11 Interesting Facts About Google

1. There are more than 2 million searches on Google per second.

2. On an average, Google acquires 3 companies per month.

3. The name Google was created due to the misspelling of the word googol, which means the number one followed by hundred zeroes.

4. The main reason that the Google page is so plain and empty is because the creators (Larry Page and Sergei Brin) did not know HTML and just wanted a quick interface.

5. New employees at Google are called Noogles and are made to wear a propeller beanie cap on their first Friday.

6. The "I'm Feeling Lucky Button" is almost never used, but in trials it was seen that removing the button would reduce the Google experience.

7. Google's traffic doubled with the addition of the "did you mean" feature.

8. All the letters in the word "google" have been copyrighted by Google.

9. Google is visited by 620 million users everyday.

10. Up to 97% of Google's revenue comes from advertisements.

11. Google's toughest competitors are Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Mozilla.

Awesome Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Reopening Closed Tabs

If you ever close a tab and then realize that you needed it, this shortcut will save you!

Command:Ctrl + Shift + T

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2. Locking Your Computer

Keeping your computer safe from naughty colleagues or relatives is much easier with this shortcut!

Command: Windows button + L

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3. Getting to the Taskbar Items

This keyboard shortcut will let you move through and select items on your taskbar, which is at the bottom of the screen, using your keyboard.

Command: Windows button + T

Then you may use the arrow keys to move left and right in the taskbar and enter to select an item.

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4. Getting to the System Tray

You can get to the System Tray which is at the bottom right corner of your screen using the keyboard which is much quicker than using your mouse to do that.

Command: Windows button + B

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5. Deleting Stuff

Right-clicking the icon and selecting the delete option is one way to do it, but the easier way is selecting the item and using this shortcut.

Command: Shift + Delete button

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6. Minimizing All Open Windows

Don't you just lose your mind when there is a dozen of windows open. This shortcut is a great help.

Command: Windows button + M

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7. Zooming in or out

One of the coolest shortcuts, to zoom in or out on a point on the screen.

Command: Windows button + (+/-)

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8. Switching Tabs

Switching tabs in an open window is so much faster using a keyboard shortcut!

Command: Ctrl + Shift

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9. Opening the Task Manager Directly

Opening the task manager without going through the Ctrl + Alt + Delete screen is possible with this shortcut. Look how many seconds you can save!

Command: Ctrl + Shift + Esc

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10. Selecting the URL in the Address Bar

Selecting the URL of the website you are on has never been easier.

Command: Alt + D

5 Things Breaking Bad Taught Me

Breaking Bad is no doubt one of the greatest TV shows of all time and also holds the Guinness record for being the highest rated show of all time. Apart from being delightfully entertaining and addicting, the show also teaches us various lessons.

Warning: Major Spoiler Alert!

1. School Teachers Need To Be Paid Well

If Walt had been payed well enough that he could sustain his family, there would have been absolutely no reason for him to build up a meth empire and kill people. He would have lived a happy and ordinary life with his family, satisfying all there needs and would have died peacefully and been remembered by his family as a hard-working and simple family man.


2. Deep Down Inside, We Are All Bad

Who ever imagined that a 50 year old high school chemistry teacher would start his own drug empire and go on to destroy people's lives including his brother-in-law's? So is the case with Skylar, who started laundering Walt's money. I guess there is a bad side hidden within everyone which just needs a stimulus to reveal itself. For Walt, the stimulus was the realization that he would soon be dead and his family would be left poor.


3. Always Work With a Partner (Especially When You're Doing Something Wrong)

Just imagine how screwed Walt would have been if Jesse wouldn't have been with him all through the show. The hardest of jobs can be done if you have the right partner. Both Walt and Jesse saved each other's asses throughout the show and, took equal responsibility to get stuff done.


4. Evil Deeds Get You Nowhere

Where did meth-cooking get Walt? Nowhere! At the end, he lost the millions of dollars he had made from his meth business, Hank was killed because of him, his family (for whom he had got into meth-cooking) turned against him, and he died a poor man.


5. Always Do What You Are Passionate About

Walt was a learned and proficient chemical engineer. His knowledge and mastery over chemistry and his passion made him crazy amounts of money. Walt enjoyed doing what he did and this made him do it better than the others.

India Creates History With Mangalyaan: The Cheapest Mars Mission Ever

Congratulations Indians! The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) has today achieved a historic feat with Mangalyaan which we all should be proud of.

With India's homegrown Mangalyaan mission, India has become the first country in the world to enter Mars' orbit in it's first attempt. This has also been the cheapest and most cost efficient Mars Mission in history, costing only 450 crore rupees ($75 million), which is just one-tenth of the $670 million dollars that NASA spent on it's Maven explorer.

The cost of the mission, is said to have been less than the money used to make the Hollywood movie "Gravity" which cost $100 million.

Europe's 2003 Mars Express Orbiter had costed them around $386 million. Another Mars Mission by Japan which had failed to enter Mars' orbit cost more than double of that of Mangalyaan's. The Phobos-Grunt from Russia failed to leave the earth's orbit but still had cost them around $117 million.

