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The new 100 most useful sites Two years ago most Britons didn't have broadband and Web 2.0 was barely a twinkle in a developer's eye. Things have changed - as our cream of the crop for 2006 shows   In 2004, the internet was a different place: there was, for example, no YouTube, and most Britons online didn't have broadband. That's changed dramatically: now, more than 75% of users have broadband, and the arrival of Web 2.0 has brought sites where the interaction is as fast as if it were on your machine. So we've revisited the "cream of the crop" that we brought you two years ago. Some of the crop is brand new; some has stood the test of time. As before, we have 100 sites in 20 categories. That of course means that your favourite might not be here (even if you suggested it on our blog). Email us with your suggestions for the ones we should have included. Many of the categories here are new since the last crop . Many of ...

Children Even Below 13 Have Facebook Accounts in India Says Study Representational Image New Delhi:  Growing popularity of social networks has a huge number of children in India creating their accounts on Facebook even before they turn 13, a study by Intel Security claimed today. The social media platform has set 13 as the minimum age for a user to create an account. According to the study covering 2,370 participants (1,185 parents and 1,185 teens and tweens), 77 per cent of the children said they had created their Facebook account even before they became 13 years old. Also, 81 per cent of the children in India in the age group of 8-16 years said they are active on social media networks compared to 70 per cent in the US and Singapore. While 69 per cent said they have published photos, 58 per cent said they have posted their email addresses, 49 per cent name of their schools, 46 per cent their full birth date and 42 per cent said they...

Does Google think its Nexus can compete with iPhones? Technically Incorrect: The launch of the Nexus 5X has seen a strong TV presence and a new commercial focus on the actual product. Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Will Google's phones make iPhone users want to switch? CNET Google has been following me around mercilessly of late. Yes, even more than usual. I'm familiar with the notion that, from its mountain view, Google might try to observe everything I do online. However now the Googlies are there during every TV show I watch. Over the last 10 days, every NFL game and every MLB playoff game seems to have been adorned with an ad for the new Nexus 5X. I thought this might have been some sort of closely-targeted aberration. But then I turned to "The Voice." And there the Google Nexus foll...

Matt Kelly, Facebook’s Head of Growth Product, Is Leaving Matt Kelly, who has spent the last two-plus years as the head of product at Facebook, has resigned from the company, he announced in a Facebook post to friends and family yesterday. He tells us separately that he’s planning to travel to see friends and family and afterward, to get back in to the startup world. Kelly had been with the company since November 2009, joining the (then much smaller) social networking giant as a product manager focused on its mobile platform. He later helped drive Facebook’s HTML5 strategy (a plan on which the company relied too heavily , CEO Mark Zuckerberg later said), before shifting into a role as product manager of Notifications. Soon after, Kelly was promoted to his most recent position. Earlier in his career, Kelly was a lead software engineer and product manager at a...

Google gives its Play Store a new look The upcoming Nexus 5X smartphone. Image: Karissa Bell/Mashable By Karissa Bell 11 hours ago Google's app store is getting a makeover. The company began to roll out a redesigned version of its Play Store Thursday. The update adds a redesigned homepage with horizontal scrolling and better search and discovery features. See also: Google's new Nexus smartphones are worth getting excited about The most noticeable difference is the Play Store's homepage, which divides offerings into two sections: Apps and Games and Entertainment. The entertainment section will house Google Play's collection of music, movies, books, TV shows and other content offerings while apps and games is where you'll find smartphone and tablet apps. The updated Play Store also uses horizontal scrolling to make it easier to browse (rather than scrolling down, you can swipe left and right to navigate between sections of ...

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iPhone 6S, 6S Plus India launch: Bookings miss target Pre-bookings of the new iPhones have risen by just 10-15% compared with last year for the previous models, aga... Read More KOLKATA: Apple's aggressive sales strategy in India may have backfired to some extent as bookings for the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have fallen short of expectations, said some of the company's trade partners. Against a bold target of tripling pre-bookings for the devices, which will be available in India on October 16, these have risen by just 10-15% compared with last year for the previous models, the partners said. They said buyers expect lower prices online once the phone becomes widely available. Thanks to lower online prices, Apple's ambitious sales target for the new generation of devices could still eventually be met. Earlier this year, Apple had allowed its distributors to sell at the lowest price to the e-commerce channel, leading to a surge in sales after having follo...

U.S. says Apple e-books antitrust monitor no longer needed An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. Reuters/Mike Segar/files The U.S. Justice Department has determined that Apple Inc has implemented significant improvements to its antitrust compliance program and that a court-appointed monitor's term does not need extended, according to a court filing. The Justice Department in a letter filed late Monday in Manhattan federal court said its recommendation was despite Apple's "challenging relationship" with Michael Bromwich, who was named monitor after the iPad maker was found liable for conspiring to raise e-book prices. The Justice Department said its dec...

