Digital technology has come a long way in leaps and bounds in the last five years. Cloud computing, smartphones and multi-touch tablets are the innovations that revolutionized our personal and work lives. Well, it’s just a start. The technology will get even better. In the near future, we could lead a life like in science fiction movies.

So get ready to slice Ninja fruits through your gestures and control the desktop with your eyes, print your own physical product and enter the virtual world and experience virtual reality. Here’s the roundup of the top 10 real-life gadgets and technologies that will change the world.

google glass

Augmented reality is here in the form of a simulated educational and experimentation app. But Google has taken several steps forward by launching Google Glass. Theoretically, you can see your texts, social networks, Google Maps and navigate via GPS. You can also get updates on the ground. Currently, it is offered only to some developers at $1,500. But other tech companies are working and trying to build an affordable variant for commercial sales.

Form 1

3D printing could turn any digital design into a real life product. It is nothing new for the mechanical industry, but a 3D printer is certainly a revolutionary idea. Everyone can create their own product with their unique design and you don’t need any company’s approval. Even the Aston Martin in a James Bond movie was a 3D printed product that crashed for a scene.

The Form 1 is a personal 3D printer that you can buy for $2,799. It seems like a very high price but you can produce your own prototypes with it. Imagine a day when any professional can mass produce their own physical products with no limits.

oculus rift

Oculus Rift is a 3D viewer that would bring virtual reality to life. It allows you to feel like you are actually in a video game mentally. In your virtual world, you can see the world on HD screen with very low latency just by turning your head. Various premium products can do the same thing, but Rift delivers that experience for just $300. It’s the start of the next-gen gaming revolution.

The world is bombarded with virtual reality devices. So, it is the right time to plunge into the whole virtual world. Oculus Rift is the first step in reaching that level of realism.

jump motion

The concept of a multi-touch desktop fails miserably because hands can get too tired for prolonged use. But Leap Motion could come up with a more innovative idea. You can control your desktop with your fingers, without having to touch the screen.

Unlike a regular motion sensor, Leap Motion allows the user to zoom in on photos and map, scroll a web page, sign documents, and also play FPS games with just finger and hand movements. A smooth reaction is a very important part of this. This technology of the future could be yours for just $70. You could buy a premium PS3 game title for this price. If it could work with the Oculus Rift, it could definitely give your games a real-time makeover.

smart stuff

In most of the devices, the existing problem is that they work independently and the technology leaders need an effort to partner with each other and create products that can connect with each other. With Smart Things, you can make every digital connect, whether it’s digital or not. You can easily get your humidity, vibration and pressure sensors, and smoke alarms to detect things and alert you using your smartphone.

You can also track who’s been in your house, turn on the lights when you enter the room, and lock the doors and windows when you leave the house, all with a device that could cost around $500.

Eye Tribe

Eye tracking has already been actively discussed by tech lovers, but it’s not that simple to implement. But not so for Eye Tribe. They successfully created a technology that can allow you to control the tablet, play flight simulator and even play Fruit Ninja with just eye movements.

It’s basically just eye-tracking technology that can be combined with a front-facing camera and some serious computerized algorithm. At LeWeb, a live demo was held this year and we may see it in action in the future. The company is still looking for a partnership to bring this technology to market.

Firefox operating system

As we all know, there is no competition for Android and iOS. But both have their own policies and rules that inhibit developers and their creative efforts. Since then, Mozilla decided to develop a new mobile operating system from the ground up, which will focus on freedom, true openness, and user choice.

It’s Firefox OS, which is based on the Gecko, Gonk, and Gaia software layers. It means that it is completely open source and carries HTML5 and CSS3 technologies.

Developers can release apps without the lock-in needs set by the stores. Therefore, users can also customize the operating system according to their needs. Currently, it is available for Android compatible devices. It can be used to perform basic tasks that you do on Android or iOS devices, such as browsing the web, calling friends, playing games, etc.

