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1. Every year, Finland increases in surface area by about 7 sq km (2.7 sq mi) per year because it is rebounding from the weight of ice-age glaciers and rising out of the sea.2. In Finland, slot machines are monopolized by a non-profit company that gives all its earnings to charity.3. There's a Wife Carrying World Championship in Finland. In it, the first prize is the wife's weight in beer.4. There's a Golf Club on the border of Sweden and Finland: half the holes are in one country and half in the other.5. In Finland, 9 out of 10 plastic bottles are returned for recycling and almost 100% of glass bottles are also recycled.6. Passports issued by Finland offer visa-free travel to more countries than any other passports.7. Dining tables and chairs are named after places in Finland.8. There's a resort in Finland where you sleep in a glass igloo to watch the northern lights.9. Mobile Phone Throwing is an official sport in Finland.10. Finland has more heavy metal bands per capita than any other country in the world.Edit:11. There are more saunas (about 2.2 million) than cars in Finland. Approximately, 1 for every 2.5 people!12. Finland offers the world's best education! It has the highest level of academic achievements of all surveyed countries for reading, mathematics and sciences. Ironically, it also has the lowest percentage of children 'liking school a lot' (only 8%).13. Finland is the most sparsely populated country in the European Union, with only 16 inhabitants per sq km.14. Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes! There are exactly 187,888 lakes (larger than 500 m²) and 179,584 islands within the territory of Finland. Both are world records!15. The 120 km Päijänne Water Tunnel is Europe's longest tunnel and the world's second longest.16. Finland was one of the last region of Europe to be Christianized, in the 12th century.17. Finnish athletes have won more Summer Olympic medals per capita than any other nation.18. Drivers from Finland have won more World Rally championships (14 titles) than any other country.19. The Finns are the world's biggest coffee drinkers, gulping down no less than 12 kg of the black substance annually, twice more than the Italians, three times more than the Americans, and four times more than the Brits!20. Santa Claus (known in Finland as Joulupukki or "Yule Goat") officially resides in a house built right on top of the Arctic circle, near the town of Rovaniemi, in the northern province of Lappland. The Santa Claus Post Office (address: Santa Claus Village, FIN-96930 Arctic Circle) receives some 700,000 letters every year from children from 198 countries (so far).21. According to the World Audit study, Finland is the least corrupt and most democratic country in the world as of 2012.22. Nokia Corporation (a Finnish company) was the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones from 1998 to 2012, with a global market share of over 35% between 2006 and 2009.23. The amount you get fined for speeding in Finland depends on the amount you earn!24. Finland is known as the land of the midnight sun.25. There are no public payphones in Finland. But, there are over 5 million mobile phones in Finland for a population of 5.4 million.26. One and two cent coins are not used in Finland.27. Finland probably holds the world record for hosting worldchampionships!28. When driving in Finland, you must keep your headlights on all the time. (Even in daylight)29. In Finland, children do not go to school until they're 7.Edit 2:30. Finland has an annual Day for Failure every October 13th.31. Finland has some of the world’s best “Freedom to Roam” opportunities. This means that you can pitch a tent, forage for wild lingonberries or catch zanders in the lakes for free and without worry.32. Erwise was the world’s first Internet Browser with a User Interface, launched in 1994 in Finland by 3 technology students.33. Finland has the world's best pizza.34. Finland has world’s highest annual consumption of milk per capita – around 1 quart per person every day.35. Linux was actually started as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. History of Linux36. Angry birds is created by a Finnish game developer studio - Rovio Entertainment.And finally...37. Clash of Clans was developed by Supercell (a video game company) in Finland. (Thanks Dhruv Jagetiya)Sources: Finland Facts: 18 Facts about Finland ←FACTSlides→Interesting facts about FinlandFinland news, all the latest and breaking Finnish news - FINNBAY14 mind-boggling facts you probably didn't know about Finland - momondoExtra source: Wikipedia.All the images are copyrights of their respective owners.

