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‘High rainfall during an extreme event over a small area is possibly impacted more by local reasons than global factors.’
The research:
Studying the impact of different factors — global warming, El Nino and La Nina and local conditions — on the amount of rainfall in a given area
A number of factors affect rainfall over India. We often hear about the negative impact of El Nino, an unusual warming in the Pacific Ocean, on the Indian monsoon. The opposite of El Nino, a cond

If you are reading this review on your tablet, laptop or any other digital screen, you are more likely to finish it, but less likely to remember what you read. Easy in, easy out, is it? In fact, the latest iPhone model now features more dots per inch (401 DPI on iPhone 6 Plus) than the finest printed books (closer to 300 DPI), but this improvement in screen quality does not lead to higher levels of comprehension. Surprised?
Now, consider these facts: people value items more when shopping on a ta

Spider Designs has launched its Self Balancing Skateboard in India. The device is built using a metal alloy and works via Bluetooth. It comes with fixed lighting for use at night and has a maximum tilt of around 15-30 degrees, depending on the rider’s weight. The Skateboard can also sync with a smartphone and play music using the speakers on it. There is a key that lets you switch the board on/off and lock it when not needed. It costs Rs 34,550.

You must be familiar with the ‘subscription’ business—the age-old practice of getting newspapers or magazines, grocery or dairy products delivered at your doorstep on a regular basis, be it daily, weekly or monthly, and paying a certain amount for the service and the convenience it offers. Now, consider the same practice for buying things online and what you get is a business model called ‘subscription e-commerce’.
Although subscription e-commerce is already quite p

Android M may have really small userbase but its sucessor Android N is already on its way out
Google will officially announce about new Android N development at Google I/O in May but first screenshots from new mobile OS has already surfaced. The new screenshot gives first hint at what can change with the new OS.
The screenshot first spotted by Android Police has emerged from Google’s Android developer site making it highly legit than a leak. The screenshot reveals a new left hamburger but

Android M may have really small userbase but its sucessor Android N is already on its way out
Google will officially announce about new Android N development at Google I/O in May but first screenshots from new mobile OS has already surfaced. The new screenshot gives first hint at what can change with the new OS.
The screenshot first spotted by Android Police has emerged from Google’s Android developer site making it highly legit than a leak. The screenshot reveals a new left hamburger but

Kerala achieved the distinction of being the first digital state in the country on Saturday having linked all villages in the state with broadband connectivity under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project. President Pranab Mukherjee formally declared Kerala as the first digital state by launching a digital empowerment campaign in Kozhikode aimed at bridging the digital divide by 2020. The campaign for e-literacy will use 40,000 student police cadets to train 10 lakh people in panchaya

Reliance LYF Flame 1 is a budget smartphone with 4.5-inch display and 2000 mAh battery
Reliance LYF Flame 1 and LYF Wind 6, two new 4G capable budget smartphones have been launched at Rs 6,490 and Rs 7,090 respectively. The smartphones will be available across India in more than 1,20,000 retail outlets.
Watch: Reliance LYF Earth1 First Look
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The Reliance LYF Flame 1 and Wind 6 are 4G smartphones that support some advanced f

Reliance LYF Flame 1 is a budget smartphone with 4.5-inch display and 2000mAh battery
Reliance has announced the launch of two new budget smartphones, LYF Flame 1 and LYF Wind 6 at Rs 6,490 and Rs 7,090 respectively. The smartphones will be available across India in more than 1,20,000 retail outlets.
Watch: Reliance LYF Earth1 First Look
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The Reliance LYF Flame 1 and Wind 6 are 4G smartphones that support some advanced feat

Reliance LYF Flame 1 is a budget smartphone with 4.5-inch display and 2000 mAh battery
Reliance LYF Flame 1 and LYF Wind 6, two new 4G capable budget smartphones have been launched at Rs 6,490 and Rs 7,090 respectively. The smartphones will be available across India in more than 1,20,000 retail outlets.
Watch: Reliance LYF Earth1 First Look
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUB4ICWSUPI&w=759&h=427]
The Reliance LYF Flame 1 and Wind 6 are 4G smartphones that support some advanced f

Lava V5 is the latest smartphone from Indian manufacturer that aims to deliver great camera performance
Lava has been expanding its mid-budget offerings, which is what most smartphone makers are targeting in India. While Lava’s X10 smartphone was a bit disappointing thanks to the not so great specs, the company is trying to cover up with V5.
Lava V5Lava V5 comes with a great design and large 5.5-inch display which is crisp and sharp
The Lava V5 is a 4G smartphone and comes with 13 MP rear

Yamaha YSP-5600 is world’s first sound projector to incorporate Dolby Atmos sound
I was there sitting in a closed dimly lit room and suddenly I could hear a Boeing 747 taking off over my head. The sound was coming out of Yamaha’s latest YSP 5600 sound projector with Dolby Atmos. While generally sound tends to be in a single plane around you, I felt the Boeing 747 on top of my head and I didn’t look up. That’s the magic of projecting sound rather than playing back, someth

Reliance LYF Flame 1 is a budget smartphone with 4.5-inch display and 2000mAh battery
Reliance has announced the launch of two new budget smartphones, LYF Flame 1 and LYF Wind 6 at Rs 6,490 and Rs 7,090 respectively. The smartphones will be available across India in more than 1,20,000 retail outlets.
Watch: Reliance LYF Earth1 First Look
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUB4ICWSUPI&w=759&h=427]
The Reliance LYF Flame 1 and Wind 6 are 4G smartphones that support some advanced feat

