Before the smartphone, riders summoned a taxi by waving an arm or calling a dispatcher -- but mobile apps are changing that, helping both drivers and passengers. [caption id="attachment_29421" align="alignright" width="281"] Mobile Apps[/caption] A number of new ...

PayPal launched a European version of its PayPal Here mobile payments service for small merchants on Thursday as the online payments division of eBay Inc steps up competition with ivals, including Square Inc. [caption id="attachment_29387" align="alignright" width="270"] PayPal[/caption] PayPal ...

Full-of-talent Pakistani students are shining in almost every field of science and technology throughout the world. A group of similar such shining stars have achieved yet another milestone by introducing a soft touchscreen computer table, Media reports. [caption id="attachment_29078" align="alignnone" width="580"]...

Hackers breached into the security of social networking website, Twitter, and gained access to secret information of more than 250,000 users, Media reported. The microblog revealed that user names, email addresses, passwords and other information for a large number of users were hacked by anonymous cyber attackers. Twitter ...

Australian scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef have discovered corals at depths never before thought possible, with a deep-sea robot finding specimens in waters nearly as dark as night. A team from the University ...

Stargazers will get a celestial treat on New Year with Sun coming nearest to our planet on Wednesday. The Earth will be at its nearest point from the Sun at 10:10 am on Wednesday at a distance of 147 million km, Planetary Society of India General Secretary N ...

China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system. [caption id="attachment_28472" align="alignnone" width="468"] GPS Satellite System[/caption] The Beidou system started ...

China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, officials said on Saturday, underscoring its commitment to a trouble-plagued transport scheme. [caption id="attachment_28393" align="alignnone" width="468"]...

NASA will smash two tiny probes into the Moon on Monday after they spent months gathering data from orbit miles above the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday. [caption id="attachment_28055" align="alignright" width="281"] Moon[/caption] "We're not expecting a ...

Research In Motion outlined a step-by-step programme on Thursday to help its large base of enterprise clients transition across to its soon to be launched new BlackBerry 10 platform. [caption id="attachment_27944" align="alignnone" width="450"] BlackBerry 10[/caption] RIM is betting ...