Facebook's Moments app uses facial recognition technology to group photos

Tech News  "It's hard to get the photos your friends have taken of you, and everyone always insists on taking that same group shot with multiple phones to ensure they get a copy," product manager Will Ruben said in a blog post.

"When you go to a wedding, for example, there are many people taking great photos throughout the day. You all want a quick way to share your photos with the friends who are in them, and get photos that you're in back. The same is true for smaller events too, like a kayak trip or a night out," Ruben said.

The new application allows users to create groups that sync photos to friends. Moments uses facial recognition technology to group photos based on the friends who are in them, similar to the "tagging" used by the Facebook social network.

The new app was launched Monday for users of Apple and Android handsets in the United States, and will be rolled out to other countries over time.

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Asus taps users' selfie obsession with 13MP front-facing camera on ZenFone smartphone

Tech News -  Optimised for taking selfies, it boasts of features that would certainly pamper you if you are a perfectionist as far as your self-portraits go, such as the 'beautification mode'.

 The Selfie phone features cameras on both the front and back of the phone with a 'beautification mode' designed to make people look better in their photos.

The cameras' 'real tone' flash is "like having a personal spotlight". The device also sports a 'selfie button' that can be easily pressed with an index finger, so people can click the shutter just as they might change the volume of their music.

To activate 'selfie mode', users need only draw an 'S' on the home screen of their phone. There is also 'selfie panorama mode' for capturing more background in 140-degree selfie shots.

The ZenFone Selfie which is all about taking selfies as the device sports 13MP front camera with Toshiba sensor, laser autofocus and dual-LED (dual-tone) flash.

The sensor is coupled with a dual-tone LED flash which should facilitate photography in low-light conditions.

The smartphone features a 5.5-inch LCD display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 with 2GB and 4GB options in RAM.

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Unique lens turns smartphone into microscope

Tech News - It can magnify images by a magnitude of 120 -- all for just three cents (Rs.1.20) a lens.

"The lens attaches directly to a smartphone camera lens without the use of any additional device. It makes it ideal for use with younger students in the classroom," said Wei-Chuan Shih, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

For the study, researchers captured images of a human skin-hair follicle histological slide with both the smartphone-PDMS system and an Olympus IX-70 microscope.

At a magnification of 120, the smartphone lens was comparable to the Olympus microscope at a magnification of 100 and software-based digital magnification could enhance it further, the team reported.

The lens is made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a polymer with the consistency of honey, dropped precisely on a preheated surface to cure.Lens curvature and magnification depends on how long and at what temperature the PDMS is heated.

The resulting lenses are flexible, similar to a soft contact lens, although they are thicker and
slightly smaller.

"Our lens can transform a smartphone camera into a microscope by simply attaching the lens without any supporting attachments or mechanism," the researchers wrote.

The strong, yet non-permanent adhesion between PDMS and glass allows the lens to be easily detached after use. It could also have clinical applications, allowing small or isolated clinics to share images with specialists located elsewhere.

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What's up! Do yo want to earn money? Here go with WhatsApp today

Tech News - 1. Low employee strength: WhatsApp employs approximately 50 engineers who work on the development of the application and are involve in customer support.

2. WhatsApp does not spend on advertising: It's a most effective cost saving technique used by the company. They rely on word of mouth publicity. It has been the No. 1 downloaded application. Such application platforms such as Google Play, Apple iTunes itself advertises their service.

3. WhatsApp prides itself on working with extremely limited budgets. Their website is worth only USD 10 with almost zero maintenance expenditure.

4. Their platform is extraordinarily simple, thus attracts users from diverse demography from teens to grand parents.

5. Reliance Communications has recently announced its exclusive partnership with WhatsApp in India. Under this partnership Reliance Communications has launched a WhatsApp Plan, for all Reliance GSM subscribers. Thus, WhatsApp gets money via partnership with telecom companies.

6. WhatsApp, has secured USD 8 million in financing from Sequoia Capital, and possibly other investors. This funding accounts for the running costs (data storage, servers etc.)

7. The cost of downloading WhatsApp on iTunes is only 99 cents, and on other platforms is available for free. But there is a catch, WhatsApp is free only for the first year. Second year onwards there is a fee for USD 1.99 for a period of 3 years, and this is where they are going to make money. 

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Gionee to expand research and development team in India to localise products

Tech News -  "We have a dedicated team of 12 people, who are working on customising the experience for local needs. Hardware is  universally the same, it is the software that differentiates the experience.
  
"We plan to ramp this up and have about 30 highly skilled people as part of the team by the end of the year," said Gionee President William Lu.

The company, which claims to have about four percent share of the Indian handset market, said it is targeting to become one of the top 3-5 smartphone brands in the country in the next few years.

"Last year, we sold four million devices in India and 28 million globally. That is one-seventh of the total sales. This year, we expect the sales to touch 8 million. India would account for 20 percent of our revenues," he said.
    
The company also plans to set up a manufacturing base in India with an investment of Rs 300 crore in the next three years.
   
The company has roped in consultancy firm EY to advise on partners and potential locations across the country. "We have already seen two locations. Our head of manufacturing, who takes the final call, is visiting in three weeks. Post that, we will be in a better position to talk about the location," Gionee India Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Arvind Vohra said.

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Twitter to track apps on your smartphone

"To help build a more personal Twitter experience for you, we are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested in," explained a post on Twitter website.

The company wants to use the 'app graph' to give more tailored content, give suggestions on whom to follow plus add tweets and other content to your timeline.

"We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed. We are not collecting any data within the applications," the post clarifies.

Recently, Twitter had started showing tweets from users people didn't follow, using an algorithm to identify likely favourites.

The website also recommends whom to follow based on people in a user's network. Now knowing which apps its users have gives more information to work upon.

Users have the option to stop the data collection at any time from their phone settings.

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OnePlus One 64GB variant to sell under Rs 25,000 via Invite-only model in India

The report states that the 64 GB variant of the OnePlus One smartphone which is dubbed as 'company's flagship killer' will  be available for less than Rs 25,000 upon launch.

The OnePlus comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display offering a resolution of 1920 ×1080 pixels slapped with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on it.

The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 with 2.5GHz Quad-core CPUs. OnePlus One runs on CyanogenMod 11S OS based on Android 4.4 (KitKat) platform and is coupled with 3GB of RAM.

The smartphone features a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front snapper. The connectivity feature of the phone include 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4/5 GHz), WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and NFC.

The company has come up with specific invite system for the sale of OnePlus One smartphone to minimize sales risks in new market such as India.

However the company has yet not announced the exact day of the availability of the device.

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