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China seeks to rise inland shipping efficiency
BEIJING: China is seeking to rise of its inland shipping efficiency and announces the new set of regulation for domestic...
Phone, internet providers should store customer metadata for two years, says Australian commission
SYDNEY: Australia's Privacy Commissioner has questioned whether phone and internet providers should be required to store customer metadata for as...
Porsche Macan achieves 50,000 units sales in USA, carmaker increases supply to meet demand
NEW YORK: Not quite unexpectedly, Porsche’s new Macan has been an overwhelming success for the German carmaker, but you can’t...
Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in India, available on Flipkart with 3GB RAM for Rs 19,999 on Feb 10
NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has launched its 2014 flagship phone Mi 4 in India priced at Rs 19,999....
Kepler astronomers discover 11.2 billion years old ancient star with five Earth-size planets
LONDON: Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that’s 11.2 billion years...
Vietnam index climbs 0.77% to end at 583.76 points
HANOI: Vietnam's benchmark VN Index climbed 0.77 percent to close at 583.76 points led by strong rallies in the banking...
Samsung to launch metal-body 410 Snapdragon Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 to UK on Feb12
LONDON: Back in October 2014, Samsung debuted the Galaxy A series. Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 were the first members...
Emergency meeting held by scientists to save endangered rhinos
HONG KONG: Conservationists and scientists have held talks in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan...
Japan stocks fall from 7-week high as oil slips, Topix index tumbles 0.6%
TOKYO: Japanese stocks slipped from a seven-week high after oil fell below $45 a barrel and the Federal Reserve cited...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory designing copter drone for NASA’s Mars Rover
PARIS: Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers are working on creating a helicopter drone that could be added to NASA's next generation...
Samsung’s foray into phone-powered virtual reality, Galaxy S6, S Edge rumored to support Gear VR
SEOUL: Samsung’s foray into phone-powered virtual reality, the Gear VR headset, may only work with the Galaxy Note 4 for...
Samsung reveals $21.45b net profit for 2014, share fell to 0.36%, earnings decline 23.2% in three years
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, posted its first drop in annual net profit in three years Thursday,...
Square Enix Games to reveal ‘Project Code Z’, a new game for PS4 on Jan 31
TOKYO: Square Enix has plenty of exciting franchise titles that fans are highly anticipating. But as some gamers have noticed,...
3 new things we know about space
NEW YORK: We're in what you could call the golden age of discovery when it comes to space. It seems...
Facebook launches Facebook Lite Android 2.2 app for 2G mobiles to increase usage
WASHINGTON: Facebook is testing a stripped down version of its mobile app that requires far less data, which could help...
Turkey threaten to ban Facebook, social site begins to remove blasphemous content
WAHINGTON: Complying with a Turkish court order, Facebook has started to censor pictures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), deemed hurtful to...
India’s major ports wrap under Hudhud cyclone, Customs collection showing decline
NEW DEHLI: The Indian major ports wraped under the Hudhud cyclone that caused devastation and low revenue of imports. The...
Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One (M8) taken off Google Play Store, e-store becoming extinct
LONDON: It looks like Google’s Play Store Edition line is becoming extinct, as another device has been taken off the...
5 projects worth Rs12.8b: Punjab PDWP okays uplift schemes in 34th meeting
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab, in its 34th meeting of current fiscal year 2014-15, has approved five...
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com site ‘a glitter bomb factory’ sold for $85,000 in Australia
SYDNEY: We are all in the wrong business, it seems. An Australian man has just made himself an $85,000 payout...
