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Sony MDR-XB950BT Wireless Headphone launched for Rs.12,990

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Without music, life would be a mistake and in order to prevent such a grave mistake and to make this music sound all the more heavenly, SONY has now launched the MDR-XB950BT wireless headphone to the music lovers. This headphone set, with its extra bass and ultra stylish in-ear model will delight every music lover. The 13.5 mm XB drivers would give a never ending bash to the music.

Sony MDR-XB950BT Wireless Headphone

Sony MDR-XB950BT Wireless Headphone

Needless to say, with the presence of advanced direct vibe structure and high energy neodymium magnets, it balances the audio rendering perfect tunes every time. Designed with a frequency upto 28,000Hz, sensitivity of 105dB/mW, an impedance of 16ohms and with its tangle free cords, the earphone stands in limelight pushing all its other rivals to the backstage. Further, the hybrid silicone earbuds heighten the ease and pleasure of listening to your favorite music.

Sony MDR-XB950BT Wireless Headphone

The MDR-XB950BT, guarantees high bass by means of a 40mm dynamic driver. With all these, here comes the most persuading note. Charge this headphone for a period as short as 4 hours, and trust us, you can tap your foot to all those favorite numbers for as long as 20 long hours! The headphone also comes with NFC offering wireless connectivity. This means, you can go wireless connecting it to your smart phones.

Sony MDR-XB950BT Wireless Headphone

The MDR-XB950BT assures that music and comfort go hand in hand. While offering a party like bass, the new acoustic design and pressure relieving ear pad will tempt anyone to listen to endless music. The metal fitted head band further assures that, there cannot be a more compromising design which facilitates a better musical experience.

Despite this, if you would pose a question as what more is there in the list… here it is! You could get a premium leather carrying case while you pick up your own pair of MDR-XB950BT for Rs.12, 990/-. But remember!! It’s a limited offer! So, you better hurry up…

CarWale got 18 Million+ Group Visits in September 2014

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India’s most viewed automotive site, Carwale, crossed the magical figure of 18 million views last month. The site has become a big hit in the last few years. Carwale helps its customers to sell their old car or to buy a new one. It is a platform where car enthusiasts can research about their favorite car and discuss its features with the car experts.

Carwale

CarWale got 18 Million+ Group Visits

The company was founded in 2005 by Mohit Dubey, CEO, Carwale and is owned by Automotive Exchange Private Limited. This company has registered over 130 million page views and 8.5 million unique visitors. The company also hosts a site for bike lovers named BikeWale.com, and just like the carwale.com, this site has dominated the online bike market. BikeWale has also registered 3.8 million views and a growth of 378%. Considering these figures, the company believes that BikeWale will become the hot favorite site for two wheelers.

Currently, both these sites are ruling the online automobile market in India. The company also has its roots in foreign countries and is aiming at making it the most renowned automotive site across the globe. The company had also been named as one of the world’s top 200 innovative IT companies.

In 2011 and 2012 the company was awarded as the Best Auto Website in India by IAMAI and is ranked among Asia’s top innovative companies. Business week magazine ranked Arun Sahlam, one of the co-founders of the company, among the top 25 Entrepreneurs of India.

The company is also highly recognized in Europe and is a part AxelSpringer group. Do share your opinions about this exciting report and don’t forget to log in Carwale.com before purchasing a new car.

Nice and Truephone announces integrated cellular recording solution

The ever increasing boom in the mobile technologies makes us feel that it’s both a boon and a bane to the world. With so many mobile applications across various platforms, mobile capture is quite a challenge. But, it will no longer be! Tel- Aviv based Nice Systems and Truphone have announced a partnership to provide a solution that complies with mobile record-keeping regulations.

Nice and Truephone

Nice and Truephone

NICE Systems, is a global leader of intent-based solutions. They aim to capture and analyze interactions and transactions also realize intent. They extract and leverage insights to deliver impact in real time. The big venture we are talking about is the one, where NICE has joined hands with Truphone. This partnership will bring about the integration of the cellular carrier’s mobile recording service with NICE Trading Recording (NTR) system.

Truphone delivers excellent call quality, fast data speeds, reliable connections beyond its home borders. They managed this by giving multiple international numbers on a single sim, thus enabling international calls to be treated as local calls.

