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BRAVEN is looking to stand-out from the Bluetooth speaker crowd with a new line that offers the versatility of integrated phone charging plus speakerphone and daisy chaining functionality. The BRAVEN SIX Series comes in three flavors - two aluminum models and a ruggedized unit - which boast between 12 and 20 hours charging time. The sleek 6.25 in. x 2.5 in. x 1.75 in. (15.9cm x 6.4cm x 4.5cm) enclosures contain two HD audio drivers, left and right channel passive sub woofers and a duplex microphone for hands-free calls. The speaker output is 3 watts and there's an option to connect via an audio cable if your want to bypass the Bluetooth link. The cheapest of the three models - the US$150 BRAVEN 600 - is made from aircraft-grade aluminum and promises up to 14 hours of playtime. At the other end of the scale is the $190 BRAVEN 650 which looks just like the 600 but gets aptX and AAC audio encoding, more playback time - rated at 20 hours - and comes in a red or "Mountain Ash"

Some exciting information about celebrities that may shock you. Credits:  www.todayifoundout.com

Wouldn't your latest generation tablet be way cooler if it ran on live crabs? Thanks to Yukio-Pegio Gunji and his team at Japan’s Kobe University, the era of crab computing is upon us ... well, sort of. The scientists have exploited the natural behavior of soldier crabs to design and build logic gates - the most basic components of an analogue computer. They may not be as compact as more conventional computers, but crab computers are certainly much more fun to watch. Electricity and microcircuits aren’t the only way to build a computer. In fact, electronic computers are a relatively recent invention. The first true computers of the 19th and early 20th centuries were built out of gears and cams and over the years many other computers have forsaken electronics for marbles, air, water, DNA molecules and even slime mold to crunch numbers. Compared to the slime mold, though, making a computer out of live crabs seems downright conservative. The scientists at Kobe university didn’t just p

With so many animal species on the planet it’s no wonder there are still many interesting factoids to learn. Credits:  www.buzzfeed.com

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter Drucker One of the most apt quotes from the foremost management guru’s of this century, it is very relevant to us,  for decision making is perhaps the toughest and most critical competencies that a human being has to have,  in order to progress. Your decision to read this blog now,  is the reason you have reached so far and now you have to make the decision to read more or to do something else.  Perhaps at this very moment you get a telephone call or a chat message, it is more likely that you will take a decision to focus on that, than to continue to read this. Notice that the distractions/ the temptations/ the alternatives are there are all moments and you and you alone take the important decision to succumb to them or prioritize your actions. Apart from distractions, many of us suffer from another dimension of decision making viz. Paralysis by Analysis. Fear of failure is the main culprit for this

Life is enjoyable not because of how things are, but because of how you are. Enjoyment is a choice of how to be, not a reaction to what has been. Whatever you do, you do more effectively when you're enjoying it. Enjoyment makes you more interested and more interesting, more engaged and more engaging. The enjoyment you put into your own life spills out into the lives of those around you. And the more enjoyment you give to life, the more you have to offer. Even in moments of sadness, you can enjoy how that very sadness focuses you on what truly matters most. Even in times of disappointment, you can enjoy the powerful sense of determination you feel to get to work and make things better. Enjoyment gives you the power to fully accept what is, and then to make the very best of it. Enjoyment is a profound gift you can continually give to yourself and to all of life. Choose to put real, sincere enjoyment into this day. Choose enjoyment, and give power to your best possibilities. — Ralph

Japan’s Tokyoflash has made a name for itself with numerous weird and wonderful – or maybe baffling - ways to tell the time. Now, bringing to mind Homer Simpson’s quote of, “From now on Honey, we'll be spelling everything with letters,” when Marge is impressed by a house that has its street number spelled out with letters, German design agency Biegert & Funk is set to release a wristwatch that fancies things up by telling the time in words. Essentially a shrunk down version of the company’s QLOCKTWO wall and desktop clocks, the QLOCKTWO W features a square face measuring 35 x 35 mm (1.37 in) that contains a grid of 110 letters. Press the button on the right hand side of the watch and the relevant letters will light up to reveal the time in readable text – “It is half past ten” or “It is a quarter to seven”, for example. Additional presses of the button will reveal the calendar day, and then the seconds. Biegert & Funk will release the QLOCKTWO W in the northern autumn in st

