Seven Facts about Google Self-Driving Car

Seven Facts about Google Self-Driving Car :

Google Self-Driving Car

First of all we should know “What is Google’s self-driving ?”.

The Google Self-Driving Car is a project by Google which aims to establish technology for autonomous cars.After starting number of projects, Now Google come up with a new project based on autonomous cars.

This project,if survive it will effect the automobile industry very heavily,some researchers say it will cut down the manufacturing about 40% and this is very large percentage.Concept of Self driven cars are seen potentially safer than human drivers, as they will not drink and drive and will not take a nap during driving.

Lets see what are the Seven Facts about Google Self-Driving Car here in this post.

1. It’s an Electric Vehicle:

Google’s Self-Driving Car falls under the category of battery operated vehicles.Obviously these are more towards green side that is eco-friendly vehicles.On full charge it can run for 100 miles.It runs very smooth and less noisy then any other battery operated vehicle,thanks to Google engineers for innovative effort.We can also say that they are far better than typical cars using fuels for public transport.

 2. It is intelligent and smart:

• Google’s Self-Driving Car new project is more intelligent and smart.It is equipped with more sensors,radars and camers.Picture of car shows, there is a instrument on top of the car, it is laser sensor which can scan object around the car by rotating 360 degree.This laser sensor have higher range and resolution.
• At the front there is nose like radar which measure the speed of car.An orientation sensor is also at the front (position is unknown) which functions is to track the car motion and balance.one more sensor on wheel hub calculate the rotations of wheel.All these sensors are send their data to processor which further give a way or behavior to car.
• Google’s Self-Driving Car is smarter enough to change the path to destination if there will be more traffic on road with the help of maps.These maps are installed in car for particular area.The car will not able to drive itself on non-mapped areas.

3. Aims for safety:

Humans are terrible drivers.We humans just don’t drive our vehicles carefully.Using mobile phones and gadgets while driving ,just don’t care about the traffic rules.Google’s Self-Driving Car project main aim is to provide safety for peoples.Google engineers have designed it with flexible windscreen and foam front bumper.If it will hit something front bumper has tendency to absorb the impact of collision.It will not equipped with air-bags.

Don’t worry about the safety of passengers,as it will not run very fast,Slow is safe(less impact force and more time to react). Google’s Self-Driving Car are limited to a maximum speed of 40 kph (25 mph).It means it will run on local roads or low speed limit roads.

4. Design like human face:

Most interesting thing about Google Self-Driving Car is, it seems like a human face smiling at you when you see the car from the front side.Humans who are the part of testing of Google Self-Driving Car express their experience of watching it,they said car is very cute like a toy.Human like face design made by Google designers in order to create pleasant and friendly behavior  towards the traffic.Also,Car is very compact in size.

5. It is Two-seater and don’t have steering & pedals:

• Google Self-Driving Car is packed with only two seats(with seat-belts),Generally sports car are Two-seater cars.But don’t worry about space in it,Google Self-Driving Car have enough space for your dog,few shopping bags.And also it is very comfortable to sit in.While traveling in it ,you can drink some stuff as it also contains cup-holders.
• Google Self-Driving Car doesn’t equipped with accelerator pedal, brake pedal and not even steering wheel.We cannot imaging a car without steering wheel and pedals,this is the first time in automobile industry.But it have something new that is Start and Stop buttons as shown in picture below.

6. It undergoes 11 crashes in testing:

Did you know how Google’s Self-Driving Car perform in testing in public roads.According to the Google,their 23 self-driving cars have been involved in 11 minor accidents in last 6 years,when testing on public roads.Accidents occurs not because of car’s fault ,it is the Google Chauffeur(software powering Google’s cars) who is responsible for it. Google engineers are working on it,will soon overcome the challenging situation.

7. It is a prototype model:

Google’s Self-Driving Car is prototype project which mean it is a early sample before release of product in order to test it in real life situations.So you cannot buy Google’s Self-Driving Car.According to Google,this prototype project first will test for closed areas then to public roads at the end of year.

