All you need to know about last night's Apple event: iPad Air and the rest

Apple announced quite a few things at the special event last night. As expected the company showed off a redesign to the iPad, branding it the iPad Air, and an iPad mini with a Retina Display (finally!). We also now have concrete details about the new Mac Pro, the MacBook Pros saw an update and the biggest highlight was of course, that OS X Mavericks is available to users for free. iPad Air The iPad Air has been redesigned and is in line with what we have seen from the rumours circulating the [...]

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Intex Aqua N2 quad-core Android smartphone launched for Rs. 6,990

Intex Technologies has added another mobile to its Aqua series, the Intex Aqua N2. The budget device is priced at Rs. 6,990 and will be available on leading e-commerce portals and retail stores in India. The Aqua N2 has a 4.0-inch capacitive touch screen display with 800 ×480 pixels display resolution. It has a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with 512MB of RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The smartphone features a 5MP auto focus rear camera and 1.3MP front camera for video calling. [...]

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iCouchApp: New social networking app for TV viewers

The iCouchApp acts as a platform for users to interact about similar shows and share views. The app has been launched for Android and will be released for iOS users in a month, according to the company. The iCouchApp, helps TV viewers engage and receive alerts about the TV program they are watching. Users can take part in surveys, give reviews about their favorite programe, take polls and get more information about a show of their interest. Users can play on shows popular shows like KBC and Big [...]

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No More Saved Searches in Google+

Google+ had a cool feature that allowed you to save searches. It's no longer available and all your saved searches will be removed in a few weeks.



Google shows this message when you click one of the saved searches: "Saved searches are going away. Bookmark this page on your browser to save your Google+ search for later."

There's even an article that explains how to bookmark a search results page. "Browser bookmarks replace the earlier 'Save this search' option in Google+. You can access any existing saved searches from the Home > More menu until November 15, 2013."



I used this feature to save searches like #autoawesome, #googleplusupdate.



{ Thanks, Francis and Lee. }

More Google Experiments That Hide Results URLs

There are at least two other versions of the Google experiment that removes search results URLs. The first alternate version places site names or domain names above the page title. For some results Google shows the site name, for other results Google displays the hostname.

The second alternate version shows both the site name and the hostname.

Which one do you like?



(As a side note, if you want to learn more about URLs, check this article written by Matt Cutts.)



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Chrome's New Tab Page Shows Static Doodles

The last time I wrote about Chrome's updated new tab page, I complained about the animated doodles that distract you every time you open a new tab. Since Chrome replaced the new tab page with Google's homepage, you also get the doodles, including those that are animated or interactive.



Here's what I asked Peter Kasting, from the Chrome team: "If nothing can be done about the new interface, my only request would be to show a static version of the animated doodles and click a button to start the animation. That would be a big improvement. It's really annoying to see the same animation over and over again when opening a new tab page."



The good news is that Google did exactly that. The updated new tab page now shows a static version of the doodle and you need to click a "play" button to start the animation.

5 Places To Read Fiction Online – For Free!

Want to read fiction without ever paying a cent? Want to do so legally? Then you’re in luck! In the past decade, a lot of websites have popped up that offer you, the reader, a chance to read a wide selection of fiction without putting your wallet on the line. Will you be able to read the latest and most hyped books on Goodreads for free? Probably not unless the author explicitly releases a limited time free version for marketing purposes. Otherwise, the only way to read an author’s work for free is illegally. However, you can still find good...

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Learning Math Just Got Easier With The Problem Generator From Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha is one of the best alternative search engines for finding answers to computational queries. Now, Wolfram Alpha has taken the same computational power and turned it into a solution for one of learning’s most “nightmarish” problems – learning mathematics. The Wolfram Problem Generator helps students solve practice problems with clear step-by-step directions. To use Wolfram Problem Generator you need to have a Wolfram Alpha Pro account. You can take it for a free trial before going in for a pro subscription. Students can pick from six main topics — arithmetic, number theory, algebra, calculus, linear algebra, and statistics....

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DishOnline

Till now, anyone who wanted to watch Live TV channels on their smartphone or tablet, had to rely on third party apps and service providers. But, if you are a Dish TV Direct to Home (DTH) subscriber, you can now also get Live TV on your Android or iOS device. Dish TV provided us with access to the DishOnline app for testing, and the overall package seems rather impressive for something that is essentially a first attempt by any DTH provider in India. But, quite frankly, there is considerable hea [...]

