Top 10 Most Interesting Android Facts

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies, also known as Open Handset Alliance, devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008. Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License. You can get more basic information form Wikipedia or similar platforms but today I am going to show you some interesting facts of Android. Although there would be some other fats but I found the given bellow something very interesting. lets see what are the more interesting facts of Android are:

1.  Google didn’t build Android itself. Android was a separate unit which was bought and financially backed by Google way back in 2005. The separate unit was called Android Inc. and was founded by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White in 2003.

2.  60% of Android users are under the age of 34.

3.  Though Samsung has captured much of the Android smartphone sector with its Galaxy series of devices but HTC was the first to take a shot at Android. The first commercially available Android smartphone was called HTC Dream and was released on October 2008. HTC Dream ran on Android 1.5 Cupcake.

4.  33% of Android users have 50 apps on their Android devices.

5.  Do you love the green cute looking Android Logo? Well, google didn’t originally create that. The mascot was adopted from a character named Android! From a game called Gauntlet.

6.  Microsoft earns more from Android than from windows Mobile.

7.  Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said recently that there were over 1.5 million Android devices every day activated.

8.  4.5 billion Applications have been installed from the Android Market.

9.  For 45% of Android users, Android is their first smartphone.

10.  See if you look at the names of all Android versions like Cupcake, Donut Éclair Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, you will definitely get their pattern. Google names the code names of Android versions in alphabetical order. These names are not random but the names of desserts. 

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Top 10 Most Expensive Domain Names Sold

Domain names are used as identification labels to indicate control of a resource. If you own a website you must need a domain to host your site on a server. Now a days different companies are selling domain names at different cost. Some domain are very cheap which some are very expensive.

Moreover the business of reseals domains also known as “Domain aftermarket” is also at its peak now a days. Various factors influence the market value of a domain name. Most of the million dollar domain deals are carried out privately and go unreported.

1. VacationRentals.com

                                        Sold for   $35 Million

2. PrivateJet.com

                                        Sold for   $30.18 Million

3. InSure.com

                                           Sold for   $16 Million

4. Sex.com

     Sold for   $13 Million

5. Hotels.com

                                            Sold for   $11 Million

6. Fund.com

                                        Sold for   $9.99 Million

7. Porn.com

      Sold for   $9.5 Million

8. Fb.com

                                       Sold for   $8.5 Million

9. Business.com

                                     Sold for   $7.5 Million

10. Diamonds.com

                                       Sold for   $7.5 Million

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Top 10 Hidden Google Search Tricks

Google is the most popular search engine in the world. It is a huge search engine produces millions of search results in seconds. Besides Searching, Google also provides other kind of services like social networking, mails, maps, books, news and hundreds more.

Since the beginning, we’ve focused on providing the best user experience possible. Whether we’re designing a new Internet browser or a new tweak to the look of the homepage, we take great care to ensure that they will ultimately serve you, rather than our own internal goal or bottom line. Our homepage interface is clear and simple, and pages load instantly, said by “Google”.

Many Google services are hidden. Every people doesn’t know. But here we going to show you Top 10 Google hidden search tricks. You can try for fun.

1. Google Underwater

With the help of this secret Google trick you can view the underwater version of Google. To try Google underwater, go to Google home page and type Google Underwater in search bar and press “I am feeling lucky”.

2. Google Hacker

If you know hacking then you probably know about the hacker’s community language. Hackers use leet language, which is an alternative alphabet for English language. For example, they write shopping as $h0pp1n9. Leet language is a trend in hacker’s community. If you want to use Google’s leet version then go to google.com and type Google hacker. Now press “I am feeling lucky” button to start using Google in leet language.

3. Dark Google

You can change the background of Google to black color. To try this secret google trick, go to Google home page and type Dark Google. Then press “I am feeling lucky” button.

4. elgooG

Do you want to see, how Google search results look in the mirror..?  If yes, then do not worry.

To check the mirror version of Google, open user Google page and just type elgooG and press enter.

5. Google Sphere

Do you want to see Google moving like a globe? If yes, then you must try this awesome Google Sphere Easter egg. To try, just go to google.com and type Google Sphere in search field. Then press I am lucky button.

6. Do A Barrel roll

This Easter egg is used to give Google search results a 360-degree spin. To Try this go to google.com and type Do a Barrel roll.

Then press I am luck button to see a 360 degree spin to Google search results.

7. Zerg Rush

If you want to chew up Google search result then this Google Easter egg can do it for you. To try this Secret Google trick then go to Google.com and Type Zerg Rush and press enter.

8. Google Gravity

Do you want to see the effect of gravity on Google homepage as well as on search results? To try this go to Google and type Google Gravity in search bar. Now press “I am feeling lucky” button to see the Google homepage falling down. Even after this make a search, you will see that search results are also falling.

9. Google Terminal

This Google Easter egg will show you the terminal version of Google. To try Google as command prompt terminal, just go to Google home page and type Google Terminal. After that, press “I am feeling lucky” button to see the Google trick.

