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he New Year is here and apart from resolu- Science author Michael Hanlon calls this tions, it is also a time for cheap introspection period “The Golden Quarter”. He believes we Tand armchair theorising. I wouldn’t want to stopped truly innovating since then, and I agree. disappoint anyone, so here goes. After six years in Take an example of mass transportation over great the technology-media business, I am a part of the distances. In the 1950s, the best passenger liners ‘Tech Media Frat Boys Club’, a ragtag group of tech- took four days for a transatlantic voyage. With nology writers who have or are currently working international civil aviation taking off (mostly in with big-name brands (such as Digit it ).). the 70s with the jumbo jet), the travel time fell to So, okay, we’re not exactly a secret coven. We just 8 hours. By thathat same progression, by noww actually meet up quite openly (and often too we should have had a mass-transport system that boisterously) in establishments of less repute and takes us across the Atlantic in just 40 minutes! discuss, among other things, technology, the street- There are many such examples that show that light effect (look it up, it’s a real thing), and beer (not technological innovation is stagnating – by now necessarily in that order). we should have been commuting to the moon, At some point, the conversation always takes landed on Mars, and cured cancer. Tyler Cowen, in Siddharth Parwatay a whimsical turn (no points for guessing when) his 2011 essay, The Great Stagnation, talks about Assistant Editor and in one of our recent conclaves someone ended how America harvested the “low-hanging fruit” of [email protected] up asking this question, “What phone would you technological innovation and is slowing down due buy if you had an unlimited amount of money?”. to a lack of true innovation. Seemingly innocuous, this question actually sent But why have we stopped innovating? As it me off on a thinking tizzy. What exactly would be turns out, my jab at consumerism is far closer to the “It’s easy to be the deciding factor in such a situation? Technology? truth than I’d like. Money, whether it’s shareholder dazzled by large- Innovation? Innovative technology? My comrades wealth or venture capital, is only flowing to compa- screen TVs, drones, bandied about the usual suspects (Sony Xperia Z3, nies that are able to post growth on their financial 3D printers, and iPhone 6 Plus, HTC One M8), but when my turn statements. And one of the surest ways of doing this even our handy,y, came, I said I was perfectly happy with my Nexus is by planned obsolescence and creating a market almost magical, 5, since there was nothing that I couldn’t do with for ‘incrementally’ better products with high smartphones.” my Nexus 5 that I’d be able to with those phones. aspirational value. It’s the safest bet. Why bother There’s very little difference at the top end – choices pouring money into R&D for a hoverboard? Of at this level are not really driven by innovation – course, the problem isn’t as simple nor as isolated as they are purely consumeristic (iSwear). consumerism. The topic is too vast and multifaceted Long after the bacchanalian discussion was to be discussed in an editorial (involving factors like over, consumerism, technology, and innovation philanthropic funding for research, government continued to swirl around in my head. What will, lack of motivation, war climate, etc.). is true innovation really? It’s certainly not this Coming back to matters at hand – in this issue “incremental innovation” we see all around us of Digit you’ll find a ton of things you could do to today. It’s easy to be dazzled by large-screen TVs, win at everything using technology. With this edito- drones, 3D printers, and even our handy, almost rial I’m trying to address the need to win at tech- magical, smartphones. These creations seemed nology itself. Thankfully, there are stalwarts such impossible even a few decades ago and one might as Elon Musk (almost a real-life Tony Stark) who argue that we are at the pinnacle of technology. But are truly innovating, not just for wealth creation, this is simply not true. but for innovation itself. His Hyperloop concept, WWe have had at least two golden eras of true the open sourcing of Tesla patents, SpaceX, are innovation. The industrial revolution, followed by being closely watched and in the coming year, and the age of electrification, led to unforeseen advances through my life, I fervently hope for innovation, big in manufacturing and transportation. The period, or small, especially from India. On that note here’s from the end of the second world war (1945) up wishing you a happy new year and a chance at win- to the Watergate scandal (early 70s), saw huge ning for ,, with, and at at technology! achievements such as the moon landing, the inven- tion of micro electronics, computers, civil aviation, Got feedback about this column? television, and antibiotics. To use Google’s phrase, Drop me a line at: all these are examples of “moonshot thinking” [email protected] – these were good solid innovations, nothing remotely ‘incremental’ about them.

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or the longest time, we’ve welcomed Internet into my life without any checks and bal- technology with open arms in every facet ances. Big mistake. Wasn’t technology supposed Fof our complicated lives. From the first to help and heal? But why blame technology if a television set we operated with a knob to thethe certain human is too stupid for his own good? first arcade console we played 8-bit games on How does one keep a modicum of sanity intonto with great aplomb; from brick-like cell phones their life and prevent technology and the Internet to the fathomless expanse of the Internet. We’ve from becoming a health hazard? It’It’s simple – grown up in a world where the digital world has disconnect. Not once or twice, but from time to exploded all around us within just over a decade. time, in a habitual, preordained manner. Recent Some may consider this to be a feat of human studies have shown that our over-indulgence ingenuity, a landmark celebrating the progress of with the Internet and an always plugged-in life- our species and collective civilization, but there’s style is affecting our mental and physical health no running away from the fact: we still struggle far worse than our parents or grandparents. to grapple with this always-on, interconnected More studies have also shown that unplugging digital world we’ve surrounded ourselves in. ourselves from the digital world and spending Jayesh Shinde While some of us are all at sea trying to exploit uninterrupted, quality time away from our Manager – Test Centre and fit into this new reality, others find them- devices boosts our brain’s productivity. It’s like [email protected] selves addicted to digital triggers dictating their working Monday to Friday, relaxing on Saturday life patterns to an overwhelming degree. Tech- and Sunday to re-energize, rest, and come ready nology, and in particular Internet-overload is a to focus on work again on the following Monday “We still struggle reality and it’s driving us to the point of no return. – the same concept applies with our digital lives to grapple with I have no doubt that it’s a generational issue that to some extent. this always-on, we have to resolve, since we created this digital That’s essentially my New YYear’s Resolution – interconnected world that we now co-exist in – our kids, who to heavily curtail and control the use of tech- digital world probably will never know what life before the nology (and the Internet) in my life. To that effect, we’ve surrounded Internet era looked like, will adjust to this digital I’ve already started switching off my phones on ourselves in." reality far better than us merely by the virtue and weekends – unless I want to call someone by timing of their birth. choice – and I recommend all of you to give this I’ve pretty much grown up with the personal a shot just to experience the unshackling effect it desktop computer and Internet explosion era in can have on your life. Making adjustments to my India. I remember a time when I used to play foot- Internet affliction won’t be easy, but the tradeoffs ball (or soccer) outside with my friends instead of are too great (like quality of life, mental well- FIFA 2015 with a bunch of online strangers; read being, social engagement, etc) to not give it a shot. traditional books and newspapers more than read Especially, entrusted with the responsibility of for pleasure on my Kindle and consume informa- bringing up our daughter in an overbearingly tion on my laptop, tablet and smartphone; meet digital world, I at least want to let her experience, friends for lunch on weekends rather than just in however small way possible, the world as it is chat with them online or lookup their Facebook beyond digital marvels. This way, at least she will feeds. Take my future wife out to cinema halls toto have a better appreciation of technology in her watch the monthly blockbuster together rather life than be just hooked on to it without knowing than entertain ourselves through the contents of a its self-destructive flipside. And avoid or learn hard drive connected to a laptop or HDTV. And I from the mistakes of her once digitally chal- sure as heck do remember a time when I wasn’t a lenged father.. slave to my phone like I’m now, constantly trans- fixed by it, caught under its vicious spell without any sense of control. This addiction, if you can call it so, was getting so destructive that I would hear phantom phone calls, twitch and tense upup Got feedback about this column? Drop me a line at: every time I heard any phone ring, sit on my arse [email protected] nn too long than is good for my health, and invite the

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o, I’m not talking about losing weight When it comes to voiding warranty, I won’t here, as most others who use that let some idiotic company dumb me down Nphrase generally mean. What I and turn me into some brain dead robot with mean is learning from our mistakes, building a threat of withholding some service just character, and all of that… Everyone is good because I’m inquisitive. If I lose money by at winning, it’s when you’re losing that your being a tinkerer, it’s OK, it’s only money and mettle shows. Real winners have almost I can earn more eventually, but I don’t want always lost a great deal during the course to get soft by not fighting troubleshooting of life, and it’s what makes them successful. battles and eventually losing the war against However, I don’t mean for this to become a idiocy in the bargain. random, generic rant. I’m being specific about It’s not just troubleshooting, it’s also technology, and the way we interface with it. tweaking, understanding the device better I recently met a friend who was com- and making mistakes. I installed beta a ndnd plaining that his Nexus 7 just stopped leaked versions of BlackBerry OS 10.3 on Robert Sovereign-Smith working. As a fellow owner of the device, my phone a few months ago and corrupted Executive Editor I’ve had some experience with dropping it my data. I wasn’t able to backup or restore [email protected] and the battery coming loose, and then the anything to the phone and had to format it. I battery connector getting dislodged. What lost about 10 days of SMSes, some contacts, did I do when my Nexus 7 died? I did a quick and other random data (the new stuff since “I find myself search on YouTube to see if there was any my last successful backup). I’m still going to happily voiding special trick to popping it open, and when I continue to try beta or even alpha software, warranty, rooting, learnt that there was none, I opened it up, saw I’ll just backup more often when using it… the loose connector, reconnected, booted up, lesson learnt! jailbreaking, etc.,c., ensured all was well, snapped the back cover Losing to technology is always, only tem- because it’s my in place again – about 15 to 20 minutes of porary, and that’s the beauty of it. I’ve been device, I paid for it; tinkering, and my tablet was as good as new. getting my @$$ kicked by some problems on or even if it came for When I told him to do this, he said he’d the forum for months now. I’ve narrowed it testing, I am willing rather give it to the service centre. It’s only down to the forum software not playing well after I insisted that he let me open it, with with our server configuration. Those of you to pay for it if I ruin reassurances that I’d use my clout (I have on the forum will know the file upload and IP it whilst tinkering none, believe me, I was bluffing) to get him a problems I’m referring to. Like I said, tech- (and I have ruined new Nexus if something went wrong. Turns nology is winning right now, and I’m losingng and paid for a few out it was the same problem, and was sorted miserably, but sooner or later I will triumph, over the years)” in 15 minutes (no YouTube video to watch this and will have reduced the ways tech can beat time) – the device was as good as new. me in the future by one. This is the problem with technology today. I know I’m preaching to the choir, because We just don’t lose enough to it to get any Digit readers by definition are tinkerers, but better at winning with it. People who love I just wanted to make sure to remind you to Apple usually say it’s “Because it just works”, keep trying new things and not fear losing. and in many ways that’s good, but in a few With technology, losing initially is the only ways it’s terrible as far as I’m concerned. I true path to winning eventually. So, get out hate not being able to tinker. The only reasonon there and start losing to technology every I love technology with a passion is because I now and then, or else you’re not trying to win can tinker. Or at least I was able to, with PCs hard enough. and the likes, a lot more than with all these gadgets. I still can with software, but I’m pathetic with code. Thus I find myself happily voiding war- ranty, rooting, jailbreaking, etc., because it’s mymy device, I paid for it; or even if it came for testing, I am willing to pay for it if I ruin it Liked or hated this column? whilst tinkering (and I have ruined and paid Write in to [email protected] for a few over the years). and let me know your thoughts.

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)) Greetings to ‘THE’ Team! Let me start with a story. I was in my 5th Feedback for the December 2014 issue of Digit standard and I thought of buying some magazines (of course it included champak). I was a newbie in computers and I had just about learnt Logo and Basic. I was busy with my dad’s Sony Ericsson phone and suddenly I saw something attractive. It was a tech magazine. I picked it up ``100 the cover said. I kept it back but after five minutes I came back and returned all those comics and took Digit. Yeah that’s where it all started. Now I am in std 12th preparing for my board exams and my mother has forbidden me from buying all these maga- zines. But when I saw your ad (giving away November issue free with the December issue I just couldn’t resist. You are my sav- iour from all the boring studies I have to do. I do have some suggestions though:

•• Your mobile site is too slow. Try reducing some ads. That ruins the experience. sure to pick that one up this year. 1. YYou are so popular, why don't you

•• In the Spend Smart section, please try toto • I think you’ve been away from Digit farfar organize a big tech show or exhibition arrange the products in increasing order too long Kaushik. We’ve been doing a lot like CES. I am sure will attract a lot of of price of core science. In fact some would say companies and tech firms who will be

•• Please add some music gadgets (Ampli- we’ve been doing way too much of it. We ready to showcase their products and fiers, DJ Consoles and the like) have had an entire section called Space services at your event. You can also

•• If possible try including all the PDFs of Age for the past two years now. Do check organize some gaming or tech quiz Digit in your DVD next month. it out in this month’s issue. sort of thing there. I have no doubt that

•• Technology doesn’t mean just com- – Siddharth DITS(Digit International Tech Show) puters. Please put some info about will be a huge success! renewable energy sources or Space )) Hello Team Digit, And if this happens don't forget to invite Science) That would surely add Stars to Your magazine defines awesomeness for me as the chief guest! (Just kidding free the magazine. me. The happiness which I get when I buy passes would be enough) Last but not the least, great Job guys! Digit on 1st of every month is equivalent to a 2. YYou get so many products for testing, dodo – Kaushik Ghosh person’s happiness when he gets his salary you return all of them? If not why not on 1st of the month. Your December edition give those as prizes for small contests Thanks for sharing your story of dis- was a dynamite of information and like in earlier days there used to be “Beat covering Digit. I remember mine entertainment. I was eagerly that Digit Caption” contest? It would be aa just as clearlyly. About your waiting for Zero1 awards good treat for gadget lovers. suggestions let me take and you did a splendid I wish all the very best and Happy New them up one by one: job in zeroing down the Year to team Digit for the year 2015 and • • Agreed the site isis best products in each keep rocking like you always do! slow. We’re working category as always. – Rohit K. Dhanda towards making it The final edition of faster. Encyclopedia Technica Thanks for the wishes Rohit. We’d love to • • Good point it should was just as amazing as have an international expo under the Digit be ascending. Changed the previous four editions. banner. However the economics should from this issue onwards. The new addon “Rewind” work out. Your suggestion is duly noted Thanks! was the best yearbook for and will be taken up with management in • • We’ll try to add more ofof Everyone technology so far that I have our next edit meeting. As for the gadgets, these gadgets. wins a t-shirt ever read . I wish I could tell you that we get to keep • • PDFs only come bundled Well I have two suggestion them all, but I can’t. with the June issue so be this time! for you : – Siddharth

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)) Dear Team Digit, with the devworx section has been abc123” shows a 404 error. Now I Congratulations on completing another very well-presented.. have seen “ABC.com” and “ABC.net” glorious year and still standing tall 5. The magazine itself is a wonder.. leading to different sites or a 40404 as “The Best” technology magazine in Blippar was a new concept. All the perhaps if one of them has not been India. Although I have been a reader Sci-Fi stuff that you talked about registered but how do you explain since long, this is my first ever letter made me really excited to see our this? The same error doesn’t occur to you so bear with me because this is world in the future. About product with “goo.gl” links though. going to be quite long. reviews, you guys have great This brings me to the end of my long 1. 1. Tell me how in the world do you contacts I must say. How did you tale. You can always omit the parts that manage with a 51 INR discount along manage to get your hands on the you didn’t like while putting this into with a coupon of the same OnePlus One, even before its launch! print (I won’t mind, seriously). Thanks value? Considering the stuff I am looking forward to an intern- for making such a wonderful magazine in print along with the ship next summer, especially and refining it from time to time. Keep DVDs that’s brilliant. because I want to test all the up the good work everyone. 2. 2. Skoar finally gets aa latest products. Do let me PP.S.: Shirt size - XL ( just in case, you full print but frankly know if that is possible. know) speaking, I was never a 6. I noticed a few typos – Swastik Padhi fan, I like playing games here and there and oh my, I more than reading their did find some grammatical Talk about dropping hints Swastik! But reviews and dreaming of errors as well. Now consid- ok we’ll bite. Enjoy your T-shirt! As playing them! Of course, ering the amount of efforts you for your letter: that is because I get all the guys put in, such mistakes can 1. We don’t eat for days to enable that latest games for free (you be ignored once in a while but discount Swastik. Savour it. know how). then we are talking about Digit! 2. Stay where you are, a police officer 3. 3. Omission of the third DVD and addi- 77. Rewind was a delight to read. Again has been dispatched to your address tion of a poster was not welcome. Youou generating that Sci-Fi excitement! and should be reaching there anytime should not be surprised to know that Arduino did great as a sequel to “Make now ;-) my poster is not in a condition to put your own Robot” (after a long time). 3. How about Far Cry 4? on a wall, thanks to the folding. And I would really love a FastTrack on 4. Thanks. Do let us know how we canan Splinter Cell, really!? A Lambo from setting up liquid coolants (pipes, reser- make the DVDs better though. Abhijit Most Wanted would’ve been better. voirs and all) particularly focused on our new DVD guy is waiting for your 4 . 4. Coming to the DVDs, I suppose youou laptops as they need more cooling. feedback. forgot the Essentials section this 8. In this issue, a reader reported that 5. Sure send us your CV! time, maybe its because that has your shortened links showed a 404 6. YeYes we need to be more careful.ful. become common in Digit DVDs. error so I did some testing and found 7. Sure we’ll look into your idea. Alpha DVD is awesome, quite nicely out that “http://dgit.in/abc123” works 8. Good catch. We’ll implement a redirect. packed. The UX design videos along perfect while “http://www.dgit.in/ - Siddharth

)) Dear Digit, for people like me. The DIY VR Headset )) I am writing this as an extremely aggra- What could be a better way to end this was awesome too and expecting a similar vated fan of what was once an iconic maga- year’s final issue? Interactive cover page was feature regarding Google Glass. zine. I have been reading Digit since April a great trick. Columns written by Siddharth, 3. Product prices in the magazine aren’t 2002. So I am almost as old a reader as the Ja Jayesh and Robert really make us think forfor consistent. magazine itself. I have seen this magazine a moment about whether its technology or 4. Can your team start a SMS Notification undergo various happy transformations “tech-no-logic” and the hint of wittiness is service for all subscribers?? through the ages. I have not skipped a what adds flair to your writing. Keep navigating and digitizing! month ever since to get my hands on a copy I would like to address few points. – Sandeep Tidke of this magazine. There were a few sad times 1. 1. WWe’ve witnessed transition of Digit Magag too. But none was as bad as this – now I'm over the years tech based magazine to Thanks for the words of encouragement simply not excited enough to buy my copy “interactive tech magazine.” Kudos! and specific feedback. We’re working on every month. 2. 2. Inclusion of all issues of Encyclopedia point no 3 and 4. Stay tuned. I am really frustrated at the quality of Techinca & FastTrack has been a boon – Siddharth packaging you folks provide.

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From the past 5-6 months, there hasn't – the flag-bearing company? 9.9 Media the market. For the non-PC stuff, there have been one issue where I've tried hard not has disappointed me over Jasubhai Digital been challenges with getting the products to to tear anything apart while opening the Media. Please accept your faults and truly come in on time, or at all. Some companies package and removing those bits n' pieces take charge of what you're delivering to have decided to steer clear of comparisons. of tape and yet failed I've miserably. Please your readers. It's largely a dumb buyers market, and that's don't give me that prices excuse. You already YYours always, perfect for brands, and terrible for people have almost increased it to 1.5 times in the – Siddharth like you and me (as tech enthusiasts). We past 9 years. are working on trying to change this. Now about the content: I am sorry but Hey Siddharth, it is almost going down the drain. I was Just wanted to start by telling you I doubt CDs / DVDs always excited to see what the Test Centre anyone ever "leaves" a brand like Digit. How- Sadly, this increasingly mobile-centric had for me this month. But not anymore. ever, since Digit still pays my salary, I most world of ours means that more and more There was a time when you guys had definitely haven't left... I may, at some point, Digit readers write in and tell us to do reviewed 20-30 graphics cards, laptops, stop being an employee of Digit, but it won't away with the DVDs altogether. We have branded desktops, smartphones, digital stop me being a reader... to slowly but sadly accept the fact that we cameras, hard disks and even ubiquitous We take the critical feedback far more will have to disappoint the minority who things like headphones/earphones and pen seriously than we do the adulation, because still want them. Don't expect special issues drives. Now even Agent001 also does not that's what's kept us grounded all these in the future to be any different in terms of cover any exciting products. years. We know we can always do better; number of DVDs. :-( What went wrong? Is it a reflection of the always! declining state of the PC market that your Let me address the very valid points Writing Style June & December issues are barely anything you make in your criticism, and I'll be as Although subjective, yes I suppose you're more than the rest of the months? Back then straight-forward with my answers as you right in the sense that the new generation of (in 2003 or so) I was used to the idea of get- were with your email, because I think you'd writers are those who have always had tech- ting as many as 4-5 CDs with the December expect that: nology, and perhaps lack the emotional con- issue. This time I just got two. I have almost nect or the awe that we did when we started 2 to 3 drawers in my cabinet full of your CDs Packaging out. However, this does not mean nothing & DVDs. Agree wholeheartedly. There's nothing awes the new age writers... I still think we're Heck now even the writing team doesn't more frustrating than ruining a magazine by quite in-depth and unswayed by fanboyism seem as enthusiastic to me. So many people tearing the cover. We will look into this once though; do you have any specific instances just came and left - Deepak AjAjwani, Sachinin again to try and see what's going wrong. We you would like me to clarify or look into? Kalbag, Robert Smith to mention a few. It's buy the best 3M tape to prevent this from almost like being full of mid 90s kids who happening. We will try and get to the bottom The Rest got an iPod / iPhone before they were 18, of this once and for all. Thankfully the sub- As for JDM and 9.9, trust me, it's just a but are far less inclined to "actually" learn scriber copies are saved from this headache. perception you have. Digit has always anything about tech like those kids of the been left to itself to run as a mag that's for 80s where it all started. They're more about Prices enthusiasts, by enthusiasts. With 9.9 we show-off-cool-stuff-to-the-others who know This is a sore point. For you and for me. No went through a terrible recession, and I the so-called status rise a tech product one likes to pay extra, and yet no one likes know first-hand how tough times got, but brings with it but not the value or the power to sell at a loss. Yes, we have, in 13 years, we functioned in a protective bubble, almost that it has. raised the price of the issue 100%. You tell oblivious of the financial chaos all around. Over these 12 years I've also bought and me if you would work for 13 years at the This freedom that we've always been seen off many other tech magazines simply same job and settle for only double the entrusted with also means that not only do to fulfill my tech appetite – PCQuest , IC salary 13 years later? The other mags you we get to take credit for the adulation, we Chip , PCWorld , Linux / Open Source For mentioned were businesses first, this one also have to accept the brickbats as well... You. PC World and IC CHIP are dead now. isn't, which is why it's still alive. it's NOT the company that's failed you, it's Then yours was a different product I us, the editorial staff. used to wait for. Now it's just another one Content I really want to be able to wow you and of those run-of-the-mill publications. Is I agree. I loved the 30 GPU comparisons readers like yourself again. I want you to be this what success / lack of competition too. The 100 GPU comparisons even better, waiting eagerly for Digit again. Let's find a does to people? Now I need to know if you and the 30 CPUs, 65 HDDs, 40 inkjet way to do that together... Maybe we can get really want to improve the quality or will printers... every single comparison was bril- a group of long-term readers like yourself I have to wait for another publication to liant and diverse. Today, companies them- together and have a reader meet, or make a acquire you or take you over? Or is this a selves aren't making that much variety for small party of it all... What say? reflection of change in who's in command PC peripherals, and even if they're selling in – Robert

SECTION SUBSECTION GREED TEMPTATION For those who just want more If you’re wondering what to do than should be humanly with yourself or how to spend allowed, we have enough to some time getting cultured, satisfy your hunger... this is for you...

This month: A watch worth This month: The Interview, $200,000, a Lamborghini for Predestination, Autómata, $7 million and a Yacht that’s a Pink Floyd, adventure mere $30 million, plus more... holidays and more...

Technology with Style

DESIRE Google’s diverless car coming in 2015

Shows off the first finished prototype LAUNCH

On December 22, 2014, Google OF THE unveiled pictures of the first MONTH BlackBerry fully-functional prototype ofof their self-driving car project. Classic The car still has manual Hated the BlackBerry Passport controls and is used by test but still want a QWERTY drivers, but it’s only a matter phone? You’re not going to get of time, we think, before too many quality options for cars are things that just take keyboard phones these days, you places, and not silly and chances are your best mechanical idiots who humans bet will be a BlackBerry when need to control. it comes down to keyboard Anyone who’s ever been quality. We haven’t reviewed stuck in a traffic jam in one of it yet, so we obviously can’t India’s large cities, knows the recommend it, but turn to our importance of having some though it’s not a finished need to drive, and can just doze Connections section for more on order to traffic. product, because of the promise on commutes instead! It’s cute this launch. Price: $449 For us, this is worthy of it holds. Imagine a not-so- looking too, and it reminds us of launch of the month, even distant future, where you never the Nano just a tad. iPhone 6 mini? Pay for VoIP? Ara confirmed 15m on 4G

If rumours are to be believed, Airtel has started charging A modular phone from Google. PwC says India will have 15 you may soon see people for VoIP calls, and we http://dgit.in/araconf million 4G users by the end an iPhone 6 mini fear others may follow suit. of 2015. This exponential from Apple – 4.7- This is against the idea of Net growth will come because of inch display, and Neutrality. They say they’re affordable smartphones being hopefully it won’t launching a data pack for it, available in India, and the bend! http://dgit.in/ but the fact is it’s now being MSPs push towards it. Apple-iPhone-Mini charged! http://git.in/airtelvoip http://dgit.in/PWC-4G-Forecast

DESIRE

Sony’s clip-on glasses display BMW M3 & M4 Coupé Sony announced a new attachable display module that can turn any existing pair of eyewear into smartglasses (like Google Glass, but We recently attended BMW’s launch event for their 2015 on any eyewear!). It’s powered by an ARM Cortex-A7 Processor, has M3 and M4 Coupé models at the Buddh International a 640 x 400 OLED micro display, and comes with Bluetooth and Circuit in Greater Noida. Sachin Tendulkar was there to flag WiFi connectivity. It will be showcased at CES about the time you’re off the cars at the event. Essentially both of these are very reading this, so look for it in our coverage online at digit.in. similar cars – both are powered by a 3.0 litre straight-six engine with turbo chargers, so performance is identical. Jaguar Land Rover’s augmented BMW has managed to extract more power from this new V6 engine than the output of the V8 that it replaces, which windscreen experience means more power, but reduced pollution and an increased The attempt here is to eventually give a deriver a 360 degree view fuel efficiency to keep the tree-hugger types from picketing of his surroundings, by making opaque parts of the inside of the their gates. car, essentially, see-through. That’s not all however, there is also Both cars take 4.1 seconds to go from standing still to an attempt to increase safety by displaying routes and information 60 mph (and no 60 mph does not equal 100 kmph as many right on the windscreen itself. While some may argue against lazy writers of all things auto will have you believe!). They displaying anything on a windscreen, Jaguar Land Rover claim that have their top speeds limited to 250 kmph, and in some the displaying of a car to follow on the wind screen as a way to give special circumstances this can be increased to 280 kmph, directions to a driver is the safer way. It also displays warnings of what’s in your blind spots, such as someone crossing the road. Read more at: http://dgit.in/1Epp2iK

though we’d rather it was lowered for India. We’ve seen our fair share of rich spoilt brats speeding dangerously down our tiny roads... For those of you who are wondering why the two different models, the answer is simple, the M4 Coupé is a two door model for those who choose style over Shooting blanks? Not for long... practicality, while the M3 has four doors for those who want Scientists might soon be able to “cure” infertility. Yes, you read a similar racing driver experience, but also need to ferry the that right. Not that the world at large needs more babies, but family about once in a while. Obviously you sit lower in the only the infertile know how much it sucks to be them. Using M4 Coupé to give you a more racing feel. stem cells, Israeli and UK scientists were able to reproduce There’s carbon fibre all around and the cars are obviously (pun intended) egg and sperm precursor cells from a person’s built to feel premium (for what they cost they better be!). It’s skin cells. Now if the world would stop fearing stem cell not like any of us is ever going to own one, but we can dream, research and relax some of the laws that prohibit important perhaps someday! aspects of research in this field, maybe, just maybe, we’d all Price: M3 `1.198CR, M4 Coupé `1.218CR benefit from advanced biology research. Cure balding already! Site: www.bmw.in http://dgit.in/vhtcndms

DESIRE Mimi MI-W2 An affordable but buggy smartwatch

veryone and their uncle are making smartwatches now, and we received one from Hong Kong-based MIMI called Ethe MI-W2. The design of the W2 is eerily similar to the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. It’s made of an alloy material which seems sturdy. It connects to your Android smartphone (iOS devices are not supported) over Bluetooth. With a 1.54-inch display, the device has a battery-life of about 3 days, but strangely doesn’t have any internal storage, or even any support for external storage. What you get is a screen, a mic and a rather loud speaker. YYou can choose between digital and analog watch faces, and getget a minimal interface to access various features of the device. You can use it to make or receive calls (receive with a shake; which was buggy when we tried it). There’s an app for your smartphone, but The MI-W2 is supposed to show notifications from your phone you have to download the APK file from their site, not the Play store. but most apps aren’t integrated, so you just see which app sent the After you sync your address book to the device, you can search notification, not the notification itself. You can read and even compose through all your contacts and make calls right from the watch, and text messages on the watch, but typing is a pain. it also packs a pedometer to calculates how far you’ve walked. You It’s a good anti-theft solution, as an alarm is triggered when you can control song playback, and this worked as expected. You can move more than seven metres away from your phone. It can also also use the watch as a secondary screen for your phone camera, be used to locate your phone. Currently, the company is working and click photos using the smartwatch. on bringing Facebook and Twitter notifications to the watch. It’s available in three colours – silver, gold and gray.

