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Officials with the nonprofit Simon Wiesenthal Center praised Twitter Inc on Monday for increasing efforts to thwart Islamic State’s use of its platform for recruitment and propaganda purposes. The center’s Digital Terrorism and Hate Project gave Twitter a grade of “B” in a report card of social networking companies’ efforts to fight online activity by militant groups such as IS.
“We think they are definitely heading in the right direction,” the project&r

Dr Shiva Ayyadurai claims he was all of 14, when as a research fellow at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), located in Newark, New Jersey, he invented email in 1978.
“CORRECTION: THE INVENTOR OF EMAIL IS STILL ALIVE,” screams an e-mail not from the deceased Ray Tomlinson, but Dr VA  Shiva Ayyadurai.
This Mumbai born US inventor has been over the years crying hoarse on how Tomlinson was just the inventor of “simple text messaging” and not

Dr Shiva Ayyadurai claims he was all of 14, when as a research fellow at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), located in Newark, New Jersey, he invented email in 1978.
“CORRECTION: THE INVENTOR OF EMAIL IS STILL ALIVE,” screams an e-mail not from the deceased Ray Tomlinson, but Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai. This Mumbai born US inventor has been over the years crying hoarse on how Tomlinson was just the inventor of “simple text messaging” and not em

Asus Zenbook UX305LA is one of the flagship offerings from the Taiwanese consumer electronics giant.
We are seeing a lot of Windows 10 computers storming our test labs lately and it could well be the sign that personal computers are seeing a revival. If statistics are anything to go by, Macs have been gaining sales every quarter for the past couple of years while PC sales took the downward slide. This year, probably Windows PCs will even the sales record after a long time.
I think HP has alread

Facebook, which currently has 1.5 billion users worldwide, will turn into the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by 2098.
If you are bogged down by notifications sent by the known but deceased people in your timeline on Facebook, do not get surprised by this news. According to researchers, the social networking giant will become the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by the end of this century as there will be more profiles of dead people than of living users.
“Social media webs

Facebook, which currently has 1.5 billion users worldwide, will turn into the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by 2098.
If you are bogged down by notifications sent by the known but deceased people in your timeline on Facebook, do not get surprised by this news. According to researchers, the social networking giant will become the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by the end of this century as there will be more profiles of dead people than of living users.
“Social media webs

Sennheiser has launched four headphones in the new Momentum series.
Sennheiser has launched four headphones in the new Momentum series. Momentum Wireless Over Ear is the most expensive of the four devices priced at Rs 34,990. The Momentum Wireless On Ear and Momentum M2 Over Ear cost Rs 27,990 and Rs 24,990 respectively. Momentum M2 On Ear is the cheapest offering in the range at Rs 15,990. The headphones are available in black and ivory colour varaints.
Read: Sennheiser introduces €5

Sennheiser has launched four headphones in the new Momentum series.
Sennheiser has launched four headphones in the new Momentum series. Momentum Wireless Over Ear is the most expensive of the four devices priced at Rs 34,990. The Momentum Wireless On Ear and Momentum M2 Over Ear cost Rs 27,990 and Rs 24,990 respectively. Momentum M2 On Ear is the cheapest offering in the range at Rs 15,990. The headphones are available in black and ivory colour varaints.
Read: Sennheiser introduces €5

“Apple’s liability for knowingly conspiring with book publishers to raise the prices of e-books is settled once and for all,” said Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Justice Department’s antitrust division. (AP) The US Supreme Court today upheld a ruling that Apple was part of a price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books, clearing the way for a USD 450 million settlement to be paid. The top court declined without comment to hear an appeal from Apple, which let

The Spotify music-sharing feature is will allow users to share songs quickly without leaving Facebook Messenger.
Facebook will now allow users to share Spotify music on Facebook Messenger, the company announced in a post. The social-media giant has been planning a full-scale expansion of its Messenger platform, and Spotify integration is just another step towards it.
Facebook Messenger’s post announcing it says, “Listen up! Spotify is now available for Messenger, meaning you can say

