Now, `micro-windmills` to power your cellphone

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 15:24

Researchers have developed tiny " micro-windmills" that they have claimed can potentially revive the dead batteries of your cellphone in just a few minutes.

Bihar panchayat bans cell phones for unwed girls

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 11:46

A village council in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls, said a council member on Wednesday.

ZTEsoft to invest up to Rs 245 cr in India next year

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 16:22

Chinese telecom giant ZTE's IT arm ZTEsoft will invest up to USD 40 million (about Rs 245 crore) in India next year to set up an innovation centre and hire 300 people in a bid to ramp-up operations and increase presence in the world's second largest mobile user country.

Soon, your movements will help charge your cell phone

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 19:28

The mobile generator 'Genneo' can charge a device with any type of movement so a user could purposefully shake it or just leave it in a pant pocket while taking a hike.

New coating may lead to waterproof cell phones

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 17:50

Scientists have created new barrier films that can protect electronics in very harsh environments - even when you submerge your cell phone in salt water for months.

Now buy apps in `realworld` store

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 20:46

Smartphone users now have the option to buy mobile apps `offline` at Shotformats Digital Production`s offline application stores.

Soon, mobiles that can charge in seconds and work for weeks

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 12:41

Researchers have invented a novel supercapacitor design which raised the possibilities of developing solar cells that produce electricity 24 by 7, not just when the sun is shining and mobile phones with built-in power cells that recharge in seconds and work for weeks between charges.

New device to charge cellphones with car batteries

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 19:32

Out of battery? No worries, this device lets you charge your phone with a car battery!

New device to charge cellphones with car batteries

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 19:08

A new device that uses the energy stored in car batteries to power cellphones and other appliances has been developed.

Madras HC permits e-post system to communicate detention orders

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 00:07

Madras High Court on Saturday permitted use of e-post system to communicate detention orders to the relatives of those to be arrested, and issued a set of guidelines to be followed in this regard.

Pakistan axes `immoral` cell phone love chat

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:47

Pakistan has cracked down on "immoral" love chat services offered by mobile phone companies, stifling hopes of illicit romance in the conservative Muslim country where dating is frowned upon.

Nokia introduces Urdu language mobiles; priced at Rs 2,500

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:00

Finnish handset maker Nokia on Thursday unveiled its first mobile phone in India built primarily to target about 15 crore Urdu speaking population in the country.