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Apple may unveils black housing iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:13:00 +0000

About the Apple’s new iPhone 7, we believe this year already to know more than his predecessors before their official presentation. Once the design is now considered safe for the vast majority through several leaks, currently take messages for installed hardware growing space to complete.

Rumors and Leaks determine this year the time before the new generation Apple iPhone announcement. Almost every day we are adding new information. While the Design is considered fairly certain now make hardware specifications and benchmarks the round.

In single-core benchmark of A10 chip exceeds the A9 by about 20 percent and thus ensures unfortunately for disillusionment. With a score of 3000 points the A10 lay just behind the A9X processor, which already comes into the iPad Pro series used. In addition, Apple has adjusted the antenna stripes. These run now only over the upper and lower edge of the rear side instead of horizontal.

Recently claimed several well informed sources that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus also would be offered space black, but so far we have seen cases come only in the existing color space gray, silver, gold and rose gold. This may be an indication that this is not yet the official cases from Apple, but there is also the possibility that the rumor about a black iPhone 7 and 7 Plus is simply not true.

First Crystal Clear Back Side Look of iPhone 7 Revealed

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 07:44:00 +0000

How will the iPhone 7 look like? Now there are new Back Side Photos of Apple's iPhone 7, which is expected in September. It remains difficult to assess how seriously we should take the leak, but the design is consistent with the news that has appeared to date on the device. They show in an unusually good quality, the back of the iPhone 7 with a redesigned antenna cover and the new camera that lens has become a little larger, and is further moved to the upper left corner.

Is this what the iPhone 7 from? Photos from the website Baidu were published to show the new smartphone from Apple. The camera has been revealed slightly larger in iPhone 7, suggesting a larger sensor, also capture the more light can be used as the previous model. The camera store was also slightly shifted.

When larger iPhone 7 Plus a dual-camera is to be installed, but the smaller model it does not get revealed. The new photo shows also nice that Apple have the ugly antenna strips that iPhone the back of the model iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s defaced, henceforth hiked the upper edge of the case, so they interfere less visually. The iPhone 7 is also in a nearly black color housing coming onto the market. Nevertheless, the smartphone against the iPhone 6s might be only a small update. Economists expect the A10 processor and more RAM. However, the biggest change is expected to the task of 3.5mm headphone jack, to be replaced by the Lightning interface.

In our recent report “Apple iPhone 7 64GB Version FallsOutside The Race” that the new iPhone will not be available with 16 GB and 64 GB of memory. The simplest version will be equipped with 32 GB. In addition, there will be a 128 GB model and one with 256 GB of memory.

Apple iPhone 7 64GB Version Falls Outside The Race

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 05:56:00 +0000

When some time ago it was announced that there would be Apple’s new iPhone 7 versions with 256 GB memory, many assumed that Apple would drop for the 16GB version. So it should be in addition to the iPhone 7 Pro 256 GB version, iPhone 7 Plus 128 GB version and iPhone 7 64 GB model. Since you seem to have but a mistake. Because Apple will probably not offer 64 GB version more, but set back in a version with 32 GB.

It is now apparently but Apple no give the 64 GB version of the iPhone 7. This reports multiple media referring to sources from the supply chain Apples. Instead, Apple will bring three versions of the iPhone 7 on the market that are equipped with 256 GB, 128 GB and 32 GB memory. Even the iPhone 7 Plus and the iPhone 7 Pro, there will be using this memory sizes.

This falls outside the 64 GB version of iPhone 7. Many users will be disappointed. For when it was revealed some time ago that there would be version with 256 GB a " iPhone 7", was suspected immediately that Apple would it set the 16-GB version and 32 GB version sells Apple already not for some time more. Because 16 GB of memory in a smart phone is for years out of date and a 32 GB memory is now at the lower end of the scale and is no longer sufficient for many users out already, because they save a lot of music on their Smartphone and many high-resolution photos and shoot videos. An iPhone with 64 GB memory and therefore constitutes the optimal entry size, in which hardly anyone has to worry about running out of disk space.

Unveils Hidden Features WhatsApp Capabilities for Android & iOS

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 06:58:00 +0000

Each WhatsApp update the number of functions increases. Here but some remain hidden - we show you the most practical WhatsApp features that you should know. With the latest updates of WhatsApp for Android and iOS you can unlock all the new hidden features in Messenger. Thus, for example messages via pop-up check and send, without WhatsApp to open it.

Most Messages with Which Contact?

Who wants to find out with which contact you chat most, can easily find out, at least on iOS. Open the settings and the menu item "Account”. Under "memory usage" can be found then the total number of sent and received messages and a single list with your contacts.

Fat Write, Italics and Strikethrough

In addition, there are new options for text formatting, that you bold, italicize, or strikethrough can to highlight for example, important addresses or agreed meeting places. The feature is currently hiding something; there are buttons for the new bold, italic or crossed formatting available. Instead, you need to use punctuation.

