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We should mock IBM's terrible hair dryer hacking campaign, not women's technology
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IBM urging women to #HackAHairDryer in order to get into tech has to be one of the worst PR efforts in recent memory. It's an awkwardly bland and cloying video that implies tech's gender gap exists because women don't know they can do science — and ...
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Fans at the Adelaide Oval cheering during the India vs Pakistan match in ICC 2015 World Cup (Reuters)
Twitter India has compiled the year that was on the micro-blogging platform and there seem to be no real surprises when it comes to the moments that made the largest impact in 2015. With a whopping 118.3 million Impressions, the Cricket World Cup #INDvsPAK match of February 15, which India won, had the most impact.
This was followed by Aam Aadmi Party’s historic victory in the #DelhiElect

Almost 9 per cent of popular apps downloaded from Google Play interact with websites that could compromise users’ security and privacy, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) conducted a large-scale analysis of URLs embedded in 13,500 free Android apps downloaded from Google Play, in one of the first studies to analyse behind-the-scenes behaviours of good applications.
The apps which were tested were created by reputable developers and downlo

Fans at the Adelaide Oval cheering during the India vs Pakistan match in ICC 2015 World Cup (Reuters)
Twitter India has compiled the year that was on the micro-blogging platform and there seem to be no real surprises when it comes to the moments that made the largest impact in 2015. With a whopping 118.3 million Impressions, the Cricket World Cup #INDvsPAK match of February 15 which India won had the most impact.
This was followed by Aam Aadmi Party’s historic victory in the #DelhiElectio

Samsung Galaxy S7 will be cheaper, will have two processor variants and other rumours.
Samsung Galaxy S7 will be release in 2016, but rumours on what the phone will feature have been doing the rounds. Reports claim that Samsung Galaxy S7 will be 10 per cent cheaper than its predecessor the Galaxy S6, although there’s no saying how Samsung will eventually price the smartphones.
Most expect the Galaxy S7 to be launched in February, given that the S6 was launched around this time as well. We

Samsung Galaxy S7 will be cheaper, will have two processor variants and other rumours.
Samsung Galaxy S7 will be release in 2016, but rumours on what the phone will feature have been doing the rounds. Reports claim that Samsung Galaxy S7 will be 10 per cent cheaper than its predecessor the Galaxy S6, although there’s no saying how Samsung will eventually price the smartphones.
Most expect the Galaxy S7 to be launched in February, given that the S6 was launched around this time as well. We

Paytm to MobiKwik, mobile app payment systems in India are evolving in a big way.
‘Use X digital wallet and get 10 per cent cashback,’ is a sentence we have become familiar with in our smartphone-dependent lives. In India, the options are limitless when it comes to choosing a digital wallet — there is Paytm, the biggest player in the market claiming 100 million users, followed by rivals MobiKwik and FreeCharge and newcomers like PayUMoney and Oxigen.
But the digital wallet is

VTech said the hackers compromised its Learning Lodge app store, which provides content for children’s tablets, and its Kid Connect mobile app service that lets parents communicate with those tablets. (Source: Reuters)
Parents who gave their child a Kidizoom smartwatch or a VTech InnoTab tablet may have exposed them to identity theft after Hong Kong-based VTech said hackers stole the personal information of more than 6 million children.
The breach underscores how digital products aimed at

Samsung Galaxy S7 will be cheaper, will have two processor variants and other rumours.
Samsung Galaxy S7 will be release in 2016, but rumours on what the phone will feature have been doing the rounds. Reports claim that Samsung Galaxy S7 will be 10 per cent cheaper than its predecessor the Galaxy S6, although there’s no saying how Samsung will eventually price the smartphones.
Most expect the Galaxy S7 to be launched in February, given that the S6 was launched around this time as well. We

Microsoft Edge browser’s core engine will be made open-source (Source: Reuters)
Microsoft has announced that a part of its Edge browser will be made open source. The code will be published to GitHub in January 2016, which is next month.
In a blogpost, Microsoft’s Gaurav Sethi and Adalberto Foresti wrote, that the company will open-source “the core components of Chakra as ChakraCore, which will include all the key components of the JavaScript engine powering Microsoft Edge.&rdq

Google’s new patent is for a device that will help draw blood without needles. (Source: Reuters)
Google has filed a patent that could allow for blood to be drawn without needles, according to reports. Google’s patent is available here.
The patent explains how the device would draw blood. It reads, “A system for needle-free drawing of blood is disclosed.A device can include an evacuated negative-pressure barrel with a membrane sealing an aperture at a distal end, and a housing

OnePlus X, priced in India at Rs 16,999, can be bought tomorrow directly from Ola app. Payment can be made either through cash or card.
OnePlus X, priced at Rs 16,999 in India, can be bought on Tuesday directly from Ola app. The smartphone features a 5-inch Full HD 1080p AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB RAM, 2525 mAh battery, 13 MP rear camera and 8MP front camera.
“This Tuesday will be the first time ever that

Paytm to MobiKwik, your digital wallets are expanding.
‘Use X digital wallet and get 10 per cent cashback,’ is a sentence we have become familiar with in our smartphone-dependent lives. In India, the options are limitless when it comes to choosing a digital wallet — there is Paytm, the biggest player in the market claiming 100 million users, followed by rivals MobiKwik and FreeCharge and newcomers like PayUMoney and Oxigen.
But the digital wallet is morphing beyond recharges o

Competition Commission is looking at five cases of alleged abuse of dominant position by online cab companies, the government said today. However, specific details were not disclosed.
“Five cases against online cab companies alleging abuse of dominant position in contravention of the provisions of Competition Act, 2002 are under investigation/consideration of Competition Commission of India,” Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
CCI keeps a t

Lenovo’s youth-focused Vibe S1 comes with a metal and glass design and a dual-selfie camera.
The smartphone market is cluttered and all OEMs get their phones manufactured from a handful of manufacturers. Eventually, all smartphones end up having similar designs, the same look and feel. Some even feature the same materials, often under the garb of being tied to a ‘reference design’. This gives enough scope for one single company to come up with a smart design and take the marke

Google’s new patent is for a device that will help draw blood without needles. (Source: Reuters)
Google has filed a patent that could allow for blood to be drawn without needles, according to reports. Google’s patent is available here.
The patent explains how the device would draw blood. It reads, “A system for needle-free drawing of blood is disclosed.A device can include an evacuated negative-pressure barrel with a membrane sealing an aperture at a distal end, and a housing

Facebook, WhatsApp are the top apps in India, says a report. (Source: Reuters)
Social networking giant Facebook and mobile messaging service WhatsApp have retained their positions as the ‘most popular applications’ among Indians this year, says a new report.
Besides, Truecaller and UC Browser also figure among the top-five most popular mobile applications among Indians, as per the study conducted by WhichApp, a mobile app that helps users discover new applications that their friends