Microsoft tweaks settings, makes it easier to say no to Windows 10 update

Towards this goal, this week well launch a new upgrade experience for millions of PCs around the world. The new experience has clearer options to upgrade now, choose a time, or decline the free offer. Wed like our customers to upgrade and improve their experience with Windows and Microsoft. While it is not ideal, but it is still better. The free Windows 10 upgrade offer will expire July 29. So, those on Windows 7 and 8 have just a month to upgrade to Windows 10 for free....

June 29, 2016 · 1 min · 104 words · Bryan Scott

Microsoft updates .Net to 1.0 with new libraries and tools

Microsoft made this announcement at the Red Hat DevNation conference in San Francisco. Microsoft claimed that as many as 18,000 developers from 1,300 different companies contributed in making of .NET Core 1.0. This is the biggest transformation of .NET since its inception and will define .NET for the next decade. you might get more details of Microsofts .NET Core 1.0here. source: www.techworm.net

June 29, 2016 · 1 min · 62 words · Alice Newton

This Tiny Camera Can Be Injected Into Your Body Through A Syringe

The researchers say that during testing it produced high optical performances and tremendous compactness. What is remarkable about the tiny camera that it takes very little effort to make these lenses. The researchers say that they designed, built, and tested the tiny camera in just a few hours. The process wasdescribedin the journal Nature Photonics. source: www.techworm.net

June 29, 2016 · 1 min · 57 words · Crystal Peters

Western Digital’s SanDisk Launches World’s Fastest 256GB microSD Card

At this speed, people can move files quickly up to 1,200 photos in just one minute. However, the company hasnt mentioned about the write speed. The new card is also capable of storing more than 24 hours of Full HD video. source: www.techworm.net

June 29, 2016 · 1 min · 43 words · Amanda Mccoy

12 technologies open-sourced by Facebook, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn

However, it needs some innovative methods to handle it. In some cases, these can be seen to slowly filter down to an extensive range of businesses. So, why do they disclose the trade secrets to the broader world? Here are some of the innovative technologies from the big web companies that are now seeing wider use. Google MapReduce Over 20 million of codes and hundreds of open source projects have been released by Google....

June 28, 2016 · 1 min · 189 words · Kathleen Medina

15 Highest Paying Programming Languages In 2016

There are some lists that suggest that there are close to 300 different languages one can learn. So, what skill is paying the best in the market? As with any job, the key consideration to get employed is the salary. Javas popularity with developers is due to the fact that the language is grounded in readability and simplicity. Developers who have mastered this language are always in high demand. Senior level Java developers can often expect salaries as high as $115,000....

June 28, 2016 · 2 min · 330 words · Robert Vargas

Facebook Is Using Your Location To Suggest New Friends

Facebook in the recent past has been in the news for invasion of privacy of its users. In other words, Facebook tracks the location of your smartphone to suggest People You May Know as friends. People You May Know are people on Facebook that you might know, a Facebook spokesperson said. The Facebook spokesperson further added, Location information by itself doesnt indicate that two people might be friends. Thats why location is only one of the factors we use to suggest people you may know....

June 28, 2016 · 1 min · 102 words · Daniel Berger

Visiting America? Keep your Facebook, Twitter accounts ready for U.S. Custom agents

Next time you are thinking of visiting United States, you are supposed to keep your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media accounts details ready for inspection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. Travellers seeking visa waiver entry to the US may soon be asked to list their social media profiles if a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal is enacted. Visiting to land of dreams may very well depend on your social media standing, one wrong post and you may say goodbye to your dreams of visiting U....

June 28, 2016 · 1 min · 203 words · Brenda Goodwin

5 new programming languages to watch out for in 2016

It is not about the language all the time. It is at times also about the environment a language offers. Stanza 0.8.22 Also known as L.B. Stanza gathers to native code, but does not need specifying types. Add them, and the language automatically carries out more robust code checking on your behalf. It also uses an object system that doesnt employ classes. It works with techniques and function overloading instead and makes it simple to hire co-routines for concurrency....

June 27, 2016 · 1 min · 148 words · Derek Reyes

Freedom 251: World’s Cheapest, $4 Android Smartphone To Start Shipping This Week

251 (less than $4)will see the light of the day. And if thats not enough, the smartphone company is also planning to launch an affordable LED TV. 251 (which is less than $4). They invited everyone to make registrations for grabbing the smartphone at an inexpensive price. However, their online payment model didnt work as expected and there were many bugs in their website. The Android icons of the Freedom 251 also seemed borrowed from the iOS....

June 27, 2016 · 2 min · 392 words · Craig Olson

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Social Media Account Hacked

Their recent victim was Daniel Ek, the CEO and founder of Spotify. The recent victim to make this list wasCEO of Google, Suchar Pichai. seems like the Quora account of Googles CEO has been hacked. The three-man hacker outfit has been posting messages on Quora through Pichais account. His Quora account is connected with his Twitter account. As a result, OurMine was able to tweet their hack to all 508,000 of his followers....

June 27, 2016 · 1 min · 159 words · Susan Rodriguez

Google is working on its own Android smartphone to rival Apple’s iPhone

Now Google is reportedly toying the idea of releasing its own smartphone to givedirect competition toApples iPhone. There have been rumours about Google releasing its own handset for a long time. I think theyll seek to control it more, more like Apple. Pichai said, Our plan is still to work with hardware partners. The biggest problem with Googles may be the European Union, which accused Google of monopoly abuse in April....

June 27, 2016 · 1 min · 96 words · Gabrielle Wallace

Woman wins $10,000 judgment against Microsoft for pushing Windows 10 updates

I had never heard of Windows 10, Goldstein said. Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update. She said that she never authorized any updates. Goldstein reached out to Microsoft customer service to attempt to resolve her issues. Last month, Microsoft had appealed the initial judgment but dropped that appeal. As a result, Goldstein won and collected a $10,000 judgment from the company. On the other hand, Microsoft says it offers users a choice to update, not a requirement....

June 27, 2016 · 1 min · 122 words · Brandon Weiss