World's tallest tower opens to visitors in Tokyo!! Want to see?

The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower to mark its opening. Some reportedly waited in line more than a week to get the coveted tickets for a panoramic view, though Tuesday ended up being cloudy in Tokyo. Tokyo SkyTree World Tallest Tower Skytree is recognized by Guinness...

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How Social Media helps in boosting search engine rankings of your Blog?

The search engine ranking of your website plays an important role in attracting more visitors to the site, and helping your brand gain more visibility online. One way of making your website more search-engine friendly, is by ensuring that the website content is SEO optimized.A new infographic by TastyPlacement, however, points out that ranking high on Google, is not just about SEO, it’s about social media too.TastyPlacement created six websites in six similarly-sized UScities, to conduct a study to analyze the relationship between a certain...

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Solar Eclipse in Picture That wasn't Visible in Nepal (with pictures)

It was the ones in a life time View when moon comes in between the sun and the earth causing the solar Eclipse. Though Nepalese didn’t have luck to watch this event Skywatchers from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon enjoyed a treat: the moon nearly blotting out the sun to create a dramatic 'ring of fire' over a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the western United States.The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible in Asia...

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Android 5.0 will reportedly launch in the fall on five phones

While many of us are still waiting for Android 4.0, Google is already firming up plans to launch version 5.0.Also known as Jelly Bean, Android 5.0 is a huge enigma that nobody really knows anything about.However, according to the Wall Street Journal, it will be fully up and running later this year, and it will debut on no fewer than five different phones.And get this - according to the Journal, those five phones will all be branded as Nexus products. The "Nexus" name has been associated largely...

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Astronauts to land on 'planet killer' asteroid

NASA is training a team of astronauts to land on asteroids, which are three million miles from the Earth.The mission, planned for the next decade, would land on an asteroid travelling at more than 50,000 miles an hour.The astronauts will drive vehicles on the surface - and pick up skills necessary to destroy ‘planet killer’ asteroids that may approach our planet in future.The journey to the asteroid and back could take up to a year, according to the Daily Mail.Major Tim Peake, a former British Army...

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Twitter blocked in Pakistan over contentious material

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country’s top telecommunications officials. The material was promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, said Mohammad Yaseen, chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication’s Authority. Many Muslims regard depictions of the prophet, even favorable ones, as blasphemous. Yaseen said Facebook agreed to address...

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Mark Zuckerberg Tie knot with Priscilla Chan

Facebook owner and the world nineteenth richest man Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Saturday.The Facebook CEO, whose company went public on Friday, has also updated his status to “married.”Mark Zuckerberg with his WifeThe fewer than 100 celebrants that gathered in Zuckerberg’s backyard believed it was a party for Chan, who graduated from the Universityof California, San Francisco’s medical school on...

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Soon, typing style to become 'digital fingerprint'

There are lots of new techniques coming on the way and its really hard to be updated with every new techniques. New discovery in the technology is that Typing styles can now be adapted to verify the owner of the computer. Typing styles are as unique as fingerprints and could soon be used to verify the identity of computer users, according to a new study. The Queensland University of Technology's Eesa Al Solami has developed an algorithmic system to analyse typists' keystroke dynamics, the Daily...

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'Ring of fire' eclipse visible in US this Sunday!! Don't forget to have Life time Experience!!

On Sunday, millions of people around the world will be watching to an amazing sight: an annular solar eclipse in which the moon will cover as much as 94 percent of the sun, leaving a glowing ring of fire. In the US, the eclipse will begin around 5:30 pm PDT and last around two hours. The greatest coverage will be at around 6:30 pm PDT. The last such eclipse to be seen in the UStook place in 1994, and the next will be in 2023 so you can say it a Life Time Experience.Because some of the sun is always...

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Facts about Flesh-eating bacteria

Aimee Copeland, a Georgiagrad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant through tissue. Affected areas sometimes have to be surgically removed to save the patient’s life.Flesh Eating bacteriaHOW...

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New Case of flesh-eating bacteria occurred in USA

After a case where student of psychology at the University of West Georgia was found infected by  the flesh eating bacteria known as Aeromonas hydrophila, A new case was seen in the USA and this time its New Mother.    Lana Kuykendall is a paramedic, so when a rapidly spreading red and black bruise appeared on the back of her leg after giving birth to twins, she knew something was wrong.She and husband, Darren, raced to the hospital and within 90 minutes,...

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College Girl Battles With Flesh Eating Bacteria!!!

A student of psychology at the University of West Georgia met with an accident when homemade zip line snapped and led her left calf open. Aimee Copeland, 24, received 22 stitches, but weeks after it was found that she has contracted the flesh eating bacteria known as Aeromonas hydrophila.Aimee CopelandShe has lost her left leg and a part of abdomen and it is suspected that she will lose her hand fingers as well. Aimee's Father Andy Copeland said that...

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Twitter's new email digest feature to summarise top stories, tweets for users

Micro blogging site Twitter has planned to roll out a new 'email digest' that would summarise top stories and tweets in users' networks. According to Othman Laraki, Twitter's growth and international director, the new weekly summary feature, which was announced on the company's blog Monday, is already available to some users. "This summary features the most relevant tweets and stories shared by the people you're connected to on Twitter," Laraki said in the blog post.According to The Los Angeles...

