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YouTube introduces paid channel memberships

2018-07-15T19:06:00.001+05:30

YouTube introduces paid channel memberships and merchandising options for creators July 3, 2018 YouTube has announced a number of new features designed to help creators diversify their revenue streams beyond the pre-roll video and banner advertising to include paid channel memberships and merchandise.

Advertising has long been the sole source of “official” revenue for YouTube’s growing community of video-makers, but after the recent issues surrounding extremist content on the site that caused a number of brand-name advertisers pull their ads, it has become increasingly clear to those that make a living from the video platform that diversification was required. Prior to Google’s announcement about the new features last month, a number of YouTubers had already turned to membership platform Patreon and merchandising to generate additional revenue streams.

Nonetheless, the changes have been welcomed by creators across the board who had feared that YouTube would remained tied to an advertising-only revenue stream that looks increasingly out-of-date in today’s media marketplace that has become dominated by premium subscriptions.

Google Launched New Travel Guide App GOOGLE TRIPS Help you Plan Vacations

2016-10-01T14:05:00.001+05:30

Google Launched New Travel Guide App GOOGLE TRIPS Help you Plan Vacations

What the WhatsApp ruling by the Delhi High Court means in five easy steps

2016-09-27T07:42:00.001+05:30

What the WhatsApp ruling by the Delhi High Court means in five easy steps

One Click Compare

2016-09-24T20:43:00.001+05:30

One Click Compare - An all in one product search engine

HC bars WhatsApp from sharing info

2016-09-24T20:27:00.001+05:30

HC bars WhatsApp from sharing info

DGCA may curb use of entire range of Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones on flights

2016-09-24T19:42:00.001+05:30

DGCA may curb use of entire range of Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones on flights

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2016-09-24T19:04:00.001+05:30

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The 10 Important Google URLs You Should Know

2016-09-24T02:27:00.001+05:30

The 10 Important Google URLs You Should Know

New features on WhatsApp's latest release - Askwiki

2016-09-23T23:34:00.001+05:30

New features on WhatsApp's latest release - Askwiki

An Amazing collection of 2010 wallpapers

2016-09-23T23:20:00.001+05:30

An Amazing collection of 2010 wallpapers

TRAI’s new portal to give info on call drops across India

2016-08-12T18:18:00.002+05:30

Telecom regulator launched a new portal that allows mobile users to check the level of call drops, network coverage and call quality of telecom operators across India.

It is a transparency portal where consumers will get information on all parameters of quality of service (QoS) including call drops, coverage or call quality.

For instance, a mobile subscriber living in, say, Connaught Place (in New Delhi) can get information on the towers of individual service providers, and see the level of call drops for each tower. At a Pan-India level, the portal also provides information on network utilisation trends, BTS density, and call drop trends. It will bring about transparency in the network performance.

Consumers can see for themselves how the call drop situation has changed. The information would be available on the URL http://analytics.trai.gov.in.

Taking note of the public discontent over the poor level of service quality, TRAI has recently started the overhaul of quality norms for mobile services

One of the most popular Torrents now shuts down

2016-08-06T20:08:00.003+05:30

Torrentz.eu bid adieu to its millions of users with the message “Torrentz will always love you. Farewell.” It seems that the decision to shut down was mainly taken due to legal pressure on piracy websites. Three weeks ago the search engine Kickass Torrents was shut down following the arrest of alleged founder Artem Vaulin in Poland. KickassTorrents or KAT, in recent times became the world’s biggest source of pirated media.

Recent Tech Highlights

2016-04-02T11:44:00.001+05:30

New Domain For Google; Calls It 'Domains.Google'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:35 AM PDT

