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FreeCharge partners with payment gateway CCAvenue

BENGALURU: Snapdeal-owned digital payments platform FreeCharge has announced its partnership with payment gateway CCAvenue. The partnership will enable FreeCharge customers to have access to real-time, multi-currency online payment services as well as one lakh online merchants across sectors like hospitality, retail, education etc. Earlier this month, FreeCharge added a 'Chat and Pay' option that lets users make social payments (also known as Person-to-person or P2P payments) via its Android app. The feature also connects merchants and consumers to chat, shop and pay, i.e. Person-to-Merchant (P2M) payments. The feature, FreeCharge hopes will help make digital payments frictionless and expand its digital payment ecosystem to include new users like neighbourhood small shopkeepers, taxi services and merchants from unorganized sector without any investment. It also plans to allow merchants to upgrade their payment limits of Rs 1,00,000 with necessary KYC verification...

Facebook apologizes for Lahore blast 'Safety Check' error

LAHORE/SAN FRANCISCO: Social media giant Facebook  has apologised to users in many countries including India for wrongly sending texts asking if they were "affected" by the deadly Taliban bombing in Pakistan on Easter Sunday. The targeted suicide attack on Christians in a crowded Lahore park killed more than 70 people, nearly half of them children. Facebook's Safety Check system activates after a tragedy to help people let others know they are safe. The social network blamed a "bug" for the warnings sent to people thousands of miles away from Pakistan. Responsibility for the attack on Sunday has been claimed by a Taliban splinter group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, which said it targeted Christians celebrating Easter. Read More at - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Facebook-apologizes-for-Lahore-blast-Safety-Check-error/articleshow/51586008.cms

Man dressed as Aladdin rides 'magic carpet' down street in Israel

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TEL AVIV, Israel, March 23 (UPI) --  A man was spotted gliding along the streets of Israel on a homemade "magic carpet" while dressed as Aladdin in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim. Motorcyclist Aviad Rosenfeld  shared video of the man  to Facebook as he marveled at the strange sight. "You won't believe me, but I just saw Aladdin pass by on his carpet on Allenby Street," he wrote in Hebrew. The man can be seen dressed in full Aladdin garb, including a purple vest, red fez and slightly tattered white pants. A small device can also be seen in his hand, which appears to be used to control the skateboard-like magic carpet. Dressing up in costumes is a part of the annual celebration of Purim, which began on Wednesday, March 23 and will continue until March 24. According  to Chabad.org , the costumes represent how God's work in the events of Purim were disguised by natural events. Other aspects of the celebration of Purim include handing ...

SOLAR ROADWAYS

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Solar Roadways has taken the first step to creating the world’s largest solar panel: The company uses tempered glass and photovoltaic cells to create intelligent, energy-harvesting pavement, complete with built-in heating elements for melting ice and LEDs for signage. The technology is still in its infancy, but with funding from the Federal Highway Administration and an Indiegogo campaign, the company finished a prototype parking lot in Idaho earlier this year.  Solar Roadways

THE SKEYE NANO IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST CAMERA DRONE

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The average camera drone today is a hawk-sized quadcopter with reels of FAA red tape wrapped around it. The SKEYE Nano is something a little different. This tiny drone weighs less than half an ounce, yet it is equipped with a video camera and full six-axis stabilization. It flies beautifully inside and out, and is small enough to avoid FAA regulations altogether. The Popular Science Shop has this pocket-sized eye in the sky for $49.99 with free shipping. You can launch the SKEYE by throwing it like a paper airplane, allowing the four tiny blades to take over. In flight, the drone is surprisingly agile. There are three levels of control sensitivity to suit pilots of varying abilities, with the most sensitive setting allowing experienced users to thread the drone through tiny gaps. You can also pull flips and rolls, and gyroscopic stabilization provides a steady view for the built-in camera. This offers video and still images, which are saved onto the provided memory card. The ...

A House that Walks

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A new prototype house walked around the campus of the Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire, England. The eco-friendly house is powered by solar cells and minature windmills, and comes with a kitchen, a composting toilet, a system for collecting rain water, one bed, a wood stove for CO2 neutral heating, a rear opening that forms a stairway entrance, and six legs. A collaborative effort between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, the house walks about five kilometers an hour similar to the walking speed of a human. The legs reguire a software algorithm to calculate the movement and position of the legs to provide stability over varying terrain. The house can turn, move forward or backwards, or change height as required and can be programmed with GPS waypoints for traveling to destinations. Source: www.n55.dk

Car Gps Tracking

Car Gps Tracking is fairly common in new vehicles, providing drivers with tracking and navigation. However, latest technology inventions have made car gps tracking systems more sophisticated, allowing for a wide range of additional uses. Smartbox technology is one example of how car gps tracking systems are being used to lower car insurance. A comprehensive recording of a driver's habits allows insurance companies to provide "pay-as-you-drive" car insurance. City officials in New York City are considering how car gps tracking could be used as "Drive Smart" technology. Most large cities have a limited capability to change the infrastructure of their roadways. A car gps tracking system that integrates with traffic information would give drivers the ability to select routes in real time that were more fuel efficient, less congested, faster or shorter. A driver's recorded routing selection could then be used to penalize or reward drivers by lower...