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Quarterback Cam Newton was not the only Carolina Panthers player performing like Superman on Sunday as the brilliant pass-and-run threat teamed up with his mates to soar into the Super Bowl.
Cam Newton twice flew like his caped comic book superhero to cross the goal line on runs, ran over a defensive back on another jaunt and connected with Corey Brown on an 86-yard touchdown pass for one of his two scoring strikes.
He was joined in the jaw-dropping play department by speedy receiver Ted Ginn, w

Reports of people having trouble with WhatsApp in countries including Japan, India, Malaysia, Colombia and the United States hit the Internet about 0730 IST today. (Reuters) Facebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp temporarily crashed in an array of countries from the US to India, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of users.
Reports of people having trouble with WhatsApp in countries including Japan, India, Malaysia, Colombia and the United States hit the Internet about 0730

Existing lithography methods, which are used to etch or pattern materials on a substrate, are not capable of fixing nanoparticles to a specific location with precise and arbitrary control. (Reuters) Scientists have developed a new ‘bubble-pen’ that uses microbubbles to inscribe nanoparticles on a surface, an invention that could help in the manufacturing of many devices like tiny machines, optical computers and solar panels.
Working with nanoparticles while keeping their properties

Apple’s current iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones were not able to dominate the comapany’s smartphone lineup during the holiday quarter. (Reuters) Technology major Apple has seen its slowest growth ever and far from the double-digit growth investors have come to expect as the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus face tough competition from their earlier versions.
Apple’s current iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones were not able to dominate the comapany’s smartpho

Apple tvOS 9.2 update will bring Bluetooth keyboard support, folders, and an updated app switcher when it’s released to the public later this year, the Verge reported. Tech giant Apple has brought the much awaited podcast app for the more expensive, more powerful new Apple TV.
The tvOS 9.2 update will bring Bluetooth keyboard support, folders, and an updated app switcher when it’s released to the public later this year, the Verge reported.
Apple TV is a digital media player and a mi

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile keyboard simply shifts to the side to create a compact keyboard, instead of the fanned key layout used in the iOS version used in Apple iPhones. (Reuters) Software giant Microsoft is bringing its Windows Phone keyboard to iOS used in Apple iPhones.
According to the Verge, Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile keyboard simply shifts to the side to create a compact keyboard, instead of the fanned key layout used in the iOS version.
The American multinational tech

LeEco says it will have 555 service centres to provide support for customers.
LeEco, (formerly LeTv) which launched its Le 1s and Le Max smartphones in India recently, has announced that it will have 555 service centres to offer after-sales support for customers.
LeEco says that these service centres will cover more than 300 cities in India. The service centres will have a 24X7 toll free helpline with support in 10 languages, which includes English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam,

WhatsApp will get an end-to-end encryption feature along with Facebook integration soon.
WhatsApp is working on adding end-to-end encryption to its chats along with a deeper Facebook integration, according to leaked screenshots shared on Google Plus by Android developer Javier Santos.WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum had spoken about implementing the end-to-end encryption earlier this month, at the annual Digital-Life-Design (DLD) conference in Munich. Koum had said, “We are a couple of months

India ranks two on the list of countries having malware-affected Android smartphones, said Cheetah Mobile, a China-based mobile tools provider, adding an extensive use of third-party apps was the main reason behind it.
According to company’s global security report, most of the third-party apps are malware-affected.
“The number of Android viruses, especially Root Trojans, rose sharply with a growth rate of 22 percent infecting a total of 11,170,960 devices in India in 2015,” the

Opera Mini for Android update brings support for 13 Indian languages that goes beyond languages natively supported by Android (Source: Opera)
There is some good news for Indian mobile users this Republic Day. Opera Mini, the popular mobile browser, has announced its first update with support for 90 global languages including 13 from India. The 13 Indian languages include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
This means

Professor Chennupati Jagadish has been awarded Australia’s highest civilian award for his contribution to physics, engineering.
Australia has awarded its highest civilian honour, the Companion of the Order or Australia (AC), to Indian-origin scientist and distinguished professor Chennupati Jagadish.
Professor Jagadish is currently the head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group at the Australian National University. He was given the award in recognition for his

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption feature has been leaked online.
WhatsApp is working on adding end-to-end encryption to its chats along with a deeper Facebook integration, according to leaked screenshots shared on Google Plus by Android developer Javier Santos.WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum had spoken about implementing the end-to-end encryption earlier this month, at the annual Digital-Life-Design (DLD) conference in Munich. Koum had said, “We are a couple of months away from calling

Microsoft is internally testing its Word Flow keyboard on Apple’s iOS and is expected to be publicly available in the coming months
Microsoft wants to bring its Windows Phone keyboard experience to Apple’s iOS, according to reports. Lately Microsoft has been embracing competing platforms with its own services and products, so this attempt does not sound surprising.
Microsoft has started testing an early version of its excellent Windows Phone keyboard internally o

LeEco says it will have 555 service centres to provide support for customers.
LeEco, (formerly LeTv) which launched its Le 1s and Le Max smartphones in India recently, has announced that it will have 555 service centres to offer after-sales support for customers.
LeEco says that these service centres will cover more than 300 cities in India. The service centres will have a 24X7 toll free helpline with support in 10 languages, which includes English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam,

LeEco, formerly LeTv, had on January 20 launched Le1S (priced at Rs 10,999) superphone, saying the device would “disrupt the pricing competition” in the Indian market – the company had also launched the LeMax handset. Smartphone maker LeEco claimed that Le1S mobile has received 300,000 pre-sale registrations on Flipkart, 5 days after it launched two ‘superphones’ in the Indian market.
“… going by the current pre-sale registration numbers of Le1S, we sh

Lenovo has launched the K5 Note in China. Here are all the specs.
While the Lenovo K4 Note will go on sale on Amazon India today, Lenovo has also introduced a full-metal body K5 Note smartphone in China.
Lenovo K5 Note, which is listed only on the company’s China website, comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage space. The K5 Note is priced Yuan 1099, which comes to around Rs 11,329 on conversion.  In India, the K4 Note comes with 3GB RAM and 16GB storage space. Lenovo K5 Notes also

A UK parliamentary committee will invite Google to testify about a back tax deal under which it will pay 130 million pounds ($185.61 mln) to settle claims covering a 10-year period (Image: Reuters) A UK parliamentary committee will invite Google to testify about a back tax deal under which it will pay 130 million pounds ($185.61 mln) to settle claims covering a 10-year period – an amount the opposition Labour party has described as derisory.
Meg Hillier, the Labour party chairwoman of the

Google Doodle had marked the 65th Republic Day with a doodle featuring ‘Jaanbaaz’, BSF’s motorcycle daredevils who delight the crowd at Rajpath every January 26, in their famous pyramidal formation. As a tribute on 67th Republic Day, search giant Google’s doodle today showed a march of a richly caparisoned camel contingent of the Border Security Force, a major attraction at the annual parade at the Rajpath on January 26.
The doodle presents six colourfully bedecked camel