10. Google Pacman

This is a Google doodle trick which helps you to play Pacman on Google’s homepage. To try this Google doodle trick, go to google.com and type Google Pacman and click on “I am feeling lucky” button.

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Top 10 Best Question and Answer Websites

Do you have any question……? Or do you want to ask a question…? Or sometimes you can’t find a valid answer to your question. You do not need to worry because these are a lot of websites and form on which you just post your question and the experts or any other user will suggest you the answer. Now what you have to do is just to pick the answer which fulfills your requirements. I am going to list top 10 question and answer websites which are not only famous but also considered as patent regarding their contents. Do visit these websites if you have any problem.

1. Yahoo!Ansawers

Yahoo! Answers is a community-driven question-and-answer site or a knowledge market launched by Yahoo! on June 28, 2005 that allows users to both submit questions to be answered and answer questions asked by other users. The site gives members the chance to earn points as a way to encourage participation. Yahoo! Answers is available in 12 languages, but several Asian sites operate a different platform which allows for non-Latin characters. The platform is known as Yahoo! Chiebukuro in Japan and as Yahoo! Knowledge in Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong.

2. Answers.com

Answers.com is an Internet-based knowledge exchange, which includes WikiAnswers, ReferenceAnswers, VideoAnswers, and five international language Q&A communities. The website is the primary product of the Answers Corporation. The site supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Tagalog. 

3. Wiki Answers

WikiAnswers is an ad-supported wiki-based website where users can submit and answer questions. This site allows users to post and edit questions and answers. WikiAnswers.com uses wiki technology and allowing editing of content. All the questions that have an answer can be edited and improved over time. WikiAnswers.com uses an Alternates System – where every answer can have dozens of different questions that "trigger" it. When a question is similar to an existing one, they are joined as alternatives. This helps prevent duplicate entries in an effort to promote more cohesive answers.

4. Askville by Amazon

Askville is designed to run much like a computer game. Users gain or lose "experience points" in particular topics as they answer questions in those topics, depending on how good their answer is. Users also receive "quest gold" by asking and answering questions, and by voting on the worth of other people's answers. In the past, these coins could be redeemed for items in an Askville store. There are a variety of topics for questions, many user created. Besides answering factual and opinion questions, members can help others identify a book remembered from childhood or find a special recipe.

5. AOL Answers

AOL Answers is a proactive social search service which groups questions and answers to any topic and allows users to cooperate on them. Any question is allowed on AOL Answers, except ones that violate the AOL Answers terms of use.

6. Answerbag

Answerbag is a collaborative online database of frequently asked questions, where questions are asked and answered by users. Multiple answers to a given question are presented in descending order of user ratings. In a comparison with Yahoo! Answers and MSN Live Q&A, Cnet declared that Answerbag was neck and neck with Yahoo! Answers.

7. Fluther.com

Fluther is a free question-and-answer (Q&A) website with some of the features of a social networking website. Users submit questions to the user-base and answer questions posed by others. It is intended to be a resource for those looking to either solve a problem or generate a discussion. Once submitted, questions are routed toward users that may be able to answer them. In turn, users are encouraged to answer questions relevant to their own fields of expertise.

  

8. Stack Overflow

It features questions and answers on a wide range of topics in computer programming. The website serves as a platform for users to ask and answer questions, and, through membership and active participation, to vote questions and answers up or down and edit questions and answers in a fashion similar to a wiki. Users of Stack Overflow can earn reputation points, badges and can receive badges for their valued contributions, which represents a kind of gamification of the traditional Q&A site or forum.

9. Qoura

Quora is a question-and-answer website created, edited and organized by its community of users. The company was founded in June 2009, and the website was made available to the public on June 21, 2010. It aggregates questions and answers to topics. Users can collaborate by editing questions and suggesting edits to other users' answers.

10. WebmasterQuery

WebmasterQuery is also free question-and-answer (Q&A) website. You can ask any question about any field. Moreover in order to motivate users it also gives points which added in their accounts.

You can gain a bunch of knowledge from the above given websites and find perfect answers as well. The reason is that most of the time you will see answers given by highly qualified professional of the respective fields therefore don't worry about their answers. An answer to you question might not satisfies you but it may be useful for the others. I have also gained help from Stack Overflow regarding programming and used other sites as well. I hope these sites will enhance your knowledge and abilities. Do share if you like and give us feedback. CoolStack always strives to provide you some cool information.

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Top 10 Best websites for Lyrics

Would you like to know your favorite’s song lyric? Tired of singing by phonetic? Here I am going to mention the top 10 websites to download all the coolest and latest lyrics. You can browse by artist, song or album and you can also read the latest additions and find out which were the newest updates. Moreover, you can download some free mp 3 music and discover the concerts that will take place near the place you live.

