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Review: Google Hangouts, and not WhatsApp, is best app to make calls

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We live in a world that is fast moving towards voice calling via the 
internet through various VoIP apps. There are plenty of options for 
users so that they can make calls for free on a Wi-Fi network or a 3G 
network. WhatsApp is the most notable new entrant to offer internet 
calling but is it the best considering voice calling has been a feature 
on numerous apps before it?<br />
We tried six popular apps that allow 
people to make calls using different conditions and in different kind of
 usage conditions. Result? We were surprised to find that the Google 
Hangouts was the best performer even though few people use it for VoIP 
calls. To know why we reached this conclusion, read on...<br />
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Google Hangouts</h2>
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While
 testing multiple VOIP apps we found the voice calling experience on 
Google's Hangout app to be the best. Calls were clear, and we noticed 
the least amount of latency in the responses while using Hangouts. 
Hangouts, of course, is much more than just for voice calling as its 
marquee feature is video calls. For that too, Hangouts was incredibly 
competent - both on Wi-Fi and also on the sub-par 3G connectivity we get
 in Delhi NCR. The interface of Hangouts is pretty straight forward and 
the best bit is that it is preloaded on all Android smartphones. So, you
 don't even need to download it if you are a user of an Android 
smartphone. The app is also available on iOS and can be downloaded for 
free, however, if you're a Windows Phone user then you are out in the 
cold.<br />
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Viber</h2>
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Viber is the quintessential 
internet voice calling app. The app made a name for itself by offering 
simple internet based voice calling to millions of users across multiple
 platforms including Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. The app
 continues to offer the same functionality and the voice calling in our 
tests was quite robust. That said, we noticed quite a bit of latency 
even while using the app on a speedy Wi-Fi network, but certainly the 
experience was usable. Viber has branched out into other areas and offer
 features like public chats and instant messaging, but the voice calling
 capabilities of the app remains its calling card.<br />
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Skype</h2>
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Skype
 is perhaps the oldest app on this list to offer voice calling 
capabilities. It leverages Microsoft's unique peer-to-peer technology 
and it offers a sublime calling and video chat experience when the 
network is really really good. If network is not good, then the 
experience is also not so good. Testing it on network in Delhi, we faced
 a lot of difficulties. Many times we could not connect a call and when 
we even managed to connect, the calls had very high latency, making 
conversation next to impossible. That being true, on a fast 8MBps Wi-Fi 
network we managed passable voice calls and video chats. The good news 
about Skype is that it available on iOS, Android and is baked into 
Windows Phone. In fact, in the coming months Skype on Windows Phone 
should offer a much enhance experience with the update to Windows 10. It
 is also worth noting that Skype also powers the video chat function 
built into Facebook's Messenger's app.<br />
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WeChat</h2>
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WeChat
 is considered to be the WhatsApp of China. Made by Chinese Internet 
giant TenCent, WeChat is one of the most comprehensive VoIP solutions in
 the market. It has tons of features and behaves like quasi-social 
network of sorts. Many features heralded in WeChat have become core 
functions on iOS. The walkie-talkie feature is a great example of this. 
While, it has a walkie-talkie function, WeChat also has a full-fledged 
voice calling feature, which is buried inside a mountain of user 
interface created in tacky chrome finish. We found that finding the 
voice calling feature itself is a little cumbersome, but once you have 
placed the call and the conversation is going, the quality is mostly 
decent. Note the use of word mostly because when the quality is not good
 it is really pathetic.<br />
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WhatsApp</h2>
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WhatsApp 
is a giant in terms of instant messaging, but when it comes down to 
voice calling, it is the newest kid on the block. It offers passable 
voice calling capabilities, but let's be honest, it is a new feature and
 WhatsApp has still not mastered it. Calls drop abruptly, the audio is 
garbled and often the call doesn't connect at all. Adding to its woes is
 this odd invite-call to get the voice dialling feature for Android 
users. Still, iOS users can't get it, though there is talk that the 
feature is coming soon for them and Windows Phone users alike.<br />
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Line</h2>
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Line
 is yet another popular VoIP solution. It offers an integrated chat and 
voice calling function. That said, it asks to sync with all your 
contacts which makes for a slow experience in the case you want to make 
calls immediately. But once your address book is synced you can make 
calls to your Line friends pretty seamlessly. The call button is also 
clearly indicated on inside the chat menu so you can instantly switch 
between a chat and a Line call. The call quality, however, is patchy at 
best. It is decent when used with a speedy Wi-Fi network, but it is 
pretty much useless on a 3G network. Also, we noticed sometimes even if a
 call was going through the receiver was unable to pick up the call 
because the network was deemed to be unstable.<br />
At the end of the 
day, the big takeaway is that all voice calling apps are heavily 
dependent on the quality of Internet on offer - be it Wi-Fi or 3G. If 
the speed is not good chances are that your internet calling experience 
is going to be unreliable. While this is true, we tested all the apps on
 the same network, and on the basis of that we can certainly say that 
Google's Hangouts pulls ahead, followed by Viber and Skype. WhatsApp has
 some catching to do as far as audio quality is concerned. Likewise, 
WeChat and Line also need to improve the call quality and perhaps, also 
need to simplify the overall user experience.<br />
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Snapdeal to acquire Jabong's former logistics arm GoJavas

