NEW YORK: Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world’s largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among…
Android handsets are a lot cheaper than iPhones? Shocking!
While it might seem obvious that an Android phone is cheaper than Apple’s iPhone range, the average price of a phone running Google’s OS is now half the price of that from…
Galaxy S5 to launch with only a Full HD display?
Bored of S5 rumours? Well, here’s another: Samsung could be struggling to make enough high-res screens Last week we’d have bet heavily on a few inalienable truths about Samsung’s next flagship phone:…
Apple iOS 7.1 close to final release
Many people didn’t understand how Apple could take so long with iOS 7.1, though we have been able to detail the company’s progress every step of the way. We have learned that…
More users will login through mobile: Facebook
Facebook expects a decline in number of users logging on the social networking website through PCs globally, especially from the US and other developed markets of Europe and Asia. The California-headquartered firm…
Bharti Airtel set to acquire Loop Mobile in a Rs 700-crore deal
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel is set to acquire Loop Mobile in a Rs 700-crore deal that may be announced as early as this week in what will be the first consolidation move in…
Of Plato and iPads: Should We Use Technology in the Classroom?
Elise Italiano fears that the push to “personalize” education through technology will, in actuality, individualize education and hamper classroom relationships. She wrote a thoughtful piece Thursday at The Public Discourse on the…
Narendra Modi woos India Inc, Calls himself Great Advocate of Technology
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to woo the India Inc, stressed that social media can be effectively…
Microsoft Accelerator Launches New Program For Late Stage Startups In India
As we have been writing, startup accelerators in India’s nascent ecosystem are beginning to seek more mature, late stage companies to work with. The latest to join this trend is Microsoft Ventures,…
Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain
We’ve all grown comfortable with existing Internet domains — which have suffixes like .com, .net, and .edu — to the point where they seemed fixed in the universe like the North Star. …