Current Affairs on Technology

Twitter announced on 14 March 2015 that it had purchased the maker of the video streaming app, amid what seems to be surging interest in live video sharing. What is the name of this Streaming app?: Periscope

Explanation:  Periscope based in San Francisco has acknowledged the sale. The estimated price at with the streaming app was sold was around USD 50 Million. The purchase was came when the news comes amid growing interest in live video sharing and a rush of users to another streaming app called Meerkat.

India  on 12 March 2015 entered into the global market for warships was started with the commissioning of an India-built naval patrol vessel for Mauritius by Prime Minister. What is the name of this first warship to be exported from India?: Barracuda

Explanation: Barracuda was commissioned by Indian Prime Narendra Modi on his state visit to Mauritius. ‘Barracuda’ is a 1,300-tonne patrol vessel made by Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) for the Mauritian National Coast Guard.

1. Microsoft on 10 March 2015 has rolled out which new programme for small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India?: Cloud Adoption Programme

Explanation: Looking at the opportunity of growth in Cloud adoption in India by triple digit percentage year-on-year, Mircosoft decided to launch new Cloud adoption programme for Indian SME’s. Thus, Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers will make SMBs more competitive with enterprise-grade technology and value-added services from Microsoft cloud. Cloud Solution Providers are partners who build solutions leveraging Microsoft cloud for SMBs across the country on a pay-as-you-go model.

6. What is the name of the solar-powered plane that started its historic 35,000-km round-the-world journey from Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015?: Solar Impulse – 2

Explanation: Solar Impulse is proclaimed to be the first aircraft of its kind to fly day and night without fuel and propelled solely through the sun’s energy. Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are the two pilots of Solar Impulse-2, which took off from Abu Dhabi on its 5-month long journey in which it will skip from continents by crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The 17,248 solar cells built into the wing supply electric motors with renewable energy. The solar cells recharge four lithium polymer batteries totaling 633 kg each, which allow the aircraft to fly at night and therefore have virtually unlimited autonomy. The Solar Impulse project has already set a number of world records for solar-powered flight, including making a high-profile transit of the United States in 2013.