MEA Launches Interactive App for Android and iOS Devices
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai launched
the MEAIndia app at a recent event and stated that the app provides a
one-stop-shop to all you need to know. It acts as a single window source
of all information related to Ministry's citizen centric services and
outreach activities.
The app offers a wide range of passport
related services like locating the nearest passport office, tracking the
passport application and downloading forms. Users can known more about
Haj services flight and accommodation details and get information about
visa and document attestation related issues.
Ministry of External Affairs had also launched the 'mPassport Seva'
Android app earlier this year. The app provides complete information
about all your passport queries, documentation and application status.
The mPassport Seva app will be adding the facility to apply for
passports via their Android phones soon. The app has a portal where users can
also pose a query directly to the external affairs minister. It gives
information about Indian missions abroad option and a Parliament related
section that lists all the questions raised in Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha. The page also has a some interesting facts about where the Prime
Minister and External Affairs Minister have toured during their tenure.
Facebook to Bring 15-second Video Ads to Your News Feed: Report
Bloomberg News reports the social networking giant is set to launch 15-second video ads that will play directly in your Newsfeed. The video ads are likely to be available by end of this year. Bloomberg News points out the new video ads will have the same length as Facebook's Instagram videos, which recently added to the company's photo-sharing service last month. We can expect the format of the video ads to be similar with Instagram videos.
The report further says the company will
charge between $1 million to about $2.5 million per day for each ad,
which will depend on the number of people/users are being targeted.
Bloomberg's latest report is in line with recent rumours that the social networking giant will short video clips will play automatically, but will have no audio.
According to rumours, Facebook has
already entered into partnership with brands such as Coca Cola, Ford,
and American Express for auto-play video ads. Facebook is also said to be eyeing users
who actively check for the updates, especially during the prime-time
hours coveted by TV ads.
“Every night, 88 million to 100 million
people are actively using Facebook during prime-time TV hours in the
United States alone,” Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said last
week on a conference call about second-quarter results.
Microsoft Updates SkyDrive.com, Adds Photo Editing and Offline Support
Microsoft has updated SkyDrive.com with new features, giving additional controls over what you’ve shared, new editing features and much more.The Redmond giant has also added new
editing features that let users edit files shared with them without
having to sign in. You can click on the “Recipients can edit” feature
and anyone with whom you have shared the file with can edit it.
Users with devices like the Nokia Lumia
1020 which have a high DPI display will be able to view high DPI images
and thumbnails in SkyDrive. The new update also lets users view animated
GIFs on SkyDrive.com. Microsoft has also added an 'All photos filter'
to specific albums. SkyDrive has also added a photo rotation feature
that allows you to rotate and correct images with just a click of a
button.
SkyDrive has added new offline
connectivity features as well. Now, users will be able to mark they want
to access offline and they will be able to make edits that will be
updated on SkyDrive automatically once you are connected without any
manual configuration. It will also synchronize files with other devices
that you work in so you always have access to the latest files.
India's Average Internet Speed Expected to Improve by 50 Percent
According to a estimate by cloud technology house Akamai Technologies, the come internet quicken is due to overleap by 40-50 per coin to 1.8 Mbps in the succeeding 12 months. The tramp comes on the wager of raised investments in high-speed textile cloth and cheap data plans.
India saw an statistic internet deepen of 1.0 Mbps in the prototypal session of 2012 which has raised to 1.3 Mbps in the firstborn accommodate of 2013. That is an growth of virtually 0.3 Mbps, but Bharat relieve remains down 113 countries, according to Akamai Technologies Manager of Products for Accumulation Pacific and Nihon, Cleric Goveas.
Goveas adds that in the recent months line operators and pair providers are adding utmost pace fabric honest to homes and are substance overflowing zip aggregation plans especially in Tier 1 cities. According to CISCO's Visuals Networking Index (VNI) anticipate (2012-17), the number of Net users in India leave gain to 348 million by 2017, making it the fastest growth globally. The increase in net users testament be motivated by smartphones and the Indian mechanized information traffic leave raise at 4 times faster than Amerind
Smart Namo Unveiled an Android Phone Dedicated to Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi fans have come up with a new dual-SIM Android mobile phone dedicated to the Gujarat CM. The smartphone will be called the 'Smart Namo'.
Specifications of Smart Namo :
- An 5-inch Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display.
- A 1.5GHz quad-core processor.
- A 13MP camera.
