Ride-hailing app Ola on Tuesday announced an inter-city travel partnership with Google that would help long-distance commuters discover Ola’s “Outstation” category on Google Maps. Continue reading Ola, Google bring ‘Outstation’ cabs to Maps
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Ed-tech app Toppr now available on iOS
Online education start-up Toppr on Tuesday Monday extended its app’s availability to iOS users, in addition to the existing web and android platforms. Continue reading Ed-tech app Toppr now available on iOS
‘Safety Check’ to be permanent feature on Facebook
Keeping its word to make ‘Safety Check’ a permanent feature, Facebook is rolling out a ‘Safety Check’ page that would help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need. Continue reading ‘Safety Check’ to be permanent feature on Facebook
WhatsApp adds colours to ‘Status’ feature
Making its “Status” feature more interesting, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out an update that lets its 250 million monthly users share creative text-based “Status” updates. Continue reading WhatsApp adds colours to ‘Status’ feature
New-Age 8th Gen Intel core processors coming in September
Chip giant Intel on Monday announced the roll-out of its 8th Gen Intel Core processors for a range of mobile processors designed for thin and light Notebooks and 2-in-1s. Continue reading New-Age 8th Gen Intel core processors coming in September
Scientists, tech leaders want to stop ‘killer robots’
Scientists and prominent tech leaders have called for the United Nations (UN) to take action to stop the proliferation of “killer robots.” Continue reading Scientists, tech leaders want to stop ‘killer robots’
Microsoft’s speech recognition system achieves new milestone
Microsofts conversational speech recognition system—designed to accurately recognises the words in a conversation like humans do—has reached a 5.1 per cent error rate, its lowest so far. Continue reading Microsoft’s speech recognition system achieves new milestone
Now an artificial heart made of spider silk
Researchers have developed cardiac muscle tissue made of spider silk, to investigate whether artificial silk protein could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue. Continue reading Now an artificial heart made of spider silk
Scientists use supercomputers to preview total solar eclipse
Using supercomputers, researchers have forecast how the corona of the sun—the aura of plasma that surrounds the sun and extends millions of kilometres into space—will look during the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 21. Continue reading Scientists use supercomputers to preview total solar eclipse
Facebook is developing augmented reality glasses
A patent application filed earlier this week has revealed that Facebook is working on developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that could blend digital objects with the physical world. Continue reading Facebook is developing augmented reality glasses