Below mentioned websites are lyrical database-oriented websites, on which you can view, edit, and discuss the lyrics of songs and you can also view external links from Amazon, Last.fm, Wikipedia and some other sources.

1. Song Lyrics

2. Metro Lyrics

3. Lyrics Freak

4. A-Z lyrics Universe

5. Lyrics 007

6. Lyrics on Demand

7. Elyrics

8. Seek Lyrics

9. Seek a lyrics

10. Only Lyrics

There are many other websites for lyrics but i find the above mentioned websites best and up-to-date.

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Top 10 most Venomous Snakes in the World

Snakes are one of the most extraordinary creatures to be found that have always astonished and scared us. A lot of people are really scared of this animal but there are also others who like snakes so much. No doubt they (snakes) seems like a wonderful beauty of wild nature but they are also dangerous to our lives. The reason is that – a lot of stories about poisonous snakes or snakes that have eaten large animals, are often true thus creating this fear most of us feel towards the snakes. There are different varieties or kinds of snakes and there are also famous snakes that carries large amount of venom that can surely kill you if there is no immediate antidote available. Let us take a look at some of the snakes that truly should be feared of because they are considered to be the most venomous snakes in the world.

Black Mamba

Black Mamba

The most poisonous one is the Black Mamba is found throughout many parts of the African continent. The death rate of poisonous snakes is often measured by the number of people it is capable to kill with just one bit. They are also the fastest land snake in the world, capable of reaching speeds of up to 20km/h. The venom is a fast acting neurotoxin. Its bite delivers about 100–120 mg of venom. The death rate of Black Mamba is astonishing 200 people! This snake, mostly found in Africa, kills 75 per cent of its victims.

Inland Taipan

Inland Taipan

This snake is actually known as Fierce Snake and is found in many parts of Australia. . This snake is dark tan in color that is ranging from a rich dark hue to a brownish light-green. You really need to stay away from this kind of snake because It has the most toxic venom of any land snake in the world. The maximum yield recorded for one bite is 110mg, enough to kill about 100 humans, or 250,000 mice. Despite of its being so venomous it does not want to get involved in any trouble

Eastern Brown Snake

Eastern Brown Snake

You can see this snake in the centers of Australia along with major populations. It is fast, aggressive and has been known to chase aggressors and repeatedly strike at them. The bite of this snake is very dangerous since it will definitely kill you. The color of the snake is usually brown and it has various patterns that include speckles and bands. Be careful with this snake because it is very active during the day.

Blue Krait

Blue Krait Snake

The Malayan or Bungarus or Blue Krait is one of the most deadly of this species. Found throughout South East Asia and Indonesia. Kraits hunt and kill other snakes. The snake is covered in smooth glossy scales that are arranged in bold stripped patterns. The venom is a neurotoxin, 16 times more potent than that of a Cobra. Death usually occurs within 6-12 hours of a Krait bite.

Tiger Snake

tiger snake

Tiger snake is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. You will surely see this kind of snake in the southern regions of Australia, including coastal islands and Tasmania. This snake actually has very attractive colors since its bands are just like with those on a tiger. When this snake is threatened, they will flatten their bodies and raise their heads above the ground in a classic prestrike stance.

Taipan

Taipan

This snake is also found in Australia and strong onough to kill almost 12,000 guinea pigs. This snake can actually grow as long as three meters. There are actually different kinds of taipan and it definitely comes in different colors. The coastal taipan is pale to dark in color while Papuan taipan is black of purplish-gray in color.

Vipers

Viper Snake

These snakes are found throughout most of the world. This is very common venomous snakes that can surely kill you without any signal. They actually have long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom to its target. Each of the two fangs can really rotate freely. They are also very fast.

Death Adder

Death Adder Snake

Death adders are also known as acanthophis and one of the most venomous snakes. This snake is common in Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands. They actually hunt and kill other snakes. Death adders have unique characteristics that really make them different from the others. It actually has a viper-like appearance, short and robust body, triangular shape head and small subocular scales.

Philippine Cobra

Philippine Cobra

You will see lot of this type of  snake in the northern part of the Philippines. Philippine cobra is a stocky, highly venomous spitting cobra. This is actually one of the most venomous snakes that you really need to avoid. This snake will not really grow long since it is only a medium sized snake with a long baby-back ribs that is capable of expending when threatened, thus forming a hood.

Rattle Snake

Rattle snake

This snake is found in America. Rattlesnake is easily identifiable by the tell tale rattle on the end of its tail. They are a part of the Pit Vipers. Rattle snake bite is always a potentially fatal injury. Untreated rattlesnake bites are very often fatal. However, antivenin, when applied in time, reduces the death rate to less than 4%.

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Thus concluding this list i must want to say that you most probably see the above mentioned snakes in the list of top 10 because they are actually very venomous and scared. Be-careful because snakes can bite, and they mostly did, intentionally or un-intentionally. 

I hope you like this article and for more top10 stay tuned to CooL Stack. 

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