US intelligence agency, NSA, as part of its mass surveillance programme, has reportedly collected around 200 million text messages per day from across the globe. Top secret documents from the National Security…
Google X working on smart contact lenses that measure Glucose levels in tears
General public is yet to get their hands on Google Glass and Google is already working towards its next bit of wearable gadget – Smart Contact Lenses that will enable those with…
Vodafone seeks right to disclose Government demands for customer data
Vodafone wants to follow the footsteps of its US counterparts by disclosing data on government requests in all the 25 countries it operates including the UK. Vodafone wants to disclose government requests…
Spotify removes time limit on free desktop streaming
Spotify has removed the time limit on free desktop streaming shortly after it did so for its tablet app allowing users to stream music for unlimited number of hours. Though tablet and…
Rockstar empties GTA Online cheaters’ accounts
Free cash and ill-gotten items ride will finally come to an end for all those who exploited a bug in the game to amass millions in GTA$. Rockstar has clamped down on…
Tesco inks deal with Verizon for ‘global network’; plans in-store Wi-Fi
Tesco has announced its collaboration with global technology giant, Verizon, migrating into a single global network infrastructure. The deal will underpin the retailing company’s ongoing application and infrastructure centralisation program. As part…
Facebook may launch its own news reader as early as this month [Rumour]
Facebook is all set to launch its own news reader similar to Flipboard sometime later this month. Re/code, citing an unnamed source “familiar with the matter”, has revealed that the news reader…
Microsoft backpedals on Security Essentials for Windows XP decision; extends support till July 2015
Microsoft has softened its stand on Security Essentials for Windows XP and has extended support for its antimalware software till July 2015. Microsoft has noted that although operating system patches including security…
Microsoft to pay billions to handset manufacturers to promote Windows Phone?
Rumours suggest that Microsoft is ready to pay over $2 billion to handset manufacturers including Samsung, Sony and Huawei to roll out Windows phones. According to reports, in a hefty bid to…
Apple to pay at least $32.5 million in FTC settlement
Apple on Wednesday announced that it is ready to pay at least $32.5 million in refunds to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint involving in-app purchases. The Federal government has asked…
Box rebuilds iPhone, iPad app; offers free 50GB storage for life
Box has rebuilt its iPhone and iPhone apps and to mark the launch of the redesigned apps, the company is offering 50GB of cloud storage free for life to all those who…
Chrome for iOS, Android gets new data compression feature; helps you save money
Google has added data compression to its Chrome app for iOS and Android, which it claims will reduce data usage by as much as 50 percent in turn helping you save money…
Ubuntu Touch phones won’t launch this year says Canonical; expect it in 2015
Canonical community manager Jono Bacon has made a surprising revelation that Ubuntu Touch powered smartphones won’t launch in 2014 contrasting Canonical’s earlier promises. During Reddit Q&A, Bacon revealed that it would be…
Seek privacy while using smartphone? Use Blackphone
Silent Circle has partnered with Geeksphone to create a privacy oriented smartphone dubbed Blackphone that it claims is the first handset to place privacy and control in user’s control and that too…
Twitter now lets marketers target audience using email addresses, user IDs
Twitter, on Wednesday, announced the introduction of new capabilities including email addresses and user ID based targeting under its recently launched Tailored Audiences programme for ad retargeting. Kelton Lynn, Revenue Product Manager,…