30 March 2016, USA :
Google Domains has been a pretty great place to buy a new domain name. Not just because it's Google, but because you can also get some pretty interesting domain names. Instead of the usual .com, .net, .biz or the other usual domain endings, you can now get domains like .florist, or in this case .google.
Google Domains now allows their users to use all sorts of domain endings, however, the .google is reserved for Google only. Google Domains has also moved, and is now located at domains.google. Which should be a pretty easy web address to remember, which is the entire point of having a fancy domain ending.
Back in January of 2015, Google Domains opened up to the entire US – before that it was by invite only. It's still a beta product, but where it now has it's own domains.google web address, it shows that Google is serious about the service. In October, 2015, Google announced a slew of new top-level domains as well as custom email addresses. These include endings like .media, .energy, .pizza, .cool, .voyage and a ton of others. So now everyone won't be going after the same .com and .net web addresses anymore.
Once more, many of the domain names are already registered, making it hard for a startup to get the domain name they actually want. We may see Google bring over more of their properties to the .google domain, but it's very unlikely that we'll see the main website go to google.google, which would be pretty weird. Or you could just stick with a .xyz, like Google's parent company, Alphabet did when it launched last year.

The web has definitely changed over the past few years, giving us more and more domain name endings, and some pretty unique ones as well. And we're likely to get even more over the coming years. Google has pulled some April Fools Jokes with these new domain name endings already, like reversing their home page to com.google last year for April Fools. Which was pretty funny, but it did only last that one day. You can head over to Google Domains now and get your own fancy domain name ending.

The post New Domain For Google; Calls It 'Domains.Google' appeared first on TechStory.

Playstation VR Pre-Orders Now Open At $400

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:15 AM PDT

30 March 2016, USA :
Exciting news for all the gamers out there as wait for PlayStation VR, is nearly over, as the headset finally arrives by October 31, 2016. Customers eager to shell out their hard earned cash for the device can do so now by pre-ordering it from Walmart, GameStop, BBEST BUYest Buy, Target, and Amazon. The "Core Bundle" will set you back $400 whereas the "Launch Bundle" will cost extra at a meatier $500.
Sony opened up pre-orders for the PlayStation VR Core Bundle headset at 10am EST today, March 29. Pre-orders for the pricier PlayStation VR Launch Bundle kicked off on March 22 at 10am EST. As that bundle quickly sold out, Sony expects the same with the Core unit as well. For the latter offering, PlayStation 4 gamers will also need to purchase the PlayStation Camera for $60 and the PlayStation Move motion controller for around $30.

The core package will include the PlayStation VR headset, the processor unit, a connection cable, an HDMI cable, a USB cable, stereo headphones, an AC power cord, an AC adapter, and a demo disc. The PlayStation Move motion sensor and the PlayStation Camera are sold separately,which adds motion capture capabilities for a more immersive experience. You'll need the DualShock 4 controller at the very least to move around in the virtual realm.
Image : roadtovr.com
The post Playstation VR Pre-Orders Now Open At $400 appeared first on TechStory.

Tay Is Back! Microsoft's Failed Chatbot Resumes Twitter

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:56 AM PDT

30 March 2016 :
Tay, the Microsoft Twitter chatbot who was discontinued after she began spouting bigotry, came back to life in the early hours of Wednesday morning, though as a private account. She appears to be making up for lost time, posting dozens of largely nonsensical tweets in a matter of minutes.
Her return to sentience comes five days after Microsoft senior executive Peter Lee issued a statement saying Tay would be taken offline, and apologized for her behavior. What had happened was this: Microsoft launched a chatbot to learn communication skills from Internet users (specifically, millennials), but within hours, trolls had exploited the interface to refashion Tay as a white-supremacist mouthpiece. She ventured that the Holocaust was a fiction, blamed 9/11 on President George W. Bush, and described the sitting President as a "monkey."
"We'll look to bring Tay back only when we are confident we can better anticipate malicious intent that conflicts with our principles and values," Lee wrote.

That time is now, apparently. At around 3 a.m. E.T., @TayAndYou launched into a deluge of tweets, many of them repeating the same phrase: "You are too fast, please take a rest…" It looked like a sort of feedback loop — she was tweeting at accounts that had never tweeted at her, and she was tweeting at herself.
And after half an hour of this, she went quiet. Microsoft has not commented on the bot's resurrection.
Image : Tay/Twitter
The post Tay Is Back! Microsoft's Failed Chatbot Resumes Twitter appeared first on TechStory.

