You may be an avid Facebook user, but this sneaky message folder may have just escaped your eye!

Facebook has a hidden folder marked as 'other' that most users don't even know exist and it could contain important messages they have never seen, it has emerged.
The inbox feature is part of a measure to protect users against spam, according to the social network.
Tech expert David Pogue in a blog post for 'The New York Times', wrote that he had found the secret folder full of Facebook messages that he had never seen.
He said, in order to have access to this 'other' folder, the users need to go the Facebook page. In the left-side panel, they have to click Messages.
There, next to the boldfaced word "Inbox," the user will see a light gray word "Other."
He said the users need to click it to see their hidden stash of messages. He said users may be surprised at how much important stuff has been waiting for them there.
According to Pogue, it turns out that the Other folder is part of Facebook's weird USD 1-a-message programme.
If the user tries to send a message to someone who's not one of his Facebook friends, a dialogue box appears. It offers you two choices: either pay USD 1, or condemn the message to that 'other' folder.
He said Facebook explains that this programme is intended to eliminate spam.
By limiting Inbox-bound traffic to messages from people you actually know (and people who've paid a dollar), Facebook can better ensure that the user never sees junk messages there, said Pogue.

India's first wireless road traffic controller technology 'WiTraC' that runs on solar power was unveiled New Delhi Wednesday.
The state-of-the-art technology developed by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) was handed over to private partners for production by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal New Delhi.
"If we have wireless traffic control system, it will help us to collate data and send traffic fast updates," Sibal told reporters.
Developed at a cost of Rs.14.75 crore, the system is power efficient and the installations run on solar panel designed with 72 hours power backup.
It has been designed for pole mounting and does not require digging of roads.
According to experts, the indigenous system is one-third the price of an imported system.

It's simple really. Rebooting a tablet every year is just plain wrong and manufacturers are only hurting themselves with this obsession of churning something out every 12 months just for the sake of it.
Don't get me wrong, I love new technology. When a new device lands I can't wait to get my grubby hands all over it. But my incessant need to have the latest tech before my very eyes doesn't constitute good business practice in the tablet world.
We've become accustomed to changing our phones on a yearly basis, or perhaps every two years, but tablets have more longevity than our pocket friendly devices.

The undependable

When someone buys a tablet they don't expect to replace it within two years, yet alone 12 months - it's an investment. Usually tablets are purchased as a gift, or as a personal treat, and they are certainly not seen as the expendable items our phones are.
With that in mind, there's really no need to bring out a new tablet on an annual basis and it really irks some people when firms release these incremental upgrades in an attempt to tease more money out of consumers.
The iPad 4 (or iPad with Retina display, as Apple likes to call it) was a classic example of the market just getting on the tablet churn. It's basically the iPad 3 with a Lightning port which actually arrived less than a year after its predecessor.
Thanks to such a minor upgrade the iPad 4 announcement fell pretty flat and although its sales will suggest it's still very popular that's more to do with Apple's dedicated fan base and trendy image rather than the product itself.

Patience is a virtue

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Had Apple waited another year it would have been able to launch a product which really knocked our socks off in terms of features with a beefed up screen, fresh new operating system in iOS 7 and a ream of other USPs made possible by the advances in technology.
Taking all that into account it's no surprise Apple has announced a decline in iPad sales this year - the market is saturated and no one needs another tablet, so stop messing about.
Of course it's not just Apple who is guilty of such shenanigans. Google has just launched its new Nexus 7 slate, so new in fact it couldn't even think of a decent name.
And why's that? Well basically because it isn't really a completely new tablet, just an upgraded version of the original Nexus 7.

I'm no fool

That's not to say I don't like it, far from it. In fact I'm rather taken by the new Nexus 7, but my Nexus 7 from last year is still going strong and it will receive the Android 4.3 update very soon.
Sure the screen isn't full HD, and the processor isn't as punchy but that doesn't really justify me dropping money on a tablet which essentially gives me these features and a rear facing camera. Who do you think I am Google? A fool?
I'm fully aware that exactly the same thing happens in the mobile market, just look at the Galaxy S4 compared to the Galaxy S3, or the iPhone 4S to the iPhone 4, but regardless of whether it's right or not we accept that's what happens.

