Sunday, 5 July 2015

Samsung’s Tizen-powered Z1 Smartphone Crosses 1 Million Sales Since Launch

Samsung India reported that it has sold a record 1 million Tizen-powered Samsung Z1 smartphones since its launch in January 2015. The company managed to achieve this milestone in less than six months since the launch. Samsung Z1 is the company's first smartphone to run on its Tizen operating system....

Yahoo Started Dating Again Google for Better Search and Ad Capabilities

Yahoo is testing letting Google put its online search skills to work at some of its online properties. The pioneering Silicon Valley Internet firm was looking at whether having a mix of players handling search results or search ad placement at its websites would benefit Yahoo and its users. Microsoft...

Blackberry Plans to Launch First Ever Android-Running Smartphone Venice

Blackberry is planning launch its first phone 'Venice' powered by Android. A leaked image shows a phone similar to Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge, with curved sides. It is said that the handset could be the company's last attempt to revive itself following disastrous sales of its own BB10 touchscreen handsets. According...

Friday, 3 July 2015

Russia Successfully Launches Unmanned Progress Resupply Spacecraft to International Space Station

Russia successfully launched an unmanned progress resupply M-27M spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a Soyuz rocket on Friday.The previous Progress launch in April ended in failure, and on Sunday a US supply mission also failed when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket broke apart shortly...

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Solar Impulse 2 Sets New Solo Flight Record Across Pacific to Hawaii

Solar Impulse 2 (a solar-powered aircraft) has set the new record of flying from Japan to Hawaii for the longest solo flight. Veteran Swiss aviator Andre Borschberg, who has spent more than four days flying from Japan in the Solar Impulse 2, is expected to land on the Pacific US island state on...

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Video Captured Using Nikon's Coolpix P900 Reveals Moon Craters in Detail

A video captured using Nikon's Coolpix P900 reveals how the device's 83x zoom lens can film the moon appearing to move - an illusion created by the Earth's rotation. The one minute 50 seconds footage, which gone viral since it was uploaded by a German photographer, also shows the moon craters in...

Minecraft Sales Have Surpassed 20 Million Copies on PC Platform

"20 million copies of Minecraft PC sold, Thanks everyone for supporting us and thanks for stickning with us for so long!" Tweeted Kaplan, the business developer at Mojang. Microsoft bought Minecraft creators Mojang for $2.5 billion less than a year ago. Bean counters at the company will be encouraged...