Beast will be unleashing in 10 days !!

Only 10 Days left for the launch of Windows 10 and we have these thing coming from it :

 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

•  Windows 10 is only available for users running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update.
• System should have a minimum of 1 GB RAM for a 32-bit and 2 GB RAM for a 64-bit System should support a 1 GHz or faster or a SoC (System on a Chip) processor.
•  Windows 10 requires 16 GB of hard disk storage on a 32-bit machine and 20 GB on a 64-bit machine.
• System should also support a DirectX 9 graphic card or later with WDDM 1.0 driver.
• Also system should have 800x600 display available.
• Some features you would not like lose, but you will lose them if you install Windows 10.These features which will go missing after Windows 10 are:
• Windows Media Centre
• If you love playing DVDs, then get ready with a separate playback software
• Windows 7 users love desktop gadgets, but they will be removed if you install windows 10
• Games like Solitaire, Minesweeper and Heart Games will not come pre-installed and will  be available as ‘Microsoft Solitaire Collection’ and ‘Microsoft Minesweeper’ for the new Windows 10
• USB floppy drive users will have to download latest driver software either from Windows Update or from Manufactures website
• OneDrive application will replaced with inbox version of OneDrive

Now let’s have a look at certain features the will have some additional requirements:

·         Cortana: Currently available only in Windows 10 for US, UK, China, France, Italy, Germany and Spain and will be available soon for other countries like India & Canada.

·         Speech Recognition: It will vary by device microphone. For a better speech experience it will require a High fidelity microphone.

·         Windows Hello: Requires specialized illuminated infrared camera for facial recognition or iris detection. For people who use a finger print scanners, requires a finger print reader supporting Windows Biometric Framework.

·         Continuum: Currently available on all Windows 10 editions which can be turned “on” & “off” through action centre.

·         Music & Video Streaming:  Through Xbox Music & Xbox Video app available in certain regions. For a detailed list of regions, please visit Xbox on Windows website.

·         Two Factor authentication: Requires a PIN, Biometric (finger print reader or illuminated infrared camera), or a phone with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth capabilities.

·         Microsoft Account: To use few features you need to have a Microsoft account. If you don’t have one you can create it here.

·         Internet access (ISP) fees may apply.

·         Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and must have Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in UEFI signature database.

·         Some games or programs would require a graphics card  compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for best performance.

·         Bitlocker To Go for Windows 10 Pro & Windows 10 Enterprise requires a USB flash drive or TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0 .

·         Client Hyper-V requires SLAT capabilities and additional 2 Gb of RAM for Windows 1o Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise.

·         Miracast requires a display adapter which supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.3, and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct.

·         Wi-Fi Direct Printing requires a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct and a device that supports Wi-Fi Direct Printing.

·         To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF.

·         Device encryption requires a PC with InstantGo and TPM 2.0.

Windows 10 is the last update to Windows and there will be no Windows 11 says Microsoft. It also says that Windows 10 users will be regularly getting updates.But still we have question in mind " Why no Windows 9 ? " 

We hope now you know what’s coming with Windows 10 and hope you guys have also reserved Windows10, if not you can do it here. For any queries, questions or suggestion kindly comment in the box below, you can also contact us on Facebook.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 is in testing already!

Samsung secretly is doing tests for Galaxy S7

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The dates for the release of Samsung's Galaxy series new flagship aren't confirmed yet but if the rumours are to be believed, we may get a glimpse of the S7 by December 2015. A report prepared in Korea claims that the company is already tesing different version of the upcoming flagship phone.

Samsung is experimenting the Galaxy S7 with two chips, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and the other one, its own Exynos chip, According to ETNews. Codenamed "Jungfrau", the device still has around 4-5 months, giving time to the company to make decisions.

The only question we have in mind is why would Samsung thing about re-patching-up with Snapdragon after the release of S6 this year. The only reason explaining it would be according to one of the reports, that South Korean company may build the Snapdragon 820 chipset itself. This indicates that Samsung has big plans for the new flagship and only wants the best.