- Smart Namo supports dual-SIM capabilities, and will run on an undisclosed version of the Android OS.
- It will be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU on the Mediatek MT6589T chipset.
- The phone will be available in four variants, with different amounts of RAM and built-in storage: a) 1 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM; b) 2 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM; c) 2 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM; d) 2 GB RAM + 64 GB ROM.
- The Smart Namo features a 5MP front camera. The Smart Namo is expected to be priced at Rs 16,000 though the launch date of the phone has not been revealed yet.
This new line of phones come from fans of Mr. Modi that have shown a
fondness for Modi merchandise. To put this in perspective, the Akruti
Art Gallery in Vadodara holds an annual auction of Modi memorabilia and
the proceeds go to charity. The gallery has raised more than 1 billion
rupees since 2001 through the auctions.
Sony and Panasonic Working on 300GB Discs that Can Hold 4K Movies
Sony and Panasonic have announced that they are working together to develop the next generation optical discs. These discs will be capable of holding 300GB of data, which is considerably higher than 50GB that a dual-layer Blu-Ray can hold at the moment, which can be read by standard players and hardware. Both companies believe that the discs will be ready for use by the end of 2015.
“Both companies have previously developed products based on the Blu-ray™ format, leveraging the strengths of optical discs. However, both Sony and Panasonic recognized that optical discs will need to accommodate much larger volumes of storage in years to come given the expected future growth in the archive market, and responded by formulating this agreement.” While both companies didn’t mention 4K, it is easy to visualize these discs being used as the evolution of the good old Blu-Ray discs, and will be capable of holding a 4K movie. Sony, on its part, has been pushing 4K hardware – UHD TVs, media players and even projectors.
New Delhi Railway Station to Get Free Wi-Fi Connectivity Soon
New Delhi railway station will be soon equipped with free W-Fi connectivity – a move that will bring one of India's busiest railway stations to the level of the major international airports in the country.
“A Mumbai-based company has been
given the job to make the New Delhi station a Wi-Fi enabled station,” a
senior Railway Ministry official is quoted as saying, adding “the
company was selected through tender.”
According to the official,
passengers on all platforms of the Delhi railway station can access the
Wi-Fi service from their mobile phones and laptops. The official reveals
about Rs. 80 lakh will be spent on installing the facility at the
station. “The system is expected to be operational in 3 to 4 months,”
the official said.
The move comes shortly after the Indian Railways introduced free Wi-Fi services on Howrah Rajdhani trains. “We are exploring to mount tablets
on walls at certain places in the station for the benefit of
passengers. The tablets will be equipped to disseminate information
about the train position, expected arrival time and other relevant data
required by the passenger,” the official said.
Bing Introduces Pop-up Warnings for Child Abuse Searches
Microsoft's Bing search engine
has introduced a new service that shows a pop-up message, warning users
who request for images of child abuse. Initially available in the UK,
the pop-up message will warn users that the content is illegal and
provides links to details of a counselling service. Bing's new service
comes shortly after the UK government launched a crackdown on pornography on the web.
Microsoft says the pop-up messages
are targeted to “stop those who may be drifting towards trying to find
illegal child abuse content on the web via search engines".
Microsoft says the pop-up messages
are targeted to “stop those who may be drifting towards trying to find
illegal child abuse content on the web via search engines". "This is in addition to
Microsoft's existing and longstanding policy of removing any verified
links to illegal content of this sort from Bing as quickly as possible,”
says a Microsoft spokesperson.
The UK government recently launched a crackdown on online porn, asking ISPs to block such content. In a speech , the UK PM David
Cameron said: "I want to talk about the internet. The impact it is
having on the innocence of our children. How online pornography is
corroding childhood. And how, in the darkest corners of the internet,
there are things going on that are a direct danger to our children, and
that must be stamped out. I'm not making this speech because I want to
moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician,
and as a father, that the time for action has come. This is, quite
simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence."
WiTraC, India's First Wireless Traffic Controller System Launched
The Area for Evolution of Late Computing (C-DAC) has matured 'WiTraC,' Bharat's oldest wireless route reciprocation mechanism application that runs on solar nation. The scheme module amend observe and correct traffic conditions.
'WiTraC' has been fashioned for tangency mounting and does not expect dig of roads. The installations run on solar panels that utilise 72 hours of quality voice and is rattling effectual. The value of process of the group is approx Rs.14.75 crore and has been bimanual over to reclusive players for creation by Telecom Pastor Kapil Sibal.
