April Fools' Day is upon us

April Fools' Day is upon us, which means a prank could be lurking 'round every corner, chair or potentially Saran-wrapped door.

If you didn't plan the greatest, most YouTube-worthy prank of all time, no worries. You can still fool your friends and family with pranks that require little effort and yield big laughs. (From you, at least.)

This year, forget blasting your mom's car with Post-it notes and settle for a simpler prank. Check out these easy gags you can pull together before the day's end.

But don't blame the Internet if your friends shun you for a few days — it's tough to forgive someone for a donut full of mayonnaise.

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facebook to buy ubuntu for 3 billion

It seems Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO of Facebook) is not done shopping just yet. After buying WhatsApp and Oculus Rift, Mark Zuckerberg’s next target is Canonical, parent company of world’s most popular Linux distribution Ubuntu. This is revealed in an exclusive report by Business Insider.

When asked about Facebook’s intention behind Ubuntu’s acquisition, Zuckerberg said:

“…At Facebook, we always supported Open Source. We saved $1 billion by switching to Open Source servers last year. We used the saved revenue to buy Oculus”

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Best Android games of March 2014

Best Android games of March 2014
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By Simon Sage | Mar 31 2014 | 5:47 pm  | 0 COMMENTS
Need Android games? We got 'em! Here are our favorite game releases for March 2014

In our ongoing quest to bring y’all the best games the Google Play Store has to offer, we’re going to start rounding up our favorite Android game releases every month. Often this will include big releases that you might have missed throughout Android Central news stories or our picks of the week, but we’ll try to dig up some hidden gems for you too. We’re also going to be rounding up the month’s non-game apps in a separate post, so keep your eyes peeled.

March was a pretty solid month for Android gaming! It was particularly nice to see so many of these launch so closely in line with their iOS counterparts. Below you’ll find some action, some strategy, some RPG, and even a rare high-quality trivia game.

Androidcentral
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Outlook Web App for Android

Outlook Web App for Android will help your smartphone fit in at work
3/31/2014 5:19PM by Jon Fingas
It's easy to find Android phones that can handle the Exchange-based email you often find in the workplace, but they don't always support all the latest features. That won't be a problem for much longer, though, as Microsoft has just revealed plans to bring Outlook Web App to Google's platform later this year. Much like its iOS counterpart from 2013, the Android release should let you take advantage of Office 365 technology that might not make it into third-party email software. The app may not be all that exciting by itself, but it could be the key to using your preferred phone for work instead of having to switch to company-approved hardware.

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Google+ and LinkedIn: More Engaged than Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest

Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today released its first report examining engaged social referrals. Since many of us spend an egregious amount of time using social media, the company was interested in answering the question “What is our behavior post-click, when we actually interact with a link one of our friends shared socially?” As such, it was necessary to examine the average visit duration, pages per visit, and bounce rate for each of the top eight social media platforms. Here’s the breakdown (data is from September 2013 to February 2014) from Shareholic, which tracks 250 million users visiting its network of 200,000 publishers:


The Next Web
Read more: Google+ and LinkedIn: More Engaged than Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest

Google Maps now lets you find and catch wild Pokémon

April Fools’ Day has already arrived in Japan and as expected, Google has a deluge of jobs and Easter eggs to check out online.  One of our early favorites is the new Pokémon Challenge for Google Maps which, at long last, lets anyone with a smartphone or tablet earn the all-important title of Pokémon Master.

The Next Web
Read more: Google Maps Lets You Catch Pokemon on Your Smartphone

Online learning company Coursera launches an Android app

Online learning company Coursera has finally come to Android after launching an app for the Google-owned mobile platform. The launch comes just over three months after Coursera debuted its iOS app, its first native mobile app, and will help the company towards its goal of providing access to free education worldwide.

➤ Coursera for Android | iOS

The Next Web
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Samsung Galaxy S5 review: Incremental is the new cool

We’ve taken a look at an almost finished version of the S5 for this review — Samsung says the software isn’t quite ready yet —  so read on to find out just what the company is bringing to the fight this year.