This being said, we can infer without hesitation, that this approach reduces mobile roaming costs for both voice and data services. With this in hand, business travel across the world can be dealt with ease. This strategy would work in more 200 countries where Truphone operates, with its headquarters at London. Having 13 offices across 4 continents, Truphone’s borders will hopefully continue to expand.

Now, Truphone’s partnership with NICE will help businesses to comply with international cellular record keeping regulations inclusive of FCA and Dodd-Frank in the UK and the US respectively. This technology will cater to the needs of various financial centers like future proofing customer’s mobile recording capabilities thus ensuing regulatory compliance.

This partnership will also offer the clients the benefits of storing and analyzing data, increased security and privacy by having a single platform for various purposes like voice recording, instant messaging and data communications across fixed and mobile platforms. Whether front-office, back end or from a mobile device, NICE Trading recording has exemplary ability to capture all voice interactions. NTR’s integration with NICE communication surveillance platform offers the clients unprecedented compliance control and investigation ability.

Yaron Morgenstern, general manager, financial markets compliance at Nice mentioned that their partnership with Truphone will benefit their global customers.

With these exorbitant mobile communication developments, the world is undoubtedly shrinking in terms of distance. This partnership loudly affirms that their initiative will bring forth a lot more successful business ventures and extensively satisfied clientele.

Zebronics Zebstation Kettle NFC Speaker launched

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Zebronics, a division of infotronix, India’s leading supplier of Consumer based electronic systems from motherboards to headphones has launched India’s first NFC Bluetooth speaker in its BLUE series  after successfully launching  bliss portable speakers previous month. The speakers are first of its kind in this segment and has further strengthened its hold in electronic industry.

Zebronics Zebstation Kettle

 Zebronics Zebstation Kettle

On first glance, the speakers provide a familiar visual appeal of a minion in the  movie “Despicable me”. Small and elliptical in shape like a minion with a head like  a stretched top portion consisting of control buttons, these speakers will glue you towards its snazzy design and glamorous look. Not only these speakers are amazingly visually striking, but getting familiar with the working of the device is also relatively easier. Just pair your device via blue tooth or NFC and you are ready to go.

The speakers comes with an inbuilt bluetooth chip of version 3.0+EDR with an impressive sound to noise ratio <85db  which provide an pleasant yet crisp and clear sound experience to one’s ears. The speakers operate in the frequency range of 100HZ to 20 KHZ and work on an input voltage of only 3 watts.

These speakers showcase a 40mm speaker size which have a resistance of 4o ohms. They justify their size as they provide a power of 3 watts. There is also a 3.55 mm audio jack slot which is nicely posted at the rear end of the device.

The speakers comes with multifarious features which are more than handy. The one that tops the list is the inbuilt call feature. Yes, you heard it right. These speakers since are bluetooth and NFC compatible have call function with answering facility plus it can redial the last call.

It also features hands free option which can be very handy while driving dedicated mic has been fixed for the same. A USB slot, a 400 mah rechargeable battery which lasts for over 3 hrs. Before require to be charged again are all packed into this tiny device. Also add to it an inbuilt FM feature and a remote control facility which can be used to control the speakers with ease.

This tiny monster has a size of 90mm to 70 mm and weighs 209g like a feather. The speakers are portable and rechargeable which is an icing on the cake and makes these speakers a perfect party basher and a must alternative for all those who prefer not to take out their cell phones while driving.

These speaker speaks of it design and functions on its own and the inbuilt call feature absolutely blows off other competitors. Though the price has not been decided yet, I do not expect these speakers to cost more than 1700 bucks which clearly is a perfect deal for all those who want a bit more than an ordinary speaker.

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element14 is the enablement service partner for ARM mbed platform

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Elements14 distributes technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair. Elements14 is the Asian Pacific trading brand of renowned electronics company Premier Farnell plc which is spread globally. Element14 is presently being operated in 10 different countries in Asia Pacific with three regional distribution hubs in singapore, shangai and sydney.

element14 is the enablement

element14 is the enablement service partner

Premier Farnell plc does high service distribution of technology products. They also provide solutions for electronic system design, maintenance production and repair. It trades as Farnell element14 in Europe, Newark element14 in North America and element14 across Asia Pacific.

Elements has been announced as the first third party services for mbed which is the development platform that allows developers to easily and quickly build or create products based on ARM micro controllers.With elements14 working alongside with customers to train engineers and designers, will help the ARM development platform and tools to a much wider range of boards and products.

