Designers On Acid: The Tripping Californians Who Paved Our Way To The Touchscreen Universe

Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture and LSD-taking creatives  Next time you dra...

Last week, Google Doodle introduced billions of people to an incredible woman: Esther Nkulenu Ocloo, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, advocate for women, pioneer of microfinance an...

Google Is Bullish On Online Gaming In India

Online gaming is right now on a fast drive in India, and if we believe a recent study by Google and KPMG, then online gaming transform into a $1 billion or Rs 6400 crore in...

Jason Chen Wants To Make Word Processors Obsolete

Once upon a time, Microsoft Word reigned supreme over a kingdom inhabited by the world's most boring software platforms: word processors. But thanks to people like Jason Ch...

Need To Take Emergency Contraception? Check With Your Doctor First

When Kripa* decided to start using contraceptives five months ago, she turned to Google to figure out which one to buy. “I didn’t want to go to a gynaecologist ...

At 13, Indian Girl Invents Revolutionary Band-Aid That Bags Her Google Science Prize

While some professions rely on the skill and experience of their workers, the tech industry thrives on constant growth and innovation. None exemplify this better than the p...

How A Small Rajasthan Town Came Together To Send This Labourer’s Son As An Engineer To Google, US

Teja Ram Sankhla and his wife Rami Devi used to sell vegetables in a small town called Sojat in Pali district of Rajasthan. They used to live in a joint family in their anc...

An iPhone-Powered VR Headset Promises Positional Tracking Without a Tether

The widely beloved iPhone has so far missed the main currents of smartphone-based virtual reality, thus playing second fiddle to the likes of Samsung's Gear VR headset or G...

Villagers Say They Lost Their Lands As Yamuna Changed Course

It used to be an almost 2-kilometre-long walk to the water, said Nakshatra Nagar as he pointed to the Yamuna river flowing right next to his village, Kambakshpur. Over the ...