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One of the headline features of Android for some time now has been a utility that lets you easily find your lost phone. Whether it's truly lost or god forbid stolen, or simply stuck between the sofa cushions, finding it has never been so easy. By popular demand, Microsoft brought this utility to Windows phone with Windows 10 recently. The number of phones that run Windows 10 are however very few as of the moment, and the ones that are there are not available across the globe, but in select markets. Two of these recently launched phones, the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL are expected to launch in India soon. But more on that later. Windows 10 was designed primarily as a cross platform operating system so that it could work seamlessly across devices: phones, tablets, laptops and PCs. To that effect, Microsoft's first major Windows 10 upgrade (Windows 10 November update) brings in new features, that are both evident and 'out there' as well as also secretly tucked away in...

Dried-up glue may come in useful. A new powdered form of adhesive developed by researchers in Japan could help in building hard-to-reach parts of cars or smartphones. Most glues are either liquids that dry to form a bond, or solids that are heated to make them viscous and sticky, and then bond when cooled. Now Syuji Fujii of Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan and his colleagues have come up with a dry powder that becomes a sticky glue when squished. The powder is made up of “liquid marbles” – beads of liquid coated in solid particles that trap the fluid inside. In this case, the team rolled spheres of a latex liquid in a layer of calcium-carbonate nanoparticles. The resulting drops are a few millimetres across and pour easily, but when put under pressure for a few seconds the nanoparticles are pushed inside, exposing the sticky liquid within to the surface.

Origami-inspired graphene paper that can fold itself could be used to create anything from miniature robots to artificial muscles, according to a new study. Scientists from Donghua University in China have demonstrated that gently heating a sheet of graphene paper, which is extraordinarily strong (about 200 times stronger than steel by weight), could make it fold into a device that is able to walk forward and backward. And, in a first for this kind of self-folding material, they showed it could also change directions. The research could help scientists develop self-folding structures and devices for modern applications, including wirelessly controlled micro robots, artificial muscles and devices for tissue engineering, said Jiuke Mu, a Ph.D. student at Donghua University and one of the material’s inventors. [The 6 Strangest Robots Ever Created] "In the near future, it even could bring changes to people's lives," Mu told Live Science, giving the example...

An atomic-scale fingerprint could boost the security of connected devices, according to British scientists who have developed it. The tiny identity tags are essentially tiny imperfections in the building blocks of matter, making them virtually impossible to clone They could be used as the basis of a robust system for authenticating hardware and software, The researchers from the UK universities of Lancaster and Manchester built tiny, layered metallic structures in the lab and incorporated "design flaws" that were unique to the item. "What you do is shrink these systems down as far as they will go," Dr Jonathan Roberts from Lancaster told BBC News. "And the interesting thing is that you can't clone them. To clone them, you'd effectively have to measure [the fingerprints] atom-by-atom. You just can't do it." "And the interesting thing is that you can't clone them. To clone them, you'd effectively have to measure [the finge...

There are so many things that Google Maps can do...when it's online. Not so much when it's offline though. All this just changed. In a major revamp, Google has given Maps -- its popular navigation and mapping tool -- full offline support. It is now live and running, on Android. Meanwhile, an iOS overhaul -- with the full set of features -- is coming soon, it announced. Starting Tuesday, users can not only search (for a destination) but get turn-by-turn driving directions for the same as well, online or offline, doesn't matter. Users basically have to download the map -- of an area -- to their device, while it is online. Selecting (and downloading) an area is as simple as specifying a city, state or pin code, and tapping on download. Size of the area they want to save has been left to users' discretion. Once downloaded, you can use the piece of map the same way as you'll use when it's online, with some difference in features. "Whereas before you coul...

Google has updated the Android Wear companion app. Bumping up the version number to 1.4, the update brings with it several features and while teardown hints at several more features that the company has could have planned for future updates. As for the visible changes, the updated  Android Wear  companion app - which is currently not yet listed on  Google Play  India, and has gradually begun rolling out to devices - has made some amendments to the screen of the Settings app. The Cloud sync toggle has been moved from the main list to under Privacy & personal data. In there, you will also find a new toggle with the sole job to make it possible for you to send diagnostic information to Google. The Settings screen now allows users to enable or disable tip cards in the main screen of the watch. The company has seemingly pulled the battery statistics, which is seeming a sad trade-off as many users found it useful. More interestingly, the app teardown has reve...

CISF launched a new mobile application for its troops which will enable them to check their pay-related queries and register grievances while being on the move.                                                              The Android-based facility has been named 'm-Power' and is an extended technology facility of the existing computer system facility for these men and women who guard some of the most vital installations in the country's civil aviation, aerospace, and nuclear power domain.                                                                   "This is the first phase of the mobile-based application which offers one-touch access to information about loc...