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I am Sherly, living in the city of Alappuzha, which known as the 'Venice of the East'.

BlackBerry launched smartphone Passport at Rs 49,990 from Oct 10

Handset maker BlackBerry Monday launched its flagship smartphone BlackBerry Passport in India for Rs.49,990. “Passport symbolises mobility. The size of this mobile is portable enough to easily tuck into pockets and handbags. The phone has a large square touch screen


Facebook to start testing internet beaming drones in 2015

Google has its Project Loon Internet beaming balloons and now Facebook is planning to test drones which will be able to do the same. The company will carry out tests to check the feasibility of hosting Wi-Fi hotspots in the


Google has announced Orkut is shutting down,Download your photos, profile data with Google Takeout

Google has announced that it will be shutting down it’s social networking site Orkut on 30th September 2014. Orkut marked the dawn of social-networking for an entire generation in India, years before the netizens caught onto the Facebook fever. Though


Govt secure email service to cover 5 million officials by Mar 2015

5 million officials will be going to use government’s secure email services for their official communication to safeguard critical and sensitive government data. Indian Government has approved the proposal moved by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to establish


Yahoo will ring in the new year by killing its Website Directory

Yahoo, which got its start as a digital phone book of websites, is closing that book. Yahoo will shut down its Directory service on Dec. 31, the company said Friday in a blog post. As for why, the firm did


Microsoft Corp set to offer first look of ‘Windows 9’

Microsoft Corp will unveil a new name for its best-known product on Tuesday when it offers the first official glimpse of its latest Windows operating system. The project, known for the past few years as “Threshold” inside the software company


GfK: Netflix Usage on Video Game Consoles Declining

A new report from research firm GfK indicates that, while videogame systems are still the most common hardware used for watching Netflix on a TV screen , they are being used much less than they were three years ago. The


How to change notification sounds on your Android phone

To start, navigate to your phone’s Settings app and tap its icon to open it. Next, Tap Sound under the Device heading: Here you can change your phone’s ringtone and default notification sound, and toggle various other sound effects on


How to create custom maps with Google’s MyMaps

Google recently rebranded Maps Engine to the friendlier-sounding MyMaps. It’s a fun tool, but takes some time to learn its nuances. For the uninitiated it may be best to start on the desktop site before moving to the Android app.


Valve’s Steam Music Player Half-Life and Portal video game soundtracks Free

Valve Software launched the beta version of its Steam Music Player. All customers needed to do was point the software to MP3s stored on the customer’s computer. To start and control playback, users merely pulled up the Steam Overlay and