Google with Saatchi Gallery, London is going to organise Google Photography Prize contest. This contest is open for all students across the world who are 18 years or older. The deadline for submitting photos is January 31, 2012. Top 100 entries will win Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones.
Google has released the source code of Android-4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Android is an Open Source Project that is very famous OS for tablets and phones. Anyone can download the code from Android's official website.
Google has decided to close its seven more services which turns out less successful. These include: Google Bookmarks Lists, Friend Connect, Google Gears, Search Timeline, Google Wave, Knol and Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C). Google said that it will help them to devote more resources to 'higher-impact products'.
Google Chromebook will be very soon available in India. Google's senior Vice President said that he is expecting the Chromebook by early 2012 in India with a lot of features. Currently Samsung and Acer are manufacturing Chromebooks.
YouTube Space Lab is a worldwide competition that challenges 14 - 18 year old students around the world to design a science experiment that can be carried out in space. The two winning experiments will have the opportunity to be performed by astronauts on the International Space Station.
Indian Railway is now providing the live tracking of Indian Trains' running status. Now one can know the exact location, speed and direction of the train from website or through SMS. The project is named as SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) which uses GPS service for monitoring trains continuously.
Shahrukh Khan yesterday launched the digital avatar of his role played in his upcoming sci-fi movie 'Ra.one'. The game code named 'Ra.one Genesis' is conceptualized by Mr. Khan himself. UTV Indiagames holds the copyright for the game. The game can be played at movie's website as well as on social networks like Facebook and gaming platforms like Nokia Ovi, Android, Apple etc.
For passenger convenience and for environment friendly transactions, Indian Railways will now accept virtual e-tickets. The printed e-ticket is also acceptable. This virtual e-ticket is called VRM (Virtual Reservation Message) and can be shown to ticket examiner through any withscreen electronic gadget such as laptops, palmtops, Mobile phone etc.
YouTube has introduced three new features for its users. The most important one is to convert 2D videos to 3D with a single click. Now verified users can upload videos even longer than 15 minutes. Two additional video editing and improvement tools has been added.
After a long testing Google+ is now open for all. It was previously available only on an invitation only basis. Google claims that it has attracted more than 10 million users just after 2-weeks of its invitation-only trail opening. Lot of improvements in other social networking sites indicates that the rise of Google+ has not gone unnoticed by its competitors.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to limit SMS usage by imposing a new rule with effective from September 27. According to this new rule you will not be able to send more than 100 SMS from a single SIM. The Regulations provide that no service provider shall provide any service packs that allow customers to send more than 100 SMSs in a day.
Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developer Preview. You can directly download it and try your hands on this new edition. No additional hardware will be required for normal functionality, means if your are running Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can also run Windows 8. Since this is Developer Preview Edition, it doesn't support upgrading from older versions.