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Astrophysicists are amazed by new tricky discoveries and knowledge galactic motion. Recently, they have found out that galaxies move around other galaxy since they have a sense of beat which they always follow. This discovery is extremely different from the previous ones that were based on the movement of galaxy.

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It states that galaxy move in a disc like motion around the galaxies which are comparatively bigger than them. According to the researchers, this movement begins in 2013 when they find out that several galaxies were encircling the Andromeda galaxy. Through this research scientist examine the characteristics of galaxies and concluded that dancing galaxies have the differing velocity from the one around which they rotate. This end result left astrophysicist in a perplexed state because whenever they observe the rotation of galaxy they found that they move in a consistent and organized motion.

An Australian astrophysicist, Lewis, said that this discovery completely deny the previous theories regarding association of galaxies with each other. He and his fellows who are still working on this research have named these galaxies as “Dancing dwarf galaxy”. Moreover, they analyzed the configuration of the galaxies which are similar in 50 percent of galaxies they inspected yet

MOTO X Review

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Google acquired Motorola several months ago and few months back Motorola under Google released its first mobile the MOTO X. The MOTO X looked totally different from the way we have seen Motorola devices before and it worked way different and much better. Still is Moto X really a dependable phone fit to be in the competition in the android race? Let us analyse.

It’s no doubt that Motorola has turned much better than it was before after it was acquired by Google. Google closed a lot of Motorola’s branches around the world kept the company in a low profile and by the middle of 2013, came back to the market with a new device the Moto X.

Although the Moto X’s components were not a match to the then best smartphones in the market like the Samsung galaxy S4, Google introduced the phone claiming it as a high-end smart phone and marked the price at around $199. The phone’s resolution was not a match to the high end phones and the screen size was just content and it had a 10mp camera.

 

SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro

CPU: Dual-Core 1.7 GHz Krait 300

GPU: Adreno 320

Display: 4.7-inch HD SuperAMOLED

Memory: 16/32 GB

RAM: 2 GB

SIM: Nanosim

Main camera: 10 megapixels + LED flash

Secondary Camera: 2 megapixels

Weight: 130 grams

Dimensions: 129.3 × 65.3 × 10.4 mm

Software: Android 4.4 KitKat

 

The features are no different and are less standard than the high end devices except that the Moto X can be customised with the MotoMaker.

Preliminary analyses of the device indicated clearly revealed that it has followed the steps of Apple’s iPhone where user interface is given the main importance.

Moto X though using an android OS has some additional features like active display and touch less control making it stand out from the other android devices.

Many devices have been released since the Moto X’s release upgraded with the latest versions of software and other features. Is Moto X still worth a user’s money and performs well enough to be in the race? Let’s find out.

 

Design

     As we discussed earlierMoto X is the first phone after being acquired by Google and the hence the design has been carefully done. Moto has followed iphone steps in deciding the size of the phone, neither too compact nor too big. Moto X’s has dimensions 129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 mm. This is a little longer then the iPhone 5S and the phone weighs about 130gms.

Owing to its small compact size and the design, the Moto X is really comfortable both in the hand and the pocket.

The volume control, power button, camera, headphone jack are in the usual position. The one most important thing that Google has added is the motomaker with the use of which uses can customise the colour of their MotoX. But this facility is only available in the US.

 

 

 

Screen

    Moto X has a great and attractive display but it is not simply the best we could see in a smart phone. The phone use super AMOLED technology display and grants many advantages and of course disadvantages too.

The maximum brightness of the Moto X is much lesser than the other Smartphones like the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy 5s S4.The screen offers good viewing angle but a blue hue appears when you exceed 180 degrees. The same issue prevails in the LG flex too which is not a surprise since both the phones use AMOLED technology.

Performance

     As far as the performance of the Moto X is concerned there can be no complaints. Moto X performs smoothly and the apps open to speed. Thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC Pro and there are two more cores which are responsible for the touch less control and quick camera.

Camera

      Camera is one of the major disadvantages of the phone. Moto X has only a 10 mp camera with clear pixel technology. In good lighting conditions the camera is capable of taking good pictures but after a particular point of zoom the clarity in the images is lost.

The camera is almost of no use at all in low light. It is not worse but the camera in other smart phones is far better when compared to this.

On the whole Moto X’s camera is good but is not even close to the smart phones in market.

Software

Moto X comes with the latest version of android. Software is one place where Motorola has put more thought into. No disadvantage can be put forward in terms of software in the Moto X.

In addition to this Motorola also offers additional features like the active display and touch less control.

