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Apple's iPhone 6 series devices are up for prebooking in India from October 7. The devices will be available in the country beginning October 17. The company hasn't officially disclosed the pricing of the new smartphones. However, NDTVGadgets claims the 64GB and 128GB variant of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 will be priced at Rs. 62,000 and Rs. 71,500 respectively. The 64GB variant of the iPhone 6 Plus

San Francisco , Oct 4: Facebook said today it has stepped up its battle against spammers who promise to deliver "likes" to its members, and warned users on using such scams. The world's most popular social network said that to date, it has obtained legal judgments of nearly USD 2 billion against fraudulent activities on Facebook. It was not clear how much of that was actually collected. Facebook's

New Delhi, Oct 1: Looking for data on past tsunamis for a better understanding of the natural phenomenon, a team of researchers has come upon evidence which suggests that the Indian coast was hit by a sea surge some 1,000 years back, before the tsunami of 2004 which caused massive destruction in the country. The team from the Centre for Earth Sciences (CEaS) at the Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore, Sep 29: India has surpassed the highest expectations for Amazon, the company's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said, promising to keep the money tap open for a business that he announced has sold goods worth more than $1 billion (Rs 6,000 crore) in just over a year of operations. "We had very high expectations and this team has blown past our highest expectations... It's going

Singapore, Sep 26: For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth consecutive year, according to Forbes. With a net worth of USD 23.6 billion, up USD 2.6 billion from last year, RIL Chief Mukesh Ambani topped the list for the eighth consecutive year. Ambani was followed by Dilip Shanghvi, who got richer this year by

New York, Sep 21: As many as eight Indian women, led by ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, have made it to the Fortune list of 25 most powerful women "shaping the new world order" in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Kochhar, placed highest among Indian women in the list, has been ranked second across the region, while three others - State Bank of India's Arundhati Bhattacharya (4th), HPCL's Nishi

Washington, Sep 16: Tattoos are one of the popular ways to change one's appearance, while expressing oneself. According to board-certified dermatologist Bruce E. Katz, permanent and often pricey form of body art, tattoos are an investment and in order to protect that investment, it's important to take steps to keep tattooed skin healthy and vibrant. According to Katz, if one's tattooed skin feels

Sep 15: YouTube will be going offline in the coming few weeks, allowing users to save videos, said company executive Ceaser Sengupta at the Android One launch event in Gurgaon today. According to Sengupta, YouTube offline will allow users on data network to watch the same videos over and over again withough having to bother about data charges. “Within the coming few weeks, much of YouTube will be

Sep 10: For the first time in years, Apple"s iPhones aren"t the star of the show. Apple unveiled a smartwatch on Tuesday, a wearable device that marks the company"s first major entry in a new product category since the iPad"s debut in 2010. The move is significant because of recent questions about whether Apple still has a knack for innovating following the 2011 death of co-founder Steve Jobs. The

Sydney, Sep 8: Australian researchers are developing a smartphone app to stop the escalating rate of indigenous youth suicide. The app will facilitate referral of the young person to local liaison officers and other government or non-government support agencies. "We will design, develop and distribute an iOS and Android app through iTunes and Google's android market to support the implementation