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  Facebook's Messenger app to mix business with more pleasure

  March 26, 2015 9:30 IST

  San Francisco: Facebook's Messenger app is evolving into a multitasking tool equipped to send an animated fist bump to a friend at one moment and then get a little business done in the next.In an

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  Oil to reach $100 a barrel by end of 2016: US magnate Pickens

  March 25, 2015 17:36 IST

  Oil prices may hit the $100 a barrel mark by the end of next year, US oil magnate T. Boone Pickens said on Tuesday."I think you could very well be at $100 a barrel by

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  Twitter declares war on passwords

  World | October 24, 2014 7:02 IST

  San Francisco: Twitter formally declared war on passwords during a developers' conference in San Francisco, unveiling a new system that allows users to log-in to mobile apps with a phone number.Jeff Seibert, director for mobile

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  4 Northern California faults primed for big quakes

  World | October 14, 2014 7:50 IST

  San Francisco: Three fault segments running beneath Northern California and its roughly 15 million people are overdue for a major earthquake, including one section that lies near the dams and canals that supply much of

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  IS threatened our employees: Twitter CEO

  World | October 11, 2014 12:57 IST

  New York: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has admitted that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group threatened to kill his employees after their Twitter accounts were deleted.Speaking at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San

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  Gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada struck down

  World | October 08, 2014 7:15 IST

  Boise, Idaho: A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in 30 other states.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court

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  Twitter admits to diversity problem in workforce; vows to change ways

  July 24, 2014 16:30 IST

  San Francisco: Twitter acknowledged Wednesday that it has been hiring too many white and Asian men to fill high-paying technology jobs, just like several other major companies in Silicon Valley. The lack of diversity in Twitter's

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  California man set his vehicle ablaze, dances around the inferno

  World | June 20, 2014 13:54 IST

  New Delhi: Authorities arrested a man for setting his car on fire and then dancing by its side near a toll between Oakland and San Francisco.According to the authorities the man intentionally burnt his car

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  London has the most billionaires in the world

  May 11, 2014 16:02 IST

  New Delhi: London has more billionaires - in pounds sterling - than any other city around the globe, The Sunday Times has reported.According to the newspaper's annual rich list, the British capital is home to

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  Google to invest $85 million in Credit Karma

  March 13, 2014 18:56 IST

  San Francisco: Google is betting that good things will happen to Credit Karma, an online service that provides consumers with free copies of the credit scores that define their financial reputations. Credit Karma is getting

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  70 Indian passports stolen from San Francisco

  World | March 11, 2014 10:17 IST

  Washington: About 70 Indian passports have reportedly been stolen from a private company, to which the Indian Consulate in San Francisco has outsourced various visa and passport related services. The serious breach of security is

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  'Pilots tried to abort landing seconds before crash'

  World | July 08, 2013 9:45 IST

  Washington, July 8: Pilots of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 tried to abort the landing less than two seconds before the plane crashed on the runway at San Francisco International Airport Saturday, according to officials.

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  San Francisco air crash: rescue vehicle crushed two surviving teenagers to death

  World | July 08, 2013 8:37 IST

  San Francisco, July 8: Pilots of Asiana Flight 214 were flying too slowly as they approached San Francisco airport, triggering a cockpit warning that the jetliner could stall, and they tried to abort the landing

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  Portrait of Ghadar party leader unveiled in San Francisco

  World | May 22, 2013 8:48 IST

  Washington, May 22: A portrait of Ghadar Movement leader Kartar Singh Sarabha was unveiled in the Indian consulate in San Francisco in recognition of his significant contribution towards the country's freedom struggle.In his remarks, Indian

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  Thousands run in support of Boston Marathon victims

  World | April 22, 2013 9:07 IST

  New York, Apr 22: Thousands of New Yorkers donned "I Run for Boston" bibs during a 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) run Sunday in Central Park, one of a number of races held around the world in support

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  San Francisco to ban nudity in public places

  World | November 19, 2012 12:23 IST

  San Francisco, Nov 19:  San Francisco may be getting ready to shed its image as a city where anything goes, including clothing.City lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that would prohibit nudity

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  San Francisco Honours Crooner Tony Bennett As Hit Song Turns 50

  Hollywood | February 15, 2012 15:54 IST

  San Francisco, Feb 15: American singer Tony Bennett was given the keys to the city of San Francisco on Tuesday, on the 50th Anniversary of his hit song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".A

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  Police Clear Occupy Encampment In San Francisco

  World | December 08, 2011 7:48 IST

  San Francisco, Dec 8: Police gave protesters at San Francisco's Occupy encampment five minutes to gather belongings before taking down about 100 tents and arresting at least 85 people as officers dismantled the camp in

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  Laptop-Tracking Software Leads To Arrest Of Burglar

  World | June 02, 2011 19:30 IST

  San Francisco, Jun 2: The images began arriving in Joshua Kaufman's inbox. The grainy photos are low-lit and intimate: a man curled up on a couch, sound asleep; the same man propped up against pillows

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  Gas Pipeline Rupture Causes Major Fire Near San Francisco Airport

  World | September 10, 2010 13:00 IST

  San Francisco fire services battled a massive blaze in a residential part of the city close to the San Francisco International Airport.  A ruptured gas pipeline is believed to have caused the flare-up in San