All that being said, we wouldn't do any announcements of Samsung's 2016 plans just yet. It isn't a surprise for us that Samsung has already put the "men at work" banner on the next year’s flagship, convincing us to find out about the device only more.

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A car made in just 72 hours!

A car made using a 3D-Printer proved to be a head-turner at the show.

International Manufacturing Technology Show which was held in Chicago, chaos was created by a small=scale Arizona-based car maker, who brought a car that was made in approximately 3 days. The car which was made using a mere 3D printer took 44 hours for the printing completion and was assembled in 2 days. One of the videos of the making below shows the manufacturing process:

Owners decided to name the 'achievement' as "Strati'. Strati, claimed to be the world's first car to be 3D printed monocoque chassis, was revealed when it was being printed and was assembled at the exhibition in Chicago in September, 2014.

Michele Anoé of Italy submitted the design to Local Motors' Direct Digital Manufacture Car Design Challenge.

Local Motors along with Cincinnati Inc, Oak Ridge National Labs and the Thermwood corporation developed the technology themselves to build the car. Thermwood provided a 5 axis router to perform the subtractive operations for both aesthetic design, and to create precision surfaces for mounting suspension / drivetrain components and Cincinnati built the BAAM (Big Area Additive Machine) to print the car.

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Meet the Crystal Clear Solar Cell

This Crystal Clear Solar Cell Can Turn A Whole House With Windows Into A Power Station

Production of solar energy from cells placed around luminescent materials is very old.

Trials, attempts have only resulted in failures and worse results – the energy production was not sufficient and the materials were solid colored.

Now Dr. Lunt and his co-workers at Michigan State University have produced a transparent luminescent glass that uses small organic particles to absorb particular invisible wavelengths of sunlight.

“We can tune these materials to pick up just the UV and the near-IR wavelengths that then ‘glow’ at another wavelength in the IR,” explained Dr Lunt, who has supervised and authored the paper in the journal Advanced Optical Materials. 

The ‘glowing’ IR light is shifted so that it deflects to the edge of the luminescent object where it is transformed into electricity by strips of photovoltaic solar cells. “Because the materials do not absorb or emit light in the visible spectrum, they look exceptionally transparent to the human eye,” Dr Lunt said, the technology is still at the developmemt stage though. “It opens a lot of area to deploy solar energy in a non-intrusive way. It can be used on tall buildings with lots of windows or any kind of mobile device that demands high aesthetic quality like a phone or e-reader. Ultimately we want to make solar harvesting surfaces that you do not even know are there,” Dr Lunt said. “More work is needed in order to improve its energy-producing efficiency.” The colored luminescent solar concentrator has the best efficiency of 7%, which is very much larger that what Dr. Lunt's transparent solar concentrator which is 1%. Though the scientists have set a target to reach efficiencies beyond 5.

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New and improved personal trainer for $100

This 'Now' Intelligent Trainer by Moov has improved and is just for $100

'Now', the latest release of Moov, has set its feet in the battleground  to provide users with more personal and hands-on experience.

Moov's Now is designed very carefully and has been loaded with features. The watch-like-band is operated completely through third party heart rate monitor. If you are expecting it to be just another everyday activity tracker, then you my friend, are in for a real big surprise, because it does a lot more than that. The magnets are organised and arranged such that, angular weight and gravity sensors, all combine to provide low latency 3D-motion detection. It is compatible with iOS and Android both, and features different modes for different sports, such as swimming, running, cycling, boxing and more.

The device is a great effort in the field of next-gen anatomous tracking and more accurate results. The tracking watch can be worn while sleeping too so as to track your pulse during that period. A full single charge gives a backup of starlight six months. Weren't expecting that. Were you?! Well that's one gadget less in your charge-daily list. For even better and accurate results while you're doing cardio exercises such as swimming, cycling, boxing,  you can wear the watch on both your limbs.

