Twitter ups character limit to 10,000
Twitter would get rid of the 140-character limit on direct messaging. It will now allow users to send direct messages that are 10,000 characters long.
“You may be wondering what this means for the public side of Twitter. Nothing! Tweets will continue to be the 140 characters they are today,” the company wrote in a blog.
Needless to say, with the fierce competition in the messaging space with the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the company sure knows instant messaging will be a big deal in the future. However, the new changes won’t come until July.
Moreover, Twitter has some recommendations to ensure that the apps and services can handle the longer messaging format. The blog asks users to, “review API additions, update your GET requests so you will be able to receive the full length of DM text and adjust your app UI to accommodate longer DM text”.
Disney and marvel in schools
After having enjoyed a long fun- filled summer, children can gear up for their new academic year 2015-16 with Disney India’s range of exciting Back to School collection inspired by Disney and Marvel characters and stories.
The range incorporates current design trends and features an array of bright and stylish, yet durable and essential school supplies. Parents and kids can choose from a variety of school supplies such as Mickey & Friends, Disney, Pixar Cars, Winnie the Pooh, The Avengers, The Ultimate Spider-Man and more. Along with these, kids will also be able to buy some cool school products inspired by Frozen for the very first time in India.
The 2015 collection caters to kids of all ages including tweens and teens and includes stationery products, backpacks, lunch boxes, water bottles and much more — all in preparation for the perfect start to the year.
The new range is available across all leading outlets including Hypercity, Big Bazaar, Easyday, Tesco, landmark, Hamleys, Crossword, Starmark, lifestyle, Max, Central, Reliance Mart, Dmart and reliance outlets and also online on Flipkart.com, Snapdeal.com and Amazon.com. The products are available across value and premium price points and ranges from Rs 99-Rs 2,000.
Quakes occur on the moon tooIJ
An analysis of pictures taken by Chandrayaan-1 has found that tectonic plates are present inside moon’s surface similar to earth and cause quakes on colliding which each other.
Professor of Geology and Remote Sensing at School of Environmental Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Saumitra Mukherjee, along with his student Priyadarshini Singh, have analysed the pictures of the surface of moon taken by the narrow angle camera and lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera of Chandrayaan-1.
The data collected from south polar region of the moon reveals that many evidences have been found which establish that tectonic activity occur on the lunar surface, very similar to that on earth, Prof Mukherjee said.
“Tectonic plates at surface move due to mantle layer of earth’s core and the movement of tectonic plates on moon establish that some material in liquid form is present under its surface too,” he said.
Quirky gifts for this father’s day
Today is Father’s Day, but it’s still not late to fetch a gift for your father. This year, turn Father’s Day into a superhero Day for your dad! If you are confused about what to buy and how to get it, don’t worry, here are some superhero inspired gift options like apparel, gizmos and gadgets to show your love — Avengers and Star Wars T-shirts, Star Wars power banks for longer phone battery, Super Hero pen drives, the Iron Man, Hulk, or Thor pen drives are both cool and quirky, mimobots, card holders and bookmarks to wine decanters, chessboards and wine corks.
All these are available in a price range of Rs 500 to Rs 1,600 at retail stores like landmark, Crossword, lifestyle and leading e-commerce websites like Amazon.in, Flipkart and more, Voxpopclothing.com, Myntra.com, Jabong.com and more, as well as at Portronics.com, and Comic Con India.