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Online marketplace major Snapdeal is in talks to acquire logistics firm GoJavas in a deal estimated to be about <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>150-200 crore, as it looks to further strengthen its delivery operations in the country.<br />
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According
 to sources, Snapdeal is expected to announce the acquisition of the 
former logistics arm of e-tailer Jabong in the next two weeks.<br />
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The deal size could range between <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>150-200 crore, they added.<br />
When contacted, a Snapdeal spokesperson said: "These are speculations and as a policy, we do not comment on speculations."<br />
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GoJavas
 did not respond to the email query. GoJavas, which works with eCommerce
 firms like HealthKart, Jabong, Yepme and Lenskart, covers over 2,500 
pincodes in the country.<br />
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Founded in 2010, Snapdeal has over 25 
million registered users and more than 50,000 business sellers. 
Currently, it does not have a captive delivery arm and relies on 
third-party logistics.<br />
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The City-based e-commerce firm, which 
raised about USD 1 billion last year, including USD 627 million from 
Japan's SoftBank, has been scouting for acquisitions in mobile 
technology and supply chain space.<br />
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Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl 
had indicated that the target companies would be across sizes, ranging 
from less than USD 1 million (about <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>62 lakh) to USD 100 million.<br />
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The company has invested in setting up fulfilment centres to smoothen its delivery operations.<br />
Currently, it has 50 such centres across 20 cities and plans to expand this to 75 in 30 cities in the next few months.<br />
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Tim Cook offered part of his liver to former boss Steve Jobs

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A new biography about the ever intriguing 'megalomaniac' Steve Jobs- 
to officially launch on March 24- apparently goes on to touch some rare 
'touching', some hugely ambitious nuggets of his life.<br />
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Although the 
book: "Becoming Steve Jobs: The Revolution of a Reckless Upstart Into A 
Visionary Leader" penned by veteran reporters Brent Schlender and Rick 
Tetzeli is still to be available for grabs (it's now up for pre-order in
 the US via Amazon), some rare snippets have been leaked out courtesy 
Cult of Mac, and let's just say, they are indeed candid.<br />
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According
 to Cult of Mac that got early access to the snippets through Amazon's 
'Look Inside the Book' feature, the biography suggests that current 
Apple CEO Tim Cook had offered to donate a portion of his own liver to 
ailing former boss Steve Jobs when he was in need of a donor.   <br />
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Apparently,
 Cook got so upset with Jobs' ailing condition that he himself underwent
 a bevy of tests to find out if he could donate a portion of his own 
liver to his former boss. Steve Jobs was suffering from ascites- a 
gastroenterological side effect of cancer. The blood tests revealed that
 a partial transplant of Cook's liver was possible.<br />
 However, even before
 Cook became aware of it, he was "cut off at the legs, almost before the
 words were out of his mouth" when he visited Jobs. Jobs did not allow 
for this to happen.  <br />
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According to the leaked snippets, Jobs' 
reaction was instant, "he kind of popped up in bed and said that", says 
Cook "during a time when things were just terrible." Cook goes on to 
add, this was only among the four or five times during the whole 13 
years he had known him that Jobs had 'yelled' at him.    <br />
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On an 
ambitious note, Apple was all out at competing with Mountain View 
Company Google at some point of time, when it was planning to buy Yahoo!
 According to the snippets, Steve Jobs and Disney boss Bob Iger were in 
talks to acquire Yahoo! At some point, however, that did not materialize
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Walter Isaacsons. The new book goes on to reportedly quote that Apple's 
design chief, Jony Ive believed that "Steve Jobs" had some 'tremendous 
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Apple's new MacBook is revolutionary and here are all its new features

