Batman Arkham Origins launch trailer shows us what's next for the Dark Knight

Batamn Arkham Origins is all set to launch on October 26 when the game will hit the Xbox 360 and the PS3. The PC version of the game has been delayed till November 8. The launch trailer shows the Caped Crusader venturing to take down Black Mask who has put a $50 million bounty on Batman's head attracting the deadliest assassins. The game takes place on Christmas Eve. Batman Arkham Origins is a prequel to the successful Batman Arkham City and Arkham Asylum. You don the role of a younger more agg [...]

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Micromax launches the Canvas Turbo smartphone for Rs. 19,990

Micromax has finally launched the anticipated Canvas Turbo smartphone. It is priced at Rs. 19,990 and will be available to consumers starting October 26. Coming to the specifications of the Micromax Canvas Turbo, the device has a 5-inch Full HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) display. A 1.5Ghz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T chipset along with 2GB of RAM powers the device. The rear of the device houses a 13MP camera and the front has a 5MP camera. The camera app on the smartphone showcases a host of [...]

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DICE reveals over 15 FrostBite games in development

DICE has officially confirmed that there are over 15 Frostbite games in development. According to Johan Andersson, technical director of DICE's FrostBite team, revealed on Twitter while responding to a fan's question about 'Mantle', an Application Programming Language tailor made for AMD graphics hardware. It appears that EA has long term investment plans for FrostBite, as it's developing almost all of its next-gen titles using the Mantle technology. Apart from Battlefield 4, titles such as NFS [...]

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Sony unveils new PS4 commercial, 24 exclusive games confirmed

Sony has unveiled a new commercial for the PlayStation 4, making some rather remarkable claims about what to expect for the next-gen console's library of games. To begin with, the ad states that 24 exclusives games for the PS4 have been confirmed so far, including the likes of KillZone: Shadow Fall, Infamous: Second Son and The Order: 1886. With a few a major setbacks this past week over launch delays and rumours suggesting that PS4 launch lineup is getting soft in the wake of these delays, t [...]

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Sony unveils new PS4 commercial, 24 exclusives confirmed

Sony has unveiled a new commercial for the PlayStation 4, making some rather remarkable claims about what to expect for the next-gen console's library of games. To begin with, the ad states that 24 exclusives games for the PS4 have been confirmed so far, including the likes KillZone: Shadow Fall, Infamous: Second Son and The Order: 1886. With a few a major setbacks this past week over launch delays and rumours suggesting that PS4 launch lineup is getting soft in the wake of these delays, this [...]

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Yahoo acquires start-up LookFlow for Flickr integration

Yahoo buys startup LookFlow, a startup that develops image recognition technology. Yahoo will work on integrating the company's image technology into Flickr. The financial details of the deal have not been revealed yet. LookFlow, based in Mountain View, Calif., announced the acquisition on its website, adding that the team would be joining Yahoo to work on the Flickr team. The company will be working on a new deep learning group for which they are already recruiting. "Flickr is the larges [...]

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Saavn launches Remote music streaming widget

Saavn.com has launched a new music streaming widget for web publishers- called the Saavn Remote. The widget allows popular websites and self-serve publishers to place it directly on a web page giving web surfers access to Saavn’s music streaming service with just one click. Saavn Remote is being used by major Hindi newspapers like Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar that have a combined reach of over 4.5 million monthly unique visitors. The newspapers are offering Saavn's vast library of music as a [...]

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Nimbuzz launches international calling at 1p per second

Nimbuzz has introduced cheap international calling for domestic users. The company has launched an international calling service that will allow users to make phone calls over the Internet to landline or mobile numbers starting at just one paisa per second. Nimbuzz has 25 million registered users in India and has partnered with Spectranet hello ip to male international calling affordable. To make international calls Nimbuzz users will have to buy credit similar to Skype. International calls wil [...]

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How to Use Google AdSense Ads on your Responsive Websites – A Better Approach

Learn how to make your Google AdSense ads responsive with JavaScript. The code detects the size of the visitor's browser and serves appropriate AdSense ads that fit in the available space.

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BlackBerry Z30 launched in India

BlackBerry today launched the Z30 smartphone in India at a launch event in New Delhi. The Z30 is the largest phone ever launched by BlackBerry and sports a 5-inch display which almost puts it into the burgeoning 'phablet' category. The Z30 will be available in India early next week for Rs. 39,990 (a surprisingly competitive price). The BlackBerry Z30 comes with the BB10.2 OS, the latest version of the new touch focused OS launched earlier this year. As a result, the Z30 offers the Priority Hub, [...]

