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New norms by @RBI for #PPIs and what does they means for you

What is PPI?

PPIs or Prepaid Payment Instruments come with a pre-loaded value and in some cases a pre-defined purpose of payment. They facilitate the purchase of goods and services as well as inter-personal remittance transactions such as sending money to a friend or a family member. These payment instruments are licensed and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Continue reading “New norms by @RBI for #PPIs and what does they means for you”

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5 future tech-trends to change your life

Technology is most powerful medium to change the trends and the way we do our daily work or business. Now your watch can also connect to internet to perform all computer tasks on your wrist. There are many other technologies reaching the market that can be revolutionary for the future.

Holographic 3D Projection Systems:
Holographic projection system is no more Iron Man or Pay Check movie VFX. Now you can play games, present business videos & presentations, 3D designing etc. with new age Holographic Projection systems. Images and video projects in air above the device at the height of up to 8’3 which operates in full color, offer holographs that have a “realistic optical presence and spatial quality.”

3d Holographic Projection
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Ink Free Photo Printers:

Portable printing device are out now for smartphones and Bluetooth devices to connect with apps and print anytime, anywhere you need. Being in an early age for Ink Free printers there is limitation of black and white print out only. These printers require thermal printing papers that doesn’t require ink refiling cartridges. These printers can print anything which is there on your smartphone screen. Ink Free printers can have backup of 120 hours to make it really portable perfect and makes you stay connected remotely all the time.

InkFree Printers
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Sign Language Translators:
Prof. Roozbeh Jafari at Texas A&M University invented a wearable device that translates American style of Sign Language into English (tough competition to Google Translator nowJ). With the help of smartphone application and Bluetooth connectivity, the device allows easier communication for deaf people. All the wrist and finger gestures are recorded and sends in the application that converts all these signs to English according to American Sign Language. Currently the device is in prototype stage and can recognize 40 words where as it is estimated that American Sign Language has 300 words.

Sign Language Translator Device
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Obscurely Shaped PCs:
While travelling there is always a dilemma to carry out a tablet or a notebook. But with the new generation obscure shaped PCs problem can have a solution as it offers one half tablet and one desktop machine. These devices are ready for pre-booking. They also features bunch of USB ports, HDMI ports and Ethernet (or LAN) ports that gives a good PC experience in compact design.
Obscurely Shaped PCs
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Wireless Folding Keyboards:
A device which is quite demanding for all the bloggers, writers and social media experts. This foldable keyboard can fit in your pocket very easily. Also it’s compatible with all the smartphone platforms so you can benefit your writing anywhere and anytime. So, don’t hesitate while writing on your iPhone or Android phone.
Wireless folding keyboard
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Google Chorme OS is now available to download!

Google has announced their OS ready to download. The OS & Web Browser have the same name called “Google Chrome”. Chrome OS is more closer to Linux & it is also an Unix-like OS.

Featured software in Chrome OS:

  • GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
  • Google Chrome 4.0.207 web browser
  • OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
  • Flash Player 10.0 plugin
  • and much more!

System requirements of Chrome OS:

  • Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
  • RAM: min. 256 MB
  • Hard disk: min. 1 GB
  • Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cards

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and they are also planning to Ship it as a default OS for Netbooks considering its light footprint.

Download Google Chrome OS: http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/download