Fiona Project

Razer’s Project Fiona is supposed to be the first generation of gaming tablets. It’s seriously built for hardcore gaming. Tech companies can also develop their dedicated gaming tablets. It features Intel Core i7 CPU to play all the PC games you love in the palm of your hand. Razer has developed a tablet-only user experience, along with a magnetometer, 3-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, and multi-touch user interface.

parallel

It will clearly redefine the way computers are made. It is simply a supercomputer for everyone. It is an energy-saving computer built to process complex programs efficiently and simultaneously. It will make the holographic display screen, real-time object tracking and voice recognition even smarter and stronger.

Google driverless car

We have all imagined that a driverless car would be real one day. Finally, Google has made it possible. It works with artificial intelligence that receives information from video cameras, a sensor on top, and some position and radar sensors in various positions on the car. Much research and development has been done to mimic human intelligence.

Department of Telecommunications has passed net neutrality rules in India that prohibit the blocking, throttling and zero rating of internet data with some exceptions for critical IoT services and specialized services. The Report submitted by TRAI to the Department of Telecommunications is now implemented by the Government.

As The Wire reports, the new rules prevent “any form of discrimination or interference” with data, including “blocking, downgrading, slowing, or giving speeds or preferential treatment to any content.” But they don’t apply to “critical IoT services” or “specialized services,” including autonomous vehicles and remote surgery operations, which The Wire says TRAI director RS Sharma likens to ambulances that can legally disobey regulations. traffic rules or, in this case, obtain prioritized status to maintain service quality.
All Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are required to renew their licenses with new guidelines according to the Indian Department of Telecommunications. ISPs that violate these rules may have their licenses terminated.

In 2016, Facebook started a campaign under the name of the FREE BASIC INTERNET which gave this wealthy company an unfair advantage over local startups. These campaign types are not possible after the implementation of these new NET NEUTRALITY Rules. ISPs could not favor either website by charging them.

However, in the end, the Facebook campaign has come to nothing. Tea TRAI The newly introduced “Regulations on the Prohibition of Discriminatory Fees for Data Services” states that providers may not “offer or charge discriminatory fees for data services on the basis of the content accessed by a consumer”, i.e. not they can offer content for free. In a press release, TRAI notes that its decision was “guided by the principles of net neutrality” and that its ultimate goal is “to ensure that consumers have access to the Internet without obstacles and without discrimination.” Whether or not he achieved this goal is sure to be debated in India and around the world.
India’s Telecommunications Regulator effectively banned Facebook’s free basic program in the country, ruling that the system and others like it violate net neutrality principles.

Throttling is also prohibited in these new net neutrality rules in India: “Throttling is a process of minimizing bandwidth on any website that results in slow loading of the website.”

India welcomes new net neutrality rules, hopes to see effective changes in Internet regulation.
This rule is a good example for the world of net neutrality.

Mobile browsers, also called mini-browsers or micro-browsers, are web browsers designed specifically for use on mobile phones or PDAs. They are optimized to display Internet content effectively on small screens of handheld or portable devices. They are usually a stripped down version of their desktop counterpart, but the required features of these browsers are high; as if they should use the low memory capacity and low bandwidth of wireless handheld devices.

There are many mobile browsers on the market today, such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Mobile, Google’s Android browser, and Research in Motion’s Blackberry browser, but Opera Mini (a web-based browser provided by Opera) is the best web browser out there. the smartphone device market has seen so far. So what makes opera mini the undisputed king of mobile browsing? Let’s find out:

Opera mini allows us to view the entire web page, an important feature that Internet Explorer Mobile or any other major brand mobile browser lacks. Open the Facebook.com page from Internet Explorer Mobile and you will be redirected to “m.facebook.com”; open the same in opera mini and it will allow you to enjoy the web page in all its splendor. Opera-mini includes several new features, including: automatic competition for web addresses, making it easy to get to the site you need.

Opera-mini also includes tools for attaching files to web-based emails, uploading content and photos to your blog or site, and also downloading email attachments that can be stored in the phone’s memory. Opera-mini also gives us the option to save the page offline, so that we can view the page even when we are not connected to the network. It also allows you to search for text within a web page, so you can quickly access information.

Some other features included in Opera mini version are: bookmark sync, speed dial, page view in landscape mode, power scroll mode. With the development of mobile technology, web browsers now support full CSS and Opera Mini is no exception. It has native support for CSS 2.1 and JavaScript. Due to the limitations of phones and the client-server architecture of opera-mini, AJAX applications cannot be expected to work correctly, although XMLHttpRequest is supported, so many AJAX websites will work correctly.

