Miscellaneous

Mumbai, Dec 1: CoutLoot, an end-to-end fashion re-commerce platform, has been selected for Facebook's developer-focused "FbStart" programme, receiving access to $40,000 worth of credits and services from the social networking giant. Launched last year, "FbStart" helps developers grow their startups by leveraging valuable tools and services, worldwide events and opportunities to engage with the

New York, Nov 30: A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of "images that changed the world." The black and white photo of a bespectacled Gandhi taken by Margaret Bourke-White shows Gandhi sitting on a thin mattress on the floor, head bent down as he is

New York, Nov 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading an online poll of readers' choice for Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' in 2016 honour, which has contenders like US President-elect Donald Trump, the outgoing US leader Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the fourth year in a row, Modi is among the contenders for Time's 'Person of the Year' honour, which the US

London, Nov 29: Comparing yourself with Facebook friends is more likely to lead to feelings of depression than making social comparisons offline, a new research has claimed. Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK examined studies from 14 countries with 35,000 participants aged between 15 and 88. They found that the relationship between online social networking and depression may be very

Nov 27: The social media giant says it is trying to provide an affordable internet service in the rural parts of the country. Facebook is now testing a new way of offering public Wi-Fi access in rural parts of the country, PTI reported on Sunday. This comes months after the social media giant received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with its Free Basics scheme in India. On Facebook"s

Washington, Nov 27: A 13-year-old boy in the US has set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest Afro - a head of hair that measures a whopping 25.4 centimetres (cm) high, 22.9 cm wide and 177 cm in circumference. Previously the largest natural male Afro on record was 14.6 cm in height, 21.6 cm in width and 154.3 cm in circumference. "It's changed my life because I realise that I'm a

Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro passed away on Saturday. Here is a look at his life and work in Cuba. BIRTH DATE: Officially listed as Aug. 13, 1926, in Cuba's Oriente province, although some say Castro was born a year later. TITLES: Former president of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba, commander in chief of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces

Nov 21: Consumers who were victims of cybercrime within the past year often continued their unsafe behaviour, reveals the India findings from the 2016 Norton Cyber Security Insights Report. For example, while these consumers were equally likely to use the same password for every account, they were over twice as likely to share their password with others, said the annual report that was released on

Nov 20: WhatsApp rolled out video-calling feature for Android, iOS and Windows users earlier this week. The feature was long anticipated and can be downloaded via update available to all users. However, the rollout of this popular feature has led to scamsters circulating malicious links inviting people to download video-calling. Interestingly, these links also invite users to download group

New Delhi, Nov 19: The next time you visit a nearby automated teller machine (ATM) to take out cash, be carefully as the keypad may be full of germs, says a study. The keypad may be loaded with bacterias from spoiled food to parasites that may also cause sexually transmitted disease (STDs), researchers say. Automated teller machine (ATM) keypads represent a specific and unexplored microhabitat for