Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, the first venture capitalist to back Facebook, in the past has rarely invested outside US, is leading funding rounds in two Berlin start-ups, including an £12m ($18m) funding in EyeEm, a network for photographers, which has 13m users, a network for photographers and helps people to sort through photographs taken on…
Not getting 300 million users online in India, leading internet thinkers believe, will be as much a loss to those that are online. “To continue connecting the world, we have to connect India. More than a billion people in India don’t have access to the internet. That means they can’t enjoy the opportunities many…
The circus is one of the oldest and most established forms of entertainment in the world dating back centuries, producing some of the most flexible, fearless and totally awesome performers who are willing to risk life and limb to provide enchantment and fun-filled memories for crowds of adoring fans everywhere they go. The amazing Netherlands…
Hillary Rodham Clinton will seek the presidency for a second time, her advisers said on Sunday, establishing herself as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee. Regardless of the outcome, Clinton’s 2016 campaign will highlight the extraordinary life of a public figure who has captivated and polarized the country since her husband, former President Bill Clinton, declared his…
Burger King will pay the wedding expenses for a young Illinois couple named Joel Burger and Ashley King, whose children will carry forward in their last names the ‘lineage’ of the multinational fast-food chain, media reported. Burger, 24, and King, 23, accepted the offer of the Miami-based fast-food chain to sponsor their wedding on July…
Authentic food in city centres is often hard to find. Indian curries can taste mundane and predicatable to some extent wherever you go, and that is why it is is a delight to find you can in fact eat exciting Indian food in London without going out of town to East or West Ham for…
India has hit Cadbury confectionery giant with a £62m (Rs 5.7bn ) tax claim over allegations that the Diary Milk chocolate producer fraudulently claimed excise benefits on ghost non-existent factory in Sandoli Village in Baddi , Himachal Pradesh relating to a period even before it came into existence by taking exemption for on it. The Directorate General…
“Facebook divorce” is being blamed for causing increasing number of marital breakdowns that have occurred as a direct result of information found or discovered on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. While social networking sites allow users to connect with old and new friends, they also create circumstances that may lead to a…
There would soon be huge solar-powered drones as large as the wingspan of a commercial airliner greater than 29 meters but weights lot less – beaming down internet in the remotest of areas and provide connections to rural and internet-free zones. Facebook has been testing such drones in the skies over England, according to its…
Beijing Police found on Saturday 4th April 2015, 39 disgruntled taxi drivers lying on the ground on Wangfujing Avenue, a prosperous commercial district just a few blocks from Tiananmen Square, with bottles of pesticide beside them. They were rushed to local hospitals where they are out of danger according to police. Apparently the Chinese taxi…