Passive use, loneliness and the agony of social comparisons are some of the "ills" being battled on social media and Facebook's answer to these are: easier ways to comment  back, a dating feature and a time tracker to check overuse.During the International...

Grappling with the best and the worst of humanity, a quarterly transparency report from next year and content regulations are some of the steps listed by Facebook's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg to deal with major content concerns and privacy issues.Committed...

Drinking coffee keeps the bowels moving because it changes gut bacteria and improves ability of intestines to contract, find researchers.Researchers, feeding rats coffee and also mixing it with gut bacteria in petri dishes, found that coffee suppressed bacteria...

Reiterating that India is an important market for Apple, CEO Tim Cook said the current iPhone manufacturing will see maximum growth in days to come amid the renewed push to open its branded retail stores in the country.In an earnings call with analysts after declaring...

At least six people have died in a deadly fire that has ravaged a large swathe of California and continues to grow amid dry weather conditions severely hampering efforts to control the blaze.The Carr fire was just 17 per cent contained on Sunday night,...

Choosing foreign soil, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has declared he is "absolutely ready" to be the party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2019 general elections.However, he made it clear that the decision has to be finally approved by the party....

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) BIO 2017 is being held in the San Diego Convention Centre, San Diego from 19th June t0 22nd June, 2017. The Indian delegation taking part in the BIO 2017, is being led by Shri Y S Chowdary, Minister of State...

As fears about the possible tightening of the US visa regime loom, Oracle CEO has maintained that the country should not only let immigrants study and learn here but also work to drive growth."We have been very supportive to immigrants. They are studying...

At least 13 persons were killed and 31 injured after a tour bus and big rig collided in Southern California on Sunday morning, local authorities said.The tour bus had crashed into the big rig's trailer near Palm Springs, about 100 miles east of Los Angeles....

Walnut farmer Sarabjit (Sarb) Johl was 13 when he migrated with his parents to the US in the early 1960s. Today, he presides over a 1,000 acre farm and a growers' collective that recorded exports of $20 million last year. The icing on the cake, as it were,...

Rapid urbanisation, changing demographics, hyper globalisation and accelerated innovation will shape the future of technology in the next 30 years for countries like India and HP is ready to address these with its advanced research centre HP Labs, a tops executive...

The US based Indian Muslim Relief and Charities on Monday condoled the death of former parliamentarian and Governor A. R. Kidwai.In a message, the Executive Director of IMRC said that A. R. Kidwai holds a special place with IMRC and remembered fondly for...

IMRC (Indian Muslim Relief and Charities) is organizing a 2 week youth volunteer trip to India whose dates will be announced soon.As part of the trip volunteers will be visiting, spending quality time and learning about Islam in India.The volunteers will...

Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez who fought pain to net a winner and send his side to the Copa America quarter-finals said he will always be committed to his country.The Real Madrid man was hurt during Tuesday's encounter at the Rose Bowl against Paraguay...

Colombia were inspired by captain James Rodriguez and two critical saves from goalkeeper David Ospina to hold off Paraguay 2-1 and become the first team to book passage into the Copa America Centenario football quarter-finals.Rodriguez was Colombia's catalyst,...

Four of five Indians could afford the internet if data costs fell by 66 percent, according to a Facebook-commissioned report on Internet access. But Indian telecom operators already run data services at a 11 percent loss, making cost-cutting difficult.The...

Luxury electric car maker Tesla Motors, the facility of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited in Silicon Valley last year, has identified India as a market for one of its most affordable models that has a price tag of $35,000, said a top company official."Adding...

Tennis World No.1 Novak Djokovic believes that male tennis players should earn more money than their female counterparts, considering the fact that more people watch their matches.Earlier, Raymond Moore chief executive of the Indian Wells tournament, said the...

Serbia's Novak Djokovic decisively beat Canada's Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 in just an hour and 18 minutes to win the Indian Wells men's tennis title.He became the first tennis player to win five such titles in the California desert here on Sunday, reports Efe.No....

World No.1 tennis star Novak Djokovic won a hard-fought first set that lasted well over an hour before asserting full control in a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 victory over Spain's Rafael Nadal at the BNP Paribas Open.Djokovic had won the last five matches against Nadal...

Spain's Rafael Nadal advanced to the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 victory over Japan's Kei Nishikori here.The 14-time Grand Slam champion appeared to be in trouble when he conceded an early break against his in-form rival here...

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal urged on Thursday that the controversy over French former sports minister Roselyne Bachelot's doping accusations should not be turned into a war between France and Spain."I do not seek to turn the unfortunate words of a lady...

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has qualified for the third round of the Indian Wells tennis tournament after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win against the 149-ranked American Bjorn Fratangelo.Djokovic, who is looking to become the first player to win the tournament...

British tennis star Andy Murray beat Spain's Marcel Granollers to advance to the third round of Indian Wells 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)."It was very different conditions to what I have been practicing and playing in in the past five weeks, against a tough, unorthodox player,"...