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Is 13-Megapixel Front Camera is a limit ?

HTC launched a flagship device with 13-megapixel front-facing camera.Is 13-Megapixel Front Camera is a limit ?

Year 2015 brings so much features in your smartphones.Nokia is the first smartphone company to increase the limit of Front Camera in lumia 730 with 5-Megapixel Front Camera.But today (14 may,2015) in JAPAN, HTC launched a flagship device with 13-megapixel front-facing camera.This is the 1st time that a flagship device feaures 13-megapixel front camera.This is a Butterfly variant named 'HTC J Butterfly (HTV31)' Which is  same name as the HTC J Butterfly launched last year globally.Notably, the HTC J Butterfly (HTV31) sports the dual rear camera setup for the first time on the 2014 flagship handset.

Yet,there is no word from the company on release of the HTC J Butterfly smartphone globally and also not on price of this smartphone.Most likely this Butterfly variant is typically for the Japanese market.Phone  is a mixture of the HTC One M9 and the One M9 Plus.

Quick view on Display,Hardware and Camera.

• Smartphone features a 5.2-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) Super LCD3 display and powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and will come with 3GB of RAM and powered with 2,700mAh battery.HTC J Butterfly comes with HTC sense 7 running on Android 5.0 Lollipop.About 32GB built-in storage and with expandable storage via microSD card upto 200GB.This device is water and dust resistant.
• Moving towards camera section,Much like HTC's 2015 flagship smartphone brings 20.2-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash with with 4K video recording and on front section it sports with the largest 13-megapixel front-facing camera.
• It supports LTE connectivity (Japan's 4G LTE bands) and other connectivity options are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.Also NFC andLTE-Advanced radio (225 Mbps down, 25 Mbps up).Adding it also  features quick charging (Which is must).There is no need additional speakers as this device comes with HTC BOOMSOUND (It enhances your audio experience and gives you one of the loudest and richest sound).Audio resolution is 192kHz/24bit.
• It lacks fingerprint reader which is present in HTC One M9 and the One M9 Plus and it runs on Snapdragon chipset instead ofMediaTek.

HTC J Butterfly (HTV31) comes with three colors that is RED WHITE and BLUE.

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7 things you don't know your iPhone could do

7 things you don't know your iPhone could do :

Apple is currently ruling out in the smartphone market and alot of users are going in for the iPhones. Though many of the geeks are present out there who know all the in and out of the iPhone but there are some of the iPhone users who are unaware of some things and so out of the lot of much important things here is a list of 7 things you don't know your iPhone could do.

Out  of the long list of the most diverse features of this smartly crafted smartphone we have carefully jotted down the features for which have the most importance in our day to day life and can come handy to us in need in different ways either making our work easier or short.

1. Undo Typos by just a simple shake

This feature of the iPhone can come real handy as for the case be like if you are typing some text message to any friend of yours and suddenly you feel like the need to alter the message to be sent to the concerned person or in case might be you have a typos error then this feature can come handy at the first place, for the feature just give your iPhone a simple shake and there it is, you will notice a small dialogue box pooping out on the screen showing options like 'undo' typing or 'cancel' . So in case of a error typing a message to a friend you can undo typos by just a simple shake.

2. Control your iPhone with your head

Shocked..? Yes, me too. This literally blew my mind when I got to know about it while checking out my device's settings. This is a feature which is provided by Apple for certain kind of disable people so that they can control their iPhone through this feature. This feature could be turned on by going on to Settings then Accessibility menu in it. Turning this feature on will allow you to so certain set of instructions and control your iPhone with your head movement.

3. Burst Photos

Want to click alot of pictures without worrying that the pictures get blurry, then this is the feature to go for. Burst photos option allows the user to click alot of pictures at once and this feature can be used by just holding onto the picture button in camera.

4. Location based reminders

Let go the tension of forgetting to do things or creating the lists of things to do in your mind. This feature can help you to remind of a thing to do at a particular place. It is as simple as, just set up a reminder then click on the information icon and then you can set the location feature then setting up your location based reminders.

