Facebook Introduced A New Way To Help Blind People

             Facebook launched a new “automatic alternative text” (AAT), which will describe images to people who are blind or visually impaired. If your friend posts a picture from her hiking trip, for example, the app will now be smart enough to recognize visual cues from the photo and say aloud, “Image may contain: two people, smiling, sunglasses, sky, outdoor [sic], water.”

            It’s not the most evocative description of all time, but imagine using Facebook without any visual cues whatsoever. The social network works best when words and pictures combine to create meaning. Someone might caption a photo with the words “I can’t believe I did this!” — but if you can’t see the picture, you would have no idea if they were referring to eating an entire wedding cake or hitting a reindeer with their truck. Enabling the feature is easy, though you’ll need an iPhone or iPad to use it right now. To use it, ask Siri to “turn on VoiceOver,” a built-in iOS feature that describes out loud whatever is on your screen. You can also tap into Settings, then “General” and “Accessibility” to manually flip on VoiceOver.

              Representatives for Facebook say the feature will come to other platforms in the near future.

                                                                               -huffingtonpost-

Toshiba is recalling faulty laptop batteries that are too hot to handle.

               The lithium-ion battery packs, which are made by Panasonic, can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards to consumers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday. Toshiba received four reports of the battery packs overheating and melting, though the CPSC said no injuries have been reported. Toshiba, which first announced the recall in January, said it was recalling the batteries in certain Toshiba Notebook computers sold since June 2011. The Japanese manufacturer said it would replace them for free.

                      The CPSC said the recall involves 91,000 laptops sold in the United States and 10,000 sold in Canada. The recall involves 39 models of Portege, Satellite and Tecra laptops. Burning batteries are not unusual. In 2006, Dell and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) recalled nearly 10 million lithium-ion notebook batteries made by Sony because of concerns they could overheat and explode. A few days ago, an Apple iPhone reportedly exploded on a flight to Hawaii. This is the latest bit of bad news for Toshiba, which reported a $6 billion loss for last year. The company blamed the loss on the increased cost of energy and infrastructure projects.

                                                                                         -CNNMoney (New York)-

Apps You Can Earn Extra Money

FOAP

This is an app that allows you to make money by taking photos. You can charge as much as you like per photo, which means that your money-making opportunities through Foap are virtually limitless. People are always looking for a huge variety of photos, and you may be surprised at how much money you can make with a photo of your cat.

BOOKSCOUTER

If you have old books you want to get rid of, use this app to sell them. Scan the barcodes with your smartphone, and Bookscouter will let you see comparisons of payouts from more than 20 book buyback companies. Once you find the best offer, fill out some information about where payments should be sent, and ship the books to the buyback companies.

FIELDAGENT

This is a great app that can help you earn money. From the main navigation window you can locate jobs through the “Jobs List” or through the ”Map View.” Select a job to see additional details and accept it. Once a job has been selected, you will have two hours to complete the task. Be sure you’re near the objective before you start the task.

CASH FOR LAPTOP

You can make extra money by selling your old laptop, and this app will let you do it. Simply select the type of device you wish to sell, add a description of the device, pack it up and ship it (free of charge), and get paid with a cheque or Paypal.

                                                                    -LIFEHACK-

Downloading Videos

There is a easy way to download videos.

1. Open Video what you wants to Download.

2. Open online video downloader and paste the URL of the Video.

3. Select the video quality and resolution.



Your Video will Start downloading.

                                                                                         -Thank You-

Opera Mini - One of the best browser for Android

                              Are you stuck on a bad, sluggish network? A browser like Opera mini will help you speed up page-loading times by shrinking webpages to as little as 10% of their original size before they land on your phone. This way, you can get to the content you love even faster and save battery, as the phone’s transmitter doesn’t need to work as hard sending all that data.

Manage all your downloads from one screen and get the content you want, when and how you want it. Opera Mini will let you know when your files are done. Just click on the notification – no more digging around in folders.

It's the fast, secure, easy-to-use browser that connects you anywhere, anytime.Opera Mini is all about speed. Opera Mini compresses content before it gets to your device, so you get your content fast, no matter how heavy, even on a really slow connection.

You can see all the memes, cat pictures and comment flame wars the web has to offer – in their full glory – without losing speed or eating into your data allowance.

Substantial data savings and a new way of tracking how much data you’ve saved will help you extend your data plan. And, for those looking for even more data savings, Opera Mini also provides an extreme savings mode.

If you don’t want something saved in your history, you can browse ninja-style with private tabs.

Opera Mini’s smart night mode makes reading when you should be sleeping more comfortable. But, it’s your fault if you’re late for work tomorrow.

So, you didn’t get to finish reading that blog about Game of Thrones on the train and now your phone battery is dead. Luckily, you synced up all your devices with an Opera account and now you can pick up right where you left off, as well as access your favorite Speed Dials, bookmarks and open tabs.

It’s like one of those leather satchels with all the handy pockets, only you don’t need the matching beard and Fedora. The Opera Mini start page keeps all your favorite sites and new discoveries in one place. Just choose the categories you’re interested in and Opera Mini will serve you the top stories and freshest content from across the web.