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The progress of the monsoon has also been sluggish since its arrival.
After the first two weeks of the monsoon season, India has received about 25 per cent below normal rainfall. Instead of the 61.4 mm rainfall it should have got till now, there has only been 46.2 mm rains till June 15, primarily because of the one-week delay in the arrival of the monsoon.
The progress of the monsoon has also been sluggish since its arrival. The northern limit of the monsoon on the western coast has now been al

The scientists chose archerfish for the study because it is known to shoot out jets of water to target aerial insects.
Fish may not have a three-second memory after all. A new study has found that archerfish, a tropical aquatic creature, can distinguish between human faces and retain the memory over a long period of time.
The new study
Several studies in 2015 found that certain kinds of fish have the capability of recognising members of their own species. The new study by scientists of the

Dent in the ring
Commander Chris Hadfield, Astronaut | @Cmdr_Hadfield
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft that is orbiting Saturn has sent back photos last week that show a massive smudge in the planet’s ‘F ring’, according to photos tweeted by retired Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield. The thin and wispy F ring is the outermost ring of Saturn, which lies outside the main group of rings. NASA scientists say the deviation was most likely caused by the interaction betw

There has been a lot of discussion in the last couple of years around harnessing solar energy to meet climate change objectives as well as to strengthen India’s energy security. In these conversations, wind energy is seen only as a supplementary source of renewable energy.
Two years ago, India said it would aim to produce 100 GW of electricity through solar energy and another 60 GW through wind energy by the year 2020. But keeping in mind the higher energy production capacity and efficienc

Microsoft will help kind market its software to local and state government agencies that monitor marijuana growers or distributors
Microsoft is dipping its toe in the legal marijuana business.
The giant tech company is partnering with a startup that makes software for the booming legal cannabis industry. Los Angeles-based Kind Financial said Thursday that Microsoft will help it market its software to local and state government agencies that monitor marijuana growers or distributors for complian

If you always dreamt of gifting iPhone to your dad and refrained because of budget then this is an ideal time (Source: Surpluss)
Gifting an iPhone on budget was never this easier. Father’s Day is on Sunday and if you always dreamed of getting an iPhone for your dad then this Sunday could be the right time.
Surpluss.in, e-retailer known for stocking refurbished products is offering iPhone for as low as Rs 11,099. At that price, you get a five year old iPhone 4s with 16GB storage. The

WWDC keynote: One of the features that got attention at the keynote was the JibJab app integration in Messages
At its June 13 keynote, tech giant Apple announced a bunch of new updates across its four software platforms. There seemed to be one clear underlying concept behind all the new features: make it easier for people to do things, be it hailing a cab or making a payment. So while a lot of the features were not really new, Apple was surely moving action to where the user was, be it Messages

NASA researchers working directly with the electric airplane also chose to name the aircraft “Maxwell” to honour James Clerk Maxwell, the 19th century Scottish physicist who did groundbreaking work in electromagnetism.
NASA is building a new battery-powered experimental airplane nicknamed “Maxwell” that will be more efficient, quieter and will benefit travellers by reducing flight times, fuel usage, as well as overall costs.
With 14 electric motors turning

Microsoft will help kind market its software to local and state government agencies that monitor marijuana growers or distributors
Microsoft is dipping its toe in the legal marijuana business.
The giant tech company is partnering with a startup that makes software for the booming legal cannabis industry. Los Angeles-based Kind Financial said Thursday that Microsoft will help it market its software to local and state government agencies that monitor marijuana growers or distributors for complian

LeEco’s next flagship smartphone could feature 8GB RAM and will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor (Source: Shruti Dhapola)
LeEco’s next flagship is rumoured to launch with 8GB RAM and Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor. LeEco, the Chinese smartphone company had recently launched its flagship Le Max 2 with 6GB RAM in China and India.
The smartphone market is changing rapidly and it seems the competition is headed towards offering as much RAM as possible. The Gi

The researchers report an initial round of experiments, using training data drawn from 800 mobile-device users. (Reuters) Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new artificial intelligence software that can turn any smartphone into an eye-tracking device.
Eye-tracking technology – which can determine where in a visual scene people are directing their gaze – has been widely used in psychological experiments and marketing research, but the required pricey hardwar

Reliance LYF is the third largest smartphone brand in the 4G device space
Over 15.8 million 4G/LTE devices were imported in the first quarter of 2016 in India, a report said on Friday.
Of these, 97.9 per cent were smartphones followed by internet data cards at 1.5 per cent and the remaining 0.6 per cent were tablet PCs.
This amounts to 63 per cent of the cellular devices shipped through the quarter, said the report by market research company CyberMedia Research (CMR) “Quarterly India LTE

Since few people have the external devices, there’s no big incentive to develop applications for them. (Reuters) Researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist have developed a software that can turn any smartphone into aneye-tracking device, a discovery that can help in psychological experiments and marketing research.
In addition to making existing applications of eye-tracking technology more accessible, the system could enable new computer interfaces or help detect s

One of the features that got attention at the keynote was the JibJab app integration in Messages
At its June 13 keynote, tech giant Apple announced a bunch of new updates across its four software platforms. There seemed to be one clear underlying concept behind all the new features: make it easier for people to do things, be it hailing a cab or making a payment. So while a lot of the features were not really new, Apple was surely moving action to where the user was, be it Messages or the Watch.

The core gameplay of ‘Pokeman Go’ will involve looking through the smartphone camera while the software will integrate the digital creatures into the environment
‘Pokémon Go’, the improved reality free-to-play mobile game from Niantic, is expected to be available on iOS and Android in July.
Consumer electronics company, Nintendo, announced the release window during its second-day E3 live stream, but refrained from giving a concrete date, The Verge reports.
The com

The ruling by an intellectual property tribunal is the latest legal stumbling block for Apple in its second-biggest global market following the suspension of its iTunes movie service in April.(Reuters) A Chinese regulator has ordered Apple Inc. to stop selling two versions of its iPhone 6 in the city of Beijing after finding it looks too much like a competitor, but Apple says sales are going ahead while it appeals.
The ruling by an intellectual property tribunal is the latest legal stumbling bl

Reliance LYF is the third largest smartphone brand in the 4G device space
Over 15.8 million 4G/LTE devices were imported in the first quarter of 2016 in India, a report said on Friday.
Of these, 97.9 per cent were smartphones followed by internet data cards at 1.5 per cent and the remaining 0.6 per cent were tablet PCs.
This amounts to 63 per cent of the cellular devices shipped through the quarter, said the report by market research company CyberMedia Research (CMR) “Quarterly India LTE

“We appealed an administrative order from a regional patent tribunal in Beijing last month,” says Apple.
Apple Inc said its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were still available for sale in China after Beijing’s intellectual property regulators barred their sales saying the designs had infringed a patent held by a Chinese company.
“We appealed an administrative order from a regional patent tribunal in Beijing last month and as a result the order has been stayed pending review by the