Would you like fat in a word, put it between two stars:

* LabLance *

If a word in italics, so place it between two underscores:

_LabLance_

For a slashed font is set for your text between two so-called Tilden (~):

~ ̶~~LabLance~~ ~

Keep in mind also that the text is displayed formatted only if the recipient has also installed a version that can cope with it - the other if he just sees the punctuation corresponding used.

Quick Access to WhatsApp Chat Settings

Those who like to archive their WhatsApp chats with contacts or want to turn annoying chats for a certain period of silence, can now also via shortcut with a long press on the contact photo - then a corresponding Action menu enabled.

Record Videos with WhatsApp Camera

Faster access there according to the latest WhatsApp update for Android also in the built-in camera. Here WhatsApp has a new design and donated lets users à la Snapchat now also record video when you hold the shutter button held down.

Disable Automatically Save Photos and Videos

WhatsApp automatically stores obtained images on the phone. With whom the space anyway is already scarce, the function can simply disable. Open the iOS WhatsApp Settings and go to the point "chat settings" and disable "Received secure" .

Under Android, see the point "Media Auto download" also in the "chat settings" and can even set individually whether "pictures”, "Audio" and "Video" to download automatically.

Make Blog Post Images Responsive Without JavaScript

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 06:14:00 +0000

Image is one of the supporters to be more interesting posts to read or to better explain the article. But the picture also is one contributor to problems in loading the blog. Therefore let not carelessly in making drawings for posting. Draw a picture that has a good quality to be quite clearly seen by readers and also have a size that is small enough so as not to burden the loading blog. Or if you do not want to hamper loading image blog, we can use how to defer imageswith a JavaScript. For example, the animated image below has size 450KB but with in-defer becomes heavy when loads too. So if an article Blogger has a picture in the post, then Blogger will display a thumbnail of posts from the picture in the post, if there are several then the thumbnail images will be taken from the first image in the post.

Blogger recently issued a new feature that is resizeImage that can resize images Blogger. It was first noticed on the code changes to display the thumbnails on the widget popular post. Previous to src on thumbnail popular post looks like below.

expr: src = 'data: post.thumbnail'

And generating an image URL as below as an example:

https: //1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkiJ38rk7hgf/SLKJdh09bgy/AAAAAAAAooo/vzVHjhdewu0/S600/googler.png

And now src on the thumbnail popular post looks like below

expr: src = 'resizeImage (data: post.thumbnail, 72, & quot; 1: 1 & quot;)'

And generating an image URL as below as an example:

https: //1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkiJ38rk7hgf/SLKJdh09bgy/AAAAAAAAooo/vzVHjhdewu0/W72-h72-p-nu/googler.png

From the second URL above generated will show images of the same size, differing only in the S600 and W72-h72-p-nu. But for code resizeImage the latest from Blogger, we can easily to change the size of thumbnails by changing numbers according to our needs. Suppose we want to display a thumbnail with a size of 250px then the code will look like below.

expr: src = 'resizeImage (data: post.thumbnail, 250, & quot; 1: 1 & quot;)'

Then the thumbnail will appear with the size 250px x 250px square. But if you're happy with the look with a full picture thumbnail in the original then please write like this

expr: src = 'resizeImage (data: post.thumbnail, 250)'

Then the URL will look like the image below as an example.

https: //1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkiJ38rk7hgf/SLKJdh09bgy/AAAAAAAAooo/vzVHjhdewu0/W250/googler.png

Well, it is also useful to resize the thumbnail Bloggers for FirstImage Blogger widget thumbnail used in the Featured Post Blogger, can also. These widgets using code like below.

expr: src = 'data: postFirstImage'

And the URL of the resulting image will look like below as an example.

https: //1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkiJ38rk7hgf/SLKJdh09bgy/AAAAAAAAooo/vzVHjhdewu0/S1600/googler.png

Now that the size of the thumbnail Featured Post is in accordance with the size of the place where the widget is saved then we can use resizeImage such as the popular post widget. Suppose featured post widget is stored in the sidebar with a width of 300px then can use the following code.

expr: src = 'resizeImage (data: postFirstImage, 2500)'

So that the URL of the resulting image will look like below as an example.

https: //1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkiJ38rk7hgf/SLKJdh09bgy/AAAAAAAAooo/vzVHjhdewu0/W250/googler.png

This trick can also be used for code that displays thumbnail bloggers out post or to display a thumbnail of posts on the homepage like this

expr: src = 'data: blog.postImageUrl'

And please use the code below to resizeImage with size 680px

expr: src = 'resizeImage (data: blog.postImageUrl, 680)'

With so thumbnails will appear according to the size it is located so as to minimize the time loads too.