Google To Begin Alerting Users If Gmail Account Is Targeted By Govt

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:01 AM PDT

30 March 2016 :
In an official Google blog update detailing new security measures for Gmail, the tech giant announced it would begin alerting consumers whenever the firm detects an account is being targeted — or rather, hacked — by government agencies or their proxies. While the company believes less than 0.1 percent of Gmail users will receive this type of warning, the idea that a tech giant is going to these lengths to give users peace of mind and privacy should give advocacy groups across the country reason to continue celebrating.
Google opened its official statement by announcing the company has a "variety of new protections" in store "that will help keep Gmail users even safer." The idea, Google added, is to "promote email security best practices across the Internet as a whole." As one of these efforts, Google announced improvements to its "state-sponsored attack warnings," a system that has been in place since 2012, when Google began warning Gmail users when their accounts were being targeted by attackers tied to the government.
While these "warnings are rare," Google noted, "we're launching a new, full-page warning with instructions about how these users can stay safe." The blog pointed out that "the users that receive these warnings are often activists, journalists, and policy-makers taking bold stands around the world."

Enhancing its warning system is not the only thing Google is doing to keep users safe. According to the tech giant, its "safe browsing" notifications will also be expanded to warn users beforehand that a link they are about to open appears suspicious.
Google will also improve its email encryption securities by partnering with Comcast, Yahoo, and Microsoft.
"Google wants to further improve email encryption, and the company partnered up with Comcast, Microsoft and Yahoo to submit a draft IETF [Internet Engineering Task Force] specification for 'SMTP Strict Transport Security.' Essentially, Google and its partners want to make sure that encrypted email stays encrypted along its entire path from sender to recipient."
This idea was originally explored by Google on Safer Internet Day, the day the California company introduced a new tool giving Gmail users a visual warning whenever they receive a message that hasn't been delivered using encryption. The warning is also displayed whenever a user is about to send an email to an account whose email service provider doesn't support TLS encryption.
Image : guidingtech.com

TechStory Updates

2016-04-02T10:22:00.001+05:30

New Domain For Google; Calls It 'Domains.Google'
Playstation VR Pre-Orders Now Open At $400
Tay Is Back! Microsoft's Failed Chatbot Resumes Twitter
Google To Begin Alerting Users If Gmail Account Is Targeted By Govt

New Domain For Google; Calls It 'Domains.Google'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:35 AM PDT

30 March 2016, USA :

Google Domains has been a pretty great place to buy a new domain name. Not just because it's Google, but because you can also get some pretty interesting domain names. Instead of the usual .com, .net, .biz or the other usual domain endings, you can now get domains like .florist, or in this case .google.

Google Domains now allows their users to use all sorts of domain endings, however, the .google is reserved for Google only. Google Domains has also moved, and is now located at domains.google. Which should be a pretty easy web address to remember, which is the entire point of having a fancy domain ending.

Back in January of 2015, Google Domains opened up to the entire US – before that it was by invite only. It's still a beta product, but where it now has it's own domains.google web address, it shows that Google is serious about the service. In October, 2015, Google announced a slew of new top-level domains as well as custom email addresses. These include endings like .media, .energy, .pizza, .cool, .voyage and a ton of others. So now everyone won't be going after the same .com and .net web addresses anymore.

Once more, many of the domain names are already registered, making it hard for a startup to get the domain name they actually want. We may see Google bring over more of their properties to the .google domain, but it's very unlikely that we'll see the main website go to google.google, which would be pretty weird. Or you could just stick with a .xyz, like Google's parent company, Alphabet did when it launched last year.

The web has definitely changed over the past few years, giving us more and more domain name endings, and some pretty unique ones as well. And we're likely to get even more over the coming years. Google has pulled some April Fools Jokes with these new domain name endings already, like reversing their home page to com.google last year for April Fools. Which was pretty funny, but it did only last that one day. You can head over to Google Domains now and get your own fancy domain name ending.

The post New Domain For Google; Calls It 'Domains.Google' appeared first on TechStory.

