TWITTER SURVEYING ABOUT HARASSMENT WITH USERS ONLINE

Twitter, as its CEO Dick Costolo has put it, sucks at dealing with harassment and trolls. It's been trying to get better — although its changes have sometimes misfired badly in the past. Right now, though, it's apparently apparently trying to gauge just how big of a problem Twitter abuse really is. Its mobile app is inviting some users (specifically, verified users, as far as we can tell) to take a short survey about their personal experiences and opinions on the platform. It doesn't seem to ask the same questions of everyone, but among other things, it asks how important it is to see interactions, how much they worry about harassment on Twitter, and the overall level of abuse users receive on other services, like YouTube.

Twitter has effected some important changes over the past several months, including a simpler form for reporting abuse, but the most useful tools are still unofficial, jury-rigged, and imperfect solutions like block lists. More than anything, this is a way for Twitter to remind its high-profile users that while it might not be even close to a solution, it's at least trying to listen to their problems.

SOCIAL SITES BANNED IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES

The government will be monitoring online activities of bureaucrats on official computers, block content which it feels is adversely affecting the productivity of the babus and also have a right to delete e-mails or internet history on such computers after intimating the user.

Notifying an 'E-mail Policy of Government of India' and 'Policy on use of Information Technology resources of Government of India', the Modi government has now stipulated that only the e-mail services provided by NIC shall be used for official communication.

The e-mail services provided by other service providers shall not be used for any official communication. These notified policies will cover all central government employees, employees of those state governments/UTs which use email services of the Centre and those states that choose to adopt this in future. The step was in the offing for long given the government's concern over foreign servers of Gmail and Yahoo and instances of US snooping.

The policy has specified that besides NIC, there would not be any other e-mail service under Government of India and says auto save of password or its sharing in the government e-mail service is not permitted

FACEBOOK MOVES FORWARD TO HELP SUICIDERS

                                 Facebook updated status and added one more "SUICIDE".

Facebook Inc. FB, -1.79%   announced on Friday that it’s adding new tools to help any of its 1.35 billion users who express suicidal thoughts on their page. If a friend notifies Facebook’s administrators of a worrying status update or photograph, for example, the site will send a private status update to their timeline and gives this example: “Hi Gerald, A friend thinks you might be going through something difficult and asked us to look at your recent post.” Facebook will then give them an option to talk to someone or get tips and support.

FINALLY WE CAN TRIM VIDEOS ON PHONE

The Youtube app on Android devices has been updated with a new feature that now allows users to trim videos before uploading it to the web.

The new feature lets users set the beginning and end points of the video with control points on the timelines when they start uploading.
So now we can do this on our finger tips.

APPLE TO REPLACE CAR KEYS........

            "KEYLESS ENTRY FOR CARS APPLE ROCKS"

Apple Watch will replace your car keys and its battery will last the whole day, Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook told the Telegraph in an interview. The watch is designed to replace car keys and the clumsy, large fobs that are now used in many vehicles, Cook told the newspaper.

Its battery will last the whole day, and will not take as long to charge as an iPhone, the report quoted Cook as saying.

Apple Watch will also work as a credit card through Apple Pay, Cook told the paper, but did not mention how user verification will work with the watch.

The rollout of the watch might pose a challenge for Apple’s stores, which may involve “tweaking the experience in the store,” the Telegraph said, citing Cook’s conversation with the staff at Apple’s Covent Garden store in London.

Last March, Apple unveiled CarPlay, which lets drivers access contacts on their iPhones, make calls or listen to voicemails without taking their hands off the steering wheel.

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the iPhone maker is looking at making a self-driving electric car, and is talking to experts at carmakers and automotive suppliers.

In the interview, Cook said that the Apple Watch will operate a special rewards system, track the user’s activity and “be correct to 50 milliseconds”.

Apple was not immediately available for comment.

The company has scheduled a special event on March 9, where it is expected to showcase Apple Watch, which will be launched in April.

While announcing Apple’s record-breaking earnings, CEO Tim Cook had revealed a rough launch date of April 2015 for the device.

The smartwatch was announced last year in September, but the company didn’t reveal much about its availability, except that it would come in ‘early Spring’. Later, Apple retail chief, Angela Ahrendts,was more specific and revealed the Watch would come only after the Chinese New Year. She had also disclosed how Apple had started planning marketing strategies and all retail employees would be trained to help customers try out the new watch and its features.

The Apple Watch sports a squarish design instead of a circular one popularised by Motorola’s Moto 360. The Watch is crafted from custom alloys of polished or space black stainless steel (Apple Watch), space gray or silver anodized aluminum (Apple Watch Sport) and 18-karat rose or yellow gold (Apple Watch Edition). Going by the demo during its launch keynote, the Watch can do a lot of stuff. Here’s everything you need to know about the Apple Watch.

VLC RETURNS

VLC MEDIA PLAYER is now available on IOS,WINDOWS PHONE and ANDROID TV'S.

                  "WITHOUT VLC PLAYER VIDEO STREAMING WAS FUZZY"

VLC is having a big day. The app, which is essentially the Swiss Army knife of video players, is returning to the iPhone and iPad following a long absence after the release of iOS 8. It's also launching on a ton of other platforms: it's coming to Windows Phone, Windows RT (though its download isn't working at press time), and Android TV as a public beta for the first time today. The first non-beta version of VLC is also arriving on Android today, and there are even some updates for Windows and OS X. Basically, everyone can now share in the fun of playing back unusual, nerdy, and arcane video formats.

SAMSUNG'S FANLESS ATIV BOOK 9 LAPTOP

A curved all in one wasn’t the only thing Samsung decided to announce today. Among the company’s plethora of pre-CES announcements was a 12 inch fanless laptop that seems more reasonably priced and specced than its curved desktop counterpart. The specs rundown, for an ultrabook, is also fairly competitive for its price. The laptop features a 12.2 inch 2560×1600 display being powered by a Intel Core M-Y510c and 4GB RAM. The laptop also ships with a 128GB SSD and 802.11ac WiFi at base configuration (which starts at $1200).

The Core M inside this laptop won’t win any awards over low power variants of the Core i5 and Core i7 in other Samsung laptops, especially given how worse Core M performed on the Yoga 3 Pro versus that laptop’s predecessor. Nevertheless though, the ATIV Book 9 is a compelling choice for those who are looking to buy an ultrabook next year.

THE NEW ERA LAUNCHED

Microsoft HOLOLENS puts you at the center of a world that blends holograms with reality. With the ability to design and shape holograms, you’ll have a new medium to express your creativity, a more efficient way to teach and learn, and a more effective way to visualize your work and share ideas. Your digital content and creations will be more relevant when they come to life in the world around you.

                                               

Go beyond the screen

As holograms, your digital content will be as real as physical objects in the room. For the first time, holograms will become practical tools of daily life.

Shape holograms to fine-tune a design. Interact with them to learn something new. When you share your ideas, show and tell from multiple perspectives. Microsoft HoloLens enables you to make decisions more confidently, work more effectively, and bring your ideas to life right before your eyes.

                                                     

A new reality

Microsoft HoloLens goes beyond augmented reality and virtual reality by enabling you to interact with three-dimensional holograms blended with your real world. Microsoft HoloLens is more than a simple heads-up display, and its transparency means you never lose sight of the world around you. High-definition holograms integrated with your real world will unlock all-new ways to create, 

communicate, work, and play.