Price: ``3,400 (approx) | Dimensions: 9.3x1.5x0.4 inch | Display: 240x240 TFT | Battery: 360mAh | Standby time: 100 hours | Weight: 57g

Zano

Taking the art of selfies to new heights, literally! Zano is a tiny quad-copter drone that is semi- autonomous, and has an HD camera. Although a must-have for any advernture sports fanatic, as the video on their site shows, this is also great to get some interesting angles for everyday photography as well. We have no doubt that some people will also find a way to use this to spy on people in cities, but oh well, this is the world we live in now. The Nano doesn’t just fly, it flies intelligently. It has a bunch of sensors that allow it to monitor its surroundings and avoid obvious obstacles. The same sensors also allow it to hover in place, and always know it’s location relative to you. Actually it doesn’t know or recognise you the person, but it does tether with your smartphone (Android and iOS) over Wi-Fi, and knows where your phone is at all times. You control Zano from your smart phone.

SPECIFICATIONS Size: 2.5-inch | Weight: 55 gm | Connectivity: Wi-Fi (b/g/n) | Camera: 5 mp with stabilisation | Others: RGB 8x8 pixel display; IR sensors; Continuous 15 minute flight time Price: `14,000 ($220)

GREED

MB&F Horological Machine No. 6 - Space Pirate Want a limited edition watch? Usually any of MB&F’s watches will give you that feeling of exclusivity, but this one’s a little rarer than rare. Inspired by some machine some guy saw in Japanese Manga, Horological Machine No. 6 - Space Pirate is either the weirdest, coolest or ugliest thing you’ve ever seen, but it guarantees that everyone walking by will stare at your wrist in awe. Even if you’ve never heard of MB&F their designs are all TREWGrip one-of-a-kind (www. We’ve mentioned this one before, but they’ve improved things mbandf.com), but and are now showcasing at CES 2015. For those of you who the HM6 surpasses missed our earlier story, TREWGrip is a revolutionary new all that have come way to add a keyboard to a phone or tablet. Why type with before. There will one finger or two thumbs when typing was designed for both only be 50 made, so hands? This is the logic that has driven the makers to make it’s a must-have for a product where you type on the underside. Basically, if you the rich and famous, see the picture of a letter on the top, your fingers will be able as for us, we’ll just to find the corresponding key below, plus there’s a light that ogle and increment glows to give you the satisfaction of knowing you tapped the the number of things right key. Although seemingly fine for touch typists, we can’t we now know about wait to get one to try out for ourselves to see how well two- but will never own or three-finger typing neanderthals like us do with it. (or maybe even see) http://www.trewgrip.com/ by one more. Priced at somewhere over $200,000 (``1.2cr) this is wrist-candy like no other!

Roland Iten Calibre R822 “Predator” mechanical belt buckle Here’s a first; a belt buckle that costs $400,000 or, about ``2.52.5 crore! Why? This is considered mechanical jewelry – something that serves a purpose but is pretty as well! It’s crafted in a way that makes it easy to use single-handedly – you know, to adjust Lamborghini your belt when you’re driving about in your Bugatti Veyron after you’ve eaten too many caviar crackers! However, that’s not why Veneno Roadster you pay 2.5 crores, it’s the high-tech titanium body and the 387 diamonds that total You want exclusivity? Getting a Lambo is usually a to 14.15 carats. statement enough, but if you really want to go all out, get a Then there’s the rare Lamborghini! The company has built only 9 of these, so fact that there it’s bound to be a rather exclusive club. Although the asking will only ever be price of $4.5 million seemed a little steep from Lamborghini, three of these you are paying for exclusivity. In fact, you could probably made – exclusivity make a profit! Apparently one is on sale for over $6 million is probably worth (before tax) or more than $7 million with tax on a German at least 0.5 crore to site. The asking price of a (slightly) used Veneno is higher the kind of people than Lamborghini’s price? Crazy collectors! who buy these Price: `30 to `42 CR ($5 to $7 million) things. Site: www.lamborghini.com

GREED Martin Logan Neolith Electrostatic transducers with a thump

f you haven’t heard of the term electrostatic transducer,, you have now and will remember it thanks to Martin ILogan. Their Neolith speakers are named after the Neo- lithic period of mankind, where apes finally became men by learning to use tools, etc. Basically, it was the defining period of humanity, and Martin Logan would have you believe their speakers are the defining moment in sound. The Neolith supposedly creates a three-dimensional sonic soundstage like no other speaker before it. The huge 48-inch electrostatic transducers – a technology that vibrates a very thin membrane which is suspendedd between two oppositely charged layers. Think of an ultra- thin diaphragm that’s lighter than the air it moves, yet is uniformly driven! Of course limitations occur and ultra low frequencies are a problem for such setups, which is why Martin Logan use both conventional woofers and mids along Now that you’re convinceed about the technological superiority with what they call “curvilinear electrostatic transducers” to give of this set, you probably can’t wait to get your hands on these improved sound output. beauties... all you need to do is write a cheque to the company The Neolith has a 15-inch, rear-firing woofer, and a 12-inch mid- for $80,000 (``51 lakh) for the cheapest pair and hire a plane to range driver, which overall allows the system to go as low as 23Hz transport them to you...

can get them into international waters house all those expensive cars so that and out of reach of the long arm of the you don’t leave them behind on land. Grey Design’s laborious, land-lubbered law! You want your Lamborghini Veneno with you when you dock at Monte If you’re going to run, you might Carlo, after all. Xhibitionist as well do it in style, and something The ultimate statement of success is that looks like the batmobile of yachts It’s made to order, obviously, so always a yacht. No filthy-rich person is is about as stylish as it gets! At 229 contact the Swedish-based Grey ever complete without one, and rightly feet it’s spacious enough to be a huge Design, and they’re sure to customise so. Mansions, exotic cars and $400,000 mansion on the seas, has a sun deck according to your specifications and belt buckles can only get you so much pool, a heli pad that appears out of also and rush your order for a few attention. Plus, the ultra-wealthy nowhere when the deck retracts, million extra! sometimes need a luxury vehicle that massive cabins and even a garage to Price: `191 crore (give or take a few crores)

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The Left Hand of MOVIE Darkness A classic award- winning novel The Interview by the science fiction author What was all the hype about? Ursula K. Le Guin. The book ust in case you’ve been Anyway, coming back to is set in the fic- living under a rock, with the movie – if this wasn’t a tional Hainish Jyour fingers in your ears, movie that was in the center universe where humanity screaming out loudly, non- of a free speech vs hackers is migrating, and is notably stop, for the last month or so, vs dictator of a communist asexual in nature, at least in the and missed all that happened regime controversy – none beginning... regarding this movie, well, go of us would ever speak of it, back under the rock, it’s too and it wouldn’t even appear Think like a Freak tiresome to repeat again now. here. It’s bearable at best, and The guys Sony Pictures finally all the silly hackers succeeded behind Freako-ko- manned up and released this in doing was making it even nomics are movie online, and in select thea- more popular than it was ever back, and tres. Funnily iTunes refused to destined to be. From mediocre they’ve become air it, for whatever reason, and acting to a stupid storyline and poster boys for that kind of irked me a little. II not really witty comedy, this challenging wonder what damning evidence movie could have died a silent reviews. Now it goes down in conventional the hackers had on Sony to death and perhaps not made history for reasons other than thinking. They’re famous for make them think of scrapping a it to theatres in most places what you will watch... trying to do away with emotional whole movie after it was made. to begin with due to horrible Robert Sovereign-Smith bias’ and rely on data instead. They call this kind of thinking, thinking like a Freak. Just read MOVIE the book, it’s entertaining and eye-opening at times. Predestination The Endless River Pink Floyd have released an Not as good as the Heinlein short story album after 20 years, and it’s their last ever. The Endless River ’m not going to put any been added – since the original is a tribute to the late Richard spoilers because Sid hasn’t Heinlein story was a short story, Wright, and the music is remi- Iseen the movie yet, and he the script had to be beefed up, niscent from The Division Bell has to proof this page. For those I guess. The acting and the times. Musical nirvana! of you who have read the works effects are acceptable, but I felt of Robert A Heinlein a long time there were too many hints as to ago, as I have – as the movie plot what was going on, almost like unfolds in the first half-an-hour, it was dumbed down for the you kind of get the feeling that masses, which for me is ruining you’ve seen it before. This is the Heinlein feel – read All youyou because the plot is changed up a Zombiesies instead. little and some more layers have Robert Sovereign-Smith

Kolibree toothbrush Polyes Q1 Horse-head squirrel feeder Regular toothbrushes When it comes to 3D Squirrels often steal seed are so old school! Just printing pens, we’ve been and birdfood. Get back buy one brush and disappointed because of at them. It doesn’t harm different heads for the risks of getting burnt them, unless they’re everyone, plus it uses or passing out from fumes. on Facebook, you tag apps to make brushing It’s refreshing to see this on them, and they’re easily your teeth fun, for all KickStarter as it promises embarrassed! In our cities ages, because, you cool-ink and forget risks, to these are more likely know, we need to be us adults, it even promises to be big rats though! entertained 24x7 to be child-friendly! http://dgit.in/1wOV1ns

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Adventure is out there!

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Apps Last month belonged to Microsoft and Google as the two heavyweights launched new apps and updated old, popular ones.

Sway: Microsoft's museums and cultural insti- online Office tool tutions have participated in now available for all this pilot project to date and Microsoft has launched its their apps are now live on Office online tool 'Sway' for eve- Google Play. ryone with a Microsoft account. Some of the early adopters The company has also added of this new software platform some new features including are museums and institutions easier text editing features to in France, Italy, Netherlands the preview.. and Nigeria, including the Microsoft stated that just 10 Museum of Arts et Métiers, weeks since the debut Sway has Musee Curie, Museum of Le received over 1 million unique Havre and Rijksmuseum van visitors and over 175,000 Oudheden to name a few.. requests to join. The company Office Online from Microsoft Museums will be able to use stated that the numbers have Google’s “indoor” Street View grown “by thousands” every an update that allows users Excel, Word and Powerpoint technology to offer 360 degree day since the launch, so it has to create Sways offline, along for free. The company has tours though their apps. The decided to remove the waitlist. with improved cross platform launched the free version of apps will show exhibit photos Microsoft stated in a blog support as well as support for Office for iPhone and iPad and and audio tours, and will come post: "It’s been only 10 weeks the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. a preview version for Android with social-sharing features since we kicked off Sway Last Month, Microsoft made for now, with the full release that let visitors post what Preview, and we’ve already its Office suite free for iPhone, expected in 2015. they’re viewing in a museum had over one million unique iPad and Android OS. The on Facebook, Google+ as well visitors to Sway.com and over move allows users who haven't Google brings as via email with their friends. 175,000 requests to join, and subscribed to Office 365, to museum display The apps are also available those numbers grow by thou- create and edit documents in exhibits to mobile offline for users who are trav- sands daily." users elling abroad and don’t have an The update has also added Google is making its plat- internet connection. some improvements to the app form available for museums Google Cultural Institute such as undo and redo buttons, to help them showcase their has earlier digitised the Dead easier text editing, improve- exhibits to smartphone users. Sea Scrolls, Art Project to bring ments to Color Picker and Museums will be able to use museums online and have doc- the ability to import text and YouTube and Street View to umented the World Wonders photos from PDF files. showcase their exhibits to in Street View and 3D. Last Microsoft has also made anyone with a smartphone. year Google launched a 360 the iPhone app available in Google Cultural Institute degree online view of Indian Australia as well as New Zea- has partnered with museums monuments in partnership land. The app has received worldwide for the project. 11 with Archaeological Survey

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and find even greater success changing the screen bright- on our platform." ness setting to save battery, or Google had announced to charge from a power outlet YouTube's offline feature rather than from a USB port along with the Android One for faster charging. It also devices earlier this year. The includes a button to contact new feature will be useful in Google support team for com- India which has the slowest plicated issues and reminds internet speed in Asia, poor users to share device informa- 3G connectivity and expen-- tion with Google for improved sive data plans. YouTube has technical support. The Google Cultural institute over 10,000 Indian films and Google Play listing says over 250,000 Indian songs. that Device Assist app will of India. The project aims to with free downloading of copy- According to a recent report, give users get proactive help create panoramic imagery of righted content, the company Indians watch nearly 5 bil- with detected issues including "nationally important" monu- stated at the launch. YouTube lion videos on YouTube every GPS, connectivity, and battery ments including the Taj Mahal, stated that, "much of India's month and the country is among others. It also includes Humayun's Tomb, Khajuraho, popular YouTube content" is Qutub Minar, Red Fort and available to view offline. Agra Fort, etc. John Harding, Vice Presi-- dent of Engineering at You- YouTube Offline Tube, said of the new offline launched in India feature, "In a country like YouTube has launched the India, the future of the Internet offline feature that allows is mobile... By launching this users to download videos to offline experience on You- their Android or iOS device Tube in India today, we hope for later consumption without to help people move past the internet connectivity.. challenges of data connec- Google stated that users tion, speed and cost to enjoy a will have to sync with YYouTube smooth, buffer-free version of Device Assist from Google to watch the videos. The down- YouTube." loaded content will be avail- Speaking about how con- expected to become the second some tips to explore new fea- able for offline playback only tent partners will benefit, largest market in the world, for tures and improve the perfor- through the YYouTube app, and Ajay Vidyasagar, Regional video content, by 2015. mance of device as well as easysy can be downloaded via Wi-Fi Director of YYouTube Partner- access to live Google support connectivity or mobile data. ships, YouTube Asia-Pacific, Google launches for Nexus and Google Play edi- The videos will be available said, "The new feature will Device Assist for tion devices. for viewing for 48 hours only, also help our partners bring Nexus, GPE and The device assist app could to help avoid issues involved more viewers to their content Android One devices also be a way from Google Google has launched a new to track any further issues troubleshooting app called with its Android 5.0 Lol- Device Assist for Nexus, lipop. The internet giant has Google Play edition (GPE), already faced complaints of and Android One devices run- WiFi issues, battery bug and ning Android 5.0 Lollipop. The more in its latest OS. Google is Device Assist app is currently announced a new update for limited to US-based devices Android 5.0, dubbed Android and can be downloaded from 5.0.1 to the Android Open the Google Play Store. Source Project (AOSP) with Google says that the new the build number LRX22C. app provides "tips and proac- This initial update will most tive troubleshooting" when it likely be for fixing bugs and detects issues on a device. The issues reported by users in the Watch YouTube videos offline app will offer suggestions like last few weeks.

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WhatsApp to get The screenshots show sepa- voice calling soon: rate screens for dialing a voice Reports call to WhatsApp contacts, call Earlier this year, messaging ser- logs and ongoing calls. Another vice WhatsApp had announced interesting feature leaked in the that it will roll out voice calling images shows call recording and playback. However, it is difficult to verify the authenticity of the screenshots and WhatsApp has not confirmed that it’s testing such a feature. In September voice calling feature was spotted on What- sApp’s iOS app in the update released for iPhone on Sep-- Google Ara: a modular cell phone tember 8, which added sev- eral new features including feature in February, post the confirmed. The company’s improved location sharing and company’s Facebook acquisition. Advanced Technology and Pro- faster camera access. Users who India which has over 70 million jects (ATAP) team stated on its have updated to the new What- WhatsApp users, will benefit Google+ page that it is working sApp iOS app are getting a new from the voice calling feature on the SoC designs in collabora- pop-up message, which reads, as WhatsApp executives in the tion with NVIDIA and Marvell. “WhatsApp requires micro- past have stated that the pop- Reference designs for the Ara phone access to send Voice Mes- ular messaging app will always phone modules are under devel- Voice calling is coming sages, record Videos with sound, remain free in the country. The opment and have been based on make and receive Voice Calls.” feature will be inline with other the Tegra K1 chipset from Nvidia feature for its users. According WhatsApp CEO Jan Kuom messaging app like Line, BBM, and PXA1928 chipset from Mar- to new images leaked online, had announced the voice calling Skype and Viber which already vell. The chipsets are expected to the feature is expected to be offer free voice calling. Android, become the reference chips in the launched soon. iOS and Windows Phone also MDK v0.20 release. Androidworld.nl has pub- offer free voice calling through The ATAP team had ear- lished alleged screenshots internet via Hangouts, Face- lier shared an image of the of a build of the WhatsApp Time and Skype. Spiral 2 circuit board to be app that offers voice calling. used in the Ara phone. Ere- According to rumors, the test Google confirms menko’s post though indi- build is being used by What- Project Ara circuit cates that the team has come sApp employees, and we will design and chipsets up with an all new version soon see an official build as soon The form factor and chipsets of this circuit board, in the as the company is satisfied with for Google’s Project Ara mod- Spiral 3 model. Eremenko had the results. ular smartphones have been also talked about the presence

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of a Pulse Oximeter at an The latest development Engadget conference recently. comes after OnePlus was tempo- Google is hosting Ara devel- rarily banned from marketing, oper conferences in various loca- selling and shipping of its smart- tion in January 2015. The India phones in India. The directive leg of this is scheduled for Jan- came after Micromax sought an uary 21, to be held in Bengaluru. injunction against OnePlus for allegedly infringing upon exclu- Indian government sive rights it had acquired with to review specs of Cyanogen. Micromax recently Aakash 4 launched its Cyanogen based The Indian government is plan- YYu YYu ureka smartphone in India. ning to review the technical The Ubislate 7 OnePlus- Micromax- specifications of the Aakash 4 Cyanogen tussle comes amid tablet. According to reports, the ister Kapil Sibal with an objective version. The company also the Xiaomi and Ericsson entered in Department of Electronics and to bridge the digital divide in the agreement between Micromax a legal battle over patent issues. IT (DEITY) told a Parliamen- country. The Aakash tablet, how- and Cyanogen implied that Ericsson claimed the Chinese tary committee that vendors ever, was marred with controver- Cyanogen cannot collaborate company had infringing upon couldn’t meet specifications sies, right from the price point, with other smartphone makers its patent. desired as per the tender such manufacturing and availability.. in the country. as 3G modem, Java support etc. The project was completed after The company also sought Google expands “HRD ministry started this DataWind shipped the first and three months of time to clear its Android One program project. The initial mistake that second versions of the device for stock as well as come up with a to Bangladesh, Sri was committed by us was that we ``2,276 and ``2,263 per unit. new software to replace Cyanogen. Lanka and Nepal fixed the price and asked the man- According to reports, the court Google has announced that it ufacturers to supply the product Our OS is different observed that Cyanogen wasn’t will launch its Android One on this fixed price. If we could from Micromax’s Yu, fair with OnePlus and Micromax. smartphones in Nepal, Bang- have decided the specifications OnePlus tells court ladesh and Sri Lanka in the and then asked the manufac- Shenzhen OnePlus Technology coming weeks. The Internet turers to supply the product that Co. Ltd has told the Delhi High giant plans to make the smart- could be the better arrangement,” Court that the operating system phones accessible to an esti- DEITY Secretary informed the being offered on its OnePlus mated 200 million people with Standing Committee on Informa- One phone is different a ver- the launch. tion Technology.. sion of Cyanogen from the one Google has stated that The official revealed that the Micromax had secured an exclu- Micromax, Karbonn and Spice government is now planning to sive licence from Cyanogen. which launched its Android review technical specifications OnePlus added that its One smartphones in India will of the Aakash 4. phones featured CM11S version be launching their devices along The Aakash 4 tablet project of the Cyanogen software while with Bangladesh-based Sym- was initiated by ex telecom min- Micromax offered a different OnePlus is different! phony in the Bangladesh, Nepal

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to further expand 6(!)GB of RAM and a 12,100(!!) dubbed as Android M, in the the programme mAh battery, then it’s all set to next year or so. to Pakistan, Indo- rule 2015, that’s for sure. This year we saw both nesia, and the Phil- Android and its arch rival ippines. However Android Auto to Apple launch their versions Google’s Android come pre-installed in of smartphone and auto inte- One devices have cars next year gration and both initiatives not seen a great Google plans to directly inte- are backed up by car manu- response in India grate its services in your car facturers. Both Android Auto with many local instead of via your Android and Apple’s Car Play are aimed retailers refusing powered phone. If and when this at giving you more information to stock the devices happens Google will be able to about your car and your trips. due to the low profit make use of information coming And if Google’s auto integra- margin and demand from your fuel gauge, rear view tion goes as planned and the Android One smartphones for them. cameras, sensors, GPS, etc. smartphone goes out of the According to Reuters, the picture, Google will be able and Sri Lanka. In Bangladesh, Leaked Sony tablet source close to Google did to integrate its services more Google has tied up with operator boasts insane specs not provide any timeframe on tightly around you. BanglaLink to start selling the Leaked specs of what is claimed Android One devices. Bangla- to be the Xperia Z4 Ultra sug- desh based brand Symphony gest that the upcoming Sony is also planning to launch their tablet will be the most powerful Symphony Road A50 smart- mobile device ever launched. phone in the coming weeks. The leaked specs are so unbe- Google’s VP for Product lievable that we literally cannot Management, Caesar Sengupta believe them, especially since we said, “In the coming weeks, the don’t know where PadNews, the Android One devices will start blog that leaked the specs, got to go on sale in India’s neigh- the source image from. boring countries of Bangladesh, As you can see, those specs Nepal, and Sri Lanka.” make the Xperia Z4 Ultra tablet Last week Spice has the single most powerful tablet launched the Dream Uno H, to ever be launched. Now, while which is targeted towards the Sony has a reputation of packing Android Auto for smarter cars Hindi speaking population in its devices with quality, pow- the country. The smartphone erful hardware, the above specs when Android Auto will be BlackBerry Classic has an entire suite of Google do seem out of this world. integrated into cars but men- QWERTY smartphone apps in Hindi. Karbonn On the other hand, if Sony tioned that it is in the works. It officially unveiled Mobiles has also committed to can actually deliver an Android was also revealed that Google BlackBerry has officially a long-term partnership with tablet with a 13-in 4K IPS dis- is planning to come out with unveiled its Classic smart- Android One in India and play, a 64-bit octa-core processor, the next version of Android, phone featuring full QWERTY stated that its next generation keyword, physical navigation Android One smartphone will keys and design language of arrive in Q1 2015. the BlackBerry Bold 9900. The Google had unveiled the smartphone is available through Android One programme in Amazon.com and www.Black- June this year. The internet Berry.com for $449 in the U.S. giant stated that the new and $499 in Canada. phones will “give people a The BlackBerry Classic high quality mobile experi- runs BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 and ence for an affordable price, is powered by a 1.5 GHz Qual- running stock-Android with comm Snapdragon processor updates from Google.” Apart along with 2GB of RAM. The from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka BlackBerry Classic has a 3.5- and Nepal, Google is planning Xperia Z4 Ultra inch touch display, 294 dpi HD

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“We listened phone in India. But, we expect Google’s Android One pro- closely to our cus- to be available early next year. gram. The company launched tomers’ feedback the Spice Dream Uno, which to ensure we are Spice launches was its first Android One device. delivering the tech- first Hindi Android The Micromax Canvas A1 and nologies to power One smartphone at Karbonn Sparkle V are the them through their `6,499 two other Android One smart- day – and that feed- Homegrown smartphone phones available in the market back led directly to maker Spice has launched right now. the development of the first Hindi Android One Instead of going with the BlackBerry Classic. smartphone. The device, Spice online model, Spice has opted BlackBerry Classic Dream Uno H, is the is the powerful com- first smartphone to munications tool feature a complete that many Black-- Hindi keyboard, Berry Bold and voice input along Curve users have with Hindi versions been waiting for. It’ss of Android and pop- the secure device ular Google products that feels familiar such as Chrome, in their hands, with Search, YouTube the added perfor- and Google Maps. mance and agility The device has The BlackBerry Classic they need to be a 4.5 inch IPS dis- competitive in today’s busy play along with a 1.3 resolution and Corning Gorilla world,” says John Chen, Exec- GHz quad-core pro- Glass 3 protection. utive Chairman and CEO cessor and Android It comes with an 8MP rear at BlackBerry. 4.4.4 KitKat. It also facing camera and 2MP front BlackBerry has been has a 1700 mAh Li- facing camera. It has 16GB of making a lot of efforts to make Polymer battery and device storage (expandable by a comeback in the smartphone expandable storage up to another 128GB via Micro segment, currently domi- of up to 32 GB. It is Android one SD card). nated by the likes of Google’s priced at ``6,499 and Other important features of Android and Samsung. The offers 2G and 3G connectivity to sell the Dream Uno H in the Classic include BlackBerry recent BlackBerry Passport, options. The device also has a 5 all major retail stores in the Blend, digital assistant Black- the square QWERTY smart- MP rear camera along with a 2 country. This makes sense, as Berry Assistant, dual app store- phone, helped BlackBerry MP front camera. the phone seems to be aimed fronts – BlackBerry World and gained some attention. Spice, along with Micromax at the tier II and tier III cities Amazon Appstore, and Black- Right now there’s no word and Karbonn, was the first of in India, which aren’t big on Berry Hub. on the availability of the smart- three manufacturers to join buying online yet.