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GSMA releases Mobile Economy India 2013 report

Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group has released an India-specific report “Mobile Economy India 2013”, which highlights the potential of the country's mobile phone industry. The report says the phone sector could contribute up to Rs. 216 lakh crore to India's GDP and create up to 4.1 million jobs by 2020. India's mobile ecosystem contributed about 5.3 percent of India's GDP, supporting 730,000 jobs as well as additional two mil [...]

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Micromax Canvas Magnus with 12MP camera available for Rs.14,999

Micromax has expanded its Canvas smartphone range, revealing the mid-range device Canvas Magnus A117. The quad-core smartphone is available on ecommerce site Snapdeal for Rs 14,999. The Canvas Magnus has a 5-inch IPS display with 720x1280 pixels resolution. It has a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. The smartphone has 1 GB of RAM and 4GB in-built storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It supports dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) with dual-standby. The Canvas Magnus has [...]

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Intex Aqua N2 dual-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 dual-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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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8

Samsung had a very successful product in the Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 last year. The successor, the Tab 3 211, hasn’t seen a significant upgrade when it comes to the specifications, but it is a good performing product nonetheless. At the launch of the Tab 3 211, we also saw the launch of the Tab 3 311, an 8-inch variant of the device. The Tab 3 311 brings with it an 8-inch display and a slew of features that we have seen on other Samsung devices such as the Note 510, S4, and more. The devic [...]

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Sony to unveil Xperia Z1S and Xperia Taichi on November 12

If information circulating the Internet is to be believed, then Sony is holding an event on November 12 where it is expected to showcase two new devices – the Xperia Z1S and the Xperia Taichi. The event will be held in Shanghai. The Xperia Z1S is expected to have a 4.3-inch 720p display and will be powered by the Snapdragon 800 chipset with quad-core CPU. The device will have a 20MP G-Lens camera. Sony has launched the Z1f in Japan and it isn’t clear whether the Z1S is the internati [...]

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India emerges as the ransomware capital of Asia Pacific: 2013 Norton Report

India has emerged as the ransomware capital of Asia Pacific with 11 percent of cybervictims falling to this form of virtual extortion, while average cost per victim has increased by 8 percent from last year. According to Symantec's 2013 Norton Report, India is among top five countries for the highest number of incidences of cybercrime such as ransomware (11 percent), identity theft (11 percent) and phishing (9 percent). “At first glance of the India findings, we were happy to see a signi [...]

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Pitch Us Your MakeUseOf Story Ideas! [We Ask You]

MakeUseOf is many things to many people, as we previously discovered when we asked you all to tell us how you would describe MakeUseOf to a friend. We are, at the core, a group of writers passionate about technology, and in particular technology that you can make use of, even if only for entertainment purposes. We publish dozens of stories each week, some of which are extremely well received, others which disappear off the radar with barely a glance. Which is where you come in. Who better to suggest ideas for what we, the MakeUseOf collective, should be writing about...

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Google Launches Project Shield To Freely Protect Sites From DDoS Attacks

In a move to protect freedom of expression on the internet, Google is launching a new tool to help websites protect themselves from attacks by hacker groups and other elements. Project Shield leverages Google’s infrastructure to ward off DDoS attacks. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the favoured tools of hacker and activist groups. What’s a DDoS attack? Basically, several computers across the world start pinging one website incessantly, until its servers can no longer handle the load and the site crashes or is unavailable for viewing. It’s a crude attack, but effective and used often...

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Google Launches Project Shield To Freely Protect Sites From DDoS Attacks

In a move to protect freedom of expression on the internet, Google is launching a new tool to help websites protect themselves from attacks by hacker groups and other elements. Project Shield leverages Google’s infrastructure to ward off DDoS attacks. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the favoured tools of hacker and activist groups. What’s a DDoS attack? Basically, several computers across the world start pinging one website incessantly, until its servers can no longer handle the load and the site crashes or is unavailable for viewing. It’s a crude attack, but effective and used often...

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8 Super Websites For Soccer Fans

Former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said, “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death … I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” While that was clearly said with tongue firmly lodged in cheek, football, or soccer as it’s known in some parts of the world, is a sport that incites passion in people. Soccer fans the world over will follow a team and not deviate from supporting a football club for their whole life. Wins are celebrated with wild abandon, losses are mourned with real sadness. Such an obsession can only...

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