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LinkedIn brings with it 400 million users and over 100 million active monthly users, which would act as a booster for services like Office 365 and Dynamics on which Microsoft is pegged to be placing huge bets.
In 2007, Microsoft attempted an acquisition of Facebook for $15 billion. But it failed, and the firm ended up picking up a meagre 1.6 per cent stake for $240 million. That was what experts view as Microsoft’s first attempt to expose itself to social networking, which commands millio

The cut in social media is directly related to the partial baccalaureate exams that are taking place on Sunday,” an official source told the APS state news agency. (Reuters) Algerian authorities have temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to try to stop cheats posting high school exam papers online, state media reported on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of high school students were retaking part of their baccalaureate exams after details were shared over s

The detection of ionised oxygen indicates that many very brilliant stars, several dozen times more massive than the Sun, have formed in the galaxy and are emitting the intense ultraviolet light needed to ionise the oxygen atoms. (representative image; Express archives)
Scientist have found the most distant galaxy with oxygen ever to be detected, seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang, which provides a glimpse into the early history of the universe.
Using the Atacama Large

Father’s Day 2016 gift ideas: Smartwatches or smart wearables are a good gift to consider, this year. (Image of Apple Watch Sport. Source: AP)
Father’s Day today is here, and if you’re considering some gifts for your dad, smartwatches or smart wearables are a worthy option.
Most dads love their watches, and tend to hold on to them forever. But 2016 might be the year to get your father to upgrade to a smartwatch, or get a fitness band to keep a tab on his health and fitness. An

SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive review: Hassle-free solution to transfer data from iPhone. 
Apple fans need to keep one big fact in mind: Buying a 16GB iPhone is not good, because you’ll run out of space soon after. Then transferring photos, videos or contacts from Apple is often not the easiest thing, certainly not as seamless as it is on Android.
If you’re not carrying that Lightning cable around, you can forget about transferring anything from your iPhone or iPad to a PC. Earlier

Rolls Royce’s 103EX car, which has a silk sofa in the middle, and is a driverless car.
Rolls-Royce has unveiled the concept for its next Vision Vehicle, named103EX, which will be a driverless vehicle with its own AI-powered assistant/chauffeur called Eleanor.
The Rolls Royce 103EX was unveiled at an event in London, and its unique design has received some mixed response. As this Washington Postarticle someone called the car ‘butt-ugly,’ while another review called it a ‘

LeEco has become the largest shareholder in CoolPad.
Chinese technology company LeEco has become the largest shareholder in Coolpad, another smartphone maker based in China, according to a press statement. Both LeEco and CoolPad have been selling smartphones in India as well.
LeEco became Coolpad’s largest shareholder after it purchased another 11 per cent of the latter’s shares, according to a deal announcement on June 17.  LeEco bought 11 per cent Coolpad shares from Data Dre

Father’s Day 2016: Haptik has introduced a special baap bot for today.
Indian fathers tend to have a way with words, and there are some universal responses we’ve all come to expect from our dads. Now virtual-assistant app Haptik has a created a special Baap Bot to help remind you of dad on father’s day.
The Baap Bot, which will be live until midnight June 20, is available on the Haptik app on both Android and iOS.
The bot gives quirky, sarcastic responses just like your f

Father’s Day 2016 gift ideas: Smartwatches or smart wearables are a good gift to consider, this year. (Image of Apple Watch Sport. Source: AP)
Father’s Day today is here, and if you’re considering some gifts for your dad, smartwatches or smart wearables are a worthy option.
Most dads love their watches, and tend to hold on to them forever. But 2016 might be the year to get your father to upgrade to a smartwatch, or get a fitness band to keep a tab on his health and fitness. An

The energy-efficient “KiloCore” chip contains 621 million transistors, researchers said. (PTI) Scientists have designed the world’s first microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors, that can compute upto 1.78 trillion instructions per second and is thought to be the fastest ever designed at a university.
The energy-efficient “KiloCore” chip contains 621 million transistors, researchers said.
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LeEco Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on sale from June 28 on Flipkart, LeMall.com. Registrations open June 28.
LeEco’s new Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on their first flash sale on June 28 on Flipkart and LeMall, the company’s e-commerce platform in India. LeEco will open registrations for the two phones on June 20.
The first flash sale for Le 2 starts at 12 noon on June 28, and registrations will remain open till 11 AM on the day of the sale. For Le Max2, registrations will be open

LeEco Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on sale from June 28 on Flipkart, LeMall.com. Registrations open June 28.
LeEco’s new Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on their first flash sale on June 28 on Flipkart and LeMall, the company’s e-commerce platform in India. LeEco will open registrations for the two phones on June 20.
The first flash sale for Le 2 starts at 12 noon on June 28, and registrations will remain open till 11 AM on the day of the sale. For Le Max2, registrations will be open

The illustration shows a tiny pair of shoe placed next to larger one over a doormat written Google. Online search engine giant Google on Sunday came up with a cute doodle to celebrate this Father’s Day.
Also Read: IBM patents Google Glass-like night vision eyewear
The illustration shows a tiny pair of shoe placed next to larger one over a doormat written Google, conveying how a kid follows father’s footsteps while growing up.
Each year, every third Sunday in the month of June i

One group of study participants were given a robot that they had to equip with a battery, plug into a computer, and run through a simple software setup process, while the other group watched an experimenter go through the same steps.(Reuters) A study, involving an Indian-origin researcher, has found that if people construct their robot themselves, they tend to get a more positive perception of their creation.
S. Shyam Sundar and Yuan Sun from the Pennsylvania State University set out to find ou

Although not promising a true night vision, the device is described in the patent to improve sight under low light by tricking the brain to focus on high contrast imagery. (Reuters) US tech giant IBM has patented an eye wear like Google Glass that will have red-eyed night vision capabilities, a media report said.
Although not promising a true night vision, the device is described in the patent to improve sight under low light by tricking the brain to focus on high contrast imagery.
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They have also been asked to pay more attention to grammar. (Reuters) Some senior Delhi Police officers have been instructed to use their official Twitter handles more judiciously, avoiding posting opinions and retweeting articles not related to policing.
They have also been asked to pay more attention to grammar.
The officers have been asked not to post opinions and/or retweet articles not related to policing on their official Twitter handles, a senior police official said.
The matter was disc

LeEco Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on sale from June 28 on Flipkart, LeMall.com. Registrations open June 28.
LeEco’s new Le 2 and Le Max2 will go on their first flash sale on June 28 on Flipkart and LeMall, the company’s e-commerce platform in India. LeEco will open registrations for the two phones on June 20.
The first flash sale for Le 2 starts at 12 noon on June 28, and registrations will remain open till 11 AM on the day of the sale. For Le Max2, registrations will be open