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Google Now cards now available to Chrome users on desktops and laptops
Google Now's card interface that pops up important information as and when users need them on their Android phones, will now also be available for desktop and laptop users via the Google Chrome browser. The news comes via the Google Chrome Google+ account.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 to launch in India on March 27
The Samsung flagship, Galaxy S5, is set to hit stores starting April 11 in 150 countries including India. According to reports, the South Korean tech giant is gearing up to formally unveil the device in India on March 27 only. Though, the shipment will start from April 11.
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Creators of F.E.A.R. release new game, Betrayer, on Steam
A new action adventure through an abandoned New World colony.
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Tata Group plans ad blitz to showcase global avatar
Over the last decade, the group went shopping around the world, acquiring many companies such as luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), steel maker Corus and North American soda ash maker General Chemical Industrial Products.
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Now available: LG L70 Dual for Rs 14,500, L90 Dual for Rs 17,499
LG had shown its new L Series III smartphones at the LG Tech Show 2014 in India earlier this month. From the new L Series III, the new L70 Dual and L90 Dual have now been listed online for Rs 14,500 and Rs 17,499 respectively.
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Must See Tricks 4 Computer(Click on Image)
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Google Now cards now available to Chrome users on desktops and laptops
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Google Now's card interface that pops up important information as and when users need them on their Android phones, will now also be available for desktop and laptop users via the Google Chrome browser. The news comes via the Google Chrome Google+ account.
"Starting today and rolling out over the next few weeks, Google Now notifications will be available to Chrome users on their desktop or laptop computers. To enable this feature, simply sign in to Chrome with the same Google Account you're using for Google Now on Android or iOS."
Like seen on smartphones, Google Now cards on Chrome browser will provide information on weather, sports, traffic, event reminders and more.
Google notes that Now on Chrome shows a subset of the cards you see on your mobile device, which uses your device's location. If you don't want to see Google Now in Chrome, you can turn it off at any time. Windows users can click the bell icon in the lower right corner of your computer screen to open the Notifications Center. Mac users will see it in the upper right corner. Once inside the Notifications Center, click the gear icon and uncheck the box next to "Google Now".
More details can be found from the 'Google Now Cards in Chrome' support page.
Recently Google Search app for Android devices got a couple of voice command feature updates. The app updates enable users to capture image or video and to play music by saying 'Ok Google' followed by the command.
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Featured Technology Talk
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Ray-Ban maker to work with Google on Google Glass eyewear
Ray-Ban sunglasses maker Luxottica said on Monday it had sealed a strategic partnership with Google over its Glass eyewear that could pave the way for a new market in smart glasses.
In a statement, Italy's Luxottica said it would design, develop and distribute a new kind of eyewear for Google Glass.
Google Glass is a small stamp-sized screen attached to a pair of eyeglass frames. It can record video, access email, and retrieve information from the web by connecting wirelessly to a user's mobile phone.
Luxottica said the two groups would work together to create innovative wearable devices for the Glass brand.
No financial terms were disclosed.
Luxottica said its two major brands, Ray-Ban and Oakley, would be part of the deal with Google, but gave no further details.
"We believe that a strategic partnership with a leading player like Google is the ideal platform for developing a new way forward in our industry and answering the evolving needs of consumers on a global scale," Luxottica chief executive officer Andrea Guerra said.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 to launch in India on March 27
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The Samsung flagship, Galaxy S5, is set to hit stores starting April 11 in 150 countries including India. According to reports, the South Korean tech giant is gearing up to formally unveil the device in India on March 27 only. Though, the shipment will start from April 11.
Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung has already sent out invites for the event on March 27. Several reports quoted Sammy Hub that says Galaxy S5 will be unveiled in India on March 27, ahead of its shipment date.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 was launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 in Barcelona last month. However, pricing details were not disclosed then. T-Mobile in the US has started taking preorder for the device with 24 months of $27.50. It comes out total of $660.
Samsung Galaxy S5
In India, the Galaxy S5 is speculated to be priced lower than its predecessor Galaxy S4. Samsung might disclose the price on March 27 only. The Galaxy S4 was launched for Rs.41,500 and S5 may carry a sub-Rs.40,000 price tag.
