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Submission + - Mind Controlled Toy Car (freshinfos.com)

Submitted by nrjperera
nrjperera writes: It seems like the day we start controlling cars and other vehicles with our mind could become a reality soon, thanks to this graduate student of Design Academy Eindhoven, Alejo Bernal who takes us one step closer to that dream.

Bernal has developed a toy car that can be controlled by using just your mind. He says that focusing your thoughts on moving the car, while wearing the NeuroSky EEG headset enables this toy car recognize and visualize the level of neuronal activity and coverts it as power to move forward.

Submission + - Armadillo-T: South Korea's Foldable Electric Car is a Tiny Space-Saver (freshinfos.com)

Submitted by nrjperera
nrjperera writes: If you’ve ever had a problem finding a parking spot for your four-wheeler, you may consider getting one of these tiny Armadillo cars that can be folded in half to fit into a smaller parking space.

The vehicle developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has been given the name of the animal because the car basically looks like an armadillo after it’s rolled up (at least that’s what they think). It only takes a simple touch on a smartphone to initiate the folding process. And when folded the size of the car is only 1.65 meters, which is about half of it’s full 2.8 meter length. The tiny car can also hit a top speed of at 60 km/h.

Submission + - Google's Killing Reader Because It Wants You to Use Google+ (geekosystem.com)

Submitted by nrjperera
nrjperera writes: Google’s RSS Reader is finally getting the ax next month on July 1st, and few folks in the blogging community are happy about it. Though we’ve all had time to scrounge together a suitable replacement — my pick is The Old Reader, but Feedly’s also pretty solid — we all still have a lot of questions about the decision. Specifically, “Why?” and as a follow up, “How could you?” While it’s true that the number of users signing up for Google Reader has been slowly declining of late, Google’s offered up another reason for canceling the service: Because they really, really want you to start using Google+ instead. God, Google, get over it already.

According to the higher-ups at Google, we’ve begun to consume news differently on the Internet than we did when their Reader was launched in 2005. Rather than passively view a long list of aggregated links, we tend to want to engage with it interactively on a constant basis. That’s the theory, anyway.

“Users with smartphones and tablets are consuming news in bits and bites throughout the course of the day,” says Richard Gringas, Google’s Senior Director of News and Social Products. “[It's] replacing the old standard behaviors of news consumption over breakfast along with a leisurely read at the end of the day.”

Google’s suggested replacements don’t exactly sound all that stellar. A combination of Google Now, which sends breaking news directly to your mobile phone (assuming you don’t have an Android device that doesn’t support it), and Google+, the social media site launched in 2011 as a way to compete with Facebook. The added bonus for Google is that with these two programs, you won’t be leaving the site to go check out headlines at CNN or anywhere else that you would have simply subscribed to with a RSS Feeder. Again, that’s the theory.

There’s no telling now whether the Reader-shaped hole in our hearts will make it easier for these other Google products to swoop in and take over our brains. I suspect not, because I don’t think I’ve been on Google+ since I was invited to join in the first place. They can keep pushing it on me all they want, though, because everybody knows it’s going to go the way of Google Wave sooner rather than later. Probably sooner. Hopefully sooner.

Submission + - Does The Xbox One Have Enough Exclusive Games To Survive? (freshinfos.com)

Submitted by nrjperera
nrjperera writes: So far, Microsoft has announced that Xbox One will get 15 exclusive games, including Quantum Break, Ryse and Forza Motorsport 5. Rest of the games hasn’t been announced yet. But they will possibly be revealed in the upcoming E3 event. But, is 15 games enough to make this console better than others?

Xbox One has many features that fits everyone. However, since it’s a gaming console, and one that no better than PlayStation 4 (in my opinion), the next-gen Xbox will need a lot of exclusive titles to keep up the sales. Microsoft has reportedly invested $1 billion dollars, already on Xbox One exclusive games. Halo, and Gears of War are two of the Microsoft’s biggest selling games. It’s possible that we may get to see sequels for these games after the Xbox One launch, along with a few more Xbox only games to make the Xbox One more appealing. But, it’s highly unlikely for them to head out with the console in the holiday season.
Android

Submission + - Differences Between A Nexus 7 And A Kindle Fire HD (freshinfos.com)

Submitted by nrjperera
nrjperera writes: As you may already know, Google came to the tablet business with a big bang, showing-off their new Nexus 7 tablet that runs on the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But their glory didn’t last too long until Amazon came-up with their next-gen Kindle Fire HD tablet. Both companies claims they have the best tablet, but this article will show you which one is truly better.

Head over to the website and find it out wih full specs and feature comparison.
Education

Submission + - Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help in Education (chronicle.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In a detailed interview on the future of education, Bill Gates was surprisingly down on tablets in education — considering that Microsoft just released Surface. He said low-cost PCs are the thing for students. And he dismissed the idea that giving gadgets to students will bring change, saying that approach has "a really horrible track record."
Iphone

Submission + - Apple Developing Wireless Charging Dock for iPhone and iPad (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by AlistairCharlton
AlistairCharlton writes: Apple has won a patent for an inductive charging dock that could see the next iPhone feature wireless charging, adding further speculation that the 30-pin dock connector is to soon be scrapped.

The patent was originally filed back in the first quarter of 2008 and was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on 26 June.
Facebook

Submission + - How Hackers Can Take Over Your Facebook Account (freshinfos.com)

Submitted by
nrjperera
nrjperera writes: "There are several common ways that hackers use to hack into Facebook accounts. Mostly to steal private information, personal data and to scam other people on the network.

Stealing login information -: It’s by far the easiest way to access another Facebook profile because most people uses very weak and obvious passwords for their accounts and even share’s their passwords with friends.

Using the malware -: This is very popular, specially on Facebook because these hackers easily fool anyone to click and visit a website by scamming them with attractive pictures and false information.

Hacking into Email -: By hacking into someone’s email account, they can reset the Facebook password easily without any trouble.

Unknown apps -: There are thousands of apps on Facebook that easily access users profiles, and provides false information like “check to see how many people view your profile”. There is no possible way to see people who view your profile. Even Facebook security team says it’s impossible. Hackers and scammers use these methods to fool people into giving them what they want through these apps.

Read the full article through the link below"

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