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Many hail the arrival of Microsoft's Cortana as the worthy digital replacement of the deceased 'paul the octopus', which was the star in 2010 World Cup predicting all world cup matches accurately and correctly.

Cortana, Which is the virtual assistant for Microsoft Windows phones has been on a major roll lately, successfully predicting the last 12 winners in the World Cup matches.

It was on June 28 that Microsoft added the Cortana service. Soon
after Microsoft added World Cup predictions to Cortana, she backed Brazil, Colombia, the Netherlands, and Costa Rica in the final 16 games.

Cortana now predicts a Germany and Argentina World Cup final game which obviously means world cup favourites Brazil are going to lose to germany and Netherlands lose to Argentina.

Its predictions emerge from Bing's analysis of the track record of teams, weather conditions, type of grass, and home field advantage etc.

Tournaments models are evaluated on the basis of a number of factors such as previous win/loss/tie in qualifying matches and international competitions. The margin of victory in thesel contests is adjusted for location advantage.

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World’s First News-Reading Robots That Will Steal News Anchors’ Jobs Unveiled Read Post

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World’s First News-Reading Robots That Will Steal News Anchors’ Jobs Unveiled

The anchors that front your news bulletins.could soon well be replaced, as Japanese scientists unveil what they claim to be the world’s first news-reading robots.

The World's FirstPhone-Charging PantsAre Here Read Post

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The World's FirstPhone-Charging PantsAre Here

The world’s first pair of wireless mobile-charging trousers will be unveiled on Tuesday as part of a new collaboration between British fashion designer Adrien Sauvage and Microsoft.

This high-tech Bra Only Unhooks if your heart rate are Shows You Really into That Person Read Post

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This high-tech Bra Only Unhooks if your heart rate are Shows You Really into That Person

Ladies, if you’re sick of douche-y alpha-schmucks throwing wads of cash at your chest, an intimates line called Ravijour has a product you’ll literally never be able to take off. The modern-day chastity belt is here, and it’s a bra called the True Love Tester.

How A Man Used Facebook To Become A Millionaire Read Post

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How A Man Used Facebook To Become A Millionaire

Jason Fyk, founder of WTF Magazine and FunnierPics.net, owns a business that generates about $275,000 per month.

Three years ago, Fyk was bankrupt, in jail, and borderline suicidal. He used Facebook to turn his life around.

As You Struggle With Mwakenya,Chinese Teens are Pulling Some High-Tech Tricks To Cheat On Tests Read Post

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As You Struggle With Mwakenya,Chinese Teens are Pulling Some High-Tech Tricks To Cheat On Tests

China’s students have apparently developed skills for building cheating devices to use during an SAT-like exam that look like they have been pulled straight from a James Bond movie.

Autoblow 2:The First Robotic Oral Sex Simulator For Men Read Post

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Autoblow 2:The First Robotic Oral Sex Simulator For Men

According to its creator Brian Sloan, the Autoblow 2 is the “world’s most realistic robotic oral sex simulator for men”.

Your Android Smartphone Camera Might Be Spying On You Read Post

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Your Android Smartphone Camera Might Be Spying On You

Android Security Flaw Allow Control of your Smartphone Camera

According to researcher Syzmon Sidor, your smartphone camera can spy on you without so much as a notification to tip you off. The spy app, which doesn’t even show up in the phone’s list of installed applications, can then send photos over the Internet to anyone on the planet.

You Can Now Post To Facebook, Twitter After You Die With This App Read Post

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You Can Now Post To Facebook, Twitter After You Die With This App

Will my social media mobility cease to exist when my body expires? I’d like to think not. The question is: What’s the most efficient way to carry on tweeting into the afterlife?

technology is changing death again, with tools that let you get in one last goodbye after your demise, or even more extensive communications from beyond the grave. People have long left letters for loved ones (and the rare nemesis) with estate lawyers to be delivered after death. But a new crop of startups will handle sending prewritten e-mails and posting to Facebook or Twitter once a person passes. One company is even toying with a service that tweets just like a specific person after they are gone

The Only Email System The NSA Can't Access Read Post

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The Only Email System The NSA Can't Access

ProtonMail, a gmail-like email system which uses end-to-end encryption, making it impossible for outside parties to monitor.
Encrypted emails have actually been around since the 1980s, but they are extremely difficult to use. When Edward Snowden asked a reporter to use an end-to-end encrypted email to share details of the NSA surveillance program the reporter couldn’t get the system to work, says Yen.

You Can Now Elude NSA Surveillance Thanks to This Smartphone and Apps Read Post

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You Can Now Elude NSA Surveillance Thanks to This Smartphone and Apps

BOSTON (Reuters) - Silent Circle, a company that sells mobile phones and apps designed to thwart government surveillance, said on Wednesday it has raised $30 million in financing in a round led by Ross Perot Jr. and private investment fund Cain Capital LLC.
The company sells apps for Apple Inc's iOS and devices using Google Inc's Android operating systems that encrypt phone calls and texts. It also offers secure video conferencing for machines running Microsoft Corp's Windows software.

Facebook Just Added A Button That Lets You Ask Your Friends WhyThey're Single Read Post

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Facebook Just Added A Button That Lets You Ask Your Friends WhyThey're Single

As if Facebook could get any more invasive, there's a new button that users have been noticing next to the "Relationship Status" field on their friends' profiles.
It's an "Ask" button. For users who have chosen to leave their
status empty, for privacy reasons orotherwise, it's now on display.