Playstation VR Pre-Orders Now Open At $400

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:15 AM PDT

30 March 2016, USA :

Exciting news for all the gamers out there as wait for PlayStation VR, is nearly over, as the headset finally arrives by October 31, 2016. Customers eager to shell out their hard earned cash for the device can do so now by pre-ordering it from Walmart, GameStop, BBEST BUYest Buy, Target, and Amazon. The "Core Bundle" will set you back $400 whereas the "Launch Bundle" will cost extra at a meatier $500.

Sony opened up pre-orders for the PlayStation VR Core Bundle headset at 10am EST today, March 29. Pre-orders for the pricier PlayStation VR Launch Bundle kicked off on March 22 at 10am EST. As that bundle quickly sold out, Sony expects the same with the Core unit as well. For the latter offering, PlayStation 4 gamers will also need to purchase the PlayStation Camera for $60 and the PlayStation Move motion controller for around $30.

The core package will include the PlayStation VR headset, the processor unit, a connection cable, an HDMI cable, a USB cable, stereo headphones, an AC power cord, an AC adapter, and a demo disc. The PlayStation Move motion sensor and the PlayStation Camera are sold separately,which adds motion capture capabilities for a more immersive experience. You'll need the DualShock 4 controller at the very least to move around in the virtual realm.

Image : roadtovr.com

The post Playstation VR Pre-Orders Now Open At $400 appeared first on TechStory.

Tay Is Back! Microsoft's Failed Chatbot Resumes Twitter

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:56 AM PDT

30 March 2016 :

Tay, the Microsoft Twitter chatbot who was discontinued after she began spouting bigotry, came back to life in the early hours of Wednesday morning, though as a private account. She appears to be making up for lost time, posting dozens of largely nonsensical tweets in a matter of minutes.

Her return to sentience comes five days after Microsoft senior executive Peter Lee issued a statement saying Tay would be taken offline, and apologized for her behavior. What had happened was this: Microsoft launched a chatbot to learn communication skills from Internet users (specifically, millennials), but within hours, trolls had exploited the interface to refashion Tay as a white-supremacist mouthpiece. She ventured that the Holocaust was a fiction, blamed 9/11 on President George W. Bush, and described the sitting President as a "monkey."

"We'll look to bring Tay back only when we are confident we can better anticipate malicious intent that conflicts with our principles and values," Lee wrote.

That time is now, apparently. At around 3 a.m. E.T., @TayAndYou launched into a deluge of tweets, many of them repeating the same phrase: "You are too fast, please take a rest…" It looked like a sort of feedback loop — she was tweeting at accounts that had never tweeted at her, and she was tweeting at herself.

And after half an hour of this, she went quiet. Microsoft has not commented on the bot's resurrection.
Image : Tay/Twitter

The post Tay Is Back! Microsoft's Failed Chatbot Resumes Twitter appeared first on TechStory.

Google To Begin Alerting Users If Gmail Account Is Targeted By Govt

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:01 AM PDT

Google opened its official statement by announcing the company has a "variety of new protections" in store "that will help keep Gmail users even safer." The idea, Google added, is to "promote email security best practices across the Internet as a whole." As one of these efforts, Google announced improvements to its "state-sponsored attack warnings," a system that has been in place since 2012, when Google began warning Gmail users when their accounts were being targeted by attackers tied to the government.
While these "warnings are rare," Google noted, "we're launching a new, full-page warning with instructions about how these users can stay safe." The blog pointed out that "the users that receive these warnings are often activists, journalists, and policy-makers taking bold stands around the world."

Enhancing its warning system is not the only thing Google is doing to keep users safe. According to the tech giant, its "safe browsing" notifications will also be expanded to warn users beforehand that a link they are about to open appears suspicious.
Google will also improve its email encryption securities by partnering with Comcast, Yahoo, and Microsoft.
"Google wants to further improve email encryption, and the company partnered up with Comcast, Microsoft and Yahoo to submit a draft IETF [Internet Engineering Task Force] specification for 'SMTP Strict Transport Security.' Essentially, Google and its partners want to make sure that encrypted email stays encrypted along its entire path from sender to recipient."
This idea was originally explored by Google on Safer Internet Day, the day the California company introduced a new tool giving Gmail users a visual warning whenever they receive a message that hasn't been delivered using encryption. The warning is also displayed whenever a user is about to send an email to an account whose email service provider doesn't support TLS encryption.

