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Where is Youtube Settings for Annotations Switch & Video Size Options?

Annotations, Player Size and Video Quality all in a Single Gear Button   YouTube Annotations & Video Size Settings Missing Google is working on UI for all of it's product. Latest in the trend is YouTube Video Player. As, per the news and what we see above, Google has changed settings panel in YouTube Player. They have removed the annotations and player size settings. The two are now included along with quality options. Earlier the gear button was used for the quality menu only. Before that, there was an option to edit quality and setting at same place: YouTube Gear Button for Annotations, Video Size & Quality Now, the gear button is a single point access for Annotations, Player Size and Video Quality. Look at the following screen for an embedded YouTube video in a website. In this the Player Size is missing as the video is embedded in the website. YouTube Video Setting Gear Button YouTube Annotations Switch-ON/OFF YouTube Video Quality

Microsoft to Buy Nokia's Devices & Services Business, Nokia's Patents and Mapping Services for EUR 5.44 billion

 Microsoft to Acquire Nokia's Device Business Microsoft Nokia Deal Worth EUR 5.44 billion According to the Press Release published by Nokia and Microsoft Corporation, Boards of Directors of both Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation have decided to enter into a transaction to sell Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services. The decision to buy Nokia is one of the biggest deal and is taken with the planned retirement announcement of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. Microsoft will buy Nokia’s devices and services business for €3.79 billion ($5 billion). They will also pay €1.65 billion ($2.2 billion) for Nokia’s patents. The whole deal will cost €5.44 billion or $7.18 billion and it will be paid out in cash. Microsoft and Nokia announced that the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and o

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Splits With Wife & 23andMe Co-Founder Anne Wojcicki

News - Sergey Brin Reportedly Splits from wife Anne Wojcicki Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki Have Split According to the reports coming from Silicon Valley, Google co-founder Sergey Brin is not living with her wife Anne Wojcicki for over several months. Anne Wojcicki is a biotech entrepreneur and a co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, both 40, were married in 2007. They had been in marriage for around six years and have two children. They were one of the most high-profile couples of Silicon Valley. Reports say that while they are living separately, they are not yet legally separated. The break-up news was first reported by technology blog AllThingsD on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. The couple have been involved in many charitable organizations and are one of the biggest donnor in USA to charity organizations. Together, they have started a charitable foundation named Brin Wojcicki Foundation and are a part of new organization the Breakthrough Prize Foun

Researchers Develop Ghost Free 3D TV Display for Viewers without 3D-Glasses

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), have developed a new kind of 3D TV display for 3D+2D television that allows viewers with 3D glasses to see 3D images, while viewers can see a normal two-dimensional image without wearing the glasses. Blurry 3D TV image for viewers without stereo glasses due to Ghosting (Image Credit: J. Davis) With 3D+2D TV there is no Ghosting for both viewers. (Image Credit : J. Davis) Associate Professor James Davis, along with graduates Steven Scher, Jing Liu, Rajan Vaish, and Prabath Gunawardane of computer science in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz developed this new technique. For more read Detailed Research