Although Opera has been the undisputed king of web browser dominance, Firefox is ready to give it some stiff competition in the times to come.

But why is the “soft stuff” so hard to do?

The cry for better management can be heard from every corner of the corporate arena. So with all this focus on managing people effectively, why are so many companies struggling to pull it off?

First, note that “management” is not a thing. It is the amalgamation of ideas, skills, determination and often bold and decisive actions. When broken down into its parts, the managers task seems to be Sisyphus (in Roman mythology, Sisyphus was a king whose punishment was to be forced to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to see it roll back down and repeat every time ). eternity).

Here are 5 elements that prevent companies and the individual in them from doing a better job of managing people.

1. Bureaucratic rigidity

Most companies, particularly the largest ones, are rigid by nature. Good people management requires flexibility to deal with the vagaries of human behavior. A corporate culture driven by demands for short-term profit does not encourage or allow flexibility. Risk taking, the kind that tends to inspire innovation and employee engagement, is a key part of the management process; but it is generally not as acceptable in the executive suite.

2. Looking for quick fixes in all the wrong places

“Let’s improve our people management practices!” Too many companies hire well-paid consultants to develop new management models and methodologies when they have no idea how culture drives management decisions. Too often, the people on the front lines who produce the bottom line are ignored.

3. A shortage of fresh prospects

Few organizations have the ability, the will, or the emotional intelligence to go crazy. However, that is what it would take to effectively manage people. Too often, the people who rise to positions of power in most companies have been doing the same ineffective things over and over again. Their blind obsession with the task at hand is what brought them to the top. It is what can lead them to inefficiency. You have to challenge the status quo if you want to embrace and adapt to a new perspective on people management practices. “I have seen the enemy…” is a brutal, powerful and terrifying fact for many in power, but one that must be confronted if one is interested in innovation.

4. Incongruence

“Our people are our most important asset.” First of all, most corporate cultures simply don’t support that statement. Second, viewing people as assets betrays an impersonal “human-is-a-machine” approach to people. Both attitudes reveal low emotional intelligence.

5. We just don’t get it

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to managing people better is that we simply don’t pay attention to or recognize what constitutes the human experience. Management, in addition to being an inexact art, is not only a matter of balance sheets, margins, machines, etc. although paradoxically all these things are created and managed by people.

Management is not something you do once and then sit back and enjoy your work. It is a never-ending story that unfolds with many subplots. It is a way of thinking, a point of view, not only of work or people, but of one’s own worldview. It’s about making unique, often seemingly unconnected associations, connecting interactions that no one else sees. It is continuous curiosity, questioning, searching for something new, different, better, asking uncomfortable questions like “And yes?” Prayed “Why not?” That is the stuff of people management.

So here we are in a changing world of unknowns, unpredictability, surprise events, terrorism and rollercoaster behavioral economics and a business environment that boils down to,

“The rules have changed, the players haven’t noticed!”

Some companies like Southwest Airlines, Apple, Patagonia and Google have managed to learn to manage their people very well. Many smaller, less advertised companies are also doing great work. The ROI on your investments? — Profitable, highly engaged, aligned, and productive people.

I wonder why more companies don’t make the brave decision to do a better job of managing their people.

The English saying “Clothes make the man” could perhaps be seen as a fundamental or commercial truism, and in no industry is this more evident than in the consulting industry, where appearance and perception are everything.

Consulting as a sector relies heavily on reputation and branding, regardless of size. Whether your business is one of the global Big Four, such as Deloitte or KPMG, or a small sole trader or boutique firm, your credibility and pipeline depend on the success of your engagements and the resulting positive brand and reputation gains you receive. are derived from them.

Consider the legacy of Arthur Andersen, perhaps one of the best examples of how reputation can make or break a deal. Andersen was known around the world as a world-class consulting firm, serving clients worldwide in all business sectors, ranging in size from the SME market to the Fortune 500. However, after the collapse of Enron, Andersen was embroiled in a scandal in which it was alleged that they attempted to pervert the course of justice by impeding federal investigations and destroying evidence, all in an attempt to avoid criminal liability.

