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Photos: This luxury green hotel is plastic-free, petrol-free, paperless
A new luxury, eco-friendly hotel about to open its doors near New York’s Central Park will offer yoga mats in every room, a lobby farmstand, even a sand timer that gently encourages guests to take short, five-minute showers.
DoT panel discourages Internet.org-like services, but open to Airtel Zero
The Department of Telecom panel on net neutrality has opposed projects like Facebook's Internet.org, which allow access to certain websites without mobile data charges, while suggesting that similar plans such as Airtel Zero be allowed with prior clearanc...
Solar-powered plane suspends second-leg of its global flight over battery woes
Following a record-breaking oceanic flight of five days and five nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) from Nagoya to Hawaii, the aircraft, equipped with as many as 17,000 solar cells, suffered battery damage due to overheating.
Shopo: Snapdeal launches new e-commerce platform
It is a zero commission mobile marketplace with easy registration process and seamless listing where sellers and buyers can chat to buy and sell.
Oppo Joy 3 with 4.5-inch display, 5MP camera launched in India at Rs 7990
Oppo Joy 3 sports a 4.5 inch IPS screen and runs on a 1.3GHz Quad-core processor combined with 1GB RAM.
Delhi among 13 global cities to host Microsoft's celebratory Windows 10 launch event on July 29
Microsoft will launch Windows 10, a successor to the current Windows 8.1 operating system, across 190 countries on July 29 as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets.
Mobile phone notifications ruin focus even if you don't respond to them: Study
Alerts can break concentration, whether or not immediate action is taken on them.
Airlines prone to more disruptions over technology dependency
As airlines switch to electronic luggage tags and more travelers swap paper tickets for boarding passes stored on smartphones, industry consultants say the impact of technology disruptions will keep growing.
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata dies at 55
Iwata joined as president in 2002 and led Nintendo to epic success with the Nintendo DS and Wii consoles.
iOS 9 public beta is finally here. Here's how you can install it
The latest iOS 9 packs in it a host of new features, including a change in font from Helvetica Neue to San Francisco and a long-awaited keyboard correction.
Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigns following uproar over employee termination
Controversy erupted around Reddit last week when the company's director of talent, Victoria Taylor, was dismissed. Site volunteer moderators temporarily shut down around 300 discussion sections in protest.
Free WiFi at 12000 feet above sea level!
As part of a joint effort between Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo and the local governments of Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, climbers will get WiFi access at eight hotspots on the mountain, including three cottages on the summit.
Disappointing Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone sales hit company's profit goal
Samsung's annual profit is expected to rebound this year, but its shares have languished in recent months amid doubts about sales of its new Galaxy S6 smartphones.
Project Lightning: Twitter's upcoming tool for curating live tweets and photos to be called 'Moments'
A core aspect of Project Lightning is that users who aren't logged into Twitter will still be able to follow aspects of a live event or breaking news situation from the company's homepage.
This social network claims to be the 'sin-free' Facebook
Providing a ‘sin-free’ competition to the world’s largest social network, a group of Evangelical Christians in Brazil have launched a site that goes with the name ‘Facegloria’.
Rs 99 only! OnePlus announces price of Google Cardboard-based virtual reality headset
The OnePlus Cardboard will go on sale from the third week of July. The exact sale date will be announced soon.