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Apple doesn't like the status quo. It often takes a product category,
 slices and dices it and then re-imagines it, throwing the rulebook out 
of the window. Well, in creating its new MacBook, it has done the same. 
To the horror of the modern laptop user it has created a notebook, which
 has dumped all ports for a one 'do-it-all' USB-C connector. It even 
dumped its own, much-loved "magsafe" connector technology, which 
ironically makes an appearance on the Apple Watch.<br />
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  No wonder 
the new MacBook is a notebook like no other. It is the thinnest and 
lightest notebook ever made at 13.1mm thickness and weighs lesser than 1
 kg (0.9 kg to be precise). To say that it's a revolutionary product is 
an understatement. The changes that Apple has made could be felt across 
notebooks in years to come. It's true, time will be the toughest test 
for the product, but if history is any indication, then the MacBook has a
 chance to rewrite the laptop rulebook.<br />
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  Apple has redesigned 
key aspects of the core notebook experience to levels that have not been
 seen before. Here are all the new features of the new MacBook. <br />
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The butterfly keyboard</h2>
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="148" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/screen-shot-2015-03-10-at-3_031015045037.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="640" /></span></span>Normally,
 when you reduce the size of the notebook, the overall footprint of the 
keyboard shrinks. We have seen this time and again on notebooks. 
Moreover, when a company shrinks the thickness of a notebook, the 
keyboard suffers as its technical parts have a reduced amount of travel,
 which in turn affects the ergonomics and usability of the keys.<br />
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  Apple
 claims that the keyboard on the MacBook forgoes the traditional scissor
 mechanism found in keyboards. Instead, it invented a new butterfly 
keyboard mechanism. According to Apple, the butterfly keys allow laptop 
to be slimmer and yet better in terms of tactile feel while typing. 
Apple has also increased the size of the keys from what one gets on the 
11-inch MacBook Air and the keyboard is not compromised in size in 
anyway.<br />
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 Instead, Apple says the size of the keyboard defines the size of
 the new MacBook. According to the Apple the keys are 17 per cent wider 
and 40 per cent thinner.<br />
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  Lastly, Apple has paid attention to 
even the lighting of the keys. Now, each key has its own LED, which 
according to Apple offers better backlight. <br />
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The new trackpad</h2>
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="404" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/screen-shot-2015-03-10-at-3_031015045050.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="640" /></span></span>Apple
 says the new trackpad comes with the "force touch", which uses a 
technology similar to the one found on the Apple Watch. Essentially, 
Apple has replaced the dive board design of the trackpad with force 
sensors that sound a lot like vibration motors that one finds on Android
 phones offering haptic feedback.<br />
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  In fact, Apple says that the 
four sensors enable haptic feedback on the glass multitouch trackpad, 
which simulate tactile feedback of a button press. This way, Apple has 
also done the unthinkable. It has killed the right click, something what
 Steve Jobs always wanted on the Mac, but couldn't implement as Windows 
computers used a twin click mechanism.<br />
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  The glass trackpad 
operates more like the screen of an Android phone, where you can force 
press or long press for different actions and contextual menus including
 the function of the right key. A single tap will entail the left click.<br />
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  Apple claims this new system will be even more consistent than
 the already wonderful glass trackpads on Macs. Just when you thought, 
Windows computers will have better trackpads because of Windows 10, 
Apple just made another power-move. <br />
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The retina display</h2>
Before
 the event, many expected that Apple is going to launch the MacBook Air 
with retina display. That clearly did not happen, though the new 
notebook comes with a retina display. Instead, Apple decided to revive 
the old MacBook brand.<br />
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  The new retina display has a 12-inch 
screen fitted into a body of an 11-inch notebook. It has a resolution of
 2304 x 1440 pixels and a 16:10 aspect ratio.<br />
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  Apple says this 
is the thinnest panel it has ever created for a notebook and we are 
inclined to agree. More importantly, the screen on the new MacBook is 
almost as sharp as the screen on the iPad Air 2 with 3 million pixels, 
which means that one should gear-up for a fantastic panel.<br />
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  Apple
 also says that it has increased the aperture of the individual RGB 
stripe sub-pixels. In turn this ensures a 30 per cent better battery 
efficiency on the same brightness levels compared to older MacBooks and 
an overall brighter and more vivid display. <br />
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A brave new port-less world</h2>
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="308" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/screen-shot-2015-03-10-at-3_031015044954.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="640" /></span></span>Apple
 foresees a future, where the notebook will connect through wireless 
mediums, and will not be tethered by wires. The new MacBook forgoes 
traditional ports like USB, HDMI, mini display and even Apple's own 
mag-safe power connector. The SD card reader also gets the boot. The 
MacBook is perhaps the first notebook to feature the USB-C port, which 
is a jack-of-all port that will draw power from the plug, read USB 
devices and will even beam video via HDMI and mini Display Port cables.<br />
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  Now,
 the big trade-off is that there is only one jack, which needs to do 
multiple functions. This is only possible via $79 adapter, which will 
add a traditional USB, HDMI and power plug.<br />
<br />
  Of course, Apple 
wants the user to use things like AirDrop, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to share 
files. This may be feasible in a market like the US, in a market like 
India this is next to impossible.<br />
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 The ubiquitous connectivity is not 
there. Hence every user will need to buy the extra adapter.<br />
<br />
  However,
 the world is moving in this direction. Apple was just the first one to 
make the whole hearted plunge. Intel at IDF 2014, showed the vision for a
 wireless notebook which has things like wireless charging. The USB-C 
standard too itself was a by-product of the collaboration of Intel's, 
Apple's and Microsoft's engineering talent, which is an indicator that 
the standard will see wide adoption. We have already seen the port prop 
up on Nokia's N1 tablet.<br />
<br />
  Even right now, if you use a machine 
like the MacBook Air or the Microsoft Surface Pro 3, you only get a 
singular USB port, which is not much if you intent to connect a couple 
of pen drives and external drives. Chances are you are already carrying a
 USB hub in the your bag, so the additional plug wouldn't be a hassle.<br />
<br />
  The
 extra money that you will pay, however, for the adapters and even the 
power brick will certainly pinch. Yes, Apple is only shipping a small 
cable for charging the MacBook. If you want a longer cable then you'll 
need to buy that separately along with a power brick .<br />
<br />
  This is 
not fair, but Apple is known to get away with this kind of stuff. Apple 
was the first one to dump the Ethernet port on the MacBook Air and now 
we hardly see a slim notebook with an Ethernet port. <br />
  <h2>
The battery and the chassis</h2>
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="282" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/screen-shot-2015-03-10-at-3_031015045114.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="640" /></span></span>The
 new MacBook is the first Mac to have a full metal frame. Apple has 
expertly engineered the hinge in which it has incorporated the antennas 
for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.<br />
<br />
  The new logic board is 67 per cent 
smaller than the one on the MacBook Air, which means there is more room 
for the battery. However, as the battery is not manufactured in the 
shape of the chassis, Apple had to change the chemistry of the battery 
and create new batteries that are specially contoured to fit the frame 
of the MacBook. This is also an industry first.<br />
<br />
  Apple claims 
the custom batteries have enabled it to fit 35 per cent more battery 
than a traditional solution. Despite the extreme engineering efforts, 
Apple only claims 9 hours of battery while web browsing and 10 hours 
while watching videos. This number is significantly lower than the 
13-inch MacBook Air, which can deliver up to 12 hours of battery life.<br />
<br />
  For
 the first time, a MacBook is also going to be available in three unique
 colours - silver, grey and gold. But at the same time some of the bling
 is gone from the chassis. The iconic Apple logo is no longer backlit. 
It now just uses a shiny coating and looks similar to the one on the 
iPad. <br />
  <h2>
Fanless design</h2>
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="283" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/screen-shot-2015-03-10-at-3_031015045028.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="640" /></span></span>Now,
 Apple is claiming the fanless design of the MacBook to be a big thing, 
however, it is essentially using a dual-core Intel Core M processor 
designed for tablets. While it is coupled with 8GB RAM and 256/512 GB of
 memory, essentially it will not be as fast as the MacBook Air or 
MacBook Pro retina display.<br />
<br />
  Perhaps, Apple's obsession with 
design has resulted in a compromised product in terms of performance. 
Microsoft with its Surface Pro 3 has proven that a slim device can be 
created with a full Intel Core processor. The Surface Pro 3 has an Intel
 Core i7 haswell processor, which works with an innovative fan. Mind 
you, the Surface Pro 3 is thinner than the new MacBook even with the 
Type keyboard.<br />
<br />
  Like the first generation MacBook Air, the new 
MacBook will not be as fast as notebooks running Intel's Core-i branded 
processors. That said, it will be perfectly alright for daily tasks like
 web browsing, videos, mild photo editing and creation of documents. 
Long story short, it will not be a benchmark in terms of performance, 
but that's something Apple will refine over the next few generations of 
the product. <br />
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Next iPhone could have force touch and come in Pink: Report

