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India is expected to have close to 165 million mobile Internet users by March 2015, up from 87.1 million in December 2012 as more people are accessing the web through mobile devices and dongles, a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB said on Wednesday. According to the report, the number of mobile Internet users increased to 87.1 million by December 2012 from 78.7

I'M NOT A light reader. I don't read fiction, for instance; only books on philosophy, religion, politics or economics. I was born in a city in the province of Sindh in Pakistan, where I went to the New Era School. My early reading happened there as a child, in the school library. Most of the books were by English authors. I came from an educated family — my father was a lawyer, so was my

Bangalore, Jan 2: Union Government"s ambitious direct cash transfer scheme (DCTS)?was launched in Mysore, Tumkur and Dharwad on Tuesday. The State government has listed around 15 different welfare schemes to be brought under the scheme. Pension, subsidy and scholarship amounts will be directly credited to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries under the DCTS. The plan was to bring around 30

Sometimes the most important ideas in tech are hiding in plain sight. In that spirit, here are three predictions for 2013 that are just waiting to happen. No 3D TVs, wearable computer or jet packs for me — at least not this year. The Kindle Offer You Can"t Refuse Demand is rapidly shrinking for e-ink e-book readers. IHS iSuppli predicts that when the books close on 2012 some 15 million will have

London, Jan 1: Teens who have no access to internet and cellphones are educationally disadvantaged as the benefits of using such technologies far outweigh any perceived risks, a new Oxford study has claimed. The findings are based on a large-scale study of more than 1,000 randomly selected households in the UK, coupled with regular face-to-face interviews with more than 200 teenagers and their

San Francisco, Jan 1: Facebook sidestepped a privacy gaffe by fixing a flaw that made it possible to snoop on private New Year's Eve messages sent using a "Midnight Delivery" service. Facebook took "Midnight Delivery" offline temporarily to patch a vulnerability pointed out by Britain-based blogger Jack Jenkins. The new feature, which lets people prepare digital messages in advance and have them

Singapore, Jan 1: Scientists have warned of more great earthquakes — of the magnitude 8 to 8.5 — in the Himalayas, especially in areas with their surface yet to be broken by a temblor. A research team led by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas

New Delhi, Jan 1: The third version of low cost tablet "Aakash" will be a delight for its users as developers are likely to equip it with a SIM slot and more exciting apps, all within the existing price band. About 50 lakh "Aakash 3" tablets are expected to be rolled out in the next phase, the global tender for which may be floated in February, 2013. According to committee members engaged in

Washington, Jan 1: Scientists have developed a new software that could significantly boost the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The comparative software called PredictAD contrasts patient's measurements with those of other patients kept in large databases, then visualises the status of the patient with an index and graphics. The support system and imaging methods were developed by VTT

Terrorism is terrorism and it cannot be defined otherwise unless the interests of one party tilt the scale in disfavor of another and the dichotomization of the terrorists in Syria into good and bad by the West casts doubt on its claim on democracy. In a somber political tone, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out as “absolutely unacceptable” the West's support for the terrorists in