Small drones coated with horsehair and a sticky gel could one day help pollinate crops and help offset the costly loss of bee populations worldwide, researchers in Japan said Thursday.
Continue reading Sticky, insect-sized drones could act as pollinators: study
Pinterest on Wednesday infused more machine smarts into its online bulletin boards, pushing harder into e-commerce by enabling people to use smartphones to identify products they might wish to pursue.
Continue reading Pinterest lets phones spy eye-catching items
In order to promote tourism and provide easy flow of information during disasters, the Nepal government on Wednesday said free wifi zones would be set up on the Lukla-Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Base Camp.
Continue reading Free wifi zones to be set up at Everest base camp
Australian researchers have developed a mobile application to monitor and improve the mental health of taxi drivers.
Continue reading Researchers develop app to aid taxi drivers mental health
Facebook has rolled out a new feature that shows full weather forecast on its mobile app and desktop site.
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Thursday launched BBM Enterprise SDK (software development kit), a Cloud-based communications platform as a service (CPaaS) to enable developers to integrate secure messaging, voice and video capabilities into applications and services.
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In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.
Continue reading Start-up fever grips young tech-savvy Indians
Billionaire tech giant Elon Musk’s Hyperloop was suggested by an Australian parliamentary committee on Wednesday for a viable alternative to high-speed rail.
Continue reading Australia considering Elon Musk’s Hyperloop for fast travel
In a first, anonymised data from mobile phones and satellite imagery data can be combined to create high resolution maps to measure poverty.
With more Indian millennials aggressively migrating to video-on-demand (VOD) platforms to watch premium content, JustWatch — a Berlin based start-up — offers a search engine to help viewers find where to legally watch their favourite movies and television series online.
Continue reading JustWatch can help you find where to legally watch movies
