Samsung: Batteries only problem with fire-prone Note 7s

Published On: January 23, 2017 11:31 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 23: Samsung Electronics said Monday that tests of more than 200,000 Galaxy Note 7 smartphones found defects in two sets of batteries from two different manufacturers that made the devices prone to catch fire.

CANBERRA, Jan 22: Australia on Sunday announced an overhaul of security at all its international airports, with technology set to replace passports as means of identifying passengers by 2020.

Users forced to follow Trump on Twitter after glitch

Published On: January 22, 2017 02:38 PM NPT By: PTI

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to follow US President Donald Trump on Twitter after a technical glitch, prompting the social networking site to apologise to users.

Indian Prime Minister Modi takes lead on Social Media

Published On: January 21, 2017 05:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Over 50,000 people followed Donald J. Trump on Twitter while he was being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Friday.

Google’s latest update will let users search offline

Published On: January 19, 2017 04:06 PM NPT By: Agencies

The search engine giant, Google’s latest update for Android allows users to run a quick search even without access to the internet.

4G service users hit 40,000 already

Published On: January 19, 2017 02:37 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Nepal Telecom (NT) is going to launch 4G service even for GSM prepaid mobiles from February 4.

Facebook inbox on desktop gets revamped with Messenger

Published On: January 19, 2017 01:03 PM NPT By: IANS

Facebook is integrating the Messenger app into its desktop version, giving an all new messaging experience to the desktop users.

Mobile data startup Zeotap raises €12M

Published On: January 18, 2017 11:40 PM NPT By: Republica

Zeotap, a startup that helps telecom companies sell their data to advertisers, announced today that it has raised €12 million in Series B funding.

China plans to develop a prototype exascale computer by the end of the year, state media said Tuesday, as it seeks to win a global race to be the first to build a machine capable of a billion, billion calculations per second.

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in Dallas federal court on Tuesday and denied an allegation by a rival company that the virtual-reality technology of Facebook’s Oculus unit was stolen.