What makes it so desirable is its ability to measure speed, stride cadence and landing impact. And that already being a lot to guess, it even suggests you like, "land softer" or "lengthen your stride" which can be heard simultaneously through the connected earphones.

All that being said, you may be pretty excited about the device and  may want to put your hands on it asap. Well that's what we suggest too, since the pre-orders are available at $60 instead of the final market price of $100. Better late than never.

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You won't be able to take your eyes off of this ZTE Smartphone

ZTE expects to prove it's mettle with this one

ZTE may not be as big of a name as Samsung or Apple, but that's something the company expects to alter with the Axon. Not like many of ZTE's earlier low end devices, Axon has the classy look and specifications you want from a flagship.

If ZTE USA's chairman Lixin Cheng is to be heard, ZTE's new expected deal-breaker is “designed in the US, for the US,” and, there's a lot in favour of the new flagship. It consists of an expensive 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, a buffy 4 GB RAM, Android 5.1 Lollipop as the OS, and is ran by a quad core Snapdragon 810, the chip you'll find in flagship handsets of 2015 such as the HTC One M9. Being an all-rounder as it already seems, the camera specs are also pretty eye catching, with the rear camera having a 13MP dual lens and is able to record a 4K video at 30fps. The front facing is an 8MP lens.

This smartphone offers two pre-loaded sound chips and dual-mics for High quality sound recording. LTE and Bluetooth 4.0 technology are obvious. When you take a look at the housing, you are 110% expected to put a magnifying lens up. At 0.37 in, it is not the slimmest device around, but it sure offers an metallic build with a premium looking design that includes a small bezel on the left and opposite of the screen

The Axon will be available at a resonable price for the US market at 450$ unlocked. The colors which can be availed are, Blue, Gray and Silver.

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You would want to take a look at this house which is smart!

A house which can take care of itself

Founded in 2013 and named as Wohnwagon, is currently constructing it's 5th trailer. As with other usual small houses , the Wohnwagons are constructed in a way so as to make efficient use of space and surroundings. They are constructed using rae and recycled materials and have a variety of features. Larch wood is used to make the outer shells of the trailers and the spruce or wood-fiber panels and clay plaster is used to make inner panels. They are insulated by the sheep-wool, which helps to control the interior temperature and moisture. 4 solar panels mounted on the top of the trailer deliver a max power of 1.2 kW and this huge energy is stored in a 6 kWh battery-mechanism set-up under the floor. Wohnwagon quotes, "The system requires thoughtful use of energy, but provides enough output for comfortable year-round living". A monitoting system allows residents to keep an eye on their levels of power consumption.

The trailers each cost in the range of €40,000 to €90,000 (45,000USD to 110,000USD) and customers are able to modufy the design of their Wohnwagon before the development-stage. The one under construction is assumed to be completed this upcoming October and will be set-up in Kärnten at the Almdorf Seinerzeit hotel, in Austria, as a separate bookable suite.

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Microsoft has finalized Windows 10 !!

Microsoft has now finalized Windows 10 which is to be released on 29 July.

 Microsoft's plans tell that the software giant has selected build 10240 as the final release to manufacturing (RTM) copy, allowing PC makers to start loading the software onto new machines ready for release. Microsoft is signing off on the build internally, and may announce the RTM publicly by the end of the week or choose to ignore the milestone and focus on the launch. While Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10 on July 29th, new PCs with the software won’t be available until some weeks later. Microsoft is now pushing for existing and new device owners to upgrade to Windows 10 as part of a new marketing campaign.

Microsoft will first roll out build 10240 to its Windows 10 testers, and the company is now focused on patches and fixes that will also roll out alongside the OS launch. While the RTM process is a milestone for Microsoft, especially almost 20 years to the day the company finalized Windows 95, it’s really just one step in a new model that will see Windows act more like a service. In the future Microsoft will be updating Windows 10 regularly, especially the built-in apps that power most experiences in the operating system. Microsoft will test these future updates with its Insider program first, before rolling them out more broadly over the coming months.