The ISRO is already planning further missions which includes a mission to send a rover to the Moon. India will surely be a superpower in the future if it continues to achieve such feats. 

The iPhone 6 Has a Bending Problem

After tonnes of people reported that their iPhone's appeared to be slightly bent, after staying in their pockets for too long, Unbox Therapy decided to make a video to prove if it is true or not. Here it is:

Games That Should Be Turned Into Movies

Games and movies are the two things I love the most but I always prefer games over films. I played my first game when I was 10 years old (it was Half-Life 2, I guess) and it was love on first play. Never in my life had a movie entertained me as much as Half-Life 2 did. It had been made clear to me that I would continue playing games for the rest of my life.

Coming to the point... Games have developed a lot through the years. Most of the major games these days have well developed plots and scripts along with realistic characters and dialogues which make some games as good as movies, if not better. Many titles such as Prince of Persia, Max Payne and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider have already been made into films but there have been many worthy games which have been missed out. So here's a list of the games which, I think, should definitely made into movies.

Video Games

1.Assassin's Creed Series

Assassin's Creed games have been around since 2007. They have been a huge success and already have been made into novels, comics and a TV mini-series. Finally, the developers have decided to make a film on the series. The planned date for the movie release is June 19, 2015.

2. Uncharted Series

The series has sold about 17 million copies worldwide as of 2012. It's no doubt that gamers love Uncharted, although it is made only for PlayStation 3. So, the game definitely deserves a movie. Columbia Pictures has announced that an Uncharted movie is being developed but no official release date has been revealed as of now.

3. The Last of Us

The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog (the guys who made Uncharted), has earned the status of "legendary" and is considered to be the fastest selling PlayStation 3 game of all time. The game received widespread critical acclaim for it's script, voice acting, sound design, level design and art direction and was also praised for the themes it's story dealt with , such as sacrifice, loyalty, fate and hope. Playing the game was almost like watching a movie, only that it let you play as a character and hence, get involved in the story. I am sure that a movie made on The Last of Us will be a huge success like the game is.

4. The BioShock Series

A series whose story amazed me the most is BioShock (like I mentioned in my BioShock Infinite: Review). BioShock games have plots with unique concepts and are a bit complex, with long character back-stories and histories of the cities in which the games are set. The story seems convincing and realistic because of the detailed explanations and cut scenes. A movie based on BioShock has the full potential to be a work of brilliance.

5. Heavy Rain

The game features the mystery of the Origami Killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Sounds awesome, doesn't it. The game is heavily centered on the plot and mostly offers quick-time game-play, so it's practically an interactive movie. The game already has an awesome storyline, so all a movie producer needs to make a film on it, is a skilled director.

6. Metal Gear Solid Series

The series is known for it's long cut scenes, story, graphics and also for one of my favorite characters of all time - Solid Snake. It would be a pleasure to watch Snake performing his stunts and stealthily killing enemies on a movie screen. The creator of the series, Hideo Kojima announced that a Metal Gear movie is in development with Columbia Pictures but did not specify a release date.

7. Half Life Series

Half Life, along with Doom revolutionized first person shooter games. Half Life 2 was one of the first games I had played, as I mentioned before. Apart from having amazing game-play, the Half Life series was also praised for it's intricate plot. The CEO of Valve (the developer of Half Life), Gabe Newell, once announced that he has plans to develop a film based on half life's story.

Breaking News: Apple Unveils iPhone 6 and iWatch

One of our favorite tech companies, Apple has finally revealed the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus along with another sweet gadget, the iWatch, which as the name suggests, is Apple's rendition of a smart watch.

The iPhone 6 will be available in two screen sizes of 4.7 and 5.5 inches. The 5.5 inches version of the iPhone 6 would be called the iPhone 6 Plus. Apple says that the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 will have 38 percent more pixels than its predecessor, the iPhone 5s, while the iPhone 6 Plus boasts 185 percent more pixels. 

In thickness, the iPhone 6 is quite slim. The iPhone 6 is 6.9 mm thick while the iPhone 6 Plus has a thickness of 7.1 mm. The iPhone 6 will be the slimmest phone Apple has ever made till date.

When it comes to hardware, the new phone will continue with iPhone 5's Touch ID as well as the volume and mute buttons. However, the sleep button has been relocated to the right side. 

The iPhone 6 will contain Apple's new A8 processor which is 25 percent faster than the previous A7 processor. Both of the new iPhones will feature the iOS 8, obviously. 

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus take motion tracking to a whole new level, presenting us with the new M8 motion co-processor which includes a new barometer, that measures relative elevation from air pressure. This would enable developers to create games and apps which can determine the distance walked or run, and stairs stepped by the user.

As for the iWatch, as the name says, it will be a wearable wrist device (basically a watch, but much more). Users will be able to make and receive calls and also play music using the iWatch.

Click here for further details about the iWatch