5. Blocking annoying callers

Someone troubling or annoying you ? Seems now you can block such callers. Just you need to go the Phone menu in the Settings option then you can the phone numbers to the block-list.

6. Take picture with volume button

Amazed again ? Yes, that is true you could use your volume buttons to click picture. Moreover, you could use this option as a alternative to selfie stick in trend by connecting your headphones to the phone and this by holding them in hands and use it to take a picture with volume button from a distance.

7. Airplane mode

In case of hurry or in a need to charge your iPhone faster you could put your iPhone in airplane mode before putting it for charging this way the battery gets charged much earlier as the phone's battery is not consumed up searching for the network or wi-fi connection nearby.

If you know some of the more amazing features of the iPhone do put them in the comment below and let us know.

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Flic - Smart button that makes life easier

Flic - Smart button that makes life easier

Well you would surprised to hear this freaky techy thing, right ? But do not worry that was the same reaction from us at the first place when we got to hear about it.It is a wireless smart button and does alot of tasks for you which can be customized and tailored as per your own preference and requirement. In short if to sum it up for anyone we could easily say it like Flic - Smart button that makes life easier.

Before we start up with the whole tech related stuff and letting you know about it's details for the users who are curious to know about it we will just give a brief of the things it can do, with the help of Flic you can take pictures, navigate with GPS, snooze alarm, track time, play or stop music, control stopwatch, find phone, make calls, share location, control lights, unlock the door and other endless of stuff could be done with the help of this wireless smart button.

 

How Flic actually works ?

Flic works in a very simple way and it can be easily set up even by a common person who buys flic for the first time. It works right from the start the moment you buy it and get the Flic app installed in your smartphone. Flic app comes with pre-loaded options and features in it so in the app you just need to select the options or work you want the flic to perform when you click it. Then afterwards you can easily stick the Flic button to any place you want with the restickable dot with no bars to any surface. Using Flic is as simple as that, no manuals to be read on how Flic actually works ? just stick and press the button. It will do the job for you !

The Flic comes in namely four colors : White, Black, Yellow and Turquoise. You can prefer any one of these while buying.

Features of Flic :

Let us see, the internal and external Features of Flic :

1. Tactile - Flic is wireless smart button engineered with design in mind at the first priority. It has the perfect satisfactory click feeling you can expect from buttons.

2. Soft - The soft silicone overmold of Flic is so smooth and great to touch.

3. Resistant - It is resistant to water, dust and weather, thus making it suitable for indoor or outdoor use.

4. Smart - It shall be called so because of it's small design and amazing capability to perform actions from a distance wirelessly.

5. Sustainable - As by officials, battery is said to last for five long years. The battery used is a coin battery, which is easily replaceable.

6.  Sticky - With the help of restickable dot you can stick it almost anywhere without worrying of it getting dirty.

So you could just go in for this awesome wireless smart button which could make your life awesomely simple and amazing. It is available for pre-order on their official website.

So, if you like it, just Flic it !!

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7 reasons not to buy Samsung Galaxy S6

Samsung Galaxy S6 (Blue)

Last year Samsung not ready for Samsung S5 to create its Flagship image, as critics say it doesn't break the ground.Brands like Xiaomi capture the low end market in India and Iphone through its new model iphone 6 captures high end market ,Samsung image is in danger.Finally they launched Samsung S6 at MWC 2015 in march.  Samsung Galaxy S6 is one of the very nicely built device and it is  equipped with many features but there are some features missing in it.Still question arrives that Is Samsung Galaxy S6 is better than  Iphone 6  ?? .

Lets talk about 7 reasons not to buy Samsung Galaxy S6 :

Softwares Issues :

Being a Flagship model its little surprising that Samsung Galaxy S6 have some issues in its software.It runs on Touch Wiz UI,its the same user interface used by Samsung smartphones since Galaxy 2 days.If Someone loves the Stock android, he is not going like this user interface.

