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A new dish has been recently invented that can keep the butter at optimum temperature for spreading smoothly on the toast.

David Alfille, boss of Alfille Innovations, came up with the idea after getting frustrated when he could not butter his bread on cold mornings without tearing the slices, the Daily Express reported.

The 54-year-old spent two years getting a design company in Wales to create the 34.99 pounds dish and then had it manufactured it in China.

Faster computer literacy in India can help the internet economy touch $200 billion by 2020 to contribute five percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Wednesday.

South Korean electronics major Samsung launched its much-awaited Z1 smartphone in India, that will run on the company’s own operating system Tizen, for Rs.5,700.

“The smartphone market in India is rapidly evolving, with many consumers using their device as their screen of choice for content including videos, television programs and video games, as well as a range of apps,” Hyun Chil Hong, president and chief executive officer, Samsung India Electronics said.

The smartphone will be available in India from Wednesday.

Samsung launched the first Tizen powered smartphone in India, Samsung Z1, today in New Delhi and has priced it at Rs.5700.

Appealing to millions of potential users in India, the Samsung Z1 offers exclusive benefits for localized entertainment apps and a simple user interface that makes mobility easier and more enjoyable, even for first-time smartphone users.

A new device has been recently developed that can zap people’s mind to change their mood.

According to Tom’s Guide, a private demo with Thync at CES 2015 involved people sitting with a small module attached to their foreheads for 15 minutes while electric currents passed through their nerves to their brain.

Since the product was still being finalized, Thync declined to neither take the photograph of the prototype module nor did they describe its shape, but offered only screenshots of its app.

A new device has been recently developed that can zap people’s mind to change their mood.

According to Tom’s Guide, a private demo with Thync at CES 2015 involved people sitting with a small module attached to their foreheads for 15 minutes while electric currents passed through their nerves to their brain.

Since the product was still being finalized, Thync declined to neither take the photograph of the prototype module nor did they describe its shape, but offered only screenshots of its app.

The January 2015 edition of Microsoft Patch Tuesday contains no fixes for the Microsoft Explorer browser.

According to PC World, to date, almost every Patch Tuesday has come with a fix for Explorer, which has long been a target for abuse by malicious attackers.

Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer of security vendor Qualys, said that the lack of fixes for IE was surprising, adding that the one common feature in every Patch Tuesday was that Internet Explorer would get patched.

Scientists have shattered previous records for quantum information retention by creating a storage device capable of holding information for up to six hours at a time.

This improves the storage time by a factor of more than 100 for a prototype quantum hard drive.

The team’s record storage time of six hours is a major step towards a secure worldwide data encryption network based on quantum information, which could be used for banking transactions and personal emails, researchers said.

Facebook has started issuing warning notices over videos posted on the social networking site that their content might “shock, offend and upset” when viewed as the company faces repeated criticism over recent years for allowing violent and graphic images that it deems to be of public interest.

The alert also prevents the videos from automatically playing in the newsfeeds of users unless they are clicked unlike other clips, reported BBC.

Facebook is also preventing such videos to be played in front of users who are identified as below 18 years of age.

A report has said that a new acquisition may be on the cards for Twitter as it is in negotiations to buy ZipDial, a startup founded in India that has honed in on a mobile use practice that is unique to the Indian market. People who call numbers but hang up before the call is answered, using the action as a simple alert that comes free-of-cost, becomes the basis of other commercial actions, and analytics to track everything, reported Tech Crunch. Sources said that the deal is likely to be priced between 30 million and 40 million dollars and may be announced as soon as this week.

A new research has revealed that around 80 percent of adult internet users own a smartphone.

According to Tech Crunch, the research out from the GlobalWebIndex indicates that in a survey of 170,000 adult internet users across 32 markets, only 9 percent report having a smartwatch, and 7 percent said they owned smart wristbands.

However, statistics suggest that the usage of PCs is still high with 91 percent of all online adult using computers.

Males aged between 25-34 in the Asia-Pacific region accounted for the majority of adults using wearables.
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An investigation has found that certain photographs on Instagram’s private accounts were accessible to anyone with the right link.

According to The Verge, the bug, which was closed as a result of Quartz’s work, meant that photos posted to a public Instagram account would remain available even after the account was made private.

Instagram’s tricky sharing settings is said to be behind the privacy glitch.
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Facebook is the leader of social media, says a new survey, adding that the social networking site has also made inroads into becoming the popular choice among the elderly.

The findings of a survey by a US-based global thinktank Pew Research Centre that involved 1,597 internet users revealed that 71 percent of US adults were hooked to Facebook in 2014 – up significantly from 63 percent in 2013, Forbes magazine reported.

It also showed that 56 percent of Facebook users are in the age bracket of 65 years and older.

Driven by strong adoption of cheaper smartphones and affordable data plans, the number of mobile Internet users in India is expected to reach 213 million by June this year, says a report. According to the ‘Mobile Internet in India 2014’ by industry body Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, the number of mobile Internet users stood at 173 million at the end of December 2014.

Google has launched its Chrome Remote Desktop app that allows users to access a home PC from their iPhones.

According to The Verge, once the app’s downloaded, an accompanying Remote Desktop app can be installed in the Chrome browser to access home PC or Mac from Android, iOS, the desktop Chrome browser, and Chromebooks .

What remains to be seen is whether the iOS app will measure up to the performance level of its rival Android app, which is already a hit with users.

—ANI