The successor to Samsung's best seller, the Galaxy S4, as expected, has come with a host of new features and better specifications. Heart-rate monitor and fingerprint sensor are its main highlights.
Samsung Galaxy S5
Its 5.10-inch Super AMOLED (1080 X 1920p) display is slightly bigger than the Galaxy S4. It sports a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 2.1-megapixel front camera with ability to capture 4K video. What makes the camera different is its auto-focus speed which, Samsung claims, is 0.3 seconds, the fastest ever. The Galaxy S5 is powered by 2.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 2800mAh battery. The device runs on the latest Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat.
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Creators of F.E.A.R. release new game, Betrayer, on Steam
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A new action adventure through an abandoned New World colony.
Exploring a New World colony in 1604, you must put together what happened to inhabitants whilst encountering supernatural threats.
When speaking of Betrayer, the game’s designer and writer, Craig Hubbard said, “Betrayer is the kind of game we’ve been wanting to make ever since we shipped FEAR.”
Hubbard continued by saying, “You can explore large, open environments in search of clues and loot.
You can tackle challenges aggressively or stealthily. You can outfit yourself with the equipment that best suits your play style. It’s a very player-driven experience.”
Whilst the game has been available on Steam Early Access since August 2013, the time has been used to further tweak the experience – UI improvements, new game mechanics were added, and even contrast and colour sliders that allow players to customise how the game looks.
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TECHNOLOGY
"Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth."
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This bicycle glows under car headlights
The joy of cycling, which is a new fad among neo-rich and health-conscious people alike, can not glow better than this!
As the cyclists struggle hard to make the SUV or bike drivers notice them by strapping reflective strips on their gear, here comes a bike that gets illuminated in toto when on the road at night.
Called the 'Lumen', the latest bike from San Francisco-based Mission Bicycle Company has its frame, fork and rims sprayed with a retro-reflective coating.
Hundreds of thousands of tiny transparent spheres are embedded in a top-layer of powder coat.
When illuminated by a car’s headlights, each microscopic sphere reflects light back at the source.
The closer the car gets, the greater the intensity of the reflection.
The 'Lumen' comes in different configurations - both single-speed and internally geared, said a report in wired.com.
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Famous Scientist
Per Martin-Löf
Per Erik Rutger Martin-Löf (born 1942) is a Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician. He is internationally renowned for his work on the foundations of probability, statistics, mathematical logic, and computer science. Since the late 1970s, Martin-Löf's publications have been mainly in logic.
In philosophical logic, Martin-Löf has wrestled with the philosophy of logical consequence and judgment, partly inspired by the work of Brentano, Frege, and Husserl. In mathematical logic, Martin-Löf has been active in developing intuitionistic type theory as a constructive foundation of mathematics; Martin-Löf's work on type theory has influenced computer science.
Per Martin-Löf holds a joint chair for Mathematics and Philosophy at Stockholm University.
His brother Anders Martin-Löf is now emeritus professor of mathematical statistics at Stockholm University; the two brothers have collaborated in research in probability and statistics. The research of Anders and Per Martin-Löf has influenced statistical theory, especially regarding exponential families, the expectation-maximization method for missing data, and model selection.
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Tata Group plans ad blitz to showcase global avatar
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Over the last decade, the group went shopping around the world, acquiring many companies such as luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), steel maker Corus and North American soda ash maker General Chemical Industrial Products.
The new campaign will essentially focus on communicating the group’s increasing strength in the international market and highlighting its brands through advertising and brand association with sporting and other key events.
A Tata group spokesperson refused to disclose specific details of the campaign.
“With regards to the global brand campaign, there isn’t much to share at this point. Allow us to revisit this with you at a later stage,” the spokesperson said.
In an interview to the Tata group’s internal magazine earlier, Mukund Rajan, Tata Group’s brand custodian and chief ethics officer, had said: “With new entities absorbed into the group, we need to be able to communicate across continents about who we are and why we do things in a certain way.”
