Google Chrome To Eliminate Flash Based Advertisements

Google has decided to eliminate Flash advertisements and switch to HTML

Google Inc. the search engine giant has announced about a new beta version of the 43 updates that will happen on its web based browser, Google Chrome which tends to act differently when flash is enabled on the page. Most of the pages currently have side and banner ads that have the ability to play on their own which disturbs the user while browsing.

The latest update on Chrome’s browser will be able to pick out the flash animation that are not housed on the page and plays them automatically, according to latest Google updates. This update will help in pausing the animations based on flash with the ability to resume the video playback in case the update leads to the pausing of any video the user actually wanted to view.

This update however is only available with the beta version that is under the advanced setting option. The label of the feature is “detect and run important plug-in content”. This will allow users to govern all plug-ins having the ability to detect and run those which are important. So now users have the option to select what plug in they wish to play. According to the company, this update will make its way to masses by September despite the options have already been added to the current Chrome update.

Since advertisements play a very important role in the overall revenue stream of the company. Google has made several attempts that will assist them in shifting their focus from Flash to HTML based advertisements. The reason behind this switch is to gather web analytics and data related to the impressions making it more useful for them. In order to make this effective, the company has also launched several converters that transform flash animation to the HTML. This apparently is great news for laptop and smartphone users since auto play and irritating pop ups advertisements were the prime reason behind battery storage.

According to recent stats from w3school, the company’s Google Chrome browser contains almost 64 percent of the market share considering it is the most utilized internet advertisement platform, as reported about Google news. The company has been successful in sabotaging Mozilla Firefox that has affected the internet advertisement platform. This recent update will actually transform the fate of web based advertisement pushing on the advertisers to come up with HTML advertisements than Flash.

Hence, Google Chrome is on the right track and will now make life easier of its consumers by overcoming the annoying flash advertisements. HTML is the next futuristic thing and GOOG has made the right decision.

Verizon And NASA To Collaborately Come Up With Drone Monitoring System

Verizon and NASA drone monitoring system will assist in air traffic manaement

The drone delivery technology is getting popular on a relatively stable pace paving way for a partnership between NASA and Verizon Communications Inc. the market for drone delivery has immense potential and many big companies like Facebook Inc. Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. etc. are trying their best to establish a smooth network for drone delivery commercially.

According to a latest Verizon updates by Guardian, NASA and Verizon have collaborated to come up with a cell tower system that will ensure monitoring and better surveillance of civilian and commercial drones. Both the organization is evaluating ways that ensure the usage of cell towers in surveillance along with communication so that they can actually keep a track on drones. The net worth of this project is expected to be around $500,000 that will ensure that the drones fly safely and also device technologies that prohibit them from entering the highly sensitive regions like Pentagon or The White House.

Moreover, this technology will also ensure that operators ground the drones in weathers that are harsh along with the management of air traffic to ensure that no collision occurs.

According to the report by Guardian on Verizon news, NASA is all set to host the first experiment test for the management of drone air traffic control by utilizing satellites, radar and cellular signals in the upcoming weeks. Similar VZ is also devoted to developing a system that uses cellular networks in order to monitor drones by FY17.  The company is optimistic that they will be able to finalize the technology plans by FY19.

Tech giants like Google and Amazon are devoted to establishing and implementing their drone mechanism but at the same time they are also working with NASA so that they organization can conduct the test at its Silicon Valley Ames Research Center. Google has granted around $450,000 so that it can share the data obtained from the Project Wing tests. On the other hand Amazon has already spent $1.8 million approximately to conduct tests for its Prime Air delivery drones at the NASA center.

What many drone delivery services fail to overcome is the potential issues associated with air traffic control, the problem is that they cannot further afford any addition in terms of capacity.  In the future, drone delivery will be a key technology used by a majority of firm so now Verizon Communication and NASA have started working on a potential system that can make the process of the implementation of drones relatively easier.

Uber Intends To Expand Rapidly

The American high-tech taxi service has decided to expand its operations.

The American taxi service, Uber, has decided to expand its operations. Uber news reported that the company plans to hire services of 2,000,000 driving partners. It is expected that the drivers would be recruited in different parts of the world. Its chief executive officer, Travis Kalanick, has taken the hiring decision.

Uber news today informed that Mr. Travis has recently addressed his staff, media, and drivers at the organization’s headquarters in San Francisco. In his speech, Mr. Kalanick stated that the company intends to provide its service to thousands of cities. He recall the time when two cars used to serve the company and further stated that the company would share its transportation data with city planners and in return, acquire approval.

