Lenovo Vibe K5 launching in India on June 13

Lenovo has announced that it will be launching the Vibe K5 in India on June 13. The phone will be available through Amazon.

The Vibe K5 is the younger brother of the Vibe K5 Plus. It has a 5.0-inch 720p display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 415, 2GB RAM, 16GB expandable storage, 13 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera, stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, metal body, TheaterMax, dual SIM, and 2750mAh battery. In comparison, the Vibe K5 Plus has a 1080p display and Snapdragon 616.

No pricing has been announced yet but considering the Vibe K5 Plus is available for INR 8,499 ($127), the Vibe K5 will likely be around INR 6,999 ($104).

TE3N movie review: 'Te3n' takes its own sweet time counting down to its climax

Movie: TE3N 
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Vidya Balan
Director: Ribhu Dasgupta

A grieving grandfather, a crumbling city and a sarcastic cop-turned-priest: Director Ribhu Dasgupta’s TE3N is the sum of this riveting combination, made more powerful by one of Amitabh Bachchan’s finest performances.

An eight-year-old girl is kidnapped and the police are clueless, because what looks like an ordinary crime turns out to be a meticulously planned abduction.

It leaves the child’s justice-seeking grandfather John Biswas (Bachchan) in lurch, but he won’t accept defeat without a fight. He begins to probe into the matter but a police officer Sarita (Vidya Balan) and a pastor Martin Das (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) can make his task easy.

TE3N is based on a Korean film, Montage. (YouTube)

Though Dasgupta takes the audience straight to the scene of the crime, he doesn’t offer see-through solutions. It becomes a speculation game where you compare your theories about the next scene.

John Biswas’ long face and hunched walk make an impression the moment he appears onscreen. Here’s a sad, strong-willed Kolkata guy who is polite yet firm in his approach. You can’t doubt his good manners, but there’s something which makes you wary of him.

It’s not the world of shining skyscrapers, but a city where the walls demand a coat of paint. Here the lights are dim and bylanes eerie and empty. People are helpful but clueless. And, on top of everything, you’re alone in your pursuit.

Based on the Korean thriller Montage, TE3N is like a Hitchcock film where you keep staring at the screen in anticipation of a new twist even though you have a vague idea about the end.

It’s edgy, gripping and dark, mostly because of the actors and partly due to the milieu. While Nawazuddin brings a strangeness to the table, Sabyasachi shows how to get noticed without ditching subtility. Amitabh Bachchan is the cohesive force behind this thriller.

The director weaves a web of lies and psychological disorders, but he also attaches motives to his characters. Though his choice of background music surprises at times, he compensates it with pace. His biggest success is the high degree of audience involvement in a 138-minute film.

TE3N catches you by the neck and keeps you engrossed till the end credits. Amitabh’s superlative form is just one of the incentives to watch it. TE3N has enough to make you like it. (Credit -HT)

Review : 3.2/5

Android Marshmallow finally hits 10 percent adoption - but still dwarfed by four-year-old Jelly Bean

Google's newest mobile OS, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, is now running on more than 10 percent of Android devices.

The milestone comes eight months after Google released Marshmallow, with growth in recent months spurred by most new devices shipping with the version of Android.

Marshmallow was the fastest-growing version of Android in terms of adoption, increasing 2.6 percentage points since May, while most other versions were flat or declined by less than one percent. Marshmallow's share has more than doubled since April when it was on just 4.6 percent of devices.

However, there are still fewer Marshmallow devices connecting to Google Play today than devices running the four generations old Jelly Bean, which has an 18.9 percent share.

By contrast, Apple iOS 9, which was released 10 months ago, is now on 84 percent of all iPhones and iPads.

Based on this month's growth for Marshmallow, the current OS could eclipse Jelly Bean to become the third most adopted version by October, roughly around the time Google is scheduled to release Android N to the public.

The numbers come from Google's Platform Versions data, which are gathered from the Google Play Store app in the seven-day period ending on June 6.

The only other version of Android that grew this month was Android 5.1 Lollipop, which now has a 20 percent share, up from 19.4 percent.

Android 5.0 Lollipop dipped slightly to 15.4 percent. Together, they account for 35.4 percent of all installations. Android 4.4 KitKat meanwhile declined by less than one percent to 31.6 percent.

Like KitKat, all older versions of Android declined by less than one percentage point over the month. Android 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 JellyBean have an 18.9 percent share, while Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread and Froyo each have a share of two percent or less. Credit - zdent

What most of the successful people of the world do first after they get up.

Mornings hold the key to taking control of our schedules.