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Security There’s been an increase in cyber attacks recently, and this is going to increase in 2015, plus Android is under threat as well

Cyberattacks to family malware that arrives increase in 2015 bundled with legitimate Android Security researchers predict that applications and infects Android there will be an increase in cyber based smart phones. warfare and espionage, with “Once infected, it sends text cybercriminals coming up with messages (typically with a link new strategies to hide their tracks to itself or a different threat) to and steal sensitive data. a specific number, typically to McAfee Labs’ 2015 Threats numbers on the contact list and Predictions report claims that is also capable to send SMS to “Cyber espionage attacks will con- premium rate numbers,” the tinue to increase in frequency,” the Computer Emergency Response report said. “Long-term players Team of India (CERT-In) said in will become stealthier information Thakkar, Managing Director, of the present threat landscape.” its latest advisory to Android gatherers, while newcomers will India & SEA, Trend Micro. “Fol- Threats around banking will con- phone users. look for ways to steal money and lowing the success of targeted tinue to become more severe, and The advisory says that after disrupt their adversaries.” attacks from Chinese and Russian banking intuitions must imple- infecting a device, the malware The report comes after the cybercriminals, many hackers ment two-factor authentication for steals the Smartphones IMEI news of large-scale cyberattacks from other countries will regard online services. number, device id, device type this year linked to Russia or China, cyber-attacks as a more practical “The payment ecosystem will as well as other basic informa- as well as the infiltration of Sony method to grab a foothold in an continue to evolve,” said JD Sherry,, tion and can even install spyware Pictures by cybercriminals. organisation. Additionally, with vice president of technology and on the targeted device. Trend Micro Incorporated the incessant barrage of data solutions, Trend Micro. CERT-in also warns that the has also released its annual secu- breaches emerging almost daily, virus “steals contacts and pic- rity predictions report, “Trend it’s reasonable to presume that New Password tures, tracks the location, steals Micro Security Predictions for data breaches will be essentially stealing virus hits passwords, illegally accesses text 2015 and Beyond: The Invisible regarded as a common offshoot Android devices messages, crashes a complete Becomes Visible”. Cybersecurity sleuths have issued system, steals personal banking According to that report, tar- a warning about a new infectious information when logged in, geted attacks campaigns will con- Trojan virus which steals vital installs other sort of spyware and tinue to multiply in 2015, after information from your Android disables firewall and anti-virus cybercriminals had noteworthy based smartphone and can even program to defend itself.” breaches via targeted attacks in illegally send SMSes to those on Be careful when downloading the US and China. the mobile contact list. apps, and when clicking links “What we are seeing today The malware dubbed when surfing from your phone. is not a huge surprise but rather ‘AndroidSmssend’ can acquire Always check the permissions the velocity and brutal measures as many as four aliases to steal that apps ask for, and try and cybercriminals are using to passwords. ““Android/SmsSend encrypt your data if your OS steal information,” said, Dhanya is a premium service abuser supports it.

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Spam from messaging However, industry experts Norton’s Jeans Betabrand CEO and founder apps on the rise state that these steps may not Norton has developed a pair of Chris Lindland stated that the Even though unsolicited phone be enough as the government’s jeans and a blablazer with RFID two companies started working calls and texts from telemar- regulation that curbed spam blocking technology that will together in October to develop the keters are on the decline, spam calls and texts does not apply to prevent thieves from stealing design and the silver-based mate- from internet and messaging messaging apps like WhatsApp. information from passports and rial to block signals. The products apps like WhatsApp is on the “Spam sent over What- contactless credit cards. were developed by Betabrand’s rise, say industry experts. sApp, Internet-based spam Security Software maker “think-tank,” where early backers Minister for Communica- Norton has teamed up with San get a discount on the products that tions and Information Tech- Francisco-based Betabrand to end up in production. nology Ravi Shankar Prasad make the READY Active Jeans The RFID jeans have already stated in the Rajya Sabha that and Work-It Blaze with radio surpassed the funding goal and the number of complaints lodged frequency identification (RFID)- the company plans to ship them by consumers on the Telecom blocking fabrics in the pockets. in February. However the Blazer Regulatory Authority of India’s The pants include two protected will be launched only in mid- (TRAI) portal has now begun pockets, one in front and one in March 2015 if it reaches it funding to decline. the back, while the blazer has just goal. The jeans are a modified The minister added that the calls and spam messages — one pocket. version of a popular one that the Indian government has fined ser- the current regulations do not According to the crowd company already makes but are vice operators who failed to take cover it, and this is a major funding page, Norton and Beta- priced $20 more at $151 for the action to the tune of ``7.13 crore, new front for unsolicited calls Brand claim “that more than 10 added materials. Once the promo- blacklisted 19 telemarketers and messages,” stated Rajan million identities are digitally pick tion is over the jeans will retail at permanently and blacklisted Mathews, Director-General of pocketed every year” and “70% of $168. The blazer is priced at $198 another 2.4 lakh for two years, the Cellular Operators Asso- all credit cards will be vulnerable but is currently available at a 30 in an effort to curb spam. ciation of India. to such attacks” by 2015. percent discount.

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Rocksmith 2014 Who says New Year’s Resolutions have to be all about losing weight or getting in shape? Why can’t they be about combining how to play the guitar into an interactive video game, for instance? That’s what Rocksmith 2014 is all about. We’ve tried it out in our office and think it justifies its claim with great aplomb. With a variety of popular songs to strum your guitar to, this game really gets it right better than most other games in itsits genre. If you’re up for learning how to play a guitar in the new year, we highly recommend you grab hold of a copy of this game -- it will make the whole process a lot faster and fun-filled.

Gadgets to drool over your New Year’s Resolution

KindlePaperwhite Admit it. You’re not able to find the time to read for pleasure as you once used to. And buying books can either be too expensive or costly to the environment. What does one do to rekindle the love for reading in oneself? Get yourself a Kindle Paperwhite. No, seriously. It’s quite cheap, can store over a 1000 ebooks, and lets you read in the dark. What’s more, its surface feels just like paper -- textured and non-smooth. A sleek, compact device to replace your physical books library. YeYeah, that’s pretty much it. A great start to the new year, if we may say so. What’s better than getting back to reading, right?

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Acer Chromebook C720 Tired of using Windows? Think Mac OS X just can’t cut it for you? Bored being on Linux for too long? If you answered yes to anyone of those questions, it’s time to take the leap to a whole new cloud computing environment -- Google’s Chrome OS. The Acer C720, an 11-inch Chromebook (laptop) with 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, and all the functional ports and communication options is a great alternative platform-based computer to buy at its price. It’s more than equipped to handle everything you throw at it and its OS. So, are you ready to make the switch to an OS that’s 99 percent similar to working on a Chrome browser? Something to think about this new year’s eh?

Goqii We never said don’t pay attention to your health this new year. How could we? We know very well that health-related resolutions are the most popular ones in January every year -- they’re often the most broken resolutions. But with Goqii’s smartband, a personal tracker extraordinaire combine with a in-built fitness coach that can be tailored to your preferences, getting in shape (and staying in shape) are no longer a chore. And it isn’t terribly expensive, compared to opposing smartbands. Just check it out.

Fujifilm X30 If you aren’t a photographer, it’s time to pick up this creatively rewarding hobby this new year. Resolve to become better at the art of taking photos, and the way to do that is not with your smartphone camera -- oh no siree. Take a look at the Fuji X30, which sits at the crossroads of a professional and point-n-shoot camera. Not only is it incredibly light, but it packs quite a punch with its specs. Given Fujifilm’s track record, we have no doubt the X30 (part of its X Series) is a good performer at its price. You know how it is with new year’s resolutions: being a good photographer is all about buying the right camera, and vice versa. Go get shutterbugged!!

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Upping Your Mind Power While the cynics talk about the adverse effects of technology and how it makes us lazy, phones, tablets and laptops can actually do a lot otherwise. Productivity and other usage aside, technology today can help you sharpen your mind. That applies to both children and adults.

Prasid Banerjee bunch of leaves, type down the [email protected] coloured yellow number of one of and green, those people. uying gadgets today costs a lot moving in a http://dgit.in/Brain- of money, more than it did a few certain direction. TrainS years ago. The reason is that You, the user, has Byou can do a lot more with them to simply swipe Reading and and it’s your choice how you want to use in the direction Writing them. Your phone can easily be used to that the green Elevate: This app improve how sharp you are or how fast leaves point and takes a little bit your mind works. In fact, it is as easy as in the direction of time to set up,up, going to the Play Store and downloading that the yellow but it is argu- a free app. Such apps include both leaves move. ably the best of games and productivity related apps. It is basically the lot. Elevate a representation of brain exercises that makes you go through a short test Games many researchers and doctors give to their (which felt quite long) and determines Lumosity: This is an online brain training subjects and patients. What might interest your skill level. It also asks you what and neuroscience research company. You you even more is that you can also access all you would like the app to help with. can download the app for free and gain Lumosity on your PC through it website You can then play relevant games to access to games, which improve your or download the Chrome Extension for it. improve your reading, writing etc. concentration and overall brain power. http://dgit.in/LumosityAnd http://dgit.in/ElevateAnd An example of a Lumosity games is a Brain Trainer Special: This app also brings you games that can improve certain Stress and aspects of your mind. The free version has De-Stress games that improve your abilities in Math, We lead stressful Analytics, Concentration, Observation lives nowadays and Memory. A simply math game in this and your phone app shows you a bunch of floating cubes, can help you with with numbers on them. You have to then that. While Sam- enter the sum of all those numbers. Simple sung’s newest math, but effective when used enough. devices come Similarly, the memory training game pre-installed shows you a bunch of names and numbers with a heart-rate associated with them. It then asks you to monitor, there are

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apps that can take advantage of existing segment have existed for quite a while, as the Google Play Newsstand, can help phone hardware to monitor stress levels. big names like Coursera and Udacity you. Every major media outlet has an Stress Check: The Stress Check app have joined the fray now. The premier app that can be used for reading the on the Play Store tells you exactly how online learning portals are now avail- news and improving your awareness. stressed you are. In order to do this, you able through Android and iOS apps, News apps: http://dgit.in/NewsAppAnd need to stay still and let the app monitor meaning you can work on that course your pulse, heart rate etc. It even checks you chose while you’re on the move. Others the time taken between heart beats, in When you’re outdoor, travelling and Su-Doku order to determine how have time, you can watch lec- The Play Store also offers a variety ofof stressed you are. It quantifies tures and read through course apps modeled after the magic square physical and psychological material on your phone or game, better known as Su-Doku. Not stress and gives it to you in tablet. When you’re indoors, only does it help you improve your math, percentage terms. you can cast the content on to but it increases the power to concentrate http://dgit.in/StressChk your television and enjoy the as well, while also making your brain bigger screen experience. sharper. If you don’t want to wait for the Sleep Better Udacity: http://dgit.in/UdacityAnd one Su-Doku puzzle your newspaper Researchers have often Coursera: http://dgit.in/Courser- will give you every day, Android’s Play showed that certain kinds aAnd Store is more than what you can handle. of music help you achieve Udemy: http://dgit.in/UdemyAnd You can choose from a variety of better sleep cycles and Su-Doku apps, most of which are free. In hence improve your overall Reading addition, you can access higher level Su- health. Sleeping better No, nothing replaces the Doku puzzles as well. helps you stay focused experience of reading a hard- http://dgit.in/SuDokuAnd and energised, so that you don’t slack bound book when it comes to reading, off during important activities. but tech can help in other ways. Reading 2048 Relax and Sleep: This is perhaps the has long been the best way to improve One of the most irritating, yet loved simplest app that we’ve written so far, but your vocabulary and diction and it’s sad and downloaded games of this year. it is also one of the most useful. You know that more people don’t do it anymore. 2048 is somewhat similar to Su-Doku. how people often fall asleep while listening The Kindle and Kobo e-book stores are Just by the looks though, this app also to music? Well, this app does just that. It very good for buying e-books and reading provides you with a square and multi- is a compilation of music, from acoustic them on your mobile device or computer. ples of the number two pop-up as you guitar to white noise, which you can play So, stop making excuses for why you swipe across the screen. The goal is while sleeping at night. It is something like don’t read books and get on it. Both thethe to add up the numbers and get 2048. hypnotherapy, only without a voice telling apps have eclectic collections, ranging The catch? 2 can only be added to 2, you what to do. The app will play the music, from fiction to self-help, both paid and 4 to 4, 8 to 8 and so on. Millions havee calming you down and helping you sleep free. Even the Google Play Books section downloaded it and only a handful have better. Oh and the app icon reminds you to is a good option. actually been able to get the number. count sheep if you find it hard to sleep. Kindle: http://dgit.in/AmKindle The game has results similar to Su- http://dgit.in/RelaxSleep Kobo: http://dgit.in/KoboAnd Doku, in the fact that it improves your concentration and patience considerably, Education News apps two things that are lacking, especially in Education is one of the more recent Sharpening your mind doesn’t end the youth today.. additions to Android. While apps in this their either, even something as simple http://dgit.in/1EtLBms

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Staying Healthy There are many ways technology can help you lead healthier lives. Here are some tips on the best apps, hardware and practices to make you fitter.

Nikhil Pradhan Like Health, Fit also serves as a one- [email protected] stop repository of all your health data procured by the various apps you’ve got e’ve finally reached a installed on your smart device, accessible point in the evolution to both you and other apps. If you’ve got of personal technology an Android Wear device (for instance Wwhere it can be used to the Moto 360, the Zen Watch or the Gear not only enhance our productivity but Live), then you can install Fit on it as well, also help us get healthier. In fact, health and have access to some of your data on has become a major talking point for all the second screen. the big names in personal computing today with both Apple and Google Instant Heart Rate (iOS, Android) investing plenty of time and money in http://dgit.in/1xHw6nh (Android) developing their own health platforms. http://dgit.in/1xHwfac (iOS) The premise of using technology to enable Apple health One of the many heart rate monitors for healthy living has also received a shot in both iOS and Android, Azumio’s Instant the arm with the emergence of wearables Health (iOS) Heart Rate is a simple app with one objec- as a viable product segment. Health is so important to Apple that it tive - it quickly measures and tells you Moving into 2015, we’ll see many may soon supplant Music in the com- your heart rate. All you need to do is place more ways how technology will help pany’s priorities. Some would say that your finger on your phone’s camera and us live healthier, better lives. Rest the shift has already begun after Apple the app will give you the requisite data. assured, Health will no longer exist as unveiled its Health platform with iOS 8 This way you can quickly judge if your a mere buzzword in the context of along with Healthkit, a set of tools workout is too strenuous or just right. personal technology. for developers to help them make use of Health. Health Nike+ Running (iOS, Android) Apps to help you is both an app and a http://dgit.in/1xHwvGa (iOS) stay healthy platform that collates http://dgit.in/1xHwyln (Android) One of the simplest all of the user’s health One of the first and most popular apps ways technology is related data as gleaned to track your runs came from sports helping people all from different apps. apparel powerhouse, Nike. Unlike other around the world get This allows the user to run-tracking apps that came later, Nike+ healthier is through see all his data in one apps on smartphones spot and also lets apps and tablets. Health apps read health data from have been around forever other apps to give the user a and are used to track workouts, more complete picture. runs, diets and even medication schedules and health data like Google Fit (Android) heart rate and blood pressure. Some ofof http://dgit.in/1xHvVbt (Android) the most popular health related apps Fit is Google’s answer to Apple’s Health today are: and essentially has very similar features. Nike running

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doesn’t waste real estate on its interface or Even if your running needs have been your time with superfluous features and met by Nike+ Running or RunKeeper, just lets you get to running, all the whileile you may sometimes find you need more tracking your run on the map. Nike+ also motivation to go out on strenuous runs. If gives you access to ‘instructors’, who moti- that’s the case, then you owe it to yourself vate you through your earphones, and also to try out Zombies, Run! The app puts you lets you compare and share your runs with in an immersive game where you have your friends over social networks. to run away from hordes of zombies and the more you run, the more resources and Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal points you collect to keep yourself safe. (iOS, Android) WebMD The app tells you a neat story using audio http://dgit.in/1xHx5nn (Android) notes and instructions and will ensure http://dgit.in/1xHx7Mb (iOS) mean that it can’t serve an actual purpose. that you turn every run into an inter- Apart from working out and going for The fact is that WebMD is one of the largest esting game. runs, one of the essential things to keep in storehouses of medical data in the world mind when trying to stay healthy is your and, provided, you are smart about the way 7 Minute Workout “Seven” (iOS, diet. Calorie Counter helps you stick toto you use it, it can be an invaluable tool. The Android) your diet routines and keeps track of your WebMD app for iOS and Android is well- http://dgit.in/1xHxJRT (iOS) calorie intake. The app gives you access to designed and has a very simple interface. http://dgit.in/1xHxQNo (Android) a huge database of food and lets you input You can use the app to check for symptoms, As much as you’d like to stay healthy and every meal that you’re having in order to discover treatments, identify medication exercise everyday, you’ll often find your- figure out your calorie intake. and get first aid training, among others. self constrained by your daily schedules. WebMD is an essential app for anyone with If you’re the sort who finds very little time RunKeeper (iOS, Android) a smartphone. in the morning (or evening) to go out for http://dgit.in/1xHxgyV (iOS) a run or to the gym, then the Seven app http://dgit.in/1xHxqXh (Android) Zombies, Run! (iOS, Android) is for you. The app helps you engage in If you find Nike+ Running too simple forfor http://dgit.in/1xHxE0o (iOS) an intense workout that lasts only seven your tastes, then you can check out RunK- http://dgit.in/1icNGld (Android) minutes but focuses on almost all the eeper. RunKeeper does not only track important muscles in your body. When your runs but also your entire workout you run the app, it starts a 30 second timer plans. You can also use it to train forfor for each exercise and offers a total of 14 marathons and employ different training exercises. Plus, you also get an instructor schedules to improve your workout plans. who encourages you through audio. Plus, like with Nike+ Running, you can share your progress with friends and also Strava (iOS, Android) compare with each other. http://dgit.in/1xHxTbL (iOS) http://dgit.in/1xHxUg4 (Android) WebMD (iOS, Android) You may find that the Strava app is very http://dgit.in/1xHxxCe (Android) similar to RunKeeper in terms of features http://dgit.in/1xHxAOi (iOS) and usability. However, Strava is one of Okay, WebMD may be a heavensent tool the most popular apps among cyclists for all the hypochondriacs and the armchair who use it to track their cycling routes ‘doctors’ around the world, but that doesn’t Zombies Run and compare and share it with their

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Check your office’s lighting to ensure that all your activities including steps taken, you don’t have bright lights that directly distance run etc. It also analyses your fall on your monitor. Every 15 to 20 sleep cycles and habits to wake you up at minutes, turn away from the monitor and the optimal time. try to focus on an object in the distance, this will help your eyes relax. Finally, try Garmin VivoFit to keep the centre of your monitor about ``7,990 7 to 10 inches below your horizontal line The Garmin VivoFit is a water resistant of sight. activity tracker that records all your daily activities and suggests goals based on Strava Maintain Good Posture that. It provides you with a lot of infor- Your posture or the way you sit in mation, including the distance you’ve friends. Strava is also better designed and the front of your computer is also an travelled and the calories you’ve lost as has some neat features like keeping you extremely important factor in deter- compared to the previous day. constantly updated on how your current mining your health. Your office chair cycling session compares to your previous should have good back support and when JBL Synchros Reflect in-ear one. Plus you can also join various groups you sit on it, you feet should fall flat on headphones started by cycling enthusiasts in your city the floor or on some other support to ``3,990 through the app. ensure that your back isn’t under undue These JBL earphones are perfectly suited stress. Don’t rest your elbows on the edge for your daily workout. If you like to go Stay Healthier at the of your desk or any other hard surface. out on your runs in the early morning, Computer They should also be at an angle of 100 to The truth is while many of us would love 110 degrees in relation to the keyboard to exercise daily and go to the gym, most to prevent your wrists from acting up.up. of us never do or even if that’s not true, Also, try to keep your neck as relaxed or we have sedentary jobs that put us in straight as possible. If you’ve been sitting front of a computer all day long, essen- at your desk for close to an hour, take a tially negating all the good that workouts two minute break where you walk around do. If you’ve got a job that makes you sit and stretch your muscles. and stare at a computer screen for most Hardware to help you stay healthy Get the right headphones for extra motivation Finally, if you’re really conscious about your health and don’t mind spending a bit then the reflective coating on the Syn- of money, you should consider picking up chros’ cables will keep you visible to devices whose sole focus is health and fit- those driving vehicles in the dark. Apart ness. Thanks to both Apple and Google’s from pumping out balanced sound, the decision to take an interest in health, we Synchros Reflect also keep away the now have many third-party manufac- annoyance of tangled cables with the help turers, big and small, who’ve launched of in-built magnets on the housings that Keep your monitor at eye level health focused tech hardware. stick the buds together when not in use. Let’s take a look at some fitness tech of the day, then you’d be wise to ensure that are worth your money: Xbox One (with Kinect) that you follow some basic tips to keep Health and gaming never mixed until yourself healthy. Sony Smartband Toq (SWR10) Nintendo launched the Wii console ``4,990 in 2006. With motion tracking games Protect your eyes The main features of the Sony Smart- now mainstream, it’s only obvious that Most workout plans tend to ignore your band have to do with notifications; i.e. the new generation of consoles would vision but it’s your eyes that are used the it informs you of incoming messages, improve things. The Xbox One with the most, especially if you sit at a computer missed calls etc. on your smartphone Kinect accessory is a fantastic gadget to at work. To protect your eyes, make sure by vibrating gently. However, Lifelog, help you get fitter in the comfort of your that, more often than not, you look at another one of its main features has living room. If you do plan to get the black text on a white background. Your decent fitness implications. Once you Xbox, then make sure you also pick up monitor should be as bright as your sur- install the Lifelog app on your smart- games like Xbox Fitness, Zumba Fitness roundings and not too dim or too bright. phone, it uses the Smartband to record World Party and Just Dance 2014.

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WHEN THE HUBBLE BURSTS With it’s 25th birthday approaching, the Hubble Space Telescope has already seen several upgrades, both to itsits hardware and its software. But, with other more advanced pro- jects in the offing, viz, the James Webb Space Telescope. There are two options for the boffins at NASA – either send a manned mission to fix it up or let the earth’s gravitational pull bring it to a fiery end. http://dgit.in/Hubble_Bubble

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BACK MUSCLES FTW It’s well known that sitting at a place for a long time wreaks havoc on your back and core muscles. To combat the effects, Dutch design firm RAAF intro- Win at Farming Euro(pa) Trip Copy Paster>Copypasta>Creepypasta Salt is bad for plants. So bad in fact, The only reason we’re obsessed with From stories that are entirely made duced the standing desk that that salting fields leaves them fallow. Mars is because it’s close by and as up, just to creep you out to retelling of is aimed at getting people to This means that giving your plants salt there are clear signs telling that there incidents that happened to friends of spend more time on their feet water is like shooting yourself in the was water here a long time ago. But friends, creepypasta are weird to say and it’s proven to be quite foot. Not with the seashore mallow, a recent finding suggest that Jupiter’s the least. Not the kind of weird that we effective at making people feel perennial plant whose seeds are 18 to moon Europa could have had organisms relate to today though. Head to the link more productive. 20% oil and could be used as biofuel. beneath its surface billions of years ago. to meet modern fear for yourself.

