International Data Corporation (IDC) recently stated that Samsung, Apple and Huawei are the top three mobile vendors for the year 2015. Samsung owns 21.4%, Apple 13.9% and Huawei 8.7% respectively. The important thing to note is that these three vendors build their own system on a chip (CPU) for their smartphones.
Few days back Huawei has conducted an event at Beijing, China for their newest processor launch for upcoming flagship smartphone Huawei Mate 8. This newest processor called Kirin 950 has eight cores with big.LITTLE setup, four high performance Cortex A72 cores running at 2.3GHz and four Cortex A53 energy efficient cores running at 1.8GHz, plus it has a small co-processor called i5 which is in always sensing mode. Kirin 950 has a Mali T880MP4 GPU, according to Huawei this GPU has twice the performance compared to previous generation Kirin 930’s GPU. This chips supports cat. 6 LTE.
Huawei thought about performance and energy efficiency more thoroughly. For that Huawei has built this chip using 16nm manufacturing process and they have conformed this new chip will be 40% more powerful and 60% less power hungry plus that i5 sensing processor will consume only 6.5mA compared to the previous generation which consumed 90mA of power. So if the device have 3500mAh of battery then you can have 10 hours of normal use with this processor.
Before I start this benchmarking performance category I would like to say Samsung’s Exynos 7520 (powers Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6) system on a chip was the world leader before Kirin 950 which gives jaw–dropping 4970 points in multi core and 1486 single core points in Geekgench and in Antutu. It reaches 65000 points. But this Huawei chip reaches 6096 multi core points and 1909 point single core points in Geekbench while in Antutu it reaches up to 83000 points.
November 12, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka — Emojot Inc. is teaming up with Sri Lankan online platform #HAPPYSRILANKANSto explore methods to increase ‘happiness’ by raising emotional awareness with the use of Emotion Sensors.
‘As a digital community brand, #HAPPYSRILANKANS promotes happy and positive aspects and news from the Sri Lankan community worldwide via social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+,’ said #HAPPYSRILANKANS Founder and CEO, Manoj Alwis. ‘I’m very excited and ‘happy’ to partner with Emojot to drive this first Sri Lankan online platform.’
#HAPPYSRILANKANS will be leveraging Emojot’s Emotion Sensors across their branded sites #HappyPlaces, #HappyPeople, #HappyBusiness, #HappyTech, #HappyFoods and so on, while providing social media marketing for travel and other businesses through the #HAPPYSRILANKANS platform.
According to Emojot Founder and CEO Shahani Markus, ‘This is a perfectly aligned partnership because happiness is one of the most fundamental and highly cherished human emotions. Emojot sees amazing synergies between what #HAPPYSRILANKANS is trying to propagate and achieve and what we are doing in terms of raising emotional awareness with our Emotion Sensors – seamlessly capturing, visualizing and analyzing emotions. With the capability that our Emotion Sensors offer in enabling prompt responses back to the emoters based on emotion data, we are a perfect platform for #HAPPYSRILANKANS to leverage in their mission to propagate and market happiness.’
About #HAPPYSRILANKANS Inc
#HAPPYSRILANKANS is a digital community collaborative platform to connect and collaborate with Sri Lankans and Sri Lanka from across the world! Visit #HAPPYSRILANKANS, Facebook , Twitter ,Instagram , Google+
About Emojot Inc
Emojot solves the unmet need for a platform that shows the sentiments of an audience in real time, with the ability to use that sentiment data for prompt responses and decision-making. Emojot’s emotion sensors revolutionize client engagement possibilities across a wide spectrum of industries and scenarios. Emojot’s interactive emotion sensors can harness streaming emotions during live TV shows, conferences, and sporting events. Kiosk-mode emotion sensors are ideal in restaurants, retail stores, points-of-service, and places-of-interest. Emojot’s passive sensors can capture viewer actions when watching YouTube videos. Visit www.emojot.com
Piper Jaffray semiannual survey of American teens has conducted a new survey about what are the popular social networks between teens and found out the new social media trend is Instagram. This research company Piper Jaffray release surveys twice a year and they are doing this for the last 15 years continuously. For this last survey they have contacted 9400 teens ages between 13 to 19 and 56% of them are males. As you can see in this chart Instagram had a substantial growth between year 2012 to 2015 with 33% share, and Twitter took the second place with 20% and third place went to Snapchat with 19% share. It is important to note that Facebook took only 15% in 2015 but back in 2012 they had 42% share among teenagers.
