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“I think the transparency part of it is a big key to allow the public to participate in the use of drones as they are being integrated into the national airspace,” he added. However, some analysts point out that most drone usage in the US has not been for surveillance – either by government, police or individuals – but rather ... Read More »

Expressing concern over increasing intervention by governments to access consumer data, software giant Microsoft today said regulations need to keep pace with rapidly changing technology to secure and protect privacy of individuals. Microsoft, like its peers Google, Apple and Facebook, has been strongly advocating for protecting security of customers and their information. “Governments have a fundamentally important role in striking ... Read More »

Volvo, the Swedish luxury carmaker, today announced to bring the world’s first car without keys from 2017. The company will offer a mobile application to all its customers to replace the physical key with a digital key. The new Bluetooth-enabled digital key will allow customer’s to perform everything that a physical key currently does such as locking or unlocking doors ... Read More »

When used correctly, technology can make customers’ lives much easier and happier – and that’s great news for your business. Whether it’s creating an app that gives customers real-time information or offering different ways for customers to make a transaction, companies are experimenting with various technologies to boost the overall customer experience, both in-store and through mobile. Here are five ... Read More »

Top US and Indian Navy officials have concluded the second meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation as India firms up the design and technology plans for an upcoming 65,000 tonne indigenous carrier. An 11-member delegation from the US side, headed by Rear Admiral Thomas J Moore, Program Executive Officer, Aircraft Carriers (United States Navy), visited ... Read More »

Union Minister for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises Kalraj Mishra along with Himachal Pradesh Chief MinisterVirbhadra Singh on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a Rs.102.32 crore technology centre to be set up in this industrial town. It would be commissioned under the Technology Centre Systems Programme of the central government. Speaking on the occasion, Mishra said the technology centres ... Read More »

“Clever Buoy,” as the shark warning system has been called, is a joint research project led by Perth, Australia-based Shark Mitigation Systems, Optus and Google. The creation of these buoys follows heightened concerns about shark attacks along the Australian east coast. In 2015 there were 18 attacks in Australia – the most since 2009, when there were 22. A sonar emitter, ... Read More »

Discussions of the “digital divide” often touch on race and ethnicity – and the narrative is often that whites lead in technology adoption while other racial or ethnic groups struggle to keep up. But a new analysis of four Pew Research Center surveys conducted in 2015 finds that this isn’t true for one group: English-speaking Asian Americans adopt a number of ... Read More »

The technology landscape is constantly changing; ensuring that the work your technology department does today will not require a complete overhaul a year from now is a more complex task than ever before. Apart from strict documentation and frequent updates, there are a few strategies developers and technology leaders can take to better future–proof their design and engineering work. Here, members of ... Read More »

The Prime Minister recently unveiled the ‘Technology Vision Document 2035’ at the 103rd Indian Science Congress. The document foresees the Indians of 2035, and technologies required for fulfilling their needs. The Prime Minister hoped that the 12 Sectoral Technology roadmaps being prepared by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, (TIFAC), which is also the author of this ‘Technology Vision 2035’ ... Read More »