Samsung Galaxy S4 launch

Samsung Galaxy S4 launch Samsung Galaxy S4 launch Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi were recently in the capital to launch the new Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung held events in Delhi and Bangalore, where celebrity couples handed over the devices to enthusiastic customers waiting in long queues to get their hands on the phone. The device has the world's first Full HD Super AMOLED display to showcase images at their best. Its...

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Forget your Keys- Use Your Smartphone!

Forget your Keys- Use Your Smartphone!  Sure, its happened to me more than once. I lost my house keys, left them in the wrong car, or forgot to give them to my mother who was stopping over to feed the dog. It’s a simple thing, and I should have just taken the time to have extra keys made, or hidden one under the doormat, but in this day and age I’m not sure anyone does that anymore. Well, First Watch Security is bringing...

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GOOGLE NOW MAY BE COMING TO GOOGLE’S HOMEPAGE

GOOGLE NOW MAY BE COMING TO GOOGLE’S HOMEPAGE Google’s award-winning intelligent personal assistant Google Now may be heading to the company’s homepage. The unofficial Google Operating System blog recently discovered the new feature mentioned in a series of code. Google Now is currently only available on Android smartphones and tablets running version 4.1 or later, and is rumored to be heading to iOS and Chrome in the near future....

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Squba, world's first swimming car!!!

Squba, world's first swimming car!!!  Touted as the "world's first real submersible car", the sQuba was apparently inspired by the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. According to a company representative at the Motorshow, the convertible sports car works just like any regular automobile on land. But once it hits the water, three engines powered by onboard Lithium-ion batteries convert the car into a submersible...

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SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy

SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy Alternative energy is known to be a lot of things – cutting edge, earth-friendly and forward thinking – but sadly looking pretty isn’t one of them. Well SolTech is changing all that with their gorgeous glass solar-thermal roof tiles. As...

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The REAL caller ID- App that can turn your iPhone into an identity scanner unveiled

The REAL caller ID- App that can turn your iPhone into an identity scanner unveiled An iPhone case containing a host of biometric sensors capable of turning an iPhone into a hi-tech ID scanner has been revealed. Stratus, made by US firm AOptix, can scan a person's iris, fingerprint, voice, and face. The app, is expected to be used by law enforcement agencies and passport control staff around the world. It is hoped the...

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Microsoft Updates Its Bing Apps For Windows 8, Adds Offline Mode, RSS Feeds To News App

Microsoft Updates Its Bing Apps For Windows 8, Adds Offline Mode, RSS Feeds To News App Microsoft today launched updates for five out of its six Bing Apps for Windows 8. With this update, the News, Finance, Sports, Travel and Maps apps – all of which are installed by default on Windows 8 systems – now all sport a number of new features and improvements that, as Microsoft puts it, “make it easier to customize and personalize...

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Quick Look-The Black Mist Samsung Galaxy S4

Quick Look-The Black Mist Samsung Galaxy S4 I'm on the gorgeous Italian island of Sardinia this week, for the annual pre-IFA Global Press Conference. A chance for the industry and the press to get together and look ahead to the main show in Berlin in September, in a truly stunning setting. Several consumer electronics manufacturers have partnered with the conference, including Samsung -- well, Samsung Electronics, at...

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Hybrid energy harvester generates electricity from vibrations and sunlight

Hybrid energy harvester generates electricity from vibrations and sunlight Hybrid energy harvester generates electricity from vibrations and sunlight Devices that harvest energy from the environment require specific environmental conditions; for instance, solar cells and piezoelectric generators require sunlight and mechanical vibration, respectively. Since these conditions don't exist all the time, most energy harvesters...

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Solar powered water splitter to produce hydrogen!

Solar powered water splitter to produce hydrogen! Solar powered water splitter to produce hydrogen! The process of splitting water into pure oxygen and clean-burning hydrogen fuel has long been the Holy Grail for clean-energy advocates as a method of large-scale energy storage, but the idea faces technical challenges. Stanford researchers may have solved one of the most important ones. Solar energy is fine when the sun...

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13-inch ASUS Taichi 31 with dual 1080p

13-inch ASUS Taichi 31 with dual 1080p The 11.6-inch Taichi 21, you'll know that its unusual dual-screen design had a pretty bad impact on battery life. ASUS is taking another crack at the whip, however, this time with the 13.3-inch Taichi that is finally shipping after a major hold-up in the US and promises a big boost to stamina -- a max of seven hours of use rather than five. If this claim stands up to scrutiny, the Ultrabook's...

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Facebook Home And The Promise Of Android

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GOOGLE USING ‘WHITE SPACES’ SPECTRUM TO DELIVER WI-FI TO SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS

GOOGLE USING ‘WHITE SPACES’ SPECTRUM TO DELIVER WI-FI TO SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS We’ve already seen the potential to deploy so-called “Super Wi-Fi” networks over white spaces spectrum in the United States and now Google (GOOG) is working to use the same technology to deliver Internet connectivity to ten schools in South Africa. The Verge reports that “launching the test network is Google’s most direct effort yet to demonstrate the...

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Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use

Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use Solar panels make energy, but they take energy to make, too. And, until about 2010 or so, the solar panel industry used more electricity than it produced, according to a new analysis. Now, the industry is set to "pay back" the energy it used by 2020. The study looked at what went into building and installing solar panels...

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Phorce The Worlds First Smart Bag

Phorce The Worlds First Smart Bag Phorce The Worlds First Smart Bag Phorce is the future of bags and it’s an end to all charging docks. This lightweight bag features a smart solution for charging all of smartphones. Turns into a messenger, a backpack or a briefcase without any aggravation, Phorce connects and communicates with smartphone via Bluetooth at all times. It has separate sections for tablets, mobile phones, books and other...

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Science Confirms The Obvious- Unhealthy Eating Makes Your Bad Mood Worse

Science Confirms The Obvious- Unhealthy Eating Makes Your Bad Mood Worse Science Confirms The Obvious- Unhealthy Eating Makes Your Bad Mood Worse As much as we all wish the answer to any problem could be "eat more junk food," powering through an entire pint of Ben & Jerry's when you're in a bad mood won't help you feel better, according to research from Penn State University. It'll probably make you feel worse,...

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New scanner takes 3D photos of your teeth

New scanner takes 3D photos of your teeth New scanner takes 3D photos of your teeth Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering in Jena, Germany, have developed a 3D imaging system that is poised to revolutionise the field of dental prosthesis. Making dentures today is a multi-step process. Dentists take impressions of the bite, make wax or stone-material models from them,...

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This Solar Powered Home Attempts to Trick the Eye

This Solar Powered Home Attempts to Trick the Eye This Solar Powered Home Attempts to Trick the Eye This highly stylized, modern abode is the perfect inspiration for those seeking out solar-powered homes. The latest creation from ROW studios called the 'Ortega House' is located in Cancun in South Eastern Mexico. The home takes advantage of its sunny location by utilizing the sun's energy for cleverly concealed...

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