Amazon has announced Page Flip, a new feature that will allow Kindle users to easily explore books while always saving their place. The reimagined Kindle navigation experience – as described by Amazon – will allow users to easily flip back and forth between pages to reference different parts of the book while they read. The […]
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A Mini Ice Age Could be on the Way as Sun Goes Blank for the Second Time in June
Planet Earth could be heading for a mini Ice Age, scientists have claimed after finding that Sun has gone blank again during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century. According to scientists, there were no sunspots on Sun surface on June 4 and this continued for four days – something which happened last […]
RCom to Offer 4G Services on Reliance Jio Network
Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications will soon launch 4G service in select circles. The service will be offered through Reliance Jio network to CDMA customers only, and GSM users will not be able to use the 4G service. “RCom has written to the Department of Telecom, informing (the department) that it will be using Reliance […]
Autonomous Vehicles Revolution could be Marred by Ethical Dilemma, Says Study
Driverless car technology – a bright vision of the future – could be marred by an ethical dilemma, suggests a new study carried out to analyze how people would like their autonomous vehicles to behave when faced with moral decisions that could also result in death. It is claimed that autonomous vehicles, when introduced on […]
Maruti Announces Country-Wide, Free, Week-long Monsoon Check Up Camp for Customers
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has announced a country-wide, week-long, free ‘Monsoon Fit Checkup Camp’ for its customers to help them tackle rains more effectively. Maruti was established in 1982 in Gurgaon, Haryana, and the launch of the first Maruti Suzuki 800 began a whole new chapter in the Indian automobile industry. “We set out with […]
Indian Government Launches Trial Run of Two Wheelers Running on CNG
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has made a plan to run heavy vehicles like trucks and buses with CNG in the country. Efforts to materialize three plans have already started, and trials are now being conducted in Delhi to run two wheelers fitted with CNG kits. On Thursday Mr. […]
Instagram Hits a New Milestone of 500 Million Users
Facebook’s Instagram has hit a new milestone in its history by crossing the 500 million user mark. In a blog post, Instagram revealed that over 80% of its users are now based outside the U.S. “Today, we’re excited to announce our community has grown to more than 500 million Instagrammers — more than 300 million […]
Iceland’s Hekla Volcano Could Erupt at Any Minute, Warns Expert from the University of Iceland
Pressure readings within Iceland’s Hekla volcano are alarming and suggest that this volcano – dubbed ‘Gateway to hell’ – could blow in any minute, an expert from the University of Iceland has warned. Hekla volcano is located in South Iceland and is believed to have erupted about 20 times since 870 AD. The volcano erupted […]
Four Hundred Fen Raft Spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) Released in the UK
Zookeepers at Chessington World of Adventures (CWoA) park have released 400 baby fen raft spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) in the wilds in the UK to protect the endangered species from extinction. The organization has been rewarded with a gold medal at the annual BIAZA awards for its conservation efforts. Fen raft spiders are the largest of […]
A Rare, Translucent Blind Catfish Discovered in Amistad National Park Cave in Texas
A rare species of blind catfish has been discovered recently in an underwater cave near Del Rio, Texas, by a team of researchers. These endangered catfish or Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila) are unique in color and size, and were previous known to exist only south of Texas in Mexico. A pair of these fishes was […]
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