Saturday, 31 October 2015

How to back up your Facebook data

The longer you use Facebook, the more data you accumulate – there are apps you've added, photos you've uploaded, places you've checked into, not to mention hundreds of status updates and a list of all your friends…

And all this information seems to be stored in different places. Your Timeline contains your

LG has begun the release of its latest smartphone, but you may have to wait a little while if you live outside of the US.

Those who have pre-ordered the dual-screen phone in the US will receive it from today (and you can buy it in the shops) but the UK and Australia may have a little longer to wait. LG has

Engineers at Yamaha are working on a robot that can ride a motorcycle without human assistance.

The 'Yamaha Motobot' will be able to perch on top of an unmodified motorcycle and control the throttle, brake lever and pedal, clutch and transmission, as well as steering left and right. It's fully

Samsung unveils Supersized 18.4-inch Galaxy View Android Tablet

Samsung doesn't mind going big with its devices.

But the tech company's latest device takes going big to another level. On Wednesday, Samsung announced its Galaxy View, an 18.4-inch supersized tablet, meant for streaming video and media content—and it's huge, weighing over 5 pounds. Samsung is specifically aiming its Galaxy View at users who consume a high volume of streaming content from the likes of HBO Go, Netflix and Hulu — and videos as a whole.

Lenovo Yoga 900 Convertible Laptop, Yoga Home 900 All-in-One PC Launched

Lenovo has refreshed its flagship convertible laptop, the Yoga Pro 3, with the launch of Yoga 900. The company has also launched the Yoga Home 900, a portable all-in-one computer.

Watch YouTube a lot? You're probably tired of ads. Now there's a simple way to skip them — for a price, of course. The newly announced YouTube Red is a premium membership that will set you back $10 per month ($13 on iOS), but shield you from

HP on Monday announced that it is refreshing its Chromebook 14 notebook. The company says that it is dropping the Nvidia Tegra SoC from last year's model to embrace an Intel-made chipset. The new Chromebook, apart from being cheaper, also offers a better battery life.

Microsoft has rolled out new features to Cortana on Windows 10. With the latest update, the voice-based virtual assistant lets you know when you have missed a call. The app, in addition, also allows you text to people right from your computer. Separately, the company has announced that it will be relaunching its payments app, Windows Wallet, possibly featuring the Windows 10 biometric security system.

Watchmaker Fossil has finally forayed into the smartwatch segment with launch of its first Android Wear-powered smartwatch alongside other wearables.

The American company introduced its Fossil Q line of connected wearables including two types of connected watches (both display and non-display) and two styles of connected bracelets (one for men and one for women). The complete Fossil Q line of products is powered by Intel.

Google Play has started receiving a major update that brings a design overhaul among other changes. Another addition set to arrive on Google Play is quick glance information about if an app supports Android Wear.

Galaxy View Leaked - It Features A Home Button-Less Design And A Handle To Carry It Around

Talk about an enormous Samsung tablet called Galaxy View has been making rounds on the Internet for a while, and when these leaked press images were leaked, the rumors of an 18.4-inch tablet were confirmed.

When Samsung introduced it in September, a bit of information about the Galaxy View was leaked every now and then, but this time, we get to see the gargantuan tablet from all angles. SamMobile got a hold of some promotional images, and the pictures showcase some interesting features.

HTC One A9 With Android 6.0 Marshmallow, iPhone-Like Design Launched

HTC on Tuesday unveiled the HTC One A9, the latest addition to the company's family of One smartphone that looks similar to Apple's iPhone. The HTC One A9 will go on sale starting November and has been priced at $399.99 for the unlocked version. There's no word yet on India price and availability. US pre-orders for the HTC One A9 kicked off Tuesday via the company's online store.

Batteries are so 20th century. The Lumen is a new flashlight that skips the AAs, producing light by harvesting your body heat, and it's looking for funding on Kickstarter. There are no switches, ports, compartments or anything — just a

Remember that awkward, blocky-looking fitness bracelet/smartwatch Microsoft made last year: the Band? It's back, but this time it actually looks pretty nice. A more comfortable, curved screen? Classy metal accents? New sensors, app functionality

Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) agreed to buy SanDisk Corp (SNDK.O) in a $19 billion deal that will increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets.

SanDisk shares hit a high of $78.50 on Wednesday, but closed nearly $10 below the offer price of $86.50 in cash and stock, a fact that analysts attributed to the deal's complexity.

With additional pricing and availability info from Yoon C. Lee, the Samsung Vice President overseeing SleepSense.