• There are some pre-installed apps, if you want to uninstall them, then some of it are still there.So, you can't free of space.
• Problem occur when phone left in stand-by mode.WiFi simply disappearing that is it lost site of majority of WiFi access points.Problem solve when you turn-off the WiFi and turn it on again.It automatically connected to previous access point straight way.

There is no LED indicator notification menu in Samsung Galaxy S6, so you cannot change the setting of LED notification(Blinking and colour) unlike in Galaxy S5.There is just On or Off option.Lack of this feature is not a bug but some users say they want it.

No Dustproof or waterproof:

You should have to be carefully handle this device,when you are in pool,beach or having some fluid because Samsung S6 is not waterproof unlike its older brother Samsung Galaxy S5 and other comparable devices like Sony Xperia Z3.

Samsung S6 is stepped backward in this feature to get sleek design.

No MHL Support:

First we should know What is MHL ?.MHl is Mobile High-defination link which allow to connect your smartphones or other portable devices to high-definition Televisions (TVs).

Samsung Galaxy S6 doesn't support MHL connection, means you can connect your Samsung Galaxy S6 to TV using HDMI cable.But you can use Wireless connection like screen mirroring to connect your S6 to TV,But this type of connections are not great as MHL connections.Frame rate and quality suffers in wireless connection.This is very disappointing that Samsung Galaxy S6 lacks MHL.

No Micro SD card slot:

Samsung Galaxy S6 doesn't have any SD card slot to upgrade the memory.So you pretty much stuck with whatever storage you choose for the Galaxy S6.Having a SD card slot has great advantage in carrying movies, songs etc when you a travelling without using your smartphone space.This lacked feature will be huge disappointment to one who loves storing media.In market there are as large as 200 GB of SD card.

Poor Battery life:

Samsung Galaxy S6 is powered with 2550 mAh battery.This is much lower than the battery capacity of Galaxy S5 (2800mAh).Flagship model with poor battery life its just not digestible,but it is true.It is not expectable in terms of being a Flagship phone because Flagship phone have really very good battery life.

Non-Removable battery :

Samsung lovers may not happy because this is the first time that Samsung launch a Galaxy model with Non-Removable battery.So you can't remove the back cover.When short-circuit occurs all type of batteries are damaged and Non-Removable battery are not expection.And once its damaged its no easy to replace the old battery with a newer one.Replacement cost of Non-Removable batteries are much higher than Removable batteries.

Some experts say that your smartphone battery life isn't forever.Every time you charge you battery,Molecules will break and rebuild again again,And a time will reach when these molecules are less strong.Means using non-removable battery smartphones, you will find that after charging 1500 or 2000 times,these batteries will die.So buying the devices having Non-Removable battery you are putting expiration date on your device as you cannot change it.

No Humidity sensor and Temp. sensor:

One more disappointment is waiting,Samsung Galaxy S6 doesn't has Humidity sensor and Temperature sensor.So what are the good things about these sensors.These sensors are very helpful in viewing weather conditions instantly like ambient temperature, humidity level.You can also check how much humidity is in your room ?.So you can decide whether to buy a humidifier or not.

So these are the 7 reasons not to buy Samsung Galaxy S6..

Source: www.techgazers.com

HTC One M9+ is different But a Flop Flagship

HTC One M9+ :

In 2013, HTC launched its HTC One as their best flagship which is as good as most popular iphone model 5s.HTC is alway brings different or unique technology to smartphones lovers.This time HTC initiate a new camera technology that is Ultrapixel camera which they install in HTC One.HTC one rocks in 2013 as unique phone with first to feature ultra-pixel camera technology.

In May ,HTC launched its HTC One M9+ successor of HTC One M9 (which is launched at MWC 2015 in march).The Only difference between M9 and M9+ is M9+ have bigger screen with impressive resolution, dual camera setup feature, different processor and most popular Fingerprint scanner.

In May ,HTC launched its HTC One M9+ successor of HTC One M9

HTC One M9+ specification:

Having a look on HTC One M9+ specification, it has a 5.2 inch WQHD screen with resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels offering pixel density of 565 ppi with more tougher Coring Gorilla Glass 4 protection.M9+ runs on MediaTek helio X10 processor ,different from Snapdragon 810 in M9.

