Samsung confirms the arrival of Bixby and Samsung Pay Mini

Published On: January 11, 2017 07:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Samsung has prematurely confirmed on its website that it plans to not only launch a standalone online payment platform dubbed Samsung Pay Mini but will also be providing its long-rumored digital assistant Bixby with the facility process payments as part of the next Samsung Pay Beta build.

First mobile game based on Nepali movie launched

Published On: January 11, 2017 07:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Sroth Code Academy launched a mobile game ‘Haku Run’ which is based on the plot of Nepali movie ‘Loot 2’. It was introduced to the general public on January 5, along with the movie’s trailer.

NT bringing loan system for balance

Published On: January 9, 2017 04:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Nepal Telecom (NT) has finalized its preparations for a loan system to its GSM prepaid users.

Sparking a fresh controversy, anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks has threatened to make the private details public of millions of people who have ‘verified’ Twitter accounts. “We are thinking of making an online database with all ‘verified’ twitter accounts and their family/ job/ financial/ housing relations,” the WikiLeaks Task Force said in a tweet, which has now been deleted.

Apple cuts CEO Cook's pay as iPhone sales hit globally

Published On: January 7, 2017 12:18 PM NPT By: IANS

NEW YORK, Jan 7: Hit by a slump in iPhone sales globally which led to the company missing its revenue and profit goals for 2016, tech giant Apple has cut its CEO Tim Cook's pay for the year.

BrandLab: Changing the world of advertising

Published On: January 4, 2017 11:45 PM NPT By: Prasansha Rimal

BrandLab is an advertising agency which uses social media for advertisement. The company provides promotion to clients or companies on digital platform. Facebook pages are mostly used by this agency for advertising certain products or branding certain company. Digital advertising is necessary to reach targeted audience for the promotion of the brand and is comparatively cheaper than the traditional method of advertising.

Dog fight: Start-ups take aim at errant drones

Published On: January 4, 2017 11:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn’t, by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky.

Technology trend forecast for 2017

Published On: January 4, 2017 11:00 PM NPT By: MANISH SHRESTHA

When I left US after working and studying for almost 10 years in IT, I thought Nepal was ripe for the technology revolution. People were finally switching from kbps internet speeds to mbps. It seemed like the right time to catch the internet wave in Nepal at that time.

Israel's 'flying car' passenger drone moves closer to delivery

Published On: January 4, 2017 02:52 PM NPT By: Reuters

YAVNE, ISRAEL, Jan 4: After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will finally get its 1,500 kg (1.5 tonne) passenger carrying drone off the ground and into the market by 2020.

NASA planning to build ice house on Mars: Report

Published On: January 3, 2017 02:14 PM NPT By: Agencies

NASA has unveiled a bold new concept to house astronauts on the Red planet, as the space agency continues the push toward its goal of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s.