I know it’s really hard to come to a conclusion with this single survey, some other survey companies like Pew Research and Forrester Research came out with different results. According to Pew Research 41% of the teens between 13 to 17 are using Facebook and 20% for them are use Instagram and 11% of them are Snapchat. Last summer Forrester has conducted a survey with 4517 teenagers (aged between 12 to 17), according to them Facebook dominates the Social media.
What do the most of us know? Well… it’s something to do with internet and balloons, and it’s coming to Sri Lanka! Yup spot on.
And there were some humorous political talk on the subject (They should prohibit that Gonwansha on public media!! At least for the sake of science) This is a post intended to bust the myths and give a very very simple idea on what the Loon is all about.
Project Loon is a network of balloons. As per Google, following are the main intentions of the project that did their first pilot test just 2 years back, in 2013.
– Connect people in rural and remote areas
– Help fill coverage gaps
– Bring people back online after disasters
Each balloon can provide connectivity to a ground area around 40 km in diameter (roughly 1250km2) using the wireless communications technology, LTE. Balloons make a network up in the sky and connect the rural subscribers and relay wireless traffic from cell phones and other devices back to the global Internet using high-speed links. Loon can’t operate alone. They have to partner with local telcos who own licensed cellular spectrum.
Large areas with low subscriber density that are too costly to be covered by the other existing means can be covered by Loon.
A Loon balloon looks like a large jelly fish. The inflatable part of the balloon is called a balloon envelope. Google engineers were challenged with air leaks that affect the duration a balloon can last in the sky and a lot of work had to go in to the design of the envelope. Currently it can survive around 100 days in the air.
A small box containing the balloon’s electronics hangs underneath the inflated envelope, similar to the basket carried by a hot air balloon.
This box contains circuit boards that control the system, radio antennas to communicate with other balloons and with Internet antennas on the ground, and lithium ion batteries to store solar power so the balloons can operate throughout the night.
Electronics are powered by an array of solar panels. The solar array is a flexible plastic laminate supported by a light-weight aluminum frame.
But nothing is holding the balloons right? Won’t they just float away with the wind, leaving us wondering “Where have all the balloons gone?”
This is where the Google smarty-pants have come up with a smart design. The balloons are floating in stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather (approximately 20 km above the Earth’s surface). Here there are many layers of wind, and each layer of wind varies in direction and speed. Loon balloons go where they’re needed by rising or descending into a layer of wind blowing in the desired direction of travel.
What kind of benefits will Loon offer to Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka is an island with an area of 65,610 km2, less than half the size on New York. If we’re going to get all around “balloon-coverage” we’d need 52 balloons.
However the fact to remember is that we are already a technologically advanced nation (J J) with a wide broad band coverage and world’s lowest mobile broadband rates (Someone should put that in tourist brochures, Come to SL and enjoy dirt cheap internet while basking in sun!)
In SL 80% of the population has broadband coverage (Voice coverage is 100%), considering all telco operators. The remaining 20% live scattered in very rural areas and their internet requirements are questionable to say the least. When it comes to the area, around 60% has broadband coverage.
Will those of us, who are already covered, get any additional benefit from the project? Speed, rates, congestion solutions may be? The answer is “no, not really”.
If that is the case, there is a question of why. Why Loon for Sri Lanka?
It does help place the country with some good names, Google, latest technology etc. Helps build the brand value of the country as a whole and also of the telco providers who join hands with the project. Sri Lanka is already featured in many news articles, forums with the initial plans made public. It will help build network, make friends and hopefully pave the way for some more good things to come our way in technological fronts.
28th July, 2015; Colombo – Founded in 2010 from a humble home, Frontcube has become a formidable force to reckon with in the techsphere in Sri Lanka with its highly successful and widely profitable designs for clients ranging from Al-Jazeera, Microsoft to successful Silicon Valley Start-ups.
FrontCube also marks a momentous fifth anniversary today. “Although five years may not be a long time, it is a major milestone for us, because we are proud to have done this completely on our own and feel blessed of having achieved as much as we did in such a short time,” said Aslam Najeebdeen founder of FrontCube. “Innovation is the cornerstone of every business aspect and together as a team we’ve built a formidable team with creative solutions that are unrivalled.”
The tech start-up firm was the driving force behind media giant Al-Jazeera STREAM, a daily television program on Al-Jazeera. Branded as a web community with a Global TV Show, the STREAM taps into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news. FrontCube helped The Stream grow their traffic by 130% in 2012 by implementing a responsive design.
