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Yahoo Renamed ‘Altaba’ As CEO Marissa Mayer Resigns From Board

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It's time to say goodbye to Yahoo!<br />
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While Yahoo's core internet business was being sold to Verizon for $4.8 Billion, the remaining portions of the company left behind is renaming itself to Altaba Inc, which marks the sad ending of one of the most familiar brand names on the internet.</div>
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In a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the company announced that after the planned sale of its core business to telecom giant Verizon, the leftover would change its brand name to Altaba.</div>
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So, the company's branding you are familiar with will integrate with Verizon, and it is possible that the telecom titan may continue to use the Yahoo brand for some of the services that it will acquire in the deal.</div>
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The remaining company under the new name Altaba Inc. is hanging on to its 15% ownership of Alibaba and 35.5% stake in Yahoo Japan, which is a joint venture with Softbank.</div>
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Marissa Mayer to Leave Yahoo Board</h3>
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The newly formed company will operate as an investment company, and only five board members will remain at the company including Tor Braham, Catherine Friedman, Eric Brandt, Jeffrey Smith and Thomas McInerney.</div>
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The rest of the company's board, including Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and co-founder David Filo, will step down from Altaba Inc. Mayer may be appointed for a role in Yahoo's integration at Verizon, though her position has yet to be announced.</div>
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Mayer's intention to resign from the new board is "not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices," says the filing.</div>
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The Yahoo acquisition deal was rumored to be on the rocks after the company disclosed multiple security breaches a few months ago affecting more than 1 Billion users.</div>
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Moreover, over three months ago, Yahoo was also accused of building a secret backdoor in its system to scan the emails of hundreds of millions of its users at the request of a U.S. intelligence service.</div>
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After Verizon had learned about those disclosures about hacking and spying, it was expecting a discount in the Yahoo acquisition deal, which may still be announced before the deal closes.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>"</b></span><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">Yahoo — or, should we say Altaba now? — noted "risks that Verizon may assert, or threaten to assert, rights or claims with respect to the Stock Purchase Agreement as a result of facts relating to the security incidents disclosed on September 22, 2016 and December 14, 2016 and may seek to terminate the Stock Purchase Agreement or renegotiate the terms of the Sale Transaction on that basis," reads its SEC filing</span><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">"</span></b>.</div>
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End of the Famous Pioneer of the Early Internet Era</h3>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The saddest part of the whole saga is the end of one of Silicon Valley's most recognizable leaders.</span><br />
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Founded by Stanford graduates Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994, Yahoo was once the king of the Internet, but it lost out to more innovative rivals including Google and Facebook.</div>
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Yahoo was once a $125 billion behemoth as big in its time as Facebook or Google are today, but Mayer's time at the company has been marred by slowing growth and internal dissent, which leads to the end of one of the pioneers of the early internet era.<br />
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Yahoo Renamed ‘Altaba’ As CEO Marissa Mayer Resigns From Board

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AdBlock Extension has been sold out to mystery buyer

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<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock </span><span style="color: blue;">Extension</span></b> that blocks annoying online advertising has been <b><span style="color: red;">Sold out</span></b>...<br />
Furthermore, all the more stunning, the most well known "<b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock Extension</span></b>", with more than <b><span style="color: blue;">40 million clients</span></b>, discreetly sold their creation to an obscure purchaser...<br />
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'<b><span style="color: blue;">Michael Gundlach</span></b>', the inventor broadly utilized <b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock Extension</span></b> declines to uncover the name, who bought his organization and the amount it was sold for, on the grounds that purchaser wishes to stay unknown.<br />
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Subsequent to watching a popup message (as appeared) on their programs this week, the <b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock</span></b> clients are truly going insane.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Holy Sh*t! NSA Buys </span><span style="color: red;">AdBlock</span><span style="color: blue;">?</span></b><br />
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The '<b><span style="color: blue;">Mysterious purchaser</span></b>' connivance has brought on sympathy toward <b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock</span></b> clients and they have brought up number of issues on online networking locales, for example,<br />
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Additionally, allegedly, <b><span style="color: blue;">Michael Gundlach</span></b> will never again be connected with <b><span style="color: red;">Adblock</span></b> organization or the Buyer's organization.<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock</span></b> to Turn on “<b><span style="color: blue;">Acceptable Ads</span></b>”<br />
Undoubtedly, Ad-blocking has turned into an enormous issue for Online Publications and sites that depend on Ad Revenue...<br />
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...yet, now these utilities have changed their crucial thought for profiting by empowering the "<span style="color: blue;"><b>Worthy Ads</b></span>" highlight, which keeps up a whitelist of advertisements that aren't obstructed of course.<br />
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Up to this point, the organization profits either through gifts or through direct installments for its product permit.<br />
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Be that as it may, <b><span style="color: blue;">Acceptable Ads</span></b> highlight will now let a few ads through on by chose sites or by chose organizations as a matter of course, if those organizations pay for demonstrating their promotions.<br />
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In any case, it is too soon to arrive at any conclusion, yet <b><span style="color: red;">AdBlock</span></b> clients ought to give careful consideration to future redesigns just to be on the more secure side. On the other hand simply jettison Adblock and utilization <b><span style="color: #990000;">uBlock</span></b>.</div>

