Tuesday 10 December 2013

Time Lapse of Earth from International Space Station(ISS)

If you don’t watch this video, that would be a big mistake. This is, by far, the most breathtaking time-lapse from space I’ve ever seen. It even has a comet flying through. Don't miss this and click on the video below:

Saturday 7 December 2013

A video tribute to Paul Walker from Fast & Furious family

Should watch this tribute video from the Fast & Furious family to Paul Walker who dies in an accident.

Friday 6 December 2013

Nelson Mandela dies leaving a legacy

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95.




For more information about his life and details of his death, click the link below:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11168116

Thursday 5 December 2013

Google's next big project is robots, from the man who brought you Android

Google's revealed that its already got plenty of projects underway, and they're headed up by Andy Rubin. Yep, the man who made the company's Android operating system arguably the biggest smartphone OS in the world. In the last six months, Google has managed to claim seven different technology companies en route to its very real robot plans, although its current target isn't the same millions that fell in love with a cute green avatar.


For more info, please visit the link below:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/04/google-robots-andy-rubin/

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Epic pee on the street prank, coped get owned !

An epic prank performed on the streets to mess up with cops need guts. These youngsters are courageous to perform a prank down the streets. Mind blowing epic prank ever. 


Sunday 1 December 2013

'Fast And Furious' star Paul Walker killed in crash

Paul Walker - the actor best known for his part in the Fast and the Furious films - has died in a car accident in Southern California.


TMZ.com first reported that the 40-year-old actor and another person died Saturday afternoon after a single-car accident and explosion.


Paul's rep just released a statement about his death, and says "He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives." Witnesses on the scene said the car was Paul's ... but also said he was in the passenger seat.

The rep added that Paul was "attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide." 


More info click on the link below:
http://www.tmz.com

Saturday 30 November 2013

Amazing video of landing a plane without the landing gear

Should watch this video of landing a plane at Warsaw airport without the landing gear and the pilot of this plane captain, Tadeusz Wrona, has been hailed a hero by Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowsk, as well as by the airport staff and the Polish media. This has happened couple of years back but thought of sharing this amazing feat.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056160/Warsaw-plane-crash-Newark-Boeing-767-flight-lands-wheels.html#ixzz2m5PjOdOw 

Friday 29 November 2013

Kim Dotcom's Mega cloud storage service gets an official iPhone app

Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega is available to the public, it's finally found time to launch the iOS app it's been promising. 


The new app includes many of the same features as its Android counterpart, which has been available on Android for more than four months, including file previews and easy sharing.

Thursday 21 November 2013

Google Supposedly Tried to Outbid Facebook and Pay $4 Billion for Snapchat

Snapchat turned down the offer, because apparently their valuation was already at $3.5 billion from before. A new rumor says they may have turned it down because they also got another offer from Google – of $4 billion.


Check these links below for more information:

http://valleywag.gawker.com/rumor-snapchat-also-turned-down-billions-upon-billions-1464626439

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/11/google-supposedly-tried-outbid-facebook-pay-4-billion-snapchat.html

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Guy Builds A Bomb Just With Stuff You Can Buy After Airport Security

With just a stainless steel coffee mug, a Li-ion AA battery, some Axe Body Spray, a condom and a bottle of water, Terminal Cornucopia was able to construct and successfully detonate an improvised frag grenade. He made this home-made “FRAGGuccino” from stuff you can buy from airport terminal kiosks — you know the ones you can enter after passing through security.Essentially the water filled condom breaks upon being thrown which shorts the battery, generating enough heat to ignite the can of Axe which transforms the mug into a flurry of shrapnel. 

Obviously, this was simply a test demonstrating a proof of concept but the fact that it can be done — apparently very easily, very quickly, and so cheap. Get ready for your airport security screening to get a lot less pleasant. 
Click on the link below to watch the demonstration:

Monday 18 November 2013

Wallet stuffed with different types of cards? One Coin is the solution.

Coin is so interesting. It’s a credit-card-sized device that holds other credit cards, debit cards and gift cards, allowing you to swap from card to card and even store gift cards inside its ultra-thin innards.

The company planned a pre-order campaign that would top out at $50,000. They blew past that goal in 40 minutes today, a testament to the desire for folks to leave their plastic at home.


The card itself is as thin as a regular credit card. To use the card you select a payment type with the button and just swipe. The Coin card “mimics” your read credit or gift card. The technology is tightly packed inside the card’s plastic case. It uses low-power Bluetooth to connect to your iOS device that is coupled with a standard credit-card reader. You swipe your cards into the system and you’re done. The device holds up to eight cards.