WiTraC system takes ownership of the sign lamps finished wireless signals. It is confident of operating independently as considerably as a object of synchronized series of controllers. The scheme also allows far monitoring and direction of communicate plans, GPS / Server supported rationed instant sync and has a pole mountable copy architecture. It also has a proviso for a camera to watercraft reciprocation conditions. The camera itself can be monitored from a centralized criterion way.
WiTraC has been matured low Apt Transportation Group Seek (InTranSe) and has been organized specially for Asiatic cities & reciprocation conditions. The send been funded by the Section of Electronics & IT (Divinity) and Ministry Of Communications & IT of Bharat. According to experts, the indigenous scheme has been formulated at one-third the toll of an imported system.
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India, Israel to Jointly Work on 5G Technology: Report
According to the information, the emerge was discussed during past Zion jaunt of Set diplomat Kapil Sibal. During the convergence with Land duplicate Gilad Erdan, the two sides agreed to render cooperation on exploring possibilities of evolution and revolve out of the 4G and 5G medium technologies.
"Land has application and creativeness, Bharat has the majuscule and activity. The two areas which egress out of word incidental to medium were: reducing roaming charges between India and Zion and exploring the possibilities of modular expression, explore and process, and manufacturing in the extent of 4G and 5G," a DoT adjudicator is quoted as saying.
Currently, the Asian telecom operators are providing 2G, 3G and 4G services. It's notable 5G hasn't been adoptive by any of the state yet, straight though any companies are said to be excavation the next-gen technology.
According to past reports, Huawei is working on the 5G, which is apt to be visible for use by 2020. Around 200 grouping are working on Huawei's ascribe. The accompany, nevertheless, refused to divulge many information most the 5G propose.
5G is believed to be supply ultra-high zip Cyberspace speeds, roughly 10 gigabit per back net modify, that's 100 present speedier than the manoeuvrable discipline victimized these life, notes the TOI estimate.
Nokia Launches YouTube Upload App for WP8-based Lumia Phones
Nokia has launched its own YouTube app for Lumia phones with Windows Phone 8. Known as YouTube Upload, the app lets users upload and share videos on YouTube. Users can upload videos directly from the device or via the Nokia Video Trimmer app.
According to The Verge, the app is worked only with the latest Lumia 1020,
while attempts to run on Lumia 800, Lumia 900, and a couple of other
Lumia phones failed. However, based on the app's description and support
for WVGA displays, the app is likely to be available for the rest of
Nokia's family of devices running the WP8. Later Microsoft released an update
to its native YouTube app for Windows Phone in a bid to address
Google's concerns over the previous version. Back in May, Microsoft revamped YouTube for Windows Phone 8 app adding a slew of features to make most of the WP8 interface.
You can download the YouTube Upload from Windows Phone app store.
Toshiba Launches New Range of Laptops in India, Starting Rs. 24,000
Toshiba has launched four new series of laptops in India with specific characteristics in each consumer segment. The laptops targets office goers, youth as well as rugged or users with active lifestyle. Each range comes in a variety of screen sizes, colors and for the first time Toshiba has introduced touchscreens in its Satellite C Series.
Satellite P Series
The Toshiba Satellite P Series laptops
have a silver finish and are just 24mm thin. The Satellite P50 have a
15.6 inch HD clear SuperView LED backlit display with 16:9 aspect ratio.
Users can choose between Intel Core i3-3227U 1.9GHz Processor with 3MB
Cache and Intel Core i5-3337U processor (1.8GHz with Turbo Boost
technology up to 2.7GHz (3MB Cache). The P50 series of laptops are
available for Rs 39,831 and Rs 47,117 respectively.
The Satellite P50 comes with 4GB DDR3
RAM expandable up to 16GB, with a 750GB SATA HDD and 3D Motion Sensor
protection. It offers a host of connectivity options like 2 x USB 3.0, 2
x USB2.0 and HDMI port. The laptops come with Harman Kardon speakers
embedded in a dedicated metal-mesh speaker grill above the frameless
tile keyboard along with built-in 8X DVD super multi drive.
Satellite S Series
The Satellite S Series have a brushed
metallic ice silver finish and has a thin 24mm body. The laptop has a
15.6 inch HD clear SuperView LED backlit display with 16:9 aspect ratio
and is powered by Intel Core i5-3337U processor (1.8 GHz with Turbo
Boost up to 2.7 GHz, 3MB Cache) and Integrated Intel HD Graphics.