M9+ has 3 GB of RAM with 32 GB of internal memory which is expandable through micro SD card upto 2 TB.Taking about the connectivity of M9+ it sports dual band WiFi b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, Infrared connection, GPS, NFC, and FM radio and even MHL 2.0 support (which is missing in Samsung S6).It also supports the 4G bands on which Indian telecom companies operates.M9+ is powered by Battery of capacity 2840 mAh.HTC One M9+ runs on latest HTC's Sense UI based on Android 5.0.2.

Moving towards camera section M9+ features 20 MP rear camera with dual camera setup and there is front ultra-pixel camera.Ultra pixel means having large micrometre pixels.20 MP has 27.8 mm lens with aperture of F 2.2 with BSI senor and 4k recording.Front camera has 26.8 mm lens with aperture of F 2.0 with BSI sensor.

HTC One M9+ is equipped with all types of necessary sensors:

• Ambient light sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Accelerator
• Compass sensor
• Gyro sensor
• Magnetic sensor
• Sensor Hub
• Fingerprint sensor

HTC One M9+ specification table:

Hardware	Specs
Model	HTC One M9+
Operating System	Android 5.0.2 with HTC sense UI
Processor	2.2 GHz octa core MediaTek helio X10
RAM	3 GB
Internal Memory	32 GB internal Storage and is further expandable via micro SD card upto 2 TB
Display	5.2-inch WQHD screen with More Tougher Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Screen Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels
Camera	20 Megapixel rear and HTC Ultra-Pixel Front Camera
Connectivity	Dual band Wi-Fi b/g/n/ac , Bluetooth 4.1, 3G, 4G, GPS, NFC,Infrared, HDMI and Micro-USB
Battery	2840 mAh

HTC One M9+ PROS and CONS:

PROS:

• Impressive screen resolution with excellent picture quality in indoor and outdoor,There is no chance of Pixelations.
• High resolution Front Ultra-Pixel camera capable of capturing mind-blowing selfies.
• Fingerprint scanner
• Sufficient RAM for gaming and extreme multi-tasking.
• Dual camera setup and Front Ultra-pixel camera made M9+ different.

CONS:

• Dual camera setup should be improved.
• Rear camera quality is not upto number (20 MP).
• Poorest battery backup among all Flagship models in its comparison.
• MediaTek helio X10 processor don't do right job.
• M9+ is not a value for money flagship model.
• Poor Gaming Experiance (Reasons behind poor graphics is unknown).

Verdict:

HTC One M9+ is decent smartphone which is good at nothing except excellent display,but when your are talking about flagship devices, you should sum up all qualities not the best
one.

Source: www.techgazers.com

Most Valuable Technology Brands in World

7 Most Valuable Technology Brands in World (2015 report):

Some thing which distinguishes between two products is termed as quality,and this quality product is known as Brand.Technology Brands are always on the top in market because these are responsible for our life-style or Status.This data is based on year 2014 according to Forbes report.Lets check which are the most valuable Technology brands in the world (2015 report):

 APPLE (Brand Value of  $145.3 Billion) :

As expected Steve Jobs's Apple is on the top of the list.Apple is always on the lips of smartphones lovers for excellent qualities products like iPhone, MacBook.Apple provide time to time development in Technology field.Some of the Apple's contribution in Technology are Desktop Publishing, Apple II (First successful mass-market PC), Macintosh, iPod, i-tunes, iPhone, iPad, Smart-watch, iOS, Activation Lock, Fingerprint scanner, Apple Pay, Apple TV and many more.Apple is earning a revenue of $182.3 Billion with only just spending $1.2 Billion in advertisements which is almost half spending in comparison to other most valuable Technology brands in the following list.

