New Delhi: It's unfortunate that author Atulya Mahajan's 'The Masters of America' will always be compared with writer Anurag Mathur's quirky guide to surviving in the US - 'The Inscrutable Americans' - mostly because Mathur got it out first. If you have read 'The Inscrutable Americans', you will appreciate the struggle that Fresh off the Boat (FOB) Indian immigrants face in the mythical land of opportunities and Mahajan takes the...
06:11 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: If this piece of news is to be believed, then very soon we will see Intel-powered Android notebooks for as low as $200 (Rs 10,880 approx). Dadi Perlmutter, Intel's executive vice president and chief product officer, told CNET that notebooks carrying a price tag around $200 will predominantly be Android devices equipped with Intel's Atom mobile processors. However, there is no further information about these Android notebooks. It is...
11:41 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret. Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a disturbing video appears...
04:57 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Yahoo Inc Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will be replaced in the chairman role by director Maynard Webb Jr on an interim basis until the company's annual shareholder meeting on June 25. Amoroso, a former IBM Corp executive, will remain on the board of directors until the meeting, Yahoo said. In a statement on Thursday, Amoroso said he had informed...
04:26 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Centre's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 years are allowed to open an account on social networking sites including Facebook, even though Indian laws do not permit it. The court also asked two US-based entities - Facebook Inc and Google Inc - to reply to the plea of former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking...
11:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Railways has reduced advance booking period from four months to two months from May 1 as part of its efforts to prevent touts from cornering bulk of tickets. The advance reservation period (ARP) for booking reserved train tickets will be reduced from existing 120 days to 60 days (excluding the date of journey) from May 1, according to a Railway notification issued on Thursday. However, all the bookings...
08:43 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Samsung Electronics is beefing up its tablet range with a competitor to Apple's iPad Mini that sports a pen for writing on the screen. The Samsung Galaxy Note 510 tablet is now up for pre-order on the Samsung India e-store. The tablet is priced at Rs 30,900. Originally, the device was unveiled at the MWC 2013 as the Galaxy Note 8.0. Samsung is not calling the tablet "Galaxy...
02:48 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Chandigarh: A woman who gave birth to a baby boy on April 3 at a Ludhiana nursing home was soon after the delivery, told that her baby had not survived. Her father had sold the newborn to one of the nurses in the nursing home for Rs 45,000 and a bottle of liquor. Sensing something amiss when she was offered a share from the money, the mother complained to the...
11:29 PM, Apr 24, 2013
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11:26 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Ludhiana: In a shocking incident, a newborn baby boy was sold to a Delhi businessman through Facebook in Ludhiana. The Delhi businessman bought the newborn boy for Rs 8 lakh in Ludhiana. The baby was allegedly sold by his grandfather Feroze Khan with the help of a nurse and another hospital employee on April 10. The baby's mother, Noorie, filed police complaint after she couldn't find the baby. Four people,...
03:42 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Bangalore: Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi, nicknamed as "human computer" for her ability to make complex mental calculations, died at a hospital here on Sunday following respiratory problems. She was 80. "She passed away at Bangalore Hospital," Shakuntala Devi Educational Foundation Public Trust Trustee DC Shivadev told reporters. Doctors declared her dead at 8.15 am, he said. Devi was hospitalised a couple of weeks ago for critical respiratory problems, Shivadev said....
07:15 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Bangalore: Sharp Corp will supply energy-saving, high-performance LCD panels for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's notebook computers as early as summer, the Nikkei reported. Sharp will manufacture the 11.6 inch indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) panels for Samsung at its plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. The deal is expected to lift the plant's operating rate from the current 60 per cent, the Nikkei said. Sharp said on March 6 it would supply large...
10:52 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Washington: At least 81 per cent people believe that there is one person you should never be friends with on Facebook - your boss - according to a new survey. The survey of 722 people conducted by two websites found that 81 per cent said you should not be Facebook friends with your boss. Slightly more men than women said it was alright to friend your boss, the survey site...
04:28 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Facebook Home, announced earlier this month, is now available on the Google Play store in India - but for select users. Facebook Home currently works on the HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy Note II. Home will also work on the forthcoming HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. The app will be available for more Android devices in the coming months....
04:44 PM, Apr 17, 2013
San Francisco: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted on Tuesday that there will be more than a billion smartphones in use featuring its Android software within the next six to nine months. Schmidt also noted that Google had no intention of blocking access to a new app from Facebook Inc, saying he was "phenomenally happy" with the app from Google's rival, which replaces the homescreen on Android phones. The new...
08:17 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New York: Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading friends' updates. Facebook also said Tuesday that it's bringing its "chat heads" feature to its Apple apps. It's called chat heads because friends' profile photos pop up when they send you a message. Chat heads is part of a broader integration that...
08:13 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Controversial jokes and funny skits kept the tempo high at the MTV Movie Awards 2013. ...
08:08 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Another book on Sachin Tendulkar? Yes, you can be forgiven for reacting that way when hearing about the latest publication on the highest run-getter in Tests and ODIs as well as the only batsman to have scored 100 international centuries. But unlike any of the past attempts to praise and chronicle Tendulkar's glittering, awe-inspiring career, Vimal Kumar's book, Sachin: Cricketer of the Century offers insights and praise from a fine...
03:43 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Los Angeles: The comic book superheroes of 'The Avengers' and comedy romance 'Silver Linings Playbook' ruled at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday on a night packed with irreverent jokes about body parts and sneak peeks of some of the year's biggest upcoming films. 'The Avengers' picked up three awards, including the top prize, movie of the year, along with best villain for Tom Hiddleston's turn as the evil Loki,...
10:52 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New York: When I got my first smartphone in 2010, I checked Facebook obsessively. But over time, the novelty wore off and opening Facebook's app to check photos, links and posts from friends turned into a chore. In a sense, I'm the ideal target for Facebook's new Home app. Those photos, links and posts I couldn't be bothered to check on the social network's app automatically come to the screen...
06:49 PM, Apr 12, 2013