AdBlock Extension has been sold out to mystery buyer

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Android M Latest Google Android OS

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While majority of smartphone users are waiting for <b><span style="color: orange;">Android 5.0 Lollipop</span></b> update for their devices, Google is soon going to launch the next version of Android at its official <b>Google I/O 2015 developer event</b> May 28 in San Francisco.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Android M</span></b> — The name of the latest version of Android mobile operating system was spotted at the <b><a href="https://events.google.com/io2015/schedule" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Google I/O 2015 schedule</span></a></b> under the "<b><a href="https://events.google.com/io2015/schedule#day1/9c8c9f91-b6d4-e411-b87f-00155d5066d7" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Android for Work Update</span></a></b>" Session, which says…<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">"Android M is bringing the power of Android to all kinds of workplaces."</span></b><br />
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According to the company, this will open up "huge new markets for hundreds of Millions of devices to workers at small businesses, logistics, deskless workers, and warehousing jobs."<br />
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However, Google appears to have since removed any mention of Android M from Google's I/O website, most probably the company wants to keep it as a surprise for Android users.<br />
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Considering the full Android releases with starting letters in alphabetical order, — Android M — strongly believes to be the next version of the Android operating system.<br />
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When the Google launched Android 5.0 at its developer conference last year, it was known by the name "Android L" before the company revealed its final name "<b><span style="color: blue;">Lollipop</span></b>" months later.<br />
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The schedule also includes another session "<b><span style="color: blue;">Voice Access</span></b>" known as "Your app, now available hands-free," which suggests that Google wants its users to control every feature of Android apps by their own Voice Command.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">As the Voice Access session says, "In this talk, we introduce Voice Access, a service that gives anyone access to their Android device through voice alone."</span></b><br />
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The main highlights of the Google I/O schedule are yet Android M, which will eventually get some sweet sugary name too like all the previous versions of Android OS.<br />
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How to Run Android Apps Inside Chrome