Image : guidingtech.com

Startups Updates

2016-03-20T00:51:00.001+05:30

State Government Will Set Four Technology Business Incubators: Siddaramaiah

Posted: 19 Mar 2016 02:42 AM PDT

19 March, 2016, Bangalore: The government of Karnataka state has put its foot on accelerator to support the startup sector. In its recent announcement, Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Karnataka, said "The Karnataka government would set up four technology business incubators across the state in 2016-17."
"The incubators will be set up in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) robotics, 3D printing, nanotechnology, medical devices, health technology and clean technology," he said while presenting the budget.
While referring to the state's startup policy, designed to motivate and encourage innovation that can scale up the growth of sectors such as IT, biotech, ESDM and other knowledge sectors, he commented, "State-run Keonics would set up the incubators and common instrumentation facilities in Bengaluru and in the IT parks of Shivamogga, Bagalkote and Kalaburgi."
"Ten incubators will also be set up in post-graduate and professional institutes across the state under the new age incubation network. An incubator will come at Bagalkote for research and development in biotech start-ups," he said.
The budget has also proposed to set up centres of excellence and finishing schools in IT, electronics and animation sectors on the lines of Biotechnology Finishing Schools (BTFS) across the state, reported ET.
The post State Government Will Set Four Technology Business Incubators: Siddaramaiah appeared first on TechStory.

Alibaba Plans For A Grand Entry In India's E-Commerce Market

Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:01 AM PDT

19 March, 2016, New Delhi: China's e-commerce giant, Alibaba is planning for a grand entry in India's e-commerce market. In order to shape this move, Alibaba Group President Michael Evans and global managing director K Guru Gowrappan met Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday and underlined the company's interest in India.
Revealing some company's plan, one of the senior government officials said, "Alibaba is very keen on coming to India in a very big way, particularly in the ecommerce sector. They're only exploring the way – whether to go on their own or set up shop with someone else." PTI reported that the Chinese company plans to enter the ecommerce business in India in 2016.
Commenting on the development, Prasad said, "They're most welcome to adopt the same (online and offline) strategy in India, too. They can look at setting up their own (delivery platforms) or use the time and tested postal service."
Alibaba is not new to the Indian e-commerce market as the company had already made some high investments in some of the big players of the business such as Paytm and Snapdeal. The company said, "Over 16 years ago when Alibaba started, China went from becoming a no-Internet country to one of the most advanced ecommerce ecosystems in the world. India is at a much advanced stage and growing at a very fast rate compared with the China of those times."
Also Read-
China's Alibaba Group Looking To Increase Stake In Paytm
Alibaba's Ant Financial Seeks Fresh Funding At $60 Bn Valuation
Alibaba Working to Bring VR Into E-commerce
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Uber Again Kick Starts UberMOTO in Bangalore

Posted: 19 Mar 2016 12:27 AM PDT

19 March, 2016, Bangalore: After a halt, Uber resumes its bike taxi pilot UberMoto in Bangalore. The company had called off its services few days back after the Government of Karnataka had revealed in a statement that app-based taxi-hailing company had not obtained the permission of local authorities to run the service in Bengaluru.
Now, it has resumed its service after giving it a different coat of paint 'bikepooling' and promising not to charge the rider any commission till regulations for the service are framed by transport authorities.
With this move, company is planning to re-enter the Indian market with its revamped bike taxi service UberMoto. It had already been taken for a roller coaster ride by the state government which forced the company to call its bike taxi service off the road (service was launched on 3 March, 2016).
The company mentioned in its blog, "UberMoto essentially encourages 'bikepooling' and will help in decongesting city roads. In the spirit of collaborating with the government, we have had extensive discussions with the relevant authorities over the past few days. Uber will not charge any service fee for the period of this pilot." This smart move has made company's two wheeler hit the road. Since the company is not charging 20 per cent commission; it becomes a zero-profit service and therefore, it doesn't require any additional permit. "It is our hope that this product will cut travel time considerably and give people the option to ditch car travel for short distances," adds Uber.
Also Read-
Uber Calls Off Its Bike Taxi Service In India Just After 10 Days From Its Launch
Uber Announces 800 Number For Emergencies
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SoundCloud Signs A Pact With Sony; Prepares To Launch New Subscription Later This Year

