Miscellaneous

New York, Apr 8: In a tough challenge to team collaboration tool Slack, Facebook has announced to offer a version of Workplace for free. Workplace, Facebook`s messaging service for businesses, is one of the many products used by businesses to chat and share files within their select groups. According to a report in Fortune, the new free version announced by Facebook this week joins a previously

New Delhi, Apr 6: There is a great news for people who love sleeping the most. Exciting news for all such lazy lads out there! What if you get paid for doing the easiest task in the world – lying in the bed? Sounds too good to be true, right? But it"s true as there is a job offer which pays you €16,000 (£13,700 or $17k or Rs 11.2 Lakh) for spending two months or 60 days lying in bed. The offer

New Delhi, Apr 5: In a first for the IPL, social media platform Twitter today unveiled special emojis for 30 of the league's biggest stars. "Fans can just Tweet using the designated player hashtag (i.e. #ViratKohli for Virat Kohli) and an emoji version of that player will automatically appear after the hashtag within the Tweet," the company stated in a press release. There will also be an emoji

Mumbai, Apr 4: Instant messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Facebook Inc, is mulling a foray into digital payment services in India, its first such offering globally, and has advertised to hire a digital transactions lead in the country. A WhatsApp move into digital payments in India, its biggest market that is home to 200 million of its billion plus global users, would replicate similar moves by

New Delhi, Apr 4: An 18-year-old boy from Chennai has won the second prize in the grade 12 category of the NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest, 2017. Sai Kiran P earned the prestigious prize for his project, proposing an elevator from the Earth to the moon to make human settlement possible on the lunar surface. As per reports, his project proposal titled,Connecting Moon, Earth and Space' andHUMEIU

Apr 3: Universe is large – like very large and we all know that. We cannot possibly fathom its total accumulation. However, you"d be shocked to learn that 68 per cent of universe doesn"t even exist. A new research hailing from the Eötvös Loránd University suggests that on the basis of simulation, 68 per cent of the universe hasn"t been existing. The study further suggests that it is the "dark

New York, Apr 1: Popular micro-blogging website Twitter has changed its iconic default egg profile photo to a new neutral human silhouette after seven years as part of an initiative to combat harassment and encourage users to upload their own pictures. The change in strategy came after the famous Twitter egg photo became associated with negative behaviour and trolls to harass and bully others.

Apr 1: Phil Schiller is in India this week to mark the official opening of Apple's App Accelerator in Bengaluru, a venture that was announced by CEO Tim Cook during his visit to India last May. The centre in the Yelahanka area of Bengaluru has already hosted a few developers, and starting Friday, any registered Apple developer can apply via the accelerator's website, and benefit from the advice of

New York, Mar 30: After much speculation over its built and specifications over past few months, South Korean giant Samsung on Wednesday launched its flagship device, Galaxy S8, that has a voice assistant. The device comes in two variants with different screen sizes -- the 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch Galaxy S8 Plus - and will be available from April 21. Registrations begin from March 30. The

London, Mar 28: The key to a lasting marriage is a hot meal every night and 'looking in your purse' while shopping, say couple, believed to be Britain's longest-wed, ahead of their 77th anniversary. George Loftus, 100, and wife Phyllis, 94, have seen 16 prime ministers take office since they married. They met in the 1930s and married at a register office on August 10, 1940, when she was just 17