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Mumbai Comic Con 2014: cosplayers and gear galore! We look into all the things that amazed and disappointed us in the fourth edition of the Mumbai Film and Comics Convention – By Abhijit Dey

riginally started in Mumbai in an all expense paid trip to the Oz Comic Con spoilers from the upcoming seasons, which the year 2011, Mumbai Comic in Australia next year. obviously he wouldn’t reveal and he was Con 2014 saw the best cos-- We were quite intrigued with the level repeatedly bombarded with silly questions. Oplayers and artists from all over of details cosplayers had put into their cos- But you know what they say about the Brits, the country under a single roof. The sheer tumes, making it hard to believe they weren’t the more silly questions were shattered with hardwork put in by the cosplayers was truly stolen replicas from the sets of movies or a pleasant grin by Gatiss, showing utter wit commendable, who obviously spent weeks video game developers’ studios. My attempt and classy sarcasm. Gatiss may have even to cosplay was brutally felt like a One Direction member owing destroyed due to bad to the incessant screaming from fans that time management and went on throughout the session. There were I ended up convincing hardly any good questions, but a couple myself that I would of them were thankfully pertinent. You surely dress up for the can read more on the Mark Gatiss inter- next year (I’m great at action session in our slideshow here: lying to myself). http://dgit.in/36_Cosplays As we entered the Bombay Exhibi- tion Centre, we easily guessed the amount of people we would be pushing through at the end of the day. Spotting the familiar characters making their costumes. This year again, across the floor was like a quick quiz-up, there was a maze of T-shirt stalls spread battling and testing each other’s knowledge across the venue, with great pieces of art of popular geek culture. equally dominating the event. The conven- What was probably the highlight of tion saw many sessions from writers to art- Comic Con this year was Mark Gatiss. He ists, including co-creator and executive pro- was present throughout the three days of the ducer of BBC’s Sherlock, Mark Gatiss, who is convention, attending the special screening also the writer of the popular revival of the of “An Adventure in Space and Time” and Doctor Who series. Sessions had comic book an interaction session with his fans. He was author Nick Spencer and also the author of also there for signing sessions which was Kabul Disco, Nicolas Wild. It didn’t end there only for a select number of fans each day. The as we also saw cosplay contests that gave fans had many questions for Gatiss, mostly participants an opportunity each day to win useless, because they were searching for

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ackbone is a JavaScript library that provides a collection of modules that work together but can just as easily be Bused independently. It doesn’t preclude using other JavaS- cript frameworks / libraries such as jQuery. In fact, using jQuery is encouraged. This flexibility can be freeing if you find other frameworks / libraries to be restrictive, but can also make Backbone hard to applicable to nearly every app. They also don’t make unnecessary approach. Hopefully, this article will help you sink you teeth in assumptions about the structure of your code. deep enough that you can delve deeper on your own. Backbone’s modules will look familiar to those who know of Before we dive into Backbone though, let’s first understand MVC (Model View Controller), but know that it doesn’t follow what it is trying to do. many of the conventions of MVC frameworks. Backbone includes Chances are any web app you make involves manipulating data, four major components, the Model, the Collection, the Router, and figuring out how it’s to be displayed in an HTML document. It’s and the View. common to load data from a web service as JSON, or XML, process it in JavaScript, and then display it in HTML. At this point you have Boilerplate multiple representations of the same data in your application that Like with any JavaScript library, before you can begin using it, you need to be kept in sync. If you are not careful in structuring your need to set up a basic HTML page that includes it, and any depend- application, you can end up with code that is tied to your DOM. encies it has. The following code includes jQuery, Underscore (a This is where Backbone comes in with some basic modules that requirement of Backbone) and Backbone all loaded directly from you can build your app on. These are basic enough that they are the internet, so you needn’t source them locally. *coding matters

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> YYou can play with this code online on JS Bin at http://jsbin.com/ fineviyejo/1/edit Yeoman is a great tool for bootstrapping web projects. It properly struc- tures your code in folders, downloads required libraries and builds and packages web apps from View sections under the View tab the command line. add it to the page body. This is what the flexibility of Backbone Backbone.View gets you. Let’s start with the bits Now let’s take this a step forward. We want this button to dis- of Backbone that actually play a counter that shows how many times it has been clicked. The shows something on the first step in this process will be to add an initialize method that page. Here is a bare minimum View that when rendered and sets this count to “0” (zero) in the beginning. Then we need some added to the page will display a button called “Hello World”. way to listen for, and respond to a mouse click event. var Hello = Backbone.View.extend({ Thankfully, Backbone makes both very simple. You can add tagName: ‘div’, an attribute called events to the button that maps events to their className: ‘hello’, corresponding methods. Here is our completed code (we removed render: function() {{ some unnecessary stuff): this.$el.html(‘Hello World’); var Hello = Backbone.View.extend({({ return this; } });}); initialize: function() {{ Let’s unpack this. In this snippet, we are creating a new custom this.count = 0;0; View by extending the base Backbone View. The tagName and },}, className properties define the tag that surrounds our view, events: { and its class. In fact, if we just want a div then we need not even ‘click button’: ‘updateCount’ include a tagName since it defaults to div. },}, The render method is responsible for actually creating the updateCount: function(event) {{ content of the view. Here, it is adding the button labelled ‘Hello this.count++; WWorld’. Backbone views have an ‘el’ property that represents the this.render(); raw JavaScript DOM representation of our view. If you are using },}, jQuery then $el will be the jQuery-enhanced version the view. render: function() {{ The Backbone-Eye add-on for FireBug and Firefox is a great this.$el.html(‘Hello World: ‘ + this.count + ‘’); way to inspect running Backbone apps. } }); In the render method, we use the jQuery html method to set the What’s going on in the initialize method should be fairly content of our view’s element. You could have directly manipu- obvious here; the more interesting bit is in events, the format of lated the raw non-jQuery representation via el if you so desired. which is quite simple: ‘event selector’: ‘callback’ To actually have this show up on the page, we first need to So in the above code we are listening to the click event on the create an instance of the above view, and add it to the page body. element that matches the selector button and then calling the The following lines of code should take care of that: updateCount method in response. You can also listen to other var h = new Hello; events such as mouseover,, dblclick, or contextmenu. The h.render(); selector bit is the kind you use with jQuery to match elements, $(“body”).html(h.$el); so it could be something like #btn.test.example. As you click the WWe first create a new instance of our new View, we then render button you will see that the view will automatically update on page! it, and finally we set the HTML content of the page body using jQuery to our rendered view accessible via the $el (or el) property.. Backbone.Model Backbone is flexible enough that you could possibly auto- Backbone models are as flexible as the Views, leaving a lot to the empty one that extends from Backbone.Model. *pointers var contact1 = new Contact({id:11}); This doesn’t mean that it does nothing though! contact1.fetch(); It simply means we don’t need to add anything >>Interesting This code will fetch the data about the contact developer videos to the features Backbone already offers. We’ll with id 1111 from the server. You can modify this start with an empty model, and then store some data and then call contact1.save() to post data in an instance of it. the changed data back to the server. var Contact = Backbone.Model.extend({}); var graceHopper = new Contact({ Backbone.Collection name: ‘Grace Hopper’r’ Where Model deals with a single data object, });}); *Android Studio a Collection deals with a bulk of data objects. console.log(graceHopperper.get(‘name’)); Tutorials In our case, we can create an Address- The above code creates a Model for contacts >>The stable version of Android Book collection that has a list of contacts. Once called ‘Contact’, creates a new Contact variable Studio is out, making it easier we create this Collection we can specify a url for app development in Android. with an attribute called name. We also dem- attribute that points to the list of contacts on thethe Go and check out this playlist of onstrate getting this name attribute out of the Android Studio tutorials. server, and it will automatically populate the model and logging it to console. Duration: 3:59:00 collection with models when you call the fetch Now let’s demonstrate some of the juicier http://dgit.in/AndroidStud method on a Collection instance. You specify features of Backbone. We’ll add code that listens which Model this Collection is “collecting” via to changes in the model, and outputs the raw thethe model attribute. JSON content of the model. Once you have a Collection of Model objects, graceHopper.on(‘change’, function() { you can use the where method to search for console.log(graceHopperper.toJSON()); models matching certain attributes, fetch indi- });}); vidual models based on their index in the Col- graceHopper.set({‘about’: ‘Inventor lection, or their id on the server. We demonstrate of first compiler.’}); *Linux Game all of this in the following code sample. Development Let’s go backwards with this. Notice how var AddressBook = Backbone.Collection({ >>Keen on getting starting with easy it is to set a new attribute on our object. development for games running url: ‘http://myserver/contacts’, YYou could as easily supply a new name attribute on Linux? But before you do, watch model: Contact to change it; you could even supply multiple this talk directed at Windows });}); Steam developers on the same. attributes at once. Duration: 48:43 var contacts = new AddressBook(); The first bit of code that calls the on method http://dgit.in/LinuxGame contacts.fetch(); is adding an event listener, that will call the var developers = contacts. supplied method when any attribute is added where({‘job’: ‘Developer’}); or changed. The method supplied here logs the var person_at_position_11 = contacts.at(11); JSON representation of our data to console using var person_with_id_11 = contacts.get(11);; the toJSON method. You can have multiple statements and can even listen to changes in spe- Backbone.Router cific attributes if you want. For instance, if you The final piece of the puzzle that we will look just wanted to know when thethe name attribute *Star using at is the Backbone Router. This is the module has changed, you can replace the change above material design that makes navigating to different parts of your >>Watch the panel of developers with change:name.. answering various questions on the app work. It can map changes in the state of the Models get even more interesting when implementation of material design app to changes in the URL, so it is possible to server-side data comes into the picture. 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Backbone.history.start({pushState: true}); When creating an instance of a Backbone View, you can pass router.navigate(‘contacts/11’, {trigger: true}); an instance of a model to bind the model to the view. For example The routes hash lets you specify different locations within :var contactView = new ContactView({model: mod- the app, and the method to be called when navigating to that URL. elInstance}); . This model is then accessible inside the view. Here, we map the contacts path within the app to the contact- The view can then listen to changes in the model and update the sList method, the second path has an :id parameter that is display on page automatically! passed to its corresponding method, contactDetail. These All you will need to listen to the model change events in the methods have been blank here, but you could imagine what they’d initialize method of the View. You can also pull in data from do; initialising your models and collections, fetching remote data, the attached model to display in the view using the toJSON and updating the UI. method we have mentioned above. Similarly, After creating the router, and instanti- you can have Views bound to collections by ating it in the router variable we call the passing the Collection instance as a parameter code in Backbone that actually handles all just like we have done with model above :: this with the Backbone.history.start var addressBookView == new Address- call. The pushState parameter set to true BookView ({collection: myAddress- allows the browser to use neat urls such as Book}); ‘‘http://myappsite.com/contacts ’’ Underscore, a dependency of Backbone instead of hash fragments such as ‘http:// includes a template engine that simplifies myappsite.com/#contacts ’.’. binding model data to HTML code, but Back- The final method call tells the app to go to bone does not require its use. In fact, it will a specific page within the app, and the trigger work with any template engine you want to parameter set to true simply tells the Router use, such as Jade or Handlebars. to actually call the corresponding method instead of just changing the URL. Conclusion There is no shortage of JavaScript libraries Putting the Pieces Together and frameworks out there that tell you what You may have noticed that till now that we to do, how to lay out your code, but few like have used each component almost independently of other compo- Backbone that just lay back and let you handle things yourself. nents. This is one of the strengths of Backbone. You can use bits This might not make it better, or more suitable for all kinds of pro-- and pieces of it in your own app without converting your whole jects. In fact, you might find yourself implementing functionality app to it. Just want to use the Model and Collection modules to that comes by default with many alternative libraries. However, pull in data, go ahead! Like how Backbone Views work, use them Backbone is more amenable to use cases that lie slightly outside without bothering with the rest. Or use the Router module alone of the scope or comfort zone of more rigid frameworks. to navigating within your app without bothering with Views, Backbone can also be extended through plug-ins to support fea- Models or Collections. This isn’t to say these components don’t tures like, saving to a local storage, integrating with different kinds work well together. of services, specialised views and models among other things. Frameworks like Marionette build on Backbone by extending If you’re still hankering for more direction, there are frame- existing Backbone modules and introducing new ones. For some works such as Thorax and Marionette build on Backbone and give they can be easier to start with than Backbone. it a more opinionated direction.> *lumbar support

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From the labs 3D Printing in Space We take a look at how the Behold the first 3D printer to have been used in world aims to bring on the pain space. First object to be created was a wrench. Sci-Tech 60 but not the reaper http://dgit.in/3DPrSpace Orion: Not quite Endurance, but we’re getting there

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f we just had to create a spaceship that can take us to realms far be- yond the Earth, and let’s not kid our- Iselves – Interstellar made it clear that it is indeed necessary, then we simply could not have picked out a better name NASA’s official release of Orion’s cross-section than Orion. A great hunter in Greek mythol- ogy, Orion was a force to be reckoned with. What took us so long? on Mars for the conclusion of their latest It was said that he could go into unknown Whether or not most people like to admit series of space missions – Orion. surroundings and conquer them to gain it, the greatest advances in space-tech supremacy. A force so well respected, Zeus came when USA and USSR went head Orion’s Significance himself placed him among the stars on his to head in the space race, consider- Orion is one of the most extravagant dis- demise (incidentally, that came after moth- ing it to be another lap in the race for plays of human curiosity. After sustained er Earth was angered by his vanity, but global supremacy. Of course, after the criticism of our neglect of one of the most that’s a story for another time). Yeah, pretty United States won that race, things kind interesting domains of existence, space re- much all the good qualities that you’d want of slowed down on that front. The spirit of search has really kicked into a higher gear from a machine that is supposed to help us competition is probably the most powerful in the past decade. They say the greatest set foot on new terrains. motivator in the world, as evidenced by advances in science are evolutionary and Alright, with that seal of approval for humanity’s innovation (or lack, thereof) for not revolutionary. And Orion, marking our its name, let us consider what exactly the final frontier. Until recently, that is. In first step in our quest to move beyond the this means for mankind, and our future in the month of December 2014, NASA an- limitations of the Earth, is indeed a great the stars. nounced that they will be putting humans increment as we chart our way to con-

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quering the space around us. This will be one has even been before. A lot of time EFT-1 Orion was completed in the platform on which our transport mod- and energy has gone into the overhaul 2012. This was followed by ules will be based, at least for the foresee- of the system from the outdated Apollo rigorous internal testing able future. For a challenge this significant, specifications, and this was just an ex- to ensure quality in we simply could not go ahead and reuse periment to make sure that the resulting the build process. The the same technology that was prepared shuttle can be a viable option for a journey remainder of the space- when we were aiming for low-earth orbits, to Mars, and probably beyond. Here is the craft was completed, or even the moon. Although the following chronological roadmap of the project, as and the statistics have had a lot of popular mind- per current understanding. entire structure share, it is still worth revisiting them just was assembled for fun. The International Space Station under NASA’s guid- is about 250 kilometres from the surface ance and supervision. of the Earth. The Moon is not even in the The Delta IV rocket was same ballpark, or indeed the same country, Layers of put in a vertical position and stands about 1000 times further than construction of the on October 1, 2014, and the that, with the distance ranging in 3 order final spacecraft Orion module was mated with of magnitude. Mars, on the other hand, is the vehicle on November 11. not on the same continent, to continue the analogy. The distance is about 250 times Exploration Mission 1: the distance to the moon, or about 54.6 mil- Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) also called as lion kilometres to put a number on it. Yeah, Space Launch System 1 is scheduled to be this is not the scale we had built our earlier the first planned flight of the SLS and the equipments for. second “uncrewed” test flight of the Orion Our solution to this problem, the new Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. and improved ‘Orion’ is slated to visit the SLS is essentially the payload carrying next set of achievable goals in interplan- heavy launch vehicle that is supposed to etary exploration, with destinations includ- propel the long distance flights that human- ing near-Earth-asteroids, moons of Mars, Test run (this project): ity is planning to undertake as a part of the and eventually Mars itself. This particular run that we witnessed was Orion missions from the Earth’s orbit. just a verification that the components The launch is projected to occur some- The path from here that have been in development for so long time around November 2018, and the Orion The event that was witnessed earlier function properly. Officially called Explora- spacecraft would perform a circumlunar last month was just a test launch for the tion Flight Test 1, or EFT-1, this Orion trajectory during the seven day mission, vehicle, even if it did take a human carrier module was built by Lockheed Martin. which is to say that it will take a gravita- (no humans it, just the carrier) farther than The final component production of the tional assist around the moon, and then re-

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intellectual discussion about the future of humanity, everyone •• The most important task of on-board computer(s) is verification should see you for the genius that you, dear reader, most of all the info that it is fed – nothing can ever cause an certainly are. interruption. One of the most important parts of the avionics

•• The total budget for the program will be north of system for Orion is redundancy. There are twin processors $350,000,000 per year of operation, which is about five times in a single computer called the Flight Control Module that what our beloved Mangalyaan cost to put up in orbit near run in parallel, constantly checking against each other for Mars. But considering that this one will carry and support differences. If anything is not 100% consistent actions are humanity, we suppose we can understand the cost here. taken to immediately self-correct. Additional redundancy is Although for reference, a US B2 bomber costs more than added by having three identical Flight Control Modules (each twice that amount. Food for thought. with twin processors) running in parallel. This allows control

•• Your friendly neighbourhood Intel Core i7 processor is about to be to be switched to any of the backup FCMs if something 250 times faster than the processors used on board for this causes one to require a reset. In the highly unlikely scenario aircraft. Let that sink in – your beloved desktop is probably that something renders all the FCMs ineffective there is a 5th more computationally capable than something that is completely different computer capable of running different supposed to ferry humans 55.6 million kilometres and back. code with a focus on crew survival and return functions.

As interesting as that stat is, it always helps to remember •• The systems make use of programming languages across the reason that it is so – all the heavy computation almost all domains and specializations C, C++, C#, Python, needed for the journey is the responsibility of Earth based Java, JavaScript, among many others. We explain these in a computers, and the one on-board is supposed to mostly take lot more detail for the interested in this month’s FastTrack.

turn to Earth (yes, pretty much like what went down in Interstellar). It is planned to be followed by Exploration Mission 2.

Exploration Mission 2: The continuation of the Exploration Mis- sion series promises to be the most excit- ing part of the whole process. Exploration Mission 2 or EM-2 is scheduled to be the first manned mission of NASA’s Orion pro- ject. This forms the core of the project that is supposed to restart manned exploration of the Solar System. With the develop- ments and understanding of almost eight years of operation of the Orion modules, the assumption is that we should be capa- ble of making humans reach so far beyond the Earth a reality. NASA has plans to launch it as early as 2021, taking a crew to a captured asteroid in lunar orbit. In the event this mission proceeds, it will be the first time humans have left low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

Space Travel and Humanity Space travel has had opinions divided among the general population like no other agenda. Some believe that as sen- tient life forms, it is imperative that we go on and explore our surroundings. Others An artist’s rendering shows the Orion crew capsule about to slingshot itself using the moon

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believe that we should not simply waste WHAT WE GAINED BY THE APOLLO PROGRAM our time and energy (to say nothing of the resources) on such explorations while we are yet to solve the big social problems on Earth -- the upcoming energy crisis, eco- nomic instability, general unrest and the ilk. Both are correct to varying degrees, former probably a little more than the lat- ter, but both have valid points. But a very select group of people get that there is an- other way to look at the situation. Space is called the ‘final frontier’ with good reason. Innovations to conquer the constraints placed on us in space travel have fostered an astonishing number of innovations that we take for granted today. From artificial limbs to fire-fighting equipment, the range of sciences that have been touched by this pursuit is impressive. They say one of the greatest virtues of mankind, one that has kept us physi- cally rather unremarkable beings at the top of the planets metaphorical food chain for so long, is that we are an inher- ently ambitious species. We’ve moved far beyond being satisfied by the basic urges and necessities of life. Having conquered Earth, for all intents and purposes (unless Dolphins really turn out to be as smart as Douglas Adams said they were), it is only To make a long story short, the Apollo series of missions by NASA were logical that we now look to the heavens. fundamental to the incredible technological leap made by humans over the course For years, when we had no ways of reach- of these past 50 years. Started (allegedly) as another pawn in the Cold War race for ing them, humanity looked up to the skies supremacy, the program laid the seeds for much of our modern accomplishments. and assumed that the Gods lived there, be- By the time their activities died down, the Apollo missions had brought almost cause we couldn’t reach those realms. But 400 KGs of moon rock onto the Earth. A large part is still stored across various lo and behold, here we are, ready to board laboratories across the world, and continues to be a great aid in geological, the flight to the red planet. astronomical, and biological research. One of the greatest accomplishments The Kardashev Scale divides civiliza- that came from this is that scientists could finally agree on a single theory for tions into three distinct types. We, the ones the existence of the Moon (separated from Earth by an asteroid impact). That in harnessing the energy of our home planet turn put a lot of theories in their place and allowed us to form a good model of and nothing else, are the lowly Type I our understanding of the history of the Solar System, and also of the Universe. Of plebs. Type II can harness its star(s), while course, a lot of the major advances in the world of science was a by-product of the final type can harness its own galaxy. the innovation poured on this set of projects. Fireproof materials, now taken for Given enough time, a civilization that exists granted in most modes of long-distance transport, chemical control in water and should evolve to become Type III, and yet atmosphere, water purification, pollution remediation, fuel cells, the list can go on. we see none around. That is to say, there But the gist of the matter is that the these amenities, staples of modern life due to must be ‘a great filter’ to the jumps in type reduction in cost by years of research, were first pioneered by programs such as on this scale, the one that civilizations can- this one. not cross, and are doomed to stagnate and All of that, and we haven’t taken into consideration what it achieved in spirit. eventually die. We’re not sure if we’ve al- Inspiring a generation of young, aspiring minds, it convinced them that there really ready crossed the filter, or if it still remains was no limit to what we can do. Countless scientists, researchers, and engineers as a challenge for the future. But one thing attribute their initial interest into the field by the hype that went through the world is for certain -- the pace at which we are when man set forth and stepped on the moon. One giant leap for mankind, indeed. currently moving, we most definitely are not hitting stagnation any time soon.

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MERCHANTS OF PAIN: Non-lethal weaponry at its finest The use of lethal force by law enforcement agencies in the west has been cause for great controversy and concern lately. Against this backdrop we take a look at how the world aims to bring on the pain but not the reaper

Elroy Desmond D’Souza tion’s progress in terms of technology of pain. Enter the fast expanding field of [email protected] and resource gathering has always been nonlethal weaponry.. equated with its ability to defend itself The concept of weapons designed to rom crude stone axes to deadly by the use of ever-evolving weaponry.. incapacitate by causing minimal injury long-range sniper rifles, man- But weapons need not always maim and is now fairly well-established. In fact, kind has come a long way when kill. In most situations, the bad guys law enforcement agencies and private Fit comes to lethal weaponry. only need a “friendly” reminder of their security organizations around the world And more often than not, a civiliza- mortality in the form of debilitating jolt are slowly employing a wide array of

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innovative, non-lethal security measures. can only hope that wounded and immo- uses including the amplification of While non-lethal weapons such as Tasers bilized targets incapable of escaping the recorded messages for crowd control. and tear gas grenades are common harmful microwave radiation emanating Although it may seem like the knowledge, we’ll be looking at some of from the gun don’t end up getting cooked safest non-lethal weapon on this list, the more intriguing concepts and proto- medium-rare. the LRAD has its own fair share of types of non-lethal weapons from around critics. Many claim that its effects are the world. A Treat for Your Ears extremely debilitating to the point While on the subject of weapons that where targets end up permanently Long-range Pain Guns cause pain, the Long Range Acoustic losing their hearing. Similarly, there are This one comes from China, the birth- Device (LRAD) is more than worthy of sonic weapons that are more than just place of gunpowder and Sun Tzu. With a mention. These sound cannons are an annoying nuisance. Some can even such a healthy track record, it hardly came as a surprise when a Chinese defence company recently unveiled a long-range, nonlethal weapon that causes targets to experience excruciating amounts of pain. Known as the Poly WB-1, this hellish contraption uses millimeter-wave beams to immobilise targets that are situated as far as a kilometer away. Did that sound familiar, that would be because of a device that is perhaps present in most modern day homes – the microwave oven. The principle is the same as that by which microwave ovens function: the millimeter-waves excite water molecules under the target’s skin, causing any fluids (such as blood and fat) to heat up. This results in extraordinary amounts of pain. Damn! That looks hot If you’ve ever watched the cheese on your leftover pizza bubble in the microwave capable of projecting loud and high- cause considerable damage without then you’d pretty much have a good idea pitched sounds that induce pain. The even making a sound. Sonic bullets, f oror as to what happens to your skin. device works by generating extremely example, can cause enough localized Of course, the US Military is not far loud sounds that are audible over long pain to immobilize a target and, in some behind on mobile pain guns; the Active distances. It does this by employing cases, cause eardrums to explode. Talk Denial System (lovingly dubbed ADS) numerous miniature speakers that about getting an earful. employs a similar method for inducing a produce the same sound via an array Another amazing contraption in the “burning” sensation on its unfortunate of piezoelectric transducers. Developed same ilk is the “Thunder Generator”—a targets. The American military claims by the LRAD Corporation, this sonic sonic cannon that was originally devel- the gun is not as dangerous as reports weapon was initially designed to help the oped by Israeli farmers as a cost-effective make it out to be. However, in almost allall U.S. Navy fight off and deter pirates. Over deterrent against birds. The device tests, subjects unsurprisingly choose time, more applications were discovered detonates a fancy mix of petroleum, air not to stick around for too long when for its use, such as the dispersing of and cooking gas to generate a series of subjected to the effects of the weapon. We protesters as well some non-weaponised extremely short shock waves that can

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traverse a distance of up to 100 feet. Although its application is nonlethal, if used at a distance of less than 10 m, the shock waves can cause permanent damage or even death. If you’re ever visiting Israel and you see one of these beauties, make sure to give it a wide berth, lest you wish to get cooked like the poor birds unfortunate enough to get hit in close proximity.

Get Bedazzled No write-up related to weaponry would be complete without mentioning the American Military multiple times, and as expected, they do not disappoint. Say hello to the PHASR, aka the Personnel Halting And Simulation Response rifle. With a design straight out of a sci-fi movie, the PHASR is a laser dazzler-type of non-lethal weapon, which is intended to disorient targets by temporarily blinding them using a directional twin-wavelength It comes with a DIY ammo kit. The last alternative for a weekend project with the kids. laser beam of high-intensity radiation. The PHASR has been designed To add some more flavours, a few output of 6–8 million candela. It goes primarily for perimeter defence and can variants of these sting-ball grenades without saying that it would be best to not be used to incapacitate large crowds. Fur- have a flash bang effect built into them: look directly at the flash if you are ever thermore, since the 1995 United Nations they can eject a bang of up to 160 dB (a unfortunate enough to find yourself in its Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons jet engine taking off at about a 100 feet blast radius. banned the use of weapons that cause away is approximately 140 dB) and a light Sting-ball grenades have now become permanent blindness, the makers of the commonplace in prisons across North PHASR tweaked their product to ensure DID YOU KNOW? America. They are relatively affordable that it skirted the guidelines set by thethe and highly effective. However, they stilll UN. Should you ever find yourself at the remain a highly unethical and unsafe business end of this fun toy, you can rest means of crowd control. Especially, since safe knowing that the feeling of your eye- at any time, a stray rubber pellet might balls turning to mulch is just a temporary end up blinding an inmate. For now, the thing (hopefully). best way to avoid these dangerous non- lethal grenades would be to stay out of Life’s a Blast its way. When you think of explosives, “non- lethal” is probably the last adjective to The Invisible Pain Fence pop into your head. Thanks to science, Ever played a video game in which however, we can now blow people up just ECO-FRIENDLY an invisible force field vaporizes any the right amount to cause excruciating NONLETHAL WEAPONS unauthorised personnel who try to pass pain while still keeping them alive. Take The Indian military has developed its own through it? The Portal Denial System these innovative sting-ball grenades for non-lethal weapon with a classic Desi (PDS) takes this concept and brings it example. Designed for crowd control use twist. Using one of the world’s hottest one step closer to reality. It uses a laser- in prisons, these grenades differ from chillies – the “Bhut Jolokia” – they have induced plasma channel to deliver a surge traditional ones in that they are made designed a tear-gas hand grenade that can of electricity, similar to that of a Taser. It almost entirely of rubber. On impact, the be used for incapacitating suspects. Its does this by emitting a laser beam into rubber casing on them bursts and the main applications are to deter gatherings the air that ionizes surrounding gasses to grenade expels about a hundred rubber of large mobs or to flush out terrorists form plasma. This plasma can deliver a pellets that can maim and bruise like get- from hiding spots. seriously debilitating electric shock when ting hit by hundreds of BB pellets. the proper voltage is applied.

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Although PDS is designed to be non-lethal, the method implemented to deliver the electric charge can be tweaked to the point that it can deliver up to 10,000 volts of electricity, enough to fry a large dog. Developed in 2007, the system is currently deployed in military buildings across the US. Fortunately, plans to make this device available for civilian use never materialized.

