It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Bigger than Christmas, bigger than Halloween, bigger than your birthday. It’s Star Wars day. Every year on May 4 we worship at the alter of George Lucas (and quite soon JJ Abrams too, if the new film’s any good) and pledge our allegiance to the galaxy. And what better way to show your support than with some cool, possibly unnecessary merch? Our
Introduction and the spread of smartphones It used to be called the Elephant Economy, but the vast subcontinent of India is fast moving up the list of global markets where tech is big business. In the world at large, India has produced myriad multinational IT firms, from Infosys and Tata to Wipro and Cognizant. But as an internal marketplace, India can seem impenetrable; this country is like nowhere else on
Roboticists at Oregon State University have successfully completed the first field test of a two-legged robot, which they hope could one day be able to run like a human. The robot, which stands about the same height as a person and is named ‘ATRIAS’, was able to keep its balance while taking a walk in a grassy field, up and down a hill. Humans tried to put it off by
By Aman Shah and Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook Inc opened up its Internet.org platform to new websites and applications from developers on Monday, a move the social media giant said would boost efforts to get people online in low-income and rural areas in emerging markets. Internet.org offers free access via mobile phones to pared-down web services, focused on job listings, agricultural information, healthcare and education, as well as
Dutch navigation company TomTom aims to become a main provider of technology for self-driving cars as it charts its way back to success after seven lean years, chief executive Harold Goddijn said. Goddijn told Reuters that an overhaul of TomTom’s digital mapping architecture lies behind a renaissance that has seen its automotive division win big contracts in recent months, prompting analyst upgrades and a 40 percent surge in its shares.
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Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday the stock market would be viewed as “cheap” now if interest rates continued to remain low.