If we use mornings wisely, we can build habits that will allow us to lead happier, more productive lives.

While many of us are still in bed, some folks are scoring daily victories to improve their health, careers, and personal lives without sacrificing their sanity.

Every successful man in this world understands the importance of time. This is the only reason they get up early. Once they are up early, they have a few extra hours to contemplate before the day begins

Jack Ma- Founder, Alibaba Group

"I always tell myself that we are born here not to work, but to enjoy life. We are here to make things better for one another, and not to work. If you are spending your whole life working, you will certainly regret it."

This sentiment lies at the heart of Jack Ma’s lifestyle. That is why; he gets up early around 6 to 7 am and utilizes every single second by enjoying it. He does work for half an hour and then spends time with family.

Tim Cook, CEO, Apple

Tim Cook is known for sending out company emails at 4.30 in the morning, according to Gawker’s Ryan Tate. By 5 am, he can be found in the gym. And he works late too, priding himself on being the first in the office and the last out.

Bill Gates, Co-founder, Microsoft

Bill Gates takes out atleast one hour for exercise. During which he works on treadmill and cardio. For this, he follows the instruction video of teaching company.

Mark Zuckerberg- Co-Founder and CEO, Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg usually makes his first move at 6:00 am in the morning, gets ready, and goes straight to the office. According to www.sleepypeople.com website, earlier Mark was known for starting his day with very little sleep as his chatting with programmers used to go on till 6:00 am sometimes.

Richard Branson- Founder, Virgin Group

Richard Branson swims on his island early in the morning. After that, he goes to play tennis and then has a healthy breakfast.

Warren Buffett- CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett gets up in the morning by 6.45 am and reads six newspapers. But otherwise, he does not have any fixed schedule. He spends 80% of his time reading.

Oprah Winfrey- Actress, Host and Author

Oprah’s day starts with a 20-minute meditation session for keeping her mind at peace. Thereafter, she exercises in her gym.

Virat Kohli- Cricketer

He gets up early in the morning at 6.00 am. His workout pattern includes a wide combination of weights as well as cardio exercises. This combination has helped him develop muscles in a most appropriate way to suit his batting(hitting).

Bob Iger- CEO, Disney

Bob Iger told The New York Times that he gets up at 4.30 every morning. He takes the quiet time to do a number of things, claiming to read the papers, exercise, listen to music, look at email, and watch TV all at once. Even though it’s a quiet time, he’s “already multitasking.”

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Salesforce is investing $50 million in startups and launching an incubator for early-stage cloud startups

Salesforce.com will devote a new $50 million investment fund to startups and create an incubator for early-stage cloud startups, Chief Executive Marc Benioff said.

The dual move is the sales-software provider’s latest push to foster an ecosystem of applications that run on its cloud-computing platform.

“We’ll give you real estate, money and support,” Mr. Benioff said Tuesday, speaking at the company’s developer conference here. The incubator will be housed in its San Mateo, Calif., offices.

Salesforce is one of the most active corporate venture investors in software that helps run large companies, and its investments have increased significantly in the past couple of years.

As of January 31, Salesforce had invested $504.5 million, compared with $158 million a year earlier, according to company filings. The increase was due, in part, to the creation of a $100 million fund to invest in European startups.

Salesforce has invested in companies since 2009. It founded Salesforce Ventures in September 2014, John Somorjai, executive vice president of corporate development and Salesforce Ventures told CIO Journal in January.

Salesforce Ventures is the only corporate venture fund invested 100% in enterprise cloud computing, he said.

Salesforce’s new fund, called the Lightning Fund after the company’s software development platform, comes as startups are having a more difficult time finding funding and private-company valuations are cooling. The company’s investments have fared relatively well in this regard. It estimates the fair value of its investments at $706.9 million as of April 30, compared with $714.1 million as of January 31.

Over all, corporate venture groups invested over $7.5 billion in 905 deals to high-growth startups in 2015, accounting for 13% of venture-capital dollars invested that year and 21% of deals, according to a recent report by Price water house Coopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

Corporate venture investments have been hurt in the past when markets fell sharply. That happened after 2000, when such funding hit a peak of $15.1 billion invested in 1,948 deals, according to the National Venture Capital Association. During the first three months of 2001, investments fell 81%, and by the end of that year, 45% of the corporate venture funds that existed in 2000 had shut down, according to work published by Professor David Garvin at Harvard Business School.

35 Amazing Facts about the Internet

Did you know when radio took 38 years and TV took 13 years internet took only 4 years to reach 50 million users. Those who have access to it almost use internet every day. Almost 300 million people use internet every day but very few of them will be aware with a myriad of facts about internet. Check out these amazing facts about the incredible internet.