Personal Projectile Launcher The ARMA 100 is probably the most easily accessible non-lethal weapon on this list. It is a handheld projectile launcher capable of providing just the right amount of nonlethal force to injure an attacker from a distance of up to 2020 Law and Order: Shocking Victims Unit – “But officer, I paid for these donuts!” feet away. The idea behind using this amount of force is that it can give you display and extended battery. Then there’s the US military sooner than later. The enough time to escape without the need the X2, which is water-resistant and fea- XM1063 is the codename for the US for anyone to resort to deadly force. tures dual lasers that improve accuracy. Army’s new secret non-lethal weapon. Approximately the size of an air gun, itt Both these models, however, look The development of the weapon was uses single-shot gas cartridges for pro- like a child’s toy in front of their (now overseen by ARDEC, the US Army’s pulsion and has an effective range of up discontinued) bigger brother, the X12. Armament Research, Development and to, you guessed it, 20 feet. This 12-gauge shotgun fires Taser XREP Engineering Centre. The gun uses a custom bean-bag-type cartridges (i.e., Extended Range Elec- Details about this mysterious weapon projectile that if fired at a vulnerable tronic Projectiles) up to a range of 100 are still rather murky. Many reports spot, such as the stomach or head, can feet. Like the X26P, the projectiles of X12 have stated that it is an artillery weapon cause a good deal of damage to the target. are “self-contained, wireless projectile(s) that shoots a projectile which delivers It weighs around 1.5 lbs with a barrel that delivers the same neuro-muscular a payload containing a concoction of length of 10 inches and requires a basic incapacitation bio-effect,” which in plain chemicals devised to immobilize and knowledge of gun handling to operate. English translates to “a very painful incapacitate targets without killing The AMA 100 is a relatively safer option electric shock.” them. The projectile is fired using a for those inclined towards purchasing Being in the weapons industry, Taser 155 mm howitzer that has a range of 28 a viable self-defense device for home. is no stranger to controversy. In fact, km. As the payload parachutes down Furthermore, it is legal to use without a their products have not always proven towards the designated target, it releases license (in the United States) and can be to be “non-lethal”; some critics havee the toxic cocktail over an area of effec- purchased without a background check. claimed that Taser rounds are capable of tively one acre. inducing cardiac arrhythmia in targets, Nobody is still entirely sure about the Shock and Awe eventually leading to a heart attack and exact nature of the payload, although The name Taser is now synonymous with instant death. Every year, reports crop there are numerous speculations about non-lethal weaponry. So much so, that up listing police brutality with many it. Some experts claim that it may any generic electric gun is simply referred incidents involving unsolicited use of contain a type of riot-control agent, to as a Taser—not unlike how all photo- taser guns. It is obvious that even though similar to that seen in tear gas grenades copiers are referred to as Xerox machines. the taser gun is marketed as a non-lethal and pepper sprays. Others state that Taser guns now come primarily in two weapon, it is extremely important that it could simply be a malodorant (such flavours: the smaller version that most law its use be regulated. Proper training for as a super-powered stink bomb) or an enforcement personnel roam with is thethe its users cannot be understated.d. anti-traction agent that makes the target X26P. The original model (X26) developed area extremely slippery and impossible in 2003 featured a gas tube spark gap and Cloudy with a hint of to traverse. It is possible that we’d see fixed discharge energy, whereas the new chemicals the application of this weapon in anti- one features the ability to keep a log of We were bound to come across a highly terrorism operations to incapacitate and discharges, as well as an advanced digital controversial weapon developed by capture targets.

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Safeguarding your gadgets and data Gadgets are always at a risk, be it theft, data fishing or just an accidental drop. We take a look on how you can lower this risk via preventive measures and apps.

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Internet’s filter included in the app erases all data Apart from added features the app bubbles are playing a major role in making attached to prevent recovery. covers the basic features an anti-theft app our private life, a more public one. should have like “Find my phone” and WWell let’s just dig into it because in this SpiderOak (Android, iOS) “signaling the last known location”. You smart world every solution is miniatur- If you want to securely save your data on can also backup your contacts and impor- ized in an app and we take a look at what a cloud storage system, SpiderOak is thethe tant data remotely in dire situations. the android and iOS marketplace has to Features like Backing up photos, device offer when it comes to respecting your lockdown, remote wipe, safe browsing privacy. We will go through some impor- and privacy advisor are available only tant encryption softwares you can use on if you buy the premium version of the your PC. app. The premium version of the app also includes a feature which clicks images via TTelegram (Android, iOS) the camera of the smartphone and then From the looks of it, the Telegram app emails you the pictures. looks like WhatsApp with a bluish color scheme but the app is more than that. Cerberus (Android) This is one of the most popular encrypted Cerberus is one of the most feature rich messaging services, with client-server anti-theft apps you can buy for your encryptions for standard chats. The app app / service for the job. You can avail 2GB Android device. The app is free to install also offers secure-chat modes with end- of free storage which is fully encrypted from the play store and comes with a one to-end encryption so that you and only and only you can unlock it with your week free trial period. The usual features your recipient would be able to read it. password since SpiderOak doesn’t save like remote lock, wipe and alarm are Telegram also features self-destructing your password. SpiderOak provides extra included but the functionality of this app messages which disappear from both space as well but then you have to pay for runs further and deeper. phones after some time. it on a monthly basis. You can lock the device with a SMS and the app supports SMS commands and offer NumberCop (Android, iOS) remote control services even when the data NumberCop is a spam blocking app which is turned off. The app will provide call logs blocks pesky calls and spam messages. and SMS logs which can help you to track It keeps checking for unknown callers, your device down easily. 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ANDROID 5.0 hiding several shortcuts. These LOLLIPOP will save the time you spend in Android 5.0 Lollipop is out navigating through the menus and has already found its way otherwise. The notification to most devices either by side panel (one-finger pull) can be loading it or by the official expanded further by pulling it OTA route. The new itera- down with another swipe. Voilà tion of Android introduces you have your shortcuts! the all new “Material Design” look and feel, featuring lots Double tap the of animations, creating an screen to wake entirely new Android experi- Instead of pressing the power ence. Compiled with a glut of button you can double tap the features, it’s the best iteration screen to wake your phone. of Android yet. If you have it Google borrowed this neat running on your device check Android 5.0 Lollipop ...... 01 feature from other manufac- out these tips and tricks to get Supercharge your laptop ...... 02 turers and made it its own. the most out of it. However, it requires hardware support and hence would work Tips & Tricks has its own page numbers, and does not follow the rest Make use of of the magazine’s page numbers. This is done to ensure that you can }} on only those phones that have different user { cut out and save T&T in a separate folder for later reference. the compatible hardware. accounts Lollipop has added the multi- Search within user support to smartphones Chrome’s incognito mode. Data settings as well. There are three built- generated, sent, and received Going into the settings apps and in in accounts, which are: Userser during the guest session is finding the right one located account, Guest account and temporarily stored. within the submenus can be Profile account. Profile account: The profile tedious right? To deal with User account: This is account is the account without it, Google has added a search similar to an administrator admin privileges. -This is ideal option within the settings. It’s account. The phone owner will for a secondary user of the fast and easy if you know what control it. The system settings phone. You can limit the access you are looking for. made in the user account will to apps and services for these To search, go to Settings > be automatically reflected in users. Also very handy when tap the magnifying glass the other accounts. you want to show off your phone icon > start typing.. Guest account: The guest but don’t want people snooping Head over to Settings > account is similar to the on your photos or mails. Users to enable guest account Set a metered or to add different accounts. To Wi-Fi network switch between accounts go to Like your cellular data, you Quick Settings and select the can now set your Wi-Fi to be user you want to switch to.to. metered as well so that it will restrict background data and Play Flappy give warnings for large down- Android loads. To set Wi-Fi network This little Easter egg in Android as metered, go to Settings 5.0 Lollipop is inspired from the > Data usage > Network now famous game - Flappy Bird. restrictions and set Wi-Fi To access it, go to Settings > as metered. Metered WiFi will About > repeatedly tap come handy while tethering Android version line > and when using Mi-Fi hotspots long press the Lollipop (if you find any that is) that you’ll see on the screen to launch the easter egg. Restrict the information Access Quick revealed in Settings notifications Quickly switch to guest user Directly get the setting you are The notifications panel in Lol- The notifications appearing on from Quick Settings. searching for lipop is just the tip of the iceberg, the lock screen might reveal

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Make use of the See your Use the built in Priority mode battery flash light Lollipop offers a new mode called percentage Flashlight is (finally) integrated Priority mode. When in priority Android Lollipop doesn’t list the into the system directly. You mode, only the apps marked as battery percentage on the status don’t have to rely on the third- “high priority” will be allowed bar. However, you can see it in party apps anymore. To turn on to alert you. To mark an app as a the Quick Settings. Just open the the flashlight, go to Quick Set- priority app, go to Settings > Quick Settings and the battery tings (two finger swipe from the Sound and notifications percentage is listed there. top) and you’ll find the flashlight > App notifications. Here toggle there. you can either block an app or Pin an app such choose to set particular apps that you can’t Check out face as priority apps. Apps that are close it unlocking given this elevated status will Screen pinning is a new feature YYou can also use face unlocking always have their notifications that lets you run a single app method to unlock your phone. at the top of the list and will be all the time in such a way that It’s not new but the one offereded able to bug you when the device it can’t be escaped until you in Lollipop seems better imple- is set to priority mode. perform a button press combo mented. To enable it, go to Set- Hide content from appearing on To activate Priority mode, and/or type your PIN. App pin- tings > Security > Smart the lock screen press volume up or volume ning comes very handy when lock and enter your PIN, down key then tap Priority someone borrows your phone or then go to Trusted Face > sensitive information that you on the screen and select Indefi- if you want to give it to say your Setup, and follow the instruc- don’t want others to see, say nitely or finite amount of time. little nephew who wants to play tions given. for example WhatsApp mes- a game. Don’t want the little one sages. Lollipop offers a way to Try the “Do Not to be confined to temple run? Turn on battery present the notification in a way Disturb” mode Simple pin that app to your saver mode that will hide its content on the In addition to the Priority mode screen before handing it over.. Project Volta has lot to offer in lock screen. This feature will there’s a Do not disturb mode, To enable screen pinning, go Lollipop. Google says you can only work if you have a PIN or which unlike the Priority mode, toto Settings > Security > extend the battery life by up to pattern protecting your phone. is centered around the time of Screen Pinning > set it to “On”. 90 percent by using the battery To enable PIN or pattern day rather than specific apps. To pin an app, go to recent saver features. There’s a built lock go to Settings > Secu- To activate Do not disturb, go apps drawer (by pressing the in battery saver which is auto- rity > Screen lock and toto Settings > Sound and square button to the right of the matically turned on at 15% or then set up a PIN or pattern. notification > Interrup- Home key) pull the app up to see 5% battery. You can also switch That being done you’ll be asked tions and choose the days, start its entire thumbnail, then tap it on and off manually. To enable if you want to hide sensitive time and end time. the pin icon at its bottom right. battery saver, go to Settings information - tap “Hide sensi- To unpin an app, press Back > Battery > tap the Menu tive notification content”. and Overview button (square button > select Battery If you have already enabled button to the right of the Home Saver. screen lock you can directly key) at the same time. You’ll be Then set whether to turn turn on the feature by going asked for a PIN if you have PIN on automatically at 5% or 15%. into Settings app > Sound set up. If you want you can manually and notification > under turn it on. Notification heading tap Unlock with “When device is locked” and Bluetooth SUPERCHARGE select “Hide sensitive informa- In Lollipop you can set up a YOUR LAPTOP tion content”. bluetooth device as your phone’s With the strides taken in soft- To make an app sensitive, key. This being set up, your ware and technology, portable go to Settings > Sound and phone will stay unlocked when computing devices such as notifications > App noti- that particular device is present laptops and smartphones have fications > turn on the in the vicinity and paired. become indispensable. In fact, Sensitive toggle. This Sen- To set it up, first, pair your laptops are almost entirely sitive switch will only appear if Bluetooth device, then go to starting to replace traditional Android is currently configured Settings > Security > desktop computers in both to show all notification content, Smart Lock. Enter your PIN homes and offices. It makes per- so you’ll need to manually flick and tap “Trusted devices”, hit fect sense, therefore, to ensure Bring the app card forward and the slider for every app that you click on the pin button to pinpin the plus icon, select “Bluetooth” that your laptop is consistently want to hide. an app. and choose your paired device. running at an optimum level.

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games. Any media that you want to store would of course be better off on your portable HDD.

Upgrade RAM Today, with applica- tions getting more memory intensive (we’re looking at you, Firefox), adding additional RAM has almost become an inevitable upgrade. Most lap- tops now come with minimum 4 GB RAM, expandable up to Below are a few tips and tricks to 8 GB. While 4 GB would have boost your laptop’s performance been sufficient for regular usage, while also improving produc- those using graphic designing tivity and –to a certain extent and image editing applications – battery life. like Maya, Coreldraw and Photoshop will see a definite Install an SSD improvement in performance Upgrading to an SSD after upgrading to 8 GB. Push links and images to your devices or those of a friend from a run-of-the-mill HDD is arguably the most noticeable Use a Laptop type that uses a type of organic upgrade you can make for a Cooler salt compound to absorb excess smoother UX and improved While laptops these days come heat. Cooling pads come in a overall computing experience. with much improved cooling variety of sizes to correspond Even an entry-level SSD, when systems, countless laptops with that of your laptop and compared with a high-perfor- in the past have been lost to start at an affordable rate of mance 10,000 rpm HDD, has a overheating owing to dust ``800 and go up to ``5,000 for markedly faster response time accumulation and unsolicited premium brands. (up to over 30 times faster) as overclocking. An ideal solution well as faster sequential and for this is the use of an external Install random read–write operation laptop cooler (a.k.a. “cooling CCleaner times. Loading your operating pad”) which also doubles up as A major culprit of decreased system, applications and games a convenient resting surface for system performance is the accu- from an SSD can result in up to your laptop during use in bed. mulation of temporary Internet 200% faster startup and loading There are two types avail- files and redundant application times. This faster operating time able: an active cooling type, data. CCleaner is an easy-to-use leads to more disk idling, which Customize your cleaning needs which is powered via USB and application that aims to clean results in a slight improvement either draws hot air away from such virtual gunk that gradu- in battery life. It doesn’t hurt Laptop RAM is now the laptop or pumps cool air ally builds up in your storage. that SSDs have no moving parts extremely affordable, with a 4 towards it, and a passive cooling You can customize its settings either, resulting in protection GB kit setting you back by just from bumps and even more ``2,500. Ensure that you check battery life. the total number of RAM slots In the past, these devices (standard laptops come with two might have been looked upon slots) as well as the number of as a slightly hubristic upgrade, free slots: for example, if your especially considering the ridic- laptop comes with 4 GB of RAM ulous price per gigabyte. How- and it mentions “expandable up ever, these days you can grab an to 8 GB,” then your laptop is most affordable 240 GB SSD for as probably loaded with a single low as ``8,000. Those looking stick of 4 GB RAM. You can for a more affordable deal can verify this with a tool like CPUZ opt for a 120 GB drive (~``4,500), that will give you a detailed which should be sufficient to explanation of the type of RAM store your OS and important on your system, including the applications, as well as a few number of free slots. Google your laptop name for a link to its support page

Tips & Tricks to ignore certain applications the text/link to your phone. Get an external on the “Dedicate this device to and/or file types, and it is also The potential applications are WiFi Adapter ReadyBoost” option. an easier means to delete pri- endless. Seeing as how a laptop is pri- Note that not all USB vate data such as history and marily for wireless use, wire- devices support this feature; cookies from multiple browsers Check for less internet is nothing short Windows will allow you to test with a single click. Besides that, Driver Updates of an indispensable feature. the drive before you can assign the application lets you disable Updating outdated hardware Therefore, it’s imperative to it as a ReadyBoost device. programs that automatically drivers especially important if ensure that your WiFi connec- Some manufactures have even boot with your OS, thus helping you have a laptop that is over tion is running at its optimal begun to add the “Enhanced you manage resources better for three years old. Device manu- setting, and there are quite a for Windows ReadyBoost” smoother performance. facturers keep releasing updates few measures you can take to tagline for their products, CCleaner has a built-in to drivers for integrated devices improve connection strength indicating that the device has application manager that such as your on-board graphics and stability. First and fore- been tested by Microsoft to con- lets you rename and unin-- card and motherboard chipset, most, upgrade to a wireless- firm ReadyBoost compatibility. stall applications, as well as which includes drivers for your n or wireless-ac router if you ReadyBoost will exhibit some a drive cleaner tool that lets sound device and LAN adapter. are still using a wireless-g one. improved performance during you securely delete files pre- You can find updates for your This helps you gain improved non-sequential read–write venting any chance of recovery laptop’s hardware by visiting internet speeds (limited to that operations as flash drives are using file recovery tools. The given by your ISP of course) as faster during non-sequential app also includes a windows well as faster transfer of data reads. Don’t expect a lightning registry cleaner. However, the via local wireless intranet, fast solution to your RAM boost in performance from ideal for streaming media woes, but whatever little per- this is minimal and is almost (Chromecast users take note). formance boost you get may be not worth the risk of acciden- In addition, AC devices have worth it. tally deleting crucial registry a much improved net battery values. Use this particular fea- usage if connected to a wire- Consider ture with caution. less-ac network Switching to Alternatively, you can Linux Integrate with upgrade the PCI wireless If you use your laptop primarily Pushbullet receiver in your laptop or simply for browsing the Internet or Unlinke the other tips on this plug in a USB antenna receiver watching movies, there is a list, Pushbullet is not a perfor- for improved reception. The possibility that switching to a mance-boosting tool. However,, A 4GB USB drive should suffice physical antenna on the USB lighter, relatively safer oper- it does help increase produc- for ReadyBoost receiver will help you capture ating system such as a Linux tivity, especially in tasks that signals in places where you build will significantly improve require you to switch between the manufacturer’s website and would earlier encounter WiFi your UX experience. Gamers multiple devices such as your searching for the support page dead zones. Beginners should will have time switching to laptop and mobile phone. It for your particular model. note that installing a new PCI a Linux build because most allows you to mirror notifica- In the case of chipset card on your laptop will take modern day games are only tions from your phone to your drivers, updates are far and some homework as you have to available for Windows. First laptop, as well as reply to text few between and most do not open the laptop’s back case. time Linux users should try messages. Furthermore, you contribute any noticeably sig- either the Ubuntu or Fedora can push text, links, and images nificant performance boosts. Make use of build for a good-looking, hassle- between your phone and laptop, Hence, it is recommended that Windows free distribution. opening the door to a wide array you only update these drivers ReadyBoost Most Linux distributions of applications. if you are experiencing hard- Users who have their lap- such as Ubuntu and Fedora are For example, if a friend sends ware issues. However, if your tops equipped with Windows free to download, so you can you a link on a messaging app laptop comes with a dedicated Vista or better can make use of have little complaint about the like WhatsApp while you are mobile graphics card, ensure Microsoft’s proprietary Ready- cost. Installation is also easy: using your laptop, you can push you are always on the latest ver- Boost feature, which improves burn the ISO for these distri- the link to the Pushbullet app (or sion of drivers as these drivers memory-based performance butions on to a DVD or load browser extension, depending are updated often and include (application switching, response it on a USB drive using ISO- on your OS) and view the con- significant performance times, etc.) on older systems burning software such as “Uni- tent on a larger screen instead upgrades, especially for new with less RAM (1 GB or 512). versal USB Installer.” Linux is of your phone. Similarly, if you games that require driver opti- Using the feature is as simple generally much lighter on want to share some text or a mization post release. In short: as plugging in a USB pen drive, system resources, which can link with a friend via the same driver update equals slightly right-click it in “My Computer,” directly help improve battery messaging app, simply push increased frame rates. select “Properties,” and click life and performance.

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New SSD or more RAM? mated to a HD over-the-air antenna Hello Digit! I have an ASUS G750JX laptop connection will allow you to use your PC as from the ROG series. I’m a gamer and I love a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) for locally to play single-player as well as multiplayer available channels and so you’ll be able to online games. The specification of the laptop record content to your PC directly. As you’ll are as follows: be using Arch linux as the OS for the HTPC,

•• Processor: Intel Core i7-4700HQ @ you should head over to www.mythtv.org in the file in question may have been deleted 2.4GHz; order to get MythTV which is an excellent but an entry about it still exists in the

•• RAM: 16GB DDR3; open source DVR software with plenty of registry which still prompts Windows to

•• GPU: GeForce GTX 770M options to choose from. If you get stuck load the file at startup. So, you’ll have to I was wondering whether an SSD or while setting up MythTV, just head over to remove the entry of this file from the 16GB of RAM would be worthwhile in terms the website where you’ll easily find an easy registry but according to the error specifi- of performance? step-by-step setup guide for it. cally mentioned by you, your PC is in all -Prithvi Bhambri likelihood infected by a malware. Unsur- Stupid .DLL files prisingly, this is a common problem faced Since your laptop has a really good Hi Team Digit. I recently started seeing an by many Windows users whose computer configuration while already having 16GB of error on my PC. Every time I turn on the has been infected with the Conduit browser RAM installed, it would definitely be much computer, a window opens up with a Run DLL hijacker which is a pretty persistent more wise to buy an SSD. Although your error telling me that: There was a problem malware. To understand how to remove it, laptop supports upto 32GB of RAM, 16GB is starting C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Con- follow the steps below: more than enough for playing current duit\BackgroundContainer\BackgroundCon- •• First, you need to remove the Back- games at the highest settings and so you’re tainer.dll groundContainer.dll startup registry key better off investing money into a SSD. As The specified module could not be found. using the Autoruns utility for Windows. you don’t have budget issues, you can go for I press the OK button and continue Download the utility from here: http:// something from Samsung’s stables like the working on the PC, but I would really want dgit.in/Auto_Runs

250GB 840 Evo or even the new 256GB 850 to know a way to get rid of this issue for •• Once it’s downloaded, double-click on Pro which are available for Rs.8,799 and good. Please help. the autoruns.exe program to start the Rs.12,299 respectively. Even SSDs from the -Neoson Parakkottil utility.

SanDisk Extreme Pro series are a good •• Click File > Select Find option to consider. •• Type “BackgroundContainer.dll” as well as “Conduit” to find entries related to Are TV Tuners any useful? both conflicting files.

I recently bought a nice 50-inch Full HD LED •• Once you find BackgroundContainer.dll TV and I’ve almost started building a HTPC or Conduit in the list, right-click> Delete for use with the TV. I have a spare ZOTAC •• Delete all the entries related to the search IONITX-E-E Intel Atom 230 Mini ITX mother- terms that you used. board and so I plan to use that for the build •• Restart the computer to check whether along with Arch Linux as my preferred choice you’ve solved the problem. of OS for the HTPC. I was thinking about If the issue still persists, use CCleaner getting a TV tuner card for getting basic TV A standard layout of MythTV’s menu to find and delete the startup entry with the channels on the PC, but I don’t know how it name Conduit. If you’re still facing the same works or would it even be of much use to me. The error pertains to RunDLL and issue, you should download a good free mal- Please advise what should I do. RunDLL is a Windows file responsible for ware removal program like Malwarebytes -Amish Soni executing or loading .dll modules where the or even AdwCleaner, scan the system using modules can be legitimate or even malware the anti-malware program and clean it Basically, a TV tuner card takes a video related. You’ll usually see a RunDLL “Error completely to get rid of the Conduit browser signal from a cable, antenna or any other loading…” message when a particular .dll hijacker as well as other malware that may source and let’s you view or record it on file that was supposed to run at startup has be infecting your system. Detailed guide your PC. A decent digital TV tuner card gone missing or is deleted. This is because here: http://dgit.in/MalGuide

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Manish Singh GPU is slow [email protected] If your system’s graphics has all of a sudden become cumbersome, this t has happened to all of us. You’ve a could be a software compatibility presentation to submit the day after, issue. The first thing you’ll need to do you hover your mouse or click on the is check the GPU temperature using Ipower button, and the unthinkable GPU-Z, Then update your graphics happens. The system just won’t comply drivers as a recent update might with your wishes. Either it will keep looping have messed things up. Sometimes around a blue screen, or will act so slow your GPU is simply not powerful that you literally can’t do any work on it, or enough and is heating up. It is worse, it just won’t turn on. probably in your best interest if you With complex operating systems In Windows 10, the defragmenting tool also lets didn’t play the latest AAA game but these days, pointing out the culprit is you optimise the system. if it is too important and you know never straightforward and the steps we’ve your ways, you may also try over- outlined here are suited for a more general you need to check the temperature first clocking (http://dgit.in/WAPCOverclock) toto approach. Remember, Google is your friend! and then test stability by running Prime95 increase the device’s efficiency. That being said, let’s check out some of the (http://dgit.in/Prime95) alone. If it ends up most common problems users face. showing a blue-screen to you, your CPU Critical issues is probably heating too much. Else, you Iss Issue:ue: Windows is freezing or slowing down Everyday issues should the RAM modulesand for that, Freezing is one of the most common and Speed and performance glitches you can try Memtest86+ (http://dgit.in/ frustrating issues our computers run into Issue:e: CPU is slow, or unstable, or always under Memtest86). If that too isn’t the problem, every few months. It happens for a myriad heavy load the next component you should check is the of reasons with a common cause being If you’ve recently mounted a new mother- PSU (Power Supply Unit). When the PSU insufficient processor cooling. Generally, board, or installed a new operating system, fails to provide the right amount of voltage it’s when the CPU fan gets clogged up with you may want to check the BIOS for any to the motherboard it can also make the too much dust, or when the thermal paste improper configuration. You can try the system unstable. between the sink and processor has dried freeware utilities like CPU-Z (http://dgit. But what if your system always seems up. Cleaning and replacing the thermal in/CPUzID) and Cinebench (http:/// to be under too much stress? In other paste should help. dgit.in/MCinebench) to check if words, it is hogging too much Additionally, loose cables and compo- your CPU is working fine by resources at every instance nents can also degrade the performance, so comparing it with results of time even when you you will want to check and tighten every- of others’ over the web. know you aren’t doing thing right. Also, in case you’d overclocked That would be anything. This could be your CPU or GPU recently, you should helpful if your CPU the work of a malware. restore it to normal if it continues to heat up. is slow. But what if Try installing the free If your computer has also slowed it’s unstable? That’s or trial version of AVG down recently, you need to check the task a rather more con- (http://dgit.in/AVAVG), manager to know which process is at fault cerning possibility. If or ESET, and run a com- and uninstall or temporarily stop it. Also, your computer, however, plete scan to hunt down browsers with too many extensions and is exhibiting such symptoms, the malware. plugins installed consume a lot of resources.

