Techies Corner

Microsoft has introduced a new website called How-Old.net that guesses your age.



>> Upload a photo of yourself or others(less than 3MB), and the site uses facial recognition and other data to make an intelligent guess of your age and gender.

>> The key components of this solution are:
Extracting the gender and age of the people in these pictures.
Obtaining real time insights on the data extracted above.
Creating real time dashboards to view the above results.

>> Sometimes the site gets it right, but most of the time it errors - still on beta
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Microsoft unveils the successor to 'Internet Explorer', the new browser named 'Microsoft Edge', which was codenamed as 'Project Spartan'



>> MS Edge will be seen from Windows 10 OS onwards, which will use a new rendering engine called EdgeHTML

>> Comes with its digital assistant Cortana integration, a design that's all about simplicity and minimalism

>> Thumbnail preview of web pages in mouse hover over tabs



>> Has a built-in reader with note-taking and sharing options (Web note, Reading list,...)

>> Extensions made for Chrome and Firefox can work with Edge optimizing few code adjustments!


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Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology offering satellite imagery, street maps, and Street View perspectives, as well as functions such as a route planner for traveling by foot, car, bicycle, or with public transportation

Here's how to correct your details on Google Maps:

>> Look up your address on Google Maps

>> Click the link in the bottom right-hand corner named Report a problem

>> Click on the map to point out the place with incorrect data

>> Complete the form with correct data and submit it to Google!



*Even you can do same to blur out / hide your personal details on Google Maps Street Views
Warning: Blur process to hide your area is permanent
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Facebook has launched a new feature sidebar status on its mobile application for iOS and Android, wherein users can write an "away" message which will be accompanied with a picture icon.

Now, it is under a test that Facebook is running in Taiwan and Australia, users will see short status messages under their friends' names.

Sidebar status messages appear most prominently for your "favorites," a dynamically generated list of friends based on who you message most on Facebook. (You can also pin your favorites to the top, and scroll down to see more distant friends' updates.)

The message shows up only in the sidebar, it does not appear in the newsfeed and they expire in 12 hours.


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Media timelines these days are buzzed with the updates on the fight for freedom of the Internet. Yes, its fight for Net Neutrality in India ! / ?

Net neutrality is that Internet Service Providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication. (i.e.) all the internet users to be treated equally on the internet!



Without net neutrality, 

ISPs would be able to charge users based on above said parameters.

Internet could come to resemble TV set top box, where gatekeepers exert control over what channels you see, based on Packages you purchased, similarly ISP's can control users Internet usage based on above parameters respectively.

ISPs would be able to block content and speech they don’t like, reject apps that compete with their own offerings,

ISPs can prioritize Web traffic reserving the fastest loading speeds for the highest payers and sticking everyone else with the slowest.

#Save the internet. Decide on network neutrality!

A group of Internet users has started a campaign requesting the public to send submissions to TRAI.
You can sent your view via #Save the internet
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