Social media bloggers creating new ideal housewife image

London, Oct 4 (udaipur kiran) While the business concept of female social media influencers and bloggers who generate income via “likes” and shares reinforces traditional notions of femininity by enabling women to engage in practices of care, beautification, and mothering, they are also changing the identity of the stereotypical “ideal” housewife, says a new study. … Read more

NASA seeks industry inputs on lunar spacesuit

Washington, Oct 5 (udaipur kiran) NASA is currently designing and developing a new spacesuit system, called the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit or xEMU, for the first woman and next man who will put foot on the Moon in 2024. But the US space agency is seeking feedback from industry on lunar spacesuits as it plans … Read more

Astronauts complete 1st of 5 power upgrade spacewalks

Washington, Oct 7 (udaipur kiran) Two NASA astronauts have successfully wrapped up a seven-hour and one minute spacewalk, marking the completion of the first of the five spacewalks to upgrade the station’s power systems this month. Beginning the replacement of nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries on the far end of the station’s … Read more

Smartphone makers celebrate Diwali in advance amid bumper sales

New Delhi, Oct 7 (udaipur kiran) Amid economic slowdown fears, smartphone makers in India are busy celebrating Diwali in advance, raking in millions on both online and offline platforms during the festive sales as Indians make a beeline to make most of the exciting offers and discounts. In the smartphone category, there has been 15 … Read more

Facebook to pay $40mn for inflating data on video ads

San Francisco, Oct 8 (udaipur kiran) Facebook will pay $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for incorrectly calculating average viewing time for video ads on its platform. Advertisers sued the social networking platform for overstating video-viewing metrics over an 18-month period from 2015-16, which led the advertisers paying extra for video ads based on … Read more