Engineer Kanishk Parashar is leading the Y-Combinator-backed company alongside investor and board member Manu Kumar. Parashar cut his teeth in payments with a startup called SmartMarket, but this product seems to be his winner.
The company isn’t new – a company called Flint is already in this space and I suspect a bigger player will probably beat Coin to the mass market. It’s a cool idea in a cool package and, clearly, the idea has caught fire.

Watch the video below to know and understand how it works:


Friday 15 November 2013

Heartwarming Google India Ad strikes emotional chord with its cinematic brilliance

Google released a heartwarming ad on the 13th November which has already crossed half a million views within 24 hours of being uploaded on Youtube. The three and a half minute emotional ad is hugely refreshing from the usual adverts that come from the immensely competitive tech world featuring playful banter or even resorting to murky mud-slinging between rivals. The video advert named ‘Reunion’ is a part of a series has gone viral on Youtube and other social networking sites. 


It shows how Google helps two childhood friends separated by the 1947 India-Pakistan partition are reunited. Those who are unaware of the demographics and the politics of the subcontinent: The two countries, post-partition, share a love-hate relationship, clipping only the extremities of the spectrum, and Google India has tried to hit a soft spot by picking up this topic.

Wednesday 13 November 2013

The World's Most Obscene iPhone Dock Is Bigger Than A Pony

With 28 speakers blasting around 125 watts, the original Wall of Sound made for an obnoxious home stereo system — let alone an iPod dock. But its creators have returned with a bigger and better solution: the Wall of Sound 2.0 that adds an extra 16 speakers, bringing the total to 44 (in addition to a pair of subs) for more decibels and bass than an iPhone dock ever needs
.

Check this link below for more information on this:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/the-worlds-most-obscene-iphone-dock-is-bigger-than-a-pony/

Tuesday 12 November 2013

Is Apple working on a curved iPhone 6 screen?

Apple have recently released iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c and there are already news and rumours about apple working on a curved iPhone 6 screen which is something that Samsung and LG are already trying.


Please click on the link below to read this interesting article by Techday:

http://techday.com/macguide/news/is-apple-working-on-a-curved-iphone-6-screen/173239/

Monday 11 November 2013

Apocalyptic destruction by Typhoon Haiyan

As many as 10,000 people are feared dead in one city alone after Super Typhoon Haiyan — one of the 
most powerful storms ever recorded — slammed into the central islands of the Philippines, officials said

Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings some of the 10,000 
people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes 

and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.


Friday 8 November 2013

One-tonne satellite will fall back to Earth in an unknown location

People watch out for debris from this satellite falling from the skies when you are outside home.

A European satellite that mapped Earth's gravitational field in exquisite detail will be pulled down by gravity to its fiery destruction sometime in the next few days.

Where and when it will crash no one knows. It could be almost anywhere on the globe. About 25 to 45 fragments of the one-ton spacecraft are expected to survive all the way to the surface, with the largest perhaps weighing 200 pounds.



For more info click on the link below:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11153623

Thursday 7 November 2013

Planes collide in midair and luckily no one died

Few of the luckiest people on earth are in the below video. They were lucky enough to escape a plane collision in midair.

The three skydivers who were on the step of the second plane got knocked off on impact, Robinson said, and the two inside were able to jump. The pilot of Robinson's plane ejected himself, and the pilot of the second plane landed the aircraft safely at Richard I Bong Airport, where it took off.

None of the nine skydivers or two pilots sustained serious injury when the two planes collided in midair Saturday evening in far northwest Wisconsin near Lake Superior. Authorities still didn't know what caused the accident.


Watch this crazy video below:



Wednesday 6 November 2013

Who Has 1 Billion Users And Is About To Overtake Facebook?

It’s not Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn. It’s a company that most people in the West don’t know. That, however, is set to change, with the explosive growth of China’s Tencent and its mobile messaging app WeChat.


Last week, Facebook, the current king of social networks, admitted that it’s losing teen users, and that the overall growth in its monthly active users has slowed to 18% year-on-year. This isn't helped by the fact that it and other Western social networks are banned in China. By contrast, Tencent recently announced that WeChat’s users have almost tripled from the 85 million of the year before.

