Monday, October 14, 2013

Quiz Time 131

1)X was first introduced  in France.It was used for online purchases, make train reservations, check stock prices & even search the telephone directory.-It was a precursor to WWW online services. Identify X ?

2)Connect
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3)Which American IT company bought Goodreads.com in 2013 ?

4)X was a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the  18th century.It was exhibited as an automation,but actually it was a hoax. In November 2005, Y even named an API after it. Identify X & Y ?

5)Identify



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6)Which company launched the "Toq" series of smart watch in October 2013 as a proof of concept ?

7)Expand IMOD ?
Hint- a new technology used in visual displays.may become popular in future !

8)Identify this audio format ?


9)X is a standard developed by the Wireless Power Consortium for electrical power transfer over distances of up to 4 cm.Many companies like  Asus, HTC, Huawei,  Nokia are part of the venture. Identify X ?

10)Identify?
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6 comments:

  1. 2.apple (Authentec acq by apple and iphone)
    3. amazon.com
    6.qualcomm
    10.smartglass

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  2. 1.
    2.Apple
    3.Amazon
    4.The Machinical Turk and Amazon ?
    5.Amazon Glacier
    6.Qualcomm
    7. Interferometric Modular Display by Qualcomm
    8.flac (free loseless audio codec)
    9.qi
    10. Smartglass
    Really awesome set of questions..

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  3. 2. Apple
    3. Amazon
    5. Amazon Glacier
    6. Qualcomm @WWDC
    7. Interferometric modulator display
    8. .flac
    10. XBox smartglass

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  4. 1. Minitel
    2. iTunes Connect
    3. Amazon.com
    4. The Turk
    5. Amazon Glacier
    6. QualCOMM
    7. Interferometric Modular Display (QualCOMM)
    8. Flac
    9. Qi (inductive power standard)
    10. XBOX SmartGlass

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  5. 1.minitel
    2.iPhone 5s (hacked by ccc)
    3.Amazon
    4.The Turk
    5.amazon s3
    6.Qualcomm
    7.Interferometric modulator display
    8.flac
    9.Qi
    10.smart glass xbox

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  6. Thanks all for commenting! SHARAT CHANDAR got all correct

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