Monday, 1 February 2016

Ruthless Microsoft's Smart Decision To Kill Windows Phone

Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL (image: Ewan Spence)

It was to be done earlier as the death of Windows Phone is not a sign of Microsoft’s weakness, it’s one of the most promising signs that CEO Satya Nadella has turned the company around to a new way of thinking.

Honeybees know it’s going to rain, so work more before it starts

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Busy bees get busier if the next day looks rainy. This is according to Xu-Jiang He and colleagues at Jiangxi Agricultural University in Nanchang, China, who attached tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to 300 worker honeybees from each of three hives.

Our body adapts to intense exercise to burn fewer calories

People exercising on rowing machines

Sorry exercise addicts – all those intense workouts might not be helping you lose as much weight as you thought. People who are the most physically active seem to become more efficient at using energy, and so burn fewer calories when not exercising than the rest of us.

Google's AlphaGo Defeats Human Master of Ancient Game


Research at Google on Wednesday announced that AlphaGo has become the first computer software system to beat a human at the ancient game of Go.

Walmart Opens OneOps Cloud Management to the Masses


Walmart on Tuesday announced that it has posted the code for its OneOps cloud application life cycle management platform on GitHub. Walmart Opens OneOps Cloud Management to the Masses.

Samsung to launch Galaxy S7 ahead of MWC 2016; teases Gear VR headset


Now this is the most anticipated thing. Samsung is planning to release its Flagship debue one day ahead from MCW 2016. Samsung has confirmed that the highly anticipated flagship devices are slated to launch at its Unpacked event on 21 February in Barcelona, Spain. The event will take place just ahead of the Mobile World Congress that will be held from Feb 22 to 25, 2016.