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Google has released a new developer tool called <b><span style="color: blue;">App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) Welder</span></b> that allows Android apps to run on Chrome for Linux, Windows, and OS X systems.</div>
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Google Chrome's <b><span style="color: blue;">ARC Welder</span></b> app can now run any of your favorite Android apps like <span style="color: lime;"><b>WhatsApp</b></span>, <b><span style="color: red;">Candy Crush</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Angry Birds</span></b>, all from your Chrome web browser.</div>
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ARC welder tool operates via some special runtime implemented using <b><span style="color: blue;">Native Client (NaCl)</span></b> in-browser binary execution tech.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">ARC:</span></b> The App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) is the piece of software that allows Android apps to run in Chrome. In the same way that ART (and the older Dalvik) currently run Android apps in Android itself. By making a modified version of the Android runtime for Chrome, Google can allow developers to add support for Chrome without rebuilding their apps from the ground up.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">ARChon Custom Runtime: </span></b>ARC is officially only designed for Chrome OS at the moment. To get around this, developer vladikoff created the <b><span style="color: blue;">ARChon Custom Runtime</span></b>, which not only allows Windows, OS X, and Linux to run Android apps, but also removes the limit on how many can be run.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Unpacked Extension:</span></b> Extensions normally come from the Chrome Web Store or prepackaged in a <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">.CRX</span></b> file. For the purposes of Android apps, we're going to use unpacked extensions. These are folders that contain all the files for an extension (or, in this case, <span style="color: orange;"><b>Android APK</b></span>). They function the same as extensions, but are not wrapped up in a single file.</div>
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Chrome OS uses a specialized runtime that allows <b><span style="color: orange;">Android apps</span></b> to run natively inside it. This means that it's not an <b><span style="color: blue;">emulator</span></b> or <b><span style="color: blue;">virtualization stack</span></b>, but a proper runtime. In layman's terms, Chrome OS is using the same type of engine that Android uses to run software directly. So instead of a Genymotion-like situation where you have a whole Android phone running on your computer, here you can launch <b><span style="color: orange;">Android apps</span></b> from the <b><span style="color: red;">Chrome launcher</span></b>.</div>
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To begin, we'll need to download the <b><span style="color: blue;">ARChon Custom Runtime</span></b>. This is necessary to run Android apps in Windows, OS X, and Linux. While you can technically run Android apps in Chrome OS, you're currently limited to one of four apps. The methods in the rest of this article will run alternative apps by spoofing the signed key on those apps, but if you want to run any app you'd like, download ARChon. Here's how:</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">1.</span></b> Download the ARChon runtime <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://bitbucket.org/vladikoff/archon/get/v1.0.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></span></b>.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">3.</span></b> Open your <b><span style="color: blue;">extensions page</span></b> in Chrome by going to <b><span style="color: red;">Menu</span></b> => <b><span style="color: red;">More Tools</span></b> => <b><span style="color: red;">Extensions</span></b></div>
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The <b><span style="color: blue;">ARChon runtime</span></b> will now be running as an extension in Chrome. You may see a couple warnings like the following on the extensions page. However, these are normal and shouldn't affect your ability to run Android apps.<br />
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Next, you'll need some <b><span style="color: orange;">Android apps</span></b> to run. This is a little complicated, since Android APKs are not properly packaged for Chrome. However, with a little elbow grease (or some help from your friendly neighborhood internet), you can get some of them to launch. Whether they function properly is an entirely different matter.</div>
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The quickest, most dead-simple way to get some working Android apps is to find some online. Forums like this <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subreddit</a></span></b> are already working on getting some functional. However, this is a far cry from the 1.3 million apps on the <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Play Store</span></b>. While most of those will probably remain out of your reach due to incompatibility issues, we'll also look at how to (try to) create your own.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Disclaimer:</span></b> Distribution of modified apps is, generally speaking, some degree of <b><span style="color: red;">copyright violation</span></b>. In practice, there's little distinction between downloading a pre-modified app, and downloading the regular version and modifying it yourself. For this reason, it's unlikely any developer of a free app will be too concerned if you download a <b><span style="color: blue;">pre-modified</span></b> app to play around with. However, downloading a modified paid app is piracy. Please support developers and don't download modified versions of paid apps without paying for them. And, while it should go without saying, don't write a bad review or criticize the developer if an app is broken in Chrome. You're on your own here.</div>
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Some helpful internet users have created a <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iIbxaftAu_ho5rv9fUlXSLTzwU6MbKOldsWXyrYiyo8/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">growing list of apps</a></span></b> that work in Chrome. You can find download links in that document, or find more in <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">communities</a></span></b> currently working on Chrome APKs. Once you have a <b><span style="color: blue;">.zip</span></b> file containing one of these modified <b><span style="color: blue;">APKs,</span></b> here's how to install it:</div>
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Samsung and data storage company Seagate have teamed up to provide a mobile storage solution to those who never seem to have enough space on their smartphones.<br />
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The Samsung Wireless media device, compatible with Android smartphones and tablets, is a <b><span style="color: red;">1.5 TB</span></b> hard drive capable of creating its own Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five simultaneous devices, according to a report from Android Police.<br />
The hard drive also doubles as a battery pack so that you can connect your device via USB port for when you are running low on battery.<br />
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Specifically, the wireless device can hold up to <b><span style="color: blue;">375,00 MP3</span></b>, <span style="color: blue;"><b>750 movies</b></span>, <b><span style="color: blue;">425,000 pictures</span></b>, or a combination of all three multimedia files. Before i have share <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-new-slimmest-phone-in-world.html" target="_blank">The Slimmest Phone In The World</a></span>, i hope you will like my this tutorial.<br />
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Before this i have share <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2014/02/first-ubuntu-phone-will-hit-later-this.html" target="_blank">First Ubuntu Phone</a></span> that people like it very much, i hope you will also like this phone and also will like my this tutorial.<br />
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11:55:00 PM

First Ubuntu Phone Will Hit Later This Year

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Canonical may have failed to meet the crowd-funding goals for the ambitious Ubuntu Edge but that hasn’t prevented them from coming into the smartphone market with other partners.<br />

The company has announced that the first phones running on its Ubuntu Touch OS will hit the market later this year.<br />
The first manufacturers who will get this honour will be Meizu and BQ
 Readers. Those are both small, aspiring manufacturers but the company 
promises that more establish names will take notice in 2015.<br />

The reason, as cited by the founder Mark Shuttleworth in choosing 
these amateur players of the industry is because of their stronghold in 
rising territories.<br />

The initial phones are said to come with latest hardware, while the 
OS itself will get support from the makers of top 50 apps on other 
platforms.<br />
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“The mobile industry has long been looking for a viable alternative to those that reign today.<br />