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check that it’s connected to a native mended that you update your drivers. One SATA III port which is set to AHCI. of the common gateways for viruses to get Switching between AHCI and into your computer is your browser. And IDE can render your OS useless that’s why it has become very important that so create a backup disk image first. you check whether your Anti-Virus suite Always prefer a native port that is offers internet security or not. Additionally, set to AHCI for storage devices. you can also sign up for OpenDNS (https:// www.opendns.com/), a DNS service with Maintaining a system easily configurable security settings. Now that you know how to handle You can also automate several of these everyday quirks, it is time we also processes to occur periodically using the discussed how you can make sure scheduler in Windows. Alternatively, you Glary Utilities lets your clean, optimise, and fix your that your computer stays in shape. can also use suites such as Tune Up Utilities system or Glary Utilities. Clean, clear, optimize Regardless, you also need to stop a few your registry Don’t forget the hardware programs from starting up at the time of Much like your house, an operating system Prefer running your system on UPS login. To do that, go to Run (or open Start also becomes cluttered and messy over If you’ve a desktop computer, prefer using a menu and start typing) “msconfig”, go to the time. And much like your house, the system decent UPS with all the protective circuits. Startup tab and uncheck all the applications needs cleaning and optimization as well. The good ones protect your computer that you don’t need. Google each process Regardless of the Windows version you’ve from current spikes and provides you time name to figure that out. installed on your system, it is always a good to perform a proper shutdown. Almost idea to defragment your hard-drive every every components inside your computer Issue:e: Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) once in awhile. For that, you can use Win- including and especially the network card is This is one of the most annoying issues of dows’ built-in defragmentation tool called sensitive to fluctuations. all. Your computer encounters some error Defrag. To open it, go to Start menu and type and gives you a blue screen before shutting “defrag” (without the quotes). Alternatively, Cleaning internal components down. This leaves no choice to the users you can also use free defrag tools like Aus- Regardless of where you keep your system, but to restart. 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Once you’re free and secure sure there’s no problem there, you need to Make sure you’ve a good anti-virus fire up Device Manager (run/start menu -> suite installed on your system. The pre- devmgtmt.msc) and check if any of the USB installed security suite from Microsoft port is reporting a problem. If so, you need has certainly become better over several CCleaner lets you clean junk off of your system. to update and /or reinstall its driver – an versions, but according to several reports, option you’ll see in the properties of the port. it is still not enough to combat some of the too close to the motherboard might cause more sophisticated malware our computers a few components to fly off (e.g. jumpers). Issue:e: SSD Performance is slow are exposed to these days. Don’t think about You should also pay extra attention while If your SSD feels slow, there could be some getting more than one anti-virus, though, going through processor fan (CPU fan) and problem. 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Discovery The digital age has ushered in a new era of discovery, an age where just about every niche is catered forr. The art of discovery is not a dark art and we’re going to teach you how to WIN at Discovery.

Anirudh Regidi Gnoosic.com of you have already been using YouTube [email protected] This is a site that most of you have prob- as a source of music, the dedicated music ably never heard off and ironically, it aims section now isolates all here are many who claim that the to serve up artists that you’d like, but your music listening to a Digital Age has weaned us away never heard off. Discovering new music is separate, well, section. All from the true joy of discovery, simple, head over to gnoosic.com, type in you really need to do is to Tfrom discovering a gem of a book the name of three artists that you love (or train YouTube. Listen to in an aged library, from the (dubious) joy even three artists from a genre that you music, like or dislike the recommendations stumbling across a good movie or show on want to listen to at the moment) and then and YouTube will slowly, but surely learn TV, and more. We beg to differ. A little bit hit go. The site will throw up one artist’s your taste. Be wary though, accidentally let of effort and some guidance from us, you’ll name at a time, along with a discussion on someone else use your account and your be well on your way to discovering any joy said artist (by Gnoosic’s members). The entire listening experience will be screwed, you choose to experience. onus is on you to find that artist’s songs ending up listening to Lady Gaga in the however as Gnoosic will not play back middle of a Black Label Society session. Discovering music those songs for you. Every time you dis- Music is, in many ways, a universal lan- cover an artist you tell Gnoosic that you iTunes radio guage. Rhythms transcend language and liked it, didn’t like it, or already knew of it iTunes is popular abroad, but maybe might even be at the very heart of what and Gnoosic will fine-tune the recommen- not so much in India, at least, as a media makes this universe tick. But it’s not always dations accordingly. hub. That said, if you easy to discover new music, but that’s only manage to create a US or because you might not know how. Gorankem UK iTunes account for Gorankem.com lets you, and eve- yourself (you don’t need The usual suspects ryone else, rank artists and a credit card, just a US The most obvious way bands. Pop over there from address off Google maps), iTunes radio to find new music is to time to time and rum- does a fantastic job of understanding use popular services mage through the list- your taste in music. Be warned, iTunes like Last.fm, Spotify, ings and there’s bound Radio will not play the song that you Grooveshark, Pandora to be something you want, when you want it and is very much and more. Once you like in the pile. Find akin to a radio station in that regard. A setup an account for gorankem members great place for discovery. yourself (via VPN if with a similar taste in necessary) and use those music and you’ll have Hypem.com services regularly, it’s only found a new buddy as Hype machine is an interesting site with a a matter of time before those well as a great source for very simple concept, it aggregates the most services learn your taste in music new music. popular music across a selection of social and throw up songs and playlists that network sites and blogs. The music might will suit your taste (a.k.a. scrobbling). Just YouTube Music not always be to your taste, but it will be pick a service, use it regularly and let their This is a comparatively recent launch, what’s popular and you might end up dis- algorithms do their thing. and while we’re quite certain that many covering something that you really love.

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Discovering Movies for the asking. Create an account, spend time and put in the effort to really immerse Movies are much more than moving pic- some time browsing the site. Users put yourself in the Steam community and tures and audio, they’re the actualization up curated lists all the time, the best Steam group and curators, you’re assured of imagination, a medium for bringing horror movies, the best action movies, of a deep and rewarding pool of game dreams to life. Good movies are few and the best indie movies, the recommendations, as well as membership far between and sifting through a glut of best movies featuring a to a great community of gamers. movies is time-consuming, but it doesn’t particular actor and many have to be that hard. Here’s how to win at more such lists. Follow the GOG discovering movies. right users and you’re sure to find what As old foggies ourselves (at Digit), many you’re looking for soon enough. Quick tip, of the offerings on GOG.com are very Jinni read the reviews of movies that you know familiar to us, but for you young ‘uns out Feeling down, want a pick-me-up type of and start following the users that seem to there, it’s a whole world of classic games movie? What about if you want something share your opinion and you will probably waiting to be discovered and played. that’s dark and witty, or bittersweet? have found the right one. GOG.com is a website that offers what These are concepts that most recom- is probably the largest mendations engines and even people will Amazon.com collection of classic struggle with, but Jinni.com does its level This might also seem like an odd choice, games in the world and best to offer a solution. It lets you search but once you create an Amazon.com a library that’s second for movies by mood, genre, plot, place, account and start browsing through the only to Steam’s and to time period and myriad other filters that video section (you don’t have to pay to top it off, all the games you never knew you wanted. You can also browse), you’ll see an option to vote on there are DRM-free. Getting back to you fine-tune search results by how serious the movies that are available and those young ‘uns though, just pop over to the or unrealistic you want the setting, and so that you’ve seen. You’re feeding Amazon site and randomly pick-up a few games on. It’s a great tool and, in our experience, a whole pile of data, but you’ll also get in a genre that you like. At Rs.50-100 a one that does a very good job of churning tailor-made recommendations. game, they’re cheaper than most good out acceptable recommendations. mobile apps and are sure to offer a great Discovering Games and Apps deal of entertainment. They also have a Movie Map Games and mostly apps meant to provide very vibrant community that will be more Think of this as a spider-web of movies. pure entertainment, but finding good than willing to provide you with recom- You enter a movie’s name, hit enter, and ones can sometimes be quite a challenge. mendations, should you need them. you’re presented with an inter-connected These simple tips should set you on the web of movies that are in some way related right path. Universal sources to your initial choice. Hovering over a Reddit name presents the trailer of said movie. Vsauce3 Reddit quite literally is the front page of This is an excellent tool for sourcing a The Vsauce series of channels is a great the Internet. It’s almost entirely a user- quick recommendation for anyone. source for information, the whacky and generated site and is probably the only the extraordinary. The third channel website that caters to just about all tastes, GoodMoviesList in that group, Vsauce3 features a series the good and the uncomfortable. Haunt As the name suggests, this is a list of good called App All Knight and is among the this site and you’ll find good recommenda- movies. Yes, exactly that. The movies are best sources for new apps and games on tions for whatever it is that you’re looking classified into lists including the best of the Internet. http://dgit.in/1xjUc4B for. Be warned that Reddit is not a place 2014, the best sci-fi, the best horror, and so for little kids, so do browse responsibly. on. You can spend hours browsing through Steam the lists and you’re sure to find a movie that Steam recently unveiled a Discovery List Forums you like among the hundreds listed. feature and tagging. These features com- Forums, regardless of where they’re bined are doing for games hosted or who they belong to, will almost IMDB what Netflix did to movies, always feature a section dedicated to You might be scratching your head and classifying Steam’s massive movies, music, etc. If you’re already a wondering why we’re stating something library via user-defined member of a forum that’s filled to the that’s so blindingly obvious, but bear tags. It’s a great concept brim with like-minded individuals, with us. IMDB, while a great source for that works very well in asking them for suggestions is not such a information on movies, is also a great real life and the Discovery Queue, a list bad idea when you really think about it! source for discovering movies. There’s an of game recommendations tailor-made to entire social network buried in the site your taste, is the very best place for finding Google and curated lists of movies are available a game that you’ll like. 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Photography Be it a DSLR or a smartphone camera, photography has become a big part of our daily lifestyle. Here are a few tips that can help you become a sharp shooter

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here was a time when pho- tography used to be a profes- sional’s job and only a few could Tafford to have a camera. It used to be a tedious and a calculative process that required skill, patience and of course, creativity. Today, the process has become far more easier for the photographer thanks to the combination of complicated algorithms along with cutting edge hard- ware. Taking pictures is now a ‘piece of cake’ thanks to the easy affordability and compact size of the devices. But, is it just as simple as pressing the shutter button? Here are some tips that Adobe Photoshop Express: Your one-stop shop for editing on the go can help improve your bland pictures. more you understand light and the abili- light that falls on the sensor to produce Get your basics right ties of your equipment. an image, and this can be controlled by Having a high-end camera doesn’t matter, the right combination of shutter speed, well, up to a certain level. Having a higher Technical knowledge aperture and ISO. Sounds compli- megapixel count is somewhat important,t, Having the technical know-how can cated? Well to make it simple, shutter but again it’s not a very crucial factor.. make a huge difference and this applies speed is the amount of time the shutter Photography is all about using the camera to all sorts of cameras, the only difference curtain is open, the aperture is the size smartly. You should also know is that some devices like DSLRs of the opening of the lens that let’s the your equipment well, be it aa and smaller sized cameras light enter and ISO is the sensitivity or DSLR, a point and shoot, offer more controls and capacity of the sensor to absorb light. or even an smartphone. features when compared A proper balance of these three deter- The capabilities and to, say a smartphone. mine how bright or how dark your image limitations of your YYou can either leave will be. equipment along with all the settings and Once you get the hang of the tech- the lighting conditions calculations in the nical aspects, you need to work on your are very important hands of the camera, composition. Start with simple and clean to understand, which or take charge and con- pictures. Try to keep a clean background can only be achieved trol your ‘exposure’. without much distractions. Try to focus through a lot of practice. Now exposure is on lines, shapes, form, colours, and The more you shoot, the basically the amount of contrasts. Using the auto-focus is a good

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habit, until and unless the camera is unable to give you a sharp output. The white-balance helps you get the correct colour temperature in your pictures, but you can also use this feature to bring a cooler or a warmer feel to your pictures.

Flash, a big no Try not to use your in-built flash all the time. Slightly under-exposed pictures look better than having ghostly shadows throughout your picture. While the flash does help in low light conditions, it just doesn’t produce natural results andd mostly leaves you with shiny or unevenly exposed pictures. If you really need to use a flash, try to bounce it or diffuse it, toto Breathe new life into images with Snapseed have an even spread of light. small list of apps that we believe you version has extensive controls to fine Smartphone photography should try out. tune your images. The most affordable and extensively used Android: http://dgit.in/WinAtPF3 camera is the one in our smartphones and Third party camera apps • Snapseed: One of the most famous frankly speaking, one can achieve great • VSCO cam: VSCO Cam offers one of photo editing apps is Snapseed which results by using them. Most of the default the best selections of pre-set filters to is now owned by Google. Apart from smartphone camera apps offer exposure enhance your photographs. The app allowing basic edits as well as adding compensation with a range of one-to-three offers editing tools to control exposure, effects and border to your photos stops, ISO control, white balance and few temperature, contrast, crop, rotate, you can even share your pictures features here and there. Some smartphone fade, vignette and more. There are on Google+. It is developed by Nik camera apps even offer HDR, or the ability some preset packs as well which can Software, which is a popular plugins to control the shutter speeds, and even be brought for a few bucks. The app developer for Adobe products. focusing features that make your pictures also allows you to share your pictures Android: http://dgit.in/WinAtPF4 look as if they were shot with a very on social networks and has its own • Pixlr: It’s an easy to use app that lets shallow depth of field. Feel free to tinker VSCO community that users can join you add one or a combination of effects with all the settings and features to make and share pictures and experiences. to your pictures. The app comes with a your photos look as if they were shot from Android: http://dgit.in/WinAtPF variety of borders, filters and over- a high-end camera. • Instagram: Because really let’s face lays that completely transform your it. What would your life be without images. It also lets you do basic editing Post production the ability to share filter-laden square like cropping or tuning the exposure YYou always have the flexibility of post photos of your meal with the world? If and so on. processing your pictures if you don’t like not that, then the new dress you just •• Android: http://dgit.in/WinAtPF5 the results or are in the mood for some- bought must absolutely be showcased thing artsy. With over a thousand apps to the world through the process of Open your mind available on almost all mobile operating colour altering filters. Regardless, Photography is a lot easier and much systems, you might be wondering which Instagram has become that one app more accessible than it was a decade ago. one’s right for you. So we’ve curated a that has taken the smartphone photog- But making a picture that stands apart raphy world by storm. requires you to have a creative mind and Android: http://dgit.in/WinAtPF2 not just having the technical know-how. • • Photoshop Express: Everyone knows Mix and match the environment or even that Photoshop is the king of image look for something conceptual. When editing software, so why not get it on you are out for a walk in the park, or your smartphone? Adobe Photoshop just taking the last train to your home,, Express brings in a lot of features that scan your surroundings for interesting lets you do basic editing like crop- subjects. Start following the works of ping, sharpening, colour correction, established photographers to learn more. VSCO Cam: Don’t overdo it with the filters exposure control and more. The paid Of course, don’t plagiarise their work.

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Exynos or Snapdragon? Dear Agent001, GAME DESIGNERS: I want to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 but I am confused MORE THAN MEETS whether to go for the Exynox or the Snapdragon variant. So please help me by giving your precious advice. Thank You. THE EYE – Shrikant Kalar Look around you. You may be in a bus, on a train or in a busy Hey Shrikant, lift on your way to the office, ninth floor. Wherever you look, Exynos SoCs used to be way powerful about 2 years back but people scan-read screens, play games, follow directions to Qualcomm has caught up since then and the Snapdragon 805 the next turn to their destination or the next station on their now performs equally good if not better than the Exynos 5433. commute. Wherever you look, you can see people being Depending on which benchmark you run either the Exynos guided and taken through interfaces — whether digital or variant or the Snapdragon variant will come out ahead and physical — leading them in a flow to their next purchase or that too by a slight margin. destination. Wherever you look, you see design is everywhere. Check the GeekBench3 scores here: http://dgit.in/SamN4Exy- VsSnap. Snapdragon is ahead in this one but if you check out he times, they are a changin’, says the song. The back and forth AnTuTu scores then the Exynos variant comes out ahead. interaction between those screens and their end users, the When it comes to custom ROMs then Snapdragon SoCs seem Theads-up-displays, the branching narratives, the progression to have been favoured a lot more than Exynos variants in the curves, the learning curves — all notions familiar to game designers. past but it’s not a given that the same could be said for current All notions in which we thrive and excel, have now become increas- generation of SoCs. ingly pervasive. Security-wise, there have been reports of vulnerabilities in Pervasive to both SoCs and that’s something which isn’t going to change such an extent that at all. So if you wish to fiddle around with your phone and industrial designers, install custom ROMs then the Snapdragon variant seems to be e-learning com- preferable but if you want to make use of the 64-bit computing panies, marketing power of the Exynos (which is expected to improve with the and advertising Lollipop 5.0 update) then by all means you can go ahead with managers are now the Exynos 5433. using them on a You might want to watch a few videos to help you make daily basis, though up your mind and also to figure out if that meagre difference lacking the skills to in performance between the two variants is something that tackle them in most you’re worried about. Most people wouldn’t even be able to of the cases. We tell the difference but if you’re going to plunk down a sizeable can’t blame them amount for the Note 4 then you need to experience them both. for these skills are rather difficult to be found in the different sectors of the job market they’re shuffling through. Thing is, they didn’t look Digital camera for `30,000 for them in the right place, the video game design job market — for Hi Digit! who knows these mechanisms better than game designers? I’m one of your magazine’s biggest fan. Since my childhood I The cultural shock is happening right now at a low intensity, as the have been fascinated by photography. Now I have got a chance industry at large understand that gaming might mean much more to buy a digital camera. Please suggest me a best one to buy than just shooting zombies and crushing candies and the gaming including lens. My budget is around ``30,30,000. Please guide professionals begin to realize on their side that they might be useful in me. Thank you. very, very diverse areas. McDonald’s Monopoly? Gaming. Promotional – Anish Angadi game for the Air Force? Gaming. Loyalty achievements for the clients of a mall? Gaming. Teaching English to kids through interactive sto- Hi Anish, ries? Gaming. Building an application that lets you visit museums with Considering your budget, I’d say that the best option for you your iPad? Gaming. Immersive documentaries? Gaming. will be the Nikon D5100 and a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens. Game design indeed — with all the fields of interaction design, The camera should set you back by about ``24,000, if you keep digital storytelling, e-training that it encompasses. It’s about time to an eye out on sites like Amazon and eBay, and the lens should find ourselves a new, broader name and to fill in the roles in which the be available for around ``7,000. If not you can wait for the next industry needs us. sale and you’d definitely get it for this much or even lesser. Article written by Patrice Crespy, who is a Game Design Trainer This is an excellent bundle for beginners and the 50mm will at the Rubika Supinfogame School. He’s been a Lead Game Designer

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ENTRY-LEVEL GAMING MID-RANGE GAMING Processor AAMMDFFXX 66330000 66,,999999 Processor IInntteelCC oorreii55 --44444400 1111,,777755 Motherboard GGiiggaabbyytteGG AA--997700AA--DDSS33PP 55,,885500 Motherboard AASSUUSBB88 55MM--GG 66,,000000 G.Skill NS DDR3 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) PC Gskill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D- RAM 3,350 RAM 6,300 RAM (F3-10600CL9S-2GBNS) 8GBXL (2 x 4GB) HDD SSeeaaggaatteBB aarrrraaccuudda11 TTBB 33,,775500 HDD TToosshhiibba11 TTBDD TT0011AACCAA110000 33,,665500 Monitor DDeelllSS22 224400LL 88,,667766 Monitor DDeelllSS22 224400LL 88,,667766 Graphics Card SSaapppphhiirreRR aaddeeoonRR 722 6600X2 GG BB 99,,997755 Graphics Card ZZOOTTAACGG TTX66 66011 9922--bbiit2 GG BB 1122,,883300 Cabinet NNZZXXTGGaa mmmmaa 22,,449900 Cabinet TThheerrmmaallttaakkeVV eerrssaHH 2211 22,,998800 PSU CCoooolleerMM aasstteerTT hhuunnddeer44 5500WW 22,,666600 PSU SSeeaassoonniicSS 1122III66 220WW aattttss 55,,663300 Speakers FF&&DFF6688 00 33,,000000 Speakers FF&&DFF6688 00 33,,000000 Optical Drive SSaammssuunngSS HH--222244DDBB//IIDDDDSS 999900 Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/IDDS 990 Mouse AAmmkkeetttteAA sshBB llaacck(( BBuunnddllee)) 553300 Mouse CCM SSttoorrmDD eevvaassttaattoor ((BBuunnddllee)) 22,,444499 Keyboard AAmmkkeetttteAA sshBB llaacck(( BBuunnddllee)) 00 Keyboard CCMSS ttoorrmDD eevvaassttaattoor(( BBuunnddllee)) 00 Sound Card NNoonnee 00 Sound Card NNoonnee 00 Total ``48,270 Total ``64,280

ULTRA HIGH-END GAMING PRIMARY DIGIT TEST RIG Processor IInntteelCC oorreii77 --44779900KK 2233,,449999 Processor IInntteel CCl oorre iie 7 - 44996600X ((X EExxttrreemme EEe ddiittiioonn)) 770,0,000000 Motherboard AASSRRoocckZZ 997EE xxttrreemmee66 1144,,334400 Motherboard AASSRRoocckXX 779EE xxttrreemme99 2288,,449999 Corsair Vengeance 16GB CMY16GX- RAM 13,000 RAM Corsair Dominator 32GB - 2133MHz 36,599 3M2A1866C9B (8GB x 4) WD WD30EZRX 3TB + Samsung 850 HDD TToosshhiibbaDD TT0011AABBAA110000VV 33,,881100 HDD 20,215 Pro 256GB SSD SanDisk Extreme II 240GB (x2 for SSD 24,980 Monitor BenQ BL3200 73,850 HDD testing) ZOTAC GTX 980 ZT-90201-10P Graphics Card ZZOOTTAAC GGTTX 99880 AAMMPP! Exttrreemme EEddiittiioonn 5050,8,85050 Graphics Card Standard 44,999 Cabinet (NA) + Intel RTS2011LC - Cabinet+ Cooler NANA Cabinet NNZZXXTPP hhaannttoom88 2200 1166,,000000 Stock AIO PSU CCoooolleerMM aasstteerVV 11000000 1155,,220000 PSU CCoorrssaaiirHH XX11005500 1166,,229911 Speakers LLooggiitteecchZZ 9900655 ..11 2233,,229999 Monitor BBeennQGG LL22446600HHMM 1111,,777755 Optical Drive LLGBB lluu--rraayWW HH1166NNSS440RR WW 55,,995500 Optical Drive NNAA NNAA Mouse RRooccccaatKK oonneXX TTDD 55,,775500 Mouse RRaazzeerOO uurroobboorroosEE lliittee 1100,,999999 Keyboard CCoorrssaaiirVV eennggeeaanncceKK 7700 88,,446600 Keyboard RRooccccaatIIss kkuFFXX 77,,550000 Sound Card AASSUUSXX oonnaarPP hhooeebbuuss 99,,885500 Sound Card AASSUUSEE sssseenncceSS TTXX 88,,999999 Total ``2,74,412 Total ``2,70,302

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etting your hands on a good laptop at thethe ``40k price range can be a bit tricky at times, because it’s an awkward price range to be in – sandwiched between the G `` `` budget laptop category around the 25k to 35k mark, and the ``45k to ``50k mark mainstream lap- tops. Notebooks at this price point are transitional between the budget to mainstream laptop seg- ments, and this can always be a difficult handoff. Not so much with the HP Pavilion 13 notebook, though. For its asking price, we found it to be a good basic laptop to have. HP’s Pavilion range of laptops have traditionally rolled out good looking laptops at a slightly higher price tag, but it’s good to see that this lower-price Pavilion 13 has main- tained some of those characteristics. The laptop r i c e has a snazzy metallic gray colour scheme, is of a P 9 0 3 9, 9 slim profile overall, and has a bit of a polished look and feel going for it – great to see that, although it’s not totally unexpected. At 1.8 kg, this laptop is in the ultrabook range, meaning it’s quite easy to helps block out reflections to a large extent, and hold onto and transport while tucked away in your the accompanying onboard audio definitely adds backpack, which is a good feature in any laptop. to the experience. Its HD webcam is quite efficient Made out of plastic through and through, it’s at handling video chats through Skype or Google 3 good to see the HP Pavilion 13 is built well – not Hangout, no problems whatsoever. Definitely no 6 exceptionally so, but we found no undue creaking gaming on this machine, since it lacks a discrete at its joints and its screen hinge does a good job at graphics chip, and the most you can do without Features ...... 65 fusing the screen with the rest of the chassis. throttling it down is access the Web through a Performance ...... 60 Typing on the Pavilion 13’s isolated, island- browser, listen to music, watch movies, work on Value ...... 60 styled keys is a good experience, with little or no productivity software, and that’s about it. For Design ...... 65 flex encountered during furious bursts of typing. most people, that’s enough, and a laptop need not We’ve seen that sometimes manufacturers end be capable of doing anything more. Specifications up using a flimsy metal plate as the base for the What we definitely liked about the HP Pavilion Display: 13.3-inch, WLED keyboard but that’s not the case here. It’s single- 13 are two things – 1 terabyte of hard disk space backlit, anti-glare screen; slab touch pad (with no dedicated mouse buttons) and 3 hours of runtime on our battery benchmark Resolution: 1366x768 is good to use – once you get accustomed to its feel (at high performance preset), which should let this pixels; CPU: Dual-core Intel – and we found no fault in its haptic feedback. The laptop last between 4 to 5 hours on a single charge. Core i3-4030U @ 1.9 GHz; RAM: 4GB; HDD: 1TB, 5400 laptop’s Beats Audio speakers are good compared WWe don’t have any complaints about that. RPM; GPU: Onboard Intel to most laptop speakers we’ve encountered at this Basically, it all boils down to the price. Better HD 4400; I/O ports: 2 x USB price bracket, but they aren’t exceptionally great options do exist, when it comes to specs from 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 by laptop audio standards – which are still disap- brands like Acer and Lenovo, but the HP Pavilion x Ethernet, 1 x headphone, pointing, overall, to say the least. 13 with its petite frame, lightweight form factor mic combo port; Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Coming to the Pavilion 13’s core performance, tries to offer something in areas that others Bluetooth 4.0; SD Card we found it to be average, and within the range of haven’t fully locked down on. It is highly ultra Reader: Yes; OS: Windows its onboard hardware – not bad, not great either. portable as a device, offers encouraging audio 8.1;8.1; Weight: 1.8 kg Satisfactory is the term. Its screen’s brightness performance, oodles of storage space and good isn’t too great at 130 cd/m2, and with a contrast battery performance. For a laptop that’s suited for Contact HP India Pvt Ltd ratio of 97:1, we can clearly say that the Pavilion basic tasks and a little casual gaming on the side, Phone: 1800-180-1810 13’s screen isn’t very good. But for basic use, it’s you can’t go wrong with this one. Email: [email protected] alright. Watching movies on the anti-glare screen Jayesh Shinde Website: hp.com/in