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This device lets users access WiFi anonymously

Launch of the $200 device cancelled mysteriously

Red signal given to the sale and distribution of the Proxyham, anonymous Internet surfing device, source code and blueprints a month before launch.

Benjamin Caudill, security researcher from Rhino Security Labs released Proxyham to the world at the start of this month, a device which can be slotted into a book and squirrelled away in a separate place from the operator so as to fool Internet traffic tracking mechanisms.

Proxyham is made up of Raspberry Pi PC and antennas. It operates through low-frequency radio channels to join public Wi-Fi hotspots up to 4 kms far, and if a user's signature is detected, the IP address which is traced is from the Proxyham box which can be planted far..far away from the operator.

Caudill said, "You can have it all the way across town, and worst case scenario the police go barge into the library across town." This itself is an indication to why the device's launch which was meant to take place at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas next month, has been stopped for sale and promotion.

Rhino Labs said via Twitter "Effective immediately, we are halting further dev on Proxyham and will not be releasing any further details or source for the device."

However, what has been stopped is not just the production. Def Con attendees will obviously be upset, but units which were originally intended for distribution at the seminar will no longer be in reach.

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Apple News coming to iOS 9 !!

Apple News, the app, which will be installed on every iPhone that upgrades to iOS 9. It is a new app centralised for all the content.

Features of this new app are :

·         Fast

·         Responsive

·         Enjoyable to use

·         Puts everything in one place

·         Loads incredibly fast

·         Recommends new sites

·         Swipe up to read an article from original site

The app is broken up into a number of tabs such as

1.    ‘For you’  which is a selection of stories from the publications you subscribe to

2.    ‘Favorites’ shows what you’re subscribed to

3.     ‘Explore’ offers suggestions

4.    ‘Saved’ is a simple way to save stories for later reading

Each site can customize their section of the app, such as they can change their logo and  the background colour of the top bar.

Stories in the app are presented in a consistent, clean way, though publishers can modify their font and add other elements.

Those publishers simply don’t have the resources to spend time worrying about seconds on every page load, and Apple’s offering an interesting way to solve the problem. One major issue, though, is nobody knows what Apple’s ad payouts will look like and it’ll only allow one ad to be shown on each article, via its iAd network.

The app misses a ton of features.

Once Apple News is on everyone’s home screen, it could change the face of news forever… or it could just end up in another folder on your phone, which depends on ‘YOU’.

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A smart steering wheel which detects drowsiness

This smart steering wheel detects how sleepy the driver is

We've already seen mechanisms that detect driver fatigue via steering wheel movements. German engineering company Hoffman and Krippner, in co-operation with Guttersberg Consulting, has developed a better alternative – a fatigue-sensing steering wheel accessory that detects the driver's hold. Priciple of the technology is based on the fact that when people drive, they're constantly applying pressure to the wheel. If someone falls asleep, gets a heart attack or lose conscious, that pressure weakens.

The actual device consists of a thin strap of sensors invented by Guttersberg Consulting that is attached to the inside part of rim of a manufacturer's steering wheel, beneath the leather covering. The "Sensofoil" strap consists of thin layers of foil, which have a weak current flowing in them. When driver holds the steering wheel and the layers come in contact, it creates a short-circuit between those layers, like in the way that a resistive touchscreen functions. A microprocessor tracks the intensity, frequency and location of those shorts, and accumulates it to create a typical driving design for the driver. When they shift from it significantly, the sensors will ask them to wake up and park. Moreover, the mechanism could be programmed to feature the top 10 "hot spots" on the wheel, which the driver could touch to activate features such as entertainment or communications controls.

According to the corporation, it's resistive tech is powerful to capacitive systems being produced by other groups, it's less sensitive to matter such as dirt, sweat and temperature changes. Even when the driver is wearing gloves, it detects pressure changes accordingly, and, it can store those changes quicker. There might be some time before you install it in your car. However, a rep tells us that selling it for public use is still "years away," and that it will probably first appear in luxury automobiles before coming down to middle or lower-class cars.