Ubuntu puts the control back into the hands of our partners and 
presents an exciting platform for consumers, delivering an experience 
which departs from the tired app icon grid of Android and iOS and 
provides a fluid, content-rich experience for all.” Mark Shuttleworth</blockquote>
The goal, while ambitious, still seems like a moonshot since the 
market is full of strong leaders desperate for market share and young 
groups battling out it out in lower grounds. Still, you should never 
rule anyone out as we sure have seen stranger things happen.<br />

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<span style="font-weight: bold;">About Ubuntu EDGE Phone</span></h4>
EDGE comes with great specs, necessary of course to boot Ubuntu desktop.<br />

It will have a 4.5 inch 720p HD display which they think is just fine
 and not an overkill like Full HD. The display trades glass for pure 
sapphire crystal, a surface which could be scratched only by diamonds. 
The phone is made by “cool, textured amorphous metal” metal.<br />

Below that display, you’ll get an unspecified processor with the 
“fastest available multi-core processor”, 4 GB RAM and a mammoth, 128 
GBs of storage. At the back you get an 8 megapixel camera. For 
connectivity, the phone will have Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wifi and 4G 
LTE. The battery uses the advanced Silicon-anode technology.<br />

Here are the full specs of the Ubuntu Edge:<br />

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<li>Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android</li>
<li>Fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked</li>
<li>Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage</li>
<li>4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD sapphire crystal display</li>
<li>8mp low-light rear camera, 2mp front camera</li>
<li>Dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, NFC</li>
<li>GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer</li>
<li>Stereo speakers with HD audio, dual-mic recording, Active Noise Cancellation</li>
<li>MHL connector, 3.5mm jack</li>
<li>Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery</li>
<li>Size: 64 x 9 x 124mm</li>
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7:52:00 AM

Pakistani IT Firm to Develop Software For Zimbabwe Railways

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DevBatch, a Pakistani enterprise mobility company, has been chosen by
 the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to provide integrated solutions
 for mobile and web software solution, said a statement.<br />

After a rigorous selection process which included various 
international players, DevBatch was awarded these projects by NRZ, it 
was announced.<br />

The first project is to develop a website for NRZ’s passengers to 
reserve and buy train tickets online. This website will aim to provide 
NRZ’s passengers a simple, convenient and swift way of buying railway 
tickets.<br />
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The Pakistan based IT company will also work to develop back-office 
software for 8 to 10 levels of NRZ hierarchy. The software will assist 
NRZ to manage operations and finances related to ticketing. To make life
 easier for NRZ’s customers DevBatch will develop mobile apps for ticket
 collectors to issue and print tickets on the train carriages on and off
 station.<br />

Commenting on winning these projects, DevBatch’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Waqas Pitafi said, <i>“We
 are very excited to have won these projects amid touch competition from
 international competitors. DevBatch is representing Pakistan at the 
world stage and we are proud to have boosted Pakistan’s image in the 
global Information Technology (IT) industry.” </i><br />

Hardware required for the development of these solutions will be provided by a local vendor located in Harare, Zimbabwe.<br />

DevBatch has successfully served many global clients from USA, 
Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain and have provided 
end-to-end mobile solutions to our clients in Healthcare, Banking, 
Telecom and IT Sector.</div>

Pakistani IT Firm to Develop Software For Zimbabwe Railways

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The New Slimmest Phone in the World

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The battle for everything slim is out there everywhere, whether in 
the case of technology or otherwise. When it comes to phones, there have
 been pretty sick battles that have happened.<br />

Even Apple, which is has an obsession for everything sleek, once made
 the slimmest phone in the worldwide, wrongfully. This time though, the 
claim isn’t false.<br />

Gionee, a young and aspiring handset maker from — as you expected —  
China. Apparently, the Chinese have been taking multiple strides in all 
kinds of technology lately and the Elife S5.5 (named after its 
most-popular spec) is a prime example of it.<br />
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The phone is a mind-blowing 0.25mm thinner than its previous competitor, standing at just 5.5mm.<br />

Other than that, it comes with a 5″ display (resolution not known) 
and Android-based Amigo OS. Under the hood, you get a 1.7Ghz octa-core 
processor with 2 GB worth RAM.<br />

A duo of 13 and 5 megapixel cameras can be found at the front and back respectively. A 2,300 mAh battery powers the phone.<br />

Not much is known as for specs now except that the phone is available
 for $370 on pre-order and will be available worldwide. Here’s the 
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6:29:00 PM

Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $16 Billion

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Acquiring Instagram less than a year ago for $1 billion has 
apparently not fulfilled Facebook’s hunger for highly-prized social 
networks, as the company announces that it will be buying the 
widely-acclaimed instant-messaging app Whatsapp for a mind-blowing $16 
billion. (That’s $9 billion more for what Microsoft paid for Nokia, just
 in case you were wondering for a company that has only 50 employees).<br />