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As the dust settles around the Apple Watch and the new MacBook, there
 are now reports that suggest that the next iPhone could use 
technologies heralded in the new MacBook and the Apple Watch.<br />
<br />
According
 to the Wall Street Journal, the next iPhone, which is expected to be 
launched in September could have the 'force touch' technology that the 
Apple Watch and the new MacBook have.<br />
<br />
Force Touch adds sensors 
below the touchscreen that detect the sensitivity of a touch input. 
These pressure sensitive sensors also have provisions for haptic 
feedback, which Apple calls the Taptic engine. <br />
<br />
Notably, with the
 addition of force touch technology on the new MacBook track pad, Apple 
has eliminated the right click and now contextual menus only pop up with
 different degrees of pressure on a tap.<br />
<br />
Many believe, this 
technology could have new types of applications specially on a device 
like the iPhone. Already, there are music applications, which allows the
 user to play the piano. As the keys on the piano are pressure 
sensitive, reports suggest that force touch could enable a better 
simulation of the piano on apps like Garage Band.<br />
<br />
The report also
 claims that Apple is not planning any changes to the screen resolution 
of the iPhone. The screen sizes are also expected to stay the same at 
4.7-inches and 5.5-inches.<br />
<br />
Lastly, reports in the supply chain 
suggest that Apple is working on a pink version of the iPhone. 
Currently, the iPhone is only offered in champagne gold, silver and 
space grey.<br />
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What to expect from Apple Watch ?

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<br />Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Monday is expected to 
announce details of the first product developed under his leadership, a 
watch that Apple hopes will transform the market of wearable technology.<br />
<br />
The
 company provided a sneak preview of the "Apple Watch" in September, has
 shown it to fashionistas, and even bought a 12-page advertising spread 
in Vogue magazine, but fans and skeptics are eager for more details.<br />
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With
 a rectangular face of about 1.5 inches (38 mm) in the smaller of two 
sizes, the watch wirelessly tethers to an iPhone, measures heart rate, 
and can tap wearers on the wrist to signal a new message or appointment.
 The price will start at $349.<br />
<br />
Apple has said the watch will 
launch in April and speculation is rife on what capabilities, from 
healthcare and fitness to navigation and entertainment, will be 
included. Apple fans have been waiting for a new type of product for 
five years, raising expectations.<br />
<br />
It is an open question whether 
Apple or anyone else can create a new market for watches. The first 
watches based on Google Inc's Android Wear software became available 
last year.<br />
<br />
Companies, including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, LG 
Electronics Inc, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Qualcomm Inc, 
collectively have not yet had a wearable hit. More companies are 
expected to test the waters this year, including possibly Xiaomi 
Technology Co Ltd, China's largest maker of smartphones.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, traditional watch brands such as Swatch are beginning to make timepieces with features such as activity tracking.<br />
<br />
Roughly
 4.6 million smartwatches were shipped in 2014, according to research 
firm Strategy Analytics. Analysts estimate that Apple could sell 
anywhere from 10 million to 32 million Apple Watches in 2015. By 
comparison, Apple sold about 15 million iPads in 2010, after an April 
launch.<br />
Apple will have to "tweak" its stores to handle the watch, Cook told the Telegraph newspaper recently.<br />
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Cook
 is expected to take stage at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) on Monday in a 
carefully choreographed presentation. The company has not confirmed the 
event is about the Watch, but the invitation simply reads "Spring 
Forward," a word play on the resetting of watches for daylight savings, 
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Apple Watch to cost around Rs.22,000 or over Rs.10 lakh, depending on your choice

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Apple on Monday announced that the Apple watch would be available in 
nine countries -- Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, 
Japan, the UK and the US - from April 24 at a starting price of $350. 
However, the Watch in 18-Karat gold will have a starting price of 
$10,000 (a little over <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>6 lakh). But if you are in mood to splurge you can get the priciest model, which will cost $17,000.<br />
For now there are no details available about the India availability or price.<br />
<br />
Apple
 said that the Watch will be available in three collections, Apple Watch
 Sport, Apple Watch, and Apple Watch Edition, crafted from custom rose 
or yellow 18-karat gold alloys.<br />
<br />
At an event in San Francisco, the company also detailed features of the Apple Watch. <br />
The
 company said that the Watch is an accurate timepiece, an intimate 
communication device and a ground-breaking fitness companion.<br />
<br />
"Apple
 Watch begins a new chapter in the way we relate to technology and we 
think our customers are going to love it," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.<br />
<br />
"Conceived,
 designed and developed as a singular product, Apple Watch merges 
hardware and software like never before," said Jony Ive, Apple's senior 
vice president of Design. "In Apple Watch, we've created three 
beautifully curated collections with a software architecture that 
together enable unparalleled personalisation in a wearable device."<br />
<br />
Apple
 said that the Watch introduces technologies like the Digital Crown, an 
way to scroll, zoom and navigate without obstructing the display. The 
retina display with Force Touch on Apple Watch senses the difference 
between a tap and a press, providing a new way to quickly and easily 
access relevant controls. The all-new Taptic Engine discreetly delivers a
 gentle tap on your wrist whenever you receive a notification or 
message.<br />
<br />
Apple Watch will be available in two different sizes -- 
38 mm and 42 mm. Apple Watch Sport features a lightweight anodised 
aluminium case in silver and space grey with a retina display protected 
by strengthened Ion-X glass and matching high-performance 
fluoroelastomer Sport Band in five colours. The Apple Watch collection 
features highly polished stainless steel and space black stainless steel
 cases with a Retina display protected by sapphire crystal. The Apple 
Watch collection comes with a choice of three different leather straps, a
 stainless steel link bracelet and Milanese loop, and a black or white 
Sport Band.<br />
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Apple Watch Edition features cases specially crafted 
from custom rose or yellow 18-carat gold alloys developed to be twice as
 hard as standard gold, a retina display protected by polished sapphire 
crystal and a choice of uniquely designed straps and bands with 18-carat
 gold clasps, buckles or pins.<br />
Apple also said that there are a 
number of apps already available for the Watch. "From requesting an 
Uber, checking in to your American Airlines flight, booking a bike for 
your Equinox class to remotely controlling your Honeywell Lyric 
thermostat while away, the possibilities for Apple Watch apps are 
endless," said the company.<br />
<br />
Apple said that the Watch delivers up to 18-hour all-day battery life.</div>
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The Apple Watch: Is it a gadget or a fashion statement?

