iknife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds

Summary: A new kind of surgical 'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue and may assist get better tumor taking away in the operating room.

iKnife, the tool analyses the vapour given off as surgeons use electrical current to cut away tissue - and it reports in real time whether the tissue is cancerous or not

Tests in 91 human patients have shown the "tool's diagnoses were extremely accurate," and may be "reliable enough to begin widespread use in operating rooms," said the study in the US journal Science Translational Medicine

The iKnife uses mass spectrometry to examine the surgical smoke given off by evaporating tissue, alerting the surgeon in three seconds as to what it contains.

Other current techniques - which include sending removed tissue to a pathology lab for analysis - are "costly...frequently inadequate," and take about 20-30 minutes, said the researchers from Hungary and Britain.

"Remarkably, there are almost no technologies in routine clinical practice to assist the surgeon in improving the accuracy of cancer tissue clearance," said the study.

Source: iknife

PayPal mistakenly credits man $92 quadrillion

According to CNN report: Pennsylvania man gets a PayPal statement saying his account contains $92,233,720,368,547,800. "This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case," PayPal said in a statement.

When Chris Reynolds opened his June PayPal e-mail statement, something was off.

The Pennsylvania PR executive's account balance had swelled to a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800.

That's $92 QUADRILLION (and change).

Money that would make Reynolds -- who also sells auto parts on eBay in his spare time -- the richest man in the world by a long shot.

Rich, as in more than a million times richer than Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim. And he's worth $67 billion.

Oh, if only.

"It's a curious thing. I don't know, maybe someone was having fun," Reynolds said.

So he logged online, and reality bit back. His account balance read $0. The correct amount.

PayPal admitted the error and offered to donate an unspecified amount of money to a cause of Reynolds' choice. 

Wristband can monitor sleep!!!

Summary: Human life can be control by using technology. "Lark" is a wristband wireless connected with smartphone that is designed to assist sleep better.

Most people in America suffer from insomnia. Julia Hu, the 28-year-old CEO and founder of Lark, told the Huffington Post. "We have cured it in a way that nothing has been able to, without drugs."

Lark is a wirelessly connected wristband with smartphone that is designed to help sleep better. "It's a silent alarm clock," Hu said. "It does tiny little tickles to nudge you awake. It's a wireless sleep monitor, and it's a personal sleep coach."

"Fast forward two months," says Hu. "We decided, wouldn't it be amazing if we could turn the top sleep experts into an automated program on your phone? And that was the real beginning of turning this into a product."

After a while, Lark became the official product of the National Sleep Foundation and began selling in Apple Stores.

Source: Lark wristband

Technology companies call for more NSA transparency

Summary: Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and more join forces to request NSA data is made public.

After having their reputation damaged by the National Security Agency controversy earlier this year, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and many more are joining forces to demand more transparency regarding NSA requests and surveillance (via AllThingsD).

The 63 companies, investors, and non-profit organizations are pleading with the U.S. government to allow Internet, phone, and other service providers to share the requests that they receive for user data, including:

·         The number of government requests for information about their users

·         The number of individuals, accounts, or devices for which information was requested

·         The number of requests that sought communications content, basic subscriber information, and/or other information

“Basic information about how the government uses its various law enforcement–related exploratory authorities has been published for years without any apparent distraction to criminal investigations,” a copy of the letter obtained by AllThingsD reads. “We seek permission for the same information to be made available regarding the government’s national security–related authorities. This information about how and how often the government is using these legal authorities is important to the American people, who are entitled to have an informed public debate about the suitability of those authorities and their use.”

Apple and Google have both made their thoughts on the NSA scandal and user privacy clear, with Google even beefing up encryption on some of its services.

Adobe Marketing Cloud "Adobe Social" update feature

Summary: Adobe today launched its modernized social marketing platform. With this release, Adobe Social is now featuring social predictive publishing capabilities, a new mobile interface, streamlined reporting, better collaboration, plus integrations with Flickr, Foursquare, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Adobe Social has added four new social networks supported by its platform. These embrace Foursquare, Instagram, Flickr, and LinkedIn. Now, content from these networks can be pulled into Adobe Social enabling users to listen to what their community is saying, where they’ve been checking in, photos that have been uploaded, and more.

With Foursquare, Adobe has tapped into the location-based social network’s firehose, thanks to its relationship with Gnip. Marketers can examine the patterns in check-ins, look at the competition, and see how their marketing campaigns can take benefit of where a particular customer is.

In addition, marketers can now post content directly to their LinkedIn company pages and groups in the hope of bolstering its professional community. Adobe believes by doing so, brands can be better in tune with not only consumers, but also addressing the enterprise.

All of these updates are available starting today, with the exception of LinkedIn. Adobe says that the social network’s integration is on a limited beta release with general availability expected later this year. No pricing changes have been made as a result of these new features.

Source: Adobe Social

HP plans to make a Smartphone

Summary: HP hasn’t had a smartphone since it ditched WebOS in 2011, but it sounds like it’s itching to get back into the smartphone marketing race.

