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Online sales of budget smartphone maker Xiaomi’s new Android phone were gone in India before many even had a chance to click. Known as “China’s Apple,” Xiaomi sold all 40,000 units of its low-cost Redmi 1S within 4.2 seconds on Flipkart, an online marketplace that does business exclusively in India,
By definition, the Internet of Things should connect with anything, even writhing, kinda gross, but often delicious eels. SK Telecom’s latest project is aimed at showcasing its IoT skills with a pilot connected eel farm that uses a network of sensors to monitor thousands of eels, mostly autono
Alipay and Huawei have jointly launched a biometric security service for m-payments. Users of a new Huawei smartphone equipped with a fingerprint reader will be able to make mobile payments without passwords using Alipay’s Wallet app. Biometric security technology built into Huawei’s feature smartph
NASA is not down with drones flying around town all willy-nilly and potentially electrocuting North West. The space agency is developing an air traffic control network near Moffat Field, California for unmanned aircrafts at 400 to 500 feet meant to put regulations in place. As the New York Times poi
Alleged press images of Sony Xperia Z3 Compact made the rounds online. The photos showcase the unannounced successor of the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact in all its glory. Unsurprisingly, the design of the upcoming device is quite similar to that of the model it is bound to replace. The most noticeable dif
In the future, when our home planet is covered in man-made waste, we all might live in climate-controlled, perfectly manicured bio-domes. Plans unveiled by developers show intent to build an entire indoor city in Dubai, complete with retractable glass roof in what is being billed as the world’s larg
As reported by Taiwanese publication Focus Taiwan, the CEO of Asus Jerry Shen has reportedly said in a media briefing that the company’s upcoming ZenWatch Android Wear-powered smartwatch will indeed be shipping at a price point below $200. Shen also mentioned that, as expected considering the device
Home automation is a trend that’s catching on these days. Manufacturers and developers are creating hardware and software which bring control for connected objects to a user’s smartphone, tablet or wearable device. Samsung has come up with several products under its Smart Home program and now its lo
If Wi-Fi can track a heartbeat through walls, why can’t I get internet in my corner bathroom? Jason Cole was trying to figure that out too, but unlike me, he’s a PhD student in physics. So he mapped his own apartment and assigned refraction values to the walls, then applied so-called Hem
Phones 4U, the British phone retailer which is controlled by BC Partners, the private equity group, stands to lose a major part of its sales after UK mobile phone operator Vodafone revealed it would withdraw its products from the chain next year. The value of debt in Phones 4U, listed on the Irish s
A group of Pakistani hackers temporarily brought down several government portals, including that of the Army, and leaked 23,000 bank records in a bid to support the ongoing anti-government protests in the country – reports a local newspaper. The group calling themselves “Anonymous Op Pak
Europol launched a cybercrime task force Monday to fight online crime in the EU and other countries. The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) will be piloted for six months and hosted at Europol’s European CyberCrime Center (EC3), the organization said in a news release. The J-CAT will coordina
