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#NoCallDrops: How to accurately measure network signal strength on your mobile phone
The ways to access this feature vary from phone to phone, but the numbers, that are expressed in negative, have more or less the same meaning.
China-based Zopo Mobile enters Indian market with Speed 7 smartphone priced at Rs 12,999
Zopo Speed 7 will start selling exclusively on Snapdeal in the first week of September priced at Rs 12,999.
First-ever remote-controlled NASA aircraft to track hurricanes
From now until the end of September, the aircraft called Global Hawk will fly over the Atlantic Ocean basin to collect data on temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction.
MIT scientists develop first of its kind 3D-printed glass
The first of its kind, optically transparant 3D-printed glass has been developed by researchers at MIT.
Firefox to soon support Chrome, Opera add-ons
For developers it would be an easier way to maintain a tool across all major browsers by using the WebExtensions API that will enable interoperability between platforms.
Matrimony.com files for Rs 350 crore IPO
Matrimony.com generated Rs 232 crore in revenue from 647,000 paying subscribers last year, it said in the filing.
Users abandoning Apple Music service as free trial period draws to a close
20-50 per cent of initial subscribers have already jumped ship even though the free trial period doesn't end until September 30.
Personalisation in customer service interactions helps build brand loyalty: Twitter
When brands created personal interactions - defined as conversations that included the customer's name and the customer service representative's signature in tweets- customers were likely to recommend the brand.
20 years of Internet in India: A timeline
This timeline of the journey of the Internet in India highlights the important milestones of this two-decade-long journey.
Facebook scraps student's internship over exposing major bug in Messenger
Khanna had created a Chrome extension-Marauder’s Map- that showed your Facebook friends’ exact whereabouts.
Mi Wi-Fi Nano: Xiaomi launches an inexpensive palm-sized Wi-Fi router
Xiaomi's Mi Wi-Fi Nano also packs in a micro USB port that lets it run drawing power from a power bank.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2: Xiaomi unveils new 4G budget smartphone; could be launched in India on August 19
The Redmi Note 2 is priced at RMB 799 (approximately Rs 8000), while the Prime version costs RMB 999 (approximately Rs 10,000)
Triber, an app that acts like a compass to locate your friends
Who hasn't lost track of their friends in a crowd or looked for someone in a restaurant?
Facebook, Google, Twitter join hands in crackdown on child porn
IWF has introduced a new technology that enables it to tag images of sexual abuse with distinct hashes -- sort of codes that act like a digital fingerprint.
How your phone number on Facebook could get you hacked despite privacy settings
Despite notifying Facebook in April, and calling for APIs to be pre-encrypted, the security loophole remains intact, leaving the site's 1.44 billion users open to hacks.
Panasonic Eluga Icon with 5.5-inch HD display, 13 MP rear camera launched at Rs 10,999 in India
The Panasonic Eluga Icon features a 5.5-inch HD display and under its hood is a 1.5 GHz True Octa Core processor combined with 2 GB RAM.