The mobile market is so much competitive, so what! HP insists it still plans to make a Smartphone that it will release sometime in the future. Business Insider reports that Su-yin Yam, the senior director of HP’s consumer business in the Asia-Pacific region, said this weekend that HP is biding its time and waiting for the perfect moment to strike with a smartphone that truly differentiates the company from its competitors. Yam claimed that HP is studying all the current offerings in the smartphone market and is trying to figure out what it can offer that other vendors don’t. And while Yam wouldn’t commit to giving a timetable to launch, she did say that HP “has to be in the game” in the smartphone market so it seems that an HP smartphone is a matter of “when” more than “if.” 

Source: Business Insider

Time to revive your inactive yahoo IDs active

Request time began Monday and will extend through Aug. 7, 2013

Yahoo is allowing people to place claims on inactive email addresses that are being given a second life. The chance to request the identifications began Monday and will extend through Aug. 7. Up to five different names can be submitted at http://wishlist.yahoo.com .

The inactive email IDs are being released a month after the Sunnyvale, Calif., company notified users that they would have 30 days to log into an inactive account if they wanted to keep it.

People awarded the rights to the recycled email addresses will have a 48-hour period to activate the accounts beginning Aug. 15. Additional info

Pen can point out spelling error with a subtle vibration

Lernstift, the first digital pen that vibrates when you make a mistake. This pen monitors your spelling as you write. Spellcheck can be pretty frustrating, but it's become an invaluable feature in word-processing programs. For jotting down notes with a pen, though, people just have to take their lumps. Or, rather, they did; a new project on Kickstarter, created by two German dads, hopes to improve spelling around the world by alerting scribes whenever they make an error.

Present digital pens use optical sensors to pick up the writing movements and digitalize the words or sketches for computer use. Some of them need external devices. Others only work with specialty paper. Lernstift is different. It requires none of those. It's the first truly intelligent pen because all the tech and software is built-in. It can be used with apps but it doesn't depend on them.

The computer inside Lernstift is an embedded Linux system. The board contains motion sensor, processor, memory, Wi-Fi and vibration module. It will be oval-shaped to fit perfectly inside the pen. Upon launch, Lernstift will be available in English and German. As soon as we can, we will roll out more languages: Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, etc.

Dwolla, Popular EDI for online B2C transactions

Dwolla, whose name is a slangified portmanteau of sorts between the words “dollar” and “web,” represents a formidable alternative to PayPal. Designing its own network from the ground up, Dwolla bypassed many of the traditional channels and built something cheaper, faster and safer than anything that previously existed. This creates a huge channel and market pricing advantage for Dwolla.

i)                    Dwolla charges only 25¢ per transaction, and any transaction of $10 or less is free. Compare this with the average 2.9 percent + 30¢ that PayPal charges on each “goods and services” transaction. (PayPal allows you to send money to friends and family from a bank account for free.)

ii)                   Both PayPal and Dwolla allow you to move money to a bank account. Dwolla does this as quickly as the same day (however, in some circumstances it can take up to three days); while PayPal consistently takes 2-4 days to move money.

iii)                 Dwolla allows mass payments of up to 2,000 recipients; PayPal limits the number of recipients to 250.

iv)                 PayPal limits total daily transactions to $10,000. Dwolla sets its per transaction limit at $5,000 for personal accounts and $10,000 for business. However, in special circumstances, it allows organizations to transfer up to $50 million in a single transaction… yes, for just 25 cents!

It is difficult to innovate in the payment space, but Dwolla’s proprietary network allows users to send money to email addresses, phone numbers and social connections on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and to any business that chooses to accept it. You can send money to anyone – but recipients need to set up a Dwolla account to claim funds.

First Apple computer auction price $387,750

First Apple computer sold Monday for $387,750 at a Christie's online-only auction. Bolaffi, an Italian collections company, says in a statement that it bought the computer. The seller was a retired school psychologist from Sacramento, Calif.
Vintage Apple products have become a hot item since Steve Jobs' death in October 2011. Jobs joined forces with Steve Wozniak to build computer prototypes in a California garage, and Wozniak built the Apple 1.
Another Apple 1 was sold in May for a record $671,400 by a German auction house. It broke a record of $640,000 set in November.

At least 'Angry Trayvon' game to shut down

The makers of the controversial mobile game have promised to pull it from app stores in the wake of an online petition and user protests. The game is initially through Apple App store and Google play. Angry Trayvon depicts a man in a hooded sweatshirt walking through such areas as Brooklyn to complete "his world tour of revenge on the bad guys who terrorize cities everyday." Players of the game can use a variety of weapons to take down attackers from around the world.

What triggered the online outrage is the game's apparent reference to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American who was fatally shot last year. The shooter, George Zimmerman, claimed self defense. But the circumstances surrounding the shooting were less than clear, prompting protests and charges of racism. The case has been in the news lately as Zimmerman's trial began in June.

On facebook fun page Angry Trayvon has promised to remove all the traces of the games The people spoke out therefore this game was removed from the app stores. Sorry for the inconvenience as this was just an action game for entertainment. This was by no means a racist game. Nonetheless, it was removed as will this page and anything associated with the game will be removed.

Great promotional offer for iphone and ipad user before 5th App store Anniversary

wow!!! what a good offer for iphone and ipad user. It's a good day to go app shopping.

A number of the most popular paid iPhone and iPad apps are now available for free in a promotional offering before the fifth anniversary of Apple's App Store. Wednesday will be five years since the app store was launched. Details