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Google Glass helps cardiologists open blocked heart artery
In a world's first, a group of cardiologists has successfully used the eye-wearable device Google Glass to guide the opening up of a chronically blocked right coronary artery in the cardiac cath lab.
Google names VMware co-founder Diane Greene to lead cloud push
Greene, a Google director for three years, will lead a new team combining the company's cloud businesses, including Google for Work, Cloud Platform, and Google Apps.
Google Maps offline now available in India; lets you navigate even without Internet
The offline capability has been there in Maps for quite some time, but earlier you could only view an area of the offline map.
Micromax among top 10 phone makers in the world
Driven by growth in emerging markets, global mobile phone shipments in July-September 2015 reached 478 million units and Indian brand Micromax was among top 10 handset vendors, research firm Gartner said.
NASA builds 'Chemical Laptop' to search for alien life
It is roughly the size of a regular computing laptop, but much thicker to make room for chemical analysis components inside.
Having over 300 Facebook friends stressful for teens; hitting 'Like' is good: Study
Teens who used the site in a supportive way towards friends, by liking statuses or sending positive messages, showed a decrease in cortisol levels.
China search giant Baidu plans to open online bank
The Baixin Bank, a venture between Baidu and China Citic Bank, will be the country's first lender formed by an Internet company and a traditional bank, Baidu said in a statement.
Samsung could also launch Galaxy S7 with a 4K display, 14-core processor
The Galaxy S7 could be unveiled in February 2016 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, as was the case for its predecessor in 2015.
German watchdog investigates Apple-Amazon audiobooks agreement
In September ,the association of German book sellers lodged complaints with the watchdog that Amazon and Audible were building a monopoly in the audio book business.
Antibiotic resistance reaching dangerously high levels worldwide: WHO
Antibiotic resistance happens when bugs become immune to existing drugs, allowing minor injuries and common infections to become deadly.
OnePlus 2, OnePlus One to get Android Marshmallow update in the first quarter of 2016
The OnePlus 2 will also be updated in the first quarter of the next year, and the update will include the new standard Marshmallow API for the fingerprint sensor.
Gmail to send you alerts for messages coming from unencrypted connections
These warnings will begin to roll-out in the coming months.
Twitter users more likely to share happiness than sadness
Some users of the Twitter social network are more likely than others to be contaminated by the 'good news' virus.
Swipe Junior: The Rs 5,999 'smartphone for kids' with greater parental control launched in India
The phone comes pre-loaded with apps like emergency dialing facility, one step SOS alert, app management system, Geo tracking and Geo fencing for better parental control.
'Apple is open': Tim Cook reminds employees after racist behaviour by store manager
In his company-wide email, Cook says the incident 'doesn’t represent our values' and it is 'not a message we would ever want to deliver to a customer or hear ourselves.'
High-resolution audio is striking a chord with consumers
Those consumers who identify themselves as audiophiles or music enthusiasts have their interest piqued the most, especially as, in theory at least, HRA promises a better audio experience.