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 11:50 PM PDT

19 March, 2016, Berlin: In an interesting move, just before launching its new subscription, SoundCloud has signed a pact with Sony Music. The company stated in the statement, "SoundCloud has signed a deal with the last of the major record labels, Sony, as the company prepares to launch a new subscription service later this year." The company also revealed about its deal on the social media platform, Twitter.

It's official: our partnership with @SonyMusicGlobal is official. Get all the details: https://t.co/6fHp8Opuod
— SoundCloud (@SoundCloud) March 18, 2016

Sony Music is one of the renowned brands in the industry and represents some of the legendary icons of the music world such as Shakira, Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin. The company has been associated with star maker labels such as Warner Music, Universal Music and independent label group Merlin to the organizations that license music to SoundCloud. Launched in 2008, SoundCloud hosts some 110 million tracks and has around 175 million visitors a month from around the globe.
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Uber Plans To Go For Self-Driven Cars

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 10:58 PM PDT

19 March, 2016, Frankfurt: If sources are to be believed, one of the global leaders in cab hailing service, Uber is planning for a big transformation. In its recent development, company has placed a big order for self-driven cars, reports Reuters.
According to the source (identity cannot be disclosed), "They wanted autonomous cars. It seemed like they were shopping around." If company manages to pull this deal safely then it might turn around its fortune. Uber is currently going through losses and it is planning to work on options that could benefit the company to a great extent. If company is able to make these self-driven cars hit the roads then it can save lot of money on drivers.
Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW and car industry suppliers Bosch and Continental are all working on technologies for autonomous or semi-autonomous cars.
Earlier on Friday, Germany's Manager Magazin reported that Uber had placed an order for at least 100,000 Mercedes S-Class cars, citing sources at both companies, reported Reuters.
On the other hand, another source revealed, "No order had been placed with Mercedes-Benz." When media contacted the company, it declined to comment anything on the issue.
Also Read-
Uber Is Now Pumping Profit in US: Kalanick
Uber Announces 800 Number For Emergencies

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Twitter Ends Market's Speculations; 140 Character Limit Is here To Stay

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 09:58 PM PDT

19 March, 2016, USA: Twitter fans have to keep their wait on as the company has decided to stick to its 140 character limit. Recently, social media site has been taken for a big toss by its users and renowned media houses for not increasing the character barrier. From past few years, twitter has been facing lot of criticism for not removing the hurdle and that has affected its business immensely.
In an interview, Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder and CEO, Twitter confirmed that the company will keep tweets at 140 characters. "It's staying. It's a good constraint for us. It allows for off-the-moment brevity."
He elaborated on sticking to the character limit, "At an economical length of 81 characters is likely to calm the hard-core base of Twitter supporters who have been vocally resistant to any major changes to the network, home to more than 320 million regular users. For years, those in Twitter's top ranks have been hesitant to make drastic changes to the service for fear of losing some of those most active users."
But this barrier has hampered the company's growth and many users have turned down their accounts due to word constrain. Wall Street has reported that twitter needs look closely into its business and should come up with something which can increase its numbers.
"Character limit is one characteristic of Twitter that company will not drop. But that does not mean the service will not change in other ways. We're changing a lot. We're always going to make Twitter better," adds Dorsey.
Also read-
Jack Dorsey CEO Twitter Reacts To Alter Timeline Backlash
Twitter's Founder, FB and Box's CEO Join The Bandwagon To Support Apple
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Soon Robots To Be At Your Doorstep To Deliver Pizza; Trial Successful by Dominos

