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You have 10 days left to get Windows 10 for free

July 19, 2016 Arjun JSMicrosoft, windows, windows 10, windows 8, windows 8.10 comment

Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade offer is coming to an end next week. Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users have exactly one 10 days to get Windows 10 for free as the offer ends on July 29. If you are yet to upgrade to Windows 10, you should probably upgrade right now, unless you want to pay $119 to upgrade later. So why should you upgrade to Windows 10? Here are 10 reasons why Microsoft thinks you should upgrade to Windows 10 right now: It’s fast and familiar (thanks to the return…

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Microsoft Xbox One S launch

July 19, 2016October 27, 2016 Arjun JSGaming Console, Microsoft, Xbox, xbox one S1 Comment

Microsoft will kick off sales of its new Xbox One S starting Tuesday, August 2. There is one catch. The Xbox One S will be available in three different capacities and price tags — a 500GB version for $299, a 1TB version for $349 and a 2TB version for $399. However, only the 2TB version lifts off on August 2, Matt Lapsen, general manager for Xbox Devices Marketing, said in a blog post on Monday. Microsoft will have more to share next week about the 1TB and 500GB Xbox One…

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Nokia could soon launch two smartphones with QHD displays and Snapdragon 820 chipsets

July 19, 2016 Arjun JSMicrosoft, Nokia, Nokia N1, Smartphone, Tablet0 comment

If a recent post from a Weibo turns out to be true, we could soon be seeing the launch of not one, but two new smartphones from Finnish smartphone maker, Nokia. While the company has been on a long sabbatical ever since the acquisition of its mobile devices division by Microsoft, a new piece of information claims that it is planning a big comeback with two new flagship devices. The leak which was first reported by Phoneradar, comes from Weibo and points to two new smartphones, that will be powered…

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Reliance Jio claims 1.5 million test users on network, monthly consumption per user 26 GB

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Arjun JSinternet, relience jio, wifi0 comment

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, has claimed it has over 1.5 million test users on its network but did not specify a launch date for its commercial operations. “The average monthly consumption per user is in excess of 26 GB and is increasing rapidly. Average voice usage per month is over 355 minutes. The test programme will be progressively upgraded into commercial operations in coming months,” RIL said announcing the first quarter results. Reliance Jio, which is gearing up to launch its 4G services, said that…

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Government of india launched online skill training portal

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Arjun JSindia, portal, skill india0 comment

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on Saturday launched an online platform for imparting skills with an aim to reach millions of skill seekers in the country. The web portal (indiaskillsonline.com) is a part of the government’s Skill India campaign that aims to provide vocational training to 1 crore workers in the next four years. It will provide free online courses to aspirants registered for skill training schemes that can also be downloaded as mobile applications. Apart from domain specific, qualification pack courses, the website will also offer courses on…

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With Apple Iphone Sync, A new product skipping roap is now ready to buy at 90$

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Arjun JSApple, skipping roap0 comment

This week, Apple Stores will begin selling the Tangram smart rope, a jump rope with embedded LEDs that creates the appearance of a digital display in mid-air that displays your jump count. The smart rope tracks your jumps, calories burned, and has a leaderboard system that will let you compare jump stats with your friends. The Tangram Smart Rope is $90. The top-selling jump rope on Amazon is $10. A jump rope that can count for you (and let’s be honest, you know how to count just fine) is probably not…

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Dish – Remote control will listen when you talk.

July 17, 2016July 18, 2016 Arjun JS0 comment

Soon we’ll all be mumbling to everything in our homes, calling up microwave popcorn and vacuum cleanings like befuddled Scotties in the Voyage Home. Until then Dish is giving us the option of chatting with our TV remotes with the new $30 Voice Remote. The squat remote has a button on the side that activates voice commands like “Watch ESPN,” “Record this,” or “Romantic Comedies featuring Harvey Keitel.” It also has a touchpad/numeric keypad built into the half-sized device. It has a touchpad-like interface above the play and fast forward…

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Increase in IV medications driving demand for automation

July 16, 2016July 16, 2016 Arjun JS0 comment

Compounding IV medications is a burdensome manual process that carries considerable risks. As hospitals care for more acute inpatients, the demand for IV medications is on the rise. With an eye on improving safety, increasing compliance and reducing waste, an increasing number of hospitals and health systems are looking to insource and automate their IV compounding processes. At Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, the decision to utilize a compounding robot has yielded positive results. “It was our first attempt at using technology to bring back in-house items that…

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Android’s latest encryption problem may make you want a new phone

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 Arjun JSandroid, Android Nougat, Google, New Android0 comment

Android has a problem. New research shows that the mobile operating system’s encryption can be bypassed using a fairly straightforward brute force method. The hack Brute force is actually pretty simple; heck, you may have even done it yourself and not known about it. All it really means is that you try repeatedly to enter the correct password (you know, like when you forget a password to an online account and just keep trying). Though Android uses a strong 2048-bit RSA key in addition to your password, devices using a Qualcomm processor (read: most…

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Google to train Android Developers in India

July 15, 2016 Arjun JSamity university, android, Google, manipal global, skill india0 comment

Tech giant Google aims to train about 2 million developers in India on its Android platform over the next three years to cash in on the high-quality talent pool in the country. India, which has about one million people working on solutions for the Android mobile platform, is poised to become home to about 4 million developers by 2018, making it the world’s largest developer base. “India is expected to have the largest developer population globally, overtaking the US, by 2018, with four million developers. But today only 25 percent of developers are building for mobile,” Google Vice President…