Food-Based Games Make Children Eat More: Study

Parents, take note! Children tend to consume more calories after playing online games that involve food, a new study has found. Researchers found that shortly after playing a game with…

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Practo’s 2015 Healthcare Map Reveals What’s Making India Sick

Gastroenterologists were the fastest growing searched specialty across India in 2015, said Bengaluru-based healthcare platform Practo in its Healthcare Map of India 2015. As per the report, gastroenterologists were the…

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76 Percent of Under-Age Children in India Use YouTube: Assocham

Despite the government's strict norms that prohibit children under 13 from joining mobile sharing platforms, nearly 76 percent of children aged 7-13 years visit video-streaming website YouTube daily, a new…

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Google Says SHA-1 Encryption Not Secure, Will Drop Support in Chrome

Google will soon drop support for the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm in Chrome. The Mountain View-based company has said that it would start to ditch the outdated encryption technology from…

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BlackBerry Offers 20 Paid Apps Worth Over $30 for Free Over the Holidays

BlackBerry, as a part of the 'Festive Giveaway 2015' offer, is giving 20 paid apps for BlackBerry 10 OS for free until December 26. BB10 smartphone users can download these…

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India Funding Roundup: PepperTap, TruckMandi, Obino, CBREX, KOOH Sports

PepperTap Gurgaon-based hyperlocal grocery delivery service PepperTap has reportedly closed its Series B round of funding with an additional $4 million (roughly Rs. 26.5 crores) from Innoven Capital. PepperTap hadrecently…

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Facebook Messenger, Apple Music the Top Growing Apps of 2015: Nielsen

Facebook has been crowned the top smartphone app of 2015 according to the Tops of 2015: Digital report by Nielsen. The app had an average of 126 million unique users…

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Facebook for iOS to Add Support for Apple’s Live Photos

The latest iPhones come with the ability to turn still images into video - just like magic - but sharing options had been limited to other Apple apps. That's changing…

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Microsoft Disables ‘Hey Cortana’ Voice Search for Android

Microsoft has updated Cortana for Android to remove a handy hands-free feature from it. The company this week updated its virtual assistant on Google's platform to remove the "Hey Cortana"…

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Confirmed: ‘Street Fighter 5’ Supports Both SteamOS And Valve’s Steam Controller Just In Time For The Beta

Street Fighter 5 is coming to PlayStation 4 and PC next year, and guess what? The game will support Valve's SteamOS Linux-based operating system, along with the SteamOS controller. Capcom…

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