Despite biggies like Google X have shelved the science fiction space elevator project, Japan’s Obayashi Corporation is planning to build the coveted future gateway to space for mankind by 2050 with a capacity to carry at least 100 travelers. A space elevator is conceived as a cable fixed to the equator and reaching into space with a counterweight at the ...
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Google Changing Sign-in Page for Gmail
Google has decided to make it easier and simple for its subscribers to sign in, not only for its Gmail but also other services inclduing the opening sign-in pages for Google Chrome, Google app or others. In a message, author of new Google Page Ashley said, "In the next few weeks, the page to sign in to your Google Account ...
Read More »With 20 Satellites Today, ISRO Gallops to Skies, Totals 113 So Far
With the successful launch of PSLV-C32 today, the total number of satellites launched by India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV has reached 113, of which 39 are Indian and the remaining 74 from abroad. Past record was set in 2008 when ISRO had launched 10 satellites in a single flight with the PSLV rocket. ISRO is already posing tough competition in ...
Read More »Whatsapp Trying Video Calls as Youtube is on Social Media Again
Whatsapp, now a Facebook venture, is trying to roll out new feature enabling its users to use its latest new feature video calling. Youtube, a Google venture, is now venturing into social media field that the parent company tried and failed umpteen times. invite basis and those who see it on their smartphones should switch the feature on and activate ...
Read More »Earth Day: 150 Nations to Sign Paris Pact as Google Doodle Celebrates, Key Facts, Celebrity Quotes, and More
As Google with its beautiful doodle reminded people around the world about the Earth Day on April 22, nearly 155 nations will sign the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York. The agreement was approved by the 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention of the Climate Change (UNFCCC) ...
Read More »Google Braces for New Google+ Catering Your Hobby
Google Plus is not down yet and Google is re-inventing its use in a new Avatar, this time catering the hobbyist in you, whether you are an avid collector old stamps or ancient watches ot prefer travelling or good at weaving a crime story for your kids. “We’ve spent a lot of time listening to what people using Google+ had ...
Read More »Google Launches its Much Awaited Nexus 5X and 6P Devices in India
The Google has launched the new Nexus phones Nexus 5X and 6P in India just before the launch of the latest iPhones in the country. The devices are expected to give tough competition to the Apple’s new phone. Earlier, the devices was supposed to be available in Indian market by the end of the month but the makers have decided ...
Read More »Stagefright 2.0 Affected All Android Devices, New Patch Still to Come
Despite a patch released two months ago by Google and several Android smartphone manufacturers to secure the phones from the Stagefright bug which had affected about a billion Android-powered devices, still security experts warn against fool-proof system. The Stagefright bug allows an attacker to take over an Android device by sending an MMS message, the Stagefright 2.0 allows an attacker ...
Read More »Leaked: Google Nexus 5X, 6P’s to Launch in India by October
Google to unveil its much-awaited Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P in India by October end in the time of Diwali. The tech-giant is launching the phone just before the launch of the latest iPhones in the country. The devices are expected to give tough competition to the Apple’s new phone. The devices will be available both online and offline in ...
Read More »Microsoft and Google to Dismiss Patent Battles
Microsoft and Google have agreed to dismiss their entire pending patent lawsuit against each other. There were about 20 different lawsuits in Germany and the United States involving issues as varied as mobile phones, wireless networking, video decoding and other technologies, reported by The New York Times Also, cases included Motorola Mobility (the smartphone maker that Google sold last year ...
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