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A solar charger as thin as a paper

A solar charger which is the size of a phone and as light as a paper

There is already a variety of solar devices to keep our mobiles charged up – light permitting – most of which are too heavy tobe carrued around. The

creators of Solar Paper are looking to trend  this portable solar charger that generates 10 power, and still  is lighter than an iPhone.

Its panels are so thin that it can be slid between the pages of a book, and is claimed as world's slimmest and lightest solar-charger by it's inventors. It even has modular panels that connect through fit-in magnets.

 For more power, you can join 4 panels together. An individual panel which can generate a maximum of 2.5 W of power, so 4 if joined together will provide up to 10W via a USB cable. Solar Paper also has some pre-loaded advantages to benefit users receive the most of it. Solar Paper has been programmed to automatically resumes charging when it senses adequate sunlight. So when that cloud get pasts you overhead, you can just sit back and relaxe.

It comes with a LCDisplay which displays the amount of current provided to the device, being charged. This is useful to understand how weather, inclinating angle, and face to the sun affect the charge speed, so you can set the best position.

Many have pledged their support to the device's Arrival campaign, with it flying past the US$50,000 goal in just two days. The project creators expect the first batch to be shipped in September 2015, with the second batch following in either October or November, if everything happens as they want. Pledges range from $69 for a 5W and goes whole way ahead to $450 for a set of 4 10W Solar Paper.

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Google's Beacon VS Apple's iBeacon !!

Google has introduced a number of new products around Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons in an effort to challenge Apple’s iBeacon ecosystem.

These new products include a new open beacon format, tools and APIs for building apps and services on top of beacons, and a new developer-centric service for managing and monitoring large beacon deployments.

Google has long been interested in Bluetooth beacons. For example, Google’s Nearby project which is also launching as an API . While Nearby also uses other signals (WiFi, audio, etc.), BLE beacons are clearly at the center of Google’s efforts.

The first of Google’s new beacon products is the Eddystone format. The company is releasing the new format under the Apache 2.0 open source license on Github. The new format is meant to give developers a more robust and extensible way for working with beacons, as Google product manager Matthew Kulick told.

Google has already worked with beacon hardware vendors like Bluvision, Estimote,Kontakt.io, Radius Networks and Signal360ato build the Eddystone format into their devices. The new format is completely platform agnostic  and any existing beacon can be made Eddystone-compatible with a firmware update.

 Google is also launching two new APIs for developers who want to use beacons for their apps. The Nearby API for Android and iOS now makes it easier for apps to find and communicate with devices and beacons that are well nearby. The Proximity Beacon API then takes this a step further and helps developers associate a location and related data with beacons. That data is stored on Google’s servers.

Google also launched a new tool for beacon fleet management.

“We want to make it easier to move from piloting your beacon-assisted apps to getting to scale,” Kulick said.

This new service sits on top of Google’s Eddystone telemetry framework and developers can then take this data and build their own services and dashboards on top of the data they get from this. But for now, Google won’t offer it’s own dashboard. Also the company has no plans to charge for this service.

Google’s own products, will also make use of this new technology. Google Now will also be able to use this service to bring up contextual information, for example, when you are in a restaurant, you will be able to see the menu in Google Now

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Lamborghini Gallardo S' concept put up for auction

Lamborghini Gallardo S concept heads for auction

The original Lamborghini Gallardo is a mesmerizing and eminently collectible piece of automotive art. The work of Luc Donckerwolke, Lamborghini's head of design, its sweeping lines, aggressive stance, and

stylish good looks made it instantly recognizable as an Italian luxury supercar. But Donckerwolke, ever the designer, aimed to wring even more outrageous looks from the Gallardo when he tinkered with his original blueprints to produce the Gallardo S concept; a radical, split-cockpit roadster that thrilled at its first showing in Geneva in 2005. Now, after

nearly a decade in the hands of one owner, this Italian sportscar icon is going to auction.

