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  First-born children are more intelligent: Blame your parents for that

  Lifestyle | February 14, 2017 10:38 IST

  First-born children are smarter and tend to have superior thinking skills, quoted a research. First kids are also richer, better educated, and have higher IQ’s. According to the researchers at the University of Edinburgh,

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  Alert! Watching Netflix can lead to breakup

  Lifestyle | February 13, 2017 17:04 IST

  Getting secret vibes from your partner? Probably it’s the perfect time to take a call. Trusting your significant other blindly can sometimes come back to equally hurt you, especially when it comes to watching Netflix.

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  A Bathroom Selfie That Created Yet Another Optical Illusion; Internet Goes Berserk

  Blah | January 04, 2017 19:54 IST

  You might remember that Blue/ Golden dress confusion that created such an optical illusion that people all over the internet went crazy. {img-84688} Now a similar picture has surfaced the internet of a teenage girl

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  Around 95 crore Indians to still come online: Study

  December 26, 2016 18:57 IST

  Despite cheapest data plans in the world and average retail prices of smartphones dropping steadily, nearly 950 million Indians still don’t have an Internet connection, a joint study by Assocham-Deloitte found. "Internet penetration is increasing

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  India ranks 6th in cybercrime; trails Nepal, B'desh in download speed

  India | December 23, 2016 11:44 IST

  it has been found that the country figures poorly in the global cyber stakes.

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  TRAI recommends limited free data for rural areas every month, estimates cost of Rs 600 cr

  December 19, 2016 23:46 IST

  TRAI has recommended government to fund around 100 MB data per month for rural consumers and mooted introduction of third party platforms to provide free internet in a non-discriminatory manner to promote digital economy.

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  Facebook's solar-powered internet drone crash-landed due to wind

  December 17, 2016 17:31 IST

  Social networking mammoth Facebook’s solar-powered internet drone Aquila crashed during its inaugural test flight in Yuma, according to a report on Saturday. Aquila has been designed to beam internet to remote parts of the world.

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  Paytm goes ‘net-less’, users no longer need internet connection to transact

  December 07, 2016 17:20 IST

  Leading Indian e-wallet firm Paytm today announced that it has expanded its reach to non-internet users by launching a toll free number – 1800-1800-1234 to pay and receive money instantly and also recharge their mobile

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  Arvind Kejriwal’s driver has a verified Twitter account

  Politics | December 02, 2016 20:37 IST

  Social networking has emerged as an essential medium to express perspectives in individuals' lives today. Individuals share their views and make exchanges on the online networking. However, a precious blue tick mark signifying that you

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  Mobile internet services restored in Kashmir after four months

  India | November 19, 2016 1:39 IST

  Mobile Internet services on postpaid connections were restored tonight in Kashmir four months after these services were snapped due to the unrest in the Valley. Mobile Internet services, which were snapped on July 15, have

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  Reliance Industries joins hands with GE to boost digital transformation in IoT space

  November 18, 2016 13:46 IST

  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and US global conglomerate GE on Thursday announced a global partnership in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) space to boost digital transformation.

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  5G will have 550 million users by 2022; India, US to lead the way: report

  November 15, 2016 17:58 IST

  A fresh forecast has put North America and India at the top in Asia Pacific region in terms of maximum 5G users by 2022. In all, the subscription for the faster internet service will go

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  India's internet freedom declining, report says

  November 14, 2016 21:18 IST

  India may have overtook the US to become the world’s second largest internet consumer base behind China last year, but freedom of the internet is on the decline in the country, offsetting gains made in

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  AIIMS launches special psychiatric OPD for ‘internet addicts’

  India | October 26, 2016 11:13 IST

  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has started a special psychiatric OPD for people who are addicted to social media, online games or the internet in general.

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  Google, Facebook team up to build first direct submarine cable system connection to Asia

  October 13, 2016 19:19 IST

  Two internet giants Google and Facebook have teamed up with the Pacific Light Data Communications company and TE ​SubCom to build the first direct submarine cable system between Los Angeles and Hong Kong in efforts

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  Chinese government mulls ban on online gaming after midnight, may open rehabs for addicts

  World | October 08, 2016 17:56 IST

  The Chinese government is mulling to ban people under the age of 18 years from playing online games after midnight. Youth indulging more in the world of gaming has alarmed the government to think

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  Airtel announces free incoming calls on international roaming, offers on some data plans

  September 28, 2016 14:27 IST

  Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its new International Roaming (IR) packs for the ease of customers travelling abroad.

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  IoT can facilitate 5G launch in India with rest of the world, says Telecom secretary J S Deepak

  September 07, 2016 18:19 IST

  After India’s inclusion with the rest of the world in terms of the rollout of 4G services, the country now stands to get 5G technology as it enters an era of Internet of Things (IoT),

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  One out of three Indians put personal data at risk while travelling, reveals study

  August 31, 2016 12:49 IST

  A globally study by Intel Security found that over 30% Indians while travelling, access or share sensitive information using public Wi- Fi, putting their personal information like credit card details and work mails at risk

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  Watch video: Boss passes pen mouth-to-mouth to female employees

  World | August 09, 2016 14:55 IST

  In a bizarre video footage, that recently went viral, female employees at a Chinese company can be seen passing a pen to their male boss using their mouths.