Make Youtube Embedded Videos Responsive With Defer Iframe and Jquery

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:58:00 +0000

Make Youtube Embedded Videos Responsive With Defer Iframe and Jquery - how to create a video blog embed Youtube be responsive to Jquery and equipped with defer iframe so as not to burden loading blog. If your blog has a lot of posting a YouTube video using the video embed code, then with jquery all the videos will automatically be responsive and loading of the iframe will be loads too defer or deferred until all elements contained as screen. Usually embed Youtube video will look like below

<iframe width="580" height="350" src="Youtube url" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

After using this Jquery then automatically will be look like this.

<div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:0 auto;width:100%"> <iframe width="580" height="350" src=" Youtube url " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" data-src=" Youtube url " style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></iframe></div>

Well jquery to automatically convert youtube video embed be responsive to defer iframe like this, Paste this jquery above the code </ body>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script><script>//<![CDATA[$(document).ready(function() { $('iframe[src*="youtube.com"]').wrap('<div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:0 auto;width:100%"></div>'); $('iframe[src*="youtube.com"]').css({ "position": "absolute", "top": "0", "left": "0", "width": "100%", "height": "100%", }); $('iframe[src*="youtube.com"]').each(function() { $(this).attr("data-src", $(this).attr("src")); $(this).attr("src", "") });}); function init() { var vidDefer = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe'); for (var i = 0; i < vidDefer.length; i++) { if (vidDefer[i].getAttribute('data-src')) { vidDefer[i].setAttribute('src', vidDefer[i].getAttribute('data-src')); } }}window.onload = init;//]]></script>

Please try different different device or resize your browser to see the responsive video.

Microsoft Release New App Version Package Updates for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Wed, 18 May 2016 06:20:00 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update package for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Window 8.1 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The so-called 'rollup' installs all updates for all of these operating systems up to and including April 2016. Once installed, users simply have to install updates after April.

The convenience rollup is officially a" Service Pack "and contains all the security updates also all other necessary updates for the system. In addition offers Microsoft help adding the rollup on a Windows 7 SP1 image, which rollup still a bit like a service pack.

The difference with a service that the rollup is not offered through Windows Update. The update package must be downloaded separately. Once on the appropriate download page will be through the browser is needed which updates are checked either Windows 7 32- or 64bit or 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2.

By offering the roll up Microsoft also start with a different way of delivering non-security related updates for Windows 7, 8.1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. This type of updates will now be more available as monthly package through Windows Update.

Microsoft also makes a change from the way to win updates. Updates are now available through the Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update Catalog, whereby Security Bulletins yet give a direct link to updates in the Download Center. Microsoft wants to facilitate this process and stops the coming months, offering updates from the Download Center. The links in the Security Bulletins will refer directly to the packages in the Update Catalog.

The Microsoft Update Catalog is currently still only be used with Internet Explorer because ActiveX needs. Microsoft says that "sometime this summer" the intention is that the need disappears for ActiveX and other browsers are used.

Microsoft One Step Behind Apple in Tablets Market, JD Power Survey

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 08 May 2016 14:11:00 +0000

The market research firm JD Power conducted a satisfaction survey for tablets. The result falls quite positive for Microsoft fans.

With 829 points, the Microsoft ranks just one point behind Apple. If one considers the supremacy enjoys the iPad, which is a very good value. Other Tech giants as Samsung or Amazon let Microsoft clearly behind them.

The survey was focused on 5 different points: Performance, User Friendly, Features, Styling & Design, and Overall Satisfaction.

Microsoft may especially gain high score in Styling & Design, Apple contrast in performance. Ironically, when you consider that Apple has been long regarded as a design vanguard.

The Surface series has certainly established itself and has initiated the hybrid trend. I'm sure that Microsoft significant growth by former iPad and Android Tablet users will get over the next tablet generations.

Apple Loses Leather Goods Rights to iPhone Trademark in China

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Wed, 04 May 2016 08:44:00 +0000

Apple has a trademark dispute in China over the name "iPhone" lost against a Chinese company specializing in leather products such as handbags and phone covers. The company Xintong Tiandi, received the trademark 'iPhone' for leather products in 2010.

Apple asked the trademark iPhone already for electronic products in 2002, but it was not adopted until 2013. The reports began around the case after a Quartz article ran on the Chinese site Legal Daily.

The first case of the name Apple strained in 2012 when the Chinese trademark authority. Then Apple brought the case to a lower court in Beijing Apple does not put in the same.

The reason the court found that Xintong Tiandi could continue to use the name was because Apple's iPhone was not yet a known brand when the leather goods company name filed in 2007, especially since the first Apple iPhone in the Chinese stores until 2009 layers.

Now Apple has set the high court unsuccessful because the company could not demonstrate that iPhone was a famous brand in China before Xintong Tiandi filed for the name. The leather goods manufacturer may only use the name under Class 18: leather goods. Apple's iPhone falls under Class 9: Electrical and scientific apparatus.

On Xintong Tiandi website is now that the company is pleased that there is finally clarity and that the company wants to work with Apple to make more happy 'iphone' customers.