Microsoft Sway Battle for space Microsoft’s new app Sway lets you build Everything about the private sector’s space general online presentation documents is now race in this brilliant and colorful infographic Bazaar open for all http://dgit.in/MicrsftSway http://dgit.in/BattleForSpace Corsair Gionee Elife S5.1 Graphite 760T Beauty, not a beast One for the show-offs t’s not often that we’re wowed by the design of a smartphone, but he original Ithis one did it. The Graphite 600T Gionee Elife S5.1 is one of thethe from Corsair was slimmest smartphones in the Ta wonderful case world and leaves no stone and the 760T retains the unturned in terms of same plastic-metal shell design and build. r i c e design concept. Although The device is like P 9 1 8, 9 9 this time around, the entire a flattened Xperia side panel is transparent smartphone, which and made of good quality makes the iPhone 6 feel acrylic. We especially liked bulky. It weighs only 97.7 the hinged door design grams, making it lighter than along with the spring most other phones. The glass loaded latches. You can also back makes it a bit slippery, P r i c e mount four SSDs using the 0 0 but slapping on a cover takes 1 4, 5 included modular quick care of that and pretty much mount trays. They’ve also everyone does that. On the MediaTek MT6592 added a magnetic top cover build and design front, the octa-core is available that fits really well and is a trol help in maintaining the Elife S5.1 is actually one on much cheaper devices, all welcome add-on. temperature and noise inside of the best we’ve seen in a of which perform better than Three pre-installed Corsair the case and as a result, the long time. the Gionee Elife S5.1. The pro- 140mm AF series fans cou- Graphite 760T performs fairly Sadly though, the design cessor doesn’t perform well pled with the inbuilt fan con- decent with the load tempera- doesn’t go with what’s and the phone is underpow- tures inside never crossing inside. At ``18,999, the phone ered, both on regular usage 38.5°C with the ambient room is grossly overpriced. The and on benchmarks. Even temperature being 28°C. 1 GB of RAM feels a bit less 7 5 There’s a fundamental given that Gionee’s AmigoUI problem with saturating the consumes a fair portion. market with innumerable 0 In addition, the battery Features ...... 84 7 options, at one point the price life, though better than what Performance ...... 74 to features(or performance) we expected, is nothing close Build Quality ...... 87 ratio of two different products Features ...... 81 to what its competitors come Value for money ...... 55 in the same category is bound Performance ...... 61 with. The 4.8-inch display Specifications to be immensely close. This is Design ...... 80 doesn’t feel lacking but we’d Form Factor: Full-Tower; exactly what happens with the Value ...... 53 have liked it better had it Motherboard Support: Mini-ITX, Graphite 760T. Corsair’s own sported a resolution of 1080p MicroATX, ATX, E-ATX, XL-ATX;Fans: Obsidian 750D which belongs Specifications instead of 720p. 2x140mm (Front), 1x140mm (Rear); to its flagship series of cases Display: 4.8 inch 720p HD IPS; The 8MP camera is pretty PSU Location: Bottom; Drive Bays: is available for a similar (or(or Processor: 1.7 GHz MediaTek good in normal light but fails (x3) 5.25”, (x4) 2.5”, (x6)2.5”/3.5”; MT6592 octa-core SoC; Battery: even cheaper) price and since under low light conditions. Expansion Slots: 9; 9;Dimensions: 2050 mAh; Operating System: 564(H) x 246(W) x 568(D)mm; the insides of the 760T and Android 4.4 KitKat; RAM: 2GB; ROM: While the camera is accept- Weight: 11.2kg; Warranty: 2 Years the 750D are almost identical, 16GB able, the performance overall your choice boils down to your isn’t. The brilliant design Contact preferred material finish and Contact doesn’t make up for a laggy Corsair Memory Gionee India, the price difference between experience and we can’t quite Phone: 9845651608 Phone: 1800 208 1166 Email: [email protected] the two cases. Email: [email protected] recommend this smartphone. Website: www.corsair.com Siddhant Sharma Website: http://gionee.co.in/ Prasid Banerjeerjee

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he last of the Lumia Gaming on the device is fairly phones sporting the good, but we were disappointed Nokia badge, the 830 fea- when we played a resource heavy Ttures a sharp metal frame game like Asphalt 8. There were with an anodized finish giving it some obvious frame drops and a flagship feel. The display sits at certain periods the stuttering on top of the frame and is slightly became a bit too cumbersome.. raised from the body sporting a Games that require less resources curved finish. The 5-inch display felt much more stable. is sharp and bright, the contrast In the battery depart- is great and the colours look ment, you get a 2200 mAh rich thanks to the adoption of battery which sounds AMOLED display technology. decent and should provide Even under the harsh sun, the you almost one and a half readability is surprisingly good. day’s worth of juice for regular Nokia didn’t go for on-screen use. This includes checking your buttons on the Lumia 830 and email, your social networks,s, instead opted for capacitive but- clicking some pictures and so on. tons underneath the display. At the It has wireless charging support back, the rear cover is comprised as well, so you can just pop it on of a polycarbonate material and a wireless charging pad to charge it comes off to reveal the microSD the device. card, nanoSIM card slot and thethe In the camera department,t, 6 9 r i c e battery. Similar to the Lumia 1020, P 5 the handset sports a 10 meg- 6, 8 3 there is a smaller round section which 2 apixel rear camera and a 0.9 megapixel houses the camera lens and the LED flash. front camera for taking selfies. The primary Features ...... 73 The phone fits well in your hand and doesn’t camera comes with OIS (Optical Image Stabi- Performance ...... 58 slip off easily thanks to the metal frame which pro- lisation) and PureView technology with an F/2.2 Value ...... 65 vides a decent amount of grip and weight. aperture. It performs great in bright conditions Design ...... 82 The smartphone runs on Windows Phone 8.1 with pictures sporting rich colours and you can with the latest Denim update. Now you can create easily make out the details. Low light performance Specifications folders on the start screen, have more informa- is decent with a slight visible noise, however, a Display: 5-inch Display; Resolution: 1280x720; tion on your glance screen and a lot more other stable hand will always get you good results. The Gorilla Glass 3; Battery: improvements have been made. There is of course, best part is that the (Lumia) camera app offers 2200mAh; Storage: 1616 the notifications panel called the Action Center manual controls including the option to change GB with microSD support that can be pulled down from the top and in it we your ISO, shutter speeds, exposure, white balance, upto 128GB; Camera:10MP get to see quick settings toggles, three different and so on. All of which is reminiscent of the Lumia rear autofocus with LED flash and Carl Zeiss lens, sizes for tiles, and a lot more. The live tiles havee 1020. We were highly impressed with the video 0.9MP front facing; SoC: been improved as they are more intuitive and recording capability as not only do the videos look Qualcomm Snapdragon offer more information. Overall, the performance good but the audio quality is superb since videos 400; CPU: Quad-core 1.2 is noteworthy and the OS runs perfectly smooth are recorded with dual-channel AAC audio at 256 GHz; GPU: Adreno 305; without any stutters or lag. Microsoft has defi- Kbps, and you also get an option for Dolby Digital RAM: 1GB; Operating System: Windows Phone nitely improved some important features, however, Plus 5.1 recording. 8.1;8.1;Connectivity: 3G, Wi-Fi, there are still a few things here and there which For a price of about ``26,000, the Lumia 830 is a Bluetooth, NFC makes the mobile OS fall short when compared good Windows Phone but not the best smartphone to Android or iOS. Firstly, the apps are not fast as you can get much better options in the market Contact enough and don’t load as quickly. Secondly, Win- like the Nexus 5, Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, etc. It Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. Phone: 022 - 33286000 dows Phone still falls short in the variety of apps. offers an appealing design, a smooth OS and a great Email: NANA Yes, the numbers have increased but some of the camera, but somehow it doesn’t justify the price. Website: www.microsoft. crucial apps are still missing. Kunal Khullar com/en-in/mobile/

Stickered for Messenger New Instagram filters Facebook rolls out Stickered, an app which allows Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Perpetua, and Aden you to add stickers to your photos and share are Instagram’s five new filters in two years Bazaar them http://dgit.in/StickeredForMessenger http://dgit.in/NewInstaFilters Xiaomi STK Groovez Redmi Note 3G SMC650 Bluetooth Xiaomi goes big speaker hen you price a Get the party started phone at ``8,999 Wand give it specs that would oth- TK is a common erwise cost ``20,000, you’ve brand name that’s created something fit for the known for making Indian market. There’s Ssmartphone a point where this accessories. One of needs to become the P r i c e the latest products 9 9 e norm though, which 8, 9 from them is the P r i c , 1 9 9 is why we ignored SMC650 Bluetooth 2 the price of the Xiaomi speaker which Redmi Note. comes with an in-built The 5.5 inch 720p display microSD card slot, FM radio makes this phone big but the and a microphone for making problem is that the overall phone calls. design is too plasticky and The speaker is compact and feels very cheap. The extreme has a cone-like shape. There is The speaker also has a glossiness makes it slippery a chrome rim on the top of the 3.5 mm audio jack and a and combined with the big Though the octa-core speaker along with the grill miniUSB port to charge the size, it’s quite tough to not let allows for a snappy and four buttons on the side speaker. The speaker indi- it slip. UI and multi-tasking,, which allows you to control cates the current input mode The MediaTek MT6592 you do notice lag when gaming your music, volume and by using prerecorded audio octa-core SoC has never been on this device. The Asus attend calls. At the bottom you clips. our favourite and it disap- Zenfone 5 is slightly under- will find the power switch and The microSD card feature points again on this one. The powered compared to this some blue-LED lights covered is quite interesting as you phone has a poor battery life. phone but it offers uniform with a translucent rubber grip can swap your card from performance. The Redmi Note going all around. your phone and it starts starts off as a powerhouse, but playing MP3 tracks right off 7 4 soon enough the lag and stut- the bat. When making calls tering becomes prominent.. the clarity of the mic rophone What really impressed us 6 5 is not bad and there is next to Features ...... 83 was the 13MP rear camera. no distortion on the speaker.. Performance ...... 62 The camera is weaker than the When you don’t have a Blue- Features ...... 70 Design ...... 71 one on the Xiaomi Mi3, but it’s tooth device connected or a Performance ...... 60 Value ...... 89 still quite good. The white bal- microSD card in the speaker, ance and colour reproduction Value ...... 70 it switches on the FM radio. Specifications are really good under normal Design ...... 62 Coming to sound quality, Display: 5.5 inch 720p HD IPS; light and it feels like one of the the bass overpowers the Processor: 1.7 GHz MediaTek better cameras in this range. Specifications sound and the overall quality MT6592 octa-core SoC; RAM: 2GB; Bluetooth: 2.1; 2.1; Range: 10m; Output Overall, the Redmi Note goes for a toss. The speaker ROM: 8GB expandable to 32GB; 3W;3W; Battery 300mAH Li-polymer; Battery: 3100 mAh; Camera: 13MP is a device that is aptly priced MicroSD card slot; FM Radio; Calling is loud enough for its size.ze. rear, 5MP front at the moment. If you’re capability with built in microphone Although, at high vol- expecting another Mi3 then umes the sound is not very Contact you best lose hope. The Redmi Contact appealing. If you are not a big Company: Mi India Company: STK Note is strictly a value for audiophile, then you might Phone: 1800 103 6286 Phone: 9840308113 Email: [email protected] money smartphone. Email: [email protected] not mind getting this device. Website: www.mi.com/in/ Prasid Banerjee Website: www.stk-acc.com/in Kunal Khullar

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7 2 Mitashi GameIn ThunderPro Hadouken! A step in the right direction.

Features ...... 77 he ThunderPro is a new entrant in Mitashi’s world performance is decent. We didn’t see any lag Performance ...... 70 GameIn series of consoles and its design while performing regular operations or browsing Build Quality ...... 76 is quite a departure from the previous on it. Gaming was smooth too, something that Value for Money ...... 65 Tdevices in the range. didn’t necessarily hold true for its While we were not particularly predecessors. The ThunderPro Specifications left impressed with the older shines the most in gaming Processor: Cortex A9 models, the ThunderPro man- using emulators and Mitashi 1.6GHz; RAM: 1GB; GPU: ages to upstage them and grab has pre-installed emulators with Mali-400 MP; OS:OS: Android out attention. Especially with popular games for almost every 4.4;4.4; Battery: 3500 mAh; Screen Size: 5 inch TFT; its superior build quality and classic game console avail- Resolution: 800x480; battery life. This time around, able. Playing 8/16/32/64-bit Camera: Yes; 3G Support: Mitashi managed to include two c e games on the ThunderPro is a Yes;Connectivity: Wi-Fi P r i proper full size analog sticks , 9 9 9 good experience thanks to the 802.11 b/g/n; Output: HDMI; 9 coupled with extra shoulder buttons. physical buttons. In-built Memory: 8GB (expandable upto 32GB via The 5-inch screen, however, isn’t very The device has two speakers MicroSD Card) bright when compared to smartphone screens at the front that are quite loud. As for playing of today. We weren’t too impressed with the colour normal android games, the console has an inbuilt Contact saturation and vertical viewing angles either. The virtual button mapping app that resides on the Mitashi Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. latter doesn’t matter with small screen sizes. action bar for easy access. All in all, the Thun- Phone: +91 22 25006661 / 62 Email: [email protected] Although the specifications of the ThunderPro derPro is big improvement.t. Website: www.mitashi.com are pretty standard for a device at this price, its real Siddhant Sharma

HTC Re digital camera Point and shoot

TC’s peculiar looking device all the images stored on the microSD card called the ‘Re’ is an attempt within the device. 6 8 by the Taiwanese OEM to The Re’s camera has a 16 megapixel Htake a shot at the action sensor that can record 1080p videos at camera market. The camera is port- 30fps. Thanks to the wide angle lens, the Features ...... 68 able, quite easy to use and looks like area coverage is quite vast and you can Performance ...... 65 an asthma inhaler. There are just definitely take some great selfies. Images Value ...... 70 two button, one to take pictures and come out quite decent although pictures Design ...... 70 record videos and the other to activate taken indoors and in low light turn out the slow-mo mode. There is a microSD to be grainy, underexposed and mostly Specifications card slot and a microUSB charging blurred. You need to keep your hands 16MP CMOS sensor; 1080p port at the bottom. The camera is really stable when clicking stills which videos at 30fps; 146 degree waterproof and can be used under is true for all cameras in this price point. wide angle f/2.8 lens; Built- in microphone; MicroSD card water for about 30 minutes at a depth On the other hand, videos turn out to be slot upto 128GB; Bluetooth of 1 meter as it’s IPX7 certified. more stable and the output is similar to 4.0; Grip sensor; 820mAh Since the Re itself doesn’t have a what you get on mid-high range smart- battery; IPX7 certification viewfinder you can use the Re camera phone cameras. app on your Android or iOS device For the price, the Re offers a decent Contact r i c e HTC Corporation as a viewfinder. The app also lets P 9 package but it comes nowhere close to the 9, 9 9 Phone: 1800 266 3566 you control more features of the camera quality you can achieve from a GoPro. Email: NA including time-lapse and gives you access to Kunal Khullar Website: www.htc.com/in/

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Earth timelapse Ancient colour vision Check out this amazing six-month time lapse video of Eyes from 300 million old fossils show rod Earth from space taken from aboard the International and cone cells indicating coloured vision Space Station http://dgit.in/EarthLapse http://dgit.in/AncientCol Bazaar Astrum BT-021N Luxury Bass FFeature rich average performer 5 6 his little Bluetooth Now for the flip side: the speaker bears a striking speaker isn’t the best per- resemblance to the former out there. While there Performance ...... 50 much more expensive is some bass, it’s accompa-- Features ...... 77 T and premium Cambridge Audio nied by distortion as well. Design & Build ...... 60 Minx Air 200 wireless speaker The speaker produced about Value for Money ...... 75 we’d received a while ago. Of the same volume output as course, the Astrum BT-021N the Zoook BS100 perhaps a Specifications r i c e is about 5 times more compact P 9 smidgen less but not too much. Interface: Bluetooth 2, 6 9 3.0 with NFC, AUX, USB; and 10 times cheaper. In fact, At this price point you can’t Rated battery life: Up Up it’s one of the least expensive Bluetooth expect stellar audio quality and that is what to 7-10hours; Power: speakers we’ve received. Putting it head on you get – something that greatly amplifies the 5W RMS; Mic: Omni with our best value winner from last year, the capabilities of your smartphone speakers but not directional/noise filter Microphone; Battery Zoook BS100, we noticed a lot of differences. First, much else. If you’re looking for clarity, precision, specs: 1600mAh, 5-7Hrs the Astrum speaker has managed to throw in NFC and all those lofty “luxurious” ideals you’ll need to Charging time at this throwaway price which is quite commend- look elsewhere and be prepared to shell out more able. Second, it’s got a 5V USB out, which is quite moolah. But if you’re looking for a feature rich Contact rare not just at this price point but even otherwise. device that amplifies your music, can double up as Astrum Holdings Email: [email protected] Very few speakers like the JBL Charge give you the a power-bank for those tight situations, then look Website: http://www. option to charge your devices using this battery no further, the Astrum BT-021 is your speaker. astrumltd.com/ that you’re anyway lugging around. Siddharth Parwatay

SimpleAudio Go Simple yet superior

arly last year, PC components manufacturer our test tracks. One of the things we’d liked about 7 0 Corsair announced the acquisition of Simple the UE M Boombox was that no matter how much Audio, a company specialised in developing you push it (nearly 100 percent volume), the speaker Ehome audio streaming solutions. The Go just wouldn’t distortort. II. t’t’s similar with the Go but it’it’ss Features ...... 63 portable Bluetooth speaker is the result of this part- much louder! Acoustic tracks open up and unlike the Performance ...... 77 nership and is supposed to bring with it the acquired Boombox which was warm, the Go speaker clearly Build ...... 72 know-how from the Scottish audio makers. The is tuned to have a bright sound signature. That’s not Value ...... 65 speaker is slightly curved along its to say the mid range or lows aren’t well repre- front grille, with the edges sweeping sented, they are, but only as much as you Specifications back. Both in terms of size and can expect from a speaker this size. Dimensions: 12.5 cm x design, the speaker can’t help but When the UE Mobile 6.5 cm x 6 cm; Bluetooth: remind you of the Ultimate Ears Boombox launched it was priced 3.0 A2DP; Inputs: AuxAux 3.5 mm; Other features: Mobile Boombox portable speaker, at an atrocious ``8,995 but soon Microphone; In the box: which for some time now has been it dropped to around 5k. The 3.5mm cable and carrying our “go-to” recommendation for Go is priced at ``6,999 to begin pouch anyone looking for a compact Bluetooth with so hopefully you’ll be able speaker that does not compromise on to pick it up for lesser already. At Contact audio quality. With the SimpleAudio Go, that the MRP though, it’s recommended Corsair India r i c e Telephone: 9845651608 recommendation might just change. P 9 for someone who just does not want to carry 6, 9 9 Email: indiaservice@ In a head-to-head comparison the Go something bulkier like the JBL Flip variants. corsair.com was able to deliver deeper bass on many of Siddharth Parwatay Website: www.corsair.com

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icrosoft’s vision for its Windows plat- form is a bit, well, fuzzy. Windows 8 and the Surface series of PCs/Tablets were Mdesigned with “work” tablets in mind, to create a device and platform that was as good for work as it was for entertainment. The initial r i c e Surface RT devices failed because they seemed P 9 9 2 4, 9 to represent the worst of both worlds, presenting users with a cross between a somewhat more pow- erful netbook and an app-less tablet that only really offered Word and IE. What those devices did bring, however, was incredibly good design. Despite their many flaws, the Surface series is among the most thoughtfully designed tablet PCs available today and you do have to commend its design. device on your lap), the Slide’s solution is clunky, The iBall Slide is, in a way, the antithesis to the fiddlesome and rarely worth the effort, while also Surface’s design. By itself, it’s a good enough tablet. being limited to one angle. For ``25,000, you get an Intel Bay Trail powered If you’re familiar with an iPad’s cover, opening device with a nice screen, decent speakers, Win- and closing it unlocks and locks the device. This dows 8.1 and a nice touch screen. You also get a nice isn’t the case here and this is a serious problem pouch to carry the device, and a charger as well. because the power button sticks out the side and On the downside, you only get 32GB of HDD is easy to press, resulting in the device turning on space, 10GB of which is hogged by your OS, a randomly even while in your bag. It was this same micro-SD card reader (so you can’t plug-in your problem that caused the device to overheat badly camera’s SD card) and a micro-USB port (with full- and the battery to discharge completely on more size adapter), along with a keyboard cover, which is than one occasion. 5 2 what this device is really about but isn’t very good. Speaking of the battery, our tests were entirely While using the device as just a tablet, browsing inconclusive. The device gave us battery life ranging and watching movies, it seemed fine, only really from 2.5 hours to five hours at max. brightness Features ...... 57 suffering from the problems that Windows 8 itself (PCMark 8 Work test) and this was never consistent. Performance ...... 75 presents rather than any issue with the hardware. Going by the results however, we can estimate a bat- Design ...... 30 20GB of usable HDD space is very low, but if you’re tery life of at least 3-4 hours for regular use. Value for money ...... 45 used to tablets and mobile devices in general, you Worse still is the implementation of the USB won’t notice the shortfall since it’s not meant to be a port. Half the reason anyone would want a Win- Specifications primary computing device anyway. dows-based tablet is for the freedom that it offers, CPU: Intel Atom Z3735D; It’s when you decide to actually start working but with only one micro-USB port (USB 2.0) and RAM: 2Gb; HDD: 32GB; Display: 10.1” @ 1280x800; on the device that the frustrations begin. Firstly, virtually no on-board storage, you have to carry Battery: 31.8Wh; 3G3G the keyboard cover is awkward. It’s been designed around the adapter if you want to plug in a USB Network: WCDMA 2100MHz to envelop the device, but only latches on in the drive or HDD. If that wasn’t enough of a problem, (Data only); Connectivity: middle via a magnetic clip not unlike the one on the the device takes forever to charge and even then, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. Micro Surface. The problem is that both sides hang free charges via that lone USB port, rendering it useless USB, Mini HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, Pogo Pin k/b interface; and neither of them latch onto either the front or for everything else. Misc: One year, one user the back of the tablet. To compound this problem, The iBall slide is a great example of the power Office 365 license with 1TB the rear flap is hinged at two more points diago- and flexibility of Intel’s BayTrail platform, but it SkyDrive space nally, meaning that you can never hold the cover also underscores the need for good design. Till the flush against the rear of the device. more serious flaws in its design are fixed, particu- Contact iBall India The keyboard itself is actually quite nice to larly with regards to the keyboard cover, we just Phone: 022-67745100 type on, but while the Surface managed to find an cannot recommend this device. Email: NA NA elegant solution to “lapability” (working with the Anirudh Regidi idi Website: www.iball.co.in

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Productivity Being more productive might have always been on the top of your new year’s resolution every year. Finally here’s a cheat sheet on how you can achieve it.

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head out to the Labs section under set- tings where you’ll come across many plugins like Multiple Inboxes, Undo Send and more. Email clients do offer more services, where Gmail provides you with most of them, but for other email users and the enthusiastic kind, you can give Mozilla’s Thunderbird for a spin. Boomerang: http://www.boomerang- gmail.com/ Thunderbird: http://dgit.in/MThunderbird

Saving links for reading later When you’re on your way to work or simply reading the morning news online, you always stumble upon interesting articles that are too long to read for the moment. You might shout out book- marking as a solution but the problem here is that they are restricted to browsers only. Pocket (previously Read It Later) lets you save web pages so that you could read Use unroll.me to quickly get rid of junk mail them later, and the distinguishing feature here is that it has been integrated to hun- for. When you visit the site it displays a Making notes and to-do lists dreds of apps and services. So, if you come list of all the popular and not so popular The first step to getting organised is very across an article on Twitter or Flipboard, sites on the web, with lists where you clear, you need to plan each day out, and you can add the links to your Pocket after can delete your accounts. The service what could be a better way than creating a giving it access. Quite handy for people also colour codes the sites, where green to-do list. There are many apps to offer this who keep flipping through stories online. is easy to delete, yellow is medium, red need, but we found Google Keep to possess Pocket: https://getpocket.com/ is difficult and black is impossible. not many but the essential features for note Just Delete Me: http://justdelete.me/ taking and creating to-do lists. You can Tracking time spent on apps and have normal text notes, lists with check- websites Managing email subscriptions boxes, voice and photo notes and even It would be really difficult to guess thethe Long ago you had subscribed to an reminders, in a minimalistic interface. It amount of time you spend on certain amazing newsletter that gave exciting is available on Android and offers. But the subscription no longer also has a web application. sends you any offers that matter to you. Link: https://keep.google. There might not be just one subscrip- com/ tion but actually hundreds of other newsletter subscriptions, flooding Doing emails better your inbox with annoying notifica- In our busy lives, most of tions every hour. UnrollMe prepares the day revolves around a list of all your subscriptions, after email, which becomes you sign up, and lets you select which cumbersome if not handled ones you want to stay with and those efficiently. There are many that you want to unsubscribe from. ways to make it seem less Unroll Me: https://unroll.me/ of a task and also making it smarter by using add-on Stay organised services like Boomerang, Once you’re done cleaning up, it is time that lets you schedule and that you start getting organised on how track your email. If you’ree you carry out your everyday tasks. looking for more services Technology can certainly help you in to better manage your this area email, Gmail especially Experiment a little. It’s worth it.

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Extra takeaways Pomodoro Technique To boost your productivity, you can use the Pomodoro Technique that involves breaking down work in short intervals of time called “pomodori” and taking breaks in between. Traditionally, bursts of 25 mins followed by breaks of 5 mins are fol- lowed using a timer. After four pomodori, you can take a longer break. Religiously following this technique certainly makes you more efficient eventually. YYes we all know about Pocket but you can’t underestimate how useful it can be Listening to Music websites and programs installed in your StayFocusd: http://dgit.in/StayFocusdCh YYes, after a considerable amount of system. RescueTime accomplishes that, LeechBlock: http://dgit.in/LeechBlockFr studies, it has been proven that listening running in the background, tracking your to music does increase your produc- time spent on applications and websites. It Time your focus level tivity. Obviously the genre of music sends you weekly detailed reports of your YYou cannot maintain focus for a very matters on the type of work you’re daily activity, enabling you to discover long time, only because you’re human. doing, where classical music goes for where you are losing productivity.. Work can be made more productive if work involving numbers and attention RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime. they are carried out while you have you to detail, ambient music for work that com/ are focused. To help you in managing needs accuracy and solving equations focus on certain jobs, Focus Booster is and pop/dance music when you’re doing Focus better a simple application for your desktop a data entry job or proof-reading. Distractions can find you anywhere, and mac that has customizable timers, and thankfully there are certain ser- letting you divide your work and Reducing eye fatigue vices that help you in ignoring them Staring straight into your screen all day and focusing better on your work. and especially at night could have harmful effects on your eyes in the long run and Block useless websites temporarilyy also affect your sleep cycle, making you You tend to drift away from work when unproductive the next day. This is due you’re connected to the internet, ending to the blue light emitted from screens, up wasting your precious time. Stay-- which can be reduced by either wearing Focusd is a Chrome extension that gets filtered glasses, placing a warm filter really serious on making sure of that by over your screen or by simply installing blocking a specified list of websites tem- the f.lux app. It adjusts the screen porarily for a specified time. The Firefox warmth according to the time of the day,, alternative LeechBlock also does the same keeping your eyes healthy as they are. job, reminding you to get your job done. Time yourself and your breaks f.lux: https://justgetflux.com/

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Saving and making money Put your wallet on a high-fattening diet with these handy tricks

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“gaming” and “mouse”. Searching using database directly. This means you Wishlists the word “maus” or “mose” is likely to can create a site that is very lean and These serve a dual purpose. One is that throw up a few results. The icing on loads way faster than the actual site. stores will notify you whenever products on the cake is that since lesser number of Cosmetic scripts involve those which your wish list are slapped with a discount. people are going to come across these can colour code items in the listing based The other advantage is that friends and the CMS is less likely to jack up the on custom filters and so you don’t have to family who’ve gone through your wishlist price dynamically. Moreover, if this go through each and every entry. There are were to be an auction then there’d be also scripts that remove all unnecessary less bidders which means the price elements from a page. However, ever since wouldn’t shoot up tremendously as it Userscripts.org has tanked, it has become would on a properly typed out listing. quite difficult to hunt down these scripts http://dgit.in/TypoHnd and http://dgit. but a little bit of javascript coding is all you in/FatFing are two websites that allow need to come up with your own scripts. you to list all all the common typos based Check out this link to figure out how to on a keyword and then gives you a com- hunt down keywords with greasemonkey pounded search link with all of the typos. (http://dgit.in/KeywordGrease). This saves a lot more time since you don’t Monitoring multiple auctions and Others can help you with a wish list have to manually type in each possibility bidding on them can be quite taxing on and reload the page. your mind. To lessen the burden there could either let you know of a good deal on Another thing to keep in mind would exist multiple tools which are paid as well some other store or even buy it for you as be to not constrict your search with tootoo as free. Gixen (http://dgit.in/Gixen) is a a gift. Either way, you’re saving money. many filters. We know that filters are a free service that manages your bidding boon for hunting down exactly what you for you. Simply login and enter what all Instant notifications Now that you have a good idea about how to snag good deals you need to worry about actually purchasing the product. Nobody spends the entire day in front of the computer actively searching for deals unless that’s what your job is. So you need a system in place to notify you of the best deals. This is where IFTTT (IF This Then That) comes to the rescue. Let’s say you’ve found a great site for the best deals and you’re on the lookout for an Android WWear device. YYou now wish to be notified on the go (via SMS or via a notification) about any good Android Wear device that pops up on the deals site. We’re assuming this site has an RSS feed (Eg. Desi- dime). In IFTTT, you can use Feed Rinse to filter multiple RSS feeds for certain key- Typing mistake = profit! words. And then you activate the SMS or Pushbullet channel on IFTTT to send to an want but when sites make mistakes and items(the previous section should help SMS or a notification to your mobile phone. wrongly categorise something then you’re you shortlist some really good ones) you All that remains to be done is to create a going to miss out on a few listings. wish to bid on and the maximum amount recipe on IFTTT that triggers the SMS or which you are willing to bid on that Pushbullet service the moment Feed Rinser Enhance your auction experience particular product. Gixen steps in towards comes across an Android Wear listing on When it comes to online auctions the the end of the auction period and snipes it. any of the deal site’s RSS feeds. This method only one that comes to mind is eBay It even has a mirror site which comes as a can also be used to notify you if a product and since it has a global presence you paid service. This makes it equivalent to that you’ve been looking out for suddenly have a lot of people fiddling around two people sniping a particular auction. pops up on eBay. Check out this link (http:/// with the site either by using scripts Gixen’s forum is full of testimonials from dgit.in/WinWithIFTTT) which uses the that produce cosmetic changes or by folks who’ve saved massive amounts by same recipe to generate notifications for a using the eBay API to tap into the eBay sniping auctions. filtered set of news articles.