The company is also working closely with AJ+ (Al-Jazeera Plus) team from the beta phase to design and build an engaging mobile and web user experience.The current website which is the 4th redesign was completed in March last year. The first design created big buzz in the Twittersphare. To-date, Al-Jazeera frequently sources the services of FrontCube for their internal Research & Development as well as web experience projects.
“Aslam is a wonderful anomaly,” says Jorge Soto, Sales Team Lead at Twitter. “He has a tremendous amount of passion for his craft and is always hungry to learn more. I am honored to be partnering with such a great and talented individual. There is no doubt that he will continue to emerge as one of technology’s future leaders.”
FrontCube also helped Mobile Action, the mobile app marketing platform to raise USD 2 million by creating their first prototype by designing the new UI and developing a stellar great front-end user experience. Currently the company is also assisting well known start-up investor Jason Lemkin by redesigning his start-up educational platform Saastr.com
When inquired about the team that makes FrontCube the success it is, Aslam commented saying that the workforce at FrontCube was akin to a family unit. “We are a small team and we create a niche dominating presence for start-ups and small businesses.”
FrontCube has also started a weekly screencast series called FrontCube TV to share their knowledge and insights to help aspiring designers and developers. The company is also launching the first Sri Lankan start-up podcast next month called “Moving to the Front”. This Podcast will feature interviews of industrial experts who would address the issues that every start-up and small and medium enterprises face.
For those wishing to get in-touch with the team at FrontCube, you may visit their site on http://frontcube.com or simply call them on +94772272655.
Hi everyone! This is the introduction of the newest member in the OnePlus family, the OnePlus 2. In this article you can find out what are the specs of the device along with what’s new in the OnePlus 2. Mostly in first few months or may be years it will uses the typical invite system to buy the device.
Here is the link where you can participate for the invite system:
But eventually, after sometime, it will be available to buy in the open market as everyone predicts. Enough talks! Let’s jump into AWESOME specs shall we? 😀
Many of you may heard about the heating issues that have been reported in this kind of chipsets already. But no need to worry though. OnePlus have heard it too and they have taken extreme cautions to work better with this untamed chipset. So, this is how they have been tamed the ultimate beast.
a. They have used thermal gel and graphite placed across different areas of the phone.
b. Two separate processors for separate tasks such as one large quad core processor for graphics and heavy gaming calculations and one quad core processor for light duty work.
c. It has reduced the clock speed to 1.8 GHz while the normal speed is marked as 2.0 GHz.
As you see above, OnePlus Team knows what they do when it comes to game changing game. But like always, user experience may different than what they have stated and I will write a review on that too when I get the device in to my hands.
#2) Whopping 4GB RAM
From my experience, I can tell, even the 3GB RAM was way enough for my all day to day needs in OnePlus One. We all know that things get bigger and smarter every day and I personally thinks this 4GB RAM would be enough for years. Note that this 4GB RAM only comes with the 64GB ROM device only. 16GB ROM device will have the traditional 3GB.
#3) 13MP Camera with LASER Focus
We all know that high-end smartphone devices like LG G3, G4, Samsung S5, and S6 are using a laser light to get an accurate focus of the object. Well, OnePlus 2 didn’t forget to include one too. I personally wanted to buy LG G3 because of this laser focus technology but I went to OnePlus One because of other reasons. But now the need is fulfilled. You can enjoy clearer and sharper photos with the new OnePlus 2.
#4) USB Type C for Data and Charging
The world is changing. Latest method of data transfer and charging is the new USB Type C method. It can transfer data more rapidly and charge the device faster. So why use the old and get obsolete? OnePlus Team saw the future and the path they can expand their technology and did a great job using the latest data transferring and charging method for the OnePlus 2.
#5) Dual Sim Support
Now you can manage your family and your business with one device. 😀 Both sims support 4G LTE and both are online at the same time.
Well other features are pretty much same as the OnePlus One other than this one bonus feature. This feature also comes with most high-end smartphone devices such as SAMSUNG, LG, and Apple iPhones. OnePlus 2 nailed it too.
#) BONUS FEATURE: FINGERPRINT SCANNER
Now it takes half a second to unlock your smartphone with the OnePlus 2 Fingerprint Scanner. This is more secure, faster, and it is very simple. OnePlus 2 can store up to five different fingerprints to unlock your device for your convenience.