The perceived reputational damage created by the investigation caused Andersen’s clients to flee en masse, seeking refuge with other, more secure auditing organizations. Then, when the company was found guilty of perversion, the company’s accounting license was suspended and tens of thousands of employees lost their jobs because no company would hire such a bad apple.

After all, what would customers think?

Andersen’s collapse highlights that a company’s perceived image directly affects customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.

Today, large consulting organizations use social media, YouTube, traditional media, and commentary to alter, shape, and refine perceived reputations. In layman’s terms, we call this “brand”.

As employees, when we visit the client, we represent the brand of the organization and are living examples of corporate values, customer satisfaction and business professionalism. All of these factors combine to create a psychological impression on the client, which will ultimately determine how they perceive both the effectiveness of the consultant and the quality of their organization.

As a consulting manager, I have provided services in many industry sectors. In each, a company will have different expectations related to professional dress standards, stemming from company values, reputation management, safety, or even culture. Yet despite these differentiators, the consulting industry is a very different animal. When an outside consultant arrives on site, be it an auditor or management consultant, the client is seeking professional services in a business function that is high risk, highly complex, or not fully understood. As a result, the consultant is perceived as a problem solver, who will be highly educated, highly articulate, and able to deliver services that will be understood and championed by all levels of the business, from coal worker to executive.

In such a game, perception is everything. For that reason, in no other industry is how an individual dresses and presents themselves more important.

Traditional business attire is a must and should also be taken to the extreme. The “dark suit, dark tie” mentality of International Business Machines is probably the best starting point, however, a pinstripe suit is also known to be perceived in organizational psychology as displaying both power and traditionalism. For this reason, and to give an image of traditional conservatism mixed with power, a consultant should wear a dark three-piece pinstriped suit, preferably in black, navy blue or dark gray; the fringe should be non-confrontational and vertical only, with no markings, and the tailor should judge the width to provide a greater perception of height.

Women should not wear pantsuits, and should always appear in a pencil skirt, a dark pinstripe suit, supported by sheer natural or dark stockings. Research indicates that male clients have a significantly more positive reaction to women in power when they are not trying to undermine “perceived male authority.” By highlighting their femininity, the consultants play on the innate bias of human sexuality and physical attraction in the reputation management game.

The shirt or blouse must be white, fresh and ironed or ironed before work. Colored shirts should be avoided as humans have biased reactions based on colors. An inappropriate choice could have a consultant labeled in different industries; for example, selecting a pink shirt while working with a petrochemical or mining client could easily label a consultant as homosexual. Such a label will influence how the client perceives the consultant and also her work due to the strong conservative biases many employees in these blue-collar industries have.

All men should wear a conservative tie, with a matching or contrasting pocket square, and all ties should be made with a double Windsor knot. The tie must be worn under the vest at all times, and the tip of the tie must not be visible at the base of the coat. Women can have a blouse with an open neckline and do not need to wear a tie.

Shoes must be traditional, full leather, black and handmade; they should be worn with dark socks for men and transparent stockings for women. An excellent shoemaker choice for men is UK-based Crockett & Jones, and women should consider a top-tier manufacturer like Ferragamo; women’s shoes must be high-heeled in all cases and must not support a heel of more than four inches; in cold weather, boots with heels up to below the knee are allowed. Shoes should be considered a high priority as more than 70% of customers will form value opinions based on the quality of footwear when they first meet a person, for that reason shoes should also be maintained and kept highly polished in all times. Once damaged, shoes must be repaired immediately or replaced entirely.

Coats, gloves, and outerwear should be dark in color and made from a high-value traditional material, such as cashmere; the only exception to this rule is the traditional camel coat, which is also allowed. In colder climates, such as Northern and Eastern Europe, China, or Canada, full-length fur or leather is permitted. However, care should be taken to limit the use of full body leather on men with Jewish clients, due to the perception of leather and its colloquial link to Nazis. Fur should be limited to the full length of fashion over a suit and should not be short fur jackets, which are often associated with evening wear. Outerwear must also be removed upon arrival at the client, and the suit jacket must be worn at all times, but may be unbuttoned for convenience.

