YouTube turns eight, reveals over 100 hours of video being uploaded every minute

YouTube has revealed that over 100 hours of video are now being uploaded to the world's most popular video-sharing site.

The company shared this information via a blog post celebrating eight years of existence of the web site that started in May 2005, and was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion in November 2006.

Today, more than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That's more than four days of video uploaded each minute! Every month, more than 1 billion people come to YouTube to access news, answer questions and have a little fun. That's almost one out of every two people on the Internet.

The impressive stat comes barely a couple of months after YouTube revealed it had reached one billion monthly users. "If YouTube were a country, we'd be the third largest in the world after China and India," the company had said at the time.

More recently, YouTube had launched paid channels, in a move that puts it in direct competition with services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. The company released a list of some 50 channels which will be part of the program. Subscription rates go as high as $7.99 per month.

"Every channel has a 14-day free trial, and many offer discounted yearly rates," a YouTube blog post said.

The new paid channels include Acorn TV, which offers British TV programs at $4.99 per month; National Geographic Kids, at $2.99 a month or $30 a year; and PrimeZone Sports, at $2.99 per month. Other channels offer programming from UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), Comedy.tv, and iAmplify Fitness. A children's channel from Sesame Street is coming soon.

Jolla unveils first Sailfish OS smartphone with Android apps compatibility

Finland based mobile startup, Jolla, has unveiled its first smartphone that runs on the Sailfish OS which has been developed in-house by the company.

It's not clear if the company has announced a name for the phone but it's using the term "The Other Half," derived from the phone's removable back that comes in different colours, and changing the cover also changes the phone's look and feel inline with its colour. The phone is priced at 399 Euros.

The phone features a 4.5-inch display and will be powered by a dual-core processor. It will sport an 8-megapixel camera with auto-focus and will offer 16GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card. The phone is "Android app compliant" which indicates that it will be capable of running Android apps though it's not clear at this stage if it will directly support them or require developers to port them similar to how they work with BlackBerry 10. The phone will also feature 4G LTE connectivity.

As we mentioned, the phone runs the gesture-based Sailfish OS which is based on MeeGo which received acclaim when it launched on Nokia's N9 smartphone. However, Nokia abandoned MeeGo and chose Windows Phone as the future OS platform for its smartphones,  following which a group of employees of Nokia's MeeGo unit left the company to start Jolla and work on their own smartphone. 

Jolla targets to ship the smartphone by end of 2013 and has introduced a Kickstarter-like 'Movement' in which people can participate by pre-ordering the phone. This will also be used by the company to gauge the response to its offering so that it can decide if there is demand for it. One can opt for a zero-cost pre-order option to reserve the phone when it launches, or pay 40 Euros for a limited edition phone and a t-shirt along with assured priority status. One can also pay 100 Euros and get all the goodies along with an extra back cover and 100 Euros off on the total price.

The number of countries where the phone will be shipped will be disclosed later and the 399 Euros price only includes VAT in Europe, so shipping costs, local taxes and duties will be extra.

Kerala software engineer develops software that detects movie bootleggers

 

A Kerala-based software engineer has come up with an anti-piracy device to check recording of movies in theaters using sophisticated mobile phones or handy-cams.

Varghese Babu told IANS here that the product, which has gone for patent processing, was developed after three years of research.

"It has been named as 'Demolish Duplica' and has a hardware unit which is placed in movie theaters  The moment anyone tries to record a film, the hardware unit recognizes it and stops the recording. An alert is sent to a server and the anti-piracy cell of police," Babu said.

The product has been priced at Rs.1.5 million, the 30-year-old software engineer said.

"The serial number of the mobile phone or the handy cam gets recorded on the hardware device, and details of the location from where the recording is being done can be accessed by the authorities," Babu added.

He added that the product can also track tampering of the film during the editing process.

Responding to whether it is the only such product available in the market, Babu said: "Had there been any other application available, there would have been no pirated versions available of new releases."

"I have been receiving inquiries from the film industry and at the moment I am completing the formalities for getting this patented," Babu said.

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Nokia Lumia 620 Is now Only For Rs.14,999

Nokia Lumia 620 is now available on Nokia India's store Only for Rs. 14,999. This means Nokia Lumia 620 is the Cheapest Smartphone in India, Nokia Lumia 620 the cheapest Windows 8 smartphone currently available in India.

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
SIM	Micro-SIM
Announced	2012, December

Dimensions	115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm, 76 cc (4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)
Weight	127 g (4.48 oz)

Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches (~246 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes
	- ClearBlack display

Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
	- Dolby headphone sound enhancement

Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal	8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

GPRS	Class B
EDGE	Class B
Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
NFC	Yes
USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Primary	5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features	Geo-tagging
Video	Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary	Yes, VGA

	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 8
	Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz Krait
	GPU	Adreno 305
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	No
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	No
	Colors	Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black
		- SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - 7GB free SkyDrive storage - Document viewer - Video/photo editor - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

		Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery (BL-4J)
	Stand-by	Up to 330 h
	Talk time	Up to 14 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)
	Music play	Up to 61 h

	SAR EU	0.84 W/kg (head)
	Price group	49,999/-

	Display	Contrast ratio: 1068:1 (nominal) / 2.142:1 (sunlight)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 71dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 78dB
	Audio quality	Noise -79.8dB / Crosstalk -75.8dB
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Battery life	Endurance rating 36h

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The Lumia 620 sports a 3.8-inch TFT WVGA display (800X480) with ClearBlack technology. It features a 5-megapixel rear autofocus shooter capable of 720p video recording and has a VGA front camera on-board as well.
On the inside, the device is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 512MB of RAM and has 8GB of internal storage with microSD support up to 64GB. Windows Phone users can also make use of the additional 7GB SkyDrive storage.
The smartphone boasts connectivity options like NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi. It comes with a 1,300mAh battery claiming up to 15 hours of talk time (2G).
The company had first launched the Lumia 620, along with the Lumia 920 and 820 in India, in January. The device was earlier available for pre-order on flipkart.com for Rs. 15,199.
Nokia is betting big on the Lumia 620's 'dual-shot' technique, which helps in creating new colours and textures for this smartphone. So what this 'dual shot' actually does is cast two layers of polycarbonate, a single base layer and a second colour, in a transparent/ translucent layer, to produce depth effects and secondary colour blends. For example, yellow and cyan are combined to produce a lime green colour.
At the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC), Nokia had also showcased its Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 smartphones. Nokia Lumia 720 sports a 4.3-inch display and its screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 2. Internally, the smartphone packs in Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset with a 1GHz dual-core processor. It comes with 512MB of RAM and 2,000mAh battery.
Nokia Lumia 520 on other hand boasts of 4-inch screen with a display resolution of 480x800 pixels. Lumia 520 also comes with dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon processor with 512 MB of RAM. The internal storage available on the device is 8GB and can be expanded by another 64GB via microSD card.
There is a 1,430mAh battery on board Lumia 520, which as per company claims gives 9.60 hours of talk time and standby time of 15 days. It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera.