A tiny web-connected printer can now deliver news at a preset time of your choice.

Developed by a London-based company Berg, the Little Printer is a cloud-connected, adorable little device with a personality, unlike conventional printers.

From a personalised feed of news, messages, and things to amuse you, everything is printed onto rolls of thermal paper, making internet more personalised. Whether it be messages from friends or your own letters, they can be sent directly to the machine.

Little Printer can fetch things from your email accounts and other websites, printing whatever you feed it. The machine prints in a grainy, black-and-white resolution and can also print images.

On the desk, it looks nothing like a printer, with its cartoon face and two orange ‘legs’ which support it. The little printer is available for $199 on the Little Printer website, wired.com reported.

CERT-in has issued an wakeful against hacking attempts by a multi-identity virus - Bladabindi, that steals individualized entropy of a person through USB jiffy drives. The virus checks for camera drivers and can pose DLL plug-in to record and upload videos to unlikely hackers, as advisable as move Chrome/Firefox passwords.

Computer Pinch Greeting Team-India (CERT-In) expressed that the virus affects "Microsoft Windows operating system" and spreads finished extractible USB jiffy drives including pen drives and aggregation cards. CERT-in warns that the malware can take as some as 12 aliases to conceal its real identicalness and afterward relate a computer system or individual collection of a somebody.

"It has been reported that variants of the malware called Bladabindi are extension. This malware steals sensitive person collection from purulent computer group. Bladabindi could also be old as malware downloader to move added malware and cater backdoor way to the removed wrongdoer.

The agency expressed that a possibleness flack by the virus could prove into the decline of arch proprietary aggregation of a someone similar "machine enumerate, land and program ascertain, Windows individual appoint, computer's operating system type, Plate stored passwords, Firefox stored passwords, etc."

CERT-in has advisable countermeasures against "Bladabindi'. The assort expressed that users should not area uninvited web course or attachments in netmail messages and impose untrusted websites. The bureau also suggests using tough passwords and enable firewall at screen and gateway surface to protect their data from attacks. "See computer grouping with the liberate remotion tools, incapacitate the autorun functionality in Windows, use USB unsullied or immunization software, cook up-to-date patches and fixes on the operating group and program software, deploy up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spyware signatures at screen and gateway structure," the implementation additional.

Google has signed a deal to buy game-livestreaming firm Twitch for $1 billion, confirmed sources familiar with the matter.

We don’t know everything about this deal, such as when it will be announced and the exact purchase price. We do know that Twitch investors who participated in past rounds are pleased that they will be getting significant returns that are multiple times the amount they originally invested. The deal underscores the value of live Internet streaming and the rise of competitive gaming as a spectator sport — something that draws millions of viewers, can offer prize pools that surpass pro golf’s marquee events, and provides a multibillion dollar opportunity for advertisers.

Google and Twitch declined comment. Both companies happen to be speaking at our GamesBeat 2014 event in September. This deal was first cited by unnamed sources from Variety said back in May that Google had made an all-cash offer and that the deal could be announced soon.

Twitch has more than 50 million monthly active users and more than 1.1 million members who broadcast videos each month. Back in June 2011, Twitch had just 3.2 million monthly active users. Twitch also distributes shows from partners including CBS Interactive’s GameSpot, Joystiq, and Destructoid, all gaming-news sites. More than 13 billion minutes of video are watched per month on Twitch.

YouTube is the No. 1 platform for Internet video, serving more than 6 billion hours of video per month to 1 billion users worldwide. But most of those videos are uploaded. Twitch began in June 2011 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, cofounders of Justin.tv. The site was one of the first to host livestreams, or real-time videos of something that was happening at that moment. Shear is still CEO of Twitch. Twitch has raised about $35 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Alsop Louie Partners, WestSummit Capital, Take-Two Interactive Software, Thrive Capital, and Draper Associates.

Sony Xperia Z3 surfaced online via leaks earlier this week. Now, the handset which has not been made official by Sony as yet,  has passed the FCC in the US.