Touch less control

    This is one of the best features of the phone. It uses Google voice search. The phrase ‘Google ok now’ activates the control. The best part is that the voice control recognises only to one voice.

Active display

With the use of active display users can see notifications without even having to unlock the device, similar to the one found in the iPhone. The AMOLED screen displays only a part of the display lights when the notifications are displayed saving battery power.

The best feature would be the Moto assist. This assists in controlling the profiles and other controls for example when the user has added a business appointment Motoassists takes a note of the appointment and the phone is placed in the silent mode automatically.

Autonomy and sound

Moto X uses a 2200 mAh battery and with moderate use the battery holds for the whole day. But with extensive use of the phone the battery does not stay for the whole day.

The battery life of the device is good but it does match the battery of the high end devices.

The sound system of the Moto X is pretty good with good quality but still does not match to the high end devices.

 

Advantage:

Software: The phone uses the latest version of the OS.

Performance: Performance of the device is good it works fast and fluid.

Sound: Motorola known for good sound and has shown their standard in Moto X too.

 

Disadvantage:

Display: Though it uses a super AMOLED screen much improvement is necessary.

Conclusion

On the whole the Moto X is a really good phone and is fit to be in the race with the smartphones. But a lot of improvement is necessary to meet the standards of the really good smartphones ruling the market.

 

PayPal Now Available For Google Play Purchases In Over 12 Countries

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Good news for the folks, if you are looking to buy an app or other content from Google Play store, you are now able to use PayPal account to pay for your digital needs.

Earlier, there was a facility to pay through debit or credit cards and gift cards or if you are the users of the network T-Mobile (EE) in UK, but now, PayPal has become another availability for the users of UK.

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In fact, PayPal has also been added as a payment mode in twelve other countries. including UK, US, Canada and Ireland, along with the European countries such as Austria, Finland, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

The Google Play Product Manager Ibrahim Elbouchikhi announced: “Our goal is to provide our users with a frictionless payment experience, therefore, this new integration is another example of how we work with our partners from across the payment industry to give our users the best experience.”

Google sales are increased by 300% since last year and this is not so surprising actually. Two-thirds of the apps that are being purchased are now outside the US.

While that’s all undoubtedly a great news for the Big G, but it is still behind the Apple’s app store as per the App Annie, which pegs Curpertino’s total revenue of the app at 85% more than Google.

Sixth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-6 Satellite is Launched

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The sixth global positioning system (GPS) IIF-6 satellite is launched on 17th May by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) from the Space Launch Complex-37.

The ULA rocket that into the space and it will place a navigation satellite into the Global Positioning System constellation for the Air Force.

The ULA’s performance is always remarkable and they it again by consecutively fifth launch this year and 82nd successful launches since the company formed.

The 3,600 pound next generation GPS satellite, designated GPS IIF-6, is the sixth member of the planned 12-strong constellation of Block IIF satellites that was first launched in May 2010; the latest in an “interim” class of GPS satellites to keep a critical worldwide positioning, velocity, and timing asset operational until the next-generation GPS Block IIIA comes online later in 2014

The GPS 2F satellites provide improved military signals that have greater accuracy and are more resilient to signal jamming. They also have some civilian requests and a longer life expectation than the previous generation of satellites.

About three hours after launch, the rocket will deliver the satellite directly to the GPS constellation, which is orbiting at an altitude of 11,047 nautical miles.

Results of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

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Nathan Han, the 15 years old boy from Boston has been awarded first place for a machine learning software that he made for study mutations of a gene, it is linked to breast cancer, he was awarded first price in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program organized for the students of Science and the public.

He used data that is publicly available, Han worked in depth on characteristics of multiple mutations of BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene to teach his software to compare between mutations and to find the cause of that disease. the range of accuracy of his software is upto 81% and can be enhanced to become more accurate to identify the cancer threats from BRCA1 genne mutations. Han has been awarded with 75,000 USDs, the Gordon E.Moore award, in the honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.

Lennar Kleinwort, also a 15 years old boy from Germany received one of two Intel Foundation Youngest Scientist Award of $50,000 USDs, Kleinwort developed a new tool related to mathematics for tablets and smartphones that enhanced the capabilities of the handheld devices that earlier required more expensive and sophisticated computing tools. His app is going to help users to design draw curves and lines aswell as geometric figures on the touchscreen and monitor the render of the system into shapes and equations that can be manipulated at all.

