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Run a search for your Android phone via Google it'll pinpoint the phone's location on a map. The feature even works with a lost tablet. Google has cooked up a new way to find a lost Android phone. Photo by Google We've all lost our mobile phone at one point or another -- sometimes in our homes, sometimes in the car and sometimes out in the wild unknown. Now instead of searching everywhere to track it down, you can rely on Google for help. This little-known Google feature lets you find your Android phone or tablet using Google's search engine on your PC, as long as you meet the right criteria. Your Android phone shouldhave the Google App installed, Now cards enabled, Web & App activity enabled, Google Now notifications turned on and, finally, location reporting should be set to "High accuracy" mode. Here's how it works: First, use your computer browser to log in to the Google account you have set up on your phone. Now type the phrase &quo

The company formally known as Yahoo is becoming Altaba. But the Yahoo branding you're familiar with will stick around and become part of Verizon. Let's unknot this pretzel. SEE ALSO:  Marissa Mayer is stepping down from Yahoo's board of directors — if the Verizon deal goes through News broke  late Monday that once Yahoo is officially acquired by Verizon, the company will change its name to Altaba. That works because the company that remains will be a husk, stripped of its primary assets.  Think of it this way: Years ago, someone planted a seed and called it "Yahoo Inc." It grew into a big ol' tree with some fruit hanging off of it. Verizon comes along with a basket and says, "Hey, I want to buy that fruit." It can take all that fruit, including a really nice-looking tidbit that is the Yahoo  brand , but the tree is still called  Yahoo Inc . So, the farmer goes to the, uh, Securities and Exchange Commission (just roll with us) and says

HIGHLIGHTS 7.9 billion images were sent globally 3.1 billion images were sent in India India saw 14 billion messages sent on the day WhatsApp has revealed that New Year's Eve saw 63 billion messages being sent globally. As we  reported last week, a very significant part of that massive number was generated by India - which saw 14 billion messages being sent on the day. Both numbers set new single-day records for the messaging app. Of the 63 billion messages sent, there were 7.9 billion images, and 2.4 billion videos, the Facebook-owned messaging firm revealed, in a  statement  to Venture Beat. As we mentioned, New Year's Eve saw 14 billion WhatsApp messages sent in India. Of those, 32 percent were media messages - photos, GIF images, videos, and voice messages. A total of 3.1 billion images, 700 million GIF images, and 610 million videos were sent on WhatsApp in India on the day. Notably,  WhatsApp  only recently rolled out the ability to share a

Ahead of its long anticipated resumption, Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as MMM, Nigeria, says it has introduced Bitcoin, said to be the world’s best performing currency in 2016, as part of its mode of payment in its comeback plans. The ponzi scheme had announced a  ‘freeze’ on accounts of users in December 2016 ,  and  promised to return January 14, 2017.  It had also asked  participants to perform Promo Tasks : A New Tool for MMM Community Development as it was throwing up a number of plans to get its community active again. It made this known in a statement on its website. Prior to the freeze of MMM, participants were allowed to provide help in bitcoin, but they were paid back in naira. It was said to be the best performing currency in 2016, appreciating by more than 100 percent, from about $400 per bitcoin to over $1,000 per bitcoin. The currency has now fallen to $887 as at last Friday, with China tightening rules to curb capital outflows. However, MMM n

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most recognizable CEOS in the world, and what he has achieved at 32 years old is pretty staggering. Even though more than a billion users flock to Facebook every month and he has donated billions of dollars to medical research through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, it’s important to remember that he’s still a human being with weird quirks, just like everyone else. Read on for some unexpected facts about the Facebook founder. Related:  How Mark Zuckerberg Wins at the Long Game -- And How You Can, Too 1. He nearly worked for Microsoft. When he was a senior in high school he  co-created an app  called Synapse Media Player, an MP3 player that kept track of the user’s favorite songs and made playlists based on their choices, essentially an early Spotify or Pandora. Microsoft sought to acquire the company and its founders, but instead of working for the Seattle tech giant, Zuckerberg and co-creator Adam D’Angelo  -- who went on to foun