We use smartphones for five hours each day: Study
Researchers found that smartphone use was typically confined to short bursts - more than half of uses lasted less than 30 seconds.
Nov 01, 2015, 13:47 PM IST
New smartphone app to help spina bifida patients
A system incorporating a smartphone app can help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida, a disabling congenital condition affecting the spine, and improve their daily self-management skills, scientists say.
Oct 24, 2015, 12:12 PM IST
Yahoo's new email app works without password
Yahoo introduced the changes as it turned 18 this month.
Oct 16, 2015, 19:30 PM IST
App to help conduct concealed food safety observations
The app helps create of checklists to record aspects such as hand hygiene, the adequacy of hand-washing facilities, the temperature in coolers holding ready-to-eat foods and the presence of potentially hazardous foods.
Oct 06, 2015, 23:36 PM IST
Mobile app on Badrinath Yatra launched
Badrinath pilgrimage now has a smartphone app!
Oct 05, 2015, 23:32 PM IST
Colour an elephant and see it come alive!
Now children can see their favourite characters that they draw and colour on a colouring book come alive in 3D augmented reality thanks to a new app by Disney Research.
Oct 04, 2015, 20:17 PM IST
Indian-origin duo develop app to cut bad eating habits
Two Indian-American scientists have designed a new smartphone app that will record your erratic eating habits throughout the day and help you not only cut some bad habits but also prevent “metabolic jetlag”.
Sep 25, 2015, 13:16 PM IST
Indian doctor develops mobile app to detect diseases in children
SB Dev Pujari, a doctor in Nagpur has developed a smartphone app that can detect illnesses and diseases in children.
Sep 21, 2015, 14:32 PM IST
Genius launches android app and tweaks design of iOS app, website
In its iOS app, the app allows the users to play songs and read the lyrics at the same time, making it a useful ad-hoc karaoke tool.
Aug 06, 2015, 11:23 AM IST
Snapchat has IPO plan: CEO
"We need to IPO, we have a plan to do that," chief executive officer Evan Spiegel said on-stage at a Code Conference in California when asked about the potential for an initial public offering of stock.
May 27, 2015, 08:38 AM IST
TCS launches smartphone app for analytics on UK polls
'ElectUK' has been created to engage voters, their representatives and political commentators by turning their smartphone into a Big Data social media analytics tool.
Mar 26, 2015, 17:39 PM IST
Smartphone app tells how to protect yourself from sun
A smartphone app that provides personalised, real-time sun protection advice can improve some sun protection behaviour, according to a new study.
Feb 01, 2015, 19:25 PM IST
Smartphone app for the visually impaired launched
An application equipped with Braille typing feature that promises to assist the visually-impaired in using all features of a smartphone was launched here Thursday on World Sight Day.
Oct 09, 2014, 17:32 PM IST
Yahoo bolsters local search with Zofari app
Yahoo said on Tuesday it was bolstering its local search capabilities by absorbing the team from the smartphone recommendation app Zofari.
Aug 13, 2014, 08:48 AM IST
Smartphone app to save kids with heart condition
A new smartphone app being tested at St Louis Children`s Hospital in the US is turning out to be a life-saving experience for children with heart conditions.
Jul 10, 2014, 11:10 AM IST
Facebook launches mobile app that does not require Facebook account
The new app, dubbed Slingshot, allows users to sign up for the service with their mobile phone number and connect with friends in their phone’s contact list.
Jun 17, 2014, 23:02 PM IST