Men and women can wear silk scarves in a conservative color in cold weather, or they can select a fur scarf. However, under no circumstances can fur scarves be combined with a fur coat.

Accessories are also critically important to a consultant’s appearance and should be part of a standardization process across companies. Under no circumstances should a First Level Consultant use or carry any product that is not made from a natural material. All folders, suitcases, briefcases, belts, and purses or other accessories must be leather, dark in color, and from a top-tier brand such as Mont Blanc, Gucci, or Louis Vuitton.

Jewelry is also an area where many candidates apply too much or too little to achieve the most helpful impact on the client. Consultants must limit jewelry to yellow, rose or white gold and wear no more than two rings at a time, limited to engagement, wedding, signet and class rings only. Watches must always be worn on the left wrist and must be able to fit under a shirt cuff when fastened with a cufflink. All watches must be from a top-tier producer, such as Omega, Panerai, or IWC. A men’s bracelet or bracelet, also in yellow, rose or white gold only, is accepted on the right wrist.

Finally, only women should wear earrings, and they should be either a single stud through the earlobe or a small hoop style. Under no circumstances should any other form of body art, such as multiple ear piercings, body or facial piercings, or tattoos, be visible.

By using this level one dress guide, consultants will not only dress to impress, they will present themselves with the impeccable standards expected in the Big Four, or a management consultancy like McKinsey.

That is all. The race of your life. head to head nose to nose Flag to flag for the world championship. And only his best friend, or his worst enemy, stands in their way as they chase each other across 32 fiendishly tricky race tracks spread from Paris to Rio.

Then there was the SNES trilogy known as “Top Gear” (or “Top Racer” as it was known in Japan). Sequels after the first TG became more advanced in terms of options for races, cars, skins, and required “money” to purchase parts and accessories earned from first places in a race. The original Top Gear is valued for the fact that it was simplistic in nature: pick your name, pick your transmission (automatic or manual), and pick your controller skin, and a car, and just race!

Each of you choose your car carefully for speed. handling and power. Take the controls and hit him against the asphalt. This is the ultimate awesome split screen race, and it takes all your skill, courage, and split-second timing to stay on track, day after day, night after night, past obstacles, barriers, and pit stops. So prepare yourself. Get your engine running. And go for the nitro. There’s only room in the winner’s circle for one!

Graphics:

The graphics in this game do their job well: a neat splash screen is followed by a well-designed options screen that includes an impressive (by SNES standards) digitized photo behind the text. In the game itself, the graphics are quite good and the cars are well drawn. One effect in top gear that I’ve never seen anywhere else is the way during some races day changes to night and vice versa, making your visibility better or worse.

Also, the flashbacks are unique to each track, you can see the leaning tower of Pisa in Pisa, the Eiffel tower in Paris, etc. The pit lane is also well animated and the speedometer, the stopwatch… are laid out intuitively so you can quickly glance at them without crashing. I also liked the little speech bubbles that pop out of the side of the car whenever you crash into another car or use a nitro. For example, if you get caught in a group of cars and keep crashing into them, the driver will say something like ‘get out of my way’ or ‘are you blind?’

The controls:

The controls are, in a word, flawless. It has 4 control options, including a left-handed option where you hold the SNES pad upside down. Maneuvering your car is as simple as cornering. overtaking in high-speed corners is not a problem, as you can go full throttle on the outside or take a small drop in speed and overtake on the inside. In manual gear mode, a simple touch of the R or L buttons will allow you to shift up or down a gear.

Music and sound effects:

I have to say that I think Top Gear has the best music out of all the previous racing games. The title song is a classic (it’s also lotus1’s ending music in genesis) and the game tracks are perfect too and always seem perfect for whatever track you’re on, high notes seem to match sharp turns and generally , the music has a rhythm that gets your adrenaline pumping as you go through sharp turns. The sound effects of the car (skidding, engine noise, etc.) are also perfectly recovered.

