Mapathon 2013: Create better maps for India

 Google India has announced Mapathon 2013, the country's first mapping competition. It is a crowdsourcing initiative aimed to improve Google Maps in India. 

As they say:

" Here at Google Maps, we’re constantly looking to make our maps of the world as comprehensive and detailed as possible. And, in order to create better maps for India, we need everyone’s help. That is why today we’re announcing India’s first ever mapping competition: Mapathon 2013.

VW's Double Back : A Compressed RV

It was over thirty years ago that Volkswagen first started offering "pop tops" on its camper vans. In the years since, the soft-sided interior height-extenders have become a common sight on VW vans parked in campgrounds all over the world. Now, Welsh company Overlander Motorhomes is offering what it sees as the logical compliment to the pop top - it's the DoubleBack, a sliding insulated pod that extends the interior length of Volkwagen's T5 Transporter van.

Ubuntu: Now for Smartphones

The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. The code will initially be released as a file which can be installed on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, replacing Android.

Ubuntu's founder, Mark Shuttleworth, said he was in talks with manufacturers for devices to be sold with the system       preinstalled within the year.

It is for the first time in history you have the full consumer PC platform available on a phone.

Da Vinci Tower- Dubai

The Dynamic Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building or the Da Vinci Tower) is a planned 420-metre (1,378 ft), 80-floor moving skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by architect David Fisher. The entire tower will rotate 360° while changing shape. A single rotation will take 90 minutes.

Da Vinci Tower- Dubai, UAE

A $350 million tower to be known as the Dynamic Architecture building is to be constructed in Dubai. The 68-story tower will feature floors that can be individually rotated via voice commands.

HAPPY B'DAY INTERNET

Exactly 30 years ago, on January 1, 1983, the basic foundation for the Internet was laid down
What would the world be without the Internet? No Facebook, no Google and no e-mail? What would be the IT industry without the Internet? Exactly 30 years ago, on January 1, 1983, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) switched from using Network Control Protocol to Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol or TCP /IP – the basic foundation or the backbone for the Internet.

NASA captures image of star 'winking' after passing of Mayan apocalypse

Just seconds after Planet Earth escaped its threatened fiery finale, this is what the Sun thought of the predicted Armageddon

They said the world was going to end - but this cheeky 'wink' shows what the Sun thought of the predicted Armageddon.

Cheating Made Easy: Contact lens that can receive text

Now, contact lens that can receive your text messages

Scientists have developed a new technology that allows electronic messages sent from mobile phones to be directly projected on to contact lensplaced in the recipient's eyes. 

Nokia Lumia 620: Cheap & Astonishoing

Nokia Lumia 620

Nokia recently unveiled its new Windows Phone 8 based smartphone at the Le Web conference in Paris. This new device is called the Lumia 620, a Windows Phone 8 based device in the affordable range.

Maruti, General Motors price hikes

Today, Maruti and General Motors announced an increase in the prices of their products by Rs. 10,000-20,000 effective January 2013.

WINDOWS 8 activator with activated personalized menu

Windows 8 activator - tested and working

Well... searching for tested and genuine Windows 8 activator, you're on right place then.

SOLAR BEAUTY : latest solar storm pics released

A solar flare is a sudden brightening observed over the Sun's surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release of up to 6 × 10²⁵ joules of energy (about a sixth of the total energy output of the Sun each second or 160,000,000,000 megatons of TNT equivalent, over 25,000 times more energy than released from the impact of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with Jupiter). They are mainly followed by a colossal coronal mass ejection also known as a CME^[1]. The flare ejects clouds of electrons, ions, and atoms through the corona of the sun into space. These clouds typically reach Earth a day or two after the event.The term is also used to refer to similar phenomena in other stars, where the term stellar flare applies.

Scarless Bariatric Surgery via "SPIDER"- 1st time in India

Surgeons in Delhi will for the first time in Asia Pacific use what is called a 'spider technology' — a single flexible laparoscopy instrument that will do away with the need for five incisions or scars for any abdominal intervention.

Instead, the rod like machine will enter through the belly button and open up like an umbrella within the abdomen, providing the surgeon with several instruments with 360-degree range of motion along with small cameras.
Getting operated with a spider technology will cost around Rs 30,000 more than a   normal laproscopic surgery.

Samsung "not as cool" as Apple i-pad : UK High Court

Samsung has won a UK High Court case against Apple over the design of the firms' respective tablet computers.

Apple brought the case alleging that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10 infringed the design of its iPad.
Judge Colin Birss disagreed saying Apple's designs were not being infringed because Samsung's Galaxy Tab was not as "cool" as the iPad.

Latest Greeley Panorama of MARS released by NASA

                          Greeley Panorama

This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months of work during its most recent Martian winter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.

Hyundai Elantra Fluidic to be launched in August

Hyundai Motor company created buzz in the Indian auto market with the news of bringing the much awaited Elantra Fluidic at Indian shores. 

With 1.8L petrol and common rail diesel engine options, it is priced between 13-16 lakhs.

DNS changer : Steps to Check your PC - URGENT

Thousands of Internet users whose computers are infected with a particularly nasty virus will be unable to access the Web starting on Monday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation will shut down Internet servers that it temporarily set up to support those affected by malicious software, called DNSChanger. Turning off those servers will knock all those still infected offline. 
 Multiple websites have been setup to check if your computer is infected. One of them is
 DNS Changer Check-Up : http://www.dns-ok.us/

 Simply visit the website and if you see green colour, your computer is clean.

If you see red colour instead, your computer may be infected Please take following steps to safe guard your computer and data. 

HP's see-through screen proposals secure US patent

360 view of HP Through screen

Hewlett Packard has developed see-through screen technology, for which a US patent has been granted. This could lead to new applications for display screens, from vehicle dashboards to retail outlets.

The technology firm Hewlett Packard (HP) developed a special type of computer screen called the Slat system, according to Ubergizmo. This is a transparent display which allows both computer images and the image behind the device to be seen. The company will likely call the technology the ThruScreen.

HP filed a patent for the technology in 2006, although it has taken to July 2012 for the patent to be awarded.

Nokia announces Lumia 610- lowest price

Nokia India has announced the launch of Lumia 610 in the country. It has been priced at Rs. 12,999 and will go on sale starting tomorrow in the country. Company also revealed that it has partnered with Warner Bros and The Dark Knight Rises to provide exclusive content for its Lumia series of smartphones including exclusive trailers, movie information, ringtones and wallpapers.

In addition to the exclusive content, Nokia will also be releasing a limited edition The Dark Knight Rises version of Lumia 800 in India. Company plans only to release 200 units of the limited edition and it will be sold for Rs. 24,999 on Nokia India website.

Nokia Lumia 610 key specs

• Windows Phone 7.5 (Tango)
• 3.7-inch LCD Display
• 800MHz Qualcomm S1 processor
• Nokia Maps and the navigation (with Hindi, Tamil language support)
• 5MP camera with LED flash
• 256MB RAM
• 8GB internal memory
• FM Radio
• 1300mAh battery
• Available in Magenta, White, Cyan and Black colours