A curated collection of news and features about US President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba last month has become a hit on El Paquete, the island’s illegal but tolerated digital media magazine better known…
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$1-Million Turing Award Winners Advocate Encryption
This year’s $1 million (roughly Rs. 6 crores) A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas helped make the Internet possible. Both men say giving governments control over encrypted communications puts everyone…
Indian Railways Gets Bar Coding System for Unreserved Tickets
Railways Tuesday launched bar coding system for unreserved tickets to prevent revenue leakage and bring transparency in the ticketing system. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said bar coding of unreserved tickets, one of the rail budget…
Rajasthan Says Considering Online Registration of FIRs
Rajasthan government is considering online registration of FIRs and the facility would be started in one of the districts this year, Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said. Replying to a question on law and order…
IBM, Oracle Say Keen to Work With Andhra Pradesh to Promote Startups
Top software companies, including IBM and Oracle, and University of California, Berkeley (UCB) have shown interest in working with the Andhra Pradesh government to promote the startup ecosystem and also in setting up their development…
Google Photos Update Makes It Easier to Edit Images
Google has started rolling out an update to its Google Photos service that should help users edit images faster. The update however, is limited to the desktop version, only for now. Users can now swipe…
US Military Invites Pre-Approved Experts to ‘Hack the Pentagon’
The Pentagon on Wednesday invited outside hackers who have been vetted to test the cyber-security of some public US Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, the first such program ever…
Indian Railways Website Allegedly Hacked by al-Qaida
Terror outfit al-Qaida on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Indian Railways’ Railnet page. The hacked page of Bhusawal division of Personnel Department of the Central Railway and part of a large intranet created…
Amazon India Launches ‘Women-Only’ Delivery Stations
Aimed at empowering women and transforming their lives, India’s leading online marketplace Amazon India on Thursday announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind ‘women only’ delivery station. This initiative was launched with its first delivery station…
Yahoo Extends Deadline for Bids by a Week: Report
Yahoo Inc has extended the deadline to bid for its businesses by a week to April 18, technology news website Re/code reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Yahoo, whose shares were up 1.7 percent…