A GREAT AND AMAZING DISPLAY FROM LG

LG launches worlds slimmest full-HD LCD panel for smartphones

LG Display has launched the world's thinnest full-HD LCD panel for smartphones.

The Korean company has announced the thinnest 1080p and 5.2-inch (132 mm) display LCD panel ever. It’s only 2.2mm thick and has  2.3mm bezel.

The display also features a full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and LG Display claims that the screen will provide good visibility under strong sunlight. The screen can also manage 535 nits of brightness.

It's likely that LG is using the same panel in its upcoming flagship smartphone LG Optimus G2 which was recently spotted in leaked pictures and video.

#Ready? Clickable Hashtags Are Coming to Your Facebook Newsfeed

FACE BOOK BRINGS # tags 

Get ready to see a lot more of the # symbol in your Facebook Newsfeed. Yes, the social network is about to start looking a bit more like that othersocial network you might use as it begins to roll out clickable hashtags.

Over the next few weeks all Facebook users will be able to include a hashtagged phrase, like #royalbaby or #puppies, in their posts and then watch it become clickable. When a hashtag is included in a post, clicking on it will pop out a feed that aggregates others posts that have been tagged with the same phrase.

The move will make it easier to find what other people are saying about specific topics and events, something that people have typically gone to Twitter to do over Facebook.

"To date, there has not been a simple way to see the larger view of what's happening or what people are talking about," Facebook's Greg Lindley wrote on the company's blog today. "To bring these conversations more to the forefront, we will be rolling out a series of features that surface some of the interesting discussions people are having about public events, people, and topics. As a first step, we are beginning to roll out hashtags on Facebook."

A Facebook spokesperson told ABC News that this is just one of many announcements coming in the next couple of weeks about ways people can join conversations on the service. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg similarly said that the company is making it easier to find things on Facebook at the All Things D conference earlier this month. The company rolled out its Graph Search to only a subset of users earlier this year.

Feeling Down? Looking at Your Facebook Profile for 5 Minutes Might Help

But why hashtags and not some other symbol or method? Facebook says that hashtags are already all over the service thanks to posts from Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter.

"Hashtags are already happening across Facebook, but now they will be clickable and it will pop out a hashtag feed," a Facebook spokesperson told ABC News. Facebook also added that hashtags have become a huge part of Internet vernacular.

Facebook users will be able to search for a specific hashtag from the search bar and compose posts directly from the hashtag feed. Facebook also clarified to ABC News that hashtagged posts will still respect the regular privacy settings. If you include a hashtag in a post going out to just your friends, only your friends will see it appear in that hashtag feed.

The feature will be rolled out on Facebook's desktop site starting today. The company expects all users to have the capability in the next few weeks. The mobile apps, however, will not support the hashtag feeds yet, though you will be able to place a hashtag phrase in your posts from mobile. You just won't be able to see a feed yet.

While Twitter popularized the method of tagging content, it wasn't actually Twitter that invented the hashtag. The idea was actually invented in August 2007 by Chris Messina, now a user experience designer on Google Plus. His idea was to create a place to group different tweets and he proposed the idea of using the "#" symbol.

Turns out, you're going to start seeing that symbol a lot more.

INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY PROBLEMS RESOLVED:-MICROSOFT

IE security flaw fixed: Microsoft

Microsoft Corp said late on Wednesday that it has fixed a security bug in Internet Explorer that hackers exploited to attack some customers. The attacks had prompted the German government and security experts to urge people to temporarily stop using the browser.

The software maker said the permanent repair to the software, used by hundreds of millions of people, would be released on Friday and Microsoft Windows users who have their computers set to automatically download updates will be able to secure their systems from the flaw. Microsoft spokeswoman Yunsun Wee said in a statement that "the vast majority" of Internet Explorer users had not been attacked as a result of the security flaw.

The vulnerability in Internet Explorer was identified last Friday by a Luxembourg-based security researcher whose computer was infected while analysing a server used last year to launch a cyber industrial espionage campaign on dozens of chemical makers and defence contractors. Network security firm AlienVault said on Tuesday that it had discovered three other servers that hosted malicious websites exploiting the Internet Explorer flaw. It said the latest round of attacks targeted defence contractors, not the general public.

Internet Explorer was the world's second-most widely used browser last month, with about a 33% market share, according to StatCounter. It was close behind Chrome, which had 34% of the market.

CHECK OUT HOW AAKKASH TABLET BOUNCED BACK

How the Aakash tablet bounced back

Internet-connected tablets, as I’ve explained before, have the potential to positively impact billions. Cell phones improved commerce and changed society by allowing, among other things, the poorest villagers in the developing world to connect with one another. The Internet will catalyse the next leap forward by providing those in the developing world access to the same ocean of knowledge as those in wealthier societies. This will transform education and revolutionize commerce.

When India announced its $35 Aakash tablet roughly two years ago, it made front-page news. From the specs, it was clearly a rudimentary device for those unable, perhaps, to afford an iPad or top-of-the-line smartphone. And like every first version of a new technology, the tablet had problems. The Indian media quickly and mercilessly trashed it, with top publications writing the tablet’s obituary

In October 2011, I met India’s education minister Kapil Sibal at a State Department-hosted event in Washington, D.C. I asked if the Aakash would ever become a reality. He insisted it would and gave me his own tablet. He also shared his vision for the Aakash – one in which the tablet would revolutionize education.

I was impressed but worried. Aakash was clearly a breakthrough — an Internet-enabled device at an incredibly low price point. But it was not good enough for the target market of first-time technology users. It also wasn’t robust enough. I wrote to Sibal suggesting that he “declare victory” and discontinue this model, then allow the manufacturer of the Aakash, Datawind, whose CEO I was introduced to by Pentium chip inventor Vinod Dam, to provide a better product for the same price. I suggested he call this “Aakash 2.” I had also convinced Datawind CEO Suneet Tulli that this made economic sense.

So, after the drubbing by the media and a political backlash, Sibal followed my advice.

But I was all but certain that, after reading Indian newspapers and extensive criticism from Indians on Twitter that, no matter how good this device was, Indian politics would triumph and the device would die a fast death. Based on my previous experience, I was convinced that no Indian reviewer would have the courage to say anything nice, and the negative publicity would build on itself.

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 -poly techmate corp lmtd