Online game can help to score better in school

A recent study has found that playing online video games can sharpen maths, science and reading skills in teenager than who spend hours on Facebook or other social media sites. Students who play online video games regularly, scores 15 points above the average in maths and 17 points above the average in science.

"When you play online games you're solving puzzles to move to the next level and that involves using some of the general knowledge and skills in maths, reading and science that you've been taught during the day," said Alberto Posso, Associate Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Researchers found, teenagers who are engadged in social media sites on a regular basis are more likely to fall in school results. They score 20 points worse in maths than students who don't use social media.

"It's possible that children who are already gifted in the areas of math, science, and reading are also more likely to play online games and children with lower academic abilities spend more time socializing. Gameplay appears to equip students to apply and sharpen knowledge learned in school by requiring them to solve a series of puzzles before moving to the next game level," Posso said.

For the study, published in the International Journal of Communication, the team tested more than 12,000 Australian 15-year-olds in maths, reading and science, as well as collecting data on the students' online activities.

A Good news for Mumbai citizens

Mumbai state government will provide as many as 1200 wifi - hotspots in the megapolis as a part of transforming Mumbai into a smartcity.

"We are making Mumbai a Wi-Fi city by May 2017 with 1,200 hotspots at important places," said by Fadnavis during a debate relating issues on urban development in the state assembly.

Nowadays Internet has became a necessity, slowly the world is getting smaller and smaller because of the internet. More and more people joining this onine world almost every second. This is a very helpful approach by the Mumbai state government.

500 wifi hotspots will be operational in the first phase by November 2016 out of 1200 hotspots. This is a another important step after CCTV project in making Mumbai a Smartcity said by Fadnavis.

IBM with Apple open first global development hub in India

A global development hub called Garage for IOS apps launched by IBM in partnership with Apple in Bangaluru, to accelerate digital transformation in India. It will work with existing design locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Cupertino in the US and Toronto in Canada.

IBM also plans to open satellite centres in Brazil, China, Romania and other countries.

Now clients can complete digital mobility projects as quickly as possible with the help of Garage.

"With each IBM MobileFirst for iOS client's success, we see the conversation shifting from wanting a single app to cultivating a broader business transformation led by mobile," said Mahmoud Naghshineh, General Manager, Apple partnership, IBM, in a statement.

IBM design thinking to give fast Ios solutions in weeks and not in months. There are 22 inter - disciplinary team working at Garage in bangaluru, using end - to - end devOps to make this possible.

IBM also announced Mobile at Scale for iOS, a new offering specifically for clients looking to invest in digital transformation projects that include more than three iOS apps over a multi-year period.

Clients opting for this model will have full access to IBM's portfolio of MobileFirst for iOS apps to jump start their digital transformation, iOS App Accelerators for rapid app development and customisation and Enterprise Design Services that align the app experience to the needs of the user.

Pokemon Go a new campaign weapon for US presidential candidates

The worldwide phenomenon Pokemon Go has made its way onto the US presidential campaign trail with the staff of each two major candidates asking users of smartphone to catch voters.
Pokemon Go uses smartphone satellite location, camera skills and graphics to overlay cool animated film monsters on real world scenario and challenging players worldwide to seize and train the creatures for battles
Last week in a campaign, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton talked about her desire to channel the app to entice voters.
"I don't know who created 'Pokemon Go,' but I've tried to figure out how we get them to have Pokemon Go to the polls," she said.
Clinton staffers have considering been cruising the streets seeking out Pokemon hunters, hoping to divert their attention for the couple of minutes to take registers to sign up to vote.
At a current event in Ohio, the Democratic campaign encouraged gamers to come back to its "lure module" - a feature that brings extra Pokemon to a given region - to "get free Pokemon" and "research more about Sec. Hillary Clinton!"
"These two Pokemon traders just registered to vote!" tweeted Joe Makielski, an organizer for the Colorado Democratic party, also posted a photograph of two young guys.
The campaign of Clinton's Republican rival Donald Trump is likewise looking to take advantage of the game's reputation, these days posting on facebook a parody video referred to as "Crooked Hillary No" showing the Democratic candidate getting hit and disappearing.
The free Pokemon Go app, primarily based on a Nintendo title that debuted two decades in the past.