CAMERAS, Polaroid launches iM1836, first Android-powered mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

Polaroid Tuesday unveiled the world's first Android-powered mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 18-megapixel censor at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. The iM1836 camera will be manufactured by Sakar International, an authorised Polaroid licensee.The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-running camera comes standard with a 10-30mm optical zoom lens, and is capable of recording full-HD video. It features 3.5-inch display will hit store shelves in the first quarter of 2013 for a price of $399."Throughout our 75 year history, Polaroid has been synonymous with innovation, creativity, and ease of use," commented Scott W. Hardy, President and CEO of Polaroid. "We are continuing that proud tradition at CES this year with the launch of the iM1836. This...

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BOLLYWOOD, Udita Goswami, Mohit Suri marry in private ceremony

inShare Print  Udita and Mohit had a tradional wedding at a temple in Mumbai. Director Mohit Suri and actress Udita Goswami tied the knot on Tuesday evening at Hare Rama Hare Krishna temple in a traditional Punjabi wedding attended my family and a few close friends from the film fraternity.The bride looked radiant in a traditional red lehenga choli with detailed embroidery all over, while Mohit Suri looked handsome in a sherwani. Udita later changed to a bright pink anarkali.The occasion turned out to be a very private affair with close family members and a few friends. Bollywood celebrities like Dia Mirza, Kangana Ranaut, Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt, Anurag Basu, Jacquline Fernandis,...

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BOLLYWOOD,-Movie review: Race 2

Cast:Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ameesha Patel, Anil KapoorDirector: Abbas-Mustan SPOILERS AHEADA significant chunk of Mumbai filmdom’s creative output has changed for the better since the year 2008, the first quarter of which saw the release of Race, a Hollywood rip-off that had Bollywood critics run for cover.Nearly five years on, the directing duo of Abbas-Mustan is still at it – cantering around aimlessly with a convoluted thriller that zips, zaps and zooms through an amoral landscape peopled by sharks and bloodhounds whose only trip in life is to settle old scores, hatch new conspiracies and, when necessary, lay murderous traps.On the face of it, Race 2 is a glitzy, action-packed...

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COMPUTERS, LAPTOP-Samsung Chromebook and Chromebox review

Two new computers running Google's Chrome operating system are looking to lure people to a browser-based environment. Both target light-duty computer users who don't need the full range of capabilities that traditional Windows and Mac computers provide.The first thing to know about these machines is they lack regular hard drives for storage. There's a small amount of flash memory available, the kind you'd find on a camera memory card, but Chrome OS machines are designed for the cloud. That means documents are stored over the Internet, and programs are run over the Internet through a Web browser. However securely and discretely the Internet services you use claim to keep your data, your content is one step removed from your tight-fisted...

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APPS, Gaana.com releases mobile app: First impressions

If you're a music lover, there's no way you wouldn't have accessed popular online music site gaana.com. Well, the service offered by Times Internet Limited, has now stepped beyond the Web and landed on your mobile devices. That's right. The Gaana app is now available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and J2ME devices for free.So now you can access and listen to over a million songs on your device while on-the-go. Is the app better than its web counterpart? We gave the iOS version a spin and recorded our first impressions of the app.Beginning with the interface, it's pretty simple and clean, no hassles whatsoever. If you haven't signed up earlier for the service through the web, now would be a good opportunity. You can also login via Facebook...

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MOBILE, HTC launches Android smartphone Butterfly at Rs 45,900

Taiwan handset giant HTC has launched its new flagship android smartphone, Butterfly, for Indian customers. Priced at Rs. 45,900, the phone has dislodged Samsung Galaxy S III in terms of cost in the same category. Samsung is selling at Rs. 32,000 after being launched at Rs 43,180 last year. Butterfly comes with 1.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM. The 16GB onboard memory and will support microSD card expansion up to 32GB. It also has 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB. It sports an 8MP auto-focus snapper with LED flash on the back and 2.1MP camera in the front. The device runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). CLICK 2 SEARCH PHOTOS AT PHOTOJEE TO FOLLOW US IN FACEBOOK : CLICK HE...

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NEWS, FLIPKARTAfter footwear, Flipkart planning to power up with health supplements

India’s e-commerce major Flipkart.com is planning to expand its product portfolio further and may soon add a health supplements category, sources close to the development told Techcircle.in. The new category may come up by July this year, but the company has not decided yet whether it will hold an inventory for the same or source the products according to market demand. Flipkart had earlier registered two new entities in India, one of them being Flipkart Marketplace Pvt Ltd. Following the move, rumours were rife that the company would be shifting its inventory-led business to that of a marketplace model. We got in touch with Flipkart for confirmation regarding the upcoming category, but the company declined to comment and stated,...

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GADGETS - I PAD, Now, 4G iPad with 128 GB

Apple has introduced a fourth-generation (4G) version of the iPad with a so-called retina display and 128 gigabytes (GB) of memory — twice the storage capacity of models already on the market. The new iPad will be available in the US from February 5 at a starting price of $799 for a Wi-Fi version and $929 for a device that also offers a cellular connection. Earlier this month, Apple posted the slowest profit growth since 2003 and the weakest sales increase in 14 quarters, fuelling concern about CEO Tim Cook’s ability to keep producing hit products over a year after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. "With more than 120 million iPads sold, it’s clear that customers around the world love their iPads," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior...

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COMPUTERS, Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium review

As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at times. So I was skeptical when I heard Microsoft is trying to sell its new version of Office as an online subscription.I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the subscription gets you the same software you'd get buying it at a retail store. In fact, I'm using the new Office 2013 to write this review, and it feels as smooth as the customized version of Office 2010 I regularly use. With an online subscription, you keep paying Microsoft to use the latest version of the software, rather than pay the company once for software that gets outdated over time. It's pricey, at $100 a year, compared with the traditional way of paying a one-time...

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MOBILE - BLACK BERRY, RIM’s big event today: BlackBerry 10 OS and two new smartphones

Research in Motion’s (RIM) new line of BlackBerry devices, the BlackBerry 10 is out today. The smartphone-maker is expected to launch the the new OS and two new handsets. Here’s a quick look at what to expect from the event today. The BlackBerry 10 OS: RIM had revealed the new OS in its BlackBerry Jam conference in September last year, touchscreen is what we are likely to see. The new predictive text is quite fast and accurate but whether it will be a valuable replacement for the physical QWERTY keyboard remains to be seen. BlackBerry has also gone for a new user-interface design, with large icons which might very similar to the Android experience. RIM also promises jazzy new apps for Facebook, Twitter, etc for BlackBerry 10 OS. BlackBerry...

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Facebook, 'Facebook profile may expose mental illness'

Washington: A person's Facebook profile may reveal signs of mental illness that might not necessarily emerge in a session with a psychiatrist, a new study suggests.According to researchers from the University of Missouri, the social media activity when used as a tool in psychological diagnosis can remove some of the problems associated with patients' self-reporting."For example, questionnaires often depend on a person's memory, which may or may not be accurate. By asking patients to share their Facebook activity, we were able to see how they expressed themselves naturally," said study researcher Elizabeth Martin."Even the parts of their Facebook activities that they chose to conceal exposed information about their psychological state," said...

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