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Apple CEO Tim Cook summed up the problem during a conversation with 
sales staff at a London Apple Store: "We've never sold anything as a 
company that people could try on before."<br />
With the expected launch
 next month of the Apple Watch, the company's first new product in five 
years, Apple will be stepping into new territory.<br />
<br />
To conquer the 
marketplace, the watch will have to appeal not only as a gadget but as a
 fashion statement, a fact tacitly acknowledged by Apple's decision to 
launch its advertising campaign with a 12-page insert in the March issue
 of Vogue.<br />
<br />
The company isn't talking about plans for marketing the
 Apple Watch in advance of it's much-touted "Spring Forward" event on 
Monday, but it clearly intends to keep a tight grip on initial sales and
 distribution, leaving many retailers guessing about when -- or if -- 
they'll be able to sell it.<br />
Sources with direct knowledge of the 
matter said that Best Buy Co Inc, one of the largest sellers of Apple 
products, may not get the watch at launch time, though the company 
wouldn't comment on the situation.<br />
<br />
Other large retailers, 
including Macy's, Saks 5th Avenue, Bloomingdales and Barney's said they 
had no immediate plans to carry the watch. Target and Nordstrom,along 
with all the major phone carriers, declined to comment on their plans, 
though a source with knowledge of the situation said Nordstrom has 
engaged in discussions with Apple.<br />
<br />
"Apple is being cautious. There
 are too many unknowns around how this product will perform," said Van 
Baker, research vice-president, technology research firm Gartner Inc.<br />
That
 might mean restricting initial sales to company stores, where Apple has
 complete control over the experience and staff can be specially trained
 to sell the watch, Baker said.<br />
<br />
Apple's Cook seems very aware of 
the challenge. The Telegraph, which sent a reporter with the CEO to the 
company's Covent Garden store, reported that he explained to the staff 
that selling the watch might require "tweaking the experience in the 
store."<br />
<br />
In the absence of hard information about what the tweaks 
might look like, speculation has been intense. The Washington Post last 
week suggested that Apple might add carpeting and mirrors and change 
store lighting to enhance the watch-buying experience.<br />
<br />
Media 
outlets and Websites have also posited that the watch will be offered at
 special pop-up stores installed at luxury retailers such as Selfridges 
in London and Colette in Paris.<br />
<br />
Apple hosted a private event at 
Colette last September, at which guests were able to try on the watch, 
but a spokesman for Colette declined to comment on whether the store 
would carry it.<br />
<br />
Until now, wearable gadgets have not been big 
sellers for technology companies. Rival products such as Samsung's Gear 
watches have sold poorly.<br />
<br />
Apple hopes to change that, but it is 
still a big if whether the watch will appeal to buyers seeking a fashion
 accessory, especially if it needs to be upgraded every few years like 
Apple's phones, tablets and computers.<br />
<br />
"It could do wonders for 
the watch market if it means people might wear watches again, but 
realistically, there are a lot of doubts," said Eric Wilson, fashion 
news director of InStyle.<br />
"Fashion customers are more skeptical than anyone, so Apple has picked a tough crowd."</div>
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iPhone 6 and LG G3 get the best smartphone award at MWC

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GSM Association is a group of mobile operators and related companies 
that is behind the mega MWC event. The event mainly focuses on mobile 
technology and this was the 20th year of the association. GSM Mobile 
Awards happened along with other traditional events at the MWC. The 
awards are judged by a panel of nearly 300 people from different 
backgrounds like independent experts, analysts, journalists, academics, 
and in some cases, mobile operator representatives.<br />
Since all the 
entries concluded in November last year, the awards were given to 
nominees that were launched before. The awards have various categories 
that relate to the mobile industry. A few fairly known categories were:-<br />
<br />
Best Smartphone: (2 winners) Apple iPhone 6, LG G3<br />
Best
 Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets: BBC Media 
Action: Mobile Academy & Mobile Kunji for Harnessing Mobile for 
Community Health Worker,<br />
Best Mobile Game App: Gameloft for Asphalt 8: Airborne,<br />
Best Mobile Media and Publishing App: News Republic Start a Conversation,<br />
Most Innovative Mobile App: Mnet Mobile for Game on,<br />
Category of Judges' Choice- Best Overall Mobile App: IFTTT<br />
Best Low Cost Smartphone (SUB$100): Motorola Moto E<br />
Best Mobile Tablet: Microsoft Surface Pro 3<br />
Best Solution for Growing Smaller or Independent Networks: Vodafone for Vodafone Interstandard Roaming Services<br />
Best Mobile Service or App for Consumers: Bharti Airtel for One Touch Internet<br />
GSM
 organizes the largest event in mobile technology and these awards 
acknowledge the growth in the industry by introducing categories that 
not only deal with sophisticated advancements but also social 
developments that are achieved by the means of technology.  </div>
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Apple delays production of its larger screen iPads