How to Play:

Top Gear’s strong point is its exciting gameplay. The fact that its permanently split screen (like Mario Kart) will always have you racing against another “human” player is its trump card. If you are playing in single player mode, the second players are controlled by SNES and will have to refuel just like you. In two player mode, player 2 will control this car. In each race there are 20 cars and your position on the starting grid is determined by your finishing position in the previous race, eg if you finished first you start the next race 20th, second = 19th and so on.

When you finish first on any given track in a country, you earn 20 points, second place earns 15 points, third place earns 12, fourth place earns 10, and fifth place earns 8. That’s the cutoff point, though, because if you do not finish a given track in fifth place or better (out of 20 cars), you will not advance to the next track. Additionally, you must finish at least third or better in any country or continent to advance to the next country.

There are 32 tracks in eight areas around the world: the United States, South America (mainly in Brazil, but interestingly includes a track in Mexico), Italy, Germany, Japan, France (including a track in Monaco), the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia ( Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark).

In addition, you can choose one of four cars, most of which contrast sharply with each other. The white car is better for fuel consumption, but on average has the slowest speed, while the red car is the fastest on average, but drinks gasoline like water. The blue and purple cars share a similar speed and gas usage rate, but the blue car handles corners better than the purple car.

There are big differences between each car and playing a different car makes each game feel like a different game as depending on your car you could have a very maneuverable machine or something that drives like a brick on wheels. (when driving blue or red because it becomes much more difficult to overtake and avoid objects). Or you might have a vehicle that needs refueling once, twice, or not at all on a particular track.

It also varies acceleration, which is crucial when starting off or right after a crash or pit stop. Nitro power also varies from car to car, which affects the duration and overall speed increase. Top speed also comes into play, some cars ‘hold’ speed better than others and don’t seem to slow down as much after a nitro boost or a steep hill.

When you’re low on fuel you have to make a pit stop to do this, just head into the pit lane and when your fuel level is sufficient, pull out again. Pit stops require tactics, as pitting early in the race will give you more time to get up to speed. If you run out of fuel it doesn’t mean you’re out of the race as your car drifts forward for a while and if another car hits the rear you’ll start moving again.

Because of this, it is possible to do a full lap without fuel until you manage to finish or make it to the pits. Although you will most likely lose a lot of positions expecting to be run over or stopped in a lane where other cars do not even pass. However, in 2 player mode you can have the other guy give you a push.

The tracks are all well laid out and on the longer runs it is possible to have many different tactics on when to refuel or nitro. Some tracks like the Black Forest are real as this track is full of steep hills just like the real place. The speed in Top Gear is phenomenal, it’s not insanely fast, but it’s devastatingly fast and smooth compared to F-Zero and Mario Kart, which are slow and seem slow in comparison.

Challenge factor:

Top Gear has three levels of difficulty, the higher levels make the computer cars faster and more aggressive and also add more obstacles to the course. Although completing the game is not too difficult, you should try to finish first in each race, as any loser can finish fifth. You must also try to beat the course record shown on the pre-race screen.

Also, you should try to complete the game with all the cars, as in the red car, you can’t afford to crash and you can reach speeds of around 240 mph if you are good. The red car also consumes fuel like there is no tomorrow, but it goes much faster than the blue and white car. In summary, the white car is for beginners, the blue and purple cars for intermediate players, while the red one is for professionals.

Final Thoughts:

Top Gear doesn’t carry much weight in racing game history because it doesn’t have the super-fancy options, features, and add-ons like its sequels or other games that would follow on other systems did. And it’s a shame, because not only is Top Gear’s simplicity at its most compelling when it comes to strictly racing, but it also paved the way for other games to copy the system it implemented and make it even better, only from gameplay. point of view.

If you own a SNES and want to relive a glorious era of pre-finished racing games, Top Gear would be one you’ll want to get your hands on. The experience will arguably give you one of the best racing games in your collection.

With the advent of the internet, trading has undergone a complete sea change as the online format has simplified the fact that one can buy and sell anything with a click of the mouse. Given the enormous benefits of online commerce and its immense reach that takes you beyond geographic locations, e-commerce is one of the most successful ways to do hassle-free online commerce. Well, for any web service provider, it is extremely important to provide quality goods and services along with secure payment gateways in the interest of the consumer while also providing adequate security to the user.