Shannon Xinjing Lee, the 17 years old girl from Singapore received the other last IFYS Award of 50,000 USDs for making a novel electrocatalyst that can be used for batteries as an advancement in the future. Researchers have been looking for a way to make rechargeable batteries practical with zinc-air, as they would be safer and lighter in weight and will be able to handle and consume six times the energy density of lithium ion batteries, this will make the hybrid cars more better in fact much more better. Lee activated carbon catalyst, which is made with carbonized eggplant of China, greatly performed very well a very sophisticated commercial catalyst in stability and longevity tests and friendly with environment and less expensive to produce.

“The world eagerly deserves more scientists, creators and entrepreneurs to go ahead, improve economic growth and solve pressing global challenges,” Wendy Hawkins said, Intel’s executive director. “Young people are the key to innovation, that is what Intel believes, and they think that this will inspire the students of the rest of the world too and get them involved in the field of technology, science, math and engineering, the foundation of creativity.”

In present year, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair featured over 1,700 young scientists chosen from 435 affiliate fairs in over 70 countries, regions and territories, except those top selectors, the other over 500 finalists received different awards and prizes for their innovative research, including “Best Of Category” winners, each of them received $5k prize from Intel, The Intel Foundation awarded $1k to each winner’s school and to the affiliated fair they represent. Also, the Intel Foundation presented experiential awards to the selected number of students, which includes the new 11-day trip to China to take in part to the country’s largest competition in national science, negotiate with researchers at Intel’s lab in Shanghai, and to take a survey of Panda Research Base in Chengdu.

The list of finalists (as a whole) is available in the event program. The Intel Science and Engineering Fair 2014 is funded by Intel jointly and the additional awards and support by the Intel Foundation from so many other corporate, governmental, academic and science focused organizations. In present year, over $5 million was awarded.

Mobli Introduced Live Video Broadcasting For Mobile Users

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Apple users and soon Android aswell will be able to broadcast live videos real-time from anywhere throughout the world.

Video sharing and photo sharing has been striving to stay in competition with famous brands such as Instagram, but the recent update will definitely make it unique than all others.

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Now, users of iOS are able to broadcast their videos live real-time using their phone from anywhere throughout the world. The version of android only supports watching live videos; it is said that the live broadcasting update will be released soon for Android too.

“We have been working hard on version 4.0 of mobli for a long time.” the company mentioned in their blog post. “We’d like to hear your thoughts on this new version.”

As of now, the thoughts about their new update is positive. “Sick update,” the user of iOS MouseMeetCheese wrote in a five-star app review. “Love it! It is brilliant!.”

Another user Malers said aswell, additing that “This app is quite innovative and cool,” and added a five stars too.

However, right now, not everyone is thrilled with this update, which includes fixture of minor bugs and more intuitive UI design. The Photographer Ira Lens complaint that he waited for almost three months for this update and was looking to get the bug fixed related to image loading is very much disappointed, wrote in a blog comment.

Those who are looking to facilitate themselves with this exciting new update can get this app from iTunes App Store and the users of Android must keep an eye on Play Store for the update, mobli is also available for the Windows Phone users however, it doesn’t include the live video broadcasting feature yet.

“The live streaming apps that are standalone like Quick are boring,” CEO Moshe Hogeg written at techcrunch. “It’s a full pack featured plan that includes posting pictures, videos and going live with the ultimate feature of live video broadcasting, that is something users will be attracted from for sure.”

Mobli Introduced Live Video Broadcasting For Mobile Users

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Apple users and soon Android aswell will be able to broadcast live videos real-time from anywhere throughout the world.

Video sharing and photo sharing has been striving to stay in competition with famous brands such as Instagram, but the recent update will definitely make it unique than all others.

mobli-live-broadcasting-123

Now, users of iOS are able to broadcast their videos live real-time using their phone from anywhere throughout the world. The version of android only supports watching live videos; it is said that the live broadcasting update will be released soon for Android too.

“We have been working hard on version 4.0 of mobli for a long time.” the company mentioned in their blog post. “We’d like to hear your thoughts on this new version.”

As of now, the thoughts about their new update is positive. “Sick update,” the user of iOS MouseMeetCheese wrote in a five-star app review. “Love it! It is brilliant!.”

Another user Malers said aswell, additing that “This app is quite innovative and cool,” and added a five stars too.

However, right now, not everyone is thrilled with this update, which includes fixture of minor bugs and more intuitive UI design. The Photographer Ira Lens complaint that he waited for almost three months for this update and was looking to get the bug fixed related to image loading is very much disappointed, wrote in a blog comment.