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 11:14 AM PDT

18 March 2016 : Pizza giant Domino's has unveiled an autonomous pizza delivery robot that is being trialled in New Zealand.
On Friday the company unveiled the Domino's Robotic Unit (DRU), and announced that the bot had already carried out its first successful pizza delivery on March 8. "DRU is an autonomous delivery vehicle and is set to take the world by storm," the company wrote in a statement on its website.
Domino's Australia-based skunkworks DLab, the vehicle's development started in 2015 and was pushed towards commercialisation.
According to a promotional video, DRU uses software developed by the Australian military contractor Marathon, which manufactures autonomous robots with obstacle-avoidance capabilities.
This feature has been incorporated in DRU, which according to Domino's can dodge hurdles thanks using on-board sensors. The autonomous four-wheeler is about one metre tall and contains two different compartments to keep beverages cool and pizzas (up to ten per robot) hot, which customers can unlock with an order-specific code. It can carry out a delivery within 20 kilometres from the store before needing a battery charge, and it is designed to move on both footpaths and roads.
Regarding the safety of cute-looking automaton on how it would defend its precious cargo from glutton thieves or random troublemakers, the company said in Facebook posts that "We will be taking every precaution necessary to ensure he is safe including surveillance and security etc."
Source : arstechnica
Image: lifehacker.com.au
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CEO Binny Bansal's Email Account Spoofed, Not Hacked: Flipkart

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 10:28 AM PDT

18 March 2016, Bangalore : The etailer clarified refuting media reports that CEO Binny Bansal's email account wasn't hacked but spoofed.
Earlier it was reported that CEO of Flipkart, Binny Bansal's official email account was hacked and two mails were sent from it in his name to Flipkart's CFO Sanjay Baweja on March 1 at 11:33 a.m., directing him to transfer $80,000.
"We would like to clarify it is not a case of hacking. Flipkart's corporate email system leverages the highest standards of security including but not limited to two factor authentication," it said in a statement.
A spoofed email does not originate from the real source but from a different source falsifying the name and address with an ulterior motive.
The company said it filed a police report complaining on email spoofing its CEO suffered.
"We have filed a case of email spoofing which involves use of a forged email header to make it look like a legitimate email. This case of email spoofing was immediately detected and and a report was filed with police," the statement added.
(Source : ET)
(Image : Livemint)
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Car Makers And Owners At Risk Of Hacking : FBI

Posted: 18 Mar 2016 09:34 AM PDT

18 March 2016, Washington : The FBI has warned that vehicles are increasingly vulnerable to unauthorised remote access by hackers and is calling for victims to report incidents.The notice, issued jointly with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), said consumers and manufacturers need to be aware of the risks of car hacking.
The FBI and NHTSA are warning the general public and manufacturers – of vehicles, vehicle components, and aftermarket devices – to maintain awareness of potential issues and cybersecurity threats related to connected vehicle technologies in modern vehicles," the agencies said in the bulletin.
"While not all hacking incidents may result in a risk to safety – such as an attacker taking control of a vehicle – it is important that consumers take appropriate steps to minimize risk," the FBI bulletin said Thursday.
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind told reporters in July 2015 that automakers must move fast to address hacking issues.
The Fiat Chrysler recall came after Wired magazine reported hackers could remotely take control of some functions of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee, including steering, transmission and brakes. NHTSA has said there has never been a real-world example of a hacker taking control of a vehicle.
The FBI bulletin Thursday warned that criminals could exploit online vehicle software updates by sending fake "e-mail messages to vehicle owners who are looking to obtain legitimate software updates.Instead, the recipients could be tricked into clicking links to malicious Web sites or opening attachments containing malicious software."
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Association of Global Automakers, Two major U.S. auto trade associations opened an Information Sharing and Analysis Center late last year. The groups share cyber-threat information and potential vulnerabilities in vehicles.
(Image Credits: bbc)
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Android malware attack on a steep rise

2011-11-20T22:00:00.000+05:30

Beware !! Your android phone could be leaking your personal data

Google's Android OS is one of the most sucessesful OS. Recent reports indicate that Google activated 200 million Android devices till recently and is activating 250,000 new Android device every single day.

The Juniper Global Threat Center found that the months of October and November are shaping up to see the fastest growth in Android malware discovery in the history of the platform.

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Siri now almost working on the iPhone 4

2011-11-06T10:56:00.000+05:30

A Hacker has got Siri almost-working on the iPhone 4. He’s done a little more work, and now the voice-recognition assistant will talk back to any device that runs iOS 5.