Samsung has revealed a new sensor for a smarter night's sleep during its keynote at the IFA tech conference here in Germany. Called SleepSense, you'll slip the device underneath your mattress to track your movements in the night. Samsung claims

YouTube is to launch a subscription service offering original, exclusive videos - including feature-length films starring high-profile vloggers.
Initially only available in the US, YouTube Red will cost $9.99 (£6.50) a month and have no adverts.
PewDiePie, Rooster Teeth and Lilly Singh are among the well-known names involved.
Analysts suggested it could be difficult to turn millions of fans who expect free access to pay up.
"It's great to see YouTube offer an alternative to an ad-only model," said Brian Blau, an analyst with Gartner. "Consumers want choice and options."

You can now hack 3D Touch onto any iPhone

You now won't need to upgrade to the latest iPhone 6S to get some of the features the new phone offers... if you're willing to jailbreak your iPhone.

Live Photos and 3D Touch are both available after the first jailbreak release for iOS 9, but both are a little different to the full experience.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to bring forward the unveiling of its next Galaxy S smartphone to January in an attempt to compete better with rival Apple Inc's new iPhones, South Korea's Electronic Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

A US jury has ordered technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m (£152m) in damages for patent infringement.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the verdict was important to guard its inventions from unauthorised use.
The jury had earlier decided that Apple incorporated patented microchip technology into some iPhones and iPads without permission.
Apple said it would appeal.
The company declined to comment further.
The amount was less than the foundation had claimed. It had originally sought as much as $862m.
The sum was lower in part because the judge ruled that Apple had not wilfully infringed the patent.

BlackBerry could kill its handset business in 2016

BlackBerry's problems have been headline news for a number of years now, and even after a major refresh under the leadership of John Chen there's still no sign of profit for the company. Now it sounds like there could be a deadline on making BlackBerry profitable before it quits handsets altogether.

Speaking at the Code/Mobile conference BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the possibility of future phones beyond the Priv would depend on the "business case".

A US jury has found Apple guilty of infringing a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm in its iPhone 5s, 6, and 6 Plus smartphones, as well as several iPad versions.

The patent in question is from 1998, and is related to improving chip efficiency. It was alleged that the Cupertino-based company's A7, A8 and A8X processors - used in the aforementioned products - violate the patent.

AT&T announced a new service called NumberSync yesterday which will allow customers to attach a single phone number to all of their connected devices. Once the service is launched, AT&T customers will be able to send and receive messages, make phone calls and more from any phone, tablet or wearable device, all using the same primary number.

RoBoHoN : A Unique Robotic Smartphone Releasing in 2016

Japan-based Sharp Technologies has designed a peculiar, yet interesting robotic smartphone called RoBoHoN. It is an Android based smartphone but its design and texture make it stand out in the crowd.

A camera, a projector, a mic and an LCD screen are embedded at the back of this tiny bot.

Despite earlier rumors of Windows 10 update coming to mobile devices by November, Microsoft (in a Facebook response) stated that these will be coming in December. Another interesting factor is that they do

BlackBerry Priv, which is Blackberry’s first smartphone running on Android OS had some leaks with regards to its design and camera quality today. Mostly a security based phone, this would one of the company’s premier flagship devices. Part of the privacy promise is also an app called “safe guard“, which basically analyses your current security-relevant settings and provides a score.

There has always been

Compared to Android and iOS, there has always been a lag in receiving the latest updates for Windows Phone users. But better late than never, and now finally the Window users have received the much-acclaimed

Pepsi is really getting a phone

As i told you yesterday, PepsiCo Inc. is really venturing into the smartphone industry... The smartphone landscape is about to become considerably more sugary, ladies and gentlemen. PepsiCo confirmed to Reuters that it will launch

iMac With 21.5-Inch 4K Display to Launch This Week: Report

The rumoured new 21.5-inch 4K display iMac is coming this week, according to a new report. Apple apparently has plans to launch it with availability beginning as soon as October 13.

Last month, a code string inside an OS X El Capitan beta build suggested that the company plans to launch soon a new iMac with 21.5-inch display sporting a 4K resolution. As per a recent 9to5Mac report, that all-in-one PC is

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release date August 2015
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 154.40 x 75.80 x 6.90
Weight (g) 153.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 3000
Removable battery No
Colours Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium
SAR value 1.48

Apple iPhone 6s detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release date September 2015
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 138.30 x 67.10 x 7.10
Weight (g) 143.00
Removable battery No
Colours Silver, Gold, Space Grey, Rose Gold
SAR value 0.00

PepsiCo Inc said yesterday it is working with a licensing partner to market a line of mobile phones and accessories in China in the next few months.

The food and beverage company however has no plans to get into the mobile phone manufacturing business, a PepsiCo spokeswoman said by email.

"Available in China only, this effort is similar to recent globally licensed Pepsi

Apple is apparently in something of a rush to push iOS 9.1 out the door, because it just released a brand new beta less than a week after the last one was pushed out to developers. The new iOS 9.1 beta 5 build is

LIFE SIZE LEXUS MODEL MADE WITH CARDBOARD.