Those who are looking to facilitate themselves with this exciting new update can get this app from iTunes App Store and the users of Android must keep an eye on Play Store for the update, mobli is also available for the Windows Phone users however, it doesn’t include the live video broadcasting feature yet.

“The live streaming apps that are standalone like Quick are boring,” CEO Moshe Hogeg written at techcrunch. “It’s a full pack featured plan that includes posting pictures, videos and going live with the ultimate feature of live video broadcasting, that is something users will be attracted from for sure.”

Mobli took time to respond to PCMag’s comment request.

Russia Rejected NASA’s Proposal for Extending Life of ISS

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The Federal Space Agency’s budget is boosted by Russian government by 1.8 trillion rubles ($52 billion) in order to expend and modernized its existing capabilities and infrastructure by 2020.

On Tuesday a new program of space activities is released by Russian through 2020, on the same day a controversial future of Russian space cooperation is painted by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in a bleak light.

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A bold statement is made by Rogozin, Russia will look for other projects and partner to extend the life of ISS or International Space Station beyond 2020 and no proposal will be accepted by NASA. Russian space industry will pledge 1.8 trillion rubles for its development and modernization by new space policy. This step will ensure, after the fulfillment of the ISS obligations, Russia will be free in future to pursue its own interest in 2020.

Moreover, Rogozin added at summit meeting in Beijing, the corporative space project of Russia will be discussed by china on May 2019. To old cosmodromes, at Plesetsk (located in Arkhangelsk) and Baikonur (located in North Kazakhstan) renovation of modernization will be extended.

Russian is currently busy in task of modernization of its space station, for that Russia has leases $115 million for Kazakh government on annual basis. Construction of brand new facility of launching in Far East also keeping Russia preoccupied, location of the construction is Vostochny Cosmodrome.

There are many extensive international obligation to be fulfilled by Russia in near term, where the devotion of 1.8 trillion rubles to address near terms are concerning, like “the access and necessary presence of Russia in space.”

Planet Earth : Solar Winds Increased Lightening Strikes

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It is stated in new research by Reading University, Sun releases energy particles that causes lightning to strike on earth. According to this new discovery, increasing amount of thunderstorm activity on earth and the acceleration of solar wind results the streaming of higher energy particles, evidently these particles are from space and they are one of main causes of lightning bolts.

In Europe, Chris Scott and his team found, the rate of increase in lightning all over region is significant, after the arrival of high speed solar wind for up to 40 days.

Chris Scott from the University of Reading further explained the phenomenon in his statement;” We have found evidence that high-speed solar wind streams can increase lightning rates. This may be an actual increase in lightning or an increase in the magnitude of lightning, lifting it above the detection threshold of measurement instruments,”

Researchers further explained, according to them, across the Europe, within 40 days, there was an average of 422 lightning strikes. These are the 40 days of the arrival of solar wind on Earth. It says after the arrival of solar wind rate of lightning strike increased in between 12 and 18 days, where else solar wind is capable of traveling more than a million miles per hour on earth.
Solar winds collide with atmosphere that causes income of charged particle results the alteration of electric properties of air.

Scott note stated; “The results could prove useful for weather forecasters, since these solar wind streams rotate with the sun, sweeping past the earth at regular intervals, accelerating particles into earth’s atmosphere.”

Turkey : Strike And Protest Started

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In the town of Soma, South of Istanbul, a nationwide strike is called on Thursday as number of death increased, it is considered to be one of the worst mine disasters ever struck to the country, when number of death tolled to 282. This strike is called by major workers’ union. According them, this is a strike against poor standards of nation’s mining safety.

According to rescuers, there are hopes for trapped miners if they have moved to safety room that is built for emergency, in order to keep them safe from poisons gasses and thick smoke in case of accidents.

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Mining company and government has officially announced that nearly, 450 miners have been rescued up till now. When according to officials almost 120 people are still trapped inn, even after great effort, because blazing fire is playing a vital role of great hinder in the mine to reach remaining people. On the other hand, emergency workers are still searching for survivors after this disastrous explosion in mine.

It is fairly stated on the calling of people to wear black, “Hundreds of our workers have been left to die from the very beginning by being forced to work in cruel production processes to achieve maximum profits.”
“We call on the working class and friends of laborers to stand up for our brothers in Soma.”

On the visit President Abdullah Gul “a great disaster”, and he vowed, to further prevent the accidents in turkey, all the possible actions will be taken. In future, Turkey will no longer be a nation with common mine explosions and cave-ins.

“Whatever necessary will be done. We need to review all the regulations, like all developed countries do, so that these accidents do not happen again.”

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