Meet the 3 Indian-American Billionaires who made it to America’s Rich List

Forbes has released a rich list of the 400 wealthiest in the US, where expectedly prominent names like Bill Gates ($72 billion), Warren Buffet ($58.5 billion), and Larry Ellison ($41 billion) are leading the pack. However, our eyes are fixated on the three Indian-Americans who have secured plum positions in this coveted line-up, interestingly though, they’ve all witnessed a drop in rankings from last year. What’s more, two names have fallen off...

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Autonomous Quadcopter Takes Humans Out of Flying Equation

A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's wa...

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Top 5 smartphones under Rs 30k

Best devices one can buy for less than Rs 30,000. With a budget of Rs 30,000 one can get the best of the best smartphones available in the market today. And if you too are thinking of buying yourself a smartphone, then do consider our top 5 smartphone recommendations. We have tried to keep options open by providing you the ultimate smartphones from every brand that can be bought with a budget of Rs 30,000. BlackBerry Q5 (Rs 25,000) The Q5 shares...

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The best laptops, convertibles, and Ultrabooks for Windows 8

From classic clamshell notebooks to next-gen touch hybrids, see how HP, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer stack up in InfoWorld's reviews No longer considered just a marketing ploy, Ultrabooks have taken over a good chunk of the notebook market. These thin, light, power-efficient laptops have gained a following among both users and manufacturers as an evolution of the portable computing form. Windows 8 has certainly played a part in this...

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Microsoft ships upgraded preview of IE11 for Windows 7

Final version of newest browser to reach Windows 7 'later this fall' Microsoft Wednesday shipped a more polished preview of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for Windows 7. The Release Preview, as Microsoft named it, followed a rougher-edged Developer Preview issued in late July. IE11 on Windows 7 is similar to the same-named browser slated to ship in final form with Windows 8.1, the update set to debut on the Windows Store Oct. 17 as a free...

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New messaging app allows texting without leaving a trace

A new messaging app called Ansa has been developed for those who take their online footprint seriously. ...

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Top 5 smartphones over 30K

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Yahoo CEO says company now has 800 million users

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says the Internet company now has about 800 million worldwide users, a 20 percent increase since she was lured away from Google 15 months ago to steer a turnaround. The gain disclosed Wednesday at a technology conference in San Francisco is the latest related stories Yahoo stock tops $30 for first time since February 2008 evidence of the progress that Yahoo Inc. is making under Mayer's leadership. The Sunnyvale, California,...

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Facebook founder Zuckerberg's account hacked to prove bug exists

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page was hacked by an unemployed In order to prove that social media giant Facebook has a security flaw that can allow people to post on someone's wall without being in their friends' list, a security researcher went a step ahead to prove his point and posted about the bug on the CEO's wall.  ...

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A 3D-printed digital camera

What will 3D printing mean for the future of production? The technology is rapidly maturing, and there's huge potential for the manufacturing industry. Earlier this year at a SXSW panel on the future of 3D printing, the consensus was clear: Despite current limitations, the opportunities that 3D printing offers everyone, from the home hobbyist to entrepreneurs to large corporations, will be enormous and often economically advantageous. ...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear in India

Samsung has launched the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 3 smartphone in India along with its sidekick, the Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The flagship smartphone will set you back by a lofty 49,900 INR ($792), whereas the Galaxy Gear smartwatch comes at a similarly expensive 22,900 INR ($363) price tag. ...

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इंटरनेट करेगा आपकी मदद, ये हैं ONLINE पैसा कमाने के कुछ आसान तरीके

दुनिया में हुनर और मेहनत का हमेशा सम्मान किया जाता है। जो मेहनत करता है दुनिया उसे झुककर सलाम करती है। कहते हैं कि बिना मेहनत के इस दुनिया में पैसा कमाना आसान नहीं है। पर अब यह बात पुरानी सी लगती है। आज अगर आपमें जरा भी हुनर है तो आप बेरोजगार नहीं रह सकते हैं। जरूरत है तो उस हुनर को सही जगह पर इस्तेमाल करने की। इसमें इंटरनेट एक महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभा रहा है। आज तेजी से बदले समाज में इंटरनेट के उपयोगकर्ता की संख्या भी तेजी से बढ़ रही है...

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Man brought back from the dead after heart stops for 45 minutes

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Samsung Galaxy Gear vs Pebble Smartwatch

Samsung jumped into the wearable accessory bandwagon with Galaxy Gear smartwatch, priced at $299. We went hands-on with the device at IFA 2013 in Berlin last week. The smartwatch space is heating up with the likes of Pebble, Kreyos and Sony trying to make an impact. With someone like Samsung entering the fray, the possibility of smartwatches going mainstream gets bigger. Sony has been in this space longer than anyone else, but hasn’t really cracked...