Satoshi Nakamoto Real Identity, Australian Craig Wright Claims to be Bitcoin Creator

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Tue, 03 May 2016 03:16:00 +0000

The Australian Craig Wright claims to be the creator of bitcoin. The man was to be appointed the inventor of the crypto currency last year and would have now discussed the BBC evidence. Experts doubt his claims.

Prominent members of the bitcoin community and members of the core team of developers have endorsed the claim of Wright, reports the BBC. Wright made his confession to the BBC, The Economist and GQ.

To support his claim, signed the Australian posts with digital keys at the time of bitcoin were used by Satoshi Nakamoto messages. Under the pseudonym was released the first bitcoinclient on January 9, 2009 and the year before the white paper bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System published.

Wright also demonstrated to have the keys that are used for the first bitcointransacties. According to the inventor helped crypto expert Hal Finney him in the early days. Wright said still to release more information to confirm his claims. He hopes to bring the speculation about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to an end. Media have regularly designated the wrong person in the past.

End of 2015. Wired and Gizmodo came to the conclusion that Wright was the creator of bitcoin, after hints about this. At the same time the Australian police did would have to make a raid at Wright, related to tax matters unrelated but with bitcoin. The name Satoshi Nakamoto is more than one million bitcoins, representing a value of at 400 million euros.

Tor Malware Allowed FBI Agents To Unmask Anonymous Users

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Mon, 02 May 2016 06:22:00 +0000

Operation Torpedo to detect unmask users the Tor network has become successful primarily through the work of an earlier gate-member. In 2008, he was still working on Tor itself, 2012, he was indirectly for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Torsploit alias Cornhusker has been written by a former member of the developer community of the Tor project. However, Matt Edman was not part of the core team and worked only part-time on the project - and then only at the Vidalia component. Only on this component he could make changes that would simplify ultimately the operation of the target. 2013 Vidalia was abandoned. Over the ancillary activity the developer has apparently gathered enough experience to develop Torsploit. He supported Tor also further work.

Only later took the developers, the goal in accompanied during his studies, a position at the Mitre Corporation. Mitre is also known for the care of the CVE list, the vulnerabilities assigns their unique numbers.

In Mitre Edman 2012 was given certain tasks that should help the US federal police in the search for criminals. He did right in the Remote Operations Unit of the FBI. He later worked for other employers who have worked respectively for the FBI.

Flash Player Helped Edman In Tracking Down Suspects

Edman has over time become an important part of Operation Torpedo, which thereby became known in mid-2014 that it identified sites containing child pornography as well as their votes in the Dark Net. The malware Cornhusker managed to track Pedophiles. The FBI had this fortunate that searched vulnerabilities in Flash Player from Adobe did not take seriously. In it, find the IP addresses of the suspects succeeded.

Cornhusker has since no longer in use, such as the FBI assured in a process. In addition, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly completely lost the source code of the malicious software.

The Daily Dot emphasizes that this is a US Government agency the Tor project strongly supported, while another authority at the same time thus employed to chop the project. Goal serves primarily the anonymity in the network and therefore also attracts criminals.

Developer Installed Windows 95 on Apple Watch

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:45:00 +0000

It is a developer managed to provide Windows 95. Although booting it now takes more than twenty years old operating system about an hour, the software seems to run remarkably well be Apple Watch.

Proving the installation creator Nick Lee has put a video online to show the installation of Windows 95 on Apple Watch. It shows that actually operates the Windows 95 operating system, even if it takes several minutes before Lee manages to start a program. Using touch gestures can open menus.

In a blog post Nick Lee explains that he had to apply several tricks to get working Windows 95. For example, the software had to be packaged as a sort Watch application before the smart watch would accept it. It appears that it can be rotated own application code in some of the files, instead of that of Apple itself. So we managed to get an x86 emulator working which Windows 95 running virtually. The rest of the steps are set by Lee put on his blog post.

Much use is running Windows 95 on the Apple Watch out. However, it is a hobby project and a demonstration of the fact that the smart watch can run a desktop operating system. The Apple Watch is built a 520MHz processor, which works with 512MB of RAM.

Billionaire Investor Carl Icahn Repels Apple Shares

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:24:00 +0000

Most billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has bought in recent years on a large scale Apple shares and manifested regularly his assessment of the business situation at Mac and iPhone maker, made on the stock exchange for a bang. Icahn sold his complete package of Apple shares by its own account - and justifies this by the uncertain situation in China.

The Chinese government could step in and make it very difficult for Apple, there to sell products, Icahn told the US news channel CNBC. That this concern is not unfounded shows an incident in the recent past. Recently Apple e-book and movie sale was prohibited in China. According to information from the New York Times, the State Media Authority should have ordered the closure. A reason was not disclosed accordingly. In China Internet contents are strictly filtered.