The mbed platform does provide hardware designs, free software libraries. It also provides online tools for professional rapid prototyping of the products based on ARM microcontrollers. It includes a standards-based C/C++ SDK, a micro controller HDK and supported development boards, an online compiler and online developer collaboration tools.

Being a service partner, mbed  will be training the engineers within element14 to use hardware and regardless of platform and existing software to enable mbed’s delivery  as a platform.As we know that element14 is well renowned and prominent one and is a best and ideal partner for mbed based on its popular online community and is an expert at every stage of the design cycle.

Through its embedded design expertise at Embest and AVID Technologies, element14 will also be offering customers the option to include mbed as part of new and existing products.By utilizing its embedded design it will open up the full and wide range of development boards to mbed which allows the engineers to expertise by getting quick and closer to the chip functionality to utilize ARM design tools.

Mbed’s own forum is responsible for providing a platform for engineers where they can share, advice and post questions on how to use the platform and can even learn more about the internet of things.This above forum is complemented by the element14 community which has 250,000 members in its community.The partnership will bring these two communities closer together and encourage collaboration between skilled engineers; to open up more opportunities for faster prototyping and more advanced designs.

Xilinx demonstrates Solutions at IBC 2014

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Xilinx is a supplier of programmable logic devices of american origin. It has many branches and is well organized around the world including Hyderabad. Xilinx designs and develop their programmable logic products and markets them including integrated circuits(IC), software design tools, predefined  system functions as intellectual property(IP) cores.

Xilinx demonstrates Solutions

Xilinx demonstrates Solutions

International Broadcasting Conference commonly known as IBC is a global place for the people who are engaged in creating, managing and delivering the future of electronic media and entertainment technology and content. Xilinx demonstrates all Programmable solutions for Smarter Vision systems at IBC 2014.

Xilinx demonstrates its programmable broadcast solutions at IBC 2006 When: 8-12 September 2006 at  RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Xilinx Inc being the world`s largest programmable logic supplier has announced today that it will be demonstrating multiple FGPA- based solutions for the broadcasting industry at the International Broadcasting Conference(IBC) in amsterdam. The Xilinx broadcast team will showcase its FPGA-based applications in the areas of interfaces, connectivity, codecs, and audio/video processing.

Xilinx Demonstrations by Alliance Program Members

Xilinx and its members of alliance are trying to cut the edge by putting focus on sub system development that enables cutting-edge video products to fasten the product introductions at unique rates. The following companies will demonstrate Xilinx sub-system leadership at IBC:

OmniTek – Stand 6.A18 –

Omni tek is the well renowned  manufacturer of broadcast digital video and audio test and measurement equipment. This has been started in 1998 and it continues  to furnish design,consultancy and intellectual property (FGPA core) sales for the pro-av market.

  • OMNITEK ULTRA 4K TOOLBOX: The  OmniTek’s Ultra 4K Tool Box which provides and demonstrate the analysis, conversion, and generation of UHD-TV 4K video signals under both remote Web and local control. This has the latest 4k connectivity with high speed 12G-SDI interface that allow transport of 4K/60Hz video over a single SDI coax cable.
  • Real-Time Video Engine (RTVE) 3.1 for 4K Video Processing: This  will display the Xilinx RTVE 3.1 reference design which incorporates OmniTek’s advanced video processor IP core, OSVP 2.0, and its video-targeted streaming DMA Controller IP core. One of the major importance of this demonstration is that it will be incorporated with high quality motion -adaptive de interlacing ,6 axis color space correction with noise reduction and image sharpening.It also takes the latest 4K video interfaces with  6G-SDI and DisplayPort 1.2 offered as part of the system level display processing design.

Barco Silex – Stand 10.D31a

Barco Silex yields  Video over IP solutions with JPEG 2000 up to 4K and HEVC encoder on FPGA platforms. Barco Silex is the optimal partner for design service  such as (ASIC, FPGA, SW and board) and has abundance  IP cores for video and security applications.

intoPIX – Stand 10.D31d –

  • TICO Light-Weight Compression – This demonstration will display visually lossless HD/4K/8K up to 120Hz with compression rates of 2:1 and 4:1 utilizing the first IP core release available for Artix®-7 FPGA and Kintex®-7 FPGA implementations.
  • SMPTE 2022 / JPEG2000 Video over IP Reference Design on Xilinx KC705 Board – This demonstration will showcase intoPIX’s JPEG 2000 Ultra Low Latency codecs (less than 5ms for 1080p60) within a new SMPTE 2022 reference design.

