachusetts Port Authority's fire chief, Bob Donahue, said the fire at Boston's Logan Airport began in a battery pack … [Read more...]
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Cupertino: This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO … [Read more...]
London: The 2016 Olympics will feature a new category of sports, "Online Gaming". The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially recognized "Words with Friends" and "Farmville" as official sporting events in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. The decision to include the … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City: Researchers at the Salt Lake University have created the worlds first genetically altered cow that produces 2% fat milk with DHA and Omega-3. The research is expected to revolutionize the Dairy industry. The Dairy industry spends millions of Dollars each year in processing milk, … [Read more...]
After the stellar success of Microsoft Stores, with lines of faithful followers wrapping around the shopping malls for miles, the CEO is now heard to be shopping around for black turtlenecks. There are also rumors of an advertising blitz that will make fun of how uncool Apple was by copying … [Read more...]
Palo Alto: Massive rescue missions are underway to rescue 7 users who are still stranded in Orkut. No one quite knows how or why these 7 users were left behind when millions of users migrated to Facebook leaving their profiles, photos and updates behind. For those who need a refresher, Orkut was … [Read more...]
Facebook, Foursquare and Google are teaming up with WhereDidYouWeatIt.com to use the new RPM bar-code technology to track where you have had sex. The new high-tech condoms were recently approved by the congressional committee on Planned Parenthood and the FDA. The special condoms are designed to … [Read more...]
Pune : About 40,0000 people took part in a ritual in Pune , India, so that Apple founder Steve Jobs could be reincarnated as Macbook for Lord Ganesha ( A.K.A The elephant god) considered to be the holy grail of reincarnation. Pune Daily reported that Sunday's ceremony, which was organised by a … [Read more...]
Hyderbad: Industry giants Cipla and Ranbaxy have teamed up to launch a new super-cheap Generic tablet in the market. The announcement has generated a lot of interest in the tablet market especially due to the super low price of Rs 10 ($0.01). The announcement comes in wake of Microsoft announcing … [Read more...]
Facebook, for better or worse, is like being at a big party with all your friends, family, acquaintances and co-workers. There are lots of fun, interesting people you're happy to talk to when they stroll up. Then there are the other people, the ones who make you cringe when you see them coming. This … [Read more...]
Redmond: Finally a Microsoft product that reflects its design philosophyz: This week Microsoft announced a product that ties closely to it's design philosophy. Apple executives quiver in fear. Apple had always prided itself on how well thought through it's products are. Jonathan Ives' had … [Read more...]
Cupertino: Siri, Apples new intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator has proved to be extremely popular amongst the millions of iPhone 4s users. However Siri and Apple were recently sued by a an angry Californian, Frank Fazio, for providing wrong driving directions. Frank complained … [Read more...]
Investors throw tantrum after Texas Court dismissed petition to grill CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the bankers involved in the Facebook IPO. Police had to launch tear gas on investors who were already wailing outside the courtroom. Their complaint being that all tech IPOs were supposed to sky rocket … [Read more...]
San Jose: Google+, Google's biggest challenge to Facebook, hit a major milestone this week. The company announced that Google Plus has more than 200 million registrations. This is a major landmark for the company which is challenging Facebook with 800 million users. Most of the registrations come … [Read more...]
The latest Indian Census data for 2011 has confirmed that more Indians have access to mobile phones than toilets. The data highlights that while 53.2% of households have a mobile phone, only 46.9% Indians have toilets. According to the figures, 49.8% of the population defecate in open with a sheer … [Read more...]
Vancouver: Research In Motion's appointment of IIT graduates to advise on drastic options, including a brand new "BlackBerry Alphonso" , may be the last ditch resort by the Canadian company to revive the smartphone business.There is now a real danger for RIM that without an India only smartphone the … [Read more...]
Menlo Park CA: Rumor mills in the Californian Silicon valley are abuzz with news that Facebook is all set to acquire the new Flame Virus for $1Billion. The Flame virus is the most powerful virus in the history of the digital age. Unlike the Stuxnet virus that previously disrupted the Iranian … [Read more...]
Houston: Scientists and Researchers at the NASA control station heaved a sigh of relief when they finally managed to get hold of a local Malayali tire repairman to fix the flat tire that had stranded the Rover mission for 27 days. "Where there's oxygen there's a Malayali" is a popular saying … [Read more...]
According to Darwin's theory of evolution, all living organisms adapt to constant forces and develop natural adaptability through the process of natural selection. New research conducted by the Computer Society of India show that the Indian IT workforce has gone through a Darwinian evolution … [Read more...]
Mumbai: Enterprising and dynamic entrepreneur Baban Pawar (a.k.a. Pappu Ticketwala) has decided to make his own fortune by launching India's first black-ticket trading site DusKaBees.com. The beta version of the app will be initially available in select metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and … [Read more...]
France: The European Organization for Nuclear Research made a major breakthrough by finally discovering the Higgs boson or God-Particle. The God-particle is a hypothetical elementary principle predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. The Higgs field is a quantum field with a non-zero … [Read more...]
Delhi: The cash-strapped Indian Airline industry is reportedly looking to the Indian Railways to turn their fortunes and move towards profitability. In recent times the Indian Airline industry has been hit hard with increasing fuel prices, depreciating Rupee and pilot and airline worker … [Read more...]
Mumbai: Faced with declining auto rickshaw sales and increasing competition, Bajaj Motors is planning to get back its mojo by announcing the first prototype for the worlds most fuel efficient, Eco-friendly 7-seater automobile, "Bajrang". With this announcement, Bajaj Motors has created a new class … [Read more...]
Bangalore: Techlogik Computer Systems (TCS) IT project manager Rajeev Kumar received an unexpected shock when he reported to work on Monday. The front desk receptionist handed him a pink slip as soon as he entered the company building. Rajeev had been leading a team of 55 software and QA engineers … [Read more...]