Icahn began in Summer 2013 with the purchase of Apple shares and recently holding just under one percent of the computer pioneer. With its investment in Apple he deserved claims to about two billion dollars. Despite its Bedenkung regarding the situation in China, he keeps Apple continue for a great company and did not rule out investing at a later time in Apple shares.

The Apple stock slid 3% after the announcement of Icahn, the red and finished yesterday's trading day on the New York Stock Exchange at a price of nearly 95 dollars.

Windows 10 SDK Build 14332 Preview Now Available for Download

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 07:47:00 +0000

Microsoft has released for download on Thursday the Windows 10 Preview SDK build 14332. With this kit for software development, or SDK, developers can create new applications for the Windows Devices.

According to Microsoft's announcement, the Windows 10 Preview SDK build 14332 brings fixes for multiple bugs and some changes in support for APIs.

In its announcement Microsoft also warned that developers using the Desktop App Converter Preview (Centennial Project) to convert software for Universal Platform Windows does not install the Windows 10 build 14322 and the Windows 10 SDK Preview build 14332. A bug that is already being investigated prevents the execution of this tool.

Developers can download the Windows 10 Preview SDK build 14332 and additional tools from developer.microsoft.com.

Windows 10 build 14332 for PCs and smartphones was made available to participants in the Windows Insider Program on April 26. Among the new features in this build are improvements in Bash and at the command prompt.

In the case of Bash, the problem that caused the apt-get command could not be used properly it has been fixed. For those who use the command prompt, the improvements are designed to provide a better experience on PCs with monitors with high rate of DPI.

The Cortana has also been updated and can now search for content in Office 365, including emails, contacts and files in onedrive for Business and SharePoint.

To make use of this integration, add your Office 365 account to Connected Accounts section of the Notebook Cortana. When you do a search, select the appropriate filters for the Office 365 content is displayed.

Users who download the Windows 10 build 14332 will also notice improvements in battery usage on PCs that use the Connected Standby feature. To see if your PC is using the Connected Standby feature, open the command prompt as administrator and run the command powercfg / a.

Windows 10 Insider Build 14328 Support Stylus Start Menu With Workspace Ink

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 05:47:00 +0000

The new Windows 10 Insider build 14328 contains some innovations, which were announced on the Build developer conference. Resulted in extensive support for a stylus with Windows Workspace Ink devices and gets the start menu new opportunities.

Windows 10 Insider Build 14328 Support Stylus Start Menu With Workspace Ink: In Build 14328 is enabled by default on the Workspace Ink devices that are to be used in conjunction with a stylus, including the Surface Book. On other devices to access it via a right-click on the taskbar, then choose the option to display the Ink Workspace. The area which can be drawn on a whiteboard and a user may create notes, for example.

The innovations in the start menu imply that the display of the most commonly used apps combined with the appearance of all the apps, making scrolling and clicking should be reduced. Also, the icons such as settings and disable moved to the left side of the Start menu so that they are always visible. Also be manually added the menu folders visible immediately, without having to open up a separate window.

In tablet mode, Microsoft requested by many Windows Insiders ensured that the display of "all apps" occupies the entire screen. In addition, to hide it possible to automatically taskbar in this mode. Cortana will also receive some improvements. For example, the virtual assistant is available from the lockscreen and they can create memories by means of photographs. In addition, the improved integration with mobile devices. A Dutch Cortana is admittedly still far away, but the English version should be available in the summer along with other improvements in the UK as part of the Anniversary Update.

Finally, the notification center will have a separate position on the taskbar and appointments in the new build integrated into the calendar. In addition, at the request of many gamers from today to see a clock on all toolbars, in the case that use is made of multiple screens.

Huawei Introduced New P9 Series Smartphone P9 Lite, Technical Specification

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:35:00 +0000

At the beginning of April the Huawei introduced new P9 Lite smartphone, a stripped down version of the new flagship. The Chinese manufacturer dispensed with the cheaper model to a better camera, but provides a good middle class smartphone. With the price of new smartphone could be a serious competitor of OnePlus.

About two weeks ago the Huawei was introduced P9 and P9 Plus for the first time. Now the rumor has been confirmed by a mid-range model: the manufacturer has introduced the Huawei P9 lite. This is a more economical version of the new flagship. The lite version is 5.2 inches tall FullHD Display. Responsible for this is an IPS panel. Under the hood of the house processor HiSilicon Kirin clocked 650 quad-core CPU up to 2.0GHz. Underlying this is a 64-bit system with three gigabytes of RAM. The 16-gigabyte memory inbuilt can be expanded via a microSD card up to 128 gigabytes.

The camera of the lite edition does not come from Leica and has only one lens. This dissolves with 13 megapixels and autofocus. The DUALTONE LED flash may not be missing. Those who place a high value on selfies probably with the eight-megapixel front camera is not bad advice. With pre-installed filters in the camera app, the images can then be embellished. The 3,000 mAh strong battery should provide talk time up to 18 hours, according to Huawei. In addition there is also a Dual SIM variant of the Huawei P9 lite. In LTE is unfortunately omitted. For the fingerprint sensor is there not only to unlock, but can also be used as a trigger or receive calls.

