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Facebook board member tweets against Free Basics ban, offends Indians
Marc Andreessen called the ban anti-colonialist, but later deleted the tweet after facing flak.
Ban on Free Basics in India could spark worries for Facebook in other countries
India's decision to effectively ban Facebook's Free Basics may prompt other regulators to demand equal online access for their users.
TRAI's decision on data pricing shows popular will: Nirmala
Backing Net neutrality, telecom watchdog Trai on Monday barred operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content, dealing a blow to Facebook's controversial Free Basics and other such plans.
Edgar Mitchell, US astronaut who walked on the Moon, passes away at 85
NASA paid glowing tribute to Mitchell, who died in Florida after a brief illness late Thursday, the eve of the 45th anniversary of his lunar landing.
Mozilla shutting down Firefox smartphone operating system
The Firefox smartphone operating system is being shut down, three years after a launch aimed at challenging the dominant platforms powered by Apple and Google.
Facebook closes gap with Google, the Internet's most powerful company
But consider this: Facebook will be turning 12 years old next week and it just posted revenue of $5.8 billion in its latest quarter. At the same stage of its existence in September 2010, Google's net revenue stood at $5.5 billion.
BlackBerry Priv: BlackBerry's first Android smartphone coming to India on Thursday
The BlackBerry Priv comes with a 5.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal memory.
Reliance LYF Earth 1, Water 1, Water 2 smartphones listed online; priced at Rs 14,690 onwards
The Reliance LYF phones have been designed to make the best of the emerging 4G mobile phone networks.
LG reports unexpected Q4 loss over struggling smartphone business
LG's mobile business posted a second straight quarterly loss.
Twitter names CCO Nathan Hubbard as interim media head in major leadership rejig
The news follows Twitter's biggest ever management exodus on Monday, when five high-level executives announced that they were leaving the company.
Google salutes India's Republic Day with a BSF camel contingent doodle
The group of guards which patrols the India-Pakistan border within the Thar Desert, with their elegantly dressed camels first became part of the Republic Day parade in 1976.
Top Twitter executives to quit under leadership change: Report
Some of the executives are departing under pressure and others decided on their own to leave the company.
Tech unicorns face a slowdown in 'bear market'
Unicorns -- a term coined for the usually rare billion-dollar, privately funded startups -- have been proliferating in the United States, China and elsewhere as venture capital investors bet on the next Google or Facebook.
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos' space company successfully re-launches, lands rocket
The New Shepard rocket and capsule, which is designed to carry six passengers, blasted off from a launch site in West Texas at 11:22 a.m. CST (1722 GMT) and landed itself minutes later back on the launch pad
India one of the fastest growing SMB markets for Twitter
In just four months, India has become Twitter's third largest SMB market in Asia Pacific, after Japan and Australia.
India Post opens exclusive counters for eBay sellers
eBay sellers can dispatch both domestic and international parcels from eBay's special counter in Gurgaon and Faridabad.