First shown as a non-functioning prototype , the Gallardo S concept generated so much interest that – much like the Maserati Boomerang concept of more than a decade before – it was soon converted to a fully- operational, road-going car and shown in that form for the first time at the Concorso Italiano at Monterey California in 2006. Since then, the fully

road-legal Gallardo S has traveled a mere 180 km (112 miles) of short- term testing and driving around in the paddocks of various concourse events.

To be offered for sale by RM Sotheby's auction house, the Gallardo S is the original and only one of its kind, and sports the "001" chassis number to prove it. With a distinctive split windscreen and a solid spine that runs down the center of the vehicle to completely separate the passenger and

driver into their own compartments, a comparison to the original batmobile is not hard to make.

However, unlike the batmobile, the Gallardo doesn't have an asthmatic, push rod 1950s V8 under the hood, but a 5.2 liter, 500-plus horsepower, V10 that can slingshot the Lamborghini from a standstill to 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than 4 seconds.

Originally designed with a limited production run planned for the Concept S, the exceptionally high cost and labor-intensive (read, expensive) production required meant that Lamborghini only produced the one road- going version. With just one owner since new, the Gallardo S concept has

been so popular with motoring enthusiasts that it has been consistently invited by Lamborghini to be shown at events around the globe, including twice at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance . Prepared to go under the hammer at Sotheby's New York on November 18 this year, no reserve price or estimated sale value has yet been announced.

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A grill which is controlled by a smartphone

A grill which runs through smartphone

Grilling may be one of the most primal forms of cooking, stripping modern cooking right down to the basics of man – meat and fire. But that doesn't mean it's not slowly evolving into a more intelligent, refined creature, as evidenced by the development of numerous wireless smart thermometers like the BBiQ and myriad other innovative grilling gadgets

and accessories . The Bright Grill brings app-based wireless monitoring and control to the grill itself, and it does so in a package built for every type of grill enthusiast, including those that live in small apartments and condos.

The Bright Grill isn't the first smart grill we've covered. That honor belongs to the aptly named Smart Grill, which Lynx previewed last year and has since gotten to market in various sizes and styles. At over US $6,000, that gas grill doesn't exactly have mass market appeal. And if the large size and price don't scare you off, community rules banning propane grills just might. 

Consider the Bright Grill more of a "people's smart grill." In fact, it looksvirtually identical to the most famous electric "people's grill" of our times

– the George Foreman Grill, specifically the Foreman Indoor/Outdoor standing grill. Like that grill, the Bright Grill has 240-sq in (1,548-sq cm) of non-stick cooking grill area and can be mounted on the included pedestal or removed and used on a tabletop. We're almost inclined to call

it "George," just like every other Foreman male offspring. While the Bright Grill's power cord works against its claims of being "wireless," it gives it the flexibility to be used in areas where gas and

charcoal grills are banned, including inside. Where the Bright Grill takes things a step beyond Big George and other electric grill competitors is in

its integrated smart platform. The grill itself is equipped with temperature sensors, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a CPU, and it syncs up with the

accompanying iOS/Android/Pebble app to give you remote grill control. You can turn the grill on and off from your phone, adjust the temperature and grilling time, and monitor your meal.

Since it doesn't actually monitor the internal temperature of your food, like a wireless thermometer would, the Bright Grill is sure to be less accurate. It's really just using the predesignated cooking times and grill temperatures from the recipe, not the actual real-time temperature of the

food. In other words, you might end up with some overdone or underdone food if you rely too heavily on grill notifications. With functions like a "steak wizard," which lets you enter the size and

desired doneness of your steak, the Bright Grill may very well prove more accurate than the chef, though. It seems like a cool option for those that

aren't all that grill-savvy and/or love their wireless technology. You can use it on your home network or connect to your phone via Bluetooth and wander up to 30 feet (9 m) away. It can be used for your home grill-out, tailgating, picnicking and camping, assuming you have a nearby outlet, hookup, generator or other available power source.