The Z3 is set to replace Sony’s Xperia Z2 flagship phone that was released at the start of the year. It is listed at the FCC under the IDs PM-0800 and PM-0801, which stand for model names D6603 and D6616 respectively. The FCC filing also revealed that the device has LTE connectivity on 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, and 17 bands, along with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC and an IR blaster.

Unfortunately the FCC filing did not reveal any more specifications on the new Sony Xperia Z3, but it is speculated that the handset would come with a 5.2 inch display with a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. Other specifications rumored include 20.7MP camera, a quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC, 16GB of storage, and 2GB of RAM. It must be noted that it not clear that the device spotted at FCC is the Xperis Z3 but it is alleged to be.

Xperia Z3 Technical Specifications
As for other technical specifications, the Xperia Z3 will reportedly sport the 1080p display resolution, but will not feature 2K resolution. It will be powered by Snapdragon 805 chip, which features a quad-core Krait 450 central processing unit, with each cores clocked at 2.7GHz, while paired with Adreno 420 graphics unit. The smartphone will pack 3GB RAM and 20.7 megapixel rear-camera.
If the aforementioned information is to be believed, then Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z2 will have a lot of features in common such as 1080p display, 3GB RAM and 20.7 megapixel camera.
However, the current Xperia Z2 packs quad-core Snapdragon 801 Krait 400 CPU, clocked at 2.3GHz, paired with Adreno 330 graphics unit. Considering the features, the Xperia Z3 does not seem to bring much upgrades over the Xperia Z2.

Xperia Z3 Launch 
The Xperia Z3 is expected to be launched in August this year. There is no much information available about the availability of the device. If the rumour turns out to be true, then the Xperia Z3 will have direct competition with HTC One M8 Prime, Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime and LG G3.

Incredible India! WoNoBo Tours is an app that will help you tour 16 Indian cities on your Android device. The app was developed for the Ministry of Tourism with the help of an Indian mapping company WoNoBo. The app lets you experience 360 degree walkthroughs of 16 cities on your Android smartphone. Presently the app covers 16 cities including Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata and Mumbai. There are plans to cover 54 more cities with the app.

The app offers self-guided tours of famous monuments and cities which you can sightsee at your own pace and convenience. It also lets users to plan their travel itinerary and get information on things to do around famous historical places. The app also lets you see advice and expert comments from writers, travel experts and historians.

Last year, the app was launched for Blackberry phones and now the app has landed on Android. The ministry has plans to launch this app on iPhone soon.

Apple has been accused of intentionally installing security backdoors in some 600 million iOS devices that offer surveillance-level access to data including photos, browsing history and GPS locations. The vulnerabilities were uncovered by security expert Jonathan Zdziarski, who presented an academic paper on the subject at a hacker conference in New York last Friday.

Apple has issued a statement in response to the allegations saying that the company's "diagnostic functions do not compromise user privacy and security," but Zdziarski has responded by noting that these services "dish out data" regardless of whether the user has agreed to diagnostics.The backdoors reportedly cover a range of hidden tools and protocols that activate with "paired" computers — machines connected to an iPhone or iPad via USB that the user has granted security access to.

Apple says that this allows individuals and businesses to manage their devices, but Zdziarski has pointed out that the system offers unecrypted access to users' online log-ins, contacts and web history and could be compromised by anyone with access to the same Wi-Fi network.

"Pairing records can be stolen a number of different ways, ranging from a shared coffee shop computer to an ex-lover whose computer you used to trust," writes Zdziarski.The allegations could be especially damaging for Apple in China, where the national broadcaster CCTV recently suggested that the iPhone's 'Frequent Locations' feature was a threat to national security.

Apple has responded by repeating that it has "never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services. The consumer is also not aware of these mechanisms, nor are they prompted in any way by the device. There is simply no way to justify the massive leak of data as a result of these services, and without any explicit consent by the user".

Zdziarski has since repeated his assertions that the amount of information offered by these backdoors is unprecedented: "These services break the promise that Apple makes with the consumer when they enter a backup password; that the data on their device will only come off the phone encrypted.

