Category: News

Liam Fitzgerald is a special kid. Nine year old Liam was diagnosed with Down syndrome when he was born. He lives with his parents and his half-brother. He is huge fan of ice hockey, and …

February 19, 2014 – Facebook announced that it was to acquire the fastest-growing messaging giant WhatsApp for $16 billion. The deal is reportedly the company’s biggest acquisition in its 10 years’ history, with many critics …

Today, in a press release, Microsoft Corp. announced that Satya Nadella had been appointed as as CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Nadella, who has been serving Microsoft as the Executive Vice President …

Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys, has reportedly donated Rs. 225 Crore ($38 million) to Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The money is supposed to be used to develop a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to Brain Research. …

The rise of internet search engine DuckDuckGo has been warmly welcomed by the web-searchers who don’t want to be profiled or their search behavior or personal information to be tracked (as Google and other search …

Through a press release on JANUARY 13, 2014, Google announced that it purchased Nest Labs, Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash. Nest Labs are the makers of Nest Learning Thermostats and Protect smoke detector. Launched …

Buddhify 2 is a meditation app that guides you to practice meditation and mindfulness in different everyday situations – travelling, feeling stressed at work, working online or home alone doing nothing. Though it is hard …

Snapchat is a photo messaging mobile application where users can snap photos, record videos and then send to their friend list along with written text and drawings. However, what makes it different from other similar …

Lata Bhagwan Kare astounded every spectator and participant by emerging barefoot at the event wearing a 9 yard Nauvari (traditional Maharashtrian Saree) and especially by outrunning every experienced marathoner behind and coming out victorious. Can …

Google’s senior vice president and software engineer Amit Singhal is one of the most honorable and accomplished engineers who has been leading Google’s core ranking team since 2000. In silicon valley, he is popularly known …

February 12, 1921 – April 20, 2006 Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer – ENIAC, which was primarily developed to calculate artillery firing …

December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992 In the early 20th century, some women strived hard to ensure women’s equal participation and contribution in the fields of science and engineering. In a male dominated society. …