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 गूगल ड्राइव में फोटो सेव करना अब महंगा पड़ेगा। गूगल ने इसके नियम बदले हैं। यह 1 जून से नया नियम प्रभावी होगा। गूगल के मुताबिक अब आप गूगल ड्राइव में अनलिमिटेड फोटो सेव नहीं कर पाएंगे। गूगल फोटोज में अनलिमिटेड स्टोरेज खत्म होने की बात तो आपने सुनी होगी, लेकिन यह सिर्फ गूगल ड्राइव, गूगल फोटोज पर ही नहीं गूगल के ई-मेल सर्विस जीमेल पर भी लागू होगा। ऐसे में आपको 1 जून के बाद इसके लिए तय राशि का भुगतान करना पड़ेगा।

नए नियमों के मुताबिक अब हरेक गूगल साइन इन यूजर्स को अधिकतम 15 जीबी का स्‍टोरेज स्‍पेस ही दिया जाएगा। इसमें गूगल फोटोज, गूगल ड्राइव और गूगल जीमेल की स्‍टोरेज क्षमता समाहित है। ऐसे में 15 जीबी से अधिक स्‍टोरेज यूज करने के बदले में आपको चार्ज देना होगा। गूगल ने अपनी सेवाओं के उपयोग के बदले में 1 जून से यह बड़ा बदलाव लागू किया है।

1 जून से पहले अपलोड और सेव की गई फोटोज के नहीं लगेंगे पैसे

गूगल ने अभी हाई क्‍वालिटी और एक्‍सप्रेस क्‍वालिटी के फोटोज के लिए क्‍लाउड स्‍पेस गूगल वन पर खरीदने की पेशकश की है। यहां आपके फोन की तस्‍वीरें और वीडियोज सेव किए जा सकते हैं। जहां तस्‍वीरों और वीडियो की गुणवत्‍ता हूबहू रखने के लिए आपको पैसे चुकाने होंगे। गूगल के निए नियम 1 जून के पहले तक सेव की गई तस्‍वीरों पर लागू नहीं होगा।

गूगल वन से पैसे चुकाकर खरीद सकते हैं क्‍लाउड स्‍पेस

अगर आप सक्षम हैं तो गूगल ड्राइव में फोटो सेव करने के लिए गूगल वन से क्‍लाउड स्‍पेस खरीद सकते हैं। हालांकि दूसरी कंपनियां भी क्‍लाउड स्‍पेस ऑफर करती हैं, लेकिन उनके मुकाबले गूगल ड्राइव सुरक्षित है। इसके हैक होने के खतरे कम हैं। वैसे अगर आप पैसे देकर गूगल में फोटो सेव नहीं करना चाहते तो पेन ड्राइव, ओटीजी या फिर हाई ड्राइव सबसे बेहतर तरीका है, जहां आप अपनी पसंदीदा फोटो और वीडियो सेव करके रख सकते हैं। 

Flying House No Longer a Dream

 In Kirkland, Washington there’s a Company that has been Customizing Jumbo Jet Interiors for Heads of State and High Net Worth Clients for over 30 years.

 

Established in 1988, Greenpoint Technologies is a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) Completion Center providing Turnkey Interior Completions. To date, Greenpoint has completed A Number of Interiors to Various Boeing Jets including - 787s, 747-8s, 737s, 747s, 757s, 737s, 727s etc.

 

The Jaw-Dropping “Living Spaces” can near 5,000 square feet and include Staterooms, Lounges, Offices and Dining Areas. According to Business Insider, the Cost of the Aircraft alone can be upwards of $367 million and that’s before Retrofitting the Plane with Custom Interiors and Flourishes.

 

Below a Gallery of Photographs and Renderings of the Incredible Interiors Greenpoint has designed for their Exclusive Clientele.

Animal Architects - The Beautiful Homes They Build

 Most Animals and Birds are content with finding a Slightly Softer and More Sheltered Space to sleep for the Night, but there also Wild Animals and Birds out there that demand nothing but the Finest Accommodations. These 10 Animals and Birds are some of the Best Architects that the Animal Kingdom has to offer.

Home Building is probably the closest that many Animals will come to tool use, in the sense that we think of it. It seems that the jury is still out on whether or not Nest Building (or Dam, in the Beaver‘s case) can be considered to be tool use – these Animals do carry Sticks, Twigs and Leaves for Intentional Future Use.

An Extensive Collection of Images of Structures created by Animals.

