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Most  Android  users have the luxury to carry just one USB cable and get away with charging all the devices with it. The same can't be said for iPhone and iPad users. You will likely find them carrying two cables, one with a Lightning connector and the other a standard Micro-USB cable to feed rest of their devices. A company called LMcable wants to fix that with its 'iOS & Android Common Connector' cable. LMcable is able to charge both iOS and Android devices because it has combined their respective connectors into one. One side of the connector is for iPhone and iPad, whereas the other side can be utilised to charge devices that sport a Micro-USB port. And it seems everyone is pleased with the idea. LMcable took to the crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter to raise $5,000 (roughly Rs. 338,000) fund to make the device. With 28 of 30 days still left to go, LMcable has been backed by 2,525 backers to raise a sum of AUD 85,834 (roughly...

Microsoft's founder  Bill Gates continued his reign as the world's richest person with a net worth of $75 billion (roughly Rs. 5,07,071 crores), according to Forbes' annual ranking of billionaires, with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani leading the pack of 84 Indian billionaires in 2016. Forbes' 2016 list of the World's Billionaires includes 1,810 billionaires, down from a record 1,826 a year ago. Their aggregate net worth is $6.5 billion (roughly Rs. 43,946 crores), $570 million (roughly Rs. 3,853 crores) less than last year. Gates remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $75 billion, despite being $4.2 billion (roughly Rs. 28,395 crores) poorer than a year ago. He has been number one for 3 years in a row and topped the list 17 out of 22 years. Forbes said Ambani, 58, has retained his position as India's richest person despite shares of his oil and gas giant Reliance Industries taking a hit due to lower oil prices. He is ranke...

US based handset maker, Blu, has launched its latest smartphone- Blu Life Mark, in the Indian market. Under the hood, it is powered by a 64-bit quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, paired with 2GB of RAM. Running Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system, it features a 5-inch HD IPS display with resolution of 1280×720 pixels resolution. The phone houses 16GB of internal memory, which can be expanded further up to 64GB via microSD card. On imaging front, the Life Mark sports a 13 mega pixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5 mega pixel front facing camera. Backed up by a 2300mAh battery, it is claimed to deliver up to 20 hours of talk time on 2G networks and up to 16 hours of talk time on 3G networks. The device offers 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS as connectivity options. It also comes with a fingerprint sensor on the rear for additional security. Specifications & Features Of Blu Life Mark •Processor : 64-b...

Stepping up the war against cyberattacks , Microsoft has announced an advanced Windows 10 Defender program for enterprise users that alerts about malicious attacks so users could take necessary action before things go beyond repair. The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection program is an advanced version of the existing Windows Defender free anti-malware software by Microsoft but offers more capabilities to protect end users. The optional Windows 10 enterprise service helps users detect, investigate, and respond to attacks. It also comes with a new post-breach layer of protection and help detect even those threats that have made it past other defenses. The program allows enterprises to investigate the breach across endpoints and offer response recommendations so that the network team does not need to invest much time analysing the activity logs to check for an issue. The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection program for enterprises will be broadly available later this...

The rumour mill has been abuzz with speculations surrounding the yet to be announced Apple iPhone 5 variant. Following the iPhone 5 were the iPhone 5s and 5c, but the major improvements came in the form of the recently released iPhone 6s and 6s Plus which saw the tech giant draw away from its vow of not going phablet with its phones. The anticipated iPhone 5 variant, therefore, in all likelihood is going to be a cross between the newest upgrades while maintaining a smaller display size. Here are the things known so far about the purported device: 1. Name The iPhone 5 variant was initially speculated to be called an iPhone 6c - akin to the iPhone 5c - albeit not in a plastic casing. However, subsequent rumours hinted at a 'iPhone 5se' name - 'se' standing for Special Edition or iPhone 5s Enhanced. Now, latest speculations indicate that Apple might be dropping the numeric from the name and call the new device simply as the 'iPhone se'. 2. Design The rumoured ...

The Beta program for PlayStation 4's next major software update (version 3.50) launches March 2. The PS4 update will offer ‘Friend Online Notification' so users can see when their friends come online. It will also feature ‘Appear Offline' for users who don't want to be bothered. The upgrade will also have a ‘User Schedule Event' so you can plan you next session with friends. Finally, the ‘Play Together' feature will allow members of a party to see what each person is playing so users can easily join the game. Also in the pipeline is a 'Remote Play' feature for streaming games to a Mac or PC, though this will not be available in the beta test this week. The release date for the full version of the next PS4 system software update has not yet been shared.

Hound, the app that gives you a voice-powered digital assistant on your smartphone, launches on iOS and Android. Hound aims to give you detailed information quickly using your voice. Ask Hound a question and it will soon respond with the answer, even if your questions are complex and the information you are looking for is very specific. Hound can even remembering previous questions asked, so you can keep narrowing down your search. Ask Hound to search for a coffee shop for example, then ask it to search for one within a certain distance, then ask again for one with WiFi. Hound, which has a partnership with Yelp, will remember, and answer accordingly. Hound also works with Expedia, searching your holiday requests for you, and is also linked to more simple tools such as a mortgage calculator and a game of Blackjack which you play by again, using your voice. The company behind it, SoundHound, is also working with Uber, which will even enable you to hail a cab with it. You can downloa...

NASA senior research scientist Jacob Bloomberg once described these tests as "very operation-oriented and [...] related to different aspects of the mission and activities an astronaut would need to do after landing on the surface of Mars." The scientists will study how Kelly's body changed after spending one straight year in space in an effort to understand the impacts of long duration, deep space missions on the human body. His results will most likely be compared with his twin brother's who stayed here on the ground as part of the agency's "Twins Study." NASA TV is airing Soyuz TMA-18M's landing starting at 10:15AM ET. You'll be able to watch everything, from the spacecraft's deorbit burn and module separation as it enters the atmosphere to the moment it touches down. If all goes well, the Soyuz spacecraft will land in Kazakhstan at around 11:25PM ET.

In what seems like forever since it's first public outing in 2013, anticipated adventure survival game, No Man's Sky has a pre-order price and date thanks to Sony. From March 3 you can pre-purchase the game and it will be priced at $59.99. This would mean you can expect it on the Indian PlayStation Store for Rs. 3,499 which is the price the company pegs its big budget digital PS4 releases at for India. The price should come as no surprise as Sony has said in the past that it would be treated akin to a game from one of its first-party studios and was also considering a retail release for it. If it does make it on disc for the PS4, it should be Rs. 3,999 in India which is what Sony's pricing for its brand new exclusives as physical copies are in the country, while remaining at $59.99 in the US. At the time of writing this, Sony has removed all signs of the game from its blog and the PlayStation Store. Nonetheless, here's a screenshot: Keep in mind that despite the mi...