Check this interesting article by LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131104184701-13518874-who-has-1bn-users-is-about-to-overtake-facebook

Friday 1 November 2013

Emotional Baby Is Moved To Tears By Mom's Singing


This 10-month-old's impassioned response to her mother's private performance of "My Heart Can't Tell You No" gives a whole new (beautiful) meaning to the word "cry-baby."
The little one was identified by Canada's TVA as Mary Lynne Leroux. Mom, Amanda, told TVA that she's too shy to sing in public -- but clearly, she's found an appreciative audience at home.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/emotional-baby-moved-to-tears-by-moms-singing_n_4173272.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Auckland listed in the Top 10 world best-cities by Lonely Planet

Auckland's cuisine, culture and coastal scenery has earned it a place alongside Paris and Zurich as one of Lonely Planet's top 10 cities in the world to visit.
New Zealand's biggest city is praised in the guide's Best in Travel 2014 edition for its newly revitalized waterfront district Wynyard Quarter, shopping and dining precincts like City Works Depot and Britomart.
The guide says: "Food, arts and exploring the coastal hinderland are all excellent reasons to extend your stay in New Zealand's biggest and most cosmopolitan city."
For more info click on the link below:

Monday 28 October 2013

'Reverse microwave' can chill wine bottles and fizzy drink cans in 45 seconds

The invention of the microwave revolutionized cooking but now a 'reverse-microwave' does the opposite, it can chill a drink in 45 seconds.


Click on the link below for the more information in regards this new invention:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10404692/Reverse-microwave-can-chill-wine-bottles-and-fizzy-drink-cans-in-45-seconds.html

Saturday 26 October 2013

10 million BBM downloads for Android/iOS users in 24 hours

In just 24 hours BBM has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date says Techday in the article below.
The private social network from BlackBerry, available free in the App Store and Google Play, quickly rose through the rankings on the App Store to be the number one free app in more than 75 countries in the first 24 hours.
“This has been an incredible launch for BBM across Android and iPhone devices,” says Andrew Bocking, Executive VP, BBM at BlackBerry.The struggling smartphone maker claims user ratings in both the App Store and Google Play are overwhelmingly positive, earning BBM 60,000 five-star reviews on Google Play from about 87,000 reviews.
“The mobile messaging market is full of opportunity for BBM.
“We intend to be the leading private social network for everyone who needs the immediate communication and collaboration of instant messaging combined with the privacy, control and reliability delivered through BBM,”
BBM has more than 60 million monthly active customers, with more than 51 million people using BBM an average of 90 minutes per day.
BBM customers collectively send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other mobile messaging apps.
According to Bocking, almost half of BBM messages are read within 20 seconds of being received; indicating how engaged BBM customers are.

Friday 25 October 2013

Apple’s new iPhones available in NZ now

The most anticipated phones from Apple, the new iPhone 5c and 5s are now available to buy in NZ. Costing a recommended retail price of NZD$1,049 for the 16GB model, the 32GB model and 64GB model will command NZD$1,199 and NZD$1,349 respectively.
The iPhone 5C however, labelled as “the most colourful iPhone yet” will be available in blue, green, pink, yellow and white, for a recommended retail price of NZD$899 for the 16GB model and NZD$1,049 for the 32GB model.
Both new smartphones will be available through the Apple Online Store and select Apple Authorised Resellers across the country, with the iPhone 4S now available for a recommended retail price of NZD$649.
Here is a link for a comparison between both the phone for people who are having troubles to decide which one to buy:

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Apple officially launches iPad Air

Three years ago, Apple unveiled the original iPad, boxy and thick and heavy by comparison. Four iPads later, we’re here, welcoming the fifth generation iPad into the world.


Apple has officially announced the latest version of its iPad tablet. The newly named iPad Air features a design that's reminiscent of the iPad mini released last year. It's thinner and lighter than prior versions,  hence the new name: the iPad Air. iPad. It weighs just one pound which is 0.4 pounds less than the previous model.

For more information on the product visit Apple's official website by clicking the link below:

http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/


Tuesday 22 October 2013

First launch of Surface 2 in New Zealand

Surface 2 was launched last night which is the world's first launch of the product, the new Surface 2 is thinner and lighter than its previous version and it will be shipped with Windows RT 8.1.

Surface 2 is available in 32GB and 64GB configurations; for a RRP of NZ$649 and $799 respectively


Read the article below by Techday for more info:
http://techday.com/it-brief/news/nz-welcomes-the-surface-2/171981/

Watch the Surface 2 review:


Monday 21 October 2013

Project Loon : Balloon powered internet testing by Google in New Zealand

Project Loon is a research and development project being developed by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas.





This project has been started and being tested here in New Zealand. For more info on how this works and how you can be part of this project visit the link below:

http://www.google.com/loon/ 

Friday 18 October 2013

Two Alaskan Malamutes imitating a crawling baby

Should watch this amazing video of two Alaskan Malamutes imitating a crawling baby.


