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April 16, 2016 Delhi painted on ivory: Scenes from the Mughal and British era
The collection of topographical paintings are reflective of the city’s history. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Previous posts on the subject of late Mughal or Delhi miniature paintings on ivory have dealt with portraits, with which the Visual Arts collection is well endowed. Not so well represented in the earlier collection are topographical paintings on ivory, so […]
ALL DEALS April 15, 2016 You Can Now Run Windows 95 on a Web Browser
If for some reason, you ever wanted to use Windows 95, now is a good time. It has become easier than ever to run the two-decade-old operating system from Microsoft – because it can now be run on a Web browser. Programmer Andrea Faulds has created a website that is designed to simulate Windows 95. […]
ELECTRONICS April 15, 2016 Microsoft Assures Users It’s Working on Surface Pro 4, Surface Book Battery Bug
Microsoft is reassuring users that it hasn’t forgotten about the improper sleep and battery drainage issues that are crippling – what otherwise are two great computing devices – the Surface Pro 4 and theSurface Book. The Redmond, Washington-based company says that it will soon release patches to fix the aforementioned issues. Last week, Microsoft released […]
ELECTRONICS April 12, 2016 New Report Calls for Ban on ‘Killer Robots’ Amid UN Meeting
Technology allowing a pre-programmed robot to shoot to kill, or a tank to fire at a target with no human involvement, is only years away, experts say. A new report called Monday for a ban on such “killer robots.” The report by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic was […]
NEWS April 12, 2016 Stephen Hawking’s Brief History on Chinese Social Media
Renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking entered the universe of Chinese social media with a big bang on Tuesday, with his first post to the country’s Twitter-like Weibo service garnering him more than a million followers the same day. In less than five hours Hawking flew past Apple chief Tim Cook, who has around 820,000 fans after […]
COUPONS April 11, 2016 Coupon Cutting Mom finds special deals on beauty products, dog food, toothpaste
Today’s LNP contains three inserts filled with coupons that will save money off your total at both grocery stores and drug stores. You will find two Red Plum inserts and one SmartSource insert. Which coupons will you be cutting? Below I have listed some my favorite coupons from today’s inserts. Red Plum KIND Bar […]
NEWS April 5, 2016 Stand on Mars Without Leaving the Office: How Nasa Is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens
At its global unveil, Microsoft demonstrated how the HoloLens – its augmented reality headset – could significantly improve our gaming and design experience. But, of course, the application of its well-praised HoloLens isn’t limited to just these spheres. Later in the same year, Nasa partnered with Microsoft to form a joint venture called “Sidekick” to […]
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March 30, 2016 Indian start-ups counting on rural reach to boost e-commerce
Photo: iStock Bangalore/New York: Indian entrepreneurs must do a better job reaching small towns and villages at home before setting their sights on international expansion, speakers on a panel at Bloomberg’s India Economic Forum said. “We haven’t even scratched the surface yet” in India, said Radhika Aggarwal, co-founder and chief business officer of online retail […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale Day 4: What’s on Offer
It’s the fourth day of the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale, and while the madness of day 3 might be behind us, there are still plenty of deals on popular electronics. Friday’s best offers include deals on tablets, audio equipment, laptops, and more. But before we get into the deals, here are some tips: 1) […]
ALL DEALS March 23, 2016 Infibeam’s Rs450 crore IPO subscribed 0.63 times on Day 2
A file photo of founder Vishal Mehta. The Ahmedabad-based e-tailer, which aims to raise Rs450 crore from the share sale, has run into problems with two of the four domestic investment banks opting out on concerns over pricing and timing of the issue. Mumbai: Infibeam Incorporation Ltd, the first Indian e-commerce firm to go public, […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 22, 2016 Check Out Massive Discounts on Laptops, Speakers, Printers, and More
This week we have the Lenovo ThinkPad, a curved screen LED monitor from Samsung, wireless headphones by Sony and a lot more at great discounts. 1. Lenovo X250 ThinkPad In the market for a solid Windows laptop? The Lenovo X250 ThinkPad is available with a decent cashback offer on Paytm. You can grab the laptop […]
ELECTRONICS March 21, 2016 New App to Enable Mid-Air Commands on Smartphones, Smartwatches
As wearable devices grow and screens shrink, a team of Indian-origin researchers has developed a new sonar technology that allows you to interact with smarwatches by writing or gesturing on any nearby surface – a tabletop, a sheet of paper or even in mid-air. Called FingerIO, it tracks fine-grained finger movements by turning a smartphone […]