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Facebook raises IPO price range to USD 34 to USD 38 per share

Social networking giant Facebook has raised the price range for its Initial Public Offering to 34-38 dollars per share, according to a report. The firm had earlier set the price range at 28 to 35 dollars a share.The Wall Street Journal quoted a source familiar with the matter, as saying that the spike in price was due to overwhelming demand by investors on the road show.Facebook Logo According to the source, the California-based firm's initial price range put Facebook's valuation at 77 billion...

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Electricity generated from harmless viruses (Watch Video)

Scientists including one of an Indian origin have made a breakthrough that could lead to tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from the vibrations of everyday tasks such as shutting a door or climbing stairs. Berkeley Lab scientists have found a way to make harmless viruses harvest mechanical energy, which could then be used, say, to charge a phone as its owner walks along. They've created a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. It harvests energy...

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Now, Google brings instant answers to search results

Google will now give instant answers to your queries right on its search results page. The Internet search giant has built up an 'encyclopedia' of 200 million people, places and products, and will deliver that information through Search.For example, type in 'Mona Lisa', and a biography appears right on the page (on the right hand side), type in 'Leonardo DiCaprio' and you get a list of the Titanic star's films, and suggested related searches. According to The Daily Mail, Google, and the Microsoft-ran...

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New cavity-filling material reverses decay and regenerates tooth structure

A new composite material, which is made up of silver and calcium nanoparticles, could work as a dental filling that kills remaining bacteria so that patients don’t have to make a return trip to the dentist.Dental fillings replace the part of the tooth drilled out inorder to remove decay. But if any bacteria remains, the cavity can grow right under the filling, Discovery News reported.The new material, developed by researchers at theUniversity of Maryland, also...

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'Twitter will last longer & become more valuable than Facebook', says Ad.expert

Micro blogging site Twitter is expected to last longer and become more valuable than social networking giant Facebook, one of the UK's leading ad men has claimed. Ad firm Ogilvy and Mather's vice-chairman Rory Sutherland, who helped to turn Microsoft into a major consumer brand in the Eighties, said although Facebook might be the most popular social network at the moment, it could struggle to maintain that position in the future."I can see Facebook being superseded more easily than Twitter being...

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New wireless battery chargers to be Reality soon for all Devices

As Samsung allies with other big tech firms to make the wireless charger widespread, wireless battery charger is possible for other electronic device as well. One of the biggest surprises at Samsung's Galaxy S3 launch last week was a charger that powered the smartphone wirelessly - but now it seems that the technology could soon be widespread.Samsung, Qualcomm and other tech companies have joined forces to establish a single standard to allow devices to charge wirelessly - using a technology similar...

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Google's driverless car now can be seen in Nevada

The Google car that can drive on it own is now eligible to ride on the streets of American State Nevada.Technically speaking, what this means is that the car - yes, the car itself - has been issued its own driver license. In other words, the state of Nevada feels the inner workings of Google's smart vehicle contain the same capacity of driving ability and human judgment as any physical person sitting behind the wheel.The car in question is a Prius, and has been loaded with a very special software...

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Facebook bought social location application Glancee after Instagram

Facebook has made its second major acquisition this year after buying social location application Glancee.The app - dubbed a 'friendly stalking' application - locates nearby Facebook (and, as of now, Twitter) users with similar interests to be your 'friends', located via their phones. Along with its purchase of Instagram for $1 billion, it's an indication that Facebook is keen to beef up its expertise in mobile technology - both apps are focused on phones and tablets, rather than desktop PCs.Glancee...

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'Tweets in Space' plans sending Twitter messages to habitable planet

Twitter users across the world may be able to find followers 22 light-years away - thanks to 'Tweets in Space', an ultramodern project that hopes to transmit 140-character texts to a potentially habitable planet this fall. During a live performance set for September 21 at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum, collaborators Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern plan to beam tweets carrying the hashtag #tweetsinspace all the way to GJ667Cc, New York Daily News reported.Scientists have asserted that the recently...

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Garlic can acts as stronger antibiotics for food-borne illness

Researchers have isolated a compound in garlic that is a 100 times more potent than popular antibiotics in combating Campylobacter bacteria, one of the commonest causes of intestinal illness. Some 2.4 million Americans alone are affected by Campylobacter every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with symptoms including diarrhoea, cramping, abdominal pain and fever.Garlic"This work is very exciting to me because it shows that this compound (diallyl sulphide) has the...

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Believe it or not the British lab is growing human spare parts, now organ donation is a thing of the past

'This is a nose we’re growing for a patient next month,’ Professor Alexander Seifalian says matter-of-factly, plucking a Petri dish from the bench beside him.Inside is an utterly lifelike appendage, swimming in red goo. Alongside it is another dish containing an ear. ‘It’s a world first,’ he says smiling.‘Nobody has ever grown a nose before.’His lab is little more than a series of worn wooden desktops strewn with beakers, solutions, taps, medical jars, tubing and paperwork, and looks like a...

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