• Market value: $741.8 Billion
• Till now Apple have undergoes 69 acquisitions
• Employees Strength: 98,000
• One-year value shift: 17%

APPLE

MICROSOFT (Brand value of $69.3 Billion):

Founded by Bill-gates and Paul Allen and now it is the second most valuable technology brand in the world.Microsoft is having their dominance in PC operating system (Known as Microsoft Windows) but they are trying hard reach the same level in smartphone market through their Lumia series.Some of the Microsoft's contribution in Technology are Microsoft-Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Lumia (Windows-based smatphones) and many more.Microsoft is earning a revenue of $93.3 Billion with spending $2.3 Billion in advertisement which almost double the spending of Apple

• Market value: $340.8 Billion
• Till now Microsoft have undergoes 176 acquisitions
• Employees Strength: 128076
• One-year value shift: 10%

GOOGLE (Brand value of $65.6 Billion):

Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998,this brand is one of the leading brand with growth increase of about 16%.Google offers plenty of products which play very important role in our life.Some of the Google's contribution are web search, Play-store, Maps, adsense, Drive, Docs, Android, Hangouts and many more.Google is earning a revenue of $61.8 Billion with spending $3 Billion in advertisement.Google are now taking initiative to develop future technology.Some of there Future technology projects are Google Self-Driving Car, Smartclothes (with partnership with Levi strauss), Google-X (Robots).

• Market value: $367.6 Billion
• Till now Google have undergoes 181 acquisitions
• Employees Strength: 47,756
• One-year value shift: 16%

IBM (Brand value of $49.8 Billion):

Founded by Charles Ranlett Flint in 1911, full name is International Business Machines Corporation.This brand provide Hardware, Services, Software solution in technology field.IBM built first portable computer IBM 5100 in 1975.IBM plays very important role in shaping the world in terms of technology.Some of world changing technologies by IBM are Magnetic srtipe technology, Computing scale, LASIK eye surgery, Universal product code, Time-clock.IBM is earning a revenue of $92.8 Billion with spending $1.3 Billion in advertisements.

• Market value: $160.2 Billion
• Till now IBM have undergoes 135 acquisitions
• Employees Strength: 435,000
• One-year value shift: 4%

SAMSUNG (Brand value of $37.9 Billion):

Founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938,this brand is South-Korean based multinational conglomerate company.The first product of Samsung is Black and white television set.Samsung gives huge contribution in electronics.Some of the consumer products with cutting edge technology are TVs, Smartphones, Home Appliances, Notebooks, Cameras and many more.According to reports Samsung galaxy S6, companies flagship model is most trusted smartphone in USA over iPhone 6.Samsung is earning a revenue of $187.8 Billion which is even more than the annual revenue of Apple ($182.3 Billion).Samsung spends $3.8 Billion on advertisement of their brand.

• Market value: $199.4 Billion
• Till now Samsung have undergoes 16 acquisitions
• Employees Strength: 489,000
• One-year value shift: 8%

FACEBOOK (Brand value of $36.5 Billion):

It is Social-networking service founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college room-mates in 2004.It is the most growing company in very short period of time.The story behind is that Zuckerberg hacked the harvard university computer network and copied ID images of students in university,and create a website named Facemash comparable to HOT or NOT.In this website images are placed next to each other and users are allowed to click on hotter person.Microsoft has 1.6% share in facebook,it has a right to place the international ads on facebook.Facebook is huge success and now very one use it.Facebook is earning a revenue of $12.1 Billion with spending $135 million in advertisements.

• Market value: $231.6 Billion
• Till now Facebook have undergoes 54 acquisitions
• Employees Strenght: 10,082
• One-year value shift: 54%

AMAZON (Brand value of $28.1 Billion):

Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994.It provides online retail shopping services,also it is second largest online store in India after Flipkart and ranked first in rest of the world.Amazon's famous e-ink reader Kindle is huge success for readers.Amazon also offers affiliate network services for websites owners for making more revenue.Amazon is earning a revenue of $87.5 Billion with spending $3.3 Billion in advertisements.

• Market value: $175.1 Billion
• Till now Amazon have undergoes 16 acquisitions
• Employees Strenght: 154,100
• One-year value shift: 32%

 SOURCE: VIA

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