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said on Thursday that he is a "completely clean guy" and denied having used performance-enhancing drugs.The 29-year-old was asked about his reaction to Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova's failed drug test and he took the opportunity...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who is currently in the US, made a pit-stop here on Monday to meet members of his extended family."All Haasan boys except Mr. Charuhasan. R to L. Chandrahasan, Nirmal Haasan, Siddharth Haasan and Me K. Haasan. San Jose (sic)," Haasan posted...

Leading Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri carded one-under 71 and dropped nine positions to finish tied 28th in the fourth and final round of the $5,800,000 CareerBuilder Challenge at the PGA West's TPC Stadium Course here.World No.41 Lahiri, who was tied 19th after...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed late Sunday from the Makkah of global technology, the Silicon Valley, leaving it rather impressed with his digital initiatives over a 36-hour whirlwind tour -- back to the citadel of global diplomacy and geopolitics in...

Terrorism cannot be defined as good or bad terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said and took a dig at the UN, saying if the world body takes so long to define terrorism how will it uproot the menace.Addressing a cheering Indian community at the SAP Centre,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced direct flights between New Delhi and San Francisco thrice a week from December 2 this year.He made the announcement at the SAP Centre here.Modi said from December 2, Air India will run direct flights thrice a week from...

With a sea change in India's image thanks to 1.2 billion Indians, people are saying that the 21st century belongs to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a mammoth crowd of Indian diaspora here."Everybody agrees the 21st century is the century of Asia....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined the JAM initiative to uproot corruption in the country by linking the Jan Dhan Yojana bank accounts with the Aadhar cards and with Mobile governance."PM @narendramodi explains the JAM concept. Jan Dhan financial inclusion...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told cheering Indian community members at the SAP Centre that he was seeing a "vibrant picture" of India in California with the tech experts."I am coming here after 25 years. I see a lot of change here...I see a vibrant picture...

Hoping to recreate the magic of New York's Madison Square Garden on the West coast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the San Jose's SAP Centre to address a mammoth crowd of Indian diaspora.The organisers have promised that Sunday night's Silicon Valley...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a roundtable on renewable energy with top energy CEOs and experts during which he emphasised India's commitment to realize the vision of 175 GigaWatts of clean energy by 2022.At the roundtable, which was also...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met with California Governor Edmund Brown and later with Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization."Deepening ties with California, this time on the official side: Governor Edmund...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a meeting with US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz after which he attended a roundtable on renewable energy hosted by Stanford University."Discussing India - US collaboration in renewable energy. PM @narendramodi meets...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday had a glimpse into the future of his latest per project of promoting and fostering entrepreneurship when he visited the "India-US Startup Konnect 2015" exposition here that is showcasing India's strengths in the startup...

After his townhall style question-answer session at Facebook, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Google headquarters for an interaction with CEO Sundar Pichai, and Google co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt."It's a visit to Google Guru,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Google headquarters and interacted with CEO Sundar Pichai, and Google co-founder Larry Page and former CEO Eric Schmidt."A is for Alphabet. PM @narendramodi at @Google headquarters, with Larry Page @sundarpichai...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday became emotional while recalling the hardships his mother had to undergo, including washing utensils in neighbours' homes, to bring up her children.Answering a question about the role of his mother at the Facebook townhall...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreamt of making India a $20 trillion economy and that he was pleasantly surprised by the change of perception about his country in a short period of time.Attending a question and answer 'town-hall' session with...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived at the Facebook headquarters for a town hall interaction."A morning that befits our virtual future. PM @narendramodi arrives at @facebook received by CEO Mark Zuckerberg," tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson...

Ahead of his interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg changed his profile picture to support 'Digital India'. Within minutes, Modi too changed his picture to thank him."I changed my profile picture to support 'Digital...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi couldn't have secured a better endorsement for his "Digital India" initiative, as chief executives of some of the top global tech firms like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced significant plans for India.This was during...

The red carpet that was spread for Narendra Modi came special delivery courtesy the State Department to give a formal welcome to the prime minister in the notoriously casual Silicon Valley, local media reported.The five feet wide and 30 feet long red nylon...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley met America's top tech leaders including Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Apple's Tim Cook before heading for a digital economy dinner with 350 business leaders.Modi,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government "attacked poverty by using power of networks and mobile phones".Speaking at the Digital India Dinner here, Modi said: "Since my government came to office we attacked poverty by using power of networks...

Tesla Motors' iconic CEO Elon Musk on Saturday gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a tour of the company's trend-setting electric car plant in Palo Alto as he arrived here for a tech tour of Silicon Valley.Modi, on a 36 hour whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his tour of Silicon valley with an interaction with the Indian-American community as he arrived here to give a strong push to his drive for technological innovation in India.Singer Kailash Kher shared the stage with Modi...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in this California city, termed the capital of the Silicon Valley, on the second leg of his US visit."Namaste California! PM @narendramodi arrives in San Jose, for a tech-startup-energy-diaspora oriented weekend,"...

At least 11 people were injured in a gas line explosion in the central California city of Fresno, media reported.The explosion occurred at the Fresno County Sheriff's gun range on Friday, a county official said.He said a work crew which included county...