 Mathematician, 'human computer' Shakuntala Devi dies Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi died at a hospital in Bangalore today following respiratory problems. She was 80. 'She passed away at Bangalore Hospital,' Shakuntala Devi Educational Foundation Public Trust Trustee...   Russian cosmonaut becomes world's oldest spacewalker at 59 A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker on Friday when he emerged from the hatch for a little maintenance work outside the International Space Station. Pavel Vinogradov, a cosmonaut for two...  WhatsApp says it has more users than Twitter Los Angeles : Messaging app WhatsApp now has more users than Twitter, company founder and CEO Jan Koum said at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference in New York. Declining to cite a specific figure, Koum said WhatsApp...  Google site tracks information on Boston runners Chicago: Google is stepping in to help family and friends of Boston Marathon runners find their loved ones after explosions near the finish line. The site, called Google Person Finder, allows users to enter the name of...
Google doodle celebrates India's first passenger train
New Delhi : With a chugging train trailing a plume of smoke in a backdrop of palm trees and what looks like a palace with domes and minarets, Google's doodle Tuesday celebrated India's first passenger train journey. On...  Google lets users plan for data after death Washington : Most people hope to go to heaven when they die, but they don't want all of their online information floating around in the cloud with them. Now Google has a solution for data after death. The internet giant...  Social media likely to influence results in 160 Lok Sabha seats: Study New Delhi: The 2014 general election's outcome in 160 constituencies is likely to be influenced the most by social media users, a study said on Thursday. The study 'Social Media and Lok Sabha Elections', jointly conducted...  Monster India launches 3-D virtual career fair New Delhi: Online career and recruitment solutions provider Monster India has announced the launch of its first virtual career fair in the country April 15-19. Developed to meet the changing needs of the modern-day jobseekers...  5,300-year-old iceman never cleaned his teeth, had bad breath London: A 5,300-year-old iceman -- dubbed Ötzi -- whose remains were found frozen in the Italian Alps, probably never cleaned his teeth, and suffered from bad breath as a result, researchers have said. Researchers were...  Arsenic found in German beers: Report Washington: High levels of arsenic have been detected in some German beers and are believed to come from a filtering material widely used in food production, said a report. The report did not name specific brands, but...  India test fires nuclear capable Agni-II missile Bhubaneswar: India Sunday test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, defence sources said. The test was conducted from Wheeler's Island in Bhadrak district, around...  Rising sea levels could threaten Kolkata, Shanghai, Dhaka: Pachauri Kolkata: Cities like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka are highly vulnerable to rising sea level due to climate changes as they are located in the coastal areas, said R.K. Pachauri the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel...  Blackberry to shut BBM Music service Madrid: The BBM Music streaming service will be closed down June 2 after a 19-month run following the completion of 'a strategic review of the business', Canadian tech company Blackberry said. The Asi cloud music platform...  Facebook unveils Home for Android smartphones Facebook Inc unveiled 'Home' software on Thursday to place the world's social network front and center on Android users' smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google services and steal some of its rival's momentum...  Six European countries challenge Google on privacy Paris: Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy, France's National Commission on Information Technology and Freedom, known...  ( Page 2 of 176 )  |