Sociable Weaver

The Sociable Weaver, native to South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, weaves Huge Communal Nests that can hosts Hundreds of Birds across multiple generations. These Nests, woven from Sticks and Grass, are permanent. The Deeper Inner Chambers maintain a Higher Temperature at Night, allowing the Birds to stay Warm. (Image credits: Denis Roschlau)

Vogelkop Bowerbird

The Male Vogelkop Bowerbird creates Bowers or Small Huts, out of Grass and Sticks to attract Females to mate with. The Consummate Interior Designers of the Animal World, these Birds arrange Berries, Beetles, Flowers and other Colorful and Eye-Catching Ornaments into Artistic Arrangements to attract their Mates. Ironically, the Females do not actually use these Bowers to raise their young. (Image credits: thewildernessalternative.com)

Compass Termite

The Compass Termite builds Large Wedge-Shaped Mounds for Nests. These Wedges are roughly oriented in a North-South Orientation, which gives them their name. It is believed that this shape helps their Mounds Stay Thermoregulated. (Image credits: Travel NT)

Honey Bees

Honeybees’ entire lives revolve around their Nests. It is in these Nests, which they construct out of Secreted Wax, that they process their Food and raise their young. (Image credits: Damian Biniek)

Red Ovenbird

The Red Ovenbird builds its Nest out of Clay and Mud. These Strong Nests help prevent Predation and once abandoned, can provide other Birds with a Relatively Secure Place to Live. (Image credits: Eric Henrique)

Baya Weaver

Baya weavers often build their elegant hanging woven nests in thorny palm and acacia trees or above bodies of water, where predators may have difficulty reaching them. The nests can often be found in colonies, although isolated ones do exist as well. (Image credits: subroto)

Wasp

The majority of Wasps actually do not actually Build Nests, preferring Solitary or even Parasitic Arrangements. Social Wasps, on the other hand, build Elegant Paper Nests out of Plant Pulp, Spit, Resin and Other Materials. These consist of Internal Paper Honeycomb Tiers (similar to a Honey Bee’s Comb in appearance but not Material) surrounded by a Paper Wrapping. (Image credits: crabcaked)

Montezuma Oropendola

The Montezuma Oropendola weaves its Nests out of Small Vines and Grass. They usually live in Colonies of roughly 30 Birds, which include a Dominant Male that mates with the Females. (Image credits: Simon Valdez)

Swallow

Swallows build Nests out of Various Materials and some don’t even build any at all, choosing instead to Nest in found or Abandoned Cavities. Certain Species of Swallow, however, create their Nests primarily out of their Own Saliva. These Nests are Edible and are considered a delicacy by some. (Image credits: Sabyasachi Kolkata)

Caddisfly

When it’s time for the Caddisfly to pupate, it spins a Tough Cocoon out of Pebbles, Sand, Shells and other Lake and River-Bed Detritus. It weaves these Elements together with strands of its Own Silk to safely grow to Adulthood. (Image credits: Jan Hamrsky)

Machine Feeds Stray Animals for Recycled Bottles

 Machine Feeds Stray Animals for Recycled Bottles

With roughly 14 million inhabitants, Istanbul, Turkey is one of the world’s largest cities. Living amongst the city dwellers is a swelling number of stray cats and dogs, with an estimated population of 150,000. The issue of stray animals is a polarizing topic in Turkey where any attempts by the Government to address the problem is met with strong opposition.

Animal activists say the core problems involve animal smuggling and illegal pet shops. According to DW.de:

 

Animal smugglers only face a fine of a few hundred euros at worst, they continue to bring expensive pure-bred puppies and sell them to pet stores. People often buy the puppies from pet stores, and abandon them when they become too tough to handle.

In the meantime, stray animals are starving to death. To help address this issue, a Turkish company named Pudgeon has introduced a vending machine that releases food and water in exchange for recycled plastic bottles. This not only encourages people to recycle and keep the streets clean, but raises awareness of the stray animals issue impacting the city.

Leftover water is collected and the money made from the recycled bottles is used to maintain the machines and purchase food. A growing number of the vending machines are appearing in communities and neighbourhoods around the city.

According to Big Think, ‘in 2012, the Government drafted a law that would send city dogs to “wildlife parks” on city outskirts. The proposal outraged animal rights activists who referred to a brutal act of animal cruelty from 1910 when the city’s stray dogs were sent to an island and left there to eat themselves to death or die of hunger.’

“Whether we like it or not, we have to take responsibility and accept the fact that stray dogs and cats didn’t just appear one fine morning on our streets,” says Ahmet Senpolat, an Istanbul-based animal rights lawyer.

Ultimately, the vending machines are not a long term solution. However, the program not only encourages recycling but raises awareness of the issue and prompts citizens to pressure the government to address the underlying problems and figure out sustainable, long-term solutions.