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The Oracle v/s Google Fight: Jury picked

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:10 AM EDT

So the big fight of the internet is finally there. Stage set, and not the referee set. Err… jury. A jury of ten men and women have been selected for the second Oracle v. Googlecopyright trial which will be heard very soon. This trial is expected to continue for a month. If Oracle had to win, the damages could be not less than a nine-digit sum.

How are the Facebook Reactions Doing?

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:05 AM EDT

Facebook only recently did release something called post reactions. Where you can express yourself through the given stickers? Are they stickers actually? Don’t count me on that. Facebook users now have gotsome new reactions to work with but seems like most of them are sticking to the classic "Like" button, according to a new study from social media analytics firm Quintly.Quintly apparently analyzed 130,000 Facebook posts and found that, 97 percent of interactions were likes, comments, and shares, rather than the new options that allow folks to convey love, laughter, happiness, shock, sadness, or anger about a particular post.

Google Cardboard brings some good games

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:13 AM EDT

So, if you had before assumed that Google’s budget VR cardboard is nothing but trashy, thing again. Seems like there are more games and features headed to the Google’s cardboard. The budget VR headset is available almost everywhere where there is strong presence of Google being present physically in your nation of residence. It was Google’s decision to step into virtual reality through small steps and the cardboard being cheap was picked up by a lot of enthusiasts.

Ancient Asteroid Crater Chicxulub May Show Secrets Of Dinosaur Extinction

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:55 AM EDT

Scientists are drilling and probing the ancient asteroid crater Chicxulub in order to discover dinosaur extinction of 65 million years ago.

Verizon screws up Samsung Galaxy S7 with more bloatware

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:00 AM EDT

Verizon have become Samsung for Samsung’s own devices. What? Seems like Verizon thought that the Galaxy S7 doesn't have enough unwanted apps on it, so it installed another unwanted app that'll let it install even more unwanted apps in the future which sounds like an appception. According to reddit news, seems like Verizon will make users install an app called “DT Ignite”. This is a preload platform for mobile operators which can seamlessly manage applications at the first boot itself. This provides Verizon a base to install all their apps on users’ phones even without the consent of their customers.

Mario seen in Minecraft!

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:09 AM EDT

There will be a release of yet another cosmetic (which involves skins for existing characters like dress changes or even new type of visuals etc.) DLC for one specific version of Minecraft. The latest skin pack for the game makes it a point that this would be the first time first time that characters from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series will be coming to, in a game published by Microsoft.

Google’s News spotlight shines on Local Coverage

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 12:38 PM EDT

American search giants Google’s next experiment is as follows. I mean it’s become a habit for the internet search giant to actually innovate and implement the same in their software and devices irrespective of what genre of digital technology it goes down under. And to make it more interesting, Mountain view firm Google on Monday seems to have begun experimenting about reported stories from mixed sources as its free online news aggregation website.

U.S Invests Security of their Mobile Devices

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:02 AM EDT

This move for me seems illogical. In a rather unanimous move, The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have now asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain about the methods they adopt to release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. agencies said on Monday.

Google is testing a new change for Search Results

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:11 AM EDT

Google always want their hardware and software end to look in the best possible way. This makes it obvious that the Mountain View search giants are under constant developments for their applications especially since Google is the parent of Android OS post-acquisition.

Periscope to implement new Search and Save options

By Ajay Kadkol - May 11, 2016 10:04 AM EDT

If you haven’t yet discovered about the fact that Periscope is an app for Twitter by Twitter, it’s too late but now you know! Periscope is an app still under a lot of development but at least they have made it completely functional even with limited features as of now. Periscope’s rise to the top of the live-streaming video service is widely being seen due to its ease of use than depth of functionality. For a long time, Twitter hadn’t bought Periscope to the android environment yet. What made it happen? Competition. The Twitter-owned broadcasting app is finally stepping up its feature game. On Monday they also announced that it is now actually working real-time to make sure streaming on drones should also be a reality and hence the work is under progress for the same.

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