The laptops have built-in 8X DVD optical
drives and come with Onkyo speakers that utilize DTS Sound audio
enhancement technology. The Satellite S50 is available for Rs 37,961.
Satellite L Series
The Satellite L series is targeted
towards the youth. The L Series has a 14-inch display HD clear SuperView
LED backlit display and comes in two variants- a brushed silky blue
variant with Intel Core i5-3337U processor (1.8GHz with Turbo Boost
technology up to 2.7GHz, 3MB Cache) and a luxury white pearl variant
powered by Intel Core i3-3227U Processor (1.9GHz, 3MB Cache). The
laptops are available for Rs. 38,706 and Rs. 47,909 respectively.
The laptops have 4GB of DDR3 RAM
expandable up to 16GB, a 750GB SATA HDD, built in 8X DVD optical drive,
DTS Sound and built-in Onkyo speakers. The L Series laptops have a slim
profile at 24 mm and weigh less than 2kgs.
Satellite C Series
The C Series includes an optional touch
screen with 10-finger support, anti-finger print coating and is
available in a choice of colors like premium glossy black, luxury white
pearl or shining silver.
It has a 15.6-inch screen size, with a
tile keyboard and a multi-touch touchpad. The Satellite C is a part of
the budget range of laptops by Toshiba starting from Rs 24,000 in India.
The new range of Toshiba laptops come with a 1-year onsite warranty and a 1-year carry-in international limited warranty.
Raspberry Pi, World's Cheapest Computer
Developers of the Raspberry Pi,
also dubbed as the $25 computer, are overwhelmed by the massive
popularity and demand of the device across the globe. The Pi, which is a
single circuit board with a size of a credit card with no screen and
keyboard, has sold almost 1.5 million units in last one and half years.
“We're closing in on 1.5 million [sales]
for something that we thought would sell a thousand,'' reveals Eben
Upton, executive director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. ''We've sold
many more to children than we expected to sell, but even more to adults.
They're using it like Lego to connect things up.''
The Raspberry Pi, launched last year,
is considered to be an educational tool for children to learn coding.
However, the device is now being used innovatively in various
industries. According to reports, the device is now being used to power
warehouse doors in Malawi, photographing astral bodies from the US and
robots in Japan.
The Raspberry Pi
features a Broadcom BCM2835 chipset, ARM11 processor of 700MHz, 256MB
RAM, RCA and HDMI output, 3.5 mm audio jack, USB2.0 support, and is
powered by 5V over microUSB. It can Linux and the plethora of software
available for it, and even play videos in HD.
Mobile internet Industry Shifts Focus to Asia
According to a recent survey by ITU, the sales of high-end devices in
mature markets in the last few years has slowed down, and now the focus
is on emerging markets where demand of budget devices and services are
on the rise. Asia is expected to emerge as the
driving force of global growth in the next two decades, according to a
statement by Scott Lee, head of Asia at Appsnack. With the growth shifting to mid range
and budget mobiles the main challenge will be faced by companies like
Samsung and Apple which constitute half of the high end smartphone
market. Apple's revenues in China have slumped to 43 per cent in
April-June from the last quarter and 14 per cent from 2012. Analysts
blame lack of budget and mid-range mobile phones for the slow down.
Samsung has also indicated that its quarterly operating profit will also
fall short of estimates.
India has become the third largest smartphone market with the emergence
of strong domestic manufacturers like Micromax who recently launched the
Canvas 4 with similar features to Samsung Galaxy S3 at half the price.
Facebook to let Users Explain Why Hide News Feed Posts
Facebook is now reportedly asking users why they have hidden particular content from their news feed. Currently, if a user unsubscribes to a post or hides a particular content source, he/she gets lesser content related to that. The social networking giant has however tweaked this option in what is believed to help the company understand reasons why users are hiding the content.
Facebook's Product Manager for Ads Fidji Simo adds the move will help the company easily determine if any content was offensive or uninteresting from the news feed. The new options will be available for all types of feed posts, including ads and sponsored stories.
Separately, Facebook briefly tested a new feature that prompts users to sign up for notifications when they like a Page. Spotted by Inside Facebook, the feature provides users options “get notifications” or “not now”. Notifications can be turned on later by clicking on the Like button.