Apple Is Been Sued Because iPhones Often Don't Deliver Text messages To Android Users Read Post

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Apple Is Been Sued Because iPhones Often Don't Deliver Text messages To Android Users

A lawsuit has been filed against Apple over the issue of iPhones failing to deliver text messages to Android phones, according to Bloomberg.
The suit was filed by a former iPhone customer who alleges she changed to a non-Apple device and stopped getting messages, Bloomberg says.

The suit, seeking class-action status, was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, Bloomberg says:

Apple’s iMessage retains text messages sent from other users of Apple devices and won’t deliver them to her Samsung Electronics Co. phone running on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, Adrienne Moore said in the complaint filed yesterday in San Jose, California.

People who replace their Apple devices with non-Apple wireless phones and tablets are “penalized and unable to obtain the full benefits of their wireless-service contracts,” according to the complaint.

Texts get "stuck" briefly or permanently inside an iPhone's iMessage system when they're directed at someone who used to have an iPhone but has switched their number to an Android phone.
Here's some background on the iPhone-Android text issue.

Yesterday we noted that an Apple customer-support employee admitted to Lifehacker's Adam Pash that, in fact, "a lot" of users have this problem: If you switch from an iPhone to an Android, iMessage won't deliver texts from iPhone users to your new Android phone.

For years, users have suspected that iPhone behaves weirdly when sending texts to non-Apple users. In a test in BI's office yesterday, a text sent from an iPhone reached our iPhone-using colleagues several seconds before it showed up on Samsung devices. Earlier, The New York Times' David Segal complained that he stopped receiving message from iPhone users altogether after he dumped the Apple device for an Android.
Justin Frazier, a Business Insider reader, tells us he's interested in the fate of the suit because the issue cost him a Samsung Galaxy S5, which was not able to receive texts from Apple users:

I previously had an iPhone 5 and purchased a Galaxy S5 a few days after the release. I was wary of previous complaints about the issue so I made sure to turn off iMessage and log out of all my Apple accounts before making the switch. After switching I talked with a bunch of friends with iPhones who would try and message me. They told me one day it would go through as a text and the next it would send as iMessage, which of course I couldn't receive. Group messages I was a part of were even worse, as some messages would come through to me and others wouldn't. AT&T couldn't help and referred me to Apple. Apple made sure my number was not in their database and told me to update to the latest OS. After informing them it did not solve the problem they did not have any other solutions. I kept my phone for 10 days to see if the extra time would solve the issue, to no avail. I was forced to return the GS5 and revert to my iPhone. I feel this is something the Apple developers could fix in a heartbeat, but are in no rush as it benefits the company.

10 Amazing Superpowers Humans Will Be Able To Get From Brain Implants

A tiny computer chip surgically embedded in your brain could give you superpowers. It sounds crazy, but scientists already use these devices to restore sight for some blind people and hearing for the deaf.
In the future these implants, also known as neuroprosthetics, will be able to do much more — sometimes with the help of super-sensitive eye or ear implants.

Artificial BLOOD to Start being Manufactured in Factories!! Read Post

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Artificial BLOOD to Start being Manufactured in Factories!!

The production of blood on an industrial scale could become a reality once there has been a
trial in which artificial blood made from human stem cells is tested in patients.
Wellcome Trust-funded stem cell research has produced red blood cells fit for transfusion into humans, paving the way for the mass production of blood

Say Goodbye to Car Washes: Nissan Has Just Made A Self-Cleaning Car Read Post

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Say Goodbye to Car Washes: Nissan Has Just Made A Self-Cleaning Car

Now that Nissan has revolutionized the
rearview mirror , it has moved on to
another problem: It is developing a self-
cleaning car.

Facebook adds new 'Nearby Friends' feature for tracking your friends location in real time. Read Post

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Facebook adds new 'Nearby Friends' feature for tracking your friends location in real time.

Facebook launches friend-tracking feature for tracking nearby friends in real time

This Pregnancy AppWants To Help YouChoose The Sex OfYour Unborn Baby Read Post

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This Pregnancy AppWants To Help YouChoose The Sex OfYour Unborn Baby

When it comes to getting pregnant, there's
an app for that which helps a woman track her body's
signals so she knows when the time is ripe to conceive.

GERMANY To Beat BRAZIL! Cortana Predicts After Accurately Predicting All World cup Outcomes

World’s First News-Reading Robots That Will Steal News Anchors’ Jobs Unveiled

The World's FirstPhone-Charging PantsAre Here

This high-tech Bra Only Unhooks if your heart rate are Shows You Really into That Person

How A Man Used Facebook To Become A Millionaire

As You Struggle With Mwakenya,Chinese Teens are Pulling Some High-Tech Tricks To Cheat On Tests

Autoblow 2:The First Robotic Oral Sex Simulator For Men

Your Android Smartphone Camera Might Be Spying On You

You Can Now Post To Facebook, Twitter After You Die With This App

The Only Email System The NSA Can't Access

You Can Now Elude NSA Surveillance Thanks to This Smartphone and Apps

Facebook Just Added A Button That Lets You Ask Your Friends WhyThey're Single

Apple Is Been Sued Because iPhones Often Don't Deliver Text messages To Android Users

10 Amazing Superpowers Humans Will Be Able To Get From Brain Implants

Artificial BLOOD to Start being Manufactured in Factories!!

Say Goodbye to Car Washes: Nissan Has Just Made A Self-Cleaning Car

Facebook adds new 'Nearby Friends' feature for tracking your friends location in real time.

Facebook launches friend-tracking feature for tracking nearby friends in real time

This Pregnancy AppWants To Help YouChoose The Sex OfYour Unborn Baby

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