"Stop this silly game of one-up-man ship"

It's been like that for years. I remember having my Nokia 3310 on a 12-month contract and gleefully trading it in for a swisher Nokia 3100 when it ended - but with tablets we become more attached.
Tablet manufacturers listen up. Stop this silly game of one-up-man ship every 12 months. All it's doing is confusing those who are looking for a tablet and infuriating those who own an outdated device less than a year into its life.
Wait at least two years between cycles and you'll be able to launch something that will seriously amaze people and create a genuine case to actually buy the damn thing.

A raft of new Samsung products include the convertible Ativ Q tablet and laptop that runs both Windows an Android.
Samsung's Ativ Q hybrid tablet runs Windows 8 and Android.
The device is the technology industry’s latest bid to combine laptop with tablet, and works in four different configurations.
“Addressing a common desire among PC users to be able to access Android apps on a Windows-based PC, the ATIV Q allows you to now experience both Windows 8 and Android Jellybean 4.2.2 on the same device,” Samsung said. “Not only will you get access to Android apps via Google Play, but you will also be able to transfer files or share folders and files from Windows 8 to Android.”
Other devices announced by Samsung included the successor to the Series 9 laptop, the Ativ Book 9 Plus, featuring a similar resolution display but in a standard Windows 8 touchscreen laptop format and claiming 12 hours of battery life in a 1.39kg package. The cheaper Ativ Book 9 Lite offers a touchscreen as an optional extra.
Samsung also announced a new all-in-one PC, the Ativ One5, and a Windows 8 tablet called the Ativ Tab 3. It also confirmed the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom camera and introduced an Android-powered, 4G-enabled interchangeable lens 20.3MP camera called the Galaxy NX.
Pricing and availability were not confirmed.

It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for Android smartphones and tablets.
It covers apps and games, with the prices referring to the initial download: so (Free) may mean (Freemium) in some cases. The equivalent iOS roundup will be published later in the day.
For now, read on for this week's Android selection (and when you've finished, check out previous Best Android apps posts).

Vine (Free)

Twitter's app for shooting and sharing "beautiful, looping videos" was released earlier in the week, and is already well past 500k downloads on the Google Play store. As on iPhone, it's focused on clips of up to six seconds, which can be shared on Vine's own social network, as well as parent company Twitter.

Fleksy Beta (Free)

On iPhone, the Fleksy virtual-keyboard app has won plenty of praise. Now it's trying its hand on Android, where there's a lot more established competition from the likes of SwiftKey and Swype. The emphasis is on simplicity: a stripped-down keyboard with "an auto-correct engine that actually works". Signup for its beta happens through the Fleksy Google+ page.

Final Fantasy IV (£10.99)

Publisher Square Enix is busily porting its vintage Final Fantasy games to smartphones and tablets, with Final Fantasy IV the latest to get spruced up for modern devices. The 1991 game has been accurately ported across, with additional voice acting, a blank dungeons map, and "visibly apparent emotional changes" for the characters. Which is always handy.

Google Keyboard (Free)

Google Keyboard? Doesn't every Android device come with a Google keyboard? Well, yes, but as with other apps like Gmail and Maps, Google has released a standalone version on its Google Play store, which will at least ensure faster updates when the app gets new features. Features include Swype-style gestural typing, voice recognition and dictionaries for 26 languages.

ScribbleMix (Free)

ScribbleMix is the latest new thing from Disney: a "hilarious and absurd drawing game played with friends". Sounds familiar... You're guessing phrases based on what friends draw, earning coins as you go. It's not the first Draw Something-inspired game, but the jury is out on whether it can be the first to rival the popularity of the original.

Glastonbury Festival 2013 (Free)

Mobile operator group EE is behind the official app for this year's Glastonbury music festival, with features split for people who are attending, and people who want to enjoy the event from afar. Right now, the app provides news in the buildup to the festival, but later in the month it will get full lineup details and a customisable schedule. Most interesting, though, are the promise of live streams from the BBC's coverage of the six main stages.

Battlestone (Free)

It's not been the best of weeks for social games firm Zynga, having laid off nearly a fifth of its staff. The publisher is hoping mobile will fuel its growth, which is where games like Battlestone come in. It's an action-RPG game that sees you creating and customising heroes then sending them nito battle against enemies and friends alike.

