New "Hear My Facebook" App Reads Facebook Out Loud.

A free app has been released that can read Facebook out loud. The "Hear My Facebook" app lets users listen to their Facebook feed anywhere. This app can even eliminate DWF (Driving While Facebooking) hazard. Users can simply open the app and set the phone down. The app will download and read their news feed to them while driving.

"Hear My Facebook" can reportedly read Facebook in 19 languages. Some users even use the app to help learn foreign languages and pronunciation. The app uses a sophisticated text to speech engine for perfect pronunciation. It is quickly gaining popularity in Spanish-speaking countries. The app is named "Escuchar Mi Facebook" in Español, and in Brazil it is known as "Ouvir Meu Facebook".

Early users already prefer the simple interface. It skips the extra photos and links and reads the words directly from their friends. It is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android phones and tablets.

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Now Type In Hindi On Android Smartphone And Tablet

Texting on Android phones has received an exciting new addition. The search engine giant has apparently released its Hindi keyboard app, Google Hindi Input which is available at Google Play.

The app is said to be compatible with any Android smartphone or tablet that runs Android 2.2 aka FroYo or above, which basically includes any phone or tablet available in the market for past couple of years.

Other than keyboard in Hindi, the Google Hindi Input also adds English to Hindi transliteration mode, which means you can type in Hindi the same way as it is done in English. Transliteration mode basically converts the Hindi words written in English (Roman/Latin) script to actual words in Devnagari script.

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Taiwan-based Polytron Technologies

Taiwan-based Polytron Technologies may have the next leap forward in cell phones, promising a transparent mobile by the end of 2013.
The company has already begun marketing a transparent multi-touch.
The company's prototype uses what they call Switchable Glass technology. That's a conductive OLED using liquid crystal molecules to display images.
When the phone is off the molecules align to form a milky composition, but when switched on they realign to form text, icons, and other images.
Electric current is carried through transparent wires. "It will happen near the end of 2013. Trust me," said Polytron general manager Sam Yu.
The device still has some parts that are not transparent, including a SD card and SIM card.
The microphone, camera, and batteries are also visible, and will be hidden behind a dark glass cover when the model goes into production.
Yu said the company will develop a smaller lithium ion battery that would be much less noticeable. When complete, the phone will have a dual-sided multi-touch display in front and back.
The prototype has yet to feature any software or operating system. Polyton's model will offer much more room to work in hardware.
Also at question is whether transparency by itself will attract buyers, as the prototype doesn't offer significantly different functions than most smartphones.
Yu isn't worried. He even plans to announce a prototype transparent tablet within the next couple weeks.

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World's Most Powerful 570MP Camera

Handsets with the Nokia Lumia PureView cameras may boast of an astounding count of 41 MP but a newly erected DEC (Dark Energy Camera) has somewhat shaken its reputation. To make things clear, this is not a camera phone that anybody can keep in his pocket but reportedly the most powerful sky-mapping machine. The DEC has captured and recorded light from 8 billion years ago.
The newest achievement may well hold within the answers to one of biggest unsolved mysteries of Astrophysics, such as why the expansion of the universe is speeding up, as reported by NDTV.

At the international Dark Energy Survey collaboration, scientists briefed about the Dark Energy Camera, a product that took eight years of planning and construction by a joint team of engineers, scientists and technicians working across three continents. The first pictures of the Southern sky were shot by the 570MP camera on 12 September.

The Dark Energy Camera was developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. The gigantic camera is mounted on the Victor M. Blanco telescope at the National Science Foundation’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which is the southern branch of the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). “The achievement of first light through the Dark Energy Camera begins a significant new era in our exploration of the Cosmic Frontier,” James Siegrist, DOE associate director of science for high-energy physics was quoted as saying.

The Dark Energy Camera is claimed to be the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 1,00,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light-years away in each snapshot. The camera’s series of 62 charge-coupled devices has an unprecedented sensitivity to very red light.It also allows scientists from around the world to pursue investigations ranging from studies of asteroids in our own solar system to the understanding of the origins and the fate of the universe.

Scientists in the Dark Energy Survey collaboration will use the new camera to carry out the largest galaxy survey ever undertaken. The collected data will then be used to carry out probes on dark energy, studying galaxy clusters, supernovae, the large-scale clumping of galaxies and weak gravitational lensing. This will be the first time all four of these methods will be possible in a single experiment.

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Indian Electronics Industry Stands To Lose Rs 10 Billion: MAIT

With the deadline of 3 April fast approaching, electronics hardware manufacturers have every reason to worry. Products right from laptops, TV, tablet, printers or any other electronics hardware will be restricted from sale if they are not certified for compliance by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

This entire situation can lead to an alarming situation for the industry. MAIT (Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology) has reportedly said that if the April 3 deadline of Compulsory Registration Order 2012 is not extended, it could lead to a major slump in the electronics market in fiscal 2013-14, owing to which the industry may lose over Rs 1,000 crore.

The Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order 2012 has put a blanket ban on the sale of certain electronic products unless they meet the standard specified by BIS. The government order lists products under 15 categories ranging from video games, laptop, notebook, tablet and plasma/LCD/LED televisions, to microwave, printers and scanners, telephone answering machines, electronic music systems, etc.

MAIT has demanded an extension of the deadline by atleast 6 months. In addition, the hardware body feels that if nothing is done about this, it could lead to a major supply crunch in the market.

J V Ramamurthy, president, MAIT said, “It will also have a huge impact on the economy as there might be delays in the launch of new products and supply of key components in the market. This will eventually impact the consumers. The shortage and delays in supply will also severely hamper government and private projects, including ongoing e-Governance initiatives in India.”

The official release also stated, "It needs to be implemented taking care of the interests of all the stakeholders - users as well as the Industry. The order needs to be implemented without causing much disruption in current business or diluting its purpose.”

The announcement was made by the government in October 2012 and it has been sending notifications and clarification on a regular basis. The last clarification came in the second week of March 2013. Moreover, there are not sufficient number of labs to test these products with the fifth such facility being notified by the government as late as the 3rd week of February 2013.



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