Thursday 17 October 2013

Tuesday 15 October 2013

HTC One Max review article and video

HTC is the latest major phone maker to jump on the massive-handset bandwagon with its new HTC One Max. Echoing devices from rivals Samsung and Sony, the One Max bears a gargantuan 5.9-inch screen yet manages to hold on to some of the smaller One's metallic style.


Watch the hands on video by CNET:


Click the link below for the review about the new HTC One Max by techradar:

http://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-one-max-1189116/review

Monday 14 October 2013

CCTV footage of Tsunami in Japan

I wonder how many people have seen this CCTV footage compilation of Tsunami in Japan. This video shows how disastrous it was. 

Watch this video of that disastrous event in Japan:


Friday 11 October 2013

Sachin announces his retirement after 200th test against West Indies

India legend Sachin Tendulkar will call time on his career after his 200th Test Match against West Indies in November.India has started planning sport’s greatest retirement party next month when Sachin Tendulkar bids farewell to cricket after his 200th Test.


The man known in India as the 'God of cricket' announced on Thursday that the second Test against the West Indies would be the final act of a 24-year career, the passing of which has left a gaping hole in terms of a national hero and icon to more than a billion people.
India’s 24-hour rolling news channels were dominated by Tendulkar’s departure. Rahul Gandhi, a member of India’s greatest political dynasty and a strong candidate to become prime minister next year, was wiped off screen in the middle of a speech as the greats of cricket and the ordinary Indian fan hailed the 40-year-old.
As the man himself admitted he would find it “hard to imagine life without cricket”, others were describing him as a genius who handled the enormous pressures of living his life in the public gaze of the world’s most fanatical cricket nation but never let his success go to his head. “He can’t move around anywhere without crowds following him,” said Sunil Gavaskar, the former India opening batsman. “To have that 24/7, 365 days a year and to still go out and not fail to deliver consistently is marvelous. He has got to be a genius.”
Read more about this news in the below articles by Deccan Chronicle and Telegraph:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131010/sports-cricket/article/sachin-calls-it-day-retire-after-200th-test

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/10369042/Sachin-Tendulkar-announces-he-will-retire-from-cricket-after-his-200th-Test-Match-for-India.html

Thursday 10 October 2013

iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will be available in New Zealand on Friday October 25

Apple has this morning revealed that the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will be available in New Zealand on Friday October 25.


The recommended retail price would be NZD$1,049, NZD$1,199 and NZD$1,349 for for the 16GB model, 32GB model and 64GB model respectively.
The iPhone 5C will be available in blue, green, pink, yellow and white, for a recommended retail price of NZD$899 for the 16GB model and NZD$1,049 for the 32GB model.
I personally can't see much of a difference in the pricing between the Apple's so called low cost phone and the standard phone. For more info and read an article by Techday please click on the link below:

Wednesday 9 October 2013

World’s first as skydiving Kiwis build webpage in mid-air

Chris Hirst and Leo Zhao from Kiwi start up Designbymobile are claiming a world first for the creation of a webpage built in mid-air, while skydiving from 8,000 feet.
Hirst and Zhao attempted their claimed world first webpage creation skydive in Auckland, New Zealand to show how easy it is to use their new web design and hosting tool Designbymobile.
Check this interesting news and video in the article by Techday:

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Nine-year-old runaway flies solo to Las Vegas - without a ticket

American transport officials are investigating how a 9-year-old boy got on a plane without a ticket and flew 2400 km to Las Vegas.
The boy, who has not been named, got through three levels of security at Minneapolis-St Paul airport in Minnesota on Friday before boarding a Delta flight

For more info click on the link below:

Friday 4 October 2013

Few weeks back it was US Naval Yard now gun shots at US Capitol

A police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the US Capitol, police said. They locked down the entire complex, derailing debate over how to end a government shutdown.
Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, told reporters he was walking from the Capitol to the Senate Russell Office Building across the street when he noticed several police officers driving fast up Constitution Avenue on motorcycles.
For more information click on the link below:

Thursday 3 October 2013

Mad Max-style attack on NY driver. Should watch this.

A motorcyclist was charged with reckless driving after prosecutors said he touched off a tense encounter with the driver of a sport utility vehicle and a throng of other bikers that ended with blood and broken bones on a Manhattan street.



