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Snap, Inc. Introduces Spectacles, Sunglasses That Record and Upload Video Memories to SnapChat SnapChat officially changed its name to Snap, Inc. as the company restyles itself from a one-[major] hit app company into a digital lifestyle brand. To mark the occasion, Snap, Inc. introduced Spectacles, fashion and tech-forward sunglasses that record 10-second clips, which can then be uploaded to SnapChat Memories via wifi. Following the Apple playbook, Snap, Inc. also designed a fashionable case that doubles as a charger. Spectacles will be available this Fall and will cost $130.

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Some avid keywords and their definitions

What is a Crack? The word "crack" in this context means the action of removing the copy protection from commercial software. A crack is a set of instructions or patch used to remove copy protection from a piece of software or to unlock features from a demo or time-limited trial. There are crack groups who work together in order to crack software, games, etc. If you search for Chicken Invaders 2 Crack, you will often see the word "crack" amongst the results which means it is the full version of the product. What is a Serial? The word "serial" means a unique number which identifies the license of the software as being valid. All retail software uses a serial number or key of some form. The installation often requires the user to enter a valid serial number to proceed. A serial can also be referred to as a "CD Key". When you search for Chicken Invaders 2 Serial for example, you may find the word "serial" amongst the results. This usually means your software download includes a serial number of some sort. What is a Keygen? The word "keygen" means a small program that can generate a cd key, activation number, license code, serial number, or registration number for a piece of software. KeyGen is a shortened word for Key Generator. A keygen is made available through crack groups free to download. When writing a keygen, the author will identify the algorithm used in creating a valid cd key. Once the algorithm is identified they can then incorporate this into the keygen. If you search a download site for Chicken Invaders 2 Keygen, this often means your download includes a keygen.

Don’t return that missed call!

At around 1.35 am on Thursday, Ranita D'souza heard her phone ring. This woke her up and just as she was about to take the call, the caller disconnected. The caller's code was +216. Assuming it was important, Ranita returned the call. Although her call was answered, to her surprise, there was no response from the other end. Ranita hung up but by now Rs 60 had been deducted from her prepaid account.

Lately, this has been a common occurrence and callers are being conned into returning these dodgy calls. This is being called the 'One Ring Scam'. The callers have automatic diallers and they call random numbers. It is a general tendency to return calls, especially ones made at an awkward time for fear of there being an emergency.

Upon returning these calls, you are sometimes directed to an expensive international hotline - usually an adult site. People would find this offensive, obviously. At other times, callers are kept engaged with music and other sounds. Certain other users get messages saying "Please call me back, this is urgent." Not only are calls to these numbers expensive, staying on call increases your risk of losing data.

Sharath Tejasvi, who handles Corporate Communication at Airtel said, "All operators and even the Department of Telecommunication have alerted customers asking them not to take such calls," he said. "About a year back, we received complaints about a group based in Africa that would retrieve data stored on a person's phone through such calls," he said.

Currently, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, (TRAI), has advised customers not to pick up unknown calls with the code +92 (Pakistan) and +375 (Belarus). If you receive such calls, make sure not to call back. Also, bring up the matter with your operator.

-Source: Times of India, Feb 22, 2015

New Research Promises to Recharge Cell Phones with Your Sweet Voice

Imagine if your cell phone never needed to be recharged. The only caveat is that you have to actually use it by making phone calls, whether it's to your mother who wants to know why you never call, or your significant other to tell them how you much you miss them. Sound a little far fetched? There's new research out there that promises to charge your phone using your voice.
According a report in the U.K.'s Telegraph, electrical engineers at the institute of nanotechnology at Sungkyunkwan University in Seol, South Korea, have developed a new technique that turns sound waves into electricity. This would allow a cell phone to stay charged simply by carrying on a conversation, and by picking up background noise. It can even convert music into electricity when not in use.

The Trick :
The magic trick involves sandwiching strands of zinc oxide between two electrodes. There's a sound absorbing pad on top that vibrates when sound waves hit it, which causes the zinc oxide to compress and release, generating electrical current that can be used to charge a battery.

On "Sleep"

Sleep is a powerful influence on all our lives, and a 60-year-old person has spent almost twenty years asleep. The traditional theory about sleep is that our brain needs to rest for several hours to refresh itself and to 'file' in our memory everything that has happened to us during the day. We can put off sleeping for a limited period, for instance if we go to an all-night party, but sooner or later we have to sleep. If we are not allowed to sleep, we suffer hallucinations, and eventually die.

However, Dr. Ray Meddis has a fascinating new theory. He suggests that we don't really need to sleep at all. We sleep only because our brain is 'programmed' to make us do so. he believes that the sleep instinct originates from prehistoric times. Primitive man was 'programmed' to sleep to protect himself from the darkness with its many dangers. Animals seem to have been similarly programmed. The number of hours they sleep does not depend on physical activity but on how much time they need to eat. Horses, cows and elephants, for example, which spend many hours eating, sleep only 2 or 3 hours. Cats, on the other hand, who have a lot of spare time, sleep for 14 hours a day, more than half their lives.

According to Dr. Meddis, the 'tiredness' we feel at the end of the day is produced by a chemical mechanism in the brain which makes us sleep. We are 'programmed' to feel 'tired' or 'sleepy' at midnight, even if we have spent the day relaxing on the beach or doing nothing. Dr Meddis believes that the unpleasant symptoms we suffer when we don't sleep enough are not because we have not rested but because we have disobeyed our brain's programming. The longer we don't sleep, the worse we feel. But Dr Meddis believes that if scientists could locate and 'turn off' the sleep mechanism in our brain that produces tiredness, we could live completely normal and healthy lives without sleeping. So is sleeping a waste of time? Well, even Dr Meddis does not deny the great psychological value of sleep, and he asks us, "if scientists invented a pill which, if you took it, would keep you awake for ever, would you take it?"

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