The world's smartest energy efficient light bulb

A group of young Australian inventors has given the humble bulb a snazzy upgrade. 

They have developed "the world's smartest light bulb" that dims, changes colour, strobes, switches on automatically, and can be fully controlled from a mobile phone. 

The inventors secured almost a million pounds in funding to manufacture a 42 pounds light bulb that lets you have a disco in your kitchen. 

The LIFX light bulb will give users the power to quickly dim the lights for a romantic evening in - or switch on the disco strobe for an impromptu rave. 

At 42 pounds each with a lifespan of 25 years, the bulbs cost a staggering amount compared to normal energy-saving fluorescent bulbs, which can be picked up for as little as 2 pounds and typically last for around ten years. 

The project has, however, seen an astonishing level of support since it launched. 

Billed by company founder Phil Bosua as "the world's smartest light bulb", the bulb will screw into normal light fittings and function like a normal light bulb if you lose your phone. 

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Now A Wave of Your hand could be your new password

Forgot your password again? No problem, just wave your hand!

Scientists are developing a new technology which can verify a person's identity with a wave of the hand.

A biometric sensor in a laptop or tablet computer scans the unique pattern of veins in a person's palm to verify their identity, the Telegraph reported.

The technology, developed by Intel, could do away with the multiple passwords most people use for websites.

"The problem with passwords - we use too many of them, their rules are complex, and they differ for different websites. There is a way out of it, and biometrics is an

option," Sridhar Iyengar, director of research at Intel Labs said.He was speaking at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco last week.

The technology would require new biometric sensors to be built into computers. An accelerometer could be used to monitor when someone put the gadget down and automatically

lock it to prevent unauthorised access.

Iyengar added that the palm scanning technology worked much better than the finger-print scanners used on some laptops today.

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Will you pay Rs 1.2 lakh to own an iPhone 5

Will You Pay Rs 1.2 Lakh To Own An Iphone 5 Within the Days of its Us Release?

Many Apple aficionados in India are willing to shell out as much as Rs 1.21 lakh to own the iPhone 5 within days of its initial release in the US and seven other countries.

DNA reports that four Ahmedabad citizens paid Rs 1 lakh in advance for the phone and will pay an additional Rs 21,000 at the time of delivery.

Bharat Bhagnani in a Forbes blog says the "the grey market is throbbing with 'pre-orders' for iPhone 5, with prices skyrocketing up to almost Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,00,000 for delivery by September end." Bhagnani spoke to grey market dealers in Delhi and Mumbai, who were also willing to offer up to Rs 26,000 for a used iPhone 4S depending on its condition.

But the early iPhone 5 birds in India may encounter a technical hitch. The iPhone 5 comes with a nano-SIM tray and Indian mobile service providers do not currently offer nano-SIMs.

Also unlike micro-SIMs that are used in the iPhone 4S, they cannot be easily cut from regular SIMs using a SIM cutter.

This could mean that the iPhone 5s that eager Indian buyers with deep pockets lap up at premium prices may be as functional as the iPod Touch, though the DNA report quotes an unnamed official from a telecom operator in Gujarat saying that they have placed orders for nano-SIMs.

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Google + Has 400 Million Members Now

The Social Networking site Google Plus Now Has 400 Million Users. As Announced By Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra.

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Twitter Now Forces You to Use its Own Image Service in its Mobile Apps

We knew it was coming, but with the release of its new iOS apps earlier today, Twitter has confirmed that it has dropped the option allowing users to select a third-party image upload service, forcing them instead to use its own service powered by Photobucket.

When entering the options screen in the iPhone or iPad app, Twitter no longer shows an option for “Image service,” instead providing choices only for video upload and read later services:

Previously, Twitter allowed users to choose from Twitter’s own option but also provided support for yFrog, TwitPic, Mobypicture, Twitgoo, Posterous (now owned by Twitter) and img.ly.

Buzzfeed — which broke the news of a potential change in Twitter’s services three days ago — spoke with Twitpic founder Noah Everett, who said he understood the decision but wished it was different:

“They’re trying to control those eyeballs on their apps, they’re an ad-based company, they make money that way.”

The move is part of Twitter’s wider drive to deliver a ‘consistent‘ experience for users. To date, the most high-profile example of this has been restrictions on the growth of third-party Twitter clients, which caused a stink in the developer community last month.

For posterity, here’s what the image upload options used to look like in Twitter for iPhone/iPod touch.

  

Via ThenextWEb

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Samsung Dismisses Galaxy S4 Launch Rumors

A day after it was reported that it would launch the successor to its popular Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year, Samsung has taken to its official Twitter account to put an end to rumors of a Galaxy S4 unveiling early next year.

The tweet, which was posted to the company’s Korean account, addresses media reports and states that the “rumor is not true”:

The Korean Times report sourced anonymous company officials, suggesting that the unreleased device’s features would be “more than enough to curb Apple’s latest iPhone,” sport a 5-inch screen, would “definitely use” global LTE networks and utilise Samsung’s Exynos processor.

Samsung decided it would skip Mobile World Congress this year and follow up with an event of its own. With Apple’s iPhone 5 dominating the headlines shortly after launching and becoming available for preorder, a speculative Samsung report helped draw attention away from Apple.

