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Google Glass Coming up in 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:15:00 PDT

Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head mounted display. It displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format,which can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands Google Glass infact allows users to receive and execute onscreen directions, send voice-controlled messages, and search the web through speech. The UI also includes voice-controlled photos, and suggests that the device will offer onscreen translation support. Glass Specs: Full Day...

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Feature packed Galaxy S4 Launched

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:27:00 PDT

Samsung's newest, feature-packed Galaxy S4 may put pressure on Apple Inc to accelerate its pace of smartphone design and venture into cheaper devices. Galaxy S IV Specs Display: Full HD Super AMOLED screen, 1920 X 1080 display (441ppi). The screen will be 5 inches. The screen though wider than S III the body of the SIV is slightly smaller. Processor: 1.6Ghz quad-core processor (some locations will have 1.9Ghz octa-core processor) Networks: 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth. An LTE version...

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Top Ten Products showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:44:00 PST

Here's a look at my view of top ten products showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2013. 1. The 4G LTE capable Optimus F5 and F7 smartphones will feature Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and will have latest LG features like QSlide, QuickMemo and Live Zooming amongst many others. 2. The HP Slate 7 will have a 7-inch screen, making it similar in size to the Amazon Kindle Fire. It will cost $169. 3. Firefox OS-powered smartphone ZTE Open features a 3.5-inch screen with HVGA display, 1GHZ...

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Virtual tour of the Mobile World Congress 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:26:00 PST

Mobile World Congress 2013 is a combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event was once again hosted in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, at the new venue, Fira Gran Via. More than 72,000 attendees from 200 countries. More than 1,700 companies showcased their organisations through...

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Google's own new laptop 'Chromebook Pixel' released

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:23:00 PST

Google Enters High-End Laptop Market With Chromebook Pixel, a laptop that brings together the best in hardware, software, and design. The Pixel’s screen, which is obviously the highlight of the device, features a pixel density of 239 pixels per inch. That’s a bit higher than the 220 pixels/inch on the Macbook Pro with a Retina display, so Google proudly notes that its laptop “has the highest pixel density of any laptop...

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Google Drive takes you beyond storage, collaborate

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:09:00 PST

The Google Drive tag line states "Keep everything. Share anything".. Rightly so, with Google Drive you really can. Its a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your work. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond. When we said GDrive the next big thing from Google, we really meant so. Google Drive is now available for: PC and Mac, Chrome OS, iPhone and iPad, and all Android devices. Google Drive also...

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Param Yuva II, India's fastest supercomputer unveiled

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:54:00 PST

Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Param Yuva II was inaugurated by Mr.Satyanarayana, secretary, department of electronics and information technology at Pune. The supercomputer has been upgraded to 524 teraflops, about 10 times faster than the present facility. With an investment of Rs 16 crore, it was developed in a record three months.Its the fastest supercomputer in India which is also the 62nd fastest in the world. About 300 people...

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Google announces Mapathon 2013 contest

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:59:00 PST

Google Maps is constantly looking to make their maps comprehensive and as detailed as possible. What best way could one have other than having the consumers and users involved to build better maps. Google is also offering prizes for the top 1000 contestants Google recently announced to have a Mapathon in feb 2013. One can simply register for Google’s Mapathon 2013 contest via a gmail/google account. Mapathon 2013 — which starts on 12th February and culminates on 25th March 2013 is an...

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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE - Explained

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:02:00 PST

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. Creative Commons has been described as being at the forefront of the copyleft movement, which seeks to support the building of a richer public domain by providing an alternative to the automatic "all rights reserved" copyright. Want to let people share and use your photographs, but not allow companies to sell them? Looking for access to course materials from the world’s top...

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Mega isn't the safe haven for pirates anymore

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:16:00 PST

Mr. Kim Dotcom, the man behind Megaupload.com is back in news again. The founder was in trouble early last year when he was charged in New Zealand for copyright infringement on Megaupload.com. Kim recently launched the a new service called Mega. Mega offers a cloud storage service upto 50GB of free storage space. Kim seems to have learned quite a few lessons from the infamous megaupload.com issue. At Mega now the bandwidth is limited and file size of greater than 100MB for download is...

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer 1st ever Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:59:00 PST

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer talks mobile strategy and more. In her first TV interview since taking over as Yahoo CEO, Mayer shares her thoughts about the company and the future of technology. Mayer spoke with Bloomberg TV earlier today at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Over the course of 30 minutes. Mayer grabbed the reigns as Yahoo CEO last July and has since had a busy several months. In addition to learning the ropes at Yahoo and striving to revive the...

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V sauce 2 Series -Mind Blow # 57

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:18:00 PST

Check out this amazing videos talking about.... 1. Fish That Climbs Waterfalls 2. Lightspeed Travel Would Look Like This 3. Model Clothes For Shoppers 4. Glowing Ice Cubes Monitor Alcohol Consumption 5. Stomach Tube - AspireAssist Aspiration Therapy System 6. T-Rex Of The Sea 7. Cardboard Cockroach Is World's Second Fastest Legged Robot 8. Diego San Humanoid Robot Toddler 9. Power Loader Exoskeleton 10. Flowers Time Lapse HD by Katka Pruskova 11. Disco Clam by liquidguru 12....

