The next generation of transistors may pave the way for flexible, paper-thin computer screens that provide faster response times and better efficiency, scientists say. Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science reviewed the latest developments in research on photoactive organic field-effect transistors; devices that incorporate organic semi-conductors, amplify weak electronic... 

Xiaomi’s new Mi Note phablet, as expected, went up for sale in China for the first time on Tuesday. Within three minutes of the sale going live, the company announced that the Xiaomi Mi Note went “out of stock”, leaving us to believe that the handset was sold out within this period. The Chinese company is yet to reveal the exact number of units that were available in the first sale... 

Last month, reports came out suggesting that Microsoft has no plans of introducing a Windows Phone flagship device until H2 2015. Now, according to Windows Central, the company has confirmed that the new Windows 10 flagship smartphone is likely to come “later this summer”. On Wednesday, Windows Central reported that Ifi Majid, Director of Product Marketing for Microsoft Mobile Devices,... 

Twitter recently announced the kind of password killer you’re going to love and it’s called Digits, a secure platform that was introduced late last year. All you need to do is cling to your mobile phone at all times, a habit you’ve surely formed as thoroughly as inhaling and exhaling. Digits has been available for Android and iOS apps since it was launched at the Twitter Flight mobile developers’... 

Cell phones of mobile telephony major, Airtel, in Hyderabad went silent since 6 a.m. on Saturday morning with what was termed a systemic failure of its network. Till around noon, the situation was the same and no Airtel mobile could be accessed. Enquiries revealed that Airtel was doing some system integration and upgrades on the network that includes slightly over 2,500 cell sites in and around Hyderabad,... 

Google is in talks to buy mobile-payments company Softcard, technology news website TechCrunch reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could help pair Google with the largest US wireless carriers to battle Apple and its new Apple Pay service, TechCrunch wrote. The deal may be valued below $100 million, the report said citing sources. Softcard is jointly owned by AT&T,... 

Twitter said it has fully resolved an issue with a delay in tweets appearing on users’ timelines from 1651 PST to 1830 PST on Monday (from 0051 GMT to 0230 GMT Tuesday). Users of Twitter, whose main service allows broadcast of 140-character messages, were facing a delay of 25 minutes to 45 minutes. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this,” Twitter said on its website late... 

Yahoo to join Google to create secure email system, google to create secure email system New Delhi: Yahoo Inc said it will join Google Inc to create a secure email system by next year that could make it nearly impossible for hackers or government officials to read users’ messages, The Wall Street Journal reported. The move comes as large technology companies unite to beef up their defenses against... 

Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has pan-India spectrum for 4G wireless broadband services, plans to provide connectivity speed to subscribers that will be 10-12 times faster as compared to 3G networks. “We are practically achieving a speed of 49 megabit per second downlink (download), and uplink is between 8-9 mbps. Theoretically, the present set up that we have, can achieve speed of 112 mbps downlink,”... 

Micromax is one of the most popular Indian smartphone manufacturing companies. It holds second positions in the list of largest smartphone vendors in the Indian market. The company has provided the market with a wide variety of highly functional and brilliant handsets that have been practically priced. Micromax is one of the most well known names in the budget smartphone and mid range smartphone segments.... 

According to a report by Chinese website Tencent, Samsung has decided not to use a Super AMOLED HD display panel for its Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone. Traditionally, ever since the first Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung has always preferred its own AMOLED displays for its flagships. However, according to the report based on unconfirmed information, the Galaxy S5 will be an exception, as Samsung has chosen... 

A day after the Syrian Electronic Army said it had hacked into Skype’s social media accounts, the Internet calling service acknowledged on Thursday it had been hit with a “cyber attack” but said no user information was compromised. A Tweet posted on Skype’s official Twitter feed on Wednesday read: “Don’t use Microsoft emails (hotmail, outlook), They are monitoring...