For all those webmasters who provide services online, you have a great opportunity to increase your market share and sell goods and services digitally while taking advantage of instant payments using PayPal, Worldpay, Moneybookers, Google Checkout and credit cards. credit. With this instant payment service, one does not have to wait whole days to receive authorized payment for their goods. With the help of online payment gateways, one can receive payments in EUR, USD and GBP depending on one’s currency.

First of all, one should try to provide a secure website that provides 24/7 security along with quality information for customers, where quality service can be easily accessed at any time. moment. One of the biggest responsibilities that any e-commerce service provider has is the availability of quality payment options where a wide variety of payment options such as PayPal, credit cards (Visa, Amex, Discover, Diners and Master Card) are offered. ) along with electronic checks. and checks that make paying online an easy way to make a simple transaction. Fast and secure payment gateways should be provided that ensure complete security of online clientele without compromising their credit card and other useful information. A perfect online registration system provides easy payment option such as auto checkout and auto checkout for easy transaction. With a wide variety of payment options, you have the advantage of giving your business a competitive edge. Always remember that multiple payment options help your customer to access your goods and services without fail. PayPay is an online payment method that is as secure as credit cards and helps customers make quick purchases and payments. With multiple payment options, one is more likely to make sales and tap into a quality online clientele.

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Western Digital WD TV Live Network-Ready HD

The WD TV Live Digital Media Player is a media streamer that allows you to stream your video, music, and photos to your HDTV and play your audio through your home theater system. This player does not come with an internal hard drive, but must be connected to a USB mass storage device or network that contains your media files. The recommended storage drive is the Western Digital My Book Essential USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (1 terabyte – 1 TB model), which will provide ample space for storing lots of movies, photos, and music. As it comes from the manufacturer, the WD Live HD is a wired network-ready media streamer. There is nothing to stop you from using wireless also with a USB wireless dongle. A popular wireless adapter for WD TV Live is the Linksys Range Plus compact wireless USB adapter that will allow you to connect to your existing home or business wireless network. Whether wired or wireless, this digital media player has its competition cut out for it. It is very similar to the Patriot Box Office HD and HDX1000 Network Media Tank, but it does not offer the feature of adding your own internal hard drive to the media player. If this is not a concern, then WD TV Live really is a fantastic media player. It offers the latest and greatest, including true 1080p high definition via HDMI and Dolby Digital and DTS encoders. Here are the products, on WD TV Live:

Includes HDMI 1.3 port, supports up to True HD 1080p
Connect external hard drives directly or connect to your network to view movies, photos and music
USB port for USB drives
Audio formats: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Video file formats: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/ TP/ M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9
Image formats: JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
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Remote control included.

Did you know that you can qualify for government grants for single mothers? This is free money provided by the government to help mothers get the money they need when faced with significant financial responsibilities. There are government grants for single mothers to help pay for daycare, school, and other personal expenses. Receiving this money is just a matter of submitting your application to ask for it.

Every year, the government budgets billions of dollars in free grants, and government grants for single mothers are just one of the many programs they support. Once you apply for free grant money and are approved, you will receive a check in the mail that you never have to return. If you received a stimulus check in the past, it’s very similar. The only difference is that the stimulus checks were automatically sent to American households and taxpayers. Government grants for single mothers, on the other hand, have to be applied for. You must apply to receive some of this money.

With these programs, you can find the money you need to go back to school, get a degree, buy a house, or pay your bills. The money is provided as a way to stimulate the economy and support single mothers who may need a little financial help. However, once you search the grant database, you may notice many additional programs that you may qualify for. There is no limit to the number of grants you can apply for and receive, so feel free to submit a number of free grant applications.

Let’s take a look at the 10 most popular AI applications that manage to harness tons of data in today’s changing environment.

SIRI
SIRI is one of the most famous artificial intelligence applications. It is personal assistant software for Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, and AppleTV, that works as an intelligent knowledge guide to recommend, answer questions, and delegate requests to other connected web services. The software is voice controlled and therefore returns individualized responses by learning the user’s language. According to Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, Siri receives a billion requests a week. As of 2016, Siri is available in 20 languages.