Whatsapp will continue to operate independently after the deal is closed, and won’t be merged with Facebook’s companion apps.<br />

Facebook will be co-operating with Whatsapp to make it grow further in the future.<br />
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Given Facebook’s lust for ads, it is quite relieving to hear that the
 app won’t be interrupted with any of them whatsoever, as confirmed by 
Whatsapp CEO Jan Koum. We are not so sure whether that will the case, 
for say, five years later.<br />

Whatsapp is already a giant in its own right, with 450 million users 
monthly active users, of which 70% are daily active users too. And with 1
 million people signing up everyday, it is growing blazingly fast. The 
news also comes less than a week after <a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2014/02/viber-sold-out-for-900-million-to-japan.html" target="_blank">Viber got acquired for less than a billion dollars</a>.<br />

Instead, money will be made based on how many people use the app. It currently charges an annual subscription fee $1 per user.<br />

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“WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The 
services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable. I’ve 
known Jan for a long time and I’m excited to partner with him and his 
team to make the world more open and connected.” Facebook CEO Mark 
Zuckerberg</blockquote>
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“WhatsApp’s extremely high user engagement and rapid 
growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging 
capabilities we provide. We’re excited and honored to partner with Mark 
and Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around 
the world.” Jan Koum, Whatsapp CEO.</blockquote>
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6:22:00 PM

Cyber Crime Bill to be Submitted Before Cabinet This Week

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“We are going to table a comprehensive Cyber crime bill before the 
cabinet. Which has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders 
over the last 3 years. International best practices have been taken in 
to consideration while drafting it”, said Ms. Anusha Rahman, State 
Minister for IT & Telecom.<br />

The State Minister was chairing a meeting last Friday to review the final Draft of Prevention of E-Crimes Bill 2014 .<br />

Mr. Akhlaq A. Tarrar, Secretary IT,Amir Malik  Member (IT), Mr. Yasir
 Qadir, Member (Telecom) and representatives from Ministry of law, PTA, 
FIA and representative of ISPAK, PASHA and Barrister Zahid Jamil were 
also present in the meeting.<br />
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The objective of the meeting was to discuss the final draft of The 
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill before its submission to the 
cabinet expected early this week.<br />

This cyber crime bill was long pending as country was running without
 any legislation available for the crimes committed over internet.<br />

NR3C – a law enforcement agency that works under FIA and look after 
cyber crimes in the country — will be empowered to deal with all cyber 
crimes once the much-awaited Electronic Crime Bill is passed.<br />

Currently NR3C relies on Pakistan Penal Code and various other 
regulations that don’t give the agency enough ability to peruse cyber 
crimes.<br />

It must be noted that after Cyber Crime bill is passed, masses are 
likely to remain unsafe. As only law is not not we require in Pakistan, 
instead awareness amongst the masses and more vigilance from NR3C and 
its collaboration with internet companies is mandatory to minimize the 
chances of Cyber Crimes in the country.</div>

Cyber Crime Bill to be Submitted Before Cabinet This Week

“We are going to table a comprehensive Cyber crime bill before the cabinet. Which has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholder...

8:53:00 PM

Viber Sold Out for $900 Million to Japan Based Rakuten

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Rakuten, a Japan based online retailer, has said that it has bought 
Viber – a phone messaging and call service – for USD 900 million.<br />

Rakuten has plans to integrate Viber with its digital products while a game platform on Viber is also on the cards.<br />

Rakuten is controlled by Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, who 
believes that e-commerce will become a more communication-based 
transaction in future.<br />
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The acquisition is being financed through bank borrowing and is expected to close in March, Rakuten said.<br />

Rakuten is a business to consumer shopping portal that connects 
Japanese manufacturers to consumers in Japan and abroad. They deal in 
toys, electronics and clothing. Rakuten had a market-share of 27.7 
percent for Japan’s Internet retailing market as of December 2013.<br />

With Viber on board, Rakuten plans to capitalize from free messaging,
 paid stickers and gaming potential to expand its current base of about 
225 million members, said Rakuten.<br />

“There was a sense that we can accelerate the growth of our company 
by tapping into Rakuten’s user base in various countries,” Viber Chief 
Executive Officer Talmon Marco said. “We would be able to continue to 
build Viber, continue to maintain the mentality and speed of a startup 
while having support.”</div>

Viber Sold Out for $900 Million to Japan Based Rakuten

Rakuten, a Japan based online retailer, has said that it has bought Viber – a phone messaging and call service – for USD 900 million. ...