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Tech giant, Apple has reportedly delayed the production of
its larger-screen iPads dubbed as iPad Pro. The company is yet to decide about
the final design of the device. According to media reports, the tech giant has
pushed the production to the second half of this year.</div>
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"Apple has continued to rework some of the features of
the larger iPad. It is now considering the faster technology for data
synchronization between the larger iPad and other computing devices," the
source said. "Apple is also working on technology to speed up the iPad
charging time, but it remains uncertain if the final design will have these new
features."</div>
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The device is coming with a keyboard and a mouse. Apple has
not yet confirmed whether the device will store Lightning connector inputs, a
breakout cable or separate USB ports.</div>
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According to recent reports, Apple was working on bigger
iPad with 12.9 inch display. The new iPad is expected to feature a 12.2-inch
LCD display and will be powered by the latest A9 processor.</div>
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Budget fallout: Apple hikes iPhone prices in India

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The fallout of the recent budget introduced by the
government is here on the smartphone market. Tech giant Apple has reportedly
decided to increase the maximum retail price of the entire iPhone range in
India. The move is related and attributed to the recent budget. </div>
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According to media reports, all the iPhone ranges like
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models will become costlier by <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>2,500. With this
hike in the Apple smartphones the iPhone 6 will now start at <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>56,000 instead
of <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>53,500 for the 16GB variant, while the 64GB and 128GB iPhone 6 variants
will now be priced at <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>65,000 and <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>74,000 respectively.</div>
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Likewise, the 16GB iPhone 6 Plus will now cost <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>65,000,
with the 64GB and 128GB variants costing <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>74,000 and <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>83,000 respectively.</div>
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Not only the new iPhones, there is an impact on the older
models of the iPhones. The 8GB iPhone 5c is now priced at <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>33,500 and
the iPhone 5s will now start at <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>47,000 for the 16GB variant and <span class="rupee">R<span>s.</span></span>51,500
for the 32GB variant.</div>
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YouTube blocks BBC's Nirbhaya documentary video

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In the wake of a request from the government of India, video sharing 
site YouTube on Friday removed videos of BBC's documentary on the 
December 2012 rape case. <br />
Earlier, the government had asked BBC to
 not air the controversial documentary, however, BBC anyway went ahead 
and released the documentary in the UK and Wednesday, and later uploaded
 it on YouTube.<br />
<br />
The Indian Express is reporting that the 
government had asked YouTube to remove the videos of the documentary and
 it appears that the Google owned service has complied with the demands 
of the government.<br />
<br />
"While we believe that access to information 
is the foundation of a free society, and that services like YouTube help
 people express themselves and share different points of view, we 
continue to remove content that is illegal or violates our community 
guidelines, once notified," said a YouTube spokesperson.<br />
<br />
As per 
government rules, YouTube needs to be notified if it is hosting illegal 
content, so that it is able to take appropriate action. The YouTube link
 to the video currently carries a message saying that the video has been
 blocked due to a court order, which indicates some kind of 
intervention. <br />
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had placed an order 
restraining the broadcast of the documentary, which contained an 
interview of Mukesh Singh, who is an accused in the rape case. Reports 
have suggested, that Singh has reportedly claimed that Nirbhaya should 
not have resisted the rape, which resulted in the severe assault that 
she went through resulting in her eventual demise. This has caused an 
uproar in the country.  <br />
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BBC, for its part, claims that it has no intentions of releasing or broadcasting the interview in India. </div>
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Should you dump Android for iPhone 6, iOS 8? No, not at all