Tata Group had revenue of `5.27 lakh crore in 2012-13, of which 60% came from its international businesses.
Some of the acquired businesses have been renamed: Corus is now Tata Steel Europe, General Chemical is Tata Chemicals North America. But many others such as Good Earth Tea and Eight O’Clock Coffee, , and most famously, Jaguar and Land Rover, have remained free of the Tata tag.
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Now available: LG L70 Dual for Rs 14,500, L90 Dual for Rs 17,499
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LG had shown its new L Series III smartphones at the LG Tech Show 2014 in India earlier this month. From the new L Series III, the new L70 Dual and L90 Dual have now been listed online for Rs 14,500 and Rs 17,499 respectively.
LG L70 Dual and LG L90 Dual are listed on the Snapdeals website and the delivery day is estimated to fall in first to second week of April. Both these smartphones offer dual-SIM configuration and come pre-loaded with Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. Let us take a quick look at the LG L70 Dual and L90 Dual smartphones.
LG L70 Dual
As the name suggests, the L70 Dual can accommodate two SIM modules. It has a 4.5-inch LCD display with 480x800 pixel resolution and is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 mobile chipset coupled with Adreno 302 GPU graphics. LG has packed 1 GB RAM and 4 GB on-board storage along with memory slot in the L70 Dual.
Indian version of the L70 will sport a 5 megapixel camera at the back for imaging and in the front will be VGA camera for video calls. The L70 Dual packs a 2100 mAh removable battery.
Check out the L70 in pictures here. The LG L70 Dual will compete closely with the Motorola Moto G which happens to be quite popular despite of being exclusive to Flipkart website.
LG L90 Dual
LG L90 offers a 4.7-inch IPS LCD display with 960x540 (qHD) pixel resolution and is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processor. The L90 offers 1 GB RAM and 8 GB on-board storage along with memory card slot expand the storage.
The 9.7 mm thick L90 supports 3G network (HSPA+">HSPA+ that offers up to 21 Mbps) for faster mobile internet. The handset has an 8 megapixel camera at the back and a 1.3 megapixel camera in the front for video calls. LG has packed a 2540 mAh removable battery in this phone.
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Tips to make your browser secure
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MUNICH: Web browsers are the key to the internet. Without them the internet is an impenetrable black box.
Browsers may be among the most commonly used applications, but they also offer the greatest number of attack options for dangerous content on the net.To keep viruses, worms and other malware away from your computer when surfing,it's crucial to configure your browser for security.
The firewall on a DSL router is a good first step for protecting the computer during surfing, says Marco Rinne from the computer portal chip.de. But that doesn't hold true if your browser is out of date: “Internet Explorer 6 and 7 or Firefox 2 no longer satisfy current security standards,” he says. For optimal protection, he therefore urgesusers to keep theirbrowsers updated.
There are numeroussecurity tools already present in Firefox and Internet Explorer. The pop-up blocker,for example, prevents more than justannoying ads. It alsothrottles other windows that can be used to sneak malicious software onto PCs. Phishing filters protect personal dataagainst theft.
Firefox offers additional configurationoptions underthe Settings item in the Security tab of the Options dialog box: thisincludes the ability to block risky or forgedwebsites.It's also a good idea to prohibit websites from installing add-ons on their own. Similar settings are possible under Internet Explorer in the Security tab of the Internet Options dialog box, accessible from the Tools menu.
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the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
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Cartoon of Technology
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Wearable transmitter turns your palm into a touch interface
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The world could be at your fingertips, thanks to a new wearable, gesture-based gadget.
Fin enables users to control up to three devices such as smartphones, car radios and smart TVs using swipes and taps. The ring-shaped technology is worn on the thumb, and communicates with different devices using Bluetooth.
Fin currently has five programmed gestures; in its final iteration, users will be able to create custom ones on an app that will come with the device.
"People in today's world are becoming more busy, but still they are wasting a lot of time interacting with their smart devices," said Rohildev Nattukallingal, founder of RHL Vision Technologies, the start-up behind Fin. "Fin removes this interaction gap by allowing users to quickly interact with those devices."
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“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
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