Tony Robbins upcoming book announced

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Simon & Schuster are going to publish the first book by Tony Robbins who is a #1 bestselling author, and America’s #1 Life & Business Strategist in about two decades. Robbins has become a very prominent name in self help over the duration of nearly 37 years.

Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins upcoming Book

In his book, Money: Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom, he has targeted a topic which is of primary concern to all: How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and our families.
He set a milestone in writing with his exceptional bestseller Unlimited Power, published in 1984 which was then followed by Awaken the Giant Within, published in 1991. Robbin has ruled as the dominant authority in human development training.

He has aided more than 50 million people to deeply change their lives and achieve breakthrough results through numerous sources like books, videos, audios, and live events. He has trained Presidents of the United States. Even Olympic gold medal winners, billionaire entrepreneurs, high-profile entertainers, politicians,  NBA & NFL teams as well as the United States Army. His work has positively affected the lives of millions of people and also people as distinct as President Bill Clinton and Serena Williams, and also people like Usher and Pitbull. His live arena performance sell out in months in advance, the average people attending these performances range from 5,000-10,000 people around the world.
Money: Master the Game was influenced by his audiences’ demand for an clear-cut and very to the point financial action plan. Robbins decided to commenced on a for-year immersion mission to interview 50 of the most significant financial b rains in the world, the list includes, Carl Icahn, Jack Bogle, Ray Dalio, Charles Schwab, Paul Tudor Jones, and Steve Forbes.

From whatever he had learnt, Robbins has decided on a seven-step blueprint which is designed to assure financial freedom for people at every point in life and every degree of financial sophistication, from recent college grads to stock-savvy investors to retirees. Robbins has used metaphors to deconstruct the most difficult financial concepts and used easy story to deliver a simple, straightforward, actionable formula to make the readers understand and to become skilled in the money game.

Robbins is a well established authority in the financial field. He was a rank holder among Harvard Business School Press’s “Top 200 Business Gurus” and Accenture’s Institute for Strategic Change’s “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World.”When the entrepreneurial customers were questioned by American Express about whom the will pick to help them take their business to a level ahead, they picked Robbins among the top ten.

Robbins is one of the most celebrated development authors of our times. He will transform thousands of lives through his work. He will touch lives and make people financially independent.

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NIIT & Microsoft partnership for ‘Women in Tech’ Initiative

Any programmer can write a code that a computer can understand, but the one from NIIT writes a code which the humans can understand. Probably, that is why, NIIT has been chosen by the tech-giant MICROSOFT, for its next initiative ‘Women in Tech’ in India.

NIIT & Microsoft partnership

NIIT & Microsoft partnership

This initiative aims in training and mentoring women to suit the IT profession in a better way. NIIT, being a leading firm in terms of imparting technical education, will aim in utilizing its widespread facilities across the nation to render the best education which will aid the girls and the women to become masters in various IT technologies.

The MICROSOFT India chairman, Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik, said that the program was being launched with the aim of doubling the number of women professionals in the IT sector. The girls and young women who hail from various educational backgrounds like from the colleges of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, collectively known as STEM, will be the chief targets.

The list also extends to the women already in the IT sector and women entrepreneurs. The student community of our country has been drawn into the technical realm with lots of encouragement by this MICROSOFT-NIIT duo. As an extension of this, NIIT will be the standing pillar for this initiative, creating awareness to the women folk through an extensive outreach program. NIIT, having rightly understood the nuances of career guidance, starts it’s preaching for young girl students aged 13-16, across 4000 schools nationwide.

On the other hand, the ‘Digital India’, program reaches out to college students, encouraging them to participate in the campus connect program. For the next 12 months, Microsoft would be working on training one million women students, IT professionals and entrepreneurs.

While discussing about this initiative, Mr. Bhaskar opined that the partnership with NIIT will help them in building a strong workforce in India with the women folk being the upper hand. As NIIT has always done, it will be providing the students consultation sessions and rigorous test preparation modules to validate their own skills, thus enabling them to become a globally certified professional.

The students will have the liberty to decide on which field they will be enhancing their skill sets on, among the given new 8 ‘Technology Skill Enhancer’ courses like that of cloud computing and mobile app development and virtualization. They have also gone an extra mile in giving Post graduate programs additionally in the fields of cloud computing & IT management, and a certified program in App development.