In terms of design, all P9 editions look very similar. The P9 lite also has a metal frame, weight is 147 grams. The operating system is Android 6.0 marshmallows with the in-house user interface EMUI 4.1. The sale of novelty will begin in early May. The price amounts around 299 euros.

Apple Xcode 7.3.1 Improves Stability, Fixes Bugs

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:29:00 +0000

Apple has a new version of Xcode available developers. Xcode 7.3.1 fixes two crash causes and other errors, including in relation to the code completion and debugger LLDB. The development environment requires the current Mac operating system OS X El Capitan.

Xcode 7.3.1 is not completely finished, but is a so-called Golden Master build to registered developers before. If in the next few days no serious problems are discovered, Xcode 7.3.1 find their way to the Mac App Store.

This beta includes the Xcode IDE, Swift 2 compiler, Instruments, Simulator, and latest beta SDKs for OS X, iOS, tvOS and watchOS. The development environment is designed for programming languages such as Objective-C, C or C ++. In addition, the Apple-designed programming language Swift supports. For developer conference WWDC 2016, which takes place in San Francisco from 13 to 17 June, the announcement of Xcode 8.0 is expected.

Now Outlook Gets Support for Android Smartwatch

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 04:09:00 +0000

Microsoft has updated its application for Android, which notifications are displayed on smart watches with Android Wear. It is also possible to answer incoming emails via the smart watch.

The new functionality comes in the form of a software update to users within the Android application. It is also possible to manually whether to install the application from Google Play, it is possible that, through the phased rollout, the new version is not yet visible to everyone.

According to Microsoft come after you install the new app notifications of new e-mails on the smartwatch, as it runs on Android Wear. So users can read their e-mails on the wrist, but it is also possible to send answers: there are some quick, pre-programmed answers, but it is also possible to speak in reply itself.

Support for Android Wear had been some time in coming. In August last year came namely Microsoft's already an app for the Apple Watch.

Samsung May Supply OLED Display to Apple iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:51:00 +0000

It is now considered a foregone conclusion that Apple will put the iPhone on medium OLED displays. OLED has relative to the LCD technology previously used in Apple iPhone greater contrast representation, higher response times and lower power consumption.

Now go the speculation about OLED-based iPhones in the next round. Apple is to be supplied by Samsung from 2017 with 5.5-inch OLED displays - apparently for use in the iPhone Plus model. Every year, therefore the supply of 100 million of these displays provided to Apple. The contract has between the Apple and Samsung, according to the report for a period of three years and a volume of 2.6 billion dollars.

In OLED there are currently still the problem of longevity, since the effect of the decreasing brightness occurs faster than LCD. However, the suppliers and manufacturers are working hard to improve the service life. Until now sets the Californian computer pioneers only at his watch to OLED.

Apple is in the smartphone market is currently under great pressure. The company expects the first quarter of 2016 decline in sales - it would be the first ever in the history of the iPhone. The iPhone is the biggest source of revenue for Apple, according intensively the activities of the company are viewed in this area of investors and analysts.

Share Dropbox Files Via Facebook Messenger App for iOS or Android

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:57:00 +0000

Now you can share your Dropbox photos, videos and files directly from Messenger! This integration provides you with a quick and simple way to share saved vacation photos, home movies and all other Dropbox files, without leaving the Messenger app. To get started, make sure you have both the Messenger and Dropbox apps on your phone. Tap the More button within a conversation thread to start sharing photos, videos and other Dropbox files via Messenger.

Having anytime access to your photos and videos is great, but reliving those memories with your friends and family is what brings them to life. And that’s something we want to be as simple as possible. So today, we’re launching a new feature that makes it easier to share photos, videos, and other files in Facebook Messenger.

Now, when you tap the More button in Messenger for iOS or Android, you’ll see Dropbox as an available source. With the Dropbox app installed on your phone, you can share any file in your Dropbox without having to leave the Messenger app.

Videos and images—including animated GIFs—will be displayed directly in your chats. For everything else, tapping Open will bring recipients to the Dropbox mobile app, where they can preview and save files. It’s a quick, simple way to share vacation snapshots, home movies, and laugh-worthy memes with any of the 900 million people using Messenger—whether they’re Facebook friends or not.

“We want people to communicate just the way they want to on Messenger, with everyone they care about,” said Stan Chudnovsky, head of product for Messenger. “Giving our users the ability to share their Dropbox videos and images in Messenger threads with just a few taps will help them bring more style and personality to those conversations.”

To get started, you’ll need Messenger and the updated Dropbox app, available today for iOS and Android. Grab our mobile app on the App Store and the Play Store. And for more details, visit the Messengerpage on Facebook.