What is the purpose of life? A very difficult and controversial subject and for which every person has a different thought and opinions. Some people think that the purpose of life is to enjoy life to the fullest and be happy. Some think it is about being successful in ones chosen career or path. While yet others think that there is no such thing as "purpose of life" and we just need to live each day as it comes.   I agree with each view as each is correct in its own way and if pondered over deeply will lead us to the same truth. My view of the purpose of life is to search for and attain God. Each of us has the same goal and yet we use different approaches / roads to arrive at the destination. In Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says that God can be attained in a variety of ways and each one has to choose the path that suits the most. For some, it is the path of worship and for some it is the path of work. If one has chosen work, it should be done selflessly and without any expecta

Germany is a highly industrialised country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country... In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip. When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy. There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were

When you shed tears, but still care for that person, When that person does not care about you, but you still waiting for that person faithfully, When that person began to love others and you can still smile and say "I am also happy for you" There comes a time where we have to stop loving someone, Not because that person stop loving us, but we realize, That person would be happier if we let it go, Remember that in life we may find and lose someone, But when love dies, we do not have to die with it. Because love is not how you forget, But how you forgive... It is not how you listen, But how you understand... It is not what you see, But how you feel... It is not how you letting it go But how you withstand it... People who are strong is not the one who always win, They are the person who stand strong in times where they fall down or felt abandoned.

A - Avoid Negative Sources, Thoughts, People. B - Believe in Yourself. C - Consider things from all angles. D - Don't Give up or Give In. E - Enjoy Life Today. Tomorrow may not come. F - Family and Friends are Hidden Treasures. Gift of God to you. G - Give more than you Planned to Give. H - Hang on to your Dreams. I - Ignore those who Discourage you. J - Just Do it! K - Keep doing no matter how hard it seems! It will become easier. L - Love yourself First and Most. M – Make it Happen. N - Never Lie, Cheat or Steal. Always strike a fair deal. O – Own up your Mistakes. That is the least you can do. P – Practice makes you Perfect. Q – Quitters Never Win and Winners never Quit. R – Read, Study and Learn everything Important in your Life. S – Stop Procrastinating. T – Take Control of your Destiny. U – Understand yourself better to understand others. V - Visualize It! W - Want it more than anything. X – Xcellerate your efforts. Y – Y

Finding your car in a huge parking facility can be a pain even when you have a remote fob to flash the lights and beep the horn. You usually have to be in the correct level of the garage to notice the light and horns, after all. The Car Compass is a concept for the absentminded among us. It’s a small device that guides you right to your car with a series of arrows on its tiny display. Unlike the standard method of wandering around clicking the “lock” button and trying to follow the sound of the horn and flashing lights (which is even harder when you aren’t the only forgetful soul there), the Car Compass would give you a definite route to follow to get back to your car. The concept, developed by AhhaProject as a case study for BMW, doesn’t say whether it would guide you up and down to different levels of a parking garage, but pushing the button and following the resulting directional light would at least get you to the right section of the facilit

Everyone who uses your computer, you should have ever stopped to think: “Why the keyboard don’t follow the alphabetically?”.If you always had that doubt too harsh, read on and discover this mystery. Believe it or not, but the keyboard we use today – Known as QWERTY (Because the first six letters in the top row, left hand) – was chosen to make typing slower.This was because the first machines,rudimentary technology,when type fast the machines stopped. When the American printer Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890) invented the typewriter,in 1868,tried to sort the letters in alphabetical order – as in the second row,where we have an almost complete sequence: DFGHJKL. The position changes were made to force the typist to hit the keys on a proper speed,without entangling types.Therefore,the E and I,two of the most frequent letters in English,were removed from the second row,more accessible.the letter A,another of the more common,was relegated to the left littl