Sony Patents "SmartWig"

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Sony has filed a patent application for a new piece of wearable technology, the "SmartWig." 

Sony's SmartWig can be worn "in addition to natural hair" and be able to process data and communicate wirelessly with other devices such as smartphones. According to patent application, the SmartWig can be used as navigation for the blind and can also collect health information such as blood pressure. Wearable technology, from the smartwatch to Google Glass, is seen as a key growth area for tech companies and Sony does not want to be left behind. Google and Samsung have been the leaders in this sector up to this point. According to Andrew Milroy, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan, "Wearable gadgets are definitely going to be one of the big areas of growth over the next two years." 

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The SmartWig could be made with a variety of materials including; horse hair, human hair, wool, feathers, or any synthetic material. The communication interface and sensors in the wig would be covered, or mostly covered, by parts of the wig so that they would be hidden during use. As a result, Sony explained, the device has the potential to be a "very popular" wearable tech item since it could be both a "technically intelligent item and fashion item." Although Sony has said that the SmartWig can be used in a variety of fields such the gaming industry, healthcare, and the business sector, the company has not yet decided on any plans for commercial production of the device. 

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How To Create animated gifs out of your pictures

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GIFyourself allows you to create funny animated gifs out of your pictures. The principle of use is quite simple:

• Select your GIF.
• Upload a photo of yourself.
• Crop your face and it will be automatically added to the GIF.

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How To Check Your Feedburner Email List

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• Go to> www.feedburner.com

• Log in your> Id and Password

• Go to>  my feed

• Go to my feed title> click on your feed title name

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How To Make “Reply-all” my default response in Outlook.com

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• Sign-in to Outlook.com.
• Click on Settings > More Mail settings.

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Yahoo New Security Measures

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Yahoo is working on protecting its users' online activity by encrypting all communications and other information travelling into the company's data centers and promises to have encryption for personal data soon. 

Marissa Mayer, who has been very open about her dislike of the recent events with the National Security Agency, announced Yahoo's commitment to protecting its customers from any and all prying eyes on Monday. This announcement follows a recent report that the NSA had managed to hack into the communications lines of data centers run by Yahoo and Google. By doing so, the NSA was able to intercept and access information about what people are doing or saying online. Yahoo had previously promised to encrypt its email service by January of 2014 but has changed the timeline on that plan. Now, Yahoo promises to have all data encrypted by the end of March of 2014. 

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Google has been encrypting its Gmail service since 2010 and has added several security measures since then. Google promised to encrypt the links to its data centers as well, adding yet another barrier to keep out prying eyes. This process is still underway, at least officially, though one engineer said that this task has already been completed earlier this month. Faceboo is also joining in on encrypting users' data but has not yet said when this will be put in place. Yahoo, Google, and other Internet companies fear the government spying scandal will drive users away, especially those from outside the United States. These new security measures are one step the companies are taking to ensure that their customers feel safe and stick around. 

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Facebook's failed $3 billion acquisition bid of Snapchat.

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Facebook's $3 billion acquisition bid was reportedly shot down by photo messaging company Snapchat. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is not Snapchat's only potential acquirer; the company is being courted by several investors. Snapchat's co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel is protective of his company and will not likely consider any offers until at least early next year.

Spiegel believes that Facebook's bid undercut what the company is really worth. Chinese e-commerce giant Tencent Holdings already offered to lead an investment that would value the company at $4 billion, $1 billion over Facebook's acquisition bid. Spiegel hopes that by waiting, the company's user numbers will grow enough to justify an even higher valuation of the company. 

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Snapchat was founded in 2011 by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy as a project for one of Spiegel's classes at Stanford University. The app, which is very popular amongst teens, allows the user to take a photo or video, add text and drawings, and send it to a friend for a limited period of time. After a few seconds, the image or video is deleted from the friend's phone and they can never see it again, unless they grabbed a screenshot prior to the image expiring. The service has yet to generate revenue but has a large following of teens and young adults. Due to the limited amount of time the image or video is available, the app has been associated with sexting; teens and young adults are more willing to send sexually explicit images or videos with the knowledge that they will not be stored on the recipient's phone. 

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Lenovo Is Now World's Third Biggest Smartphone Maker Title

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Lenovo pushed LG aside in the third quarter to become the number three global smartphone maker for the first time. 

Lenovo's smartphone sales grew to 12.9 million units, up a whopping 84.5 percent year over year, thanks to a surge in sales from the Chinese market. In the same period last year, Lenovo had 4.1 percent of the global market but in 2013, the company brought down 5.1 percent of the market. "Lenovo continues to rely heavily on its home market, which represents more than 95 percent of its overall mobile phone sales. This could limit its growth after 2014, when the Chinese market is expected to decelerate," said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner. Earlier this year, Lenovo expressed interest in broadening its mobile sector by looking into acquiring BlackBerry. The Canadian government stepped in and stopped that bid before it even started citing security concerns over handing over BlackBerry to a Chinese company. 

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In the top two spots for smartphones were, unsurprisingly, Samsung and Apple in first and second respectively. In the third quarter, Samsung has 32.1 percent of the market, the same share it had last year, selling a whopping 80.3 million devices. Apple's share declined slightly from last year from 14.3 percent of the market to 12.1 percent but still shipped 30.3 million iPhones in the quarter. Other companies in the top ten were LG, Huawei, and Nokia at four, five, and eight respectively. In the overall mobile phone market, meaning more than just smartphones, Lenono ranked seventh. 

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Firefox OS - Enable the Passcode lock

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To enable this option under Firefox OS, follow the below procedure:

• From the homescreen go to Settings.

• Scroll to Privacy & Security > Phone lock.

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• Turn on Passcode lock
• Enter a 4-digit passcode , confirm it and click on the Create button:

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Facebook Shares Leap After Mobile Advertising Boosts Earnings

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According to quarterly reports released on Wednesday, mobile advertising now accounts for just under half of Facebook's revenues, 

This announcement sent shares for the social media giant soaring in after-hours trading. According to its quarterly report, mobile advertising represents about 49 percent of Facebook's $1.8 billion ad revenue made in the third quarter of 2013. Last year, many thought Facebook would have greater difficulty adapting to the growing mobile market which impacted the company's share sale. It took the company nearly a year to surpass the $38 per share price its shares initially sold for. After Wednesday's announcement, Facebook shares leapt even higher. Shares jumped 10 percent to $53.88 in after-hours trading. Facebook is projected to account for a 15.8 percent share of global mobile ad spending in 2013, up from 5.35 percent last year. Mobile advertising is the fastest growing advertising category today with the overall global mobile ad market expected to grow a whopping 89 percent to $16.65 billion in 2013, up from $8.8 billion in 2012. 

Facebook saw more success in its quarterly findings than just mobile ad revenue. Facebook's overall revenues were over $2 billion for the third quarter, up from $1.26 billion for the same period in 2012. The social media giant's net income was $425 million; this is much improved from last year's loss of $59 million. Facebook founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said, "The strong results we achieved this quarter show that we're prepared for the next phase of our company, as we work to bring the next five billion people online and into the knowledge economy." 


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