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Mahindra-Owned SsangYong Reveals Compact SUV TIVOLI

SsangYong,Mahindra & Mahindraowned Korean carmaker, has revealed the official sketches of its upcoming compact SUV - the Tivoli. Scheduled to be launched in January 2015 in Korea and globally during the second quarter of 2015, the car is expected to come to India as well around the same time.
Based on SsangYong's new design language, the car certainly looks lot more stylish than other SsangYong SUVs. However, the production-variant will look slightly different from this. The compact SUV takes its design cues from SsangYong XIV-Air and XIV-Adventure concepts that were showcased at the 2014 Paris Motor Show. Whereas the front-fascia of the car looks quite dynamic and sporty, the rear profile looks very plain with conventional extended wrap-around tail-lamps. The cabin also looks very modern and futuristic.

"'Tivoli' is a name of an Italian city located adjacent to Rome.It has been long beloved by Italian people as a resort town which is well known for its cultural heritage with palaces such as Villa d'Este and its scenic beauty.", said the company in a statement.

Android 5.0 Lollipop Bug-king

Another day and another Android 5.0 Lollipop bug. This time multiple users running the latest Android build on the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 handsets are reporting a bug that is preventing them from sending SMS messages.
Notably, Google has now confirmed to a Dutch site  that the SMS bug is also affecting the new Nexus 6 while a user has claimed that the new Moto X is also having problems with sending texts. The bug however is only reported to be affecting users on select carriers - Vodafone Netherlands, Vodafone India, and Mobistar (Belgium).
One of the users describes the issue, saying, "When trying to send an SMS it fails. Using the new messenger app I get an error code 38."
A user from India using Vodafone writes, "Same issue here on Vodafone India. Not able to send SMS to any number."

Reporting the bug on the Android Issue Tracker titled "Cannot send SMS Vodafone NL", Android 5.0 Lollipop users are claiming that the messages sent from an affected device never reach the recipient; though devices that are said to be affected by the bug can still receive messages.
While acknowledging the SMS bug, Google responded to Tweakers and said (Google Translate), "We have discovered a software bug in Android 5.0 Lollipop which ensures that Vodafone customers cannot send text messages in the Netherlands. This bug affects the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, but the Nexus 6 as well."

Prior to this, we'd heard about a Wi-Fi bug that was reported to be affecting some users, and then multiple reports claimed that Android 5.0 Lollipop also removed the very useful 'silent mode' from phones. Some Nexus 7 (2013) tablet users on Monday were reporting issues in playing any video on the device after updating to the latest version of Android.

Eight Siri Features That Android Doesn't Have

 Siri is about as close as a virtual voice assistant can come to matching a real person. Any Apple user can tell you that Siri has a great personality, is unfailingly polite and can execute a bunch of actions on your iOS device - just be sure to ask politely. You can ask Siri to make phone calls, read out your email and even have conversations about its favourite films.
1. Teach Siri to pronounce names

If Siri isn't pronouncing any contact's name properly, say, "That's not how you pronounce it." Siri will then ask you to pronounce the name. Then it will show you three audio clips, each with a different pronunciation of the name. You can pick the one that's closest to the actual pronunciation. No matter how hard we tried, Siri had trouble pronouncing many Indian names. In that, it's just like a real person from another country who can't pronounce local names. Android users can also do this, but the process is more complicated. You have to go to contacts, then edit the entry, then add a field for phonetic name, before finally having to type in the name phonetically. It's definitely easier to do it Apple's way.
2. Post to Twitter/Facebook
If you've logged in to Facebook (Settings > Facebook) and Twitter (Settings > Twitter), you can ask Siri to post a status update or tweet. Just say, "Post to Facebook" followed by your message or, "Tweet" followed by what you want to post on Twitter.
3. Search recent tweets
Siri has a built-in Twitter search function, which you can use to look for recent tweets or just to display a list of your most recent tweets. Just say, "Search Twitter for" followed by your query. To see your tweets, say, "Show my tweets". Of course, you need to be logged into Twitter (Settings > Twitter) on your device for this to work.
4. Identify, buy songs
Siri now identifies songs via an integration with Shazam. Say, "Which song is this?" or "Name that tune". Siri will listen to the song and try to identify it. This works well with both English and Hindi songs. You can tap the Buy button next to the song or you can ask Siri to buy the song for you. Google has this feature too, but it is not active in India yet.
If any song is playing (or paused) in your music player, you can ask Siri to "Buy that song". It will search the iTunes Store for the song and you can buy it there.
5. Weather
Any personal assistant worth its salt will be able to tell you the local temperature and show you a forecast. But you can ask Siri specific questions such as, "Is it cold outside?". It then answers your query and shows the day's forecast. Asking Google if it is cold outside had us listening to the song of the same name, which wasn't a total loss, though not what we had in mind.
6. Roll dice, flip coins
You're in a situation that can only be resolved with a coin toss or a throw of the dice. You can either search every nook and cranny in your wallet for a coin and search your entire house for that elusive dice. Or you can just ask Siri to do either of these things. Google has added this feature but Google Voice search doesn't help with this yet.
7. Best movies
Siri's taste in films seems to be heavily inclined towards movies that feature artificial intelligence. If you ask it about its favourite film, its answer is sometimes Blade Runner and sometimes 2001: A Space Odyssey. Even if you ask it to pull out a list of best films, Her is among the top three. But what's more useful is that you can also ask it about "best movies in 1999" or any other year and it lists 24 of the top-rated films on film review website Rotten Tomatoes. Google returns "popular on the web" results, which are not nearly as useful.
8. Siri's got personality
This is one place where Siri is miles ahead of Google Voice Search. You can have conversations with Siri. You can ask it various questions ranging from its origins, if it needs food or sleep to whether it 'loves you'. Siri's personality is good enough that a boy with autism made Siri his best friend. This might not sound like a very important feature, but it's also what makes actually using Siri so comfortable, despite the accent problems, and that's an accomplishment.
These are the things Siri is best at, but there are other things it can do. The following features are available with other virtual assistants too, but that doesn't make them any less useful.

1. Read messages and email.
2. Call numbers, contacts, set alarms, reminders, and set up meetings with your contacts. It can also assign relationships - you can say, "Mom is my mother", and Siri adds the relationship to your contact list.
3. Switch on/off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, etc.
4. Open apps (just speak the name of the app).
5. Search Google (default Siri search is Bing and there's no way to change that).
6. Unit and currency conversions.
7. Solve maths problems (and calculate percentage tips on restaurant bills)
8. Wikipedia searches: Try, "Tell me about..." followed by the name of a famous person or event.
9. Siri can tell you the current time in any major city. You can also ask it to tell you the number of days between any two dates.
10. Sports scores: You can ask Siri about major sporting events such as English Premier League scores.