Data

Xiaomi shifts phone user data out of China on privacy concerns

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is migrating data of its non-Chinese customers from its servers in Beijing to Amazon AWS data centres in California (US) and Singapore as it looks to address rising privacy concerns.

Oct 24, 2014, 20:09 PM IST

Magnetic materials to build gen-next computers

Magnetic materials that store data in hard disc drives may also perform calculations and take on the role of a computer's central processing unit (CPU), scientists say.

Oct 15, 2014, 18:20 PM IST

Global stocks fall on weak data, air strikes in Syria

More downbeat data from Europe pushed global equity markets to a third day of losses on Tuesday, while U.S. air strikes in Syria set a cautionary tone and lifted prices of safe-haven bonds.

Sep 24, 2014, 03:18 AM IST

Google aims to store all human knowledge

Google is building the largest store of information in human history - a knowledge base that autonomously gathers and merges data from across the web to provide unprecedented access to all facts about the world.

Aug 24, 2014, 15:02 PM IST

Case against Google for collecting classified data: Govt

A case has been registered against search giant Google for collecting classified data in violation of the National Map Policy 2005, the government said Wednesday.

Aug 13, 2014, 18:06 PM IST

India likely to have over 500 mn data users by 2018 fiscal

Driven by falling handset prices and rise in smartphone penetration, data subscribers in India are likely to grow an average 25 percent every year to reach 519 million by 2018 fiscal, a report by Morgan Stanley said.

Jun 15, 2014, 20:08 PM IST

New technology shows who is using your data online

MIT researchers have developed a new technology that tracks how your private data is used online.

Jun 15, 2014, 18:57 PM IST