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Find the Perfect File Manager App for your Android

Google Play hosts hundreds of file management apps for Android and we'll help you find that perfect app for managing files on your Android phone and tablet.

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This story, Find the Perfect File Manager App for your Android, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 22/10/2013 under Android, Software

iCouch: New social networking app for TV viewers

The iCouch app acts as a platform for users to interact about similar shows and share views. The app has been launched for Android and will be released for iOS users in a month, according to the company. The iCouchApp, helps TV viewers engage and receive alerts about the TV program they are watching. Users can take part in surveys, give reviews about their favorite programe, take polls and get more information about a show of their interest. Users can play on shows popular shows like KBC and Bi [...]

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Download UXStyle For Windows 8.1 RTM

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Good news to all PC users who have upgraded to the recently released Windows 8.1 update and looking to customize the look of the desktop by installing third-party visual styles. The developer of popular UXStyle software has updated the software and the latest version of UXStyle is fully compatible with Windows 8.1 RTM build. As […]

Lenovo P780

We have seen a lot of smartphones launch that boast of the MediaTek MT6589 chipset and there was very little that distinguished one from the other. We have the Lava Iris 504q that boasts of gesture capabilities, and the Canvas 4 that has a slew of gesture controlled features that could give Samsung a run for its money, so on and so forth. Today we have with us the Lenovo P780. The smartphone has a whopping 4000mAh battery and a build very reminiscent of the Lenovo K900. Does this smartphone dese [...]

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How to get the best deals on gadgets and games

Whether or not you have any inhibitions regarding online purchases, one thing’s for certain – online deals can never be matched by brick-and-mortar retailers. However, for a complete shopping experience you need to have elements of both worlds which would be, one, an abundance of information and reviews. Two, experiencing the look and feel of a product in your own hands. Which is why major brick-and-mortar shops are focusing on improving their digital presence and online retailers an [...]

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Use coupons to get great Diwali deals on online shopping

Not all of us can get the inside scoop on the best deals but that doesn’t mean you can’t save at all. Coupons are available for most online stores and even for some brick-and-mortar ones. Not using a coupon is pretty much blasphemous nowadays. The low-down Let’s take a look at Coupondunia. The site on its own has a pretty neat interface and straightaway gives you a grid-wise listing of the most popular online stores and then proceeds to list featured coupons. Clicking on a pa [...]

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An app that sends out alerts if satellites are spying on you

Orbit Logic, an American company, has developed SpyMeSat, the first of its kind app designed for iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch, that notifies users when they are within range of an imaging satellite that could be taking their pictures. You can set SpyMeSat to give you alerts for any location, call up resolution specs for each model, track satellites even when they’re not overhead and learn about their various on-board sensors. The user can look up the imaging resolution information disp [...]

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BBM for Android and iOS now available for download

BlackBerry has announced the launch of the BBM messaging app for iOS and Android. The app is available to users for download from the Google Play store, Apple App store and select Samsung App stores for free. If you are one who had registered on BBM.com, then you can download the app and begin using the BBM services. If not, here’s what you need to do: Download BlackBerry Messenger for Android or iPhone Install the app, open it, and enter your email address BlackBerry will email you wh [...]

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Vuclip to power Airtel's Re. 1 Entertainment Store

Bharti Airtel and Vuclip have entered into a partnership under which Vuclip will provide technology, product, analytics, and content aggregation engine for the video section of Airtel's newly launched Re. 1 Entertainment Store. Range of content on the store includes music, games, photos and videos. The video section of Airtel Re. 1 Entertainment Store runs on Vuclip’s Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding (DAT) technology that streams video on a real-time basis on any device and on any network. Ai [...]

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Free Online Courses You Can Study From Anywhere With iversity [Stuff to Watch]

This week we brought you the news that iversity launched with 24 available courses, so now it’s time to bring you a video prospectus of some of the service’s most interesting courses on offer. Just like Coursera, iversity is a completely free learning experience that delivers the educational goods via video lectures, discussion and assignments; all of which are planned and delivered by lecturers at some of the world’s top universities. If you’ve been thinking “I could study that”, but don’t have the funds or nearby institution, iversity might be just up your street. Here are 5 of the most...

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The Untranslated Google+ Share Button

Google's new navigation interface includes a redesigned "share" button that's more compact. For some reason, Google uses "share" in the English interface and "+" in the non-English interfaces.

The old share button, which is still available in Blogger, Google Wallet and a few other Google services, used this button text: "+ Share", which was translated in other languages.

{ Thanks, Florian K. }