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Now ‘Smile to Pay’: Alibaba introduces facial recognition technology for online mobile payment
TOKYO: Alibaba CEO Jack Ma unveiled the technology ‘facial recognition’ during the CeBit exhibition in Germany while discussing Alipay, the...
Denmark to invest in Payra port project of Bengladesh
DHAKA: Denmark Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mogens Jensen, said during his visit to Bangladesh that Danish companies were...
Sri Lanka Customs seizes illicit jewellry worth R5m
COLOMBO: Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) arrested a woman as she attempted to smuggle jewelry to India....
Saudi Arabia, Egypt sign deal to fight against customs’ violations
RIYADH: Egyptian Chairman of Customs Authority, Abdel Aziz, said in a press conference that Saudi Arabia and Egypt signed an...
China Customs seizes 192,000 tons of illicit solid waste in 2014
BEIJING: Customs officers take steps to intercept 'foreign garbage' that pollutes environment Customs authorities uncovered 192,000 tons of solid waste...
Volvo to bring V40 hatchback for Rs. 23 lakh to Rs. 28 lakh to hit BMW 1 Series, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, B-Class in India
DELHI: The Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo is planning to launch the Volvo V40 hatchback in India. It is basically the...
Qatar’s QNB Group closes syndication of $3bn loan facility
DOHA: QNB Group has successfully closed syndication of its $3bn three-year senior unsecured term loan facility. The syndication was well...
Why Physical Science Matters a Lot to manufacture Large Hadron Collider in Europe?
NEW YORK: Why should somebody in manufacturing care about what is going on at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe?...
CeBit computer expo highlights super speed USB drive, SecuTablet, robot artist
LONDON: CeBit computer expo exhibits lots of interesting stuff coming out of this year. Firstly, iStorage announced the release of...
Nissan Datsun ‘I2’: New Renault-Nissan Alliance CMF-A platform smallest car to arrive in 2016
DELHI: The Japanese automaker company Nissan will launch the Datsun 'I2' in the Indian car market. Speaking to Reuters, Guillame...
Dubai port earns $675m revenue in 2014
DUBAI: Dubai-based international port operators said that Dubai ports earned $675 million revenue in 2014, a profit rose 12 percent...
Turkish Islamic lender bank Bank Asya records loss of 877 million lira in 2014
ANKARA: Turkish Islamic lender Bank Asya, whose management was taken over by regulators earlier this year, swung to a net...
30 days battery life Vector Watch: Compatible with iPhones, iPads, Android, Windows devices introduces for $349
DELHI: Vector smartwatch was rolled out at the annual luxury watch fair in Switzerland. The Vector Watch's most important feature...
Turkey, EU launch high-level energy dialogue, strategic cooperation
ANKARA: A high-level energy dialogue and strategic energy cooperation process has been launched between Turkey and the European Union, both...
Naughty Dog delays Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End game until autumn 2016
TOKYO: Naughty Dog have delayed Uncharted 4: A Thief's End the game until (southern) autumn 2016 so that it can...
China plans to send 40 spacecraft into orbit this year
BEIJING: China will launch more than 40 spacecraft, majority of them communication satellites, into orbit this year. The China Aerospace...
Google researchers achieve new record accuracy of 99.63% on widely used Labeled Faces in Wild LFW dataset
NEW YORK: The Google researchers, Florian Schroff, Dmitry Kalenichenko and James Philbin, say that their system achieved a new record...
Nintendo to work with compatriot DeNA to develop its titles for mobile devices
TOKYO: Nintendo said it would work with compatriot DeNA to develop its titles for mobile devices. Yesterday, the stock barely...
Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge sale to start in India from April 10 with 32GB, 64GB, 128GB storage options
New Delhi: Samsung will introduce Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones in India on March 23. While the phones...
Microsoft to test Windows 10 Technical Preview on Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphones
BEIJING: Microsoft will test Windows 10 Technical Preview on Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphones. The announcement left a lot of Mi...
