Bing Shows Personalized Info Cards on Bing.com

Yesterday, Bing announced that they have opened a new way on their homepage - showing personalized information cards that will help you keep track of things that are important to you.

As Microsoft brings its upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 platform, we have already seen the virtual voice activated assistant - Cortana - works closely integrated with Bing. Now Microsoft is improving the user experience on Bing by adding some of the features available with the help of Cortana.

In order to get this personalized cards, you need to log on to your Microsoft account, and then you can set up your interests, so Bing can track those information for you. After the setup, when you visit bing.com, you will see information cards on the bottom that are displayed with your preference.

Since all of your preferences are stored in your account, you will see information related to your interests across a range of Bing powered Microsoft services.

You can set your interests here.

Source: Bing

Take A Look at Jupiter's Hot Moon Io in True Color

One of the strangest moon in the solar system, Io is Jupiter's moon and it is bright yellow in color. The reason for the bright yellow color is sulfur and molten silicate rocks. Io has highly active volcanoes and this is the reason the surface of Io is kept young.

Intense tidal gravity from mother planet Jupiter and also the bigger moons of Jupiter stretches Io so hard, Io wobbles greatly and as a result it get lot of heat from friction and causing molten rocks to explode through the surface. Io's volcanic lava is sometimes so hot, it glows in the dark.

 

15-foot Gigantic Oarfish Spotted Near Cortes, Mexico

Oarfish are really some amazing and strange creatures out there in the depth of tropical water. In March, people affiliated with Chicago's Shedd Aquarium spotted two mega 15-foot oarfish near the shore of Cortes, Mexico. Check the video below.

Oarfish are large and elongated fish with silver colored body, they can grow up to 55 feet and weigh more than 275 kilograms. Giant oarfish - particular kind of oarfish are the longest bony fish alive on the planet.

Usually oarfish sighting are rare and mostly ended up being bad for the fish. In 2013, 18-foot oarfish reached the shore of coast of California dead. While scientists were stunned to see the creature, for normal people it was something out of the world experience to see such magnificent silver creature.

Read more about oarfish on wikipedia here, and seasky.org here

Windows Phone 8.1 is Available for Developers

As planned, today Microsoft has released the "Preview for Developer" version of Windows Phone 8.1 and users already registered for the program can now download and install it.

Registered users can check for updates on their phone to get the new update installed. Well if you are not registered for the developer program, it is easy to register and get the Windows Phone 8.1 update on your mobile.

The Golden Planet Saturn, Well It is Also Blue in North

Saturn is partially blue in its northern hemisphere - the reason is the same as our Earth's - the particles in molecules in the clouds are better at scattering blue light than red. But in Saturn Southern hemisphere is still a mystery. You wont see the blue color there, one hypothesis hold that the clouds are higher there. Saturn clouds are the reason for its golden color, but it is still not known why the color is golden.

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You can see the rings of Saturn in this picture as a thin line - this picture is taken by Cassini spacecraft in 2006 and you can also see the moon Enceladus as a small dot neat the ring line. You can also see the magnificent shadow cast by the ring system on Saturn.

Our planets are full of mysteries and yet we need to learn more and more.

Source: NASA

Small Size Windows is Here - Saves More Space on Small Storage Devices

With the new Windows 8.1 Update 1, Microsoft has made many changes to its Windows platform. There is always one problem with Windows on tablets - its size. Even on Microsoft Surface 2 out of 32GB space, 14GB is gone for Windows installation and that seems like too bad for people buying the device believing they have 32GB but only later to know half of it is already occupied.

Cherry Trees Blossom Many Years Ahead of Schedule – Seeds Were in Space for 8 Months

In 2008, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) send about 250 cherry seeds to International Space Station to study how micro-gravity affects them. The seeds were collected from 10 trees including 3 trees that are named as national treasure and producing most beautiful blossoms.