Warmly — An alarm clock (£1.49)

There's some good buzz around Warmly this week: an alarm clock app released by The Chaos Collective that promises to help you "wake up gently with the calm sounds of weather and something you enjoy (like cooking breakfast, brewing coffee, or catching a plane)". In other words, ambient sounds rather than blaring beeps, although it turns the volume up gradually to ensure you don't snooze too long.

Ticket to Ride (£4.59)

Nothing to do with the Beatles. This is a "cross-country train adventure" by developer Days of Wonder, which sees you collecting virtual train cards for journeys, trying to score points for long routes while avoiding being blocked by other players. A bustling community of 100k players from other platforms gives it a running start on Android.

Space Colony (£1.29)

Latest in a growing line of live wallpapers for Android that are actually worth paying for is Space Colony. It turns your homescreen into a glowing space-cityscape, complete with spaceships and a moving camera. Mainly for showing off? Of course, but it's very good for that.

Jane Wilde (Free)

Described as a "cowboy side scrolling shooter game", this stars a cartoon heroine so top-heavy, it's a wonder she can stand up, let alone shoot things. She does shoot lots of things though: zombies, vampires and skeletons, mainly. There are 30 Story stages and a Survival mode to play through.

Speek (Free)

Only available in the US for now, Speek is an app for making "super simple, free and visual conference calls", with a no-frills interface designed for corporate and personal use alike.

Premier Manager (£2.99)

Here's a blast from the past for football management-game fans. Premier Manager has been rejigged for modern touchscreen devices, with a European focus and plenty of transfer/tactics/training action. It's facing stern competition in the form of Football Manager Handheld 2013 though.

Sheep Up! (Free)

This is the latest freemium game from publisher Pocket Gems, and it focuses on a bunch of "tiny toy sheep stored in a cardboard box". Your job is to help them escape by jumping up through the levels, with tilting controls and lots of power-ups to help.

KicksOnFire (Free)

With 2m monthly visitors, the KicksOnFire website has been a big hit with sneaker-lovers. Now it's got a mobile app for Android promising news and all-important release dates for new trainers from Adidas, Nike, Reebok and other big brands.

RPG Infinite Dunamis (£2.99)

Publisher Kemco Games has attracted a fair few fans for its Japanese RPGs on Android, with this being the latest to get a translated release in the West. Promising a "dramatic fantasy RPG about man, magic and machine", it looks to have many of the elements that JRPG fans enjoy.

Tiny Token Empires (£3.29)

HeroCraft's new strategy-puzzle game is based on five famous civilizations, pitching them into battle with one another through a mix of battle-strategy and match-three puzzling. It's been compared to a mish-mash of Puzzle Quest, Risk and Civilization, which should be enough to whet your appetite.

Plane Finder 3D (£1.99)

Released on iOS in late May, Plane Finder 3D is now on Android too. Based on real data from flights, it plots them on a 3D landscape, showing the flight numbers and routes. Eerie, but interesting.

7s - Android's Vine Instagram (Free)

You have to feel for the developers of this app, given that it came out in the week when Android got the real Vine (it's had the real Instagram for a while too). Still, 7s may find its own fanbase, helping people shoot seven-second videos, apply visual filters and then share them.

Fairy Princess Fashion & Makeup (Free)

Finally, something for the kids: at least, the kids who like princesses. This is a dress-up game for children, based on seven fairy princesses who are keen to be kitted out with crowns, wands and other accessories – as well as makeup.

Microsoft has officially entered the Myanmar market, forming a partnership with a local IT firm as it seeks to grow its presence in the Southeast Asian nation, which has just recently opened up its economy after years of isolation.
The Internet giant has appointed the largest software company in Myanmar, Myanmar Information Technology (MIT), as its first market development partner. MIT is being tasked to expand the Microsoft ecosystem in Myanmar, and will work with local businesses and the government to come up with information and communication technology (ICT) solutions aimed at driving growth in the country.
Jamie Harper, Microsoft’s General Manager of Southeast Asia, said in a statement that the company believes technology will be a “vital part” of Myanmar’s future growth, and that it is committed to the “long haul” in the country.
“We believe that only through working closely with the public and private sector, can technology be part of the national agenda and play its role in ensuring competitiveness and capacity building,” Harper said.
Microsoft made the announcement at the ongoing World Economic Forum on East Asia being held in Myanmar.
As Myanmar undergoes dramatic changes following political reforms after the 2010 elections, the economy is also starting to attract global investors keen to develop in an untapped market. Research firm International Data Corporation expects IT spend in Myanmar to reach $233.56 million by 2016, which would be a compound annual growth rate of 16 percent between 2011 and 2016.
In March, Google launched a local search domain in Myanmar and opened partial access to its Google Play store, right before Eric Schmidt visited the country and called upon Asian governments to adopt an open approach to the Internet. In April, Google introduced support for its search engine in Burmese, the major local language. Last year, German incubator Rocket Internet launched three services in Myanmar – for auto trading, e-commerce and jobs.