Go for Mi TV 4Xiaomi has been in India for close to four years now. Ever since its phones became popular, a lot of geeks have been following in amazement how Xiaomi had managed to sell Mi TVs which were feature packed, at such affordable rates in China. Every Xiaomi smartphone launch that I have attended since 2014, has seen a lot of journalists ask one common question to Xiaomi representatives.“When is the Xiaomi Mi TV coming to India?”Ads by ZINCXiaomi Mi Tv 4. XiaomiAnd every time there used to be a common answer, along these lines, “We would like to focus and build up our existing smartphone catalogue and then maybe in the future when we are ready, we will get the Mi TVs as well.”Well, it took four years, and since the last couple of quarters, Xiaomi has been giving some tough competition to Samsung in the mobile phones arena. Guess the time couldn’t have been more apt to introduce its much-awaited product category. We finally have the Mi TV 4 with us and it’s been priced at Rs 39,999.We will cut to the chase and say that this is a great price for the kind of features you are getting with the Mi TV 4. Yes, there are some issues, but the pros far outweigh the cons. So with that out of the way, read on for the in-depth review.Build and Design: 8/10The Mi TV 4 comes with an eye-catching design for sure. The highlight is, of course, the 4.9 mm thin edge which runs across the display. You don’t even get smartphones which are that thin. And complementing the thin edges are thinner bezels that border the display. If there is a dark scene, for instance, you cannot differentiate between the bezel and the scene. It is a frameless design. Also kudos to Xiaomi for having a brush metal finish covering on the rear side of the TV in the top half.The frameless display of the Xiaomi Mi TV 4. XiaomiYou can wall mount as well as have the TV on the stand. The bundled stand is made of anodised metal allow which has a sort of triangular shape which looks good. The stands distribute the weight of the TV evenly and as the front facing stand leg is lengthier than the rear leg, there’s enough assurance that the TV won’t topple over if accidentally brushed from the rear side. I used to to be extra careful as my switchboard was just behind the TV and I had to reach it from the top of the TV. There is a dedicated power button just under the TV, below the Mi logo.The ports at the back of the MI TV 4. Image: tech2/Nimish SawantThe controller section of the TV is housed inside a plastic casing on the bottom half of the rear side. The approach to the various ports is well thought out so that there is enough space to manoeuvre around, even if the TV is wall mounted.There's plenty of space to accommodate various types of dongles at the back. Image: tech2/Nimish SawantThe bundled remote control reminded me a lot of the Amazon Fire Stick remote, but Xiaomi claims that this same remote design was also present on the first Mi TV which came much before the Fire Stick. You get a circular D-pad which helps with navigation and the clickable button in the centre is used for confirming the selections. Below this, there are rounded home, back and option buttons followed by a long rounded rectangular volume button. The buttons are responsive and the build quality of the plastic is sturdy. Although the placement of Home and Back buttons is a bit odd, with the Back button in the centre.Features: 7.5/10Xiaomi is known to go aggressive with the specifications on its devices. And it’s no different for the Mi TV 4. This is a 55-inch 4K HDR frameless display which comes with a smart LED backlight. So you get a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. The TV has a refresh rate of 60 Hz and a typical response time of 8 ms. This is a Samsung VA panel. Two downward-firing 8W speakers are built into the TV and they come with Dolby Audio certification.Talking about ports, you get 3x HDMI ports (with one having audio return channel), 1x Ethernet port, 1x S/PDIF out, 1x AV port, 1x USB 2.0 port and 1x USB 3.0 port. On the connectivity front, there is support for Bluetooth 4.0 LE as well as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (supporting 2.4 GHz as well as 5 GHz bands). There’s also a port for connecting your antenna.Xiaomi Mi Tv 4. XiaomiComing on the inside, we get an Amlogic T968 chipset having a 64-bit quad-core processor clocked at 1.8 GHz with Mali T830 MP2 GPU. This is paired with 2 GB RAM and 8 GB storage of eMMC storage. This is only meant for apps and software and you cannot download TV shows on the internal storage.There is an additional accessory called the Mi IR set-top box controller that needs to be bought separately. This cable helps you switch between the smart TV user interface and the STB interface with the Mi Remote. Buying it separately for Rs 299 (Rs 149 on discount) seems like a stupid idea, as one would expect it to be part of the bundle since having a unified interface is one of the USPs of the Mi TV 4. I never got the Mi IR cable from Xiaomi despite repeated reminders, so I was stuck with using three separate remotes - the Mi Remote, my STB remote and my Amazon Fire Stick remote. I couldn’t even buy it online, as it showed up as out of stock. Also it looks strange to have a wire hanging from your TV if you have a clean wall mounted set-up.The Mi TV 4 supports HDR 10 and not Dolby Vision as Xiaomi claimed. Indeed, there's more HDR 10 content than Dolby Vision content available out there, so you will not really lose out on much.Software