He adds that he is in no way accusing Apple of working directly with security agencies but that he suspects that "some of these services may have been used by the NSA to collect data".

The carrier unlocked variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in Europe is receiving an update that improves the smartphone’s performance. According to Android Central, the firmware update XXU1ANG2 claims to include performance tweaks and updates and it does actually appear to make the smartphone feel a little bit faster for general usage.

The update is being shipped to the Galaxy S5 in two steps, the first, a relatively large 194 MB download followed by a 1 MB one. Apart from the performance tweaks, comments on the Android Central story claim that the update also makes the Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner more accurate and sensitive, and brings minor changes to some default apps and widgets including the weather app.

Since these updates have been rolled out to unlocked Galaxy S5 units, it seems likely that they will be released for India as well. Although Samsung hasn’t revealed any timelines, we expect the updates to make their way to India in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, you can manually check for the updates on your Galaxy S5 in the Software Update section of the About Phone menu within Settings.

Panasonic has launched P41 and P61, two new smartphones in P Series. It also officially launched the T41 that went on sale recently. The P41 has a 5-inch qHD display and the P61 comes with a 6-inch HD display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. These have dual SIM support and has unique features such as Pop-i Player, Music Café and Gesture Play+.

Panasonic P61 specifications

• 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz quad-core processor
• Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Dual SIM
• 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
• 2MP front-facing camera
• Dimensions: 162.7×83.8×8.2mm; Weight: 173.8 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
• 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
• 2800mAh battery

Panasonic P41 specifications

• 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz quad-core processor
• Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Dual SIM
• 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
• 2MP front-facing camera
• Dimensions: 142.4×71.9×8.2mm; Weight: 132.5 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
• 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
• 2000mAh battery

Panasonic T41 specifications

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz quad-core processor
• Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Dual SIM
• 5MP rear camera with LED Flash
• VGA front-facing camera
• Dimensions: 131 x 65.9 x 8.3mm; Weight: 120 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
• 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
• 1650 mAh battery

The Panasonic T41 comes in  Pearl White, Black and Bright Red, priced at Rs. 7,990 and comes with app freebies worth Rs. 9,900. The Panasonic P41 and P61 would be available in Black and Pearl White colors and are priced at Rs. 11,990 and Rs. 14,990, respectively. Both these would come with screen guard, Leather-like flip cover and app freebies worth Rs. 10,990.

BlackBerry has lowered down its entry and mid-range qwerty smartphones starting today. This includes the amazing Android apps compatible BlackBerry Q5 as well which will now be available for just Rs. 13,990! Not to forget, BlackBerry Q5 is future proof and will get the future 10.3 OS update and beyond.


Here's the official announcement from BlackBerry:

    Reiterating its commitment to the QWERTY keyboard loyalists, BlackBerry today announced a special offer on its range of QWERTY devices. Customers can now purchase BlackBerry 9320, BlackBerry 9720 and BlackBerry Q5 at special price of Rs. 9900, Rs. 11990 and Rs. 13990 respectively. Additionally, BlackBerry is also introducing BlackBerry 9320 as their first 3G enabled device, under the sub Rs.10, 000 range. Sameer Bhatia, Director, Distribution, BlackBerry, India, said, “The classic BlackBerry® Keyboard, re-engineered for the fast efficient navigation and one-handed use, has huge fan base who swear by the distinct typing experience that BlackBerry offers. These compelling price-points will enable QWERTY fans to experience the latest technology and ease of use in one device.” The offer will run across all BlackBerry retail networks.

Other two BBOS phones – BlackBerry 9720 and BlackBerry 9320 is now available for Rs. 11,990 and 9,900 respectively. So what’s holding you back keyboard lovers? It’s time & we highly recommend you to jump on BlackBerry 10 wagon with BlackBerry Q5!

Google started rolling out Google Maps smartphone app to version 8.2 last week. According to reports, Google is testing a new dedicated 'Explore Nearby' button with the same update.

The new Explore Nearby option's dedicated button was spotted by Artem Russakovskii, a Google+ user who posted a screenshot of the option. Google Map users who are unable to see the dedicated button, can access it via the Search interface.