Well, OnePlus 2 is not just another smartphone on the market. It’s worth having one. 😀 Prices are not yet announced but it rumors that it will be around $400 ~ give or take $20.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my article and got some knowledge about OnePlus 2. Hope to reveal more about the OnePlus 2 when I get my hands on it.
Google has been keeping itself busy – and keeping traditional telcos on their toes as well – with quite a few connectivity projects, ranging from Google Fiber to Project Loon. Google is a company looking to connect everyone. One of the latest ventures is Project Fi, which is Google’s foray into mobile networks. Google’s Fi Network basically acts as a separate operator, to which your phone can connect and use – to make calls, SMS or browse the internet.
So how does one sign up for the Fi Network? Well, for the moment, the service is only available in the US and in areas where the Fi Network has coverage, and sign up is also limited by an invitation-only policy, at this early stage.
Access Network
Connectivity to the Fi Network is through Wi-Fi and the LTE networks of mobile operators Sprint and T-Mobile. Google has an agreement with these operators to use their existing network infrastructure, acting as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). The FI Network switches between the better of the two operator networks, ensuring that you get the best possible network connectivity (if 4G is not available, you will be switched to 3G or 2G).
When on the Fi Network, you will automatically be connected to free, open Wi-Fi hotspots that Google has verified as fast and reliable. This is convenient, as whenever you’re on Wi-Fi, you’re not charged for data usage. As per the Project Fi team, there are more than a million of these hotspots around the US.
If you are concerned about security on open Wi-Fi networks, Google has ensured data is secured through encryption using Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Just another MVNO?
Google never follows the norm, and neither does it’s Fi Network Plan – the Fi Basics for $20/month includes unlimited domestic talk and text, unlimited international texts, Wi-Fi tethering to use your phone as a hotspot and access cellular coverage in 120+ countries. Data (charged if you use it over a cellular network) has to be purchased as an extra package, with 1GB of data costing $10. [1]This is a departure from the contract-based and more expensive plans offered by other operators in the US (makes you glad you don’t have pay those data rates in SL).
This is a departure from the contract-based and more expensive plans offered by other operators in the US (makes you glad you don’t have pay those data rates in SL).
Google has also come up with an innovative package which credits cash towards your next bill for any unused data from your monthly package.
Devices
The Nexus 6 is the only smartphone currently supported by Project Fi’s early access network. The Nexus 6 works with a separate SIM that enables access to multiple networks, and has a cellular radio unit designed to work with different 4G network bands/types in the US and abroad, as required for the Fi Network.
The specially designed SIM can store up to 10 network profiles, which enables seamless toggling between different networks.
Another innovative step is that the phone number works with more than just your phone. Google stores your phone number in its data centers, which allows you to connect any device that supports Google Hangouts (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac or Chromebook) to your number.
Making Calls
When on the Fi Network, your calls can be made over Wi-Fi with no separate app required, and your call will automatically switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks based on the signal quality. If you are using any other device, you can make calls or message using your number in Google Hangouts. It should be noted that international calls over Wi-Fi will have an extra charge.
Conclusion
Google’s ultimate goal is to push people to spend more of their online lives using Google products, because when that happens, it brings more traffic to its search engine, YouTube, and other services such as Gmail and maps.
It will be interesting to see how the Fi Network will perform once it is opened up to more subscribers. Key to making the project Fi Network tempting to users will be the offer of high-speed data without being charged (on Wi-Fi). It remains to be seen if a high number of users can be sustained by the available open Wi-Fi networks. Google will also have looked at, or will be looking at, ways to optimally manage providing services to high data using/streaming subscribers as well as casual subscribers over its multi-network platform.
Mobile operators may also benefit in the short term by selling more network capacity to Google. However, if all goes well with Project Fi, Google could be pushing more people to using its networks, generating more ad revenues and creating a shakeup of the mobile network’s pricing model.
Project Fi
Google has been keeping itself busy – and keeping traditional telcos on their toes as well – with quite a few connectivity projects, ranging from Google Fiber to Project Loon. Google is a company looking to connect everyone. One of the latest ventures is Project Fi, which is Google’s foray into mobile networks. Google’s Fi Network basically acts as a separate operator, to which your phone can connect and use – to make calls, SMS or browse the internet.
So how does one sign up for the Fi Network? Well, for the moment, the service is only available in the US and in areas where the Fi Network has coverage, and sign up is also limited by an invitation-only policy, at this early stage.
