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To help parents keep a tab on the location of their children, Hong-Kong-based electronics manufacturer iberry Auxus has launched a waterproof GPS-based tracking device for the Indian market.
At any given time and place, Auxus seQura’s GPS tracking will allow parents to keep a tab on the location of their children via smartphones, an official statement said.
The waterproof device also enables parents to setup a safe zone and they will be alerted the moment their child steps out of the demar

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Illinois legislatures seek limits on phone-tracking technology
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Law enforcement departments' powerful devices that mimic cell towers and track phone locations are raising privacy concerns and inspiring legislation to restrict how police can use the technology in criminal investigations. Illinois is among states ...
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The Mother’s Day cards can be personalised with an image, the quotes can be edited and messages can be added.
Hike Messenger has launched its Mother’s Day micro-app, that allows users to share stickers and cards, designed around Mother’s day theme. The Mother’s Day cards can be personalised with an image, the quotes can be edited and messages can be added.
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International Business Times
Russia Victory Day Parade: World War II Commemoration Showcases Newest Military Technology
International Business Times
Russia Military Russian soldiers march in Sevastopol, Crimea, May 3, 2016, in a rehearsal for a Victory Day parade marking the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany. Photo: Reuters/Pavel Rebrov. Tanks and missiles are rolling down Moscow's streets again as ...and more »

Vistaprint has launched Photobook for Mother’s Day, where users can get photographs printed and gift the album to their special ones.
Vistaprint has launched Photobook for Mother’s Day, where users can get photographs printed and gift the album to their special ones. The company says the idea is to help people relive the nostalgia associated with hard copy of albums, just like in older times.
Vistaprint offers online editor for simple Photobook and offline editor for an advanced des

Amazon’s Alexa voice-assistant is now available on your iPhone, without requiring the actual Echo device. Amazon’s voice assistant is available via a paid app called Lexi.  The app is supported on all iOS 9.0 and above devices and costs Rs 300 for Indian users on the App store.
The app requires an Amazon account, and users will able to ask Alexa questions, place orders for Amazon products, re-order, remotely control their smart home devices, etc on the app, says a repo

The Mother’s Day cards can be personalised with an image, the quotes can be edited and messages can be added.
Hike Messenger has launched its Mother’s Day micro-app, that allows users to share stickers and cards, designed around Mother’s day theme. The Mother’s Day cards can be personalised with an image, the quotes can be edited and messages can be added.
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The hike ‘microapp’ enables the user to creat an eCard by uploading the picture or stickers which they can share on their timeline. Indian messaging app hike has launched a “microapp” for its messenger users on the occasion of Mother’s Day.
“The Mother’s Day micro-app will let you create personalized cards with a picture and a special message for your moms and you’ll also be able to share it with your friends to let them know how much you love you

For deeper digital penetration in rural areas, the government has taken up the BharatNet project.
Government plans to provide mobile connectivity in 55,669 villages by March 2019 in a phased manner.
It will also commission a project to connect 8,621 villages in the north-eastern region by installing 321 mobile tower sites by September 2017, a note prepared by Department of Telecom (DoT) about the progress made during the last two years of the NDA government said.
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LG K10 LTE bears a design, which is far more premium than what one can expect at this price point.
LG is back in the mid-budget segment in India with its K-series – K10 LTE and K7 LTE. The smartphones promise premium look in the sub- 10k category, with a focus on LTE. While K7 LTE is priced at Rs 9,500; K10 LTE is a little more expensive at Rs 13,500.
LG says that the K in this series stands for ‘Kinetic’ and the smartphones are targeted towards youth, who want good-looking de

Google Maps has become more India focussed with support for Hindi, turn-by-turn directions in the same language as well as offline support.
Remember the last time you rolled down the window of your car, and asked for directions? Well, I can’t. If you still do bother a poor auto-rickshaw driver or pan vendor on the roadside, then you are just not abreast with the times. For one of the biggest technological advancements of our times has been real-time maps on our handsets, and how we use the

Los Angeles Times
Lawsuit accuses Middle East bank of stealing an Orange County entrepreneur's technology
Los Angeles Times
Farooq Bajwa still lives comfortably, up in the hills of San Juan Capistrano in a French chateau-style mansion with views of the Pacific. But his tech company, InfoSpan, and its bustling headquarters in an Irvine office park, are long gone. These days ...

Business Insider UK
Microsoft exec: 'AI is the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today'
Business Insider UK
Dave Coplin, chief envisioning officer at Microsoft UK, told an audience of business leaders at an AI conference that AI is "the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today." Before we go any further, it's worth putting ...and more »

Panasonic Shinobi Pro starts at Rs 26,900, and comes in five variants.
Flipkart and Panasonic have introduced the new ‘Shinobi Pro’ range of LED TVs on the e-commerce platform. The new ‘Shinobi’ series starts at Rs 26,900 and there are five models to choose from; the series will be exclusive to Flipkart till May 12.
Panasonic’s ‘Shinobi Pro’ LED TV series comes with IPS Super Bright Panel Plus and Vivid Digital PRO technology from the company. The TVs a

Brainwavz Xfit XF200, which as the name suggests are fitness oriented earphones. Here’s our review.
With our busy lifestyles, the only time most of us get to listen to music is when we are working out or in the gym. This is why earphones meant to be used when you active, are becoming better with their audio quality.
Brainwavz Xfit XF200
Though relatively unknown in India, Brainwavz has been pushing quite a few new products here of late. Their latest is the Brainwavz Xfit XF200, which as t

Facebook is not really a friendship platform. It is a company interested in selling our interactions and data to advertisers
Facebook is worried. Even though usage is growing, something strange is happening on the social network. For the first time since it started its journey as a website to rate datable people on college campuses, to becoming the global reference point that defined friendship in the connected age, people are sharing less personal information on Facebook. For a social media ne

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Emily Lakdawalla, Astronomer | @elakdawalla
Very few private enterprises have caught the eye of scientists as well as normal people the way that SpaceX has. SpaceX has been setting the bar higher and higher for all of space travel. Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s foray into space had Twitter abuzz past week over its night launch (and subsequent landing) of a rocket on their drone ship, intact, in the middle of the ocean. NASA’s Curiosity Rover’s imaging chief

R Sri Muthu Mrinalini & G R Jayanth | IISc, Bangalore
As more uses are found for nano-sized particles, there is an increasing need to ‘see’ and ‘feel’ them in order to understand their properties and behaviour better. For decades, electron microscopes have been used to observe atomic-sized particles. These days, however, Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) are gaining popularity as they have certain advantages over the electron microscope.
Unlike electron microscopes