The dedicated Explore Nearby button has been placed alongside the GPS button at the bottom right corner of the screen. By tapping on the Explore Nearby button, the app will give them details about their current location, nearby places of interest as well as weather conditions. It also shows different places of interest for different times of the day - such as Evening, Night and Late Night. Users also have an option to see an 'Anytime' feature that shows all the possible options at once.

According to reports, only select users have been issued the dedicated Explore Nearby button with the Google Maps 8.2 update and the feature will be rolled out gradually in the coming weeks. Other changes the 8.2 update brings include voice controls for vehicle navigation inside the app and elevation information for bicyclists.

Facebook has added a “Save” button to the news feed that lets users bookmark posts, photos, and other content for viewing later. The "Save" feature will be rolled out during the next few days for web users, as well as iOS and Android platforms.

The 'Save' button in the news feed creates a section of bookmarked sites on your profile that will help users to find specific content when they have more time. Facebook users can keep the saved items private or even share them with friends on social networking sites. The feature will entice users to spend even more time on the site.

"Every day, people find all sorts of interesting items on Facebook that they don't have time to explore right away," said Daniel Giambalvo, software engineer at Facebook, in a blog post. "Now you can save items you find on Facebook to check out later when you have more time. You can save items like links, places, movies, TV and music."

Facebook acquired Spool, a read-it-later app almost two years back that could cache articles but also videos and other content to your phone so you could read it later when you had time, and also offered offline support. The social networking site started testing a Save button on mobile in July 2012, but it never got rolled out.

Google Maps is now available in Hindi (India) and Google Maps in Hindi will be available for desktop as well as Android users.Google will also launch voice-based navigation prompts in Hindi.
To access Google Maps in Hindi on desktop PCs, users will have to select Hindi as their language for their Google account. To use Google Hindi Maps on Android smartphone, users must select Hindi as the default language from Settings > Language and Input. For desktop users, login to your  Google account settings and select Hindi as preferred language.

The option in Google Maps in Hindi is currently available for only popular places of interest and for turn-by-turn text navigation. Suren Ruhela, director product and program management, Google, said voice navigation in Hindi is coming soon for Indian users.

Launching the service nationally from Jaipur, Suren Ruhela, Product and Program Management Director, Google, said, the service may be made available in regional languages based on the feedback of this initiative.

Ericsson today free its informing on smartphone action in Bharat. The Ericsson Consumer Lab news sheds light on how smartphones and app usages are creating new somebody habits and expectations. The informing also discusses how factors such as inside news, deepen and meshing availability are the directive factors influencing the smartphone versatile accumulation participate in India.

The Ericsson Consumer Lab cogitate carried out in April-June 2014 among 4000 smartphone users crossways 18 urban cities in India is supported on a combining of a consumer perception look with on-device measurements, which helps realize ambulant band show in position of person spirit and needs, changes in behaviour, app usance, collection t.b. and key poetics that ram mesh performance.

According to Ericsson, web execution influences consumer perceptions. The ruminate points out how the Soldier smartphone users ofttimes increase perceptions supported on how oftentimes the net link drops, how speedily web pages fill, and abstraction confiscate for apps to download. Different top representation drivers allow inside amount and instant arrogated to transpose files on chat apps.

The musing revealed that there is a variance between smartphone users' expectations and their actualised experiences. Consumers present that inside amount, quicken and mesh availability are rattling influential, but half of all issues encountered today in dim urbanized centers by flying broadband users are featured indoors and 44% of the quantify a mechanized broadband smartphone user does not someone hit to the cloth.

"Interestingly, smartphone users prioritized the writer provider's knowledge to reckon versatile assemblage issues as and when they grow over garish motorized accumulation tariffs or plans," adds Mr. Gupta. The Ericsson ConsumerLab Informing states that 76% of consumers are selection to pay more for a secure amended versatile data experience. Over the parting two period, there has been a 63% amount in app exercise and 20% process in position of abstraction spent by users on smartphones. On an statistic, Soldier consumers pass over 3 hours a day on their smartphones and 25% consumers bill is awaited to uphold.

