Twitter's expanded tweets now include videos and pictures

Twitter added on Wednesday to the array of online content people could preview in messages without having to click on links included in tweets.

People who access the one-to-many text messaging service online at twitter.com or mobile.twitter.com were provided more opportunities to "expand tweets" with looks at pictures, videos, news article headlines or other content.

"You've probably expanded tweets before to play videos from YouTube or see photos from Instagram," Twitter product team director Michael Sippey said in a blog post.

"Now, a diverse and growing group of new partners like the The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC's Breaking News, and TIME also deliver rich content inside tweets containing a link to those websites."

Expanded links to articles posted in participating publications such as Der Spiegel or the San Francisco Chronicle will show headlines and story introductions, and sometimes the Twitter accounts of the writers or publishers.

Previews will also be available for links to video from Twitter partners such as Lifetime television network and French video-sharing website Dailymotion, according to Sippey.

Twitter said expanded tweets available at the service through Web browsers would be "coming soon" to its applications for iPhones and Android-powered smartphones.

Eliminating the need for Twitter users to navigate away to other websites gives the San Francisco-based firm more opportunities to make revenue with "promoted tweets."

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Nokia to launch 41MP Pureview 808 in India today

Nokia is all set to roll out its much-anticipated 41 MP smartphone Nokia 808 PureView in India today. While the company hasn't confirmed the price, it is expected to be available for Rs. 33,899. The phone comes with a 4.0' display size and a 41 megapixel camera sensor with Nokia Pureview Pro imaging technology and Carl Zeiss optics.

The much-hyped phone also offers HDMI and DLNA outputs, NFC and Wi-Fi technology, preloaded Nokia Maps, turn-by-turn satnav for over 100 countries and 16GB of built-in memory expandable to 32GB or 48GB.

The Finnish handset maker first showcased the Nokia 808 PureView at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year.

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Apple to release cheaper MacBook

US-based tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to launch a 799-dollar MacBook Air by the end of 2012. According to a DigiTimes report, sources have revealed that Apple would release a cheaper MacBook Air to compete with the new ultrabook trend that gained momentum during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Apple currently offers an 11-inch MacBook for 999 dollars, and a 13-inch model for 1,299 dollars.

According to CBS News, reports of iPad minis and iPhone nanos have been making rounds.

Rumors of a cheaper, iPad mini with 7.85-inch display have been circulating for some time.

DigiTimes had reported that ‘makers’ in Apple''s supply chain has started ‘delivering samples of a 7.85-inch iPads for verification.’

Also, a recent report by the China Times claimed that Apple is planning to release low-cost iPhone nano this year.

According to the report, the move aims to make gains on the low-end smartphone market.

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Bharti Airtel launches 4G services in Bengaluru

Bharti Airtel has today launched its 4G services in India's IT hub - Bengaluru. Following the recent inaugural launch of Airtel 4G services in Kolkata, customers in Bengaluru have now become the second in India to have access to 4G LTE technology that is touted to deliver the most advanced wireless broadband experience across the globe.

Airtel has also introduced 'Smartbytes' for 4G, thereby allowing customers to buy these add on packs and continue enjoying the 4G experience even after exhausting their monthly data limits.

Airtel's 4G network in Bengaluru was launched by Mr D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Honourable Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka.

"As seen the world over, the total data usage is exploding and is doubling each year to grow to nearly 3.6 hexabytes by 2014. With the launch of 4G, India will move from being a follower in technology to matching the world in this domain,” said Sanjay Kapoor, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel.

As part of an introductory offer by Airtel, customers subscribing to 4G services will be given a cashback for the CPE/dongle - thus bringing device cost to customers zero and paving way for mass adoption of 4G services. Airtel 4G is now also available in an all new 30GB pack priced at Rs 2999.

After launching its 4G LTE services in Kolkata and Bengaluru, Airtel is currently working towards rolling it out in remaining licence circles.

 

 

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Science lessons now on your mobile phones

Now you get the free messages raleted to science. Science is now at everyone's fingertips!

Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU together have launched a free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas.

The application — Science@Mobile — launched on February 29, 2012.

“I believe society without the appreciation and knowledge of science is incomplete. If we do not understand the power and application behind a phenomenon, we would live in darkness and consider it black magic. So the spread of knowledge on science is very important,” said by Amit Roy, Director of the Inter-University Accelerator Centre..

“The number of mobile phones in the country have touched almost a billion. The penetration of mobiles has been immense, so the service would be of great help to create the right culture for science,” Roy said.

Users can subscribe to the service by messaging “SCIMBL” to 092230516161 or clicking the link provided at Vigyan Prasar website.

