New Google Doodle Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Spain’s La Tomatina Festival

The festival is considered the world's largest food fight

Once every year, for about an hour on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people descend on the town of Buñol in eastern Spain to pelt each other with tomatoes as part of La Tomatina festival.
The small Spanish municipality isn’t the only place being pelted with tomatoes, however — today’s Google Doodle has joined in on the act to celebrate the 70th anniversary of what is widely considered the world’s largest food fight.
The festival first began in 1945, when a man was pushed off a float during the town’s annual parade. In a fit of rage, he picked up tomatoes from a nearby vegetable stall and began throwing them at everyone in sight. A group of people repeated the act the following year, and although authorities tried to clamp down on the tomato-throwing initially, it became an official festival in 1957.
The Google Doodle, created by Nate Swinehart, features an animated depiction of the revelry that about 50,000 people are expected to engage in on Wednesday — including the ham hoisted on top of a pole that must traditionally be untied and brought down before a single tomato can be thrown.

2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe to be unveiled in Frankfurt Auto Show

Mercedes is set to present its new AMG C63 S Coupe, developed with the help of its high-performance division, AMG. It will be one of the main attractions at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, taking place from September 17-27.
This ultra-sporty take on the latest C-class version Coupe is characterised by a much more aggressive hood, enlarged car wings and 19-inch tires. The Mercedes-AMG C 63 packs in a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 AMG engine with 469 horsepower (503 horsepower for the C 63 S Coupe), equipped with a 7-speed manual or automatic transmission that will propel the car from 0 to 60 mph in under four seconds (3.9s for the C 63 Coupe) and a top speed of 155 mph.


AMG has also included suspension with a "sports" version of the electronic stability program (ESP). The hum of the engine varies according to the positioning of the flaps located near the exhaust pipes; a small button lets the driver control the flaps and adjust the volume.
The Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show alongside the C-class Coupe, revealed a few days earlier. The vehicle should be available early 2016 at an undisclosed price, though potential buyers should consider the environmental penalty, which stands at 8,000 euros.
The German manufacturer and its performance division previously created a buzz during the Paris Motor Show with the presentation of the Mercedes-AMG GT.

Google announces Android M is 6.0 Marshmallow, releases third and final developer preview

Google announced Android M back at Google I/O, and as usual, the speculation about what M could stand for was running wild. Now we know — Android M is Marshmallow, probably the most predictable choice. Much more surprising is that Marshmallow will be Android 6.0, which is a big jump in version number over 5.1 Lollipop. You can’t have the latest sweet treat from Google just yet, but there’s a new developer preview out today for select Nexus devices.
The tradition of naming Android releases after treats dates all the way back to Android 1.5, which was Cupcake. Apparently, the small Android engineering staff was prone to eating a lot of junk food during long coding sessions, and someone had the idea to name 1.5 after a dessert. The tradition stuck with subsequent releases being called Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, and finally Lollipop.
As usual, the big reveal came by way of a new statue on the lawn in front of Building 44 on the Google Campus, home of the Android team. There’s a statue for each of the named versions, though several of them (like Marshmallow) are just the green bugdroid holding the treat in question. The statues where the mascot literally becomes one with the treat are more fun. For example, the KitKat statue is a bugdroid-shaped giant KitKat bar.

New build of Windows 10 Mobile brings fixes and some massive bugs

After a month-long hiatus, Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 Mobile to testers Wednesday, fixing a bunch of bugs and adding a few new features as the company gets closer to releasing its mobile operating system.

After a month-long hiatus, Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 Mobile to testers Wednesday, fixing a bunch of bugs and adding a few new features as the company gets closer to releasing its mobile operating system.

Build 10512 isn't much for whiz-bang new features. Microsoft focused instead on minor fixes and improvements, including a general improvement in overall stability. More specifically, the update also fixes an issue that caused apps installed on a phone's SD card to stop working after a reboot. Notifications for text messages and Windows 10's bandwidth-tracking Data Sense feature will also show up more reliably.

Text input improvements were another area of focus for the release. People writing in Latvian and Chinese will have an enhanced experience. The Swype-esque Shape Writing feature that lets users type by dragging a finger across the keyboard is now more likely to suggest common words over names of contacts on the phone.
While the new build brings some welcome new fixes, there are also some killer bugs included with the latest release. First and foremost, the Mobile Hotspot functionality that allows users to share their phone's Internet connection with other devices doesn't work in this build. Users who pinned a "large number of tiles" to their phone's Start screen may get their device stuck in a state where it just shows a loading screen. In the event that happens, users will have to reset the device or roll it back to Windows Phone 8.1.

Windows 10 FUD Fades Fast

Complaints about Windows 10 keep rolling in, but so far none appears to have stuck.

The latest brouhaha is over certain privacy settings. Windows 10 gives users many options to disable certain data-gathering and reporting features, but it appears that some communications to Microsoft servers still slip through.
So far, there doesn't seem to be anything shifty or harmful about those interactions -- but to some users, they're unsettling. Why is Microsoft doing that?

Wi-Fi Sense and Sensibility

Another thing that just didn't seem to make sense to some early adopters was Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense feature. The controversy over it already seems to have died down, but just a few weeks ago it was the subject of a raging debate.
Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects users to open WiFi networks and can grant their friends access to their own password-protected networks.
Users who want to provide friends access to their password-protected WiFi networks send their passwords through an encrypted link to a Microsoft server, which stores it in encrypted form before sharing it with those friends.
Concerns were raised that hackers might be able to find and extract the passwords, or that someone could "friend" potential victims to get access to their networks.
Another scenario envisioned users being stalked by contacts who'd been given their passwords.
Wi-Fi Sense requires that users give access to all of their contacts or none of them. It doesn't allow them to be selective about who gets access.
Another fear was that people given access to users' WiFi networks might be able to hack into other devices connected to those networks in order to steal data and personal information.
"You're providing access to your network and getting access to networks you may not be sure are secure," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
"It's a neat feature, but it could be used against you if you aren't careful," he told TechNewsWorld. "You want to be sure you're giving access to, and getting access from, people you trust."

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AngularJS

What is AngularJS?

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework for organizing HTML code in a more structural, clear and succinct mode. This client-side technology provides easy and light code in order to make developing and even designing as a simple task. AngularJS eliminates most of redundant code specially in CRUD web application. It is a MV(Whatever you like) pattern and not just a MVC.
There are two kinds of accessories which help us to make a bridge between user interface and the core of business and data layer.
Library: These types are set of functions such as JQuery and whenever you use some of them ($.ajax) it will call related function to handle functions.
Frameworks: These types are specific structure for implementation application and developer have to follow these structure. Such as durandal and ember.
AngularJS has different approach to work out our needs, angular embeds new properties inside HTML tags such as “ng-model”, “ng-repeat” which are known as Directives in order to fade our barriers to match and transform data.
On the other hand AngularJS has mingled Ajax and HTML DOM in a good structure which I will describe it more as follow:

Angular Advantages:

1. It is very good for CRUD web application
2. It makes testing easy in CRUD web application
3. You need to write less code
4. You can run your code more quickly
5. One of the most popular and famous features in the AngularJS is two way and simple binding

    <input type="text" ng-model="simpleBinding" /><span>{{simpleBinding}}</span>

6. You do not need to modify HTML DOM
7. By the aid of directives your tasks are more easy and time saving
8. By its architecture in MVC or in the better word MVW, decoupling is real and excellent