9:26:00 PM

Sony Announces the Replacement to the NEX-6, the A6000

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Sony’s original NEX-6 DSLR is probably one of our favourite cameras 
of all time. Getting a sophisticated package in an outfit which is only 
just bigger than one of the heftier point-and-shoots still feels like a 
dream today.<br />

While we still live in that dream, Sony has done us a favour by announcing its successor, the A6000.<br />

The new mirrorless Sony A6000 camera comes with a 24.3 megapixel 
APS-C sensor and a BIONZ X processor, a combination which results in the
 world’s fastest autofocus with a lag of just 0.06 seconds. Continuous 
shooting speeds also reach 11 fps, with tracking AF. Sony A6000 also has
 as many as 179 focal points. ISO levels can reach up to ISO 25,600.<br />
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Towards the back of Sony A6000 there lies an OLED viewfinder and a 3″
 movable touchscreen. A pop-up flash reveals itself from the top. The 
A6000 is also capable of shooting Full HD videos at up to 60p. So no 4K 
but most people won’t mind that.<br />

The new image processor assists during low-light photography.<br />

The camera supports file transfers via Wi-Fi, DLNA, NFC and HDMI. The
 design is quite similar to the NEX-6 but the button layout is a bit 
different. There is a bit more premium feel to it than before and the 
camera itself is slightly larger.<br />

As for the price, the A6000 is substantially cheaper than the NEX-6, 
starting at $650 for just the body, and $800 with Sony’s 16-50mm lens. 
Compared to that, the camera it replaces cost $1000 initially so the 
deal doesn’t sound too bad to us.</div>

Sony Announces the Replacement to the NEX-6, the A6000

Sony’s original NEX-6 DSLR is probably one of our favourite cameras of all time. Getting a sophisticated package in an outfit which is o...

9:11:00 PM

MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805

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MediaTek has announced a new top-end octa-core processor which will 
rival the current top-end offerings from Qualcomm and others, the 
MT6595.<br />

The processor consists of four 2.2-2.5Ghz Cortex A17 and four 1.7Ghz 
Cortex A7 chips and thanks to ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture and 
Heterogenous Multi-Processing, the intensity of task decides how many 
cores kick into action. This is much efficient and saves battery life.<br />

The MT6595 is also the first processor with LTE system-on-chip and supports 4K video playback and capture.<br />
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It comes with a new Rogue PowerVR Series 6 GPU unit to handle all the
 intense graphics of modern day gaming and entertainment stuff.<br />

MediaTek was also the first company to unveil the world’s first true 
octa-core processor not long ago but the replacement of four Cortex A7 
cores by A17 has brought in an additional 60% increase in performance.<br />

The processor also comes with support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and 20mp camera modules.<br />

You’ll find it in phones lying the $99-$199 on-contract range or $200
 to $300 without subsidies, so it won’t really have to spend a fortune 
to buy this thing.<br />

You can expect MT6595 to hit the markets by the end of this year.</div>

MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805

MediaTek has announced a new top-end octa-core processor which will rival the current top-end offerings from Qualcomm and others, the M...

7:18:00 PM

E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon

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The Minister of State for IT, Ms. Anusha Rahman chaired a meeting to 
review the progress of PSDP IT Project regarding the deployment of 
e-office system for at least 28 federal ministries. The meeting was 
attended by Additional Secretary (IT), Azmat Ali Ranjha, DG (PCB) and 
senior officials of MoIT and PCB. <br />

DG (PCB) apprised the Minister regarding the progress of e-office 
project at length. In this regard, multiple teams have been constituted 
in accordance with the nature of tasks and relevant to the human 
resource expertise.
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The DG (PCB) told the minister that acquisition of Data Centre 
Facility for e-Office Hosting, signing of contract for e-office and 
middle software with the vendors, gathering and analysis of ministries 
for configuration of basic parameters for the said system has already 
completed.
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The Federal Ministries/Divisions have nominated their Focal 
Persons to liaison with PCB team for the implementation of the system 
simultaneously in their respective Ministries/Divisions. Moreover, above
 75% network connectivity of Federal Ministries/Divisions through 
Optical Fiber Ring has been tested successfully.
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The master trainers are imparting the capacity building training 
to the trainers who will further train the employees of the Federal 
Government on e-office system to cater optimum results. The e-office 
system is already functional in Prime Minister Office, National Assembly
 Secretariat and Ministry of Information Technology.
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The Minister directed to establish an IT Service Management Cell 
to register and address the issues of the end users of the system. She 
further expressed that the said system will be a key tool to ensure 
efficiency, accuracy, effectiveness, good governance, transparency, and 
accountability in decision making.
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The Minister further added that the indigenous technological 
industry has been utilized for the development and implementation of 
e-office system to encourage the local industry and to maximize the 
usage of local IT HR as per the vision of the present government.</div>

E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon

The Minister of State for IT, Ms. Anusha Rahman chaired a meeting to review the progress of PSDP IT Project regard...

