It has been reported that Facebook is going to allow children younger than 13 years old to join the social network, but under parental supervision. Social networking site is working on technology to link children's accounts to those of their parents according to Wall Street Journal report. Now the parent will have control whom their children can add as friends. Parents can also decide which apps and games their children can access.  Currently Facebook prohibit children under 13 from joining the website.  Till now there are more than 900 million active users across the world on social networking sites; opening the gates for preteenagers will significantly boost the numbers. The main motive of not allowing under-13s from joining Facebook are considered to be rising cases of cyber-bullying, pornography and trolling. Out of the 20 million minors who actively use Facebook, 7.5 million are younger than 13, while more than five million were younger than 10 according to the consumer report.

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Meebo, chat service confirmed that Google has bought it outright, presumably for improving features of G+. As a web-based instant messaging client, Meebo has been around for a while. It also features the Meebo Bar, which overlays sites that users visit with social sharing and instant messaging capabilities. They can get customized recommendations and targeted ads by creating their own profiles. It has been rumored that acquisition price may be $100 million which, if true, would mean about a dollar per active user of the Meebo services.

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Last year Microsoft, Global software giant revealed its plans for the Xbox companion application for users of Windows phone. It has been reported that Microsoft is working on an application meant for Tablets and Smartphone’s which will allow its users to control their Xbox 360 remotely. Smart Glass applications allow users to push and receive content to and from the console without having the need of cabled connections. You can also connect the device via the console with something similar to DLNA functionality for playing the content on other bigger screen device. Last year Microsoft has released the Xbox Companion app. With the help of this application users can control their Xbox remotely while allowing them to search video, movies, TV shows etc. Microsoft Smart Glass is a further extension to the Companion application that will further attach similar functionality to devices other than Windows Phone based devices. Microsoft is expected to launch this Smart Glass application for devices running on android, iOS, Windows Phone and even for Windows based computers with the Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft is also expecting to reveal this to a limited number of people during the upcoming E3.

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Instapaper has been quite popular application which has the ability to save web pages for offline reading. Instapaper app for Android platform has been released for Rs 166.5. Text formatting, adjust font, text sizes, dark mode etc are allowed in this Instapaper app. There are numerous application available in the Google Play Store that offers same functionality but none of them do it better like the official Instapaper app. The Instapaper app strips down typical webpage's layout and after that it optimizes to make it readable on a Smartphone or tablet. When all content is downloaded from the web it is available for complete offline reading. You can read this content without WiFi or data connection. The size of text can also be adjusted according to the reading comfort  If you wish to save some battery life, then you can even reverse the look and go for darker background with white text. You can purchase Instapaper from the Google Play store.

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Last year Nokia had declared a new line of Symbian powered Smartphone’s featuring faster hardware and the newer version of Symbian operating system. Now Nokia 603 Smartphone is with us in our test labs. It is the most affordable and feature rich Smartphone with a 1 GHz processor and Nokia Belle operating system. It comes in two colors Black and White. In this Smartphone Clear Black technology is used which offers superior contrast and better brightness levels, making the display a unique asset of the Nokia 603. This Smartphone is priced approximately Rs 13,000.

Device Specifications:

•  Symbian Belle Feature Pack 1
• 1GHz Arm 11 based single core processor
• 3.5 m audio connectivity port
• USB /charging port
• 3.5 inch TFT LCD display with a 360 x 640 pixel resolution
• Scratch resistant surface
• WiFi and GPS control switches
• 512 MB of RAM memory
• 2D/3D graphic engine
• Bluetooth 3.0
• NFC functionality
• 5 megapixel
• Memory up to 32 GB via a MicroSD
• 2 GB of inbuilt memory
• 1300 mAh battery pack

Source : Themobileindian