Redmi 2 (Grey)

Dell Vostro 15 3558 15.6-inch Laptop (i3-4005U/4 GB/1 TB/DOS), Black

Dell Vostro 15 3558 15.6-inch Laptop (i3-4005U/4 GB/1 TB/DOS), Black

The Art of Solar Printing

Tanning Printer is a solar powered printer that doesn’t require the use of ink cartridges, designed by Hosung Jung, Junsang Kim, Seungin Lee and Yonggu Do. By using the innovative technology of tanning the paper, which is the process of actually sun-tanning the paper! The idea may seem futuristic, but this Tanning Printer is something that could be an eco-friendly solution to the way we see printing. Using the same concept of burning paper through a magnifying glass, the Tanning Printer, saved the energy through refracting the lights rays and tans the paper.

By using the heat produced by the sun, Tanning Paper creates enough energy to run without an adapter or electrical charge, as well as produce its own ink. The printer works in an easy 3-step process. Beginning as you feed the paper into the machine; both warm at a similar pace and prepare for printing. Then, the “header,” which helps with refraction of the light, moves from left to right actually tanning the paper. Lastly, the paper is unloaded revealing a beautiful, clear image.

This innovative technology removes the need of ink cartridges, which inadvertently create environmental pollution during the purifying process, runs on solar power energy, and comes in a sleek and stylish design.

Why 20-Somethings Are the Most Successful Entrepreneurs

When it comes to building a successful company, most investors and business advocates look for companies with an experienced management team.  They want someone that has a “successful track record” with experience forming teams, writing business plans, building products, and managing a P&L.

You can’t blame them.  As with almost everything in life, practice makes perfect and experience provides learning lessons that allow for improvement and growth.  While betting on experienced batters can certainly produce doubles, triples, and even home-runs; the grand slams of entrepreneurship come from the young and ill-experienced 20's

Yes, I said it.

That’s not what you’re going to read in the textbooks.  You won’t hear that from a venture capitalist.  And, you certainly won’t hear that in your MBA classes.

(Some of the) Most Successful Entrepreneurs of our Time and Their (Age):

1. Founders of Google:  Sergey Brin (25) & Larry Page(25)
2. Founders of Microsoft:  Bill Gates (20) & Paul Allen (22)
3. Founders of Apple:  Steve Jobs (21) & Steve Wozniak (26)
4. Founder of Wal-Mart:  Sam Walton (26)
5. Founder of Facebook:  Mark Zuckerberg (20)

Each one of the founders was between the ages of 20 and 26 when they founded what turned out to be one of the most successful companies of our lifetime.

20's Have Nothing to Lose

One of the main reasons that young entrepreneurs can build incredibly successful companies is that they really don’t have anything to lose. Most of these entrepreneurs are used to living in a cheap college apartment and eating ramen noodles.  At that age, the entrepreneur usually doesn’t have a mortgage, a car payment, or a built-up lifestyle to maintain.

On the contrary, a more experienced entrepreneur that is starting a company later in life has everything to lose.  By this time in their career, they are used to a strong-paying salary.  They live in a nice neighborhood with a comfortable car — maybe even a luxury car with a monthly payment attached.  When his/her spouse thinks about starting a new company, he/she will also consider the stark reality of losing the comforts of life that they have worked hard to build up during their career.  Suddenly, when thinking about all that he/she has to lose, the experienced entrepreneur’s plan to build a successful company include hedges, calculated moves, and conservatism.

 With nothing to lose, young entrepreneurs can look at solving problems with a completely different mindset.  There is very little at risk. They aren’t required to hedge.  And only the thing that crosses the entrepreneur’s mind is the drive to solve the identified problem in the best way possible.  Fortunately, the young entrepreneur has the energy to consistently burn the midnight candle.

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” — Bill Gates

If You’re a 20 Something…

Go for it.

There will never be a better time in your life to live your dream of entrepreneurship.  Swing for the fences with a goal to add your name to the prestigious list above. If you fail, it will have been one of the best learning experiences of your life.

[Editor's Note: This post originally featured on Forbes here]

Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s devices & services business, license Nokia’s patents and mapping services

       Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft's Windows Phone software, a withered Nokia collapsed into the arms of the U.S. software giant, agreeing to sell its main handset business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion).

      Nokia, which will continue as a maker of networking equipment and holder of patents, was once the world's dominant handset manufacturer but was long since overtaken by Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for more powerful smartphones.

     Nokia's Canadian boss Stephen Elop, who ran Microsoft's business software division before jumping to Nokia in 2010, will now return to the U.S. firm as head of its mobile devices business.
He is being discussed as a possible replacement for Microsoft's retiring CEO Steve Ballmer, who is trying to remake the U.S. firm into a gadget and services company like Apple before he departs, after disastrous attempts so far to compete in mobile devices.

      In three years under Elop, Nokia saw its market share collapse and its share price shrivel as investors bet heavily that his strategy would fail.
In 2011, after writing a memo that said Nokia was falling behind and lacked the in-house technology to catch up, Elop made the controversial decision to use his former firm Microsoft's Windows Phone for smartphones, rather than Nokia's own software or Google's ubiquitous Android operating system.
Nokia, which had a 40 percent share of the handset market in 2007, now has a mere 15 percent market share, with an even smaller 3 percent share in smartphones.

     The sale of the handset business is not the first dramatic turn in the 148-year history of a company which has sold everything from television sets to rubber boots. But it was felt as a hard blow in its native Finland, even among hard-nosed investors who saw the sale as a final chance to salvage value.

I have mixed feelings, because I'm a Finn. As a Finnish person, I cannot like this deal. It ends one chapter in this Nokia story," said Juha Varis, Danske Capital's senior portfolio manager whose fund owns Nokia shares. "On the other hand, it was maybe the last opportunity to sell it."

Varis was one of many investors critical of Elop's decision to bet Nokia's future in smartphones on Microsoft's Windows phone software, which was praised by tech reviewers but never caught on with consumers.

"So this is the outcome: the whole business for 5 billion euros. That's peanuts compared to its history," he said.

      It is also a pivotal moment for Microsoft, which still has huge revenues from its Windows computer operating system, Office suite of business software and the X-Box game console, but never managed to set up a profitable mobile device business.
    Microsoft's own mobile gadget, the Surface tablet, has sold tepidly since it was launched last year.
"It's a bold step into the future — a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies," Ballmer said in a statement. "Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services."

Chromecast review (video)

            At Google’s Breakfast with Sundar Pichai event in San Francisco the other day, we expected to hear at least something on the Nexus 7 and Android 4.3, but the Chromecast was a little more surprising. It’s a $35 dongle that basically turns your TV into a Google TV or Smart TV, but in a way that everyone can afford it.
           Using Chromecast and its corresponding desktop application, Android app or Chrome extension will allow you to cast YouTube videos, Netflix, Chrome tabs, and even your entire desktop to your TV. It plugs right into your HDMI port on your TV, too, and there’s little hassle to set it up. It really is a cool little gadget, and we’ve already given it the full review treatment! You can check out our video below:

Chromecast is a really interesting device, especially when it comes to the technology behind it, and when you consider the price and a myriad of other reasons, there’s no doubt it’s going to disrupt the living room. Google has something special here, and we can’t wait until developers begin getting their hands on the Cast API!

What do you think of Chromecast? Is it worth $35 to you? Do you have one yet? Let us know in the comments!