Source: Dropbox Blog

USB 3.0 Type-C Receives Authentication Protocol against Malware and Bad Chargers

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:04:00 +0000

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced that an authentication protocol is available for USB Type-C devices including chargers. Thus users can determine whether such devices have a certain certification.

This happens at the moment that a connection is made before any data or energy is transferred. With the authentication protocol users can for example go chargers out of the way which do not meet certain requirements. So forbade Amazon recently selling Type-C usb cables can damage appliances. Companies can create a policy that allows only employees of devices with certain USB C devices connect. This should also reduce the risk of USB malware.

Another example that the Promoter Group mentions that a bank can set a security policy, with the requirement that can be made only connect to devices that have the security certificate on board, as reports Ars Technica. Whether it is effective against attacks like Bad USB remains to be seen. Further, the authentication protocol using 128 bit encryption "but the details are not there yet. Would also 'international standards' are held to include random number generation, and digital signatures.

The implementation can for devices as far as manufacturers decide to implement this support made it through software and firmware updates.

Microsoft Release Updates to The Azure Stack Preview

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 06:50:00 +0000

Microsoft has released this week the second update to Azure Preview Stack, hybrid cloud Platform Company. You can go here to download the bits.

A preview version was released in early January and the first update was released in early February.

Microsoft Azure Stack

Born Azure, the Azure Stack helps organizations deliver services Azure from its own data center.

With Microsoft Azure Stack, Microsoft brings proven innovation - including IaaS and PaaS higher level of services - from local data centers and large-scale environments in enterprise scale to meet customers' business needs.

Why a consistent hybrid cloud platform really matter? Because it provides customers access to Azure ecosystem, empowering IT developers and organizations to do more:

Application developers can maximize their productivity by adopting an approach "write the code once, deploy anywhere you want" (either Azure or Azure Stack). Using the APIs that are identical for Microsoft Azure, they can create applications based on open source , or .NET technology and run easily locally or public cloud. They can also take advantage of the rich ecosystem Azure to leverage their development efforts for Microsoft Azure Stack.

IT professionals can transform data center features on - site services Azure IaaS / PaaS maintaining existing standards and using the same management and automation tools that Microsoft uses to operate Azure. This approach to the cloud allows IT professionals are able to offer services to business quickly, while continuing to manage the needs of corporate governance.

Organizations can adopt hybrid cloud computing, helping them to deal with business and technical considerations such as regulation, sovereignty data, customization and latency. Microsoft Azure Stack enables companies are free to decide which applications and workloads should reside without being limited by technology.

News Brought The Second Update To Azure Stack Preview

According to Microsoft's announcement published here , this second update to Azure Preview Stack introduces new features such as:

- Reduction in time for deployment of virtual machines.

- Improved performance for actions related to virtual machines (start, stop, remove).

- Improvements in stability and reliability of the portal.

- Updated extensions for Desired Configuration State and Docker.

Important: You cannot directly update the Azure Stack Preview. You will need to redeploy this environment using the updated version to take advantage of the improvements made by it.

iPhone SE Now Available in Indian Stores

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 05:39:00 +0000

iPhone SE, the most powerful 4‑inch phone ever. To create it, we started with a beloved design, then reinvented it from the inside out. The A9 is the same advanced chip used in iPhone 6s. The 12‑megapixel camera captures incredible photos and 4K videos. And Live Photos bring your images to life. The result is an iPhone that looks small. But lives large.

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Design

iPhone SE takes an incredibly popular design and refines it even further. Crafted from bead-blasted aluminium for a satin-like finish, this light and compact phone is designed to fit comfortably in your hand. A brilliant 4‑inch1 Retina display makes everything look vibrant and sharp. And matt-chamfered edges and a color-matched stainless steel logo finish the look.

Technology

At the core of iPhone SE is the A9, the same advanced chip that’s in iPhone 6s. With 64‑bit desktop-class architecture, the A9 chip brings you spectacular speed and responsiveness. And with console-class graphics performance, your favorite games and apps are incredibly rich and immersive. Making it a mighty chip for maximum performance.

Super-efficient M9 motion coprocessor.

Embedded directly into the A9 chip, the M9 motion coprocessor connects to the accelerometer, compass and gyroscope for a range of ﬁtness tracking capabilities, such as measuring your steps and distance. It also makes it easy to activate Siri by simply saying “Hey Siri” without having to pick up your iPhone.

Camera

With a 12‑megapixel iSight camera, you can be sure to capture sharp, detailed stills like the ones shot on iPhone 6s. That includes shooting — and even editing — brilliant 4K video, which is up to four times the resolution of 1080p HD video.

Live Photos

Live Photos bring your still photos to life with sound and movement. Simply touch and hold anywhere on your 12‑megapixel still and experience the moments just before and after it was taken, so your photos turn into living memories.

