Oct. 28: Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) announced plans on Thursday to kill off Vine, the short-form looping video app it acquired four years ago in an early effort to bring video to the social network. No reason was provided for shuttering Vine. However, the move was announced just hours after Twitter confirmed significant job cuts in […]
Oct. 28: Roof tiles with built-in solar panels have been unveiled by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk. The tiles, made from glass, are intended to be a more attractive way to add solar panels to homes, compared with currently-used solar technology. The launch took place in Universal Studios, Los Angeles, on what used to be […]
Oct. 28 : Astronomers are using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission to provide new insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history of Earth’s moon and other solid worlds, like Earth, Mars, and the satellites of the outer solar system. In two papers, published this week in the journal […]
Oct. 28 : A Thai restaurant in Texas is boggling its customers’ minds by offering free WiFi that nonetheless comes with a price — the password is a complex math equation. YaYa’s Thai restaurant in San Antonio posted its “WiFi password” just above the sign about minimum credit card purchase amounts, but the Internet access […]
Oct. 28: A grumpy orangutan at Perth Zoo in Australia claimed the Guinness World Record for being the oldest Sumatran Orangutan in the world. Puan was originally gifted to the Perth Zoo by the Sultan of Johore of Malaysia in December 1968 in exchange for several Australian animals. “Puan was born in the wild, so […]
Oct. 28: A Chicago-area woman waiting for her husband’s surgery accepted her children’s suggestion to relax with a VR video — and the attempt backfired hilariously. Megan Kelley posted a video to YouTube showing her mother trying out the “Rilix Coaster” virtual roller coaster video for Samsung Gear VR in the waiting room at Loyola […]
Oct. 28: Police in Texas used a tasty fast food treat to lure a small kitten who was trapped inside a storm drain. Kemah Police Department shared photos as officers responded to a call about someone trapped in a storm drain to find a kitten instead. Kemah police Sgt. Barmore and Officer Staton attempted to […]
Kathmandu / Oct 29: Kukur Tihar, the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, is being observed across the country on Saturday. On the occasion, devotes worship dogs and offer garlands, tika and delicious food and acknowledge the cherished relationship between humans and dogs. According to the Hindu mythology, dogs are considered as the messenger […]
Nawalparasi / Oct 29: Around 100 children have disappeared from the district in the past three years, said data with the District Police Office. DPO Spokesperson Bishnu Hari Koirala made this revelation at the children conference in collaboration with local Jagrit Children and Youth Sarokar Kendra Nepal and a dozen aid agencies in the district. […]
काठमाडौँ, १३ कात्तिक । नेपालीको दोस्रो ठूलो चाड तिहारको दोस्रो दिन आज घर घरमा सुरक्षा गर्ने कुकुरलाई पूजाआजा गरी मीठा मीठा खानेकुरा खान दिएर मनाइँदैछ । कात्तिक कृष्ण चतुर्दशीका दिन कुकुरको पूजा गरी मीठा परिकार खान दिए यमराजको ढोकामा द्वापालका रुपमा बस्ने श्याम र सबल नामका कुकुरले यमलोक जाँदा बाटो छाडिदिने धार्मिक विश्वासका आधारमा कुकुर […]