Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020, company Chairman Terry Gou said on Tuesday. The company could spend a “few billion dollars” on developing the facilities, said Gou, whose company’s listed flagship unit is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd. …
Now Play Music With Famous Rockstars, With WholeWorldBand App
A new app, called WholeWorld Band, encourages users to create their own music by building around song stems uploaded by artists. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera and jam band Umphrey’s McGee have all contributed to the WholeWorldBand app, rollingstone.com reported. Hawkins has provided a video session that enables fans to write their own …
Charter to Buy Time Warner Cable in $78.7 Billion Deal
Charter Communications Inc said it would buy Time Warner Cable Inc in a deal valued at $78.7 billion, as the second and third largest U.S. cable operators look to better compete with market leader Comcast Corp. The equity portion of the deal is $55.76 billion based on Time Warner Cable’s diluted shares outstanding as of March 31. The company …
Africa’s “Second Liberation” against Today’s Neo-Colonialism
On Monday March 25, many African Government offices, businesses and banks grind to a halt in order to commemorate Africa Day. In schools up and down the continent, little children are taught that heroic Africans liberated the continent from racist white colonial regimes and various events and parades are held to celebrate the occasion. Colonialism in Africa is …
Looking For Water? You Can Get It Beyond Earth
Life is not possible without water. This is why scientists have been searching traces of water on other planets to check if they are habitable. Have they succeeded so far? Well, the answer to this one was a no till they were searching for life on other planet, but now when they shifted their focus to moons …
This Hoodie Lets You Booze, Really!
You have another reason to look forward to winters, other than wearing your favorite hoodies. The folks at G & P Outfittings Inc have made a hoodie in which you can sneak in beer, or any other drink of your choice, and enjoy it whenever you want to. Rightly called Boozie, this hoodie comes with two hidden …
You’ll Feel Way Smarter
If you like the Explain Like I’m Five subreddit, which demystifies life’s mysteries in layman speak (likethis one about why kids eat boogers), then you should bookmark MinutePhysics. It’s a popular YouTube channel that breaks down one of the more confounding branches of science by drawing cartoons with a Crayola marker. MinutePhysics has been around since …
Hydaway: The Bottle That Fits
So, you are all set for that trip, you know that you are going to need water once you are there. But aren’t you carrying too much of weight already to carry a water bottle with you? Or do you think that you would buy a bottle once you reach just to avoid carrying the load? Hail …
New Trends Report: Mobile First and the Silent Traveler in 2015
In 2014, we looked at the silent traveler as a demographic. This year’s report mines the stories and experiences of these trip-takers. Who is the silent traveler? He or she is a tech-savvy consumer in their 20s and 30s who highly values both person-to-person inspiration and sharing among his social network. That says, they are difficult to …
Pakistan hope to save historic Zimbabwe series
Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, said that he is in constant touch with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Wilson Manase, in a bid to save this month’s limited-overs series – Pakistan’s first against a Test-playing nation since 2009. “I have talked to Zimbabwe Cricket chairman and told him that cricket fans in Pakistan were awaiting …