The Retina display isn’t just a place to see your content — it’s a flash for your FaceTime HD camera. Powered by a custom display chip that allows the display to flash three times brighter than usual, Retina Flash helps illuminate your selfies in low light and at night. And a True Tone flash matches the ambient light for more true-to-life colours and natural-looking skin tones.

iCloud Photo Library

iCloud Photo Library stores every photo and video you take, and keeps them up to date on all your devices. Any edits you make are automatically updated everywhere, so you can view a photo from last week or last year no matter where you are.

Touch ID

Touch ID makes unlocking your iPhone SE simple and secure. After all, your fingerprint is the perfect password — no two are alike and you always have it with you.

Wireless

Browse the web, download apps and games, and stream video over 802.11ac Wi-Fi and ultra‑fast wireless. iPhone SE also supports Wi-Fi calling for high-quality wideband calls.2 And with Bluetooth technology, you can stay connected to your Apple Watch, external speakers and other devices.

iOS 9

With an easy-to-use interface, amazing features and security at its core, iOS 9 is the most advanced mobile operating system and the foundation of iPhone SE. It’s designed to look beautiful and work beautifully on your iPhone, so even the simplest tasks are more fun.

Apps that help you do more every day.

Your iPhone comes with a collection of essential apps straight out of the box. Messages lets you send texts with photos, videos links and more. Music makes it easy to access the entire Apple Music library along with your personal collection.4 With FaceTime you can make video calls from your iPhone to someone else’s iPhone, iPad or Mac. And Maps keeps you headed in the right direction.

Siri

Siri is your personal assistant, letting you use your voice to send messages, search the web, get guidance on public transport and more. You can even ask Siri to search your photo library to find just the photo or video you’re looking for.

App Store

With over one and a half million apps in the App Store, you’ll be able to make your phone your own.5 Whether you browse by category or search for something specific, quickly discover and download new apps with a tap.

Move to iOS

With just a few steps, you can migrate your content and match apps automatically and securely from your Android phone with the Move to iOS app.

Apple Patents New Bracelets for the Apple Smart Watch

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:45:00 +0000

On Thursday Apple has received three patents, which the iPhone maker could expand the bracelets his Apple Watch new features. For some time there are rumors that Apple wants its SmartWatch give new bracelets. For instance with integrated GPS chip or an additional battery.

The bracelets from Apple are rather poor, have previously detected some third-party and then even special Apple Watch bracelets made. It seems the company from Cupertino is now thinking itself it to accommodate more functions in the bracelets.

In addition to an additional battery in the bracelet, chips, sensors, additional storage, camera lenses and displays are mentioned in the patents also. A directly stowed in the wristband cable also appears in the patents. This is intended, among other things, to connect the watch to a computer. However, the bracelets are to remain slim despite the functions.

Whether Apple actually introduces new bracelets for the Apple Watch on the market in the near future remains to be seen. Apple is, after all, known to develop all sorts of concepts and technologies, many of which are never implemented in the end. Anyway, the cult group has ever made the first step and can protect the possible accessories patent.

Tool F.lux Brings Night-Shift Mode on the Mac

noreply@blogger.com (How2Stuff) — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 03:11:00 +0000

The key new features of iOS 9.3 include the Night Shift function. According to Apple, many studies have shown that sleep-wake cycle can become confused when one is exposed to bright evening light blue. Thus, the sleep is harder eventually. The Night Shift Mode can this effect prevented by the colors of the display moves in the evenings toward the warmer end of the spectrum. Under OS X Nightshift has not available, use a free tool to be used.

The starting OS X Snow Leopard bootable f.lux shifts the colors displayed on the screen towards the warmer end of the spectrum. This can either be done manually via a slider or automatically starting with the sunset - to the input of the current location (city or latitude and longitude) is required. Then, the colors be changed beginning with the sunset gradually toward the warm spectrum. At sunrise f.lux sets the colors back to the original values.

f.lux is operated via a system-wide available menu and allows the individual color setting for the three sections "Daytime" (Daytime), "After Sunset" (Sunset) and "Bedtime" (Bedtime) - to the Kelvin values are displayed. During the day there are standard 6500K, 3400K after sunset and bedtime 1900K. The default settings can be made via the pull down menu in the upper right corner of the window by selecting "Recommended colors" again.

f.lux can temporarily deactivate the system menu, for example, for an hour or only for the currently used program (which is useful, such as image processing). In addition, the software offers several additional configuration options, including a weekend mode (no activation on Friday and Saturday), color effects (such as a darkroom and film mode) and a timer that displays the time remaining until the rising (the get-up time can be set free).

After exiting f.lux (via the system-wide menu => "Quit f.lux") the default color scheme of OS X will be restored automatically. f.lux works on both Macs with integrated monitor as well as externally connected screens. The manufacturer points out that must be switched off in the system settings under "monitors" to use f.lux OS X El Capitan "Adjust brightness automatically" on Mobilmacs option.