Facebook pushes shopping features in move to e-commerce A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of the logo of the European Union in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 15, 2015. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Files Facebook Inc wants its users to shop for clothes and other products from their mobile phones without ever leaving its app. In an effort to move further into e-commerce and compete with Amazon Inc’s retail offerings, Facebook announced Monday it is testing several ad features that allow users to shop directly through its app. Few users make purchases on mobile phones because it is slow and cumbersome, but Facebook hopes to win over more ad dollars by smoothing the process. Mobile purchases make up less than 2 percent of all retail sales,...

Windows 10 bandwagon: Acer jumps aboard with two new PCs Acer has unveiled two of the first new Windows 10 PCs expected to arrive from Microsoft's hardware partners this month. The Aspire Z3-700 all-in-one PC should be available by the end of the year. Image: Microsoft After the Windows 10 New York City hardware showcase last week, Acer has unveiled two PCs that take advantage of new features in Microsoft's latest operating system. At a press conference on Monday in Taipei, the Taiwanese hardware vendor took the wraps off its Aspire R14 notebook and the hybrid tablet-notebook Aspire Z3-700. "We worked closely with the Acer team throughout the development of these new devices, which ensures our customers can make the most of Windows 10," Microsoft's chief of Windows and devices Terry Myerson said in a blog entry . "You can also see the promise of the familiar a...

13 Best college apps for Android There are a lot of app lists that try to tell college students what they need. Unfortunately, almost none of it is based around education. Usually it’s recommending that people join Twitter or download Spotify. Let’s face it, that’s not going to help and these days, kids already know the social media and music streaming stuff they need to know. Here are a list of college apps for Android that might actually help you learn some things. Andie Graph [Price: Free] First up is Andie Graph and this is one seriously underrated calculator app. Using this, your graphing calculator, and these instructions , you can have a completely functional graphing calculator on your phone or tablet to take with you anywhere. That’s one less piece of equipment to carry around and fewer batteries to buy. This is a lifesaver for math students. CamScanner [Price: Free with in app purchases] CamScanner is more of a productivity tool but it can co...

Mars Colonisation Still Far Off, Says Nasa Scientist Amitabh Ghosh Indo-Asian News Service , 10 October 2015 Nasa scientist Amitabh Ghosh said on Friday that though the discovery of liquid water on Mars opens up immense possibilities, colonisation of the red planet is still a distant possibility. "Among the things that need to be considered are the quality of the liquid water there - or for that matter on Pluto and some of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn - and the cost involved to recover it and make it fit for human consumption," Ghosh, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus who was the only Asian on the Nasa's Mars Pathfinder Mission, said at a meet-the-press programme at the Mumbai Press Club. If the water is too dee...

Dell Said to Use VMWare to Help Pay for EMC Deal Dell Inc is planning to use equity in cloud software company VMware Inc to help pay for its acquisition of EMC Corp in a deal valuing the data storage company at more than $55 billion (roughly Rs. 3,56,276 crores), according to people familiar with the matter. While the bulk of its offer will be in cash, Dell also plans to pay EMC shareholders with "tracking stock" that follows the value of the 20 percent of VMware that EMC does not own, the people said on Friday. A deal could be announced as early as next week, assuming that financing arrangements and the remaining negotiations are completed, the people said. The sources asked not to be identified because the negotiations are confidential. Dell, EMC and VMware did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EMC shares ended trading on Friday up 2.5 percent at $27.86 after tech website Re/code reported that Dell was...

Google in talks to invest in chat company Symphony: source Letters spell the word ''Alphabet'' as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Google, which has now morphed into holding company Alphabet Inc, is in talks with messaging startup Symphony Communication Services LLC for a round of fundraising, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Symphony's chat service allows financial firms, corporate customers and individuals to put all of their digital communications on one centralized platform. The talks are ongoing and no terms are finalized yet, the source added. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matte...

Russia demands Google fix ‘anticompetitive’ Android Google faces hefty fines in Russia after the country's antimonopoly agency deemed some features of the U.S. search giant's Android mobile operating system (OS) anticompetitive. The FAS's ruling centers on the way Google's services and applications, such as Google Play, are pre-installed and displayed on Android devices. The regulator takes issue with the fact that when a device manufacturer opts to use Android to run their system, they must install the Google Play store – granting users access to hundreds of thousands of Android apps – and prominently display other of the U.S. online giant's services. Manufacturers are also not allowed to install competing apps, FAS says. One month deadlin...