To boost conservation, Maharashtra has begun offering boat rides through Thane creek mangroves for nature enthusiasts who want to watch flamingos and other wetland birds. The one-hour ride along 10 km of thick mangrove cover starts from Airoli in Navi Mumbai, goes up to Vashi and back. bccl/representational image Mangrove cell officials say this is …

Teenage years can be particularly tricky. Teens have a tendency to take everything to the heart, and live in the fear of parents’ wrath or peers’ approval. They can often take drastic steps. Something like this happened to a 14-year-old girl who ended her life after authorities at the private school didn’t allow her to attend classes after she failed …

How do you like to communicate with your elected representative? Residents of the UK’s West Suffolk constituency now have a direct line to theirs thanks to a new app, Matt Hancock MP. The app, available free as on iOS and Android, is a social network based solely on the member of parliament of the same name. Hancock, who is also …

Over the past year an trend is happening with midrange Android phones: They are becoming more niche targeting consumers with a feature that’s not designed for everyone. That’s the case with the Moviphone a midrange Android device with a built-in projector: No mods needed. The company Wireless Mobi Solution (WMS) from San Diego introduced the Moviphone at CES 2018. As …

The Super Bowl is also the Super Bowl of commercials. If you want to skip the game and just watch the ads, you can get started right now. There’s no need to wait until kickoff; many of the ads have been leaked online. In this year’s Super Bowl ads, Cardi B, Anthony Hopkins and Rebel Wilson take over for Alexa …

If you’re hoping that the Galaxy S9 will last twice as long as your Galaxy S8, you may want to lower your expectations. The batteries for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are rumored to stay the same size as their predecessors, according to the latest leak. If you head over to online phone component retailer Union Repair, you’ll …

After setting up and getting your Fitbit Ionic watch to your liking, there’s another feature you probably want to take some time to get to know. Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit Ionic is the most advanced Fitbit watch… but… 3:12 Fitbit Pay is the wearable company’s mobile payment platform, meaning that with a flash of your wrist you can pay …

There’s no shortage of alleged leaks and fan-made renders to satisfy our appetite while we await Samsung’s official Feb. 25 unveiling of its next flagship phone. We’ve heard rumors about the Galaxy S9‘s performance and features — like its potential face-scanning features and camera upgrades — but we’ve also heard murmurs about the phone’s design. At first glance, the Galaxy S9 could look …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A flaming nuisance? JCB TV & Aviation Videos/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET From time to time, we hear stories of phone batteries exploding. Sometimes, they cause injury. Sometimes, they cause the phone to be taken off the market. And sometimes, phone batteries explode on planes. …

After the lights went dark in the Monte Carlo resort’s Park Theater, a buzzing army of 110 small drones with flickering red lights started to float up to the ceiling from offstage. While Kygo’s dreamy pop song “Stargazing” played, the drones pulled together into pulsing, swirling clouds that reached into the audience, at times forming rotating stars or shimmering sheets …

Steven Soderbergh has been doing a lot of experiments with films and content lately. Fresh off the heels of his 7-hour interactive thriller “Mosaic,” he releases a trailer for his new film “Unsane.” Whereas “Mosaic” was created to be watched on an iPhone, “Uncrate” is notable for being filmed with one. “Anybody going to see this movie who has no …

Just how well the iPhone X performed remains a mystery. Still, one thing’s for sure: Apple sold boatloads of iPhones but not quite enough.  The Cupertino, Calif., consumer electronics giant said Thursday that it sold 77.3 million iPhones, down 1 percent from a year ago. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi had pegged the company to sell around 79 million iPhones in …

Apple has its nose in front of Samsung once more. Apple’s phone sales fell second to the Korean electronics giant for the first three quarters of 2017, but with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X going on sale in the fourth quarter, it’s back in front, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market share. Apple sold 77.3 million …

Sony’s PlayStation 3 sales stand at around 80 million — which means its successor, the current gen PlayStation 4, will soon surpass it.  The Japanese electronics giant sold 9 million PlayStation 4 consoles from October through December, it said on Friday in its latest quarterly earnings report. Sales for the console were at 67.5 million as of Sept. 30 2017, …

HBO’s online channel has grown from 2 million US subscribers to 5 million in a year, according to Bloomberg.  The number of HBO’s online customers has more than doubled since last year.  HBO The boost is a result of subscription sales on Amazon and streaming TV services such as DirectTV Now, a unnamed person familiar with the matter told the …