The company believes that its customers would save their precious commuting time, as they will not find them stuck in traffic. It expects that it would help the city authorities to save money disbursed on the development of garages, parking lots, and public transportation system. Uber technologies affirmed that the transportation regulators of Italy, where it has been banned, have targeted its Pop service, UberX.

The service basically resembles with the conventional taxi service and stakeholders of the industry claim that it should abide by the same laws. Industry sources have revealed that in his speech, the CEO has shared details of the transporter’s most recent service, UberPool. He disclosed that the new ride hailing service would let two passengers enjoy the transportation service in a single vehicle.

The said recent service would reduce the number of cars on roads. Experts presented the view that if the company’s new initiative succeeds, then it would minimize the pollution levels of the world as well.

Apart from the hiring decision, Uber has also decided to take steps to contest in a battle against the Australian authorities, who have decided to act against the transporter’s interests. Government sources stated that Mr. Travis has asked the company’s Australian drivers and passengers to lobby their political leaders on the company’s behalf. 

CEO’s orders have been issued to deal with the powerful anti-Uber stakeholders in the region, which he believes are responsible for its failure in Australia. Industry experts believe that its aggressive hiring policy would provide job opportunities to a significant number of people.

Uber has faced tough times in the past, surrounded by many accusations and allegations. It is highly recommended for it to develop strategies and take steps to speed up its hiring process in the best possible manner.

Microsoft Releases Availibility of Windows 10 Update

Microsoft will now make the final call that when to press the update button and not the wireless carrier. The new windows release date, specs and pricing.

According to latest Microsoft updates, the company released yesterday that the new Windows will be available on the July 29 in around 190 markets globally and will also will be available for free upgrade to customers its customers who are currently running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 versions.

If you own a windows PC then you would be probably receiving security updates, new features and bug fixes through Windows Update. That means Microsoft automatically sends updates over the internet and users can easily download and install them on the computer. It doesn’t even matter that which company has manufactured it or where did you get it from.

Microsoft news state that the company also released the price, features, specifications and the release date for Windows 10 UK.  Build 10122 which provided the  Windows 10 Insider Preview, despite being available for the masses, will make you experience frequent crashes in Microsoft Edge, which is still being called Project Spartan for now for the with an AMD GPU.  It however also includes improvements for both Start and Continuum. 

"I think you’ll see that this build is a bit more stable and polished than the last one, which is to be expected as we begin to stabilize for the public release this summer. From here on out you’ll see fewer big feature changes from build to build, and more tuning, tweaking, stabilizing, and polishing," as reported by one of the blog posts on the review of Windows 10.

If you own a Windows phone then you probably have to wait for your wireless carrier and phone manufacturer to get the update approved before they release it or its not even sure if they actually release it.For example, Microsoft’s Denim update was announced last year in September but still it’s not available on T-mobile’s Lumia 635, AT&T’s Lumia 830 and other various phones.Things can change with the launch of Windows 10 later this year.

Microsoft’s Terry Myerson stated in a blog post in the beginning of this month that the company’s “continuous update process applies to all Windows 10 devices, including phones,” and ZDNet’s Ed Bott got the confirmation that Microsoft is now taking the charge of the updates available for tablets and smartphones that are powered by Windows software.

So basically it means that it doesn’t matter if you own a LG Lancet, Microsoft Lumia phone, HTC One M8 windows phone or any other device.  It shouldn’t even matter what carrier you use. Updates will be available for Windows 10 mobile in a similar way like you will get for Windows 10 for your PCs. Updates will include new features and will also feature reliability fixes.

The latest approach is similar to of how Apple sends out software updates to its IOS users for iPhone and iPad, regardless of what carriers they use. However Microsoft still has to start shipping its Windows 10 mobile.

Google Photos Reminder: Smile, It's Free!

Google Photos can make you search through your pictures and provides you with unlimited free cloud storage.

At the I/O developer conference that happened last week in San Francisco, the search engine giant, Google unveiled the biggest revamp for Google Photos, a photo storage and sharing product which is cloud based. Latest Google news is about the Google Photos which was last week unplugged from regular Google+ and declared as an app in itself.

The flagship linked announcement said that there will be unlimited Google Photos cloud storage and that too for free. This means that the product capacities to cover the backup the photos and its needs for the users. It also consists of a paid version, for pros wishing to upload the high resolution content, however for others to view, the photos shall get squeezed a little via lossless algorithm of compression and also shelved inside the infinite storage of search engine giant’s cloud without any fee.

The marketing materials have reminded us in a rather innovative way that it is not merely a collection of pixels. These are the pictures that are the users’ precious memories that the tech giant is proposing to host gratis. It also includes the quotidian stuff that we keep taking screenshot off, such as documents, maps, directions, receipts, price-tags and menus etc. However, this is not the company being generous but it is a lock in.

