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The selfie is not a new phenomenon. In fact, its history dates back to September 2002, when Australian citizen Nathan Hope uploaded a ‘self-photograph’ on an online forum. The picture showed Hope’s swollen lower lip with some stitches because of a small accident at a friend’s 21st birthday party. With the picture, he wrote, “And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie”. From then on, selfies became all the rage. Today, almost everyone—from world leaders t

The air purifier weighs close to 4.7kg and uses dust sensors for monitoring air quality. It can work in an area of 200-300 sq. feet.
Sharp has unveiled its FP-F40E-W air purifier with high density plasmacluster ion generator, active carbon filter and True HEPA technology for Rs 24,990. It comes with a combination of active and passive purification systems along with padded pre-filter.
The air purifier weighs close to 4.7kg and uses dust sensors for monitoring air quality. It can work in an area

Monolayer semiconductors have generated a great deal of buzz as they hold promise in the development of transparent LED displays, ultra-high efficiency solar cells, photo detectors and nanoscale transistors.
Berkeley researchers have discovered a simple way of making monolayer semiconductors – which are less than a nanometre thick – more efficient and defect free.
The finding opens the door to the practical application of monolayer materials, such as MoS2, in devices like LEDs and h

The company said that through Lendingkart’s credit evaluation process, loan distribution will take place in 3 days. (Source: Paytm)
Paytm, India’s mobile payment and commerce platform has announced its partnership with Lendingkart to offer collateral free business loans to small and medium enterprises (SME’s). Lendingkart is an online platform for credit evaluation for SMEs.
“Our commitment is to provide our merchants with simple, seamless selling experience on our platf

Also, Hike has introduced various pen sizes and color palettes for ‘doodling’ the way one likes.
Hike messenger recently unveiled new Bollywood themed photo filters and doodling features to its social messaging platform. Users can create personalised pictures by simply sketching on images and choose to add photo filters from multiple options.
To use these features, one will have to go on the 3 dot menu and select photo to add filters to them. Hike has some 20 filters which include &

There are apps that can make keeping contacts, a convenient and easy affair. What’s more, some of these even let you find new people and chat with them.
I have changed quite a few phones in the last four years and the biggest problem after doing so was transferring all my contact. And this is a problem that many of us face, given how quickly we now upgrade our phones.
But there are apps that can make keeping contacts, a convenient and easy affair. What’s more, some of these even let

Facebook currently offers only U.S.-based workers up to four months of paid leave.
Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
The policy, which provides four months of paid time off, will be provided to all new parents regardless of gender or location, starting January 1. Employees may take leave at

Facebook currently offers only U.S.-based workers up to four months of paid leave.
Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
The policy, which provides four months of paid time off, will be provided to all new parents regardless of gender or location, starting Jan. 1. Employees may take leave at any

Chia Lin Chang (President of Global Sales – HTC) and Faisal Siddiqui (President, South Asia, HTC) unveil the HTC One A9 and HTC Desire 828
Smartphone maker HTC has launched mid-range handsets HTC One A9 and budget HTC Desire 828 (prices have not been publicised yet) – the company is saying it will increasingly look at launching devices priced below Rs 10,000. Talking about the devices, HTC President (Global Sales) Chia-Lin Chang said said the prices will be announced closer to the av

China’s largest online retailers have been pushing for more sales of their mobile apps amid growing penetration of smartphones in the country.
Smartphones and tablets are becoming the preferred choices for Chinese consumers to do online shopping as the value of mobile sales for the first time exceeded the transactions made through personal computers in the Communist country, according to a report.
With the domestic smartphone makers expanding their offerings, the gadgets have become incre

Facebook currently offers only U.S.-based workers up to four months of paid leave.
Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
The policy, which provides four months of paid time off, will be provided to all new parents regardless of gender or location, starting Jan. 1. Employees may take leave at any

Named Free Electric, since creating electricity via this stationary bicycle would be technically free, the product will be priced in the Rs 12,000 – 15,000 segment at launch.
A bicycle that produces electricity when pedalled might sound like an idea straight out of science fiction, but billionaire philanthropist Manoj Bhargava would disagree. Bhargava who showed off a prototype of his ‘electricity-creating cycle,’ plans to launch the same in India by March 2016.
Named Free Ele