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It
 is year 2014 but the latest iPhones, which will be among the expensive 
smartphones in India once they launch here, still come with 1GB RAM. 
This is the same amount of RAM that Android One phones, launched a few 
days ago with a price of around <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>6,000, have. Even phones like Micromax Canvas Nitro that cost around <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>12,000 have 2GB RAM.<br />
But
 the argument is that amount of RAM doesn't matter in an iPhone. The iOS
 doesn't require a lot of RAM, unlike Android which is incredibly memory
 hungry. And this argument is somewhat correct.<br />
iOS is much better
 and efficient at utilising RAM. But that is until you are not pushing 
the phone. Once you open 12 tabs in the Chrome for iOS, it starts 
running out of memory. Have you seen an iPhone refresh an opened tab in a
 browser as soon as you start juggling between a few open apps or tabs? 
This happens because iPhones have just 1GB RAM. Irrespective of how 
efficient an OS is, there are instances, especially when a user is 
multitasking, when it needs more RAM.<br />
Multi-tab web browsing is better on high-end Android phones because they have at least 2GB RAM.<br />
<b><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Android phones are cheaper</span></i></span></b><br />
<br />
When the iPhones launch in the coming weeks in India, in all probability they are going to sport a price tag of more than <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>50,000. In comparison, you can pick the Nexus 5 or Galaxy S5 for less than <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>35,000
 and get a fantastic user experience which is in some way slightly 
better and in some ways slightly inferior to the iPhone experience. It 
is win some and lose some scenario. With the remaining <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>20,000,
 you can book a ticket to goa and have a 4-day holiday on a sea beach. 
Don't you think a Nexus 5 plus a 4-day holiday in Goa is a better deal 
than the iPhone 6?<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Choices, many choices</b></span></i></span><br />
<br />
With 
iPhones, you get everything in one package. It does many things very 
well, but what if you have special needs? Want a high-end phone that can
 last 20 hours a day? Get the LG G2 that sells for around <span class="rupee">Rs.</span>30,000.
 Want a phone that has really solid set of speakers? Get the HTC One 
(M8). Want a phone that has fantastic integration with a stylus? Get the
 Samsung Galaxy Note 3. (Or rather don't get the Note 3. Wait for the 
Note 4 that should be in India in the coming few weeks. It will be even 
more awesome).<br />
Want a phone that has a removable battery or 
supports microSD cards? Get an Android phone. Want a phone that can use 
Bluetooth or NFC for file transfer? Get an Android phone.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Android KitKat (and upcoming Android L) are awesome</b></span></i></span><br />
<br />
In
 many ways, iOS 8 is sort of a catch up release for Android. The 
software that powers iPhones had fallen so much behind in terms of 
functionality that Apple had no option but to open up the iOS and add 
more functionality to it. Hence, iOS 8 allows users to install 
third-party keyboards. Or has 'extensibility' that app developers can 
use to make their apps more functional. It even has widgets but they 
don't match the functionality of widgets found on Android phones.<br />
Yet,
 Android KitKat still does so many things in a better way. Some of these
 really affect user experience in a big way. These are:<br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">-- </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sharing feature:</span></i></span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span> </b>On
 an Android phone, you can share content and data within apps with ease.
 That is why you can share a tweet from a Twitter app using WhatsApp 
easily. In iOS 8 Apple has provided a limited sharing functionality that
 app developers can use but so far it is not clear how well it will work
 and how many app developers are going to use it. Android is still 
better in this aspect.<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">-- (Almost) Open File System:</span></b></i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></i></span>Want 
to control how files are arranged on your phone, install an app like ES 
File Explorer on your Android phone and enjoy the ability to copy and 
paste any file almost anywhere. You can also create folders, arrange 
content the way you want and manually assign different apps to handle 
different kind of files.<br />
<b><span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">-- </span><span style="font-size: large;">Drag and drop your content from your computer into phone:</span></i></span> </b><br />
<br />
<b> </b>On
 the iPhones, you can only drag and drop photos clicked with the iPhone 
camera. For everything else you have to deal with iTunes, which is a 
cumbersome way of doing things. On an Android phone, connect your device
 to a computer and you can drag and drop documents, photos, songs and 
music with ease. Plain and simple.  <br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">-- Google apps rock in Android:</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></i></span>
 If you use Google apps a lot, Android phones provide the best Google 
experience on mobile phones. This is especially true of the Nexus 5 that
 comes with the Google Now launcher, which puts a lot of relevant 
information just a swipe away. Even the Gmail, Google Maps and Photos 
experience is better on a flagship Android phone.<br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">-- Customise, customise, customise:</span> </span></b></i><br />
<br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></i> You can't customise an iPhone. Well, you can change the wallpaper, but 
that is hardly a big deal. Android phones can be customized in tens of 
different ways.  Don't like the shape and colour of app icons? Change 
them. Don't like how notifications show up on the lockscreen? Change it 
using a third-party app? Want widgets? Get the fancy ones from the play 
store. Want fancy user interface animations, install a different 
launcher. You can use one theme on an Android phone for one week and 
then once you are bored of it, change it to something else.<br />
If you
 are a user who likes to tinker with the theme and software of his or 
her phone, you can't go wrong with Android. The iPhone, even the one 
running iOS 8, doesn't even come close.<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Let's summarise</b></span></i></span><br />
<br />
The
 iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are pretty good smartphones. The iPhone 
experience costs a lot of money but it is also pretty good experience. 
Camera in an iPhone is always fantastic. Performance is mostly nice. 
Apps are plenty and good looking. But the real beneficiaries of the 
iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are the existing iPhone users. Now they 
have a choice to get a big-screen phone running an OS they like.<br />
But
 if you already have a flagship Android phone and like it, there is not 
much new in the iPhone 6 or the iPhone 6 Plus for you. Your Android 
phone is still great and Android OS is still a more dynamic, flexible 
and useful operating system.</div>
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Illayaraja: TV, radio and YouTube can't use my songs without getting rights from me

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<span style="font-size: small;">Maestro Illayaraja, who has the rights to all the songs that he has 
composed in over 1,000 films, says it's illegal for television channels 
and radio stations to play them without paying him.</span></h1>
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"The (Madras) 
High Court has ordered that my songs cannot be downloaded or sold 
through CDs or any other means. Henceforth, without getting the rights 
from me none should use my songs. It's an infringement of my 
intellectual property rights," he said. <br />
<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="258" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2015March/ilaya-story_650_030415064121.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="400" /></span></span><br />
The
 Madras High Court had yesterday made absolute the interim injunction 
granted by it against five audio recording companies from making and 
selling film music compositions of the music director violating his 
copyright. <br />
He also said it's illegal to share his songs on video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Daily Motion.<br />
"Those who want the rights to my songs may approach me or the producer's council," he added.<br />
Ilayaraja,
 71, had filed a petition seeking to restrain Agi Music private Limited,
 Echo Recording Company Private Limited, Unisys Info Solutions Private 
Limited, Agi Music sdn bhd, Malaysia and Giri Trading Company, Mumbai, 
from manufacturing and selling, distributing or in any manner infringing
 his exclusive right under the Copyright Act-1957. <br />
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The
 veteran musician has composed music for about 4500 songs since 1970 in 
various languages, with many of them being chartbusters.</div>
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Apple faithful line up for latest, larger iPhones

