Datawind Ubislate 7Ci tablet - World's cheapest tablet computer 2014

Datawind Ubislate 7Ci tablet - World's cheapest tablet computer 2014

A Brampton businessman says a tablet computer sold for less than $40 will help bridge the growing “digital divide” in Canada.

Datawind has released its Ubislate 7Ci tablet in Canada, offering consumers an updated version of the device created for Indian schools.

“The development of the tablet stemmed from the realization that lack of Internet adoption in many parts of the world was primarily because of lack of affordability,” said Suneet Singh Tuli, Brampton resident and CEO of technology firm Datawind. “Our aim is to bridge the gap by offering cost-effective, high-specification devices and internet-access that offer excellent value to all.”

The UbiSlate tablets are being introduced to the Canadian market following a successful run in India, where, according to the company, sales have managed to leapfrog the Apple iPad.

Starting at $37.99, the seven-inch tablet computer runs on the Android operating system and comes pre-loaded with apps for education, entertainment and gaming.

The device uses technology that Apple has since abandoned.

They use touch screens and are powered by a Cortex A8 – 1Ghz processor like the original Apple iPad and contains 512MB of RAM, twice that of the original iPad.

But Tuli said tablets aren’t out to compete with the iPad, but rather intended to give students access to technology.

“We are working to bring affordable technology to the many millions of households who are currently excluded from benefiting from the digital revolution”, said Tuli. Tuli lives in Brampton and works out of Datawind’s corporate office in Mississauga.

The company is pushing Statistics Canada data that shows a digital divide in Canada that directly linked to household income. For instance, Internet use for the richest top quartile of household income is at 94.5 percent, but it drops to only 62.5 percent at the bottom quartile.

Here’s what $37.99 gets you:

• 7-inch, 800-by-480 resolution capacitive touchscreen

• 1 GHz single-core processor

• 512 MB of RAM

• 4 GB of storage

• MicroSD card slot

• 0.3-megapixel front camera

• Android 4.0.3

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Boston Marathon wheelchair race sets world record by Joshua Cassidy

Boston Marathon wheelchair race sets world record by Joshua Cassidy

Ottawa-born Joshua Cassidy was the surprise winner Monday of the men’s wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon.

Cassidy, 27, added to the emotional victory by setting a world and course record time of time one hour, 18 minutes 25 seconds for the 42.195-kilometre distance.

South African Ernst Van Dyk set the record of 1:18:27 in 2004 on the Boston course.

Australia’s Kurt H. Fearnley was a distant second in 1:21:39, and Kota Hokinoue of Japan was third in 1:23:26.

A freelance illustrator, Cassidy led from the five-kilometre mark. When the former Ottawa Marathon champion reached the top of the course’s Heartbreak Hill (32 kilometres), he started to focus on breaking the records.

“Once I got to the top of Heartbreak, I knew I could win the race,” said Cassidy, who got his start in Paralympic wheelchair racing with Bob Schrader and Amanda Fader at the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club.

“So off I went, battling on my own the rest of the way to see if I could get the record.”

Cassidy, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma (cancer in the spine and abdomen) weeks after his birth and is a double leg amputee athlete, earned $15,000 for winning the men’s wheelchair race and a bonus of $10,000 for a world-best time.

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Non Stop Yoga set Guinness World Record by Canadian Yoga Teacher

A Canadian yoga teacher on Tuesday claimed to have created a Guinness record by performing yoga non-stop for 32 hours.

The current Guinness Record of marathon yoga is 29 hours and four minutes.

But yoga instructor Yasmin Fudakowska-Gow, 28, on Tuesday claimed that she has completed her 32-hour yoga marathon at her Om West yoga studio in Pointe Claire Village on the Island of Montreal.

Pending Guinness World Record certification, she said, she holds the record for the longest yoga marathon. Guinness records need at least six people to be present at the venue of the event all the time to authenticate them.

During her yoga marathon, the Canadian also raised money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation which is working to combat AIDS in Africa.

Before undertaking the yoga marathon, she completed 108 surya namaskars, or sun salutations, for 108 consecutive days.

"August 3 is my final day of this 108x108 project. It has been an unbelievable adventure so far and a profoundly transformational experience. I have learned from so many great yoga teachers," she said.

"To complete this journey, on August 2 and 3, I am exploring what it would be like to do a prolonged practice and in doing so, have decided to challenge the Guinness World Record for longest yoga marathon, which is 29 hours and 4 minutes. This record has never been attempted by woman nor by a Canadian. My goal is 32 hours,'' the Canadian said.

Like the US, yoga has also become very popular among Canadians in recent years. Major cities like Toronto and Montreal boast a large number of yoga centres.

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Red Cross falls short in world record attempt at UGA

The Northeast Georgia Red Cross didn't set a record Monday, but they called their attempt a success anyway.


Red Cross workers spent weeks planning to break the world record for the most people formed in the shape of a giant blood drop. Yes, this record exists - the Red Cross says it's held by a group of 800 people in Calgary, Canada.

Despite enticing red-wearing University of Georgia students to the Woodruff Practice Field with pizza and door prizes, they fell 700 people short. But 100 people heard the Red Cross' pleas for more blood.

"Hopefully, everyone who was here will take the message home," Red Cross donor recruitment manager Janet Jarrett said.

The Red Cross organized the challenge to the record to publicize the need for blood donors, especially in the months before summer. About 20 percent of blood donors are high school or college students, so donations drop off in the summer, when classes aren't in session, Jarrett said.

"We're often in a very precarious situation in summertime," she said.

The record-setting attempt was inspired by World Donor Day, which usually is June 14, but the Northeast Georgia group moved it up to Monday, before UGA's summer break.

Donations tend to spike after highly publicized natural disasters like the Haiti earthquake, Jarrett said, but car-crash victims and others need blood year-round. In Georgia, the demand is 1,200 units every day, she said.

The Red Cross' next blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at UGA's Memorial Hall. Donors should eat well, drink plenty of fluids and get a good night's sleep before giving blood.
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