There is also a feature that is able to delete the photos from the users’ phone when they don’t have enough storage in their phone just in time when the shots are backed up on the cloud platform of Google Photos. Therefore a proper lock for photo storage mechanism is a key here.

Another incentive that has masked the unlimited storage for free is quite motivating. Google news reports that oodles of personal data that has been hankered by the company to apply the data mining algorithms to. And what is better than accessing that personal content by boosting people to upload that data on a free repository for storage, since Google+ had been acting as a bottleneck on something which could be turned into a data funnel for the business and that too, very sizeable.  

The algorithms developed for the app do not see the pictures posted by the user as merely collection of pixels. They are smarter than only doing that. Google has lured this data mining smart as a feature which is eventually the incentive too, image search which is powered by computer vision has the capability to let people search or mine their personal repository of photos and that too through queries of natural language. Google has entered the data mining and data analytics, all it is enhancing now is the knowledge about the personal data of users. 

Alibaba Eyeing Japanese Imports, Leading To Promising New Direction

Alibaba has come together with Yahoo Japan in order to introduce Japanese consumer goods to be introduced in China. It is in parallel with Beijing's interest in boosting consumer spending.

 suggests that against these discouragements, the recent tie-up between e-commerce giants seems quite smart as it is in parallel with Beijing’s objective of imports to be increased for boosting the consumer spending in the country. This tie-up has high chances of being successful because Alibaba has long term and rather strong relationship with Softbank which is major stakeholder of Yahoo Japan and also was one of the earliest investors of Chinese e-commerce giant.

Reports suggest that there is a plan under discussion according to which the dedicated section for Japanese goods would be provided on Tmall, essential B2C marketplace for Alibaba. According to this plan, the Japan pavilion would be launched in summer and Chinese consumers would be provided with a huge range of everyday products, from cosmetics to child care goods. This pavilion will consist of 100 merchants in the beginning but the company will most likely increase the number to 1,000 approximately.

China has experienced major number of initiatives being rolled out in the past few months due to the Beijing’s desire for consumer spending to be increased in the country. It includes the import tariff being reduced for a lot of products that had been considered as non-essential and luxurious. It is also in the process of introducing free trade zones (FTZs) across the country. Alibaba would most likely become a part of this, seeing that Amazon, Microsoft and Costco have been involved in it too.

Google Has Teamed Up With Qualcomm In Order To Work On Project Tango For Smartphones

Google has announced to begin its venture with Qualcomm in order to power the Tango smartphones with Snapdragon 810 SoC.

Latest Qualcomm news is regarding the collaboration of the company with Google in order to work on Project Tango. In the recent years and also the years ahead, Augmented Reality is shaping into a big business, as the tech giants begin to see at the practical uses that it may have, beyond the fun factor that it might be providing. Some cool gaming effects can be developed by and also the control features with the help of AR, however the possible combinations for the industries of different interest have always been fascinating. Limbic, the partner of Google and also the game developer have demonstrated the AR with Zombie Gunship at the conference of NVIDIA, held earlier in the year of 2015.

The market for Augmented Reality has started picking up the vapor and we have seen the latest entrant in the form of Apple who recently acquired Metaio last week. On the other hand, Google has been in the front of technology, introducing Google Glass and Project Tango tablet. For the hand held devices, the search engine giant has collaborated with NVIDIA and also aligned with its Tegra platform with the help of powerful graphics engine with the name of GeForce in order to power Tango tablet and the related devices.

At the Google I/O conference that was held in San Francisco last week, Qualcomm news reports that the company stepped up and announced that the upcoming Project Tango smartphone will consist of the platform engine which is their Snapdragon 810 SoC along with graphics of Adreno 430.

The interesting fact is that the Snapdragon 810 Soc is currently the fastest System on Chip smartphone in the market. Also it is powering the latest HTC One M9 at the moment which is leaving other flagship smartphones being shipped in dust, however struggles with the battery life a little. It has left behind the iPhone 6 and in some cases the Galaxy S6 as well. Therefore if the Google has opted for Snapdragon then it seems to be the sound choice for Tango smartphone and might be the interesting device for many developers at the time when it shall be made available in Q3.

The people who are interested in this device can get themselves registered. The new devices are said to be handed to the developers by next week, so it relies on them if they wish to do something interesting with it. Analysts suggest that Tango is full of potential and can evolve how the people are interacting with the space that surrounds them. The company aims that Tango shall provide the mobile devices with some human understanding of motion and also space.