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Countries spend on education vs health vs military

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:11:00 PDT

Every nation has its own spending needs that vary with its priorities. While one would like to think that their country would spend more on education than the likes of Warfare, and while some countries do, others place warfare spending above that of spending on health and education. Here's is a quick view on how countries spend their budget money between military, health and education. First view is an interactive view... ...Click here for a full screen view of the above view... The...

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Crowdsourcing to beat your traffic problems

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:09:00 PDT

A live traffic information for roads and motorways is so much necessary in today's times, the challenge here though is how much reliable could the source be ? Well, there could be a solution in hand to resolve this issue. It's a free mobile app called Waze, this app differs from traditional GPS navigation apps as it is a community driven and learns from users', so information is crowd sourced. At driving times the app provide routings and real-time...

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iPhones vs Galaxy S3 comparisons - with info graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:51:00 PDT

Here's a quick info graphic comparison between iPhone 4s, iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy. Also visit Click here for official promos and specs of Galaxy S3

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Samsung Galaxy S III official promos and detailed specs

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:34:00 PDT

Samsung Galaxy S III all official promo videos combined in to one. A complete Specification chart of the Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III GENERAL2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G NetworkHSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G NetworkLTE (regional) Announced2012, May StatusAvailable. Released 2012, May BODYDimensions136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm Weight133 g - Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAYTypeSuper AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi...

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Micromax launches the best value for money tablet in India

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:06:00 PDT

Micromax has recently officially announced the Funbook Pro, it is a sequel to the company's 7-inch Funbook launched in April this year. Currently Funbook Pro is offering a Tata Photon dongle with this for a small fee of Rs 500 for which you will also get 2 GB of free data in first two months (1 GB each month). With a thin and light design, the Funbook Pro comes pre-loaded with a host of educational content. Key Specs of the Funbook Pro... Screen Size: 10.1-inch OS:...

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India to implement stringent standards for mobile radiations

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:36:00 PDT

The Indian Government recently announced some new stringent norms for mobile towers. The implementation comes into effect immediately. These are as per the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee comprising of the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Department of Biotechnology, and Indian Council of Medical Research set up in August 2010 for studying radiation from cellular towers and mobile handsets. The new regulations makes...

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Microsoft launches the all new Outlook.com

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:44:00 PDT

Hotmail is all set to be an history. Microsoft recently announced the launch of outlook.com, a move that is seen to be aimed at taking on increasing competition from Gmail, Facebook and Yahoo. The first thing you will notice right away is the new interface. As more than a billion people use Office products hence the layout is familiar and comfortable. The service – which has already attracted more than a million sign-ups – has a maximum password length of 16 characters, the same as...

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Google launches its own Tablet - Nexus 7

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:24:00 PDT

At the recent Google I/O developer conference, Goolge released an fantastic tablet called as Nexus 7. It's a 7-inch device, with a 1280 x 800 LCD that clocks in at 400 nits of brightness. That's powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L quad-core processor running at 1.2GHz. Finally, there's 1GB of RAM and either 8 or 16GB of storage. The Nexus 7 is the first device shipping with Android 4.1. And it's the price that makes this intriguing: $199 for the 8GB model, 16GB for...

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More budget tablets launched in Indian Markets

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:20:00 PST

Three new budget Android tablets would be availble in Indian markets from 1st March 2012. BSNL recently has announced the cheapest model costing a mere Rs 3,250(~ $68) making a quiet entry into the increasingly competitive market for the hand-held computers. BSNL's Aakash rival is know as T-Pad runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and aim to cater to both the low-end and mid-range segments of the markets. Model 1: BSNL Penta T PAD IS 701R, priced at Rs. 3,250. bears a 7-inch resistive...

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Recharge Your Mobile Online For Free

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:04:00 PST

Good news for all pre-paid mobile users in India. We came across a website which provides a free secure, easy and reliable medium to recharge prepaid mobile phone in India and in-turn also get special offers and deals The website is PayTM.com a product by One97 Communications. Pay Through Mobile is a PCI DSS certified commerce platform that enables users to make secure payments on Web, WAP, IVR and SMS through credit card, debit card, bank account, mobile wallet or prepaid cash...

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Aakash Tablet (cheapest tablet) now available Online

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:11:00 PST

The manufacturer Datawind has now started the online booking and pre booking of the much anticipated low cost Android tablet. The Students' version of the tablet is called Aakash and the commercial version is called the UbiSlate 7, for which pre booking has started. Students' version will be available for Rs 2,500 ($50) and will be delivered in seven days. The commercial version, UbiSlate 7 is priced at Rs 2,999 ($60). The payment mode for both the tablets is cash on...

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Google Launches its own Music Service

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:26:00 PST

Google recently unveiled its much anticipated digital music store in the US. Google Music which has more than 13 million songs already on the cloud network will allow consumers access music from various Internet connected devices and easily share tracks with friends. Google's Music Beta also lets people access their personal music collections from any Web connected PC or mobile device powered by Google's Android software. To use the service, people must upload their digital music...

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Have some fun with Google Search

noreply@blogger.com (Rishil Babu) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:38:00 PDT

Google has come up with a spin-tastic search results page for the query "do a barrel roll". Try to do that search on Google and see what happnes.. Google litterlaay makes the search results page do a barrel roll on your browser. Another one is if you try to search "tilt" on Google, the search results are displayed will all results at a slight tilt to the right.. My all time favourite is "google gravity". All you have to do is search for "google gravity" and click on the first link on...

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