Micromax subsidiary Yu Televentures on Tuesday launched its second smartphone, the Yu Yuphoria, in India. The smartphone has been priced at Rs. 6,999 and will be exclusively available via Amazon India. The first flash sale is scheduled for May 28 for which registrations begin starting 5pm IST on Tuesday. Domestic brand Micromax claims to have used a …

      Micromax’s new Canvas series smartphone, the Canvas Nitro 2, has gone on sale via an e-commerce website in India. The Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 (E311) is currently available to buy at Rs. 10,399. So far there is no announcement from Micromax regarding the launch of the Canvas Nitro 2. At the time of writing, Micromax had also …

      Apart from launching the Yu Yuphoria handset on Tuesday, Micromax subsidiary Yu Televentures also launched the YuFit fitness tracking band. It will be available at Rs. 999, and will go on sale in June. The company also unveiled another health-centric accessory called the HealthYu, which costs Rs. 4,999 and will go on sale in June as well. …

      The US space agency will help launch a new online tool this year to protect endangered blue whales. The WhaleWatch tool, set to be released later this year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will help decrease whale mortality due to collisions with shipping and fishing gear. About a fourth of the roughly 12,000 blue …

      Intex has launched a new Cloud-series budget smartphone, the Cloud N, priced at Rs. 4,199. The Intex Cloud N is now available exclusively on eBay India. The dual-SIM based Intex Cloud N runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) IPS display. The smartphone is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Spreadtrum (SC7731) …

      THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The Trinity College of Engineering organised the TechBuzz 2015 in association with Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCTE) to celebrate the National Technology Day at its campus in Naruvamood here on Monday. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pappanamcode senior principal scientist U T S Pillai inaugurated the college fest during a …

        IT Consulting and Service industry earned $516 billion in 2010, with a compound annual growth rate (CARG) of 3.9 % from 2006 to 2010. Integration and development were the most lucrative segments in the industry catering 49.3% of its total value. Total revenue of $254.2 billion was earned from these two sectors. Enterprise Information Technology and …

      On May 11, 2008, India successfully tested 5 nuclear powered bombs in Pokhran, Rajasthan, to demonstrate it’s defense capability and might. This is regarded as one of the defining moments of Indian history, as the world was in awe and shock, not able to comprehend how a developing country was able to procure and carry forward nuclear …

Lisa Su, the talented new CEO for AMD, last week gave a pitch on the future to get people excited about where AMD is going. Based on the stock performance after her talk, she and her team knocked it out of the park. However, they also got me thinking about some technological advancements that have been quietly percolating, which likely …

Hello, and welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the first-look gadget column with more style than any of the Met Gala’s attendees. Except maybe Beyoncé. And all the other invitees. The guest list this week includes a virtual reality headset with added Smell-o-Vision, a case that charges smartphones using radio waves, and a physical, secure Bitcoin wallet. As always, these …