The Next Web
Read more: Samsung Galaxy S5 review: Incremental is the new cool

Microsoft Pulls Fake Google Apps from Windows Phone Store

Microsoft today pulled six fake Google apps from the Windows Phone Store, after we contacted the company about the issue. The apps in question were: “Hangouts,” “Google Voice,” “Google Search,” “Google+,” “Google Maps,” and “Gmail – email from Google.”  All of these are published by a “Google, Inc” (instead of “Google Inc.”) and priced at $1.99 each. The only app that Google offers for Windows Phone is its search app, and the publisher is “Google Inc.”

The Next Web
Read more: Microsoft pulls fake Google apps from the Windows Phone Store, but doesn’t fix larger approval process problem

Turkey is now blocking access to YouTube

After cutting off Twitter access within its borders, Turkey is now blocking its citizens from visiting YouTube. The latest act of internet censorship comes only one day after a Turkish court ordered the government to lift its Twitter ban and temporarily restore access to the service. Turkey is accused of blocking internet sites to stifle access to telephone recordings that reportedly reveal deep corruption within its government. The drastic steps are seen by many as an attempt to curtail protests around the corruption scandal as Turkey's elections approach. Only today, a secret recording of a sensitive, high-level security meeting focused on Syria was leaked through numerous social media sites. The YouTube ban is likely intended to contain that leak.

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What Is Oculus Rift — and Why Should You Care?

by samantha

I visited a stunning Tuscan estate today occupied by a brick building that looked like it had been there for centuries. I climbed through one of its many windows and stood near a running fountain. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and I was delighted to hear birds chirping as they flew by me. This all happened as I sat at a desk in my office in New York City, while I played with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Its parent company, Oculus VR, was just acquired by Facebook for $2 billion. The headset displays a fully immersive 3D experience that makes you feel like you are actually in the game. By moving your head from side to side, and depending on the game's premise, you can see inside an airplane's cockpit while you're flying or dodge bullets during a battle scene.


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Read more: What Is Oculus Rift — and Why Should You Care?

Google Launches Online Tools For India and Indonesia Elections

Google has launched a series of tools as it seeks to make itself useful to 1 billion Indian and Indonesian voters, who are heading to the polls next month. These tools listed on the respective Elections Hub pages provide easier access to the latest news, videos, and practical details about the coming elections.

The Next Web

Read more: Google Launches Online Tools For India and Indonesia Elections

Goodby Retweet button? Twitter is experimenting with replacing retweet button with a ‘share’ button

Twitter has been busy making Facebook-like changes today — adding multiple photo upload and tagging, and experimenting with a profile change on iOS — but it isn’t stopping there. Some users are reporting that the retweet button inside their iOS app has become a ‘share’ button — yes, the sacred retweet button!  CNBC’s Eli Langer first noticed tweets from users affected by the changes, who are seeing a undeniably Facebook-like experience when they try to retweet content.

Goodbye, Retweet?

The Next Web
Read more: Twitter is experimenting with replacing its sacred retweet button with a ‘share’ button

Twitter Lets You Add 4 Photos to Tweets

You can now add four photos to a single tweet and for the first time, you can tag up to 10 friends in a Twitter photo, without taking away from your 140-character count. The photos you add will appear as a four-part collage in your timeline.

Twitter Is adding more and more features from both Google+ and Facebook. This new photo sharing feature is pretty cool though, but it only works from the iPhone for now. They will add Twitter.com and Android support later.

Read more: Twitter Lets You Add 4 Photos to Tweets 

HTC's event is live now

HTC is holding simultaneous events in New York and London today to introduce its new flagship smartphone, the successor to the HTC One.
Although last year's phone was well received by critics and tech pundits (it won a bunch of awards), it still didn't sell very well. Still, HTC is expected to expand on what made the original One so great with the new model.
The event begins at 11 a.m. Eastern. You can follow the news as it happens in the live blog below.
11:08 AM It has a high quality metal construction. "Durable and beautiful...just like a premium watch," Chou says.
read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-one-live-blog-2014-3

Excel tips and tricks

Welcome to Excel tips n trick!! We’re here to provide help for Excel users and provide guidance in using a wide range of features and tools of Excel

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Google Now is coming to the Chrome for Windows and Mac

Google today announced Google Now is coming to the Chrome stable channel for Windows and Mac “starting today and rolling out over the next few weeks.” This means Google Now notifications will finally be available to desktop and laptop Chrome users, in addition to Android and iOS users.

