TechTalks

Google is known for pursuing moonshot projects. From self-driving cars to drone delivery, the tech giant always seems to have a futuristic project in the works. So we decided to dig through a bunch of the company’s patent filings to see what big ideas the company may pursue next. Now, it’s always important to take patents with a grain of salt. Many times a company will file a patent for a device that will never see the light of day. However, we stumbled across some pretty wacky patents that we just had to share. Some are cool, some are creepy, but they are all pretty zany. Take a look: 1.There’s a patent for a smart, and somewhat creepy, teddy bear. The bear comes with speakers, cameras, and microphones so it can listen to your conversations and watch your movements. Presumably, this would be used to watch little kids from afar as a parent, but Google hasn’t discussed the intention behind the patent filed in 2012 . 2.And one for a procedure that could give peopl...

Indian online shopping website Snapdeal has accepted the revised offer by flipkart at $950 ,the major reason for this deal to take place was because of the stern competition that exist between  Indian Flipkart and the American Amazon as the top two online marketplace in India. Source : Digit.in This deal was approved by the board of Jasper infotech which is runs Snapdeal but sources claim that the deal is yet to be confirmed by Snapdeal stakeholders. This deal would really help Flipkart in gaining supremacy in the Online shopping industry competition that has seen an exponential growth in recent years . Japan's solar to tech conglomerate SoftBank which happens to be Snapdeal's biggest investor is keen for this deal to happen to get their share of profit from this deal. Another listed eCommerce firm Infibeam tried to acquire snapdeal at a price of $700 but the company rejected the deal stating the price as "too low" . Axis bank is another private secto...