Sachin buying luxury villa in Kerala

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, is planning to have a new home in Kochi, South India, and is all set to buy a premium luxury villa of Prime Meridian. After retirement from cricket, Kerala has become a second home for Sachin. One of the owners of the ISL team Kerala Blasters, Sachin is expected to spend…

Celebrate eBay’s 20th year

The auction website eBay has grown from humble beginnings on September 3, 1995, in San Jose, California,  eBay ( NASDAQ:EBAY) just days after Windows 95 was launched, to a mega retail giant.  eBay now employs over 10,000 people world-wide. His  vision, for connecting commerce open to everyone, enabled by people and powered by technology, and…

Long TV hours could shorten your life span

Are you one of those people who would like to retire to your television set for hours together after returning home from work every day, may be with the added luxury of comfortably reclining back on your couch and the accompaniment of some tasty snacks or junk food – however you may wish to label…

GSAT-6 successfully launched by India

India successfully launched its communication satellite GSAT-6, on 27th August 2015, using its heavy rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D6). The GSLV rocket, with a cryogenic engine, slung the satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from where it would be taken up to its final geostationary orbit. The successful flight of GSLV rocket gives the…

Kumbh Mela ban selfies

  After a human behavior study conducted by volunteers of an online collaboration group, local administration officials of Trimbakeshwar, Nashik in the Indian state of Maharashtra where the 2 month long ‘Kumbh Mela’ festival is being celebrated, have decided to enforce ‘No selfie zones’ in select spots and on specific dates. The authorities have taken…

Sony’s Z5 – the first smartphone to feature a 4K-resolution screen.

Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium can both capture video in “ultra-high definition” quality and then play it back on its 5.5in (14cm) display without downgrading the footage, as all their Z5 handsets feature a new 23 megapixel sensor camera module. The Z5 Premium’s ultra impressive screen which has  4K resolution of the 5.5-inch display gives an…

Google accused of rigging its search results

The competition commission of India began investigating Google in 2012, especially their usage of AdWords, its online advertisement service, accuses Google of abusing search dominance in India. Google is also preparing for protracted legal dispute with the European Commission which this year accused the multi-national group of unfairly promoting its shopping services in search results. It…

A Business Book to make you smile?

 Zero to One – by Peter Thiel – “What is something you think is true but that most people disagree with?” This is one of Peter’s questions which symbolises the level of intellect which the book both produces and demands of its readers. The use of graphs as well as – towards the end –…

Eion Morgan steers England victory by 5 runs in T20

Australia tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Australia at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Aug 31, 2015 England 182 for 5 Morgan 74 off 39, 3 fours and 7 sixes, Moeen Ali 72 off 46, 6 fours and 3 sixes. PJ Cummins 25-2 Australia 177 for 8, Smith 90 off 53, 7fours and 4…