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Mozilla Firefox 24

One of the reasons why Mozilla’s Firefox browser is still among the best in the world is that there are frequent updates being applied to it. The agressive update cycle of the Firefox keeps regular users and developers happy. While Windows 8 users will have to wait until January or February next year to use a Firefox browser suitable for Microsoft’s Windows 8 “Modern” user interface, we are now “invited” to try out Firefox 24, with an official version...

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Rahul Gandhi says Congress fulfills people's dreams

BARAN: The Congress's politics is based on the principal of fulfilling poor people's dreams, said party general secretary Rahul Gandhi in a fervent appeal to the people of Rajasthan to return the party to power in the forthcoming assembly elections. Addressing a large gathering of over one lakh people at Baran on Tuesday, the Gandhi scion reiterated that the Congress believes in inclusive growth. "We want that when a farmer looks at a flying...

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New Grand Theft Auto triples the intensity

Unabashedly brutal Grand Theft Auto V hits the streets on Tuesday in a sequel that promises to enthral fans of the blockbuster videogame franchise.Rockstar Games spent five years crafting the new instalment and the time has paid off for gamers, according to a slew of reviews giving the title top marks."GTA V has been worth the five-year wait," said John Houlihan, digital manager of computerandvideogames.com digital."You can really see the maturity...

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Samsung unveils Note 3 for Rs. 49,900 in India

As the South Korean tech major Samsung Electronics seeks to further bolster its product portfolio across the country, the company on Tuesday launched its wearable computing smartwatch Galaxy Gear and the high-end smartphone Galaxy Note 3 in India.  The fact that the two devices have been introduced in the Indian market days after being unveiled at an international trade show in Berlin speaks about India’s importance for the tech giant.Samsung...

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Google acquires file-sharing app Bump

The startup behind popular smartphone apps for sharing contacts, pictures or other data by "bumping" smartphones together announced on Monday that it has been bought by Google.  Bump Technologies co-founder and chief David Lieb did not disclose terms of the deal bringing his team into  the Google fold but leaving its popular Bump and Flock applications available to users. "We couldn't be more thrilled to join Google," Lieb said in a message at the Bump website. "Bump and Flock will continue to work as they always have for now; stay...

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How to Dress for an Interview

The First Impression –The Most Important One Candidates for jobs wearing jeans, purple sweat suits, and spike heels or sneakers. Other applicants weren't afraid to show pierced body parts , spiked hair & Tatoos. Still others chewed gum or showed up in rumpled clothes or with their pants falling down. One recruiter even told a candidate with his trousers down below his hips, to "Pull your pants up." The first impression you make on a potential employer is the most important one. The first judgment an interviewer makes is going to be based...

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6 Posts You Should Never Click On Facebook And Twitter

Bangalore: Social media, be it Facebook or Twitter or others, with more than a billion active users across the globe, are becoming tempting ground for cyber criminals to spread malwares. Often embedded in the attractive post on social media, the malwares are just a click away from infecting your systems. ESET, an antivirus and security software company, has come up with security tips on social posts, be it on Facebook or any other social media,...

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Top Android Apps

An updated list of the top Android Apps that have amassed more than 50,000,000 downloads on the official Google Play store. App Install Base: 500 million to 1 billion            Gmail YouTube Google Play services Maps Facebook                                                    ...

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Nokia’s Android Plans Pushed Microsoft Into Acquisition Deal

February 11th, 2011. The day Nokia decided that it will go with Windows Phone as their next smartphone OS, instead of the much speculated Android. Perhaps, this was the precursor of things to come. At 6 A.M., Helsinki time, on Sept. 3, 2013, Microsoft announced buying of Nokia’s phone business for $7.2 billion. So why did Microsoft hurry to buy Nokia? Was it afraid of Nokia’s flirting with Android? Were there actually tests on Nokia running on Android? There...

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New Andriod Kitkat 4.4

We didn’t see this coming. Sundar Pichai, the new Android head has revealed that the codename of the next major version of Android will be Android KitKat, named after the popular chocolate brand from Nestle, Kit Kat. Sundar tweeted the below image which shows a huge Kit Kat modeled Droid inside Googleplex. Moreover, a new page has been setup which indicates that the new version will not be Android 5.0 as...

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Apple iPhone 5C Launched

Today, Apple’s Phil Schiller has announced the introduction of two new iPhone models, one of which is the much rumored iPhone 5C. As most of you figured, the “C” at the end stands for Color, and the iPhone 5C will come in 5 colors: blue, white, pink, yellow and green. Also, users will have the possibility to buy silicone rubber covers that will have cutouts, for better color contrast. These customization options certainly make the device more...

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