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Now smartphones will help you navigate mega malls   Berlin : Your smartphone helps you smoothly navigate highways and streets of an unfamiliar city. But once you enter a mega mall, its global positioning system (GPS) goes bli ... More

Apple to drop Google Maps from upcoming mobile platform   San Francisco : Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favour of its own mapping system, it was reported Friday. The application design is ... More

Indigenous space engine test Saturday   The Indian space agency will Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a t ... More

Moon comes closest to Earth   As the clock struck 9.05 p.m., space enthusiasts were out to catch the glimpse of the year's biggest and brightest moon, as the celestial body came closest to t ... More

Samsung Galaxy 3 : Photos & Slideshow   Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship phone the Galaxy S3. ... More

Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch   With 5.47 a.m. Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into space, the Indian space ag ... More

Pakistan test-fires n-capable missile   Pakistan Wednesday successfully test-fired an intermediate range nuclear-capable missile, less than a week after India tested a 5,000-km range missile that can reach deep inside China. "P ... More

Google selling smartphones again   Google has begun selling Galaxy Nexus smartphones in its online Google Play store. The unbranded phone costs $399. The device supports NFC (near field commun ... More

Google launches ‘cloud’ service   Google Tuesday introduced its cloud storage service "Google Drive", which enables users to access files anytime, anywhere through a web-connected computing devi ... More

Attitude Daksha Tablet : 7-inch tablet for Rs.5,399!   Giving competition to the government's Aakash tablet, Telmoco Development Labs Pvt. has come out with a Tablet PC - Attitude Daksha - a 7-inch tablet variant for Rs.5,399 in ... More

Tamil Nadu woman behind satellite launch Thursday   Tamil Nadu will have special reason to cheer Thursday when an Indian rocket puts Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) into orbit and the remote sensing satellite starts performing, as a local w ... More

No gender bias in science: Missile scientist Tessy Thomas   She sees no paradox in a woman working to develop Agni-V, the indigenously developed, 5,000-km range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile that some would call a w ... More