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Singapore world's most cybersecure country, India ranked 25 A UN survey has revealed that Singapore is the most cybersecure country in the world, followed by the US, Malaysia, Oman, and Estonia. India ranked 25th in the survey, one place ahead of Germany. The rankings were based on countries' legal, technical, and organisational institutions, their education...

Android overtakes Windows to become internet's most used OS Google's Android has overtaken Microsoft's Windows as the internet's most used operating system for the first time, according to web analytics company StatCounter. During March 2017, Android users represented 37.93% of internet activity against 37.91% for the Windows operating system. Apple's iOS re...

Twitter changes default profile photo from egg to person Microblogging site Twitter has changed the default profile picture of its accounts from an egg to a silhouette of a person. The default profile picture of an egg was introduced by Twitter in 2010. On the new default photo, Twitter said, "We wanted to use people's existing expectations for default pr...

Why did Steve Jobs name the company Apple? In a video from 1980, Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs revealed that the company was named 'Apple Computers' so that it would be listed in phonebooks before his previous employer, Atari. Jobs added that the name epitomised "simplicity" and "sophistication". The company decided to go with 'Apple' unless s...

WhatsApp brings back text status feature Instant messaging app WhatsApp today brought back the text status feature after taking it down in February when it allowed photos and videos in status. The text status can be put by the users under the 'Settings' option. The text status feature is currently available on Android, and will soon be rol...

Super Mario Run game to launch on Android on March 23 Super Mario Run mobile game which launched on iOS in December 2016 and has earned the maker Nintendo over $50 million so far, will be launching on Android platform on March 23. Gamers will require an active internet connection to play the game. While a portion of the game can be played for free, the...

Google's new algorithm shrinks JPEG files by 35% In order to make web pages load faster, Google has created a new open-source JPEG encoder that reduces the file sizes of JPEG images by 35% while maintaining picture quality. The new encoder is called 'Guetzli' which means a 'cookie' in Swiss German. Earlier, Google made several other projects to re...

ZTE unveils world's first 5G-ready smartphone Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has unveiled the 'Gigabit Phone', which it says is the world's first 5G network compatible smartphone. Its download speeds can reach 1Gbps, 10 times faster than the first generation of 4G services widely in use. The 5G-ready phones will come with instant APP technology,…

Action video game Contra completes 30 years Run and gun action video game Contra was released as a coin-operated arcade game for the first time on February 20, 1987. The game, which was later released on various platforms and spawned several sequels, featured Contra unit's American commandos, Bill and Lance fighting the Red Falcon Organizatio...

Instagram allows sharing up to 10 photos, videos in one post Instagram on Wednesday released an update to its app allowing users worldwide to upload up to 10 photos and videos in one post. The items in a post can be viewed one-by-one by swiping. The new feature is available under a new icon that appears at the bottom-right corner when a user starts selecting…

Govt launches free anti-virus software for mobiles, desktops The government has launched free anti-virus softwares for smartphones and personal computers named 'Mkavach' and 'Samvid' respectively. Another software named 'USBPratirodh' has been launched to control the unauthorised usage of removable USB storage devices. The launches are a part of government's…

WhatsApp launches photo, video status that expire in 24 hrs Days before its eighth birthday on February 24, messaging app WhatsApp has started rolling out a new update that lets users put videos, photos, and GIFs in their status. These status updates, which come with end-to-end encryption, disappear after 24 hours of being updated. The users can also control...