Year: 2015

SEOUL: Samsung started releasing the latest Android update for Galaxy S4. The update is third major Android release of the ...

Port of Antwerp expected to handle 198.8 million tonnes by end of 2015

BRUSSELS: The port of Antwerp is expected to handle a total of 198.8 million tonnes of freight by the end ...

OnePlus announces OxygenOS, for OnePlus One owners

NEW DELHI: OnePlus launched the OnePlus One last year, a high end smartphone that offered an excellent value to the ...

NorthStar Realty announces closing of €1.1b pan-EU office portfolio

BRUSSELS: NorthStar Realty announced that it has closed the acquisition of a €1.1 billion pan-European office portfolio (the “Portfolio”) that ...

Curiosity sniffs out history of Martian atmosphere

CANADA: While much attention has been given to the ability of the Mars rover Curiosity’s ability to gather and analyze ...

Facebook tests WhatsApp services on Android app

NEW YORK: Facebook has begun testing WhatsApp mobile messaging service in its 'Facebook for Android' app that includes the first ...

Norway likely to join China-led Asian infrastructure investment bank

OSLO: Norway says it intends to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a prospective founding member in a move ...

Rs4-5b annual loss: Sindh turns down new energy policy till decision on oil, gas issues

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has said that the provincial government has refused to accept new energy policy ...

WhatsApp, Viber, Skype let’s decide which one is better?

LONDON: WhatsApp can compete with its biggest rivals, Skype and Viber due to support of Voice Calls on Android. VoIP ...

Flipkart acquires Google engineer Peeyush Ranjan

NEW DELHI: Flipkart expanding its team by adding top executives from some of the most well-known companies in existence. The ...

Norway whale meat dumped in Japan on reports of harmful pesticide

OSLO: Whale meat imported into Japan from Norway has been dumped after tests found it contained up to twice the ...

Micromax declares rolling out latest Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its budget smartphone Unite 2

NEW DELHI: Micromax declared rolling out the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its popular budget smartphone Unite 2. According ...

UK likely to import more gas from Qata: Stephen Lovegrove

DOHA: The UK is likely to import more gas from Qatar, UK Department for Energy and Climate Change permanent secretary ...

Warhorse delays release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance to summer 2016 to facilitate level of quality

TOKYO: Warhorse’s open world medieval action RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been delayed to summer 2016 for PC, Mac OS ...

Income tax trap: 1m UK taxpayers earning £100,000/year likely to lose tax-free personal allowance

LONDON: More than 1 million UK taxpayers are expected to be caught in an income tax “trap” in less than ...

Astrophysicists claim Tatooine-like planets might exist

WASHINGTON: Researchers from the University of Utah set out to demonstrate that despite current beliefs, rocky planets like our own ...

Cadillac claims CT6 is lighter than BMW 5-Series, 6-Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class

BEIJING: Cadillac CT6 hybrid variant of the luxury sedan could launch at this month’s Shanghai Auto Show 2015. Specific details ...

126km, 220kv Chashma-Bannu link: NTDCL launches power transmission programme to curb loadshedding

LAHORE: To control loadshedding in the country, the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has launched a project to ...

Wi-Fi calling aims to solve indoor mobile black spots by allowing users to send, receive phone calls, text messages