Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Builds 'Jarvis' Software Butler for His Home

Mark Zuckerberg's artificial intelligence-imbued software "butler" - named Jarvis - is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday.

Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a system inspired by the "Iron Man" film character Jarvis as a virtual assistant to help manage his household.

"In some ways, this challenge was easier than I expected," Zuckerberg said in a post on his page at the leading social network.

What is the biggest mistake that a big company like NOKIA has made?

Nokia’s CEO Rajeev Suri who become the company New CEO April 2014 said “we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost”.  According to him, the company did not do anything wrong but suddenly they lost out of the cell phone giant.

Blackberry launched A New Phone Called Blackberry Priv

We all know the Blackberry story.

Well before Apple’s iPhone, Blackberry kicked off the smartphone revolution and brought the office out of the office and into the tap-tap-tap grasp of workers all over the world.

Ease of use and security made Blackberry handsets the choice for corporations everywhere – not to mention world leaders.

But the Blackberry went pear-shaped. Unable to keep up in a market of sophisticated phones, with vast app stores and big screens, Blackberry was soon seen as a boring business phone.

Facebook Launches Mobile Music Sharing App Named Music Stories

Facebook has announced a new post format which allows people to listen to the first 30 seconds of a song shared on the site.

It will be called Music Stories and Facebook says it is aimed at “enabling better music discovery and sharing”.

The previews will be streamed from Spotify and Apple Music and fans can link through to buy or save the music.

It means Facebook will allow its users to listen and share music they like, without leaving the app.

Google’s To Unvail New Video Editing Apps

Despite an overall slowdown in acquisitions, Google has acquired the team behind Fly Labs, a New York-based startup that makes video-editing apps.

Fly Labs had produced a quartet of video-editing apps to help people “edit on the fly.” One of the apps, Crop, turned vertical cellphone videos into horizontal, YouTube-friendly ones. Its newest release, Clips, turned small video fragments into so-called masterpiece short films.

In the Fly Labs announcement the startup said more than 20 million videos had been created through its product.

Google Set To Fuse Chrome OS Into Android Phone's

Google will fold its Chrome operating system used in personal computers into the Android mobile OS, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Beginning in 2017, Google will only have a single operating system on the market, with Android featured on tablets, smartphones, and notebook computers, the report said. Google will show an early version of the new unified Android OS next year, The WSJ said, citing anonymous sources.

The move should help unify Google’s software efforts and make its platform more appealing to third-party software developers.

High Sales Of iPhone Send Apple Profits Up

Apple has reported a jump in sales in the three months to September, driven by sales of its iPhone.

The tech giant’s revenue was $51.5bn (£33.6bn), up 22% compared with the same period last year.

It sold more than 48 million iPhones in the period, which it said were “record fourth quarter sales”, although the figure did miss analysts’ expectations.

It also reported a net income of $11.1bn for the period, adding that 2015 was its most successful ever year.

“The growth was fuelled by record fourth quarter sales of iPhone, the expanded availability of Apple Watch, and all-time records for Mac sales and revenue from services,” the company said.

Facebook In India And China: Big Risk, Big Reward

In the face of slowing growth at home, Facebook Inc. (FB) is courting new users in India and China. Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, spoke to students at Tsinghua University in “heavily accented” Mandarin and will renew efforts to promote Internet connectivity to the masses when he travels to India later this week.

But the company’s ventures into new territories is fraught with risks. It may not result in substantial revenues and it also might tarnish the social network’s reputation as a place for free expression.

(Dis)Likes in India

India would seem like safe ground for Facebook.

Google, New Holding Company Alphabet, Spells Success With Mobile, YouTube

Google, reporting its first earnings as the new holding company Alphabet, said it owed its profit and sales success last quarter to having six products with more than a billion users apiece.

They are Search, the mobile operating system Android, the Web browser Chrome, Maps, the marketplace Play and YouTube.

But Google executives on Thursday specifically called out YouTube.

The Google-owned video giant has become synonymous with online video. Every month, more than a billion people, or one of every seven on the planet, visit the site to watch movie trailers, get makeup tips or see cute animals do something adorable.

Toshiba To Sell Its Image Sensor Business To Sony For About $165 Million

Toshiba Corp is set to sell its image sensor business to Sony Corp for around 20 billion yen ($164.68 million) as part of a restructuring plan laid out earlier this year, sources with knowledge of the deal said on Saturday.

Toshiba, whose businesses range from laptops to nuclear power, is undergoing a restructuring after revelations this year that it overstated earnings by $1.3 billion going back to fiscal 2008/09.