Samsung’s response puts an end to rumors of an upcoming Galaxy S4 launch, for now. The Galaxy S III is heading for 30 million sales by the end of the year – it’s already the company’s bestselling smartphone, so questions would need to be asked as to why increased focus would be placed on its successor.

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Google + Has 400 Million Members Now

The Social Networking site Google Plus Now Has 400 Million Users. As Announced By Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra.

He Announced the News Firstly in His Google +Profile  Today.He Also Added that Google Plus Has 100 Million Active Members Monthly.

He A This Week we also Hit an Important MileStone-Over 400,000,000 People Have Upgraded to Google +. It was Only One Year Ago that We Opened Public Sign-up. And We Could Not Have Imagined that So Many People Would Join it in Just 12 Months He Said.

 Has 100 Million A For Comparision ,Google+'s Biggest Competitor Facebook had 955 M active Users Only.

Users Only. Of Course the Methodolog of Counting Active Users Between the Two Companies May Differ, But By Seeing the Numvers Facebook is Currently Approximately 10 Times Bigger than the Google +.But Facebook Has to take Several Years to Reach Such Numbers While Google Plus Managed to do that Within 12 Months.

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Google buys Snapseed's photo-editing service

Google has snapped up the digital photo editing service Snapseed as part of its effort to compete against Facebook's online social network.

Snapseed is the centrepiece of Google's acquisition of Nik Software, which developed the service's photo-editing technology.

The deal announced Monday gives Google a popular service that competes against Facebook's Instagram, whose tools are widely used to display, touch up and share photos taken on smartphones and tablet computers.

Facebook bought Instagram for $715 million in a deal that closed last month.

Google Inc. didn't disclose the terms of the Nik Software acquisition.

Snapseed could be used to increase usage of Google Plus, a social networking alternative to Facebook.

Although it has grown rapidly since its debut nearly 15 months ago, Google Plus is still experimenting with different features aimed at getting Web surfers to check into the service more frequently.

Google Plus now has about 400 million accountholders, according to a post Monday by Vic Gundotra, a Google executive who oversees the service. About 100 million users come to Google Plus each month, Gundotra said. Facebook boasts 955 million active users.

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Run Ipad Apps On Windows Using IPadian Emulator

Want To Enjoy Running Ipad Apps and Games On Your Windows. Then Here is a Cool Application .Now Enjoy the Ipad Right On Your Windows Pc By Simply Using the Ipadian Packages From Below and Thus You Can Run The Ipadian Emulator and Your Ipadian Will be Running On Your Windows.

Ipadian Consists of all the Basic and Useful Apps Like Browsers Safari,Chrome Which Helps us to Browse the Internet easily. So Download the Cool Ipadian Emulator From the Official Website And Have the Fun.

iPadian will overlay itself on top of your desktop, with your existing taskbar still accessible. Cleverly, it’s capable of logging in automatically to various apps such as Facebook if you’re already logged in through your computer. 

At the present time, however, you’re limited to simple point-and-click with the mouse -- there’s no touch-screen support here, nor can you use the mouse in a gesture like fashion.

There’s no access to the official Apple App store, too, which means you’re relying on iPadian’s own store for apps, which is incredibly limited seeing as it basically only works with apps that use the web or their own web-based API. 

Neither is there any meaningful documentation to be had, perhaps unsurprising for a program that’s only at version 0.1.

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Apple Got 2 Million iPhone 5 Pre-orders in 24 Hours

Three days after offering the device for preorder, Apple has announced that its new lighter, thinner smartphone has sold 2 million units in its first weekend, doubling that of the IPhone 4S and making it the fastest selling device in the company’s history.

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Photoshop CS6 last version to support Windows XP

An early announcement by Adobe's Tom Hogarty, in an official blog post, confirms that Photoshop CS6 (13.0) will be the last version to support Windows XP.

He adds that Photoshop CS6 does not support Windows Vista. "In addition, all subsequent Photoshop feature updates specifically for Creative Cloud members will no longer support Windows XP. Leveraging advances available on newer operating systems and hardware allows us to deliver significantly better performance, and focus our innovation efforts around the areas of the greatest benefit to our customers," he adds further in the blog post.

Hogarty notes that the existing version (Photoshop CS6) "already demonstrates” that by using a modern operating system, graphics cards/GPUs and graphics drivers, users can experience noticeable improvements in 3D, Blur Gallery and Lighting Effect features - something that is not available to Windows XP users.

In April this year, Adobe Incorporated announced the Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended software, the new releases of its professional digital imaging software.

Packed with new features and enhancements, the software aims to deliver new levels of creativity and increased efficiency. Photoshop CS6 Extended integrates state-of-the-art editing, compositing, and graphic design capabilities of Photoshop CS6, as well as advanced tools for 3D design, image and video editing, and quantitative analysis which address the unique needs of the graphic design, video, web, architecture, medical, manufacturing and engineering industries.

Reports at the time had indicated that since Photoshop CS6 was released as a public beta on March 22 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows platforms, there have been nearly one million downloads of the software worldwide – surpassing any public beta in Adobe's history. With this launch, Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended can either be purchased as stand-alone applications, key components of the Adobe Creative Suite 6 family, or as part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud offering, that has also been announced.

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