This is a car made out of cardboard. No, really. More specifically, this is a full-scale replica of a Lexus IS, built entirely out of the corrugated paper material. Go ahead and gawk (we did, too).

ANDROID 6.0 MARSHMALLOW UPDATE TO HIT SAMSUNG GALAXY S5, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, Note 5, 4 AND OTHERS

A new report indicating which Samsung smartphones are set to receive an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. The list includes the Galaxy S5, S6, S6 Edge And Edge+, Note 4 and 5, Galaxy Alpha, A8 and A7. (Photo : Google | Dev Tech Gh)

A new list has leaked purportedly revealing all Samsung smartphones that will be receiving an update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The list includes the Samsung Galaxy S5, S6, S6 Edge and Edge+, Note 4 and 5, Galaxy Alpha, A8 and A7, along with others on the fence to make the cut. Until now, Samsung has officially stayed mum on which of its smartphones will

Apple iPhone 6s Plus detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release date September 2015
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 158.20 x 77.90 x 7.30
Weight (g) 192.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 2750
Removable battery No
Colours Silver, Gold, Space Gray, Rose Gold
SAR value 0.00

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release date August 2015
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 153.20 x 76.10 x 7.60
Weight (g) 171.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 3000
Removable battery No
Colours White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium
SAR value 1.53

Asus with a tweet on Wednesday teased the Friday launch of a new ZenPad tablet in India. The teaser image posted by Asus India suggests the tablet to run on an Intel processor, and a VisualMaster HD display.

MICROSOFT'S SURFACE BOOK WILL REDEFINE HOW PCs ARE MADE.

Microsoft’s Surface Book is the most exciting Windows laptop in years. Actually, aside from a few hot-rod gaming rigs, it may be the only exciting Windows laptop in years. That’s great news for people who’ve longed to long for a PC again. And it could be a nightmare for every other PC manufacturer.

If you missed the Surface Book announcement, you’ll want to get acquainted. It’s a 13.5-inch laptop with a killer display, maxed-out guts, a funky cool hinge, and a top half that detaches, like the saucer of the USS Enterprise, to become a thick, powerful tablet. Reattach the display face-up, and the Surface Book enters “draw mode,” which brings the full power of a discrete Nvidia GPU to bear on stylus-based sketches and similar applicationxs. It’s a beauty, it’s a beast, and at $1,500 it’s expensive but not ludicrously so.

THE NEW ALUMINUM BATTERY THAT CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE IN ONE MINUTE?!

An international team of Scientists, led by Stanford University’s Hongjie Dai, have accidentally discovered a solution for the ongoing problem of creating an ultrafast rechargeable battery that’s also cheap and long-lasting.

Researchers have always had their gaze focused on aluminum as an ideal material for creating batteries: it’s cheap, flexible and has a high charge-storage capacity. Until now, attempts at producing a viable aluminum battery have failed.

COMPLETE LIST OF PHONES TO GET ANDROID 6 MASHMALLOW LEAKS... SAMSUNG, SONY AND LG.

HTC was quick to announce its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update plans first, and some info already appeared on LG and Motorola plans for the inevitable rollout, but now we have the motherload of leaks regarding which exact phones from various prime Android makers will be getting the s'mores.

The list has been circulating in the Chinese blogosphere for a while, and includes the who is who in the mobile industry, featuring Samsung, Sony, Xiaomi, Huawei and others. Obviously, virtually all of their high-end handsets will be receiving Android 6.0 first, with others to follow.

The second column shows which manufacturer devices will be getting the sweet Marshmallow in a second batch of updates, or which ones are still on the ropes. Interestingly enough, the new Xperia Z5 trio isn't listed here, though Sony already mentioned that it will be in line for the Marshmallow update, so no worries for now. As for when exactly will these phones be updated to Android 6.0 after Google releases the source code this month, that is anyone's guess, but if history is any indication, the first over-the-air prompts should be hitting some unlocked or Google Play editions before year's end.

Source: Gizmo China

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

HTC’S NEW VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET

HTC, the Taiwanese giant of the smartphone manufacturing industry, has just that it will release the “Vive,” a virtual reality headset, produced in cooperation with Valve. The device is expected to be released later in 2015.

Smartwatches are supposed to perform tasks that smartphones find difficult, such as tracking your heart rate or handling mobile payments and navigation instructions for users who already have their hands full. Those are the scenarios that Apple has chosen to illustrate with a new series of Apple Watch promo videos. Smartwatches also have their downsides, however, including notifications that interrupt and distract from whatever else you are doing. Apple attempts to turn that into a positive in its Date ad above, but it just comes across as forced and contrived.

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HTC, the Taiwanese giant of the smartphone manufacturing industry, has just that it will release the “Vive,” a virtual reality headset, produced in cooperation with Valve. The device is expected to be released later in 2015.