Wednesday 2 October 2013

Take a look around hidden gems of Antarctica with this virtual guide

An evolving online project is putting people up close to the hidden gems of Antarctica - without them setting foot on ice.
Stephen Archer, a doctoral student with Waikato University's International Centre of Terrestrial Antarctic Research, has been developing a navigation tool that gives users a virtual tour of the white continent.


The resource has much the same functionality as Google software, but takes the viewer off-road to such places as Kiwi Pond in the sweeping Miers Valley, the rock-strewn slopes of Mt Booth, or Bratina Island Camp.
Mr Archer, with help from volunteer photographers, has battled Antarctica's extreme elements and the logistical headaches they create to capture landscape panoramas with his cameras.
Take a look around Antarctica at http://tour.ictar.aq/tour.html

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Samsung surprises with first investment in Kiwi wireless power company

Samsung Ventures America has spent $4 million on New Zealand-based startup firm PowerbyProxi, which works on wireless charging devices for mobile phones, entering into a strategic partnership with the company.

According to a report by The Droid Guy, Michael Pachos, senior investment manager of Samsung Ventures America, said, “We believe that wireless power transfer is going to significantly change the way consumers use and interact with their devices at home and on the go.” 



Powerproxi is inclined towards the Qi Wireless charging standard, which means that it backs the Wireless Power Consortium. The company has developed charging devices in which, users simply have to keep their mobile phones on top of the device in order to charge it. 

This is the first time that Samsung has made an investment in the wireless charging industry. It is also the third round of funding for Powerproxi, which has now raised $20 million in funding.

The Droid Guy also quoted Greg Cross, CEO and chairman of PowerbyProxi, who said that Samsung’s investment wouldn't interfere with the independence of the company, “We want to support as many consumer electronics and industrial components as we possibly can.


For more information check this article by Techday:
http://techday.com/telco-review/news/samsung-surprises-with-investment-in-kiwi-company/170708/

Monday 30 September 2013

Islamist gunmen attack Nigeria college, 50 students feared killed

Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms in an ongoing Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria, the school's provost said.

As many as 50 students may have been killed in the attack that began at about 1am Sunday in rural Gujba, provost Molima Idi Mato of the Yobe State College of Agriculture, told Associated Press



For more information click on the link below:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11132138

Wednesday 25 September 2013

It was Nokia bought few weeks back and now its Blackberry that was bought by Fairfax

Enjoy those BlackBerry devices you have, because they may be the last ones they ever make.

The company has agreed to a buyout from Fairfax Financial Holdings—a group that had already owned about a 10-percent stake in the company—for $4.7 billion. A sad thought for the company when, just in 2008, they were valued at $83 billion. Current shareholders will be bought out for about $9 a share, and the company will be taken private after that, as long as another group doesn't come along and offer a higher bid within six weeks (don't hold your breath.) If you think BlackBerry's phones were bad, things are even worse at the workplace: they recently announced that they're expecting a $950 million loss for its second quarter, and would be firing 4,500 people. That's about 40-percent of its global employees. Ouch.



If things hold up and a new buyer doesn't come forward, it is widely expected that the company will drop out of the hardware phone business and concentrate on its enterprise strategy, since it is the phones that were once so hot that people fell out of love with, and led to the company's demise in the end. 

Click on the link below for more info on this deal:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24214301

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Fights break out to get hands on iphone 5s

Less than 24 hours after the iPhone 5s went on sale across nine countries,Apple had sold out its entire September stock, leading to on street fighting in California. iPhone 5s was made available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 20.

A businessman hired homeless guys to wait in the line and was promised US$40 for their troubles. Two homeless guys were arrested for fighting.

Check out the fight below:


Monday 23 September 2013

Angel at work??

You should watch this video and then think how can this would have happened.

Different people have different opinions and that person for some might be God/Angel and for some it might be Alien/Teleportation.

Check this out:



Friday 20 September 2013

Kiwis ahead of Australians in smartphone banking

Check this interesting article with the stats on how Kiwis embrace technology compared to our neighbors across the ditch.


More info click the link below:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11127340

Thursday 19 September 2013

Kiwi job changes ranked fifth in the World

New Zealand has one of the highest job turnover rates but experts say this shows people are willing to take job risks in a recovering economy.
According to the Kelly Global Workforce Index, New Zealand had the fifth-highest number of people changing jobs in the past year out of 31 countries.
                                                 
For more info click the link below:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11126754

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Interested in Photography? Sharpen your skills with Creative Live for free

This week, CreativeLIVE is hosting Photo Week, the largest photography education system of its kind: 50 courses taught by more than 50 top educators ranging in topics from wedding and concert photography to starting a photography business.
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