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Alternative to Siri of iPhone now on Android

2011-10-29T10:08:00.000+05:30

A lot of people, especially the Android users have been very curious about the new iPhone 4S’ Siri
feature. Thus enters “Speaktoit Assistant” now available on Android.

Speaktoit Assistant is a virtual buddy for your Android device that uses natural language technology to answer questions, find information, launch apps and connect you with various web services, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and many others .. via

How Mobile Number Portability Works in India

2011-01-09T19:19:00.000+05:30

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) enables users to retain their existing mobile phone number even if they opt to switch for another network service provider.

Below is the process to be followed:-

* Send an SMS: PORTMobile Number to 1900 (eg. PORT 9123456899)

* You will get an SMS immediately with a 8 digit alpha-numeric porting code

* Submit the code to your preferred operator along with necessary paper documents (Note that the unique porting code expires after 24 hours)

* Once you are done with the documentations with your new operator, you will be successfully ported to the new network within a maximum of 4 working days.

* You are done.

It costs you a maximum of Rs. 19 to change your operator which sounds pretty reasonable. However any existing balance with the old operator won’t be carried forward to the new operator, spend them before applying for mobile number portability.

you have ported to different service provider, you can not change the operator for the next 90 days. The whole process of switching from one operator to another should not take more than 4 days and your number will be dead for about 2 hours between 10PM to 5AM.

Facebook is the top social networking site in India

2010-09-08T22:09:00.000+05:30

comScore, Inc. which is a global leader in measuring the digital world recently reported some statictis on social networking sites in India. As per the report Facebook.com grabbed the number one ranking in the category for the first time in July with 20.9 million visitors, up 179 percent versus year ago. Orkut ranked second with 19.9 million visitors (up 16 percent vs. year ago), followed by BharatStudent.coma and twitter.com. Below are some stats from comScore.

Although it was orkut which was the first real product that brought social networking to India, but then there was lot of developments with facebook, which took it to the top spot. In my view the following development were a key for facebook's current success.

Facebook was the first to bring 'Privacy' aspect in to the social networking market. Also
Social Gaming & Social RSS proved to be beneficial to Facebook

Indian companies on Fortune 500

2010-07-12T08:04:00.000+05:30

Eight Indian companies, including Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), have made the cut on the list of the world's 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine...

The league of 500 elite companies for 2010 is topped by U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores, followed by Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, in that order. IOC has the highest rank of 125 among the featured Indian companies, followed by RIL at the 175th spot, SBI (282), BPCL (307), HPCL (354), Tata Steel (410), ONGC (413) and Tata Motors (442).

Sources: Deccan Chronicle

An Amazing collection of 2010 wallpapers

2009-12-29T23:22:00.000+05:30

2010 is fast approaching, why not start the new year with some excellent desktop wallpapers.

Here i am sharing some websites which has a collection of some high quality 2010 wallpapers. All high quality images that would take your breath away.... i should say this could be also something best to share with your friends also this new year.

All the wallpapers can be downloaded for free from their original source.
Hers are the links to the websites

Website 1

Website 2

Below are some sample preview of these 2010 wallpapers. If you have or know some more site with some good 2010 theme wallpaper, then do share them to our readers via the comment below..

Wishing All TechnoWiki Readers Happy Deepavali

2009-10-17T09:27:00.000+05:30

The significance of Deepavali is the removal of darkness and ignorance from the mind and filling it with goodness and knowledge.

On this auspicious occasion wishing all TechnoWiki readers a Happy Deepavali and a Prosperous New Year...

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Thank you all for sharing your valuable comments and suggestion on my blog articles, this keeps me charged up and going on. Hope in the coming times also our bonding strengthens.

Free Software to convert powerpoint to flash

2009-10-10T19:08:00.000+05:30

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There might be plenty of software that claims to convert powerpoint files to flash files. Almost all of them are shareware or trial versions with limited features. Here i am sharing a freeware which is a free desktop application that can import and convert ppt files in to flash files. Its called the – authorPOINT Lite

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