06May 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft Internet Explorer fix

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Microsoft has said users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser. It issued the update on Thursday to fix a bug that let hackers gain access and user rights to computers. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP earlier this month, ceasing to issue bug fixes or security updates for it. But the firm said it decided to make an exception as the flaw was discovered just days after the support ended. Even though Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft and is past the time we normally provide security updates, we've decided to provide an update for all versions of Windows XP, Adrienne Hall, general manager of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, said…
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02May 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Snapchat Introduces Two New Features

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The past few years have been a roller coaster for Snapchat, the ephemeral photo-messaging service. Since it started in 2011, the company has made headlines for turning down billions from potential buyers and luring heavyweight talent from Facebook, Google, and Amazon, facing criticism over gaping security vulnerabilities, and finding itself in a legal battle over ownership of the company’s original concept.And now the founders are hoping to transform the company’s product into something more sleek and sophisticated, a primary hub for mobile messaging. On Thursday, Snapchat began introducing a new version of its application and its features via — what else? — a Snapchat message the company sent to its users.“The goal has always been to move beyond messaging,” Evan Spiegel, one of the company’s founders, said in an interview in New York on Tuesday. “We’re trying…
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01May 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Facebook Ads will show on third-party mobile Apps

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Facebook is to start serving ads to third-party mobile apps via a new advertising network.It announced the move at the start of its F8 developers conference, which is being held in San Francisco.The decision to launch the Audience Network has the potential to disrupt the ad sector thanks to the depth of knowledge the firm has about its users.But one company watcher said the social network would need to be wary of privacy concerns."Facebook will have to make sure from the outset that it sets some stringent guidelines as to exactly the type of data that it shares with advertisers," Lara O'Reilly, senior reporter at MarketingWeek magazine, told the BBC.Facebook suggested it would deliver better click-through rates than its rivals because it had a better chance of delivering "relevant and…
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30Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Nokia CEO “Rajeev Suri”

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APART from having taken over at the helm of two iconic bluechip tech firms, both of which are now past their prime, newly-named Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella have more in common — both were just a year apart at the Manipal Institute of Technology near Mangalore in Karnataka.Both Suri and Nadella  taught by the same faculty and both were students of electronics and communications — Nadella graduated in 1988 while Suri was in the 1989 batch.Suri, 46, will start in his new role on May 1, Nokia said on Tuesday. Having been picked as the head of its networks division to spearhead the company’s future and revive growth after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft Corp., 149-year-old Nokia is intensifying its focus on wireless-network equipment…
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30Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

“Heartbleed” bug uncovering cyber-criminals

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The Heartbleed bug has turned cyber criminals from attackers into victims as researchers use it to grab material from chatrooms where they trade data. Discovered in early April, Heartbleed lets attackers steal data from computers using vulnerable versions of some widely used security programs.   Now it has given anti-malware researchers access to forums that would otherwise be very hard to penetrate. The news comes as others warn that the bug will be a threat for many years. French anti-malware researcher Steven K told the BBC: "The potential of this vulnerability affecting black-hat services (where hackers use their skills for criminal ends) is just enormous." Heartbleed had put many such forums in a "critical" position, he said, leaving them vulnerable to attack using tools that exploit the bug. Source: BBcNews
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30Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft will launch “Xbox One” game console in China

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Microsoft has said that Xbox One will go on sale in China in September.It is the first foreign company to announce the sale of its consoles in China after the country lifted a 14-year old ban in January this year.Microsoft will launch the console in collaboration with BesTV New Media Co, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group.China's gaming market, which is currently dominated by PC, mobile and online games, is seen as a key growth area for console makers."Launching Xbox One in China is a significant milestone for us and for the industry," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice-president at Microsoft.Source: BBCNews
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29Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

“Project Naptha” – A Chrome Extension to Copy Texts from Images

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Project Naptha, a free Google Chrome browser extension developed by Kevin Kwok. Now you can copy and even translate texts inside images you find on the Internet.Project Naptha uses a series of optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms that include libraries developed by Microsoft and Google. These algorithms and libraries quickly build a model of text regions, words and letters in nearly any image there is.You can download Natpha in the Google Chrome Web Store and install it like any other extension. Once successful, you just hover your cursor over any available image that has text in it and select what you want to copy. You can copy the selection. This is amazing for graphic designers who want to copy texts from images sent to them by clients. Regular users can also…
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29Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft browser`s flaw

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In the PC browser market, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) still dominates with a 58 per cent market share across the globe, as per tech research firm netmarketshare.com data.While, in India, the IE is the favoured browser of government agencies as well as the banking sector, gs.statcounter.com, which uses page views to study Internet traffic movement, ranks the browser at number 3 with just over 10 per cent market share in March in the country, way below Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox. Incidentally, gs.statcounter.com puts IE’s global market share at 21.4 per cent, less than half of Chrome.As per the data from India, it could be assumed that Indians use the browser only when they have no other option. However, that is not good news because if they are forced to…
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28Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Vic Gundotra quits from Google+

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Vic Gundotra had been at Google since 2007, and was the company's vice-president for social media.While boasting a large number of users, Google+ is still considered to be very much in the shadow of other networks - particularly Facebook and Twitter.Chief executive Larry Page thanked Mr Gundotra for "all his hard work and passion" at the company.Mr Gundotra, who previously worked at Microsoft, will be replaced by David Besbris, who is currently vice-president of engineering on the network.Google+ was launched in June 2011, and the latest figures released by the firm suggest it has 540 million users.
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19Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Future smartphones may be made from sea deposits

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Scientists from Germany have developed a new method to efficiently extract rare earth metals such as Yttrium, Praseodymium and Dysprosium from deep-sea rocks that can be used in smartphones and other electronic gadgets. Scientists have unearthed an untapped source of rare earth elements widely used in cell phones in deep sea deposits that lie under the sea. So, now there is a possibility that your future smartphone may be made out from deep-sea rocks! With millions of smartphones and other gadgets using rare earth metals, supplies of these high-tech materials may become scarce. The potential deep-sea sources of rare earth elements are actually nodules of iron and manganese that are abundantly found on the ocean floor. German researchers have successfully developed a method to efficiently extract these rare earth metals…
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