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Google introduces Helpouts; it's new video help system, giving real people, real help in real time.
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Google launch Nexus 7 on November 12

Powerful, portable and made for what matters to you. According to our sources, it will hit the stores on November 12, along with the Nexus 5 that has just been launched in the US. Google does want to hold the launch of the tablet any longer so that it can notch up some market share for its tablet before the new iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina are launched by Apple, added sources...
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Apple launches iPad Air, its thinnest and lightest iPad

Apple took design cues from its smaller iPad mini and made the larger format tablet thinner and lighter, renaming it iPad Air. It also revamped the iPad mini with Retina display.
It's thinner and lighter than prior versions, and features a smaller bezel, which shrinks the footprint of the tablet down without...........
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Panasonic launches low cost phone T31

Panasonic has launched a low cost Android smartphone, called Panasonic T31, in India for Rs 7,990. It is the cheapest smartphone in Panasonic's stable.
Main Features: 4 inch screen display, 480x800 pixels resolution, TFT capacitive touchscreen | 1.3 GHz dual core processor, 4 GB, 512MB...
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Facebook lifts ban on decapitation videos

Facebook allows anyone aged 13 and above to be a member.
Its terms and conditions now state that it will remove photos or videos that "glorify violence" in addition to other banned material.
Facebook has lifted a ban, implemented in May, that prevented images and videos depicting graphic content such as beheadings and other causalities from being published to the social network. The company is returning to a prior practice of not policing violent content that members share in condemnation of the depicted acts.
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Yahoo Mail's New Look

Yahoo! Mail's redesign has not gone over well with users, who are miffed at the Purple Palace's axing of features like tabs and changing how folders work.
Yahoo! has been busily redesigning a number of its products, as well as tilting its exclamation mark a whimsical nine degrees as part of a logo revamp – much to the annoyance of users, who have taken to its forums in the thousands to moan about the differences.
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Windows 8.1: Everything You Need To Know

Microsoft is releasing its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download starting Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system that attempts to bridge the divide between tablets and PCs.
Windows 8.1 gives you the familiar desktop with its taskbar and Start button, plus a beautiful new Start screen that you can customize with your favorite apps, people, and sites so that everything you love is just a tap or click away...
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HP Chromebook 14 Price In India Is Rs. 26,990

HP released its first Chromebook Pavilion 14 earlier this year in April and now, just a few months later, there's a new one with nearly the exact same name, starting at $299.99. This one however -- according to HP -- was built from the ground up to be a Chromebook.
What is a Chromebook? It looks similar to other laptops. But don't let the looks fool you. Chromebooks are powered by Google's Chrome OS. They work differently compared to Windows-powered laptops.
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Second-gen Nexus 7 reportedly coming to India next month

There’s some good news for those hankering after purchasing the second generation Nexus 7 tablets in the country. According to latest reports, Google is looking to launch its latest tablet in Indian markets in November, three months after its global launch.
Design
Google's new Nexus 7 hasn't deviated a great deal from the device's original form. It is smaller, thinner and lighter, coming in at just 8.65mm...
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Cyclone Phailin: power, communication lines affected in Odisha

If there was a silver lining in the grim foreboding of a monster storm, it's the realization that lives aren't that cheap in India any longer. For, the measures taken by the administration in the run-up to Cyclone Phailin to reduce casualties and minimize losses doesn't have parallels.
The superior preparedness and response this time for disaster is in sharp contrast to previous disastrous storms like the 1999 super cyclone. They are also in contrast with the Uttarakhand disaster when the state authorities were caught flat-footed. This time disaster management....
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Nokia Lumia 1020 gets priced at Rs 49999 in India

Announced last week, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is going to be available from 11 October. While Nokia showed off its new hardware in great detail, the price of the new phone hasn’t been announced yet, although most expect it to be between Rs.46,000 and Rs.50,000. At that price, it’s competing with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and would be significantly more expensive than the Sony Xperia Z1, which, like the Lumia 1020, is notable for the high quality camera in the phone.
The new phone is available in three colours -yellow, white and black..
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ObamaCare House of Horrors: Healthcare Gov Hit Angry Facebook Comments

The government website launched this week to sell health insurance was overwhelmed by up to five times as many users as it was designed to handle, President Obama's top technology adviser said Saturday in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY.
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said the government expected HealthCare.gov to draw 50,000 to 60,000 simultaneous users, but instead it has drawn as many as 250,000 at a time since it launched Oct. 1.
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Meet the voice of Siri

When Apple Inc.  released the iPhone 4s on Oct. 14, 2011, the voice-activated personal assistant known as Siri quickly became the defining feature of the (then) brand-new device. Siri was ubiquitous throughout the world, yet the identity of the person who provided the voice for the application has never been known, until now.
Susan Bennett, a voice talent that says her voice was used for Apple's virtual assistant. "I wasn't sure that I wanted the notoriety," Bennett tells CNN, explaining her delay in coming forward, "and I also wasn't sure where I stood legally."
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skype improved battery life and cloud services

Skype, what the company is highlighting today.
Skype VP Mark Gillett explains how the move away from P2P allows everything from more battery life for smartphones (since they don't have to do as much computing locally) to persistent video and chat messages that you can receive even when you aren't logged in. Skype will also soon synchronize chat message status across devices, so you won't get bombarded anew each time you log in from a different machine.
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Chrome for Android updated with awesome gestures

Google Chrome updated on Tuesday with some new features that will make it easier to search on desktops and easier to use on Android.
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 30 to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.  Chrome 30.0.1599.66 contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:
Easier searching by image.