8:52:00 PM

Panasonic's DMC-GH4 is First Interchangeable Lens

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Panasonic has announced the world’s first interchangeable lens 
mirrorless camera that can record 4K videos. The DMC-GH4 comes with a 
16.05 megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor with a new Venus Engine Image 
processor that promise great stills.<br />
But it’s the video department which is the star of the show. The 
DMC-GH4 can shoot in Cinema 4K resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels at 24 
fps or QFHD resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels at 30 fps and 100Mbps 
bitrate.<br />
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The camera also capture 40 RAW images in burst mode at 12 fps (or 100
 at JPEG) at up to 25,600 ISO. 1080p videos and slow motion videos are 
also a possibility at up to 200 Mbps bitrate, white its water and 
dust-proof design, as well as a gripping design promise extra bit of 
reliability.<br />
The DMC-GH4 further houses a pop-up flash, a 2360K dot OLED EVF and a
 3 inch OLED display. Autofocus speeds are also faster than its 
predecessors at 0.07 seconds while the shutter longevity is will make it
 live for at least 200,000 shots.<br />
Wi-Fi, NFC and HDMI transfers are supported. Battery life is quoted 
at 500 shots. For shooting some professional stuff, you’ll need at least
 a UH3 Class 3 SD card because anything lesser is a no-go.<br />
Pricing and availability details are unavailable right now but the 
DMC-GH4 can play an important role in elevating 4K to the masses.</div>

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8:42:00 PM

Apple Co-Founder Says that Apple Should go Android

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Apple’s second founder and a man known for his outspoken love of 
everything tech, Steve Wozniak thinks that Apple should also go Android.<br />

He said that people are known for showering their love for Apple and they’ll flock to buy Apple’s phone in large numbers too.<br />
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There’s nothing that would keep Apple out of the Android market as a 
secondary phone market,” he said. “We could compete very well. People 
like the precious looks of stylings and manufacturing that we do in our 
product compared to the other Android offerings. We could play in two 
arenas at the same time.”<br />

Of course, that simply sounds impossible especially it is iOS itself 
that makes Apple so distinctive. Wouldn’t it be a tough thing to see an 
Apple product crash more often?<br />

Wozniak also doesn’t think that Apple has lost its “cool” factor just
 yet as the company prepares itself to introduce “new product 
categories” in the near future.<br />

He remained a critic of Samsung however. “If you have something 
really good, don’t change it; don’t screw it up,” the lost co-founder 
said. “You pick up a Samsung phone and say smile and it takes a picture,
 but how much innovation is that? That’s just throwing in a lot of 
features. People don’t really choose their smartphones based on 
features”.</div>

Apple Co-Founder Says that Apple Should go Android

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9:06:00 PM

Microsoft Pushes its Business Communication Tools in Pakistan

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Microsoft Pakistan held an exclusive event for Pakistani corporate 
customers in the presence of Worldwide CTO for Lync, Aamer Kaleem at the
 Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi.<br />

Aamer Kaleem travelled all the way from Seattle to engage with 
Pakistani customers – a growing market which Microsoft is keenly 
interested in.<br />

The discussion provided a detailed insight on “Microsoft Lync”, a 
software which provides organizations integrated communication solutions
 designed to cut costs and improve productivity.<br />
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At this occasion Microsoft Country Manager Pakistan, Amir Rao, shared
 worldwide enterprise communication trends and discussed how customers 
in Pakistan could benefit from Microsoft Lync.<br />

“The way we connect and interact with people, information and 
organizations is evolving, and those changes have tremendous impact in 
the workplace,” said Amir Rao, “With Lync, Pakistanis can now reduce 
communication costs and increase productivity levels within their 
organizations for a better customer satisfaction experience.” He added.<br />

Aamer Kaleem, Worldwide CTO for Lync also commented: “Lync provides a
 consistent, single client experience for presence, instant messaging, 
voice, video and meetings with a single click or touch. It enables users
 to communicate with the right people at the right time wherever they 
are. This is where Lync supports the needs of today’s businesses. It is 
transforming the way people communicate as part of their everyday 
productivity experience”<br />

Lync communication tools help foster a unified company culture and 
are quickly adopted for their user-friendly outlooks. At this Enterprise
 Communication event, customers were given a test run of Lync features 
as well including video, audio and text connectivity options that can 
easily engage teams spread across geographical locations.</div>

