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Due to reader curiosities, we got this video out from YouTube that shows what happens if you microwave a iPhone (or any other smartphone, say). Pretty interesting, huh! Enjoy!

IIS India conducted a public survey for teenagers on their feelings, emotions, what they love to do and all sorts of things related with that. The study was completed a week back and statistics was analyzed in that time. Here is the report on the Eating Habits of teenagers. A total of 629 replies were collected. Out of the 629 survey participants, 344 people said they eat healthy food like vegetables and fruits, and try to avoid junk food. That's almost a whopping 55% of the answers. Mind you, in this generation, I thought people eat more junk... But I am proved wrong. 106 people opted for "Everything that comes my way", which denotes that 16% teens like both junk and healthy and prefer one on every alternative day. 16% for this category is good under records. So the remaining 179, as you know, went for junk, constituting 28% of the whole. I feel this is in control and 28% for the modern generation is pretty good compared to standards. If you were a parti...

Well, do you know what led to the discovery of Justin Beiber? (Sorry, I know, you may hate him) It was YouTube. A musician found out that Beiber had a lot of talent in him and called him up. He recorded his first song and that was a hit. That is also what is transforming to reality nowadays. Talented young people are hooking up on Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube and other communities where their talent is noticed. I noticed a lot of Indian talent, too. I had taken a interview of a rising star via e-mail (whose name I can't disclose because the person requested me not to publish due to her privacy reasons), who had been selected for Indian Idol round 3. The person said that YouTube helped her to reach fame. So the point is, video-sharing communities can earn you name and fame in a couple of days, or who knows, even minutes, maybe! If you are a professional in some area of work, share it in your channel. If, luckily, you get noticed, sponsors may even run after you! But, as I said...

I am an Airtel subscriber for my mobile phone. While browsing through the tons of junk news I found some interesting piece of news that is noteworthy for Airtel subscribers and users. A partnership between Airtel and Google now allows Airtel users to access Google's services, like Google+, Gmail, Google Search, Image Search, etc, for free and no data cost would be charged. To access the service, according to sources, an Airtel user needs to visit  http://www.airtel.in/free-zone/  in his browser and then start using Google's services. However, the only restriction is that you are limited to 1 GB of browsing data, which is pretty much for searching and activities like checking email. These kind of deals between billion-dollar companies should arise often, otherwise, how would be benefit? 'Am starting to use it from today peeps, what about you?

We all know he got bail from the court due to insufficient evidence of allegations of spot-fixing in cricket against him. According to current news, the BCCI is conducting a inquiry on Sreesanth and then they will decide whether to award Sreesanth a life ban or not. Sreesanth, after getting his bail, said that "he wants to prove his innocence and play cricket once again". However, with the recent controversies, I don't think he can ever make it back to the IPL or the national side. What do you people think? Is he really innocent? Did MCOCA actually make mistake? Reflect your views in the comment section!

Final result: India wins the ICC Champions trophy 2013. After the rain played with the fate of the match and it looked like India and England would be declared joint winners, things changed rapidly. It was declared to be a T20 Final match by the umpires and the game was extended to 8:30 PM local time (1:30 AM IST). All thanks and praises to the groundsmen at Birmingham, for the match would not have been possibly without their hard work. All England needed was 130 runs to win from 20 overs at a minimal run-rate of 6.50 in 20-overs cricket. The game looked as if it slipped away from India's grip but instead it was the acute antonym that happened. With quick wickets falling in succession, England's middle order began to tremble. They were desperate to get both runs and also to build a partnership at the same time, which they couldn't. MS Dhoni's decision to bring in Ishant at the 18th over proved to be a good decision. Ishant took the wickets of Eoin Morgan and...

You are quite furious now, cursing hell upon the rain Gods of England if you are a sincere cricket fan. The final decision was that the game would be a 20-over game , and if rain stops play again, overs will not be reduced, but the teams would be declared co-champions, or joint-champions of the last Champions trophy.  The hashtag #RainGoAway has started trending on Twitter, expressing the concerns of the millions of people who have either reached the stadium at Birmingham to watch the match or those who've tuned in the TV to watch the finale. Currently, the game play has resumed once again. Who knows if India get to lift the final ICC Champions Trophy? All prayers with MS Dhoni and his men in blue. Rain, rain, GO AWAY!

People are frustrated by how people talk to them. They feel they are superior compared to the other person in some ways. Ways, these are just few. Human relations and philosophy is a long topic. Here I'll give you all basic principles to win friends and make people like you. You can buy the printed edition of this book illustrating the various points with real-life example from the banner above. Fundamental Techniques in Handling People 1: Don't criticize, condemn or complain. 2: Give honest, and moreover, sincere appreciation for hard work. 3: Arouse in the other person an eager want.  Six Ways to Make People Like You 1: Become genuinely interested in other people. 2: Smile. 3 Remember that a person's name is the most important and sweetest sound for him in any language.  4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.  5: Talk in terms of the other person's interest.  6: Make the other person feel important- and do i...

Politics has taken a U-turn in the last decade in our country. From Rahul Gandhi to Mamata, we have seen a bunch of politicians promising us a lot of things in exchange of votes. But how many politicians actually did this? None! They ask for votes; win the elections; sit with power, and forget about the promises.The thing with us is that we choose the wrong people to take up the most powerful and responsible places in the government. I'm not criticizing any particular party or such; I am criticizing the system in general. I know this seems a bit absurd. This might (99% chance, will) never happen, but this is a mere ideology of a good governance. I call this "The Best Politics for the Best Country". Currently, we are in a bad state of governance- unchecked crimes to high corruption amongst people. Worse, people have accepted corruption as a part of their daily lives. Take an example. I went to a school fest last year. People were asked to line up to get tickets. We...

Internet Censorship has grown drastically over the past few years with countries like China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran taking the lead over other governments in extending internet censorship to almost all sources of free unbiased information. Some schools and offices also prevent users from accessing certain websites which they believe are of no use in the respective areas. Governments sometimes enforce censorship on all forms of print and digital media like newspapers and television. China is known to have even forced Google to filter its search results. In such times, sometime you may need to access a website that is blocked. This article explains how. Which websites are most commonly Blocked? The most commonly blocked websites include websites about pop culture, health, medicine, women, religion and politics. Social websites that are often blocked include  Blogger  (Blogspot) blogs,  Google  News, Facebook , Orkut, MySpace, Bebo, Flickr, Hulu, LinkedIn, Y...