Read more: Google Now is coming to the Chrome for Windows and Mac

Microsoft Free event " learn about developing and publishing Windows and Windows Phone apps"

These free two-day events are for student developers who want to learn about developing and publishing Windows and Windows Phone apps. In addition, our on-site design and development experts can review your apps and give you feedback to make them better!

While these events are open to all students, we especially encourage teams competing in our Windows & Windows Phone Challenge to participate in an Imagine Camp. This contest asks student teams to create a pair of Windows and Windows Phone apps in collaboration with a local business, artist, or non-profit in their community and publish them in the Windows Store by April 30.

Look for events in your country below! "Here"

New Samsung site coming soon!

Design samsung is the new samsung site which will arrive at 27 march 2014.

Desktop version | Mobile version

How much storage space does your phone really have?

How much storage space does your phone really have?

Google Keyboard updated with personalized suggestions

You had to know that this was coming at some point. Google didn't push its own keyboard app into the Play Store simply to add gesture typing. The plan was likely always to make the Google Keyboard more Googley, and today starts the rollout with that update. Google has begun a rollout of an update to its keyboard which adds personalized suggestions.

Google Keyboard updated with personalized suggestions
This is not the same as the personal dictionary that already exists and is synced to your different devices via Google's cloud. This update brings personalized suggestions that Google has learned from your usage of other Google products. The feature is turned on by default, but the keyboard will give you a very prominent warning the first time you use it after the update. It warns that the keyboard will use suggestions learned from other Google products and services, meaning Gmail, Calendar, Google+, Drive, etc.



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Google Chromecast arrives in Canada on March 19

Chromecast is coming to Canada.

On Tuesday, Google Inc. revealed it would be bringing its popular digital media streaming device to 11 countries outside the United States, including Canada, on March 19.

Google will begin selling the Chromecast in Canada for $39 through its online Google Play store and Amazon.ca.

Launched in the U.S. last July, Google’s Chromecast is a small dongle that plugs into the HDMI port of a high definition television which enables users to stream media content — including music, videos and photos — to a screen via a smartphone, laptop or tablet over a WiFi network.

Read more: Google Chromecast arrives in Canada on March 19

Google play store can now require passwords

Google may finally be offering protection of sorts from added charges due to the accidental download of paid apps, with a "require password" option for its updated Google Play app.

Enthusiast site Android Police said Google Play Store 4.6.16 also features an updated User Interface (UI), and forced self-update.

"(W)e now have a new option to always require the account password for purchases, not just once per 30 minutes. If you have kids, you should probably turn this on now," Android Police's Artem Russakovskii said in a blog post.

He cited an instance where a mother sued Google after her child bought $66 in in-app purchases from an Android game.

Russakovskii also said the Play Store can self-update, when the user taps the Build version in the settings. — LBG, GMA News

Source: Google play store can now require passwords

10 things in tech you need to know this morning

1- Google revealed "Android Wear," which is Android designed for wearable devices like watches. So far there are no Android Wear-powered watches yet, but by the summer a few companies will have them.

2- Motorola is the first to make an Android-based watch, and it actually looks decent.

3- Analyst Benedict Evans weighs in on Android Wear and compares it to Apple's reported Healthbook application.
4- Another person rented out their home to Airbnb and had disaster strike.

Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-in-tech-you-need-to-know-this-morning-2014-3

Facebook’s DeepFace Project Nears Human Accuracy In Identifying Faces

Facebook has reached a major milestone in computer vision and pattern recognition, with ‘DeepFace,’ an algorithm capable of identifying a face in a crowd with 97.25 percent accuracy, which is pretty much on par with how good the average human is (97.5 percent accurate) at recognizing the faces of other walking, talking meat sacks.