Ethnical and natter apps are the reason why most new users buy a smartphone. Still, 40% autumnal smartphone users say their utilization is no somebody constricted to cultural purposes. 24% of smartphone owners use wandering apps such as WhatsApp and WeChat for commerce purposes to sell products and services, expanding their achieve to new customers. Without the availability of Wi-Fi or fast broadband at institution, 8 in 10 smartphone users give speak to reach river internet using mechanized band.

Port video utilization is evolving, with peregrine broadband users spending 61% writer moment on recording apps compared to non-users. For one-third of consumers, smartphones are the exclusive sort they use to sight online mechanised videos. The most common way of consuming motorized videos is through claver apps - 1 in 3 watches videos distributed by friends. Consumers favor to line videos rather than download, but 4 out of 10 versatile videos are interrupted by buffering or obstruction. Indian smartphone users now pay 191 minutes per day on smartphones, compared to 128 proceedings watching TV. Web performance shapes smartphone behavior with mitigated users experiencing iii second moving videos via  apps and staying neighboring using ambulatory broadband for a someone punctuation of time.

Phone maker Micromax today launched a 32-inch LED TV which would be sold exclusively on e-commerce platform Snapdeal.com.

This is the first time Micromax has entered into a strategic partnership with Snapdeal.com to launch its latest offering, the e-retailer said in a statement.

Priced at Rs 16,490, 32 inch LED TV will have features as zero dot panel, narrow bezel design, USB play supporting all audio and video formats and HDMI & VGA ports to give additional viewing options, it added.

The smartphone manufacturer had ventured into the panel market in October 2012 by launching its range of LED TVs.

According to Snapdeal, the TV would be available across 400 cities and will be delivered to customers in NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad within two business days.

At its Form 2014 discussion today, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8.1. Among the new features is a private digital subordinate named Cortana, a new Spreading Center, as fit as support for customizable hold screens and backgrounds. Windows Phone 8.1 faculty board on devices in "real new April or azoic May."

Cortana, Microsoft's resolution to Google Now and Apple's Siri, completely replaces the hunting operate on Windows Phone, which makes import since she is supercharged by Bing. Actuation her takes you uncurving to a itemise of personalized suggestions supported on how you use your manoeuvre.

Cortana, which is propulsion as a beta, features a Notebook, which is essentially the settings writer for choosing what just the own help should have rail of. If you've ever old Google Now, it's really correspondent to the "legerdemain wand" attendant. The characteristic will get archetypical in the US, followed by the UK and Dishware in the back half of this year and further countries in 2015.

Among the options is a inaudible hours alternative to change certain she won't strain you when you're busy. You can set an innermost form of friends to cook itinerary of, which you can also prefer to either prize calmness hours or not. Microsoft's individualised supporter can resign you a inclination of restaurants (powered by Yelp), stronghold rails of your appointments, administer you reminders, track the endure, and result questions about the mankind in generic. Incomparable of all, Cortana can be sprawled with third-party apps (Skype, Hulu, and Facebook were all shown off), which is course why Microsoft is disclosing her at its developer association.

Cortana away, the Production Eye shows the assault pct, figure customizable buttons, and of teaching notifications from all your apps. The new enclosure choose implementation developers can anatomy new experiences that shows users whatsoever substance they raise.

Windows Phone 8.1 also allows users to sicken benefit of much tiles, should they greeting to hit many on the interior choose. The new "altissimo density" layout is configured low settings, interior the 'Start+Theme' region. Devices with 5-inch displays and beyond can add a 3rd shape of tiles to their place sift.

For the basic term, telephone owners faculty also be fit to set the wallpaper on their lodging protect. By cropping a photo to the conquer dimensions, Microsoft will then bed it underneath the tiles, thereby creating a uncomparable and personal visage. Windows Sound 8.1 includes a new Swype-style Phrase Line keyboard that Microsoft claims has set the humankind disc for typing on a rangy pattern.