Having known the technical expertise of Microsoft and NIIT’s fabulous curricula, there wouldn’t be anyone who would deny that this partnership is going to transform a million women into great entrepreneurs. The IT field as it is has within it a lot of glam. With more women being inducted in, it’s going to be nothing less than a cherry on a delicious cake! Don’t you think?

If you do, please share with us your opinions.

MindStream launches ThumbTrack Version Two – Smallest Wearable Mouse

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The smallest wearable mouse has hit the market. MindStream has launched the second version of ThumbTrack™, the smallest wearable mouse. This ring-shaped mouse can perform all the functions of your wired or wireless mouse. Now, you can move the screen cursor just by using your thumb. This new technology is being extremely loved by people.

MindStream launches ThumbTrack Version Two

MindStream launches ThumbTrack Version Two

It comes with the DPI of 1200, which makes it unbelievably fast and smooth. It is plugin-free device, that means the users won’t have to bother about installing any third party software to run the mouse. Plugging-in the dongle would do it for them. With an amazing battery backup of 15 hours, it gives you the freedom to enjoy your work without worrying about the battery. The company also provides three detachable contoured rubber flaps so that it can get fit in any finger.

The CEO of the company, Vanessa Laughlin said – “Sometimes all it takes to make a good idea into an outstanding one is a bit of innovative thinking. This is exactly what MindStream did when creating ThumbTrack™, the world’s smallest wearable mouse. The standard desktop mouse is now relegated to history, a sign of things past. Gone are the risks of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, or other repetitive strain injuries. Uncomfortable working positions are also a thing of the past. Work without tense muscles and watch output soar.”

This mouse is being anticipated as the future of mouse technology. You no longer need to connect any cables in the socket of your cabinet. With a range of nine feet it gives you the freedom to sit far from your PC and still control it. Devices like this prompt us to dive deep in technology and come up with something exquisite. The MindStream team is constantly working to make to produce such devices.

Does this device marks the beginning of a new era of technology? Share your views with us and keep reading for news like these.

Datalicious Will Launch OptimaHub Advanced Marketing Analytics Platform

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Datalicious is a global data agency providing client focused solutions. Datalicious helps in widening the focus on the customer to implement best possible methods for media attribution, merchandising, testing and optimization to understand the potential customer. The optimaHub captures data of all customers and analyses the data to optimize the customer experience and predict the next best action and analyses the data to maximize overall marketing ROI.

Datalicious Will Launch OptimaHub

Datalicious Will Launch OptimaHub

OptimaHub SingleView:

It is real time single customer view application wherein data from the website, mobile apps and phone calls of a customer are correlated to produce best possible insights based on the data. You can categorize customer events across channels and get to know the customer interactions between different digital channels and hence derive relationships between these channels. The best part is you can maximize the existing customer value by analyzing the past customer behavior to predict future customer interactions.

  • Web analytics: Browser fingerprint is available for more accurate data and longevity of identified users.
  • App analytics: SuperTag SDK helps in tagging applications and sharing information with third party partner of your choice.
  • Call analytics: using real-time event tracking keep track of all the call events.
  • Social analytics: use multiple customer id’s to correlate events across different digital channels.
  • Error analytics: this will help you find and fix the tags that cause errors.
  • Speed analytics: increases the accuracy and helps in analyzing the impact of page speed for better marketing effectiveness and good customer experience.

OptimaHub MediaAttribution:

It is custom media attribution tool. This tool can be used by the advertisers to obtain accurate marketing ROI across different channels. Attribution modeling includes building models based on the data to track every touch point in customers’ path to conversion. You can even get insights on performance on any online channel using custom tags.

  • Display analytics: analyze display performance to optimize media spend.
  • Affiliate analytics: maximize affiliate relationships by pinpointing affiliates and campaigns that are more valuable to your network.

OptimaHub platform provides an efficient way of identifying and dealing with the potential customers by advanced marketing insights. It is useful in identifying individual users and helps in understanding the experience from a single customer point of view which can help in better functioning of the organization to provide best possible services and bring huge improvements in the services provided.

This not only provides good results based on customer experience but also brings out new ways of increasing the number of potential customers finally enhancing the IT performance and help the organization in reaching new levels in terms of performance, products and service.

This article is written by : Vibha S