Access Network
Connectivity to the Fi Network is through Wi-Fi and the LTE networks of mobile operators Sprint and T-Mobile. Google has an agreement with these operators to use their existing network infrastructure, acting as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). The FI Network switches between the better of the two operator networks, ensuring that you get the best possible network connectivity (if 4G is not available, you will be switched to 3G or 2G).
When on the Fi Network, you will automatically be connected to free, open Wi-Fi hotspots that Google has verified as fast and reliable. This is convenient, as whenever you’re on Wi-Fi, you’re not charged for data usage. As per the Project Fi team, there are more than a million of these hotspots around the US.
If you are concerned about security on open Wi-Fi networks, Google has ensured data is secured through encryption using Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Just another MVNO?
Google never follows the norm, and neither does it’s Fi Network Plan – the Fi Basics for $20/month includes unlimited domestic talk and text, unlimited international texts, Wi-Fi tethering to use your phone as a hotspot and access cellular coverage in 120+ countries. Data (charged if you use it over a cellular network) has to be purchased as an extra package, with 1GB of data costing $10. [1]
This is a departure from the contract-based and more expensive plans offered by other operators in the US (makes you glad you don’t have pay those data rates in SL!).
Google has also come up with an innovative package which credits cash towards your next bill for any unused data from your monthly package.
Devices
The Nexus 6 is the only smartphone currently supported by Project Fi’s early access network. The Nexus 6 works with a separate SIM that enables access to multiple networks, and has a cellular radio unit designed to work with different 4G network bands/types in the US and abroad, as required for the Fi Network.
The specially designed SIM can store up to 10 network profiles, which enables seamless toggling between different networks.
Another innovative step is that the phone number works with more than just your phone. Google stores your phone number in its data centers, which allows you to connect any device that supports Google Hangouts (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac or Chromebook) to your number.
Making Calls
When on the Fi Network, your calls can be made over Wi-Fi with no separate app required, and your call will automatically switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks based on the signal quality. If you are using any other device, you can make calls or message using your number in Google Hangouts. It should be noted that international calls over Wi-Fi will have an extra charge.
Conclusion
Google’s ultimate goal is to push people to spend more of their online lives using Google products, because when that happens, it brings more traffic to its search engine, YouTube, and other services such as Gmail and maps.
It will be interesting to see how the Fi Network will perform once it is opened up to more subscribers. Key to making the project Fi Network tempting to users will be the offer of high-speed data without being charged (on Wi-Fi). It remains to be seen if a high number of users can be sustained by the available open Wi-Fi networks. Google will also have looked at, or will be looking at, ways to optimally manage providing services to high data using/streaming subscribers as well as casual subscribers over its multi-network platform.
Mobile operators may also benefit in the short term by selling more network capacity to Google. However, if all goes well with Project Fi, Google could be pushing more people to using its networks, generating more ad revenues and creating a shakeup of the mobile network’s pricing model.
For internet users, especially social media users who uses Facebook,twitter and Google in Turkey this is surely a grey time period for sure. According to two famous news sites the guardian and bbc,this is because earlier this week as for the Turkey court order, Turkey government took a decision to ban and close all sorts of connections to Youtube,Facebook and Twitter from their general public and threatened to do the same to Google also.
The main reason for this is some propaganda images circulating among the social media sites across Turkey. Those images showed Istanbul prosecutor who was taken as a hostage and held at gunpoint by an armed gang. Few hours later the hostage situation, the prosecutor was shot dead by the gang and they was shot down by Turkey special forces. Government related authorities had commented that these images can have a misguided idea that the Turkey government has connections with terrorists groups like ISIS and therefore the sites has to banned.
After the ban, twitter, youtube and facebook has agreed to remove the related images and content from their sites and therefore the government has lifted the bans for now. Although this is not the first time Turkey has banned social media from the general public. Last year also the Turkey government banned twitter and youtube and after a time period the ban was lifted. The internet users say that there is a good chance for history to repeat in Turkey with in coming government actions.
It is extremely impossible to find a person on this planet who uses a laptop or a desktop computer and hasn’t used Microsoft office suite at least for once in their lifetime or hasn’t worked with any operating system of Microsofts. That much Microsoft is popular among day to day computer users. This Saturday(4th) was very special to Microsoft. They celebrated their 40th anniversary on that day. That is something remarkable because it`s quite a difficult task for a company who started their business as a startup from the age where computers started revolutionizing the world and stand still head high for 4 decades.
