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Facebook photo-sharing app Moments advances to web

​New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Facebook's photo sharing app Moments, has advanced from mobile space to the web and now allows users to share a web link to your private album with anyone.

Google Photos on iOS can now turn Live Photos into GIFs

​New York, Sep 10 (IANS) US tech giant Google has released Version 2.0 of its Photos app for iOS that now gives users the ability to edit Live Photos and turn them into shareable GIFs and video clips, a media report said.

Smartphone can hack 3-D printer to steal intellectual property

​New York, Sep 8 (IANS) The sophisticated gadgetry in smartphones makes them ideal tools to steal sensitive data from 3-D printers, says a study.

That's according to a new University at Buffalo study that explores security vulnerabilities of 3-D printing, also called additive manufacturing, which analysts say will become a

Dell says on verge of digital revolution, as largest tech merger comes into effect

​New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) As the world's largest technology merger between EMC and Dell formally came into being on Wednesday, the driving force behind the $67 billion marriage, Michael Dell, said that this was just the beginning and "the real show is just getting started," in the coming digital revolution.

Meet this robot to know directions in Japan

​New York, Sep 7 (IANS) Imagine being greeted by a humanoid robot which answers your queries and tells you directions. Chihira Junco, a robot, does that when it welcomes and meets tourists at a shopping mall in Tokyo.

Vietnam to invest $1 bn for software park

Hanoi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi is considering the construction of a software park with a total investment of over $1 billion, which will create over 40,000 jobs, officials said on Wednesday.

Google switches new undersea cable online in Asia

San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) Google has started bringing online a new high-speed fibre optic undersea cable to speed up its services in Asia.

Google Maps for iOS now supports multiple destinations

​New York, July 30 (IANS) Tech giant Google's navigation app "Google Maps" for Apple's iOS has got a new feature giving users the ability to add multiple stops to a single trip.

Rather than only directing you from point A to point B -- as the app generally does -- the new Maps can now bring a user from point B to points C, D, E, and so on, making it

New tool corrects distortions in selfie

​New York, July 29 (IANS) Taking a selfie could be fun but due to the camera's proximity, such photos may render your nose larger, ears smaller and forehead more sloping. A new tool developed by researchers at Princeton University can correct these distortions, and has the potential to bring an end to selfie stick.

Gradual decline in enthusiasm for Facebook, Twitter: Study

​New York, July 28 (IANS) More and more people are gradually viewing social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and enterprise social media LinkedIn negatively than in the past, an interesting study has revealed.