and User interface: 7.5/10Mi TV 4 comes with an Android 6.0 based operating system called PatchWall. The philosophy with the PatchWall interface is to keep content front and centre. You do not see any streaming app buckets up front and the idea is to keep the interface app agnostic. Xiaomi promises 500k + hours of content available at your disposal at launch. We only saw Sony Liv, Hungama Play, Alt Balaji, Voot, Voot Kids as initial launch partners.The interface is neatly divided and has an almost magazine-like interface. In terms of looks, it has nothing on the webOS TV interface we've seen on LG smart TVs. That's easily the most beautifully done interface. PatchWall is more function than form, which isn't such a bad thing.The PatchWall OS by Xiaomi. Image: tech2/Nimish SawantYou see the large thumbnails of the TV show or movie up front. There’s endless scrolling and the content is categorised contextually. At the top, you have the primary categories such as Home, VIP, Movies, TV Shows, Kids, Music, Sports. Each category is self-explanatory. VIP section has the services which you need to subscribe to for content - which will have to be done via a mobile phone. For the first three months, Xiaomi is offering it's Mi TV 4 buyers a free subscription to Hungama Play, Sony Liv and Alt Balaji.Under the Home section, you have the TV Inputs portion which shows the different ports and lets you switch between them. This is followed by Recent where you see a list of the last few seen shows. This is followed by categories that keep changing regularly, based on your viewing patterns, based on what’s trending and so on. For instance, I saw a ‘Best of Sridevi’ category which wasn’t there some days ago, a tribute to the actress after her untimely death. This is something I found to be smart and really going beyond just a static interface.As you watch, based on your tastes and viewing patterns, the layout and categories shown to you on the home page will change. The other sections such as Music, TV Shows and Movies also have a genre-based categorisation. Also to play the content, you simply tap on what you want to play and it will start playing. There is no need to open the app and then play it. Some content which is behind a paywall will not play immediately, as you will get a prompt to download the plugin for that app and subscribe to that service before it will play the content.If you are feeling overwhelmed with having to browse through so much, you can simply Search for the content you want. And here is where another intelligent bit shows up. The search result will not only show you content from the apps, but also from what’s currently showing on air or what is about to play.Why does Xiaomi not bundle the Mi IR cable?. Image: tech2/Nimish SawantTime is now ripe to discuss the On Air feature. Xiaomi has partnered with companies which make electronic programme guides (EPG) for DTH providers and digital cable providers. This access to EPG data lets the PatchWall OS show you which shows are currently on air, and what’s the content duration that has passed through on the TV show or movie. So say you spot Suryavansham playing on Sony Max, and you want to watch it, with one glance you can graphically know how much of the movie is already over thanks to the green seeker marker. This is an interesting touch. And here is where the Mi IR remote can really enhance your experience, as you can use your Mi TV 4 Remote to switch from the smart TV interface to your cable TV and continue using the same remote. Since Xiaomi did not send me a Mi IR cable, I had to keep changing remotes.There's a TV manager feature which works just like your phone manager, in the sense that it manages memory, cleans trash and shuts open apps to optimise the performance.The user interface does not take much of a learning curve, as the content is right up front, so there isn’t much need of digging around to do. The infinite scrolling can get cumbersome for some users. And Mi TV 4 should support voice control already. It’s 2018.Support for apps such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video isn’t there. While I didn’t try side-loading apps, as a majority of online forum reports stated that side-loaded Netflix app does not play any video. Plus with an Amazon Fire Stick attached, I didn’t feel the need to. But not everyone out there may have a Fire Stick, and it would be in Xiaomi’s favour to have Netflix, Prime Video at least in its stable. While the Hotstar app shows up on the Xiaomi Mi TV product page, I did not see it anywhere on the PatchWall interface.The PatchWall OS also has support for up to 15 Indian languages, so you can set the interface language according to your preference.Performance: 8/10The Xiaomi Mi TV 4 has a Samsung made VA panel which offers excellent colour reproduction, viewing angles are good provided you don’t view from extreme angles as that will result in contrast shifting. Backlight bleed is not noticeable unless you are really looking for that. You may need to adjust the brightness and contrast settings at times, or you can use the preset modes.The two 8W downward firing speakers are good enough for your basic audio needs. When watching a TV show or watching a live sport, my only concern was that the sound should be loud and clear enough. On that front, Xiaomi MI TV 4 delivers. But if I am watching a movie or playing a game, then I feel I can certainly do with a better speaker set or an audio bar. The lower frequencies aren’t handled