Apple and Samsung fans fight at a wedding in Windows commercial

A new commercial for Windows phone Nokia which was released earlier mocks at Samsung and Apple users. Apple and Samsung has always been on competition since the birth of smartphones. They both had their hard times with disputes over patents.

Nokia on the other side is growing steadily with Windows giving life to its hardware. This commercial was released by Microsoft where Apple and Samsung users starts fighting at a wedding while two of the Nokia Windows phone users seen taking video of people fighting. Enjoy the new commercial and leave your comments below.

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Facebook unveils its new Home on Android at "Facebook Phone" Event

The wait is over, all new facebook for your Android device is unveiled today by Mark Zuckerberg during a live "Facebook Phone" event at facebook headquarters. Known as "Facebook Home" is the latest product from facebook that takes the user experience to the next level.

The fresh thing about Facebook home is that it will bring all contents to the home screen. Mark Zuckerberg said "We are not building a phone, and we are not building an operating system, but we're building something a whole lot deeper than any other app."

The content from facebook comes on home screen. Users can also comment from the home screen while the other content you are currently working still stays on the background.

To like a picture, all you need is to double tap the screen. You can easily flip through stories. The home screen is called the cover feed. Other notifications also show up on the screen. If you don't want them to show on the screen, all you need is to swipe them away.

When you receive a message from your friend, a "chat head" of your friend will pop up on the side. When you tap the head, a chat window will pop open on the existing screen.

To access the apps, user needs to tap his/her facebook profile picture at the bottom of the screen. Just swipe them away when you are done. Another new feature is the "chat heads".

Chat heads allows you to have multiple conversations while the notifications still show up on Android notification bar. Group chats show up as an array of "chat heads" i.e photos which you can swipe them off to close a conversation.

Stories on the cover feed change automatically. The photos move in the background with a text in the front. Double tap on the cover feed to like a story, long press to zoom and swipe to switch between stories. 

Comments can be added by tapping the comment button at the bottom of the screen.  Most recently used app can be opened with a swipe. Swipe up to open app folder having pages of bookmarked apps.

Facebook also created a Facebook Home Program specially for devices to make sure they provide the best user experience. On the event, HTC CEO Peter Chou introduced HTC first, the first Facebook Home phone.

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega also talked about the phone. HTC is a social phone what comes in four colors and runs on AT&T LTE network. HTC first will cost $99.99 and will be available on April 12. The app is also launching on devices like the HTC One, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S 3 and S 4, and the Galaxy Note 2.

Facebook Home app will be available from April 12 and can be installed from Google play store.

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A Cool Infographic about the Timeline of Smartphone Evolution

Smartphones have became a major part of our day to day lives. A smartphone is a mobile phone having its own operating system with computing capabilities than a normal phone.

Everyone has their own interest in smartphones. Tell us which is your favorite smartphone?

Now checkout this cool infographic from Waypharer about the evolution of smartphones from past to the future. Please do wait for the image to load if you have a slow connection. Feel free to drop your comments below.

Twitter's April Fool Prank - "Twttr" Service to Tweet without Vowels

Google isn't the only internet company to come with new pranks. Twitter also released an announcement earlier today that it will be launching a new service called "Twttr" where you can only tweet with consonants.

However, if you want to tweet with vowels "a,e,i,o,u", you need to pay $5 per month to use the premium "Twitter" service. Twitter says that this change will help make a "dense" form of communication and also expands their revenue stream.

Twitter says that vowels in URLs will not be affected. Moreover, the service wont affect tweets in other non-Latin languages like Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Korean etc.,

Users also need to bid to increase the length of their tweets by one character. It will expand the number of characters from 140 to 141. Visit Twttr.com.

#Fact

Do you know? Twitter generates over 340 million tweets daily and handles over 1.6 billion search queries per day.

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Google Treasure Maps and Gmail Blue - More Pranks from Google

Google Treasure Maps

Last April, Google came up with 8-bit Google maps. This time, Google has created a treasure map of whole world. Go to Google Maps and click "Treasure" to access the maps. Watch the video below from Google.



Google says that they found the maps while their team were mapping underwater for street views. The maps belong to a pirate named William "Captain" Kidd. Google asks its users to help find the clues from the treasure map.

Gmail Blue - Yet another prank from Google

Google has been fooling its users this April fools' day by claiming that it will shut down YouTube and introducing Google Nose that allows you to smell your search results. See the video as narrated by developers from Google.

Now Gmail Blue, a new addition to the list of Google's pranks this April. Google claims that it has been working for past 6 years to create Gmail in blue.



#Fact
Do you know? Google also created Google Moon in honor of 36th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. Click here to go to Google Moon.

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Google Nose Prank - Now you can Smell Search Results

Earlier, Google fooled its users by telling that it will shut down YouTube. Now the internet giant has come up with a new April fools' day prank for its users. Watch the video below to witness it.

Google Nose, which is currently in beta will add the power of scents to search results. The new feature includes a database of 15 million scents and you can select "Nose Beta" in search page to access those smells.

When users click the "smell" button, a pop up asks them to bring their nose closer to the screen to smell the aroma. Google Nose also lets you share aromas with your friends on Google+.

Do share your thoughts about Google's pranks below in comments.

#Fact

Do you know? Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while doing  Ph.D. at Stanford University. Together they own about 16 percent of its stake in Google.

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YouTube is Shutting Down as a Contest For April Fools' Day 2013

YouTube, the most popular video sharing site released a video earlier today saying that the website was started as a contest in 2005 and after 8 years of accepting video entries, it will finally shut down tonight. YouTube asks you to submit all your video entries by tonight. Watch the exclusive video below to find out.



YouTube also said that they cant wait to start the process of selecting the winner. The winner will be announced in 2023 when the website will be relaunched.

Some of the YouTube's popular stars like Charlie and his brother from "Charlie bit my finger", Antoine Dodson etc., are seen speaking in the video.

YouTube says its presenters will announce the nominees on a live stream for 12 hours a day for next 2 years starting from April 1. Click here for live stream. The winner will receive an MP3 player and $500 for their next project. These announcements were made just a day before the April fools' day.

#Fact: 
Do you know? "Me at the zoo" is the first video uploaded to YouTube at 8:27 pm on Saturday, April 23, 2005 by Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of the YouTube. Watch the video here.

NASA Image Explains Energy Difference in North and South Korea

The image by National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite displays a stunning view of Korean Peninsula at night.

With the rising tensions between North and South Korea, the big energy difference between the neighboring countries shows their energy capabilities. With the rising tensions in Korean Peninsula, North Korea continues to threaten South Korea and United States.

U.S reacts to North Korean nuclear threats says, "Will defend our nation and its allies, prepared for any eventuality". U.S promises to retaliate to strike. In the cloud free image, South Korea looks more brighter with its live cities whereas North Korea looks brighter only at its capital city Pyongyang.

The below image also displays night view over Japan and east China. 

These cloud free images were were taken using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and was published by NASA on December 5, 2012.

Click here for High Resolution Image

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