Bill Gates mugshot when he was arrested in New Mexico in 1977 for a traffic violation. Image credits: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bill_Gates_mugshot.png
That`s right. At first Microsoft was a startup built by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on 4th of April 1975. Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft has a reputation for doing extraordinary things from time to time.History has proven that. From the start Microsoft took a different approach for selling their own operating system to the market, they had an quite interesting history with Apple and Steve Job, Bill Gates has the most nerdiest mugshots of all time, according to Forbes he is the wealthiest man on the planet and he is co-chair of one of the wealthiest funds of earth, Bill and Melinda Gates fund. Thing can infinitely prove that he is one of the extraordinary among the extraordinary.
On Microsofts 40th anniversary this Friday, he has done an quite interesting thing. He has sent a congratulatory email for all the Microsoft employees. It is quite interesting to read this email which highlights their journey for the past 4 decades and the future path. This is copy of the email originally tweeted by Amit Roy Choudhari.
A written version of the email can be read here. This email worth reading and by the look of the trends I`m pretty sure Microsoft will continue their journey for many more decades to come.
Every week you see the new e-commerce sites popping up like daisies in Sri Lanka. These sites are either a daily deal site, like anything.lk or the shopping mall type like takas.lk . So it’s kind of refreshing to see an ecommerce site being launched outside these two types.
Enter foodie.lk, an e-commerce site for your taste buds. In a nutshell, you can order your food online at the ease of a click and get it delivered. Log in is a snap as it is through your Facebook account. No Facebook account? tough luck. Adding food and checking out is quite straight forward. Restaurants are categorized to suit your requirement. Currently there are only 4 restaurants connected live on Foodie.lk, being Arabian Knights, Kaema Sutra, Nihonbashi, and Santore Bistro Italiano.
Their main competition would be orderfood.lk which is a bit lacking on the visual part, but has a head start and integrated more than 100 restaurants. Foodie.lk seems to have lot of potential, given that they get all the other key restaurants on board. How well they manage the delivery and the way they handle customer queries will be key success factors.
So if you are planning on eating out this week, why not give Foodie.lk a try?
If you are really in to tech stuff even though you are not a hardcore tech geek, you must have at least gone through once in your lifetime what silicon valley is. Its a picturesque land portion in California, San Francisco , United States. Silicon Valley is the source of innovation. In simple words it is the kingdom of worlds cutting edge technology and fountain of billion dollar businesses. And also not to mention home of lots of tech startups.
Google, who is renowned for its genuine raw creativity each and everyday also had its headquarters built in Mountain View, silicon valley since 2004. Google has 70 plus offices in over 40 countries and recently they have redeveloped four of their sites. One thing about Google is that they try to do things differently and from time to time they come up with something cool that can bring a great deal of change and often it is a success story. This time they going to change the architecture of their headquarter because it is just a headquarters and they want something different to be done.
Every Google office is nourished with natural landscaping and all of them are surrounded with raw natural beauty. With the new headquarters proposal they have been creative and want eliminate the distinction between buildings and nature. So the Google employees will feel no difference in nature and office.The new office space will be large greenhouse with adjustable space. This large greenhouse is made up with transparent fabric glass like shelter where it will light up the office space with natural light. Building consists of moveable components instead of squared box structures because Google want their office space to be moveable especially where they can have multiple work environments in a single space because Google has lots of different projects going on in a any given day.
With this they want to do something creative in construction and architecture field where something world hasn’t seen so far. The mastermind architects behind the scene are Bjarke Ingels, architect and founder of big and Thomas Heatherwick, founder of Heatherwick studio. You can read more about this Google new proposal via their official blog.
The cricket season is on, and the cricket fever is catching up with Sri Lanka doing reasonably ok, in the group stages. It is in this time, that a lot of cricket related promotions are introduced. One such promotion that caught our eye, was the Book Cricket game introduced by Dialog.
Book cricket was quite popular in our school days, a method of playing cricket without a bat or ball. Turning the pages of the book, and the last number of the page depicts the score you got, while getting a 0 would mean your out. The Maths book was mostly used for this, owing to its large size.
This is now simulated on http://sm.dialog.lk/book/ (works only from Dialog connections) , where you can try your skills(luck) on a game of book cricket. It might seem a bit monotonous, but trying to beat the high score, keeps you going. You might even win an IPhone 6.