that great by the Mi TV 4 bundled speakers. But thankfully, there is no voice distortion at higher volume levels. Bluetooth support lets you pair your Bluetooth headsets or Bluetooth speakers with the Mi TV 4. This is great if you are viewing those late night football matches, but do not want to miss out on the commentary.The Hungama App. Image: tech2/Nimish SawantWhen watching content streaming off of the Fire Stick, as long as I had no issues with the internet connection, the scaling was really good. HD and FHD content scales really well across the display. There were no immediately visible issues as such. But when I was streaming live games, such as football and cricket matches, I realised the quality of scaling and clarity wasn’t that up to the mark. It could be due to slow connection speeds, but I double checked and other non-live content streamed quite well. When I switched to my cable display, I still noticed a minor bit of framing during the fast football passes. But it’s not enough to impact the overall viewing experience.The Xiaomi Mi TV 4 remote. XiaomiSince the onboard services do not offer native 4K content, I had to download some 4K clips to view it on the display. I downloaded clips with bright as well as dark lighting situations, and the TV display held well on both ends. Since I have the Fire Stick which limits the broadcast to 1080p, even the Premium Netflix plan content had to be seen in Full HD and wasn’t able to stream in UltraHD. So it’s a classic chicken and egg situation. Mi TV 4 offers 4K HDR support but does not have any native 4K HDR content offering. Also, there is no way to know the actual resolution on the bundled apps, you only get options such as low, medium, high, which is not really helpful.If you have a set top box which just broadcasts SD content, then you will be disappointed as the scaling causes noticeable pixelation. And this isn’t really the fault of the panel, you will just need to upgrade to HD broadcasts.The user interface is smooth and the built-in quad-core processor ensures that the fluidity is maintained. I did not notice any lag in any operations. Switching between sources does take a few seconds, but that’s normal. Also, since the Mi TV 4 remote connects to the TV via Bluetooth, in case its batteries run out, you can switch to the Mi Tv remote app which can help you with controlling the TV just as easily.Verdict and Price in IndiaLet’s put one thing out of the way - at Rs 39,999 you will not get a better deal on a 4K HDR supporting smart LED TV.I just wish Xiaomi adds on more partners such as Netflix, Prime Video and others. Yes, a lot of the users whose only TV consumption pattern is via the cable and DTH, will not bother much with this and Xiaomi is already delivering for that use case. But the early adopters for the Mi TV 4 will be users who stream a lot of content. And for heaven’s sake, bundle that Mi IR cable with the TV and not put the customer through the trouble of separately buying it and always coming across an ‘out of stock’. C’mon Xiaomi, you can do better than that. Also the option to load your favourite Android video streaming apps, either through side-loading or via an on-board feature, would be appreciated.But yes, just like it's smartphones, the Mi TV 4 is currently available in online flash sales only. And the last one got over in 10 seconds. So, all the best with buying one in the next sale.Source-http://www.firstpost.com/tech/reviews/xiaomi-mi-tv-4-review-xiaomi-doing-an-encore-with-this-immense-value-for-money-tv-offering-4368671.html

There are two ways a 360-degree video can be shot - by a 360-degree camera and by a regular camera and some stitching software. Most consumer-level 360 cameras have two fish-eye lenses, each shoots 180-degree of the scene. Professional 360 cameras are usually composed by more units. 360-cameras usually have their own apps/softwares that can do automatic stitching accurately; or they come with real-time, in-camera stitching functionality, which is loved by the market.As for 360-cameras, I’ve recently done some research on them, and surprisingly (and cheeringly), there are actually good options that are WAY under $1000. I’d list some good cameras in my opinion here for your reference.the top 10 affordable 360-degrees VR cameras under $100:SOONPAM 360 Mobile Camera - the cheapest way to get started!FSTgo VR 360 - for sports and action based sports, it’s pretty ideal.Gear Pro 360 - you can sync the vr camera with your phone by Wi-fi.Andoer 360 - it has built-in app with your phone.Zision 360 4K - fair quality, and you can share your photos & videos via Wifi as well.Samsung Gear 360 - 4k resolution and 30 megapixel.Zetronix 360 Camera - clear and detailed 360 video footage.OUTERDO 3D VR Camera - very wide angle lens.360fly 360 HD Video Camera - dustproof, shockproof, and water resistant.MADV Mini- cost-effective, easy-to-operate and -cary!For more detailed review and amazon link to each and every one of the cameras listed above, check here.Moving up a little on the price range, there are also quite a lot great options out there at several hundred dollars.Ion360 is available at $299.99 with seamless, fast stitching and saving functions. What is interesting about it is its multi-functionality - it’s basically a phone case, an external battery, AND a good 360 camera.Madventure, $309.99, has a large IOS range which makes it outperform under many other 360 degrees cameras at similar level under low-light conditions. It’s water- and