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Technology

700 social media sites, accounts may be blocked

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Most sites operate from across border; one of the handlers held Intelligence agencies in J&K have identified over 700 sites and Facebook accounts that are instigating gullible Kashmiri youth to indulge in violence by posting provocative posts and comments. These sites and accounts are likely to be blocked by the authorities to ensure peace in the region. Highly placed sources said that during the past two months, intelligence agencies in J&K have been studying reasons for radicalisation of youth in the Valley. While analysing social media messages and posts, it…

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How smartphones are shaping Kashmir’s insurgency

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It is all too easy to dismiss the upsurge in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir this weekend as just another cycle in a conflict that has ebbed and flowed ever since the country received independence in 1947. But that would be to ignore a new factor that is transforming the nature of protest in the region. There’s a clue to what is happening in the government’s response to the threat of disorder. Burhan Wani, the young militant leader whose death sparked the latest explosion of violence, was killed in a gun…

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Modi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative comes crashing down in Kashmir

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At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ is hogging headlines across India, the much hyped initiative is coming crashing in Kashmir. Kashmir Post carries out a random survey and tried to look into the massive programme. While the government is trying to digitise its data and trying to promote Digital India to ensure that government services are made available to all the citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing internet connectivity, it is neglecting the computer education at the primary level. In government-run schools there…

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Hajj pilgrims to get e-bracelets for safety

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Muslim pilgrims joining this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet, newspapers reported on Friday, after more than 2,000 died in a stampede last year. The high-tech safety measure will help authorities provide care “and identify people”, the Arab News and Saudi Gazette reported. At least 2,297 pilgrims died during the stampede on September 24 during last year’s hajj, according to data from foreign officials, some of whom expressed concerns about difficulty in identifying the victims. Saudi Arabia issued a death toll of 769.…

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Apple iOS 10: 10 new features announced at WWDC 2016

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At its twenty seventh annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has officially taken the wraps off iOS 10. The tenth version of iOS is, according to Apple , the biggest release of iOS ever. It brings in a variety of new features and an overall improved user experience. Here are the ten biggest features of the brand new iOS 10: 1. Redesigned lockscreen with interactive notifications iOS 10 comes with a redesigned lockscreen. The OS is now capable of waking up the iPhone the moment you pick it up. Lockscreen notifications…

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World’s smallest engine developed

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Scientists have developed the world’s tiniest engine – just a few billionths of a metre in size – which is powered by light and may help develop nano-machines that can navigate in water, sense the environment around them, or even enter living cells to fight disease. The prototype device is made of tiny charged particles of gold, bound together with temperature-responsive polymers in the form of a gel. When the ‘nano-engine’ is heated to a certain temperature with a laser, it stores large amounts of elastic energy in a fraction…

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Charging your iPhone overnight won’t destroy the battery; revealed

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You may have heard that charging your iPhone overnight is bad for the battery. According to Battery University, a website run by the company Cadex, charging your phone when its already fully charged keeps it in a high-stress, high-tension state, which wears down the chemistry within and does lasting damage. Well ignore that. In a brilliant and comprehensive Quora answer, tech author Jesse Hollington tells you everything you need to know about how your smartphone battery works: “Charging your iPhone overnight will not harm your battery in the slightest. “Charging…

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60% shopping done on mobile: Google India

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With over 200 million mobile internet users in the country, mobile captured 60% share of all shopping related queries and over 50% share of all travel related queries, according to a report by Google India. According to the report, mass adoption of mobile phones is driving adoption of newer services, becoming the primary screen for consumption of media and defining the new user experiences. The report noted that even for YouTube, over 60% of views were now coming from mobile. In the classifieds space, online job listings saw revival with…

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Freedom 251 first impressions: Cheapest but usable

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Noida-based Ringing Bells on Thursday amazed the domestic smartphone market by launching the cheapest smartphone of the world for just Rs 251, roughly translating to less than $4. The only innovation Ringing Bells is clinging on to is the price. Which is enough to silence critics and buyers to lineup. Cheap smartphones are nothing new. There are plenty of Android smartphones priced under Rs 3,000 in the market with few takers. Akash tablet maker Datawind also grabbed eyeballs in the past by only innovating on the price of its UbiSlate…

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Error 53: This could completely shut down your iPhone, without warning

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iPhone owners could be left with completely broken phones by a mysterious error that renders the handsets unusable. Users across the internet are complaining that their iPhones have fallen victim to “Error 53”, which shows up on the phone’s screen and prevents it from doing anything else. There appears to be no way of getting rid of the problem, short of getting a whole new handset. The error appears to happen when the phone detects that it has been repaired by a third-party. If unofficial parts are put into the…

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