“The service currently is available only in English. Efforts to provide SMSs in Hindi is in progress and will be available within a week or little more,” said O P Sharma, Project Coordinator of Science@Mobile service.

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Facebook: Harvard dorm to IPO

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From HARVARD Dorm TheFacebook.com

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Google beat Facebook in US

Google beat Facebook and become the most visited site in US in 2011.
This report comes out in a survey conducted by Nielsen. More than 153 million unique visitors on Google each month.
Nielsen prepared a list of number of visitors:

1.	Google	153,441,000
2.	Facebook	137,644,000
3.	Yahoo	130,121,000
4.	MSN/Bing/WindowsLive	115,890,000
5.	Youtube	106,692,000
6.	Microsoft	83,691,000
7.	AOL Media Network	74,663,000
8.	Wikipedia	62,097,000
9.	Apple	61,608,000
10.	Ask Search Network	60,552,000

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Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf may be the first family sized pure electric car. The name Leaf is totally justified with the car.

Nissan Leaf is a environment friendly car as it run by the electricity, no fossil fuel is required.

Leaf is currently available in North America, Japan and some European countries with a price tag of around Rs. 28 lakhs.

Nissan Leaf may not be comes to India soon. Nissan has to think and solve various issues like charging station, battery power etc.

Nissan Leaf is 4445 mm long, 1770 mm wide and 1550 mm tall.

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Best and Worst Gadgets of 2011

Best and Worst Gadgets

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Chrome 15: World's most popular Browser

Google a dominating name in the search, now also dominate the browser market as well. Chrome 15 is the most used browser according to the statisticians at StatCounter.

The web analytics company found that Chrome 15 took 23.6 percent of the worldwide market in the last week of the November 2011.

The Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 at the second place with 23.5 percent worldwide market.

The lead is not big, but Chrome manages to get a small lead over IE 8.

Internet Explorer is still the leading browser of the world, if we add all the versions of it. The current difference is between the IE 8 and Chrome 15.

It is a new war between Chrome and IE 8.

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Microsoft may buy Nokia in 2012

Nokia may be get the new owner soon in the form Microsoft. The deal may be fix and all things will be done in the first half of the year 2012. Further details are waited and updated soon.

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Aakash available for sale

World cheapest tablet Aakash is available online for sale for Rs 2500. Maker of the world's cheapest tablet Datawind, has put up for sale about 30,000 tablets online. They will deliver the tablet in seven days.

The tablet is available on portal aakashtablet.com. The seven inch tablet is come with Android 2.2.

"We have put up on sale about 30,000 tablets online, which will have a cash on delivery of 7 days. We have achieved pre sales orders of about 4,00,000 tablets from individuals and corporate. But current supplies will only be limited for individual buyers," said by Datawind CEO and founder Suneet Singh Tuli.

Next commercial version of the Aakash called Ubislate 7. It has a faster processor and may be launched end of the January. Aakash have a 366 Mhz processor and Ubislate may be have 700 Mhz processor.

Ubislate 7 will be available at a price of Rs 3000 for sale online.

The main problem of Datawind is the customer service for online retail, even though the sale is only for a limited number of tablets.

The Indian government is also planning to provide a new specification for Aakash. The new version will come with a faster processor and better battery life. The current version of Aakash has a battery life of about 1.5 hours.

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Scientists find sings of missing 'God Particle' 'Higgs boson'

The sings of God Particle or Higgs boson are found, said by scientists. Higgs boson is an elementary particle which is believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang. 

However, Scientists had found no proof of the existence of the particle, said by scientists at the CERN physics center near Geneva. They found particle according to prevailing theories of physics, gives everything in the universe its mass.

If the Higgs boson observations will conformed then it will be a huge discovery.

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Youtube gets a new look

YouTube changes its website look completely. Now it is easier for the users to access and find the videos on YouTube  Now you can also access the TV channels on YouTube. YouTube is one of the best vedio access site on the internet. Now YouTube gets a white background with a grey touch. Google bought YouTube five years ago for $1.76 billion.

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Tata Nano 2012 : Take a Look

World's cheapest car Tata Nano will launch with a new version in the year 2012 by the name "Tata Nano 2012". The new version has new features and some changes in design. Take a look here...

TATA NANO 2012

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Google improve WebP to replace JPEG and PNG

Google continuous trying to develop WebP to replace jpeg and png from web. WebP images are faster in loading and it increase the speed of the webpage. Google build this as an alternative to jpeg and png formats. The first version of WebP images used lossy compression. It means user has to compromise with the quality of image. Now, Google introduce new features in WebP. The WebP is now support the 'lossless' compression. It means user gets the file in a smaller size with the same quality. At present only two browsers are support the WebP format. The two browsers are Opera and Google Chrome. So, it is a long time to become a standard.

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