Microsoft working on next-gen 'no-touch' screens

LONDON: Tech giant Microsoft is working on next generation technology that will enable 'no-touch' phones, tablets and televisions that can be operated from afar, without the need to swipe them. 

The technology will allow users to control a screen with their fingers even from the other side of the room and put their hands through a screen to 'touch' objects. 

Microsoft said it is has begun to create machines that move far beyond touchscreens. 
The company is building an electronic bracelet that can detect movements in a person's fingers, allowing them to imitate the actions of poking and flicking the screen to operate a device. 

The bracelet would allow people to operate a television despite having their back turned or control a mobile phone with their hands in their pockets, The Times reported. 

Microsoft has also unveiled new 'interactive displays'. Among them is a 'floating display', which gives the illusion of a globe spinning or a dragon flying, just inches above a flat monitor. Cameras and motion sensors then allow people to interact with these floating objects. 

Another prototype allows someone sitting in front of a large screen to see a series of cubes. They can then slip their hands behind the device in order to 'touch' these objects. 

This device operates by surrounding a screen with cameras that can detect the user and their movements, matching them to on-screen items. 

Tim Large, a researcher from Microsoft Applied Sciences Group, said that final versions of these displays will be ready in two to five years.

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i found some solutions for this...

1. if you want maximum speed for surfing then you can stop the torrent for a while by right clicking on the torrent and select stop.. after your surfing is done you can   start it again...

2. if you want to keep  downloading continue and get enough surfing speed then select  bandwidth allocation low by right clicking on the torrent.. this will give less priority to torrent and it will give you enough speed.

3. another way is to just set the maximum downloading speed again on right clicking on the torrent !!! this will bind the speed of downloading and the rest of the speed you will get in surfing.. 

Google buys an Android gaming platform, possibly with a set-top box in mind

Green Throttle Games was late to the Android gaming platform party, and paid the price for it -- the company effectively wound down at the end of 2013. However, its efforts may not have been in vain. Google has confirmed toPandoDaily that it has acquired key parts of Green Throttle's business, including its parts, labor and two co-founders. The crew in Mountain View hasn't said what it will do with its new resources, but PandoDaily sources claim that Google wants to refine the Bluetooth controller for its long-fabled (and possibly gaming-focused)TV set-top box. Whether or not that's true, the move suggests that Google's interest in games is extending beyond software.

SAMSUNG UNVEILS GALAXY S5 !!!

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Samsung on Tuesday announced the Galaxy S5, its new flagship Android smartphone. Among many other new features, the Galaxy S5 comes with a faster camera, a fingerprint scanner similar to the one found in iPhone 5 and a water and dust resistant body.

   The Galaxy S5, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will be available in around 150 countries on April 11. The device sports a slightly larger 5.1-inch Super AMOLED (1080 X 1920p) display which looks similar to that of the Galaxy S4.

        Powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM, the Galaxy S5 will come in 16GB and 32GB internal storage variants which will be expandable up to 64GB through microSD card.
         
         Galaxy S5 offers more tools to help people stay fit and well. It provides a comprehensive personal fitness tracker to help users monitor and manage their behavior, along with additional tools including a pedometer, diet and exercise records, and a new, built-in heart rate monitor. Galaxy S5 users can further customize their experience with an enriched third party app ecosystem and the ability to pair with next generation Gear products for real-time fitness coaching," said a Samsung spokesperson.

          Another highlight of the phone is a new fingerprint sensor integrated with the phone's home button. The finger scanner will offer a biometric screen locking feature and mobile payment experience to consumers.
          
           The smartphone sports a 16MP rear camera and a 2.1MP front-facing camera. The rear camera is capable of capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second. Samsung claims that the Galaxy S5 offers the world's fastest autofocus speed up to 0.3 seconds.
        
         The phone is IP67 certified dust and water-resistant. The back panel of the phone sports a dimpled soft-touch cover similar to the Nexus 7(2012) tablet.
  
       In terms of connectivity options, the Galaxy S5 offers Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, NFC and InfraRed. The phone supports a large number of 4G LTE frequency bands with LTE Category 4 standard. It comes with accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, RGB ambient light, Gesture(IR), and heart rate sensors. The phone is backed by a 2800mAh battery with a claimed standby time of 390 hours and talk time of 21 hours.

        The Galaxy S5 will be available in four different colors: charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue and copper gold.

GOOGLE TO TURN SMARTPHONES INTO 3D MAPPING DEVICES

          SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced a new research project aimed at bringing 3D technology to smartphones, for potential applications such as indoor mapping, gaming and helping blind people navigate. its Project Tangowould provide prototypes of its new smartphone to outside developers to encourage the writing of new applications.  

     "What if you could capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping?" Google said on its Project Tango web page.

          "What if directions to a new location didn't stop at the street address? What if you never again found yourself lost in a new building? What if the visually impaired could navigate unassisted in unfamiliar indoor places? What if you could search for a product and see where the exact shelf is located in a super-store?" 

        The technology could also be used for "playing hide-and-seek in your house with your favourite game character, or transforming the hallways into a tree-lined path." 

Smartphones are equipped with sensors which make over 1.4 million measurements per second, updating the positon and rotation of the phone. 

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MONITOR YOUR DATA USAGE WITH NETLIVE..

To help you take control of your data usage, XDA Forum Member rcllcr developed NetLive, an app that displays your Internet transfer rate in your notification area, as well as on your home screen as a widget. Allowing you to measure either your WiFi or mobile broadband usage, you can also choose to have the total usage displayed in addition to your uploads and downloads. Additionally, NetLive can track and show the name of the app that’s currently using the most data, so you’ll know exactly which app has been stealing your bandwidth.

NetLive is an app that many folks can find helpful in getting data usage under control. It’s compatible with Android version 2.3 and above.

Facebook gives new gender options for users

    


The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.

 giving people more choices in how they describe themselves, such as androgynous, bi-gender,intersex, gender fluid or transsexual.

 Google+ offers male, female and "other" as choices, but transgender advocates said Facebook's many specific options puts the platform well ahead of any other online community. About 1 percent of Google+ users identify as other.
  At this point, Facebook targets advertising according to male or female genders. For those who change to something neutral, ads will be targeted based on the pronoun they select for themselves