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Apple’s next event iPhone event will be held at Infinite Loop on March 21. Apple is expected to launch the 4-inch screen iPhone SE. (Source: Apple)
Apple has confirmed that its next iPhone event will be held on March 21 at 1, Infinite Loop. Apple is expected to basically turn its big products into something small, and maybe there is ‘one more thing’ on the cards.
In all likelihood, there is an iPhone SE or iPhone 5Se, whatever Apple calls it. Apart from that, Apple will probab

Apple’s next event iPhone event will be held at Infinite Loop on March 21 (Source: Apple)
Apple has confirmed that its next iPhone event will be held on March 21 at 1, Infinite Loop. Apple is expected to basically turn its big products into something small and maybe there is ‘one more thing’.
In all likelihood, there is an iPhone SE or iPhone 5Se, whatever Apple calls it. Apart from that, Apple will probably showcase a 9.7-inch iPad Pro which makes sense and may expand its suc

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has decided to hang up his boot after spending a year in space (Source: AP)
After spending nearly a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is hanging up his spacesuit.
NASA announced Kelly’s retirement on Friday, less than two weeks after he returned to Earth. He leaves the space agency on April 1.
The 52-year-old Kelly spent a U.S.-record 340 days in orbit on the International Space Station to see how the human body holds up for long periods of time in space. His

Ricoh Theta S propels the idea of a handheld 360-degree camera that shoots images and videos in immersive format
At the time of writing this review, I have my Facebook Timeline open in another window. My timeline is dominated by photos and most of them are selfies (no prizes for guessing, seriously). In fact, selfies are so popular that Facebook has learned to classify them, but photos are becoming a thing of the past and one of the best example of that has to be the video profiles on Facebook.

Google’s AlphaGo has secured unbeatable 3-0 lead over world’s best human player, Lee Sedol (Source: AP)
Google’s DeepMind AI has scored its third victory against Lee Sedol, the best human player of the ancient board game. The victory today by AlphaGo against South Korea’s Lee Sedol allows it to claim the grand prize of $1 million.
AlphaGo won its first game on Tuesday and followed it up with another victory on Thursday. The hattrick victory for AlphaGo sets a new milesto

Google’s Van hopes to find out how average Americans are using the company’s multitude of digital offerings
Google is about to embark on an old-school search, swapping its Internet algorithm for a custom-built van that will cruise across the US to find out how people use its online services and react to new features.
The white van emblazoned with Google’s colorful logo and an invitation to “shape the future” of the world’s most powerful Internet company is sc

ExoMars starts its mission to smell Mars’ atmosphere and trace evidence of life on Red planet (Source: ESA)
Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars’ atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.
ExoMars 2016, the first of a two-phase Mars exploration, will see an orbiter hoisted from Kazakhstan at 0931 GMT Monday on a Russian Proton rocket.
With its suite of high-tech instruments, the Trace Gas

The southern portion of the right inset shows the cratered plateau uplands informally named Vega Terra on the surface of Pluto (Photo credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)
Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface.
The team suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation – the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas.
The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto ma

Apple iPhone SE could help tap a large market with a smaller phone that has the same attributes as its flagships
We have every reason to be excited about the iPhone SE, the new phone expected to be launched at the Apple event on March 21. Despite the buzz they create, Apple iPhones are still considered top-end in India, something every smartphone user who doesn’t own one aspires to. But Apple might just change that with the iPhone SE, or the iPhone 5SE as some are calling it.
Most of the

US President Barack Obama calls for a balance between privacy and government intrusion (Source: Reuters)
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday made a passionate case for mobile devices to be built in a way that would allow the government to gain access to personal data if needed to prevent a terrorist attack or enforce tax laws.
Speaking at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, the president said he could not comment on the legal case in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying t

Apple iPhone SE could help tap a large market with a smaller phone that has the same attributes as its flagships
We have every reason to be excited about the iPhone SE, the new phone expected to be launched at the Apple event on March 21. Despite the buzz they create, Apple iPhones are still considered top-end in India, something every smartphone user who doesn’t own one aspires to. But Apple might just change that with the iPhone SE, or the iPhone 5SE as some are calling it.
Most of the

US President Obama sides with law enforcement in the ongoing iPhone encryption debate
President Barack Obama sided with law enforcement Friday in the debate pitting encryption and personal privacy against national security, arguing that authorities need access to data on electronic devices because the “dangers are real.”
Appearing at an annual tech festival in the Texas capital, Obama delivered his most extensive comments to date on an issue being played out in federal court. Apple,