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money, the risk being that you might never sell a product to cover whatever you’ve invested. Take for example the recent exclusive sale phenomenon that many shopping websites have started. The Xiaomi Mi3 was available only on Flipkart and it has great hardware for the price. So the limited quantity and the whole lottery mechanism around it made it difficult to obtain. This meant that a lot of people were willing to pay a little extra to buy it from elsewhere so you had people buying the phone just so that they could auction it later. Some of these units sold for as high as ``24,000 which isis ``10,10,000 more than the official price. Step one in Flipping is to find something you can easily refurbish. eBay has tons of products which sell for a fraction of its original price because it is no longer func- tional. A mobile might not turn on, or an Get notified whenever a good deal pops up XBOX 360 has the RROD. A simple Google search tells you that flashing the mobile Making Money the other which can be monetised. In the might bring it back to life and changing Teach a language previous section, we looked at monetising the heatsink on the CPU of the XBOX 360 Those Sanskrit lessons that your mom your language skills. There are sites like is likely to fix the RROD. The expenditure made you take up in school are about to pay Freelancer.com and Elance where you involved in fixing either product is minimal off. It’s no secret that you can monetise your can find some task or the other which is and selling it would net you a decent profit. knowledge by teaching someone but there ridiculously easy for you to take care of and If you are unsure about a certain item you get paid for it. However, it’s a seller’s then there are plenty of forums where market. Jobs are posted with a mention of you could ask how much people would how much the job poster is willing to pay be willing to pay for it. And since these and people bid on the posting. Whoever are the opinions of those who regularly bids the least does not necessarily get the flip items, it’s a better estimation than the Teaching pays pretty good job, inin, stestead the job poster has full controtroll prices you’d find elsewhere. But be careful, over who gets assigned so any referrals it’s quite likely that they’d swipe that weren’t platforms that bought a student that you’d have got from previous assign- product for themselves. and a teacher together. Now there are. italki ments makes you a more reliable assignee. Once you’ve fixed it, all you have to is where you can sign up to teach or learn Amazon runs a similar service called do is figure out how to market it and how a language. Signing up to be a teacher is Mechanical Turk which is a crowdsourcing to price it so that it sells for a profit and simple, you can set up a profile and wait platform for HIT (Human Intelligence sells quickly. Trying to maximise profit for someone to approach to you. You then Tasks). Though not as diverse as Freelancer, by playing the waiting game doesn’t work schedule a time slot and the teaching out often. So you need to set a price that begins. There is a feedback system where covers the cost price, shipping, taxes and your students rate your abilities which if all expenditures involved in flipping it. positive would attract more students. There’s something for everyone WWe’ve essentially covered all the aspects If you build up a good reputation, you of shopping online from finding the best can easily earn anywhere between ``900 to MTurk is no small fry. It gives a job poster deals, being first in the shopping queue ``2000 with some teachers charging ``4,000 the option of having prospective assignee and even sneakily sniping that auction at per hour. Obviously, italki takes a cut which pass a test before being given the job. the last moment. Needless to say, you’re is currently 15% of your hourly rate. going to save an awful lot of money with It’s Flipping time the aid of technology. Also, you’re going to Take up freelance jobs Flipping refers to the process of buying be earning quite a bit on the side too. Youou WWe don’t need to go into much detail over something that can easily be sold off for a can thank us by shooting us an email and this one. Everyone has some skillset or profit. This is a high risk method of making letting us know how much you saved.

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Introduction We humans have an inherent tendency to search for comfort in everything we do, be it work or play. It is this tendency that is single-handedly responsible for the change in our moods and thus reflects in our work. Since comfort matters to us so much, it is only logical to deduce that comfortable people are happier and as a result better at whatever it is they may be doing. But the problem we face currently is that comfort is hugely neglected at the place, and where do people spend most of their time? Yes, at work. WWork is where we need to be on our A-game both mentally and physically but when you take the pillar called comfort out of the support structure of employees by making them use improperly designed furniture such as uncomfort- able chairs for example, they’re bound to get tired, and automatically are less productive. Plus there could be adverse effects to their health, which results in even more loss of productivity. This is where anthropometry comes into the picture as it helps in ergonomic How you sit at work and how comfortable you are affect your productivity and industrial design by letting ergonomicic furniture manufacturers design products workers, it isn’t very extensive or aggres- in your workplace. So let’s see how that are perfect as far as the distribution of sive when it comes to actually enforcing ergonomics necessary in the workplace? body dimensions go. health and safety, or making sure that What are the puzzle pieces that make it Repetitive Strain Injury or Work- companies use a certain standard quality important and how should we go about Related Upper Limb Disorder is a growing of ergonomic equipment for employees. fixing them. Also, what kind of options concern in workplaces and although we This is why, you need to think about are currently available to improve do have the labour act which lays down ergonomics and invest in appropriate productivity of the employees as far as specifics of health related concerns for equipment or modify existing processes ergonomics is concerned?

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So whit’s all this about collaboration of employees is the expenses over a long term and is thus ergonomics anyway? key to the success of any organisa- a beneficial investment.t. Also regarded as human factors, ergo- tion and if ergonomics can help in nomics is a certain scientific discipline balancing the “we” and “me” aspect of •• Decreased health issues and a observed with the understanding of the workplace, it sure makes sense to better safety culture: human interactions and thus applies invest in well-designed workplaces. Good ergonomics in the workplace the use of anthropometric data in order are directly responsible for decreasing to design objects or processes while •• Reduced costs: repetitive strain related health issues keeping human well-being and perfor- According to reports from the Indian which will help in keeping workers mance as its focal point. Basically, ergo- Council of Medical Research (ICMR), or employees healthy and lessen nomics is completely about designing absenteeism from work. Also, a stuff better for people, so that their well designed workplace boosts interaction with products and employee morale and promotes processes enhances or complements healthier and safer work ethics. them in a way that it improves their efficiency while not forcing them to •• Improved productivity and adapt to these products or processes. quality of output: In today’s day and age, ergonomic Bad ergonomics increases fatigue, design is of great importance as and fatigued people get frustrated better designed products reduce and don’t work at their best which unnecessary strain and help to keep can directly relate to a drop in the our health in check while keeping us quality of their output. Improve- happy and productive. ment in productivity is one of the major advantages of ergonomics Benefits of good and this reason alone should ide- ergonomics in a workplace ally be enough for upgrading your It’s often said that “A happy employee workplace. Better ergonomic solu- is a productive employee” which is tions will allow for better comfort, true in every sense as good ergo- good posture, decrease unnecessary nomics can go a long way in keeping exertion and automatically make a people engaged and satisfied in their person more efficient at work. work. There is often the misconcep- tion that investing in ergonomically How can you transform designed products or processes is a workplace to improve extremely expensive and would ergonomics do little to boost company profit or Transforming a workplace to better overall output of the company. Not ergonomics starts primarily from only does ergonomic improvements in creating and designing a job to fit the the workplace make it a happier and An ergonomically designed chair from employee instead of forcing him/her healthier environment, it also reduces Herman Miller called Mirra 2 to adapt to the ways of work. Apart unnecessary costs related to health from this, there are a few steps that and safety. Let’s see some of the imme- there has been a steady rise in the you can follow to improve ergonomics to diate benefits of good ergonomics: number of people making use of create a more productive workspace. health services because of Musculo- •• Improved employee skeletal Disorders or MSDs and most •• Identify risk factors: engagement: of these people are working profes- Take an account of your entire work- When a company is making visible sionals who are victims of Repetitive place and thoroughly identify the efforts to improve health and safety Strain Injury. If a company reduces existence of ergonomic risk factors. of employees, it becomes easy for ergonomic risk factors in its offices or Once you’re done with that, broadly employees to notice these efforts and work environment, it can easily save categorise and differentiate them into so they’re motivated to engage more its expenses on medical compensa- risks associated with force, instanta- with their work. Ergonomic work-- tion for employees. A one time invest- neous or quick motions, repetition, place design can be very influential ment on ergonomic improvements in awkward postures, static postures, in stimulating collaboration while the workplace can thus save up a lot stress from prolonged contact and also also promoting learning. Efficient of money on recurring health related variation in temperature.

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•• Control risk factors: light makes the work environment Get professional help in finding ways stress free. to eliminate or control each of the risk factors identified. Redesign the key Interesting ergonomic affected work processes to incorporate concepts better ergonomics. This redesign can Various ergonomic furniture manufac- range from making simple adjust- turers have developed plenty of concepts ments like changing the arrangement for use in workplaces over the years and or layout of office furniture to more some of these concepts can redefine your vast changes like completely rede- workplace entirely. We easily get irritated signing an entire affected work process sitting in front of a computer at the same from scratch. spot while working throughout the day and since comfort is important in a pro- •• Embrace ergonomic design of ductive workplace, we now have casual workplaces: seating options that can be deployed in If If for example you’ve identified par- offices. Something as simple as a bean ticular working risks associated with bag to even a techno- the current height or width of desks logically advanced room in the workplace, see whether you with casual seating that can address these risks by somehow can be digitally booked increasing or decreasing the dimen- or scheduled using a sions of the desk to meet ergonomicic scheduling system like the Get productive and healthy with the Walkstation criteria. If you can’t, then allocate a Steelcase RoomWizard II and budget to get rid of this risk by buying timed for use through the office network transformable and reusable cubicles made better designed desks. are available. Digitally connected rooms of panels that can be folded for sharing like these can help break the monotony of unused space thus making more room. •• Other changes: work and provide employees to think and Then there are various ergonomic It It doesn’t end there as you can also work more freely while taking a breather chairs like Gesture, Mirra 2, Zody and improve a workplace by architecturally and also provide an effective space for col- Generation available from manufacturers altering it to create open offices instead laboration with colleagues. like Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth of individual cubicles. Research has If you have a small workplace and your and Knoll respectively. Ergonomic shown that open offices improve employees have their designated cabins or chairs like these are highly customisable employee collaboration. A bright rooms but they frequently go on business according to the needs of the user and are environment or even natural lighting trips, the cabins that they use waste a lot excellent for maintaining a good posture goes a long way in improving employee of precious usable office space. With the while working for a long period of time. productivity as it is known that natural advancement in technology, we now have Active seating options like the SteelCase Buoy that force the user to maintain balance while sitting are also helpful in keeping the employees active while working and helps to improve produc- tivity. We now also have height-adjustable work desks for use while standing as well as sitting and these type of desks can make working on a desk-job more active. The Steelcase Walkstation for example is a height-adjustable active desk with a treadmill beneath it. Employees are the largest and most important asset of any organisation and Stephen R. Covey once said that “Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” And according to us, ergonomically transforming your workplace is the best A room scheduling system place to start.

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Ford talks to us about smart cars

We had the opportunity to speak with Ford’s Senior Manager of tech and business development and connected services in Asia Pacific about how in-car infotainment systems are getting smarter and more intuitive

Kunal Khullar What does AppLink offer other than David Huang, Senior Manager – [email protected] connecting your smartphone? Technology & Business Development and Huang: AppLink also opens up vehicle Connected Services, Ford Asia Pacific ars are gradually getting smarter, data, and allows third party applications but it’s still been a slow process. to extract data about the car itself, in a and it is just a matter of the positioning for The in-car infotainment center is manner that is well controlled and user each market. Cgaining importance inside cars privacy is respected. Users are explic- and, from providing navigation routes to itly notified when an app is requesting What do you think is missing when one information about the nearest coffee shop, vehicle data. looks at smart infotainment centers for we are seeing a rise in smart consoles for automobiles in a country like India? your automobile. David Huang, Ford’s What is your opinion on the adoption of Huang: I think one major thing that is Senior Manager of tech and business smart in-car infotainment systems in the missing is an open standard, and Ford development and connected services in South Asian region? Do you think they have is on its way to promote that idea. We Asia Pacific,spoke to us about how Ford still got a long way to go when compared to had announced that AppLink is open- is working on bringing you a smart in-car Europe or America? source, last year, and open to all devel- console, and what that will mean for you. Huang: I don’t think that Asian countries opers. Open-standards are important as are far behind in adoption. I think the they promote industry wide standards What is AppLink? vehicle segments are totally different, US and today you cannot develop only for Huang: Ford realised that consumers are has a lot of SUVs and pickups and Europe Android Auto or Apple Car Play. So, we using their smartphones everywhere; be it has smaller cars and people in China are providing a solution for developers via messaging, social networking, videos and the Smart Device Link. a number of other services. As a consumer We hope that other OEMs and car you want to continue using these while We have about 50-60 makers will adopt this in the future. you are driving and it has become a nat- apps in the United ural demand. We looked at all the issues, States, in Asia Pacific How many apps are currently supported problems and the demands and came up we have close to 30 by Ford’s AppLink system? with AppLink which is a technology that Huang: We have about 50-60 apps in the links the smartphone application to the United States, in Asia Pacific we have vehicle. Essentially the app is still running prefer big cars. In India its more of com- close to 30, and in India we only have two, on the smartphone but user interaction is pact cars, thus putting a large system in a MapMyIndia and ESPN CricInfo, but we’re done through the vehicle. So as a driver small car is not practical, it obviously goeses working on increasing that number. We are you don’t have to use the handset, making with the vehicle. But the technology does working on something that will allow your the experience safer while still being con- not say that it can only work in big cars smartphone navigation systems and maps nected to the world. or expensive cars, it can work in all cars to directly display on the in-car system.

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Futurist Dr. Jordan Brandt on 4D Printing, the Indian Maker movement and more...

Dr. Jordan Brandt, Manufacturing Technology Futurist at Autodesk

Siddharth Parwatay Also from the ground up you have things There’s kind of been this truism since thethe [email protected] like the Maker Movement with increasing end of the Second World War and Indus- capacity for people to design and make trialization that industrialised economies What does a “futurist” do exactly? Tell us their own things. You have 3D printing produce a lot of the advanced products about your Job at Autodesk which gives you the technology to now for the rest of the world. And the truth is Jordan: I have an incredibly fun job, design and make your own things. We that those industrialised economies prob- thinking about the future of designing see the convergence again from the large ably don’t know about the local needs in and making things. At Autodesk his- enterprise and from the individual maker Mumbai, for example, so it makes sense torically we have been in the design and communities coming together and all ofof for people to actually be empowered to simulation space, and now we’re quickly this nets out at a more local design and make their own things. moving more into the manufacturing production method. and construction side of things as well. I We’ve been talking about 3D printing as see all of these aspects converging, so my Where do you see the Indian maker the next big thing for years now, similar to job is to look into this convergence, and movement heading? the way people are talking about drones that involves following a lot of trends. Jordan: Well, I think it’s incredibly today but it hasn’t become a household From robotics and automation to artificial exciting now. This my first time in India, phenomenon yet. Will that ever happen? intelligence, 3D printing, the Internet Of and just travelling around Mumbai for the Jordan: It will happen eventually, we have Things, all of these have influence on the last few days you see the resourcefulness to give it time. I mean, you think of the way we design and make things. of people. Whereas the wealth distribu- typical hype cycle where we over-antici- tion seems to be skewed, the resourceful- pate the growth and productisation of cer- Tell us more about distributed manu- ness of the people is absolutely amazing. tain technologies, and about two years ago facturing systems, what exactly does that If you need something you can’t afford to we hit the peak of the hype cycle around mean for regular folk? buy it, you figure out how to make it or consumer 3D printing – that is going to Jordan: The idea is instead of having how to modify something to enable you be in every home and also these grand centralised large factories, we can actually to solve whatever problem that you have expectations. There’s a lot of problems distribute factories in a much smaller at hand, you need to tap into that crea- preventing that from happening today, compact version and enable more local tive capacity, and a lot of that is access to one of them being the reliability of the and regional production. An example tools. You don’t basically need the formal hardware. Anyone who has a 3D printer of that would be FoFoxconn building their education, that’s what the internet’s for knows that their reliability isn’t there, the next largest factory in Indonesia. And it is right? You can learn the skill set you need. repeatability isn’t there. Personally I have not because the wages are cheaper or the I would think that you guys are incred- three 3D Printers, and two of them are regulatory environment is better, I mean ibly excited about the future of making used to make spare parts for the third one. those are factors, but the biggest reason is in India, not to mention the fact that Using them requires an Engineering or their next largest market is in Indonesia. the needs of the people here are unique. kind of troubleshooting mentality, which

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most people don’t have the time to deal with. So the hardware needs to evolve.

What exactly is 4D Printing? Jordan: The best analogy to 4D Printing is in biological systems. Essentially we our- selves are 4D printers right? We are built additively and we modify ourselves over time, so the precedent is biology and thethe living world. 4D printing in the modern sense is being able to additively manufac- ture components that can assemble them- selves or modify themselves over time. You don’t have static products now. Think of products that can move and adapt, not just in terms of their software interface but in terms of their physical interface.

Would the analogy go further? Would it be ok to think that such products would objects that look amazing. Often times UV light and it’s continuously extruding multiply as well as mould themselves as they look like something you’ve never a form out of a liquid and the results cellular organisms do? seen before. So on the consumer side, I are very high quality. It doesn’t have the Jordan: Let’s say that they will at least think technology is coming now, we have readable layers you typically see with modify themselves. In a certain case they been restricted largely to fused deposi- FDM, you get very high precision, and may multiply if the need arises. Imagine tion modelling and extrusion technolo- you can make very small artifacts with it. that this table was a 4D printed object and gies and that will advance a lot, I mean We are actually printing hair with it. It it was made of smaller components and there’s post-processing and things that feels like fur, that’s the kind of resolution imagine suddenly you had a need in this you can do to make it look better, to make that we can get. So as new technologies room to have not one large table but five it feel like a finished object, but there’s come online, some of the perception of 3D smaller tables then they could reprogram always ways to embrace the fact that it is printing will change. themselves to be five smaller tables, so 3D printed and maybe this is a new aes- in that sense, yes, potentially they can thetic of objects that we should embrace. I So do you foresee anything like the Star Trek food synthesizer or things like that The F-18 has had laser-sintered parts, happening any time soon? Jordan: It will happen, it is going to be in I think, for the last 12 years, commercial some time, because it has some chemical aircrafts now have 3D printed parts as issues that we have to overcome. At well, and if you go into factories, you see 3D the end of the day you will have to get molecules to bind and so within a single Printing making its way into making fixtures, material system, we’re going to have a so that humans are more efficient lot of advances very quickly, in fact there some very compelling work going on right now around the world in metals multiply. But the material has to obvi- mean the worst thing that you could do is printing, ceramics, polymers and mixing ously come from somewhere, so we are try to take a new technology and try to do different materials within a family. But restricted by the laws of physics. what you did before with it. It would be trying to get metals and plastics to chemi- like taking your mobile phone and plug- cally bond, you know one is using ionic Right now the appeal of 3D printing is ging it into your landline and saying well bonding mechanisms, one is using cova- only restricted towards faster prototyping it doesn’t work very well. So I think there lent bonding mechanisms, that’s funda- of products isn’t it? 3D printed objects still would be some change in perception and mental physics, and we can’t change that. don’t look as attractive as finished goods. adoption of the products being made by So we need to come up with some clever At least the ones we make as hobbyists, so 3D printing because it won’t look like ways to be able to mix material systems when do you think that would change? what we had before. The new Autodesk to be able to print as the replicator in Star Jordan: On the consumer side I agree with printer Ember is using a DLP technology, Trek does, it will happen but it’s going to you. On the industrial side 3D printed which is a liquid resin, it’s exposing it to be quite a ways down the road.

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Trolling Trolling, like most art forms isn’t easy to master. Until now...

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Neiman Marcus Racing We will admit, this one made us drool. Just slightly, very slightly. The Neiman Marcus group makes these excruciat- ingly well-detailed, 1:32 scale models of some of the most epic race tracks in the world, including the famed Nur- burgring, and you can race slot cars on these tracks. The “only” real problem? Each track will set you back $300,000. Gold Shoelaces Celebrity Robot Mr.Kennedy’s Gold shoelaces. These No, this is not a robot version of your things are supposedly made from pure, favourite celeb, but it is a robot that is, hand-woven gold thread and will be hand- by itself, a celebrity and is the only robot delivered to you (by a security guard of that’s been admitted to the Screen Actor’s course) and laced up at a location of Guild. Also, this isn’t exactly autonomous your choice, anywhere in the world. Oh, either, requiring a remote to control it. and they cost a little under $20,000. If But hey, when can you ever really claim that’s a little over budget, you can go for to actually own a celeb? You’ll need to a cheaper, pure silver option. shell out $345,000 though.

Amour Amour Collar Christmas isn’t just about you, it’s about your family as well and that includes the small and furry kind. The Amour Amour Dog Collar is perfectly designed for that pampered pooch of yours. Fea- turing a 52-carat collar that’s covered in over 1600 diamonds and a 7-carat, flawless, colour-graded centrepiece diamond. Price? $3.2 million. Only. Diamond pacifiers? The smell of money All parents love their babies and most Well, not money exactly, but when a per- do their best to pamper them silly, but fume sells for over $475,000, it better few will have the wherewithal to actually be worth the price. But it’s not just the spend $17,000 on a diamond-studded perfume, your money gets you a first pacifier for their wee girl. These paci- class ticket to Paris, 5-star accommoda- fiers are covered in 278 pave-cut white tion and service, a meeting with master diamonds embedded in a 14 carat white perfumer Olivier Creed who’ll learn your gold base. The cheapest part on this pac- tastes and provide you with over 330 ifier is the genuine silicone nipple. litres of a tailor made perfume.

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How we [didn’t] unwind

Partay! Not! Jayesh, Regidi and Ant celebrated their birthdays this month. Or rather, didn’t. Since nobody came to office, nobody celebrated anything. Sid had to do his best to keep himself busy for many a long, cold night and while we’re sure he found something to entertain himself, he’s now quite depressed.

WFH Gaming? Work From Home was the buzzword Nope. No gaming either. Sid had SM[H] of the month. Everyone found some ITE to keep him occupied and Regidi did excuse or the other to not come to eventually shell out for Elite: Dangerous, work. Jayesh claimed to be “working” but between work and coordinating with in the U.S.A. Regidi claimed to be sick a designer in another time zone, neither and Mithun supposedly charged off to of them really had the time to spare for “study”. All in all, a very relaxing month games or anything else. It’s been a very for all but one of our team. unusual month indeed.

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Well, what’s a blog? It’s also a website, the only a you a lot of money. In general, hosting a domain would cost difference is that, you use it to share things you anything about 2-10K a year. There are specialised hosting with public that you love to and to earn money. services too, with tons of complex settings, but with Blogger Starting a blog doesn’t require a team or a lot of you really don’t need to care about all the back-end programs. investment but it does require dedication and But, it compromises on a few aspects. Limitation of plugins and a little time. I’ve seen tons of people starting flexibility to customise is the biggest drawback. There are just a Praneet Sah off with their blogs with great enthusiasm but handful of plugins available for Blogger and it also doesn’t have within 2-3 months, falling apart. Now before we go on, I assume that you have decided the topic on which you’ll blog and also a good name for your blog. As of now, the most popular blogging services are Blogger and WordPress. Both of them serve the same purpose, but with different powers. Blogger isisr made for beginners and for those who can’t afford expenses. Whereas WordPress is made for advanced users and for those who have money (a little would also do). I’ll explain more ahead, but before that, you would want an address like “someblog.com” or “someblog.in”; and to get this address you’ll need to buy it (and there’s no way to get it for free). I personally use bigrock.in and there’s a little trick to get a .com domain name for ``99. All you need to do is, open google.com and then search for “.com for 99” and look out for the ads where one would say something like “.COM Domain Names @ ``99”. Check that the URL is from Bigrock and then click on it and you’ll land those premium themes which WordPress has to offer. Apart on a special page which will give you a “.com” domain for ``99.99. from all this, Google is free to use your articles and your con- Now think of a good domain name for your blog, search for its tent anywhere. But all this shouldn’t let you not choose Blogger, availability and then buy it. because here you’ll never face any downtime and your blog can’t Now the next thing is to decide which blogging service you be hacked easily since Google is behind you. And just because will go with. Let me give you an introduction to all of them and it’s free, I personally use this for my blog and recommend this the steps to set them up. service to anyone who can’t afford hosting or maybe who don’t want a lot of bells and whistles. Blogger So now how do we get started with it? That’s easy and all This is a service offered by Google and the best part about it is you need to do is to go over to blogger.com and sign in with your that you don’t ever need to pay for hosting and this really saves Gmail account. Now click on “New Blog” and a pop-up will

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