Samsung and LG revealed plans for the coming years. In 2016, Samsung is going to release flexible smartphone and LG will soon master a serial production of transparent displays for the advertising industry and household appliances. The new development would oust Apple and create serious competition to IPhone. Samsung expects to release a flexible smartphone in 2016  - the company spokesman...

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Inc is pushing the envelope to make Internet Of Things  (IoT) become a more visible reality. The company is in plans to provide its own software and patents to help the development of the next big thing in technology. The North American subsidiary of Panasonic will allow royalty-free access to some IoT software and patents from its products to the...

Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc is planning to offer a new software upgrade in its Model S sedan which will essentially make the car run in autopilot mode, according to the company CEO Elon Musk. The hands-free steering upgrade will be available in three months’ time to the customers. The option could be optimized only when driving on freeways or major roads and this will be one of a...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US has approved e-commerce giant Amazon Logistics to use drones for delivering customer orders in an experimental basis.   This approval from the US government’s aviation space regulator will allow the company to do more extensive R&D and crew training for the delivery system with drones, called as Amazon Prime Air.   The FAA...

Following the news of the closure of Internet Explorer brand, US-based software company Microsoft has now announced its plans for the future, including the launch of Windows 10. The company, in the recent Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) event in Shenzhen, China, has announced that Windows 10 would reach as soon as this summer in 190 countries and 110 languages. The software...

Founder of Internet giant Alibaba Group Jack Ma hopes that in the near future the process of making a payment will be as simple as making selfie, in the truest sense. At the presentation a new payment system, where the confirmation will be just a snapshot of the payer’s face, was announced. Selfie introduction is intended to ensure safety when making payments - the system is able to recognize the...

US-based software company Microsoft Corporation has finally put the death knell on its web browser Internet explorer. With competition steering ahead of the erstwhile popular web browser, Microsoft has given the go-ahead to completely scrap the Internet Explorer. Meanwhile, the company is looking at introducing a new, more-web-usage-friendly, modern web browser which they have codenamed...

Mars is expected to be the future source of power generation. Scientists have invented a new device that can harvest CO2 in a way so as to empower life on Mars. The research plans a kind of engine to facilitate production of energy through Leidenfrost effect, a phenomenon that occurs when a liquid comes in direct contact with a hot surface even hotter than boiling point. This research was...

The technology of warfare is responsible for innovative discoveries that have been affecting the civilian life-style from a long time. War history provides an insight into the subject. Greg Satell highlights few such examples from the World Wars that played a crucial life-changing role. Greg Satell – 14 March 2015- writes that history of warfare prepares the foundations for tomorrow’s...