1. 1/7 th of the world’s population are Facebookers.

2. 57% of internet users chat more online than they do in real life.

3. 1 in 8 coupes who married in the US last year met via social media.

4. 1 in 5 divorces are blamed on facebook.

5. There are over 770 billion facebook page views per month and more than 30 billion pieces of content shared on it each day.

6. The average Facebook user is 4.7 degrees away from anyone else on Facebook including the queen, the president of the USA Johnny Depp and H.H The Dalai Lama.

7. 48% of under 35s check their Facebook first thing in the morning; 28% before they even get out of bed.

8. The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year old females.

9. The UK is the world’s 22nd most populous country but it is the world’s fourth largest facebook user.

10. More people read Justin Bieber’s twitter than the global readers of the times, the new york times, the sun, the wall street journal, the daily telegraph, the washington pos, daily mail, usa today, the guardian, daily mirror, the independent, daily express, los angeles times combined.

11. Lady Gaga has more twitter followers than the global Jewish population.

12. The internet influences $5.77 spent offline for every $1 spent online

13. Two-third of people research products and businesses online before engaging with them offline.

14. 31 million people from the UK regularly shop online. 97% of British females use search engines to research products and services online. 92% of them regularly buy products online.

15. 91% of millionaires use search engines to research luxury products online before deciding on a purchase.

16. Only 12.5% of people are influenced by ads or advertorials in a newspaper or magazine.

17. Only 18% of TV advertisements generate a positive ROI.

18. 90% of people who can fast forward through TV advertisements do.

19. There are now more mobile phones on the planet than there are human beings.

20. 15% of people use their mobiles to shop online.

21. Most use Google to find what they want to buy.

22. The global web economy has been doubling in size every two years.

23. One of the biggest Deterrents to a purchaser engaging with a brand online or offline is poor website design.

24. Only 14% of people trust advertisements but 83% of people trust the information on Google’s result pages.

25. Google sees 2.9 billion searches everyday. This is the largest and most targeted marketing platform in history.

26. Every second there are 5000 facebook status updates,2000 twitter tweets,34,000google searches.

27. Worldwide Web was developed in Objective C programming language.

28. Any web policy or standard do not require the “www” part of a website and it is optional.

29. All three letter word combinations from aaa.com to zzz.com are already registered as domain names.

30. People often use the term internet and World Wide Web without much distinction in every-day speech however they are two different terms. The Internet is a global data communications system. It is a hardware and software infrastructure that provides connectivity between computers. On the contrary, the Web is one of the services communicated by means of the Internet. It is a collection of interconnected documents and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs.

31. It is considered by the researchers that the first search engine was Archie, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, who was a student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

32. Did you know that the original URL of Yahoo! was http://akebono.stanford.edu.

33. Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number ‘one followed by a hundred zeros’.

34. The main reason the Google home page is so bare, is because of the fact that the founders didn’t know the HTML and just wanted a quick interface. Actually, the submit button was added later on and in the beginning, hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.

35. Anthony Greco was the first person to be arrested for spam at the age of 18, on February 21, 2005.He was sending unsolicited instant messages

Do you think these Censor Board cuts are reasonable? ‪#‎UdtaPunjab‬

Top filmmakers today attended a press conference to stand with Anurag Kashyap and support the film "Udta Punjab." Openly attacking Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, who ordered 89 cuts in the film and told the makers to remove all the references of Punjab from the film, directors and cast of the film raised some valid points on censorship!

We stumbled upon the original cut-list and it is rather disappointing. The censor's demands are totally baseless and clearly hint at the political pressure. 

Apart from 13 categories that exist in the cut-list, here are some of the 'cuts' that censor board doesn't want the audience to see. Have a look!

1.  Cut: Delete the signboard of Punjab in the beginning

2. Delete the name of cities like Punjab, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran and more (All reference of Punjab cities in the dialogues/songs, anywhere in the film should be removed)

3. From Song Number 1: Name of a drug (References to drug nowhere)

4. Words from song 3 (Delete the word 'Chitta' from the song)

6. Delete Abuses 

7. Delete the word elections, MP, party, Party Worker, MLA, Punjab parliament(No references: no govt rep references (38 mins)

8. Song no:3 Delete the scene of a scratching Sardar.

9. Censor board wants long disclaimers like: The film focuses on the rising menace of drugs and the war against drugs and is an attempt effects of drugs. We acknowledge he battle against drugs being fought by govt and police but it can't be won unless people of India unite against this menace" (Acknowledge - Indiatimes)