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ChromeCast - A fresh leash of life for non-smart BIG LCDs

Well.. though not officially released in india, its still available on amazon. The product shall be imported to india from US. Though it took a while to be delivered,it was worth the wait. There are many cool things that can be done with a ChromeCast, also gives you options to convert your old LCD tv into a smart TV and believe me with much better internet reception and experience. I loved the way few apps like youtube,podcast where able to stream content seamlessly onto your TV.While this is just one part of the equation. The other being, ChromeBooks and Chrome browser. We can easily screencast a browser tab on the TV and view all the content on the TV, which makes family reading easy and mostly a comfortable way to show content to a wider audience. Imagine yourself planning a vacation and making use of online maps, like googlemaps to plan and sketch the details of the itinerary. And now just imagine if you are able to cast it onto your TV and sit with your family and make a

Edge of Tomorrow--- I definitely was on the edge of my seat

Rarely do we see movies that has everything,starting from action to drama, and so rarely we see that those elements add to the complete experience and rather not just look like a spoiled cherry on top of fresh cake. This movie is one of those,where you have moments, you cant stop laughing, while at the same time feel mesmerized by Full Metal B*****. Also you have moments where you begin to feel the emotions between the 2 lead characters. Overall this movie makes up for all those tom cruise sci-fi duds. Emily stand out and so does Tom cruise. It starts with an episode of Cage chickening out from going into war with so called mimics. But fate does has its plans and he ends up owning certain speculated power of enemy. This makes him the master !!! Truly, at one point i  began to think of it as a lesson. Though there are many concepts borrowed from different movies from the past,like that of Source Code,Battle LA etc, all seems to fit in perfectly on this well made movie. It seems lo