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Sony Xperia Z1 at Rs. 44,990

Over the past 18 months, CEO Kaz Hirai has been on a mission to unify the sprawling empire entrusted to him into a more cohesive and focused One Sony. On the mobile front, that’s resulted in Cyber-shot cameras and Bravia-branded displays appearing in handsets like the former flagship Xperia Z. Today’s Xperia Z1 continues that cross-pollination push with an even more comprehensive set of borrowed features,.....
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Gmail Android app may have ads soon

The ad-free ride for Gmail on Android may be coming to an end, at least according to some hidden lines of code in the latest version.
According to Android Police, the latest version of Google's email app contains references to built-in advertisements. The uncovered code hints that users will be able to save ads that catch their interest as messages, but little else is known about the company's approach to mobile ads — or how intrusive they'll be. As part of Google's broad overhaul of Gmail....
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LG G2 Overview

South Korean manufacturer LG is all set to launch its G2 smartphone in India on September 30. The device was globally unveiled last month.
LG has already sent out press invites for the September 30 launch event. The company has also posted several Facebook posts stating that G2 will arrive in India soon.
LG is expected to price G2 between Rs 40,000-45,000 in the market. Most top smartphones launched in the country also fall in...
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BBM coming to Android and Apple users today, gradual global roll out underway

BlackBerry launched its Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app for iPhone in some countries today, but the Android version did not launch on 21 September as expected .Previously exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones, BBM is now available in some countries as a free download in the iTunes App stores (and soon the Google Play store).
While BBM is a very popular mobile messaging service among BlackBerry users in South Africa, it is competing against heavyweights like WhatsApp and WeChat on Android and iOS.
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IT- Requirment in big campuses

Early placement trends from top campuses in the state indicate that the appetite to recruit large numbers remains continues. However, entry-level salaries for graduating engineers remain unchanged for the fifth year in a row at Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Thursday announced that 3,934 offers were given to its students by three companies — Accenture, Wipro and Cognizant. This is higher than 3,603 jobs offered last year during a three-day placement process. "The salary offered by three firms...
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NSA crack Internet privacy codes

Web firm guarantees that criminals and Washington can't read encrypted emails, online banking and other data are not true, newly disclosed documents indicate.
In a clandestine, decade-long effort to defeat digital scrambling, the National Security Agency, along with its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), have used supercomputers to crack encryption codes through "brute force" and have inserted secret "back doors" into software with the help of technology companies, The Guardian, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Thursday.
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World's thinnest keyboard

British scientists say they've invented the world's thinnest wireless keyboard – it’s only half a millimeter thick.
It can be used with tablets or smartphones and it's a touch screen. Users can use it with a stylus pen and write or draw on it.
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Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 (A240) Specifications

As we reported earlier, Micromax’s A240 Canvas Doodle 2 smartphone is now available online.
Design and Looks: Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240 comes with features of the Micromax Canvas 4 and the Micromax Canvas Doodle A111. The phone sports a bigger 5.7 inches screen with HD IPS display having a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density of ~258 ppi. The phone comes with multitouch support and also comes with Stylus support for better use of the phone. The device will be available in Black and White colors.
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Young Indian journalist gang raped in Mumbai

The case has brought back bad memories of the December gang rape and death of a young university student in the Indian capital that shocked the country.
The recent gang-rape of a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai has elicited strong reactions from the political class in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Some even sniped at the union and state ministry of home affairs for failure of altering the law and order condition in the country since the Delhi gang-rape incident which took place last December.
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Google Maps and Waze start swapping data

Google on Tuesday said it began integrating into its online maps features from the Waze traffic app it acquired earlier this year in a deal said to be worth some $1 billion.
"No one likes getting stuck in traffic. That's why the Waze and Google Maps teams are working together to harness the power of Google technology and the passion of the Waze community to make it easier to navigate your daily life," said the tech giant's Brian McClendon in a blog post.
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Google announces "Helpouts video service"

Helpouts is a new way to connect people who need help with people who can give help, over live video, anytime, anywhere. More specifically, the Internet giant is looking for people who are experts on basically anything to lead some of the first sessions for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video calling program.
While Helpouts has yet to launch, a good deal of information can be gained from the support site. Anyone can sign up to provide help; just enter in your skills, availability, qualifications, and pricing, and Google will match you with people in need of your assistance. You can even include an introductory video of the services you'll be providing. Once you're all set up, customers can schedule a video chat session during your available hours.
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Sony Honami aka Xperia i1 (20.7MP camera)

Sony Xperia i1 aka Honami has been leaked. It is all set to come with 20.7MP camera. It was also in rumors that the gadget would feature a 20.7MP rear camera that can compete with the 41MP PureView camera of the Lumia 1020 and 16MP rear camera of the Galaxy S4 Zoom. Now the report from a source called EXIF has confirmed its camera sensor.
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Facebook to introduce hashtags #finally

Get ready to see a lot more of the # symbol in your Facebook Newsfeed. Yes, Facebook is set to launch clickable hashtags, allowing users to search for and easily group discussions about a topic just as you can with Twitter, Instagram, Tumble and Pinterest.

Letting users add context to a post, indicate that it is part of a larger discussion, as well as discover shared interests. The company says hashtags have become “a vital part of popular culture” and since it has seen users using them on the social network organically, it has decided to actually implement the feature.
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