Microsoft Pushes its Business Communication Tools in Pakistan

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9:03:00 PM

IBM developing Self-Destructing Microchips for US Defense

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Science
 Fiction Movies always show the possible direction of the development of
 technology and gives us the opportunity to think about it. The U.S. 
Government is also trying to develop such technology that was introduced
 in movies like <i>Star Trek</i> and <i>TERMINATOR</i> i.e. Self destructing Network of computers, Sensors and other devices. <br />
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The agency of the United States Department of Defense which is responsible for funding the development of many technologies, <i>Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)</i> has <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=41304fc8f8cfcf93b758886c5705ab6b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">handed </a>over a contract to IBM for creating a microchip that will self-destruct remotely.<br />
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The project announced a year back, known as <b>Vanishing Programmable Resources (<a href="http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/MTO/Programs/Vanishing_Programmable_Resources_%28VAPR%29.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VAPR</a>)</b>,
 which is dedicated to developing a CMOS microchip that self-destructs 
when it receives a certain frequency of radio  signal from military 
command, in order to fully destroy it and  preventing it from being used
 by the enemy. 
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The U.S. Military uses all kinds of embedded systems and there are 
obviously concerns about American technology falling into the wrong 
hands. If Iran shoots a drone out of the sky, there could be all sorts 
of sensitive data and bleeding-edge technology that could then be 
collected, analyzed, and reverse-engineered.</div>
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"<i>It is nearly impossible to track and recover every device, resulting
 in an unintended accumulation in the environment and potential 
unauthorized use and compromise of all intellectual property and 
technological advantage,</i>” DARPA states.<br />
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This target will be achieved by using a fuse or a reactive metal layer  
initiate shattering when ‘glass substrate’ receives an external Radio  
Frequency (RF) signal. Once broken, the material would render the 
device's silicon chip into dust.</div>
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“<i>IBM plans is to utilize the property of strained glass substrates to
 shatter as the driving force to reduce attached CMOS chips into Si and 
SiO2 powder. A trigger, such as a fuse or a reactive metal layer will be
 used to initiate shattering, in at least one location, on the glass 
substrate. An external RF signal will be required for this process to be
 initiated. IBM will explore various schemes to enhance glass shattering
 and techniques to transfer this into the attached Si CMOS devices.</i>”</div>
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IBM has awarded £3.4 million to design a CMOS microchip that can be 
turned into silicon dust remotely. I Hope the new destruction technology
 would stay within the military infrastructure, and not extend their 
reach to devices like Smartphones and Personal Computers.</div>
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IBM developing Self-Destructing Microchips for US Defense

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Google Starts Showing Pakistani Currency for Apps on Play Store

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Google has included Pakistan in the list of supported countries for showing local currency for Google Play products.<br />

After this, Google’s Play Store is now showing prices for apps  for 
users in Pakistan in Pakistani rupees, which will mean that Pakistani 
users can now make regular app purchases and in-app purchases in local 
currency.<br />
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Move will not only benefit users but will also let the local developers to set the prices for their apps in local currency.<br />

Google – according to its <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/table/3541286" target="_blank">support page</a>
 – will deduct app prices in local currency for any purchases made in 
Pakistan regardless of developers’ default Price and Currency.<br />

With local pricing, users will be able to save currency conversation 
charges. Minimum price for any app on Play Store is set at Rs. 105 and 
can go up to Rs. 21,000.<br />

Android Users in Pakistan have confirmed RexHacker that they are 
already seeing prices for apps on Play Store in Pakistan rupees.</div>

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Voice Emails in the Open Air that Only Recipient Can Listen Are Possible Now!

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An audio-enabled email platform has been developed by researchers at 
the Technical University of Berlin that will allow users to transport 
messages using specific sounds and without any device.<br />

Messages will come whizzing and flying directly above the users head 
like birds and users can choose which message to listen to and which to 
discard. These sounds (read emails) will be heard by specific 
individuals only that is only by the recipients.<br />

Fully functional test was performed by creating a ring of 56 speakers
 in a hall, 16 gesture-recognition cameras and most importantly the 
hyper-intelligent audio-processing algorithms with which special sounds 
were created by targeting specific individuals.<br />

This technology, along with transmitting voice emails, tweets, social
 updates can be used for countless and unusual purposes, such as 
restaurants will be able to music that only certain tables can hear<em>.</em><br />
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According to Jorg Muller who is a professor and specialized in human-computer interaction,<br />
         “The BoomRoom uses wave field synthesis (WFS) – a technique developed at
 the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands that builds 3-D 
sound fields by using algorithms to either cancel or reinforce sound 
waves with constructive or destructive interference”.<br />
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This technology is a milestone towards developing smart rooms for 
visually impaired persons. Objects would be programmed to denounce their
 location as the blind walks into the smart room.<br />
“One day, it might even help create smart homes that can speak to their visually impaired owners,” said Muller.</div>

Voice Emails in the Open Air that Only Recipient Can Listen Are Possible Now!

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