South Korea tops the charts when it comes to measuring the world’s fastest internet connectivity speeds. At 26.3 megabits per second, it was the only country above the 25 Mbps threshold in the third quarter of 2016, according to a new report (pdf) published by US-based cloud services provider Akamai. South Korea’s hyper-connectivity is no […]
Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it wants to be a major player in the Internet of Things market and its next move will reiterate its commitment to this market. The company is developing a new operating system of Internet of Things which it’s going to unveil at the Samsung Developer Conference […]
North Korea has a grand total of 7,200 Web users according to a new survey on global internet use. In a report published by We Are Social, a marketing agency, the country lead by Kim Jong Un only allows 0.03 percent of the population to access the Web. The total is smaller than your average […]
Internet surfers may take that little green or gold lock in the corner of their Web browser for granted. But starting Jan. 1, 2016, it might go away for a small percentage of people across the globe, and millions of users could lose access to websites because of it. It’s all to do with the […]
Microsoft has announced a major overhaul of its OneDrive storage plans, blaming a “small number” of over-enthusiastic users for exceeding reasonable use for its unlimited storage service. As a result, Microsoft will not only axe its unlimited storage offering for Office 365 Home, Personal and University subscribers from early 2016, but it will also cut […]
A new Facebook initiative aims to increase diversity in the tech community by exposing students and their parents to the promise of a career in computer science. The social-networking giant on Wednesday launched an online resources hub called TechPrep that offers information on how under-represented groups, including blacks and Hispanics, can get started toward a […]
When I was a student, I relished the day-long railway journey I would make from Chennai Central station (then known as Madras Central) to IIT Kharagpur. I vividly remember the frenetic energy at the various stations along the way and marveled at the incredible scale and scope of Indian Railways. Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
When the original iPhone shipped in 2007, there was no app store, and you couldn’t install any third-party apps on the phone. But it didn’t matter, because the phone shipped with a stock app that was really the only app that mattered — the Safari web browser. It’s easy to forget these days what a […]