Facebook Explains Why iOS App Drain Battery, And Fixed It

Facebook, one of the worst offenders when it comes to battery drain on iOS devices, claims it has fixed the issue in the latest version of its Facebook iOS app, offering an unusually detailed explanation as to why this happened.

According to Facebook engineering manager Ari Grant, the problem was twofold: First, Facebook’s app had something called “CPU spin” in its code.

The Audi RS 7 Is One Of The Best Cars In The World

The Audi RS 7 is one of fastest cars with four doors and a trunk that money can buy. This week, Audi introduced the new RS 7 Performance edition, loaded with all kinds of go-fast upgrades.

Earlier this year, Business Insider spent a weekend behind the wheel of Audi's road-going rocket ship and absolutely loved it. Now there's a new and improved RS 7. We haven't been behind the wheel, but it looks even better and faster than before.

When it hits showrooms, the RS 7 Performance will be the top-of-the-line offering in Audi's A7 series.

Report: Samsung Will Be Adding A '3D TOUCH' Feature To It's Galaxy Phones Next Year

Samsung is reportedly preparing a feature that is similar to 3D Touch for its Galaxy line of devices releasing in 2016, according to a post written by a credible source known as “I Ice Universe” on Weibo.

Samsung will be using technology created by San Jose, California based human interface Software Company. Last week, Synaptics announced the new generation of its ClearForce touchscreen technology called ClearPad 3700. ClearPad 3700 can distinguish between light taps and harder presses.

Will YouTube’s New Subscription Model Work?

YouTube (GOOG) is planning introducing a new subscription service that will feature original content from its stable of homegrown YouTube stars as well as premium content from Hollywood studios. The initiative is part of YouTube’s plan to earn revenues from its massive user base.

Even though it reported $4 billion in revenues last year, YouTube failed to turn a profit. The entry of a number of major entertainment studios and Facebook Inc. (FB) in the online video streaming space has further ratcheted up the pressure on the service to report profits.

See How Google Is Tapping India’s Smartphone Market

China is the world’s largest mobile market and has been the focus of the technology industry in 2015. However, that may soon change. India has a growing demand for smartphones and is expected to surpass the United States in 2017 as the world’s second largest smartphone market.

In response to this increased demand, some of the largest companies in technology and mobile are beginning to shift their focus from China to the growing market in India. Businesses such as Apple have begun making heavy investments in India and have been rewarded with huge increases in sales in the country. Apple invested more in marketing and production in India and was rewarded with a 93% increase in iPhone sales in the third quarter of 2015.

Facebook's Instant Article Finally Rolling Out To Mobile

 Facebook's Instant Article, which brings news stories directly to your News Feed, has finally roll out to mobile phone, starting with its iOS app.

So with it you can catch all the latest news right within the Facebook app on your iPhone and iPad, you might have already been aware of the Instant Article which was launched earlier this year on desktop.

Instant Articles for Android has also launched in public beta alongside ios, with a full roll out scheduled for later this year.

Video: Switzerland Students Invent Wheelchair For Climbing Stairs

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An electric wheelchair that can climb most stairs, including spiral staircases, has been developed by Zurich-based students.

The Scalevo Wheelchair can mount one stair per second and was designed by 10 students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and the Zurich University of the Arts.

When being used on normal flat ground it balances on two wheels like a Segway and allows users to turn on the spot in order to quickly change direction.

Ghanaian Actor John Dumelo To Launch New Game App

The popular movie star John Dumelo is set to unveil a new mobile game application that will run on  any android and Apple (iOS) phones.

The game is named ‘Aya’ centres on the main character, John Dumelo, trying to rescue a loved one who has been captured by an evil villain.

Facebook Has Bans Daily Phrase – No One Knows Why

 On Sunday, a Redditor named “System_Requirements” made a mysterious discovery: If you try to post “everyone will know” on someone else’s Facebook page, the system would block you indefinitely.

Conspiracy theories ran rampant: Maybe “everyone will know” means something insidious. Maybe Facebook is scheming to shape the global dialogue. Or maybe (read: definitely) that particular phrase just happened to get snagged in Facebook’s spam filter — which is its own sort of Internet puzzle.

Microsoft Launches Windows Laptop And Show Off Two New Phone

Microsoft has launched a laptop dubbed the Surface Book, as part of a suite of new Windows 10 products.
It also showed off two new smartphones, an updated Surface tablet and a new fitness band.

Much is riding on the launches as chief executive Satya Nadella sets out to prove Microsoft can compete with its rivals.
Analysts said the new laptop may help revive the ailing PC market.