Lava V5 is the latest smartphone from Indian manufacturer that aims to deliver great camera performance
Lava has been expanding its mid-budget offerings, which is what most smartphone makers are targeting in India. While Lava’s X10 smartphone was a bit disappointing thanks to the not so great specs, the company is trying to cover up with V5.
Lava V5Lava V5 comes with a great design and large 5.5-inch display which is crisp and sharp
The Lava V5 is a 4G smartphone and comes with 13 MP rear

Android M may have really small userbase but its sucessor Android N is already on its way out
Google will officially announce about new Android N development at Google I/O in May but first screenshots from new mobile OS has already surfaced. The new screenshot gives first hint at what can change with the new OS.
The screenshot first spotted by Android Police has emerged from Google’s Android developer site making it highly legit than a leak. The screenshot reveals a new left hamburger but

Facebook is officially rolling out its live broadcast feature on Android (Source: Facebook)
Facebook has announced that its live video-streaming feature is coming to Android devices. The feature will roll out to Android users in US for now before expanding to other countries.
Almost a month back, Facebook rolled out its live feature to all iOS users in the U.S. The live streaming was an exclusive feature available to celebrities and verified profiles with its Mentions app.
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Apple has found support from Huawei in its ongoing encryption battle with FBI but other Asian companies stay out for now (Source: Reuters)
As Apple Inc resists the U.S. government in a high-profile stand-off over privacy, rival device makers are, for now, keeping a low profile.
Most are Asian companies – the region produces eight of every 10 smartphones sold around the world – and operate in a complex legal, political and security landscape.
Must Read: Apple CEO Tim Cook defend

Daily Trust
Anambra adopts new technology for long lasting roads
Daily Trust
The Anambra government is currently experimenting with a new technology that will lead to the construction of longer lasting roads in the state. Gov. Willie Obiano made the disclosure on Saturday at a demonstration of the use of the technology on a ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended company’s decision to resist FBI in iPhone case, gets support from shareholders
Apple CEO Tim Cook got a standing ovation Friday at his first stockholder meeting since his company’s epic clash with the FBI unfolded. He defended the company’s unbending stance by saying: “These are the right things to do.”
On Thursday, the tech giant formally challenged a court order to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a murderous extrem

Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended company’s decision to resist FBI in iPhone case, gets support from shareholders
Apple CEO Tim Cook got a standing ovation Friday at his first stockholder meeting since his company’s epic clash with the FBI unfolded. He defended the company’s unbending stance by saying: “These are the right things to do.”
On Thursday, the tech giant formally challenged a court order to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a murderous extrem

Samsung gets some much needed relief in its longstanding patent battle with Apple (Source: Reuters)
A U.S. appeals court on Friday overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung, finally handing the South Korean smartphone maker a significant win in its longstanding patent feud with top rival Apple.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., said Samsung Electronics Co Ltd did not infringe Apple’s “quick links” patent, and that two other pat

Apple has found support from Huawei in its ongoing encryption battle with FBI but other Asian companies stay out for now (Source: Reuters)
As Apple Inc resists the U.S. government in a high-profile stand-off over privacy, rival device makers are, for now, keeping a low profile.
Most are Asian companies – the region produces eight of every 10 smartphones sold around the world – and operate in a complex legal, political and security landscape.
Must Read: Apple CEO Tim Cook defend

Sharp Corp and Foxconn agreed on Friday to extend a deadline for takeover talks by 1-2 weeks (Source: Reuters)
Sharp Corp and Foxconn agreed on Friday to extend a deadline for takeover talks by 1-2 weeks, a person familiar with the matter said, after the Taiwanese firm had put the deal on hold to clarify “new material information”.
Sharp, a loss-making Japanese display maker, announced on Thursday it had decided to sell a two-thirds stake to Foxconn, in a deal worth an estimated $5.

Facebook is officially rolling out its live broadcast feature on Android (Source: Facebook)
Facebook has announced that its live video-streaming feature is coming to Android devices. The feature will roll out to Android users in US for now before expanding to other countries.
Almost a month back, Facebook rolled out its live feature to all iOS users in the U.S. The live streaming was an exclusive feature available to celebrities and verified profiles with its Mentions app.
Read MoreFaceboo

Apple will drop number from its next iPhone name and 4-inch iPhone will be called iPhone SE
Apple may have finalised the name for its next generation 4-inch iPhone. According to 9to5Mac, Apple plans to drop 5 and call its next iPhone, just iPhone SE. Yes just iPhone SE which hints that Apple is doing it just to please its user base looking to grab a smaller iPhone.
Apple had launched its iPhone 5s in 2013 and refreshed iPhone with a larger screen in 2014. If Apple sticks to iPhone SE name, it w

Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended company’s decision to resist FBI in iPhone case, gets support from shareholders
Apple CEO Tim Cook got a standing ovation Friday at his first stockholder meeting since his company’s epic clash with the FBI unfolded. He defended the company’s unbending stance by saying: “These are the right things to do.”
On Thursday, the tech giant formally challenged a court order to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a murderous extrem

Universal Robots, a Danish robot manufacturer and innovator in collaborative robotic technology launched its operations in India on February 18, 2016. What marked a significant change in the manufacturing and production process of  an industry, was Industrial Revolution. And what could be now termed as a neo-industrial revolution would be the inclusion of robots in such processes.
Universal  Robots, a Danish robot manufacturer and innovator in collaborative robotic technology launched

Times of India
Syria civil war: State-of-the-art technology gives President Assad's army the edge
Times of India
You can see the Syrian army's spanking new Russian T-90 tanks lined up in their new desert livery scarcely 100 miles from ISIS's Syrian "capital" of Raqqa. There are new Russian-made trucks alongside them, and a lot of artillery and - surely ISIS's ...and more »