GOOGLE NOW
Another smart personal assistant is Google Now developed by Google, which is part of the Google app available for Android and iOS. To enable Google Now, you need to launch the Google app and then allow Google to get all the synced information from all the Google services you use and your location history to make recommendations and alerts to you. By disabling all the necessary privacy and tracking settings in this probably the most practical AI application, a user can see different Google Now Cards: Activity Summary (steps you have taken to stay fit), Boarding Pass ( sent to Gmail account, shown later at the airport), Events (events scheduled on your Google Calendar), Flights (your flight status in real time), Location Reminders, Parking Location (helps you find your parked car), Translation (look up word translations), TV (a list of programs broadcast in real time), and many others. All commands in Google Now can be controlled by voice, however, they are limited. Google Now is currently available in English and is a major competitor to Siri.

CORTANA
Cortana is Microsoft’s intelligent personal assistant initially designed for Windows Phone, but is now available on Android, Windows 10, xBox One, and Apple’s iOS. Cortana’s software reacts to a user’s voice and executes limited commands, answers questions using information from the installed browser (Bing by default), acts as a secretary by scheduling events, locating necessary files, and opening necessary applications. The Cortana AI app can process voice commands in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and Japanese.

Alexa
Alexa is the voice service created by Amazon for the Amazon Echo smart speaker, which was widely introduced in 2015. Alexa uses natural language processing algorithms to adapt to the user’s natural voice. Plus, because it’s built in the cloud, Alexa constantly learns by recognizing patterns of user interactions. The more a user interacts with Alexa, the more it evolves and becomes smarter, providing higher quality answers to a user’s questions. The Alexa AI app has a free SDK that developers can use to create new voice-based AI devices and software.

Kinect
Kinect is an AI-based motion controller and motion sensing technology from Microsoft used in the Xbox One and Xbox 360 game consoles. Kinect analyzes the natural user interface and reacts to voice commands and gestures. Microsoft offers a free SDK for developers to create Kinect-enabled applications. This has already resulted in wider application of Kinect technology for non-gaming purposes, including healthcare, retail, the military, and robotics.

BRAIN
Braina is a free artificial intelligence app that works as a personal productivity software and virtual office assistant on Windows computers. The software reacts to a user’s voice commands and performs different tasks on their computer accordingly. Due to the built-in speech recognition technology, a user can interact with their computer remotely over Wi-Fi through the Braina Android app. Braina is currently available in English, free and paid versions.

LIVE
VIV is more than just an AI app, it’s an AI platform from the creators of Siri. Unlike Siri, VIV has an open platform that allows developers to create external plugins to work with it. The creators of VIV aim to make the first omnipresent consumer-facing assistant. Work on it began in 2012. The demo version of the “intelligent interface to everything” was presented by VIV CEO Dag Kittlaus at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in May 2016.

POP
PAN is free artificial intelligence software that analyzes virtually any type of textual data, such as poetry, fiction, history, newspapers, etc. The app first analyzes the text, recognizes its sentence structure, mood and tone of the given text. In general, PAN allows you to put any text under a microscope and eventually provide different variations of its understanding based on a comprehensive analysis performed.

WIPRO HOLMES
Wipro HOLMES is a cognitive artificial intelligence platform used for the development of predictive systems, visual computing applications, digital virtual agents, cognitive process automation, knowledge visualization, drones and robotics. Wipro HOLMES learns from new information and can make recommendations as well as predict failures. The platform was designed and introduced in 2016 by the Indian company Wipro to streamline business processes in corporations.

WOLFRAM ALPHA
Wolfram Alpha is a free intelligent response engine, which uses artificial intelligence to provide answers to a user’s questions based on a selected set of data, such as statistics, cross-source verification, expert reviews, etc. Wolfram Alpha differs from semantic search engines like Google in the way it provides specific answers from a structured set of information rather than matching the question to the best answer by indexing multiple answers to that question. Wolfram Alpha is being used to respond to some requests from Bing, DuckDuckGo, and even Apple’s Siri. The Wolfram Alpha app is available for iOS and Android, Kindle Fire, Nook.

CONCLUSION

Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly a very powerful tool to create experiences never before imagined. We hope that the artificial intelligence applications that enter our lives will continue to serve humanity in the most beneficial way.