Reason for gas prices to hike ??

The gas market fluctuates frequently, as any driver knows. The reasons for these fluctuations are complex, as they involve everything from high demand during the holidays to the need for cleaner burning (and more expensive) summer-grade fuel, mandated by regulation. Natural disasters, adverse weather and conflicts such as war in an oil-producing region can also bring up the price of gasoline. Also affecting price is the fact that supply and...

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What is Big Data ? - TheWorldRotation

The data is too big, moves too fast, or doesn’t fit the strictures of your database architectures. To gain value from this data, you must choose an alternative way to process it. Big data is data that exceeds the processing capacity of conventional database systems. The hot IT buzzword of 2013, big data has become viable as cost-effective approaches have emerged to tame the volume, velocity and variability of massive data. Within this data lie...

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IBM bans Dropbox, Siri and rival cloud tech at work

IBM has banned employees from using Dropbox and Apple's iCloud at work as it claws back permission to use third-party cloud services. The rethink has also resulted in a edict against the iPhone 4S's Siri voice recognition technology at Big Blue. Jeanette Horan, IBM’s chief information officer, told MIT's Technology Review that the restrictions had been applied following a review of IBM's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy,...

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Google Is Now a Hardware Company(Officially) !!!

Last August, Google  Chief Executive Officer Larry Page fulfilled a pledge made to one of his senior executives, a square-jawed former attorney named Dennis Woodside. Apple CEO Tim Cook had been trying to poach Woodside to make him Apple’s head of sales; Google had persuaded him to stay, in part by promising him a bigger job, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, but who asked not to be named because the discussions were...

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Diesel vs Petrol : A Short Analysis

The union budget is around the curve and there's talk of a cess on diesel cars by a certain section in the power corridors of New Delhi. The cess could either be a percentage of the value of the car or a flat charge, something to the tune of Rs 80,000 if we have to go by what the press is brandishing about. If indeed this is true, then it could pretty much turn the whole argument in favour of diesel on its head. Besides, the industry is trying...

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India has world's youngest internet population

India has the world's youngest internet population with 75 per cent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday. The findings were announced by comScore's co-founder and executive chairman Gian M. Fulgoni at the second edition of digital marketing event 'ad:tech' being organised here...

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Google Near Launch of Cloud Storage Service

Google Inc. is close to launching a cloud-storage service that would rival one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups, cloud-storage provider Dropbox Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Like Dropbox, Google's storage service, called Drive, is a response to the growth of Internet-connected mobile devices like smartphones and tablets and the rise of "cloud computing," or storing files online so that they can be retrieved...

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