The Bright Grill designers are hoping to raise just north of $41,000 of seed money on Kickstarter. It doesn't look like they'll meet their bold goal

of surpassing Kickstarter darlings like the Pebble Time or Coolest cooler , but they're off to a solid start at around $7,500 with 54 days to go. The

Bright Grill is available for pledge levels starting at $149, and deliveries will begin in March 2016, if all goes according to plan.

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3 tricks in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+

3 tricks iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ users need to know

Display Zoom

Both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have bigger screens than any iPhone before them (4.7 and 5.5 inches, respectively, versus the 4-inch screen available on the previous three models).

Thanks to a feature called Display Zoom, you can take advantage of those larger screens in two ways: to show more content or to make the

content bigger. Display Zoom lets you choose the way your screen displays content. Because the iPhone 6 Plus' screen is 1.5 inches bigger than the screen on the iPhone 5S, for instance, it can use that extra space to show more words in an email, more of a website, etc. Display Zoom is also helpful for users with poor eyesight or who just prefer bigger onscreen elements.

In this case, the bigger screen is used to enlarge the text, icons, images, and other elements displayed on the phone to make them easier to read.

Choosing the Standard or Zoomed option in Display Zoom is part of the set-up process for both phones , but if you want to change your selection, simply follow these steps:

• Tap the Settings app

• Tap Display & Brightness

• Tap Display Zoom

On this screen, you can tap Standard or Zoomed to see a prev of each option. Swipe side to side to see the option in different scenarios so you can get a good idea of how it will look.

Reachability

The new, larger screens on the 6 and 6 Plus are great for a lot of things, but getting more screen real estate means giving up some things, especially the ability to easily use the phones with one hand. On iPhones with smaller screens, holding the phone with one hand and reaching t even the farthest icons with your thumb is possible for most people. Only people will big hands (or who really stretch) will be able to easily make that reach on the iPhone 6, while almost no one will be able to do it on

the 6 Plus.

Luckily, Apple has added a feature to help out: Reachability. It moves what's being shown at the top of the screen towards the middle to make it easier to reach. Here's how to use it:

1. When you find yourself wanting to tap something that's out of reac

double tap the Home button. It's important to just tap the button—d

press it. Pressing the home button twice will bring up the multitaski

interface . Tap the Home button in the same way that you'd tap an

icon.

2. The contents of the screen will move down.

3. Tap the item you want.

4. The screen will move back to normal. To use Reachability again, rep the double tap.

Landscape Layout (iPhone 6 Plus only)

The iPhone has supported landscape layout—turning the phone on its side and having the content reorient to be wider than tall—since its debut.

Apps have used landscape for all kinds of things, from being the default layout for some apps to providing access to hidden content in others.

One thing that never supported landscape mode, though, was the homescreen. That's changed now. This only applies to the iPhone 6 Plus due to its much bigger size, but if you've got one, it may come in handy.

When you're at the homescreen, simply turn your 6 Plus so that it's wider than tall and the screen will reorient to move the dock to the edge of the

phone and shift the icons to match the screen's orientation.

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Microsoft announces the Cortana Analytics Suite !!

Microsoft at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, announced the Cortana Analytics Suite. It takes the company’s machine learning, big data and analytics products and packages them together in one huge, monolithic suite.

Microsoft has put together the suite with the hope of providing a one-stop, big data and analytics solution for enterprise customers.

“Our goal was to bring integration of these pieces so customers have a comprehensive platform to build intelligent solutions,” Joseph Sirosh, corporate vice president at Microsoft, who is in charge of Azure ML told TechCrunch

As for Cortana, which is the Microsoft voice-driven personal assistant tool in Windows 10, it’s a small part of the solution, but Sirosh says Microsoft named the suite after it because it symbolizes the contextualized intelligence that the company hopes to deliver across the entire suite.

It includes pieces like Azure ML, the company’s cloud machine learning product, PowerBI, its data visualization tool and Azure Data Catalog, a service announced just last week designed for sharing and surfacing data stores inside a company, among others. It hopes to take advantage of range of technologies such as face and speech recognition to generate a series of solutions like recommendation engines and churn forecasting.

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