A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign has been launched by an Oregon-based firm called Domestic Drone Countermeasure (DDC), to raise an amount of $8,500 for developing sensors that can detect drones. The company's effort to develop drone-detecting sensors is essentially rooted in the fact that increasing drone use has triggered privacy-related concerns among people.

Online retail giant Amazon has recently marked its foray into the smartphone market with its newly-announced `Fire' smartphone. Priced at $199 for the 32GB version, the Amazon Fire phone will initially retail only in the US, and will be an AT&T exclusive handset, bundled with a two-year carrier contract.

According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, struggling handset maker BlackBerry has worked out a deal with e-commerce giant Amazon, for pre-loading its handsets running BlackBerry 10 (BB10) OS with the Amazon Appstore for Android.

The report revealed that BB10 devices will come pre-loaded with the Amazon Appstore for Android, from fall this year.

In a recently-released report about broadband speeds in the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed that leading Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country largely deliver broadband speeds they promise, or even better.

On Wednesday, tech giant Apple launched a new 21.5-inch version of the iMac. With the launch of the new iMac, Apple has made the 21.5-inch iMac line more affordable --- the entry-level model of the new iMac is priced at $1,099, which is $200 less than the previous lowest-cost 21.5 inch iMac which cost $1,299.

Microsoft is all set to ship its new Surface Pro 3 tablet by the end of this week; and the company's product designers and engineers are reportedly working at some fixes which will help bring about an overall improvement in the experience of using the tablet.

After having announced its `Glass at Work' program in early April, Google said in a Monday announcement that it has picked its first official partners for Google Glass applications targeting business and enterprise customers.

Facebook Messenger app for iOS and Android devices has recently been updated to version 6.0. The updated Messenger app brings on the 'instant video messaging' advantage through aSnapchat-like video recording feature which enables the users to send 15-second video clips instantly.

The updated version of Facebook Messenger is available for free at the Apple App Store and the Google Play store.