Panasonic India has launched its exclusive all-body rolling handheld massager EV2510-K priced at Rs 3,295 to cure patients with multiple orthopaedic and nerve ailments. Saving the time, effort and money invested in a trip to the beauty parlour or spa, the massager EV2510-K provides a luxury at-home masseuse experience.
The massager is equipped with three rollers and enables the user to adjust the intensity of the pressure according to one’s need. The vibration system offers a deeply soothi

Facebook recently rolled out its Reactions — a line-up of six emojis each expressing different emotions like “Love,” “Wow,” “Haha,” “Sad,” and “Angry.(Reuters) A new browser extension makes reactions expressed on social networking site Facebook a little more fun by allowing users to react to news through a wide range of emojis featuring US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Facebook recently rolled out its Reactions &mdash

If you are bogged down by notifications sent by the known but deceased people in your timeline on Facebook, do not get surprised by this news. According to researchers, the social networking giant will become the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by the end of this century as there will be more profiles of dead people than of living users.
“Social media website Facebook, which currently has 1.5 billion users worldwide, will turn into the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by 209

The author when he tried the Samsung Gear VR headset when it was launched during the IFA at Berlin.
I did it. Curiosity did get the better of me. I said those damned words as I peered into two soda-glass lenses affixed in front of my de-spectacled eyes.
Yes, I said “VR Porn”.
Before you think I am depraved or perverted, let me tell you there is a sound journalistic, and technological, reason for me venturing beyond curated 360-degree confines created by Samsung and Oculus to the dar

Reliance JioNet will will provide cricket fans with free high-speed WiFi during the upcoming T20 World Cup, followed by the IPL (Indian Premier League).
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited’s Jionet will provide cricket fans with free high-speed WiFi during the upcoming T20 World Cup, followed by the IPL (Indian Premier League).
The company has set up high-speed Access Points (APs) at six stadiums in India. Stadiums which will offer the free Wi-Fi service are Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadiu

Barely days after Facebook rolled out Reactions as alternatives for the Like button, we now have a new Chrome and Firefox extension that will let users swap them with Pokemon characters or even Donald Trump.
Barely days after Facebook rolled out Reactions as alternatives for the Like button, we now have a new Chrome and Firefox extension that will let users swap them with Pokemon characters or even Donald Trump.
Yes, you heard it right! The browser extension has tonnes of new emojis that can be

Motorola has announced discounts on its devices including Moto X Turbo and Moto X Style on Flipkart.
Motorola has announced discounts on its devices including Moto G Turbo and Moto X Style on Flipkart. The company is offering discounts of up to Rs 3,000 from March 7 to March 9 as part of Flipkart Big Shopping Days.
Photos: Top Flipkart deals on smartphones today: Moto X Play, Apple iPhone 6, Nexus 6P, Lenovo K3 Note
Moto X Style gets the maximum discount with a flat Rs 3000 off and is reta

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US Disrupts China's Technology Plans
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The U.S. government has proved in the past decade that it can stop Chinese companies from buying American ones. It can also eviscerate a Chinese firm's business by blocking access to American technology. That is the significance of reports that the U.S ...
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Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the “@” symbol has died at the age of 74. An undated photo provided by Raytheon BBN Technologies shows Raymond Tomlinson.
Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of e-mail, has died at the age of 74, media reports said. According to reports, Tomlinson died of an apparent heart attack late on Saturday.
The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent f

Apple users have been targeted in a confirmed ransomware attack.
Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc told Reuters on Sunday.
Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies to get an electronic key so t

Ray Tomlinson was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. (AP) Ray Tomlinson, considered to be the godfather of email, has died, according to his employer, Raytheon Company. He was 74. “A true technology pioneer, Ray was the man who brought us email in the early days of networked computers,” Raytheon spokesman Mike Doble said in a statement. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Tomlinson had died of a suspected heart attack.
Doble said Tomlinson died on Sat