Read more:
Facebook’s DeepFace Project Nears Human Accuracy In Identifying Faces | TechCrunch

Google announced Android Wear on Tuesday

Google is going all in on wearables. The company announced Android Wear on Tuesday, a new version of Android designed specifically for wearable devices.

Although Android Wear will ostensibly extend to all kinds of wearable devices, Google explains on its blog that it's starting in the area that makes the most sense: the smartwatch.

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Google launches online learning tool "Oppia"

In order to expand, Google has launched its online interactive learning platform "Oppia" which will change the way of learning, interaction, teaching as well as sharing knowledge.

Oppia is an online and interactive tool which will help students and teachers in sharing their thoughts learn and teach using the drag and drop objects, mapping, presentations and web based GUI control with no coding. Teachers and students will easily communicate with each other over Oppia to perform the learning activities.

Read more: indiatoday

The Mozilla Developer Network project

The Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is an evolving learning platform for Web technologies and the software that powers the Web, including:

Web standards such as CSS, HTML, and JavaScript
Open Web app development
Firefox add-on development
Firefox OS development
Our mission
MDN's mission is simple: to provide complete, accurate, and helpful documentation for everything about the open Web, whether it's supported by Mozilla-built software or not. If it's an open technology exposed to the Web, we want to document it.

In addition, we provide documentation about how to build and contribute to Mozilla projects and about Firefox OS and Web app development.

If you're not sure whether a particular topic should be covered on MDN, read: Does this belong on MDN?

How you can help
You don't need to be able to code—or to write—in order to be able to help MDN! We have lots of ways you can help, from reviewing articles to be sure they make sense, to contributing text, to adding sample code. In fact, there are so many ways to help that we have an actual tool to help you pick tasks to help, based on your interests and how much time you have to spare!

The MDN community
Our community is a global one! We have amazing contributors all around the world, in a number of languages. If you'd like to learn more about us, or if you need help of any kind with MDN, feel free to check out our mailing list or IRC channel !

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HTC M8 Software Leak

Here you can see the HTC M8 software in all its glory, we find new unlock features, and better images of the new UI. Please follow @gadgetleaks on twitter.

Sites for Web Design Inspiration

Now that anyone can learn to code, and probably should, web design and development are becoming more and more personal in both approach and learning curves.

There's a plethora of ways to tackle web dev and code, and professional designers and developers are no different. We asked several developers from various online publications what their favorite sources are for design and code inspiration, and the results are as varied as the projects these professionals make themselves.

In addition to following various makers on Twitter, these developers cited everything from Reddit to social web apps to coding blogs and general inspiration sites.

Read more: Mashable

ways to use infographics

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Big data is one of the largest idea trends of 2013, and the biggest question surrounding it has been figuring out the best way to interpret it all.

Whether you are a corporation trying to communicate earnings and innovations to investors, a designer looking for a job that needs a unique resume, an organization that needs to effectively communicate the issues they care about, or an educator teaching a challenging topic in a short amount of time, the problem remains the same:  how do you take the wealth of information at your disposal and effectively simplify and present it in an engaging and informative way? One answer is infographics.

Infographics are graphic visual representations of data that are intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. The best way to explain an infographic is with another infographic 

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Reasons to Deactivate Facebook

1. Unconscious Addiction

Facebook is habit forming. Much like any other addictive substance, it's completely plausible to get hooked on social networking, one study claims. But unlike smoking or other dangerous activities, it's much harder to notice the backlash from Facebook addiction, meaning you might not even know just how hooked you are. On average, women spent 81 minutes per day Facebooking, and men spent 64 minutes.

Mashable business reporter Seth Fiegerman points out Facebook is like a credit card -- it encourages you to overspend in time what you may not have. It's wiser to avoid it now than realize the lost resources later on.

Photo via iStockphoto, pisagor.

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