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<span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span style="width: 650px;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="307" hspace="0" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2014September/rtr46yoa-650_092214112701.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); margin: 2px 0px;" title="" valign="top" vspace="0" width="400" /></span><span class="mos-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 650px;" valign="bottom"> </span></span><span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span class="mos-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 650px;" valign="bottom"> </span></span><span class="storycentimg" style="border: 0px solid #d7d7d7; float: left; margin: 2px 15px 2px 0px; width: 650px;"><span class="mos-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 650px;" valign="bottom">Local
 resident Andreas Gibson celebrates with employees outside the Fifth 
Avenue Apple store after being the first to exit with an iPhone 6 in 
hand on the first day of sales in Manhattan, New York. Image: Reuters</span></span>Apple
 Inc's latest phone lured throngs of gadget lovers, entrepreneurs and 
early adopters to its stores in New York, San Francisco and other cities
 around the world in the latest sign of strong initial demand for the 
new, larger generation of iPhones.<br />
Even the night before the 
phones' Friday debut, nearly 70 people were waiting in line in front of 
the Apple store in downtown San Francisco. Some eager to get their hands
 on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which feature larger screens and 
longer battery life, had been there since the night before. <br />
At 
the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, the line of would-be buyers
 stretched for more than 10 blocks. Apple employees led them in a New 
Year's Eve-style countdown to herald the store's opening at 8 a.m. EDT 
and high-fived customers as they entered the glass cube leading to the 
underground store.<br />
In Atlanta, police were called in before 5:30 
a.m. to assist with crowd control at one mall location because of 
worries about trampling, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.<br />
While
 it has become customary for swarms of people to greet Apple product 
introductions, Friday's long lines were still a sign of healthy demand 
for the new models. The phones drew more than 4 million preorder 
requests in the first 24 hours on Sept. 12, more than double the 2 
million for iPhone 5s in the same period two years ago.<br />
The 
enthusiastic crowds gathered despite signs that Apple's legendary "cool 
factor" may be dimming with some consumers, according to a recent 
Reuters/Ipsos poll.<br />
Sales predictions from investors tend to be 
optimistic. Apple watchers tracking the early sales of the new iPhones 
note that the precise number of units sold in the first weekend will 
depend on the strength of the supply chain. A Friday report from 
Barclays cited the long lines outside stores as a positive sign for 
demand, suggesting that combined first-weekend sales for the new phones 
could rise as high as 11 million units.<br />
Despite the high demand, 
sales could be choked by a limited number of iPhone 6 Pluses available 
immediately. A T-Mobile US Inc spokeswoman said Friday that demand for 
the new phones was "tremendous," but the larger model would not be 
available yet.<br />
Paul Terrebonne, a 26-year-old cook who had 
preordered his space-grey iPhone 6, said the size of the new devices had
 been enough to lure him back to Apple from his previous phone, a 
Motorola Moto X.<br />
"It's all about screen size, plus I missed the 
iPhone's camera," he said, adding that he had shunned the iPhone 6 Plus 
because it was "a bit too big."<br />
The launch attracted buyers from 
farther afield. Flavio Gondim, a 40-year-old Brazilian public sector 
employee, said he was buying an iPhone 6 in New York because "back home 
these are, maybe, 50 percent more expensive."<br />
In Asia, many who 
lined up to buy the new phones in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia 
said they planned to re-sell the devices in China, where regulatory 
hurdles are holding up the new phones' debut.<br />
It remains to be 
seen whether the renewed iPhone mania will extend to Apple's other big 
product introduction, the Apple Watch, which will not be available until
 early next year.</div>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">The head of Sony Mobile told French daily newspaper Le Figaro that 
the division is not being sold, only two weeks after Sony Corp Chief 
Executive Kazuo Hirai said he would not rule out considering an exit 
strategy.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">"At the beginning of February there was speculation 
about a sale of Sony Mobile," division head Hiroki Totoki was quoted as 
saying by the newspaper in an interview published on its website late on
 Monday. "It's completely untrue."</span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Totoki said that Sony Corp CEO 
Hirai had come to Barcelona, where the Mobile World Congress is taking 
place this week, to speak about "the importance of this business for 
Sony".</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Totoki also told Le Figaro that Sony Mobile's portfolio of 
products is too diverse and needs to be refocused. He said the company 
would slow the rhythm of new product launches to adapt to consumers who 
now keep their phones longer than they have done in the past.</span></i></div>
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Google breaks promise of data encryption on Android Lollipop: Report

Unknown 0 Android, Google, Reports 07:54

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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Google seems to have silently backed out from its promise.
Last year, the tech giant had announced that all its upcoming devices running
android 5.0 Lollipop would require full-disk encryption. </span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-size: small;">

</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">With the new phones running Lollipop are out in the market,
they don't seem encrypted by default making it clear that the company has quietly
pulled back its promise.</span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-size: small;">

</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Last year, Google had said that the devices running its next
version of Android a 5.0 Lollipop will require full-disk encryption on all
upcoming phones by default. </span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-size: small;">

</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Google's Android 5.0 compatibility definition for full-disk
encryption states, "For devices supporting full-disk encryption, the
full-disk encryption should be enabled all the time after the user has
completed the out-of-box experience. While this requirement is stated as should
for this version of the Android platform, it is very strongly recommended as we
expect this to change to must in the future versions of Android."</span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-size: small;">

</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">However, a report pointed out by ArsTechnica reads, "At
some point between the original announcement in September of 2014 and the
publication of the Android 5.0 hardware requirements in January of 2015, Google
apparently decided to relax the requirement, pushing it off to some future
version of Android".</span></i></div>
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</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Another report by 9To5Google said that the Galaxy S6 demo
units showcased at MWC are reportedly not encrypted.</span></i></div>
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</span></i><div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Now it is just a matter of time and you need to wait until
the final shipping starts.</span></i></div>
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