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End-to-end encryption: Boon or bane?
27 May 2016 3:22 AM ISTWhen Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp announced to turn on end-to-end encryption for its over one billion monthly active users last...
Great effort, but no results just yet
25 May 2016 1:49 AM ISTHe came. He saw. But Apple CEO Tim Cook is yet to get the biggest bite into the huge consumer base in the country, of which every tech player -- from...
Better, seamless service delivery
21 May 2016 3:15 AM ISTSmartphone shipments are on the decline globally. Devices launched with same features and specifications and price cuts are so far unable to make a...
Are we ready for chatbots, the next tech wave?
13 May 2016 2:56 AM ISTWhen the tech giant Microsoft unveiled its AI or artificial intelligence-powered bot on Twitter for a playful chat with the people in March, little...
Resurrecting a tottering Twitter
6 May 2016 1:34 AM ISTOf its 310-million global base, Twitter currently has nearly 23 million users in India. You can now tweet in six Indian languages -- Hindi, Bengali,...
Welcome to the Virtual Age
22 April 2016 1:14 AM ISTThe heat is slowly picking up in the burgeoning VR gaming market and Indian VR players are set to jump on the bandwagon. The $599 Oculus Rift virtual...
Bringing millions in rural India to mainstream
2 April 2016 1:26 AM ISTSome call it the fourth industrial revolution or “industry 4.0”; for others, the time when machines can “talk” at “smart” factories, and “connected”...
Towards better technology in 2016
27 Dec 2015 3:41 AM ISTWhile “net neutrality” and its ensuing debate kept Indian policy makers and the social media busy for most part of the year, what took the country to...
Water on Mars and other updates
25 Dec 2015 4:01 AM ISTWhen it comes to science, exploring the future and digging into the past are equally crucial to enable humans to learn, survive and thrive. Here, 2015...
Air pollution hazards post-Diwali
14 Nov 2015 3:30 AM ISTIf you woke up to a low-visibility morning post-Diwali, witnessing your air-sensitive toddler or asthmatic grandparent coughing up through the night,...
Searching for that elusive elixir of life
3 Oct 2015 2:53 AM ISTAs scientists world over are busy trying to find the elusive elixir of life that can defy ageing and make you disease-free in golden years,...