dust-proof, with eye-catching features such as bullet time and invisible selfie stick. It’s also featured by its shakiness reduction functionality and its own app. Cute orange lookMijia Mi sphere camera by Xiaomi, is available at roughly $289. This one also boasts high-quality 6-axis stabilization system and extreme compatibility. As many other good options are, it’s water-proof and dust-proof.Finally, the Insta360 One, one that’s been quite a big hit since launched. With a very reasonable price of $299, it provides 360-degree photo and video lovers with almost all the functions they might be interested in: bullet time, little planet mode, beauty cam, free capture, invisible selfie-stick, etc.Now we can come to regular cameras and stitching softwares. Actually, by a regular DSLR, you can produce panoramas that are more distortion free than most consumer-level cameras, if you do it well. It’s just more tedious because you’ll need to turn around a regular camera on a tripod, take multiple pictures with reasonable overlaps, and then stitch the photos together to produce a panorama. Here is a blog we wrote on how to take raw pictures that are ready to be stitched into high-quality panoramas by a regular camera. To sum it up-You should always use a tripod and panohead.Align your eye level with the camera’s perspective.Use a higher aperture mode.Choose the right hours and lightening conditions to shoot.Choose a prime lens instead of a zoom lens.Set your ISO low.Set your camera to manual mode, change the aperture and shutter speed.Meter the shot.Disable automatic focus on the lens.Set and lock the white balance.Basically these tips are to make sure that your individual pictures match well with each other.Then, we’ll need to stitch our photos. There are many easy-to-use softwares out there at various costs. So far, the most popular tool among panorama producers and lovers would probably be PTGui (Panorama Tools Graphic User Interface), which is compatible to both Windows and MAc OS X. PTGui has a basic interface catered to beginners and more advanced options for professionals, making it one of the most versatile editing options. This is a tutorial we wrote on how you may use PTGui to produce a good panorama and tips on panoramic photography in general. Feel free to check it out!However, although PTGui offers a Pro subscription that supports additional features including HDR stitching, masking, viewpoint correction and vignetting, exposure and white balance correction, you may need to do a lot of manual work when using the regular PTGui if your camera was on auto when your HDR series was taken. The free version of PTGui also produces stitches with conspicuous watermarks. In case that these little flaws of PTGui troubles you, check out the following softwares:1. Autopano Pro/Giga, Windows & Mac, Free trial + € 99 for Pro/€ 199 for GigaThe Autopano boasts possibly the best algorithms on the market and its interface is more refined than PTGui, especially with windows.2. Adobe Photoshop – Photomerge, Windows & Mac.If you've already been fairly familiar with PS, its 'Photomerge' function, which is to stitch 360 degrees photos, might be easy for you to learn about and use.3. Hugin, Windows & Mac, Free.Being a freeware, Hugin is developed with the same open-source code as many paid professional tools. One downside is that Hugin is not that intuitive to use as it needs you to manually select a series of corresponding locations between each overlapping pair of images, to be able to calculate the best way to align your photos.4. Pano2VR 5.2/Pro, Windows & Mac, €99Pano2VR offers lots of great functions. You can create interactive panoramas, virtual tours, integrate maps, links and media. The con side for Pano2VR is that you do need to possess a certain degree of coding knowledge. If you do, I assure you that this is a good option.5. Microsoft Image Composite Editor, Windows, free.Good free software. With ICE, your stitched panorama can be saved in a wide variety of formats (JPEG, TIFF,etc.)， including multi-resolution tiled ones such as HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom.6. Easypano Panoweaver, Windows & Mac, $149.95 / €149.95 for Standard Edition, $399.95 / €379.95 for Professional EditionSupports auto-stiches, full 360-degree for cylindrical and spherical (or even cubic) panoramas, and supports multimedia output and multimedia devices. If you are not only looking for a software to make standard flat panorama to print with, Easypano Panoweaver would be an interesting option to check out.7. ArcSoft Panorama Maker, Windows & Mac, $6.12The interface is very structured, supports a variety of formats, and it can be tried for free (although your image would only be saved as 1/16 of its original quality). There's also not many customizable settings with it.8. Panorama Plus Starter Edition/X4, Windows, $12.99Panorama Plus features an intuitive workflow and easy-to-use correction tools. The PanoramaPlus Starter Edition can stitch your images together automatically. It’s fast to process, with an easy-to-zoom preview for you to scroll around your creation before exporting it. PanoramaPlus Starter Edition is limited to JPEG export (3000×3000 pixels max). Unlike the full version, it does not support RAW files.For a more detailed introduction and tutorial on each and every one of the softwares mentioned above, click here.If you are interested in creating VR/360 contents, follow me, check my bio, and feel free to ask any VR/360 relevant questions!