Latest Technology of Dell XPS 12

A Windows 8 Computer that can be used in a tablet mode? All those will come a penny a number of this fall. But what is actually amazing is how each Computer manufacturer has contacted the task of combining a touch screen display with a more standard mouse-and-keyboard build. For some OEMs, this indicates preceding the hybrid route, with ten- or eleven-inch tablets that port nicely into an optional keyboard pier.

For others, it means a power full PC with a slide-out touch screen display. And for a couple of, it means a laptop computer whose display can flip down, making you with what can only be defined as an large slate.

That is how we would explain the Dell XPS 12, a 12.5-inch laptop whose display flicks inside its pivot, enabling you to utilization the product in tablet mode or, if you choose, with the display experiencing apart from the important factors. (Yes, Dell is providing this type aspect a 2nd try.) It begins at a relatively extreme $1,200 but then once again, this is a pretty top quality device we're discussing about: it brings together all the substances of an Ultrabook with a 400-nit, 1080p, Gorilla touchscreen. So what's it like to use this form factor?

Design

Dell generally designed an XPS ultrabook, only with a turning display screeen. That means a metal fibre base and lid, a soft-touch internal, and an IPS display screeen. And a display screeen that does backflips.

At 12.5 inches wide, the XPS is a tweener—falling between the common 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch designs. It's a completely useful size as a laptop, and the  bit small display screeen kind of makes up for the XPS being a little wider than a lot of ultrabooks.f you believed Dell's other XPS Ultrabooks were fairly, you're going to like the XPS 12; it has the same overarching style as the XPS 13 and 14, preserve, of course, for that touchscreen display screen and easel-like joint. Once again, Dell decked the lid out in a charming  fibre incorporate -- a style succeed that allows you know this is indeed a top quality program. The side rest and base part, meanwhile, have a attractive, soft-touch complete that does a good job of rejecting scrapes and finger prints. Beneath that smooth, touchable part is a mineral magnesium metal shape, which creates the whole device experience firm -- you won't observe any bending  as you kind on the laptop key pad or keep the PC in one side.

Dell also creates  some classy metal accessories, such as a band of metal all over the keyboard outdoor patio. As with the other  Ultrabooks there is even a metal entrance on the base side, covering the Windows item keys and any FCC certification. The shape housing the screen is also made of steel and seems reassuringly durable. What is actually more, the screen pictures in and out of place with a soothing simply clicking audio, which should also motivate assurance in the develop quality. To force the display out, you will require to poke it from possibly part, using your fingertips. Possibly you don't thoughts fingerprints, in any other case you would not be thinking about a touchscreen PC in the initial place.

Specifications and performance

A high-end settings is provide within the framework  and it is made up of an Intel Core i7-3517U ultra low current Processor, which has two cores, Hyper Threading and frequency of 1.9GHz. It is really joined by 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM  and a 256GB hard drive (SSD). Images are treated by the Processor (Intel HD 4000). All up, this arrangement will offer adequate rate for office programs, and also for multi-media projects, such as development and transcoding projects. That said, it is really not actually developed to be a workhorse pc, but it can be utilized in a touch.

In  Blender 3D rendering and iTunes MP3 development tests, periods of 41sec and 48sec were documented, correspondingly, which are fantastic. At the same time, in our AutoGordianKnot DVD-to-Xvid file transformation analyze, a time of 57min was obtained. That time is not as excellent as what other notebooks with the similar Processor have obtained. For example, the Acer Aspire S7, operating Windows 8, finished the same task in 47min.