Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
When it comes to communication and obtaining information, these have replaced the desktop which requires the use of CPU and was commonly used before. Well, we have the two of the most popular mobile operating systems, Android and iOS, which are bringing competition to the market and making people go crazy about them with the highest expectations on point.
Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and was developed by Google. On the other hand, iOS, previously called iPhone OS, is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. Perhaps a difference that is widely known between these two mobile operating systems has something to do with hardware options. iOS only runs with Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, Android is available in different mobile devices that are manufactured by various companies. Because of this, Android appears to be more accessible than iOS due to the fact that it provides a lot better flexibility. Another difference is that, IOS-manufactured devices are restricted to share photos, and other multimedia files with a fellow iOS device only. Meaning, an Apple device could only use its Bluetooth function with another Apple device. However, you could still use its built-in Bluetooth function to wirelessly connect your iPhone to other compatible devices, such as you computer and laptop. Android does not have such restrictions as iOS has. One thing that iOS is more advantageous of is that it allows its users to upgrade to a newer version. Every time that the operating system has released new versions, users will be notified and are provided with the latest version.
To sum it up, even though the differences are clearly stated, we have to admit that they are still and no doubt, making the market on fire for years now. Every corner of the Earth is crazy over tablets and phones that are dominated by these two operating systems. And every store is flooding with customers who are cunningly wanting gadgets that are updated with these mobile operating systems. Undoubtedly, these two mobile operating systems are both accommodating and user-friendly based on the ramifications of their sales and markets. Truly, they have changed the mechanism of the society, from simple to lavish, plain to vibrant and the like. But the most important thing there is, in every way, people become satisfied and responsible with all of their endeavors with or without up-to-date systems or machines.
Source by Marlio Tapiador
Aug 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Android is another platform that Google has focused upon and their efforts are clearly visible – Android occupies more than 87.9 % market share. With the latest Android P right around the corner, it seems like a good time to take the best of both worlds – Machine Learning and Android and showcase why Android is more than likely to beat its competitors using Google’s mammoth like intelligence prowess and why AI will attract everyday users as well as developers.
Here are a few reasons why.
Google Assistant
Google announced its virtual helper back in May of 2016 during its annual conference, Google I/O. Google described it as a “conversational assistant” and hoped that it would provide “an ambient experience that extends across devices”. And the feedback received has been mostly positive.
Of course, Google isn’t alone in making an attempt at lending a software hand to its users. In fact, it isn’t even the first – Apple released a beta version of Siri with its iPhone 4S almost a decade ago, October 2011. To say that software such as Siri has come a long way in these 7 years would be a gross understatement. It seems like every tech giant is releasing their own assistants every other week. While the more prominent ones are Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa, Samsung’s Bixby, Google’s Assistant, and Apple’s Siri, nearly every review from professional testers reveals the one that manages to swing almost everything they throw at them. And that’s the Google Assistant.
It has proven its mettle countless number of times in tasks ranging from speech recognition and contextual understanding to providing concise yet verbose information to any queries the user may make.
Some would say it’s years ahead of other virtual assistants although and advancements like the Duplex is just confirming this.
AI Powered Apps
Tech giants are recognising the importance of incorporating machine learning into their products and as our systems keep getting more powerful and people generate more data than ever, it’s no wonder why they do so. This is evident from companies adopting and promoting intelligent computations.
Apple has been urging developers to utilize it’s relatively new CoreML framework that can be used to train machine learning models for developing apps for iOS. It’s too early to make a judgement on this step by Apple, but it’s quite safe to say that the red fruit iPhone manufacturer is late to the party.
Google released an open source framework called Tensorflow back in 2015 after it was tested and developed internally for more than 4 years. It has since gained the badge of industry standard and is one of the most active repository on GitHub. It was developed with developers in mind and has multiple ports for different operating systems and supports multiple programming languages as well so a developer feels right at home.
Tensorflow Lite is Google’s aim at having native support for it’s deep learning models in Android phones. Apps such as Gmail are already putting this into use by featuring something called “Smart Replies” that basically just try to understand the situation and context on an email received and will display a few options that might make for a good reply to the mentioned. Another famous app is Photos by Google that uses deep learning, a popular form of machine learning, to recognize people from pictures stored on the smartphone and suggest possible options such as sharing them with the person themselves or create an entirely new album for them.
Long story short, Google has already starting rolling apps like Translate, Assistant, Photos, Gmail, etc and has made the necessary tools for developers to do the same with their own. Which brings us to the next topic –
Extremely Well Developer Support
Google has always been a loved one by developers. Besides offering great opportunities such as GSOC, it has released open source libraries such as scikit-learn and TensorFlow that have been hugely popular and successful within the developer community.
Even Android, being open source, offers a lot of flexibility for developers and so, naturally, developers will be much more focused towards building scalable, optimized apps for this platform.
Google wants more and more people to enter this field of machine and has made efforts to do so. One such instance is it’s Machine Learning Crash Course. It’s a from scratch course aimed at developers with almost no previous experience in the field of AI. It guides the user from basic linear algebra concepts to state of the art convolutional neural networks.
Android developers were given attention with the announcement of Tensorflow Lite that is an ecosystem for the said platform. It works smoothly with the official Android IDE, Android Studio to develop apps with the same level of consistency as before.
Google Duplex
Google didn’t fail to make the jaws of visitors and the viewers of its developer conference for 2018 drop to the ground in pure awe. It showcased something the developers at Google had been hard at work at, named Google Duplex.
It’s an extension of the already powerful Google Assistant that helps the user get through his / her day by making appointments or bookings for services such as ordering food from a store that doesn’t have an online presence or fixing a haircut from a salon for the user.
It was presented by Sundar Pichai, leaving the audience clapping their hands away. And why wouldn’t they? They witnessed an age-old test called the Turing Test that was supposed to be almost a decade away from being solved, annihilated albeit in a very specific manner.
Source by Ashish Kumar Pandey
Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Android applications and games are simply popular and fans keep looking for the latest and most interesting games or apps to download onto their phones. Usually to enjoy the exciting world of games and apps you need an Android application package or APK, which is that the file format that the Android operating system uses to install and distribute software especially the apps or games. The source of your APK downloader should be verified and trustworthy for you to have a pleasant experience downloading; but there are other simple things you can embrace to make sure that your phone remains safe from malware when downloading the android apps.
1. Keep off unknown sources
Google Play is the best installation source when it comes to the android apps, but you still have an option of getting the apps from other reliable sources. You can find Google Play APK easily today, but you ought to be careful with the APK file that you download because you could end up with malware on the device. What you should do is to ensure that the source is safe and disable unknown source installations on your device until a time when you feel safe enough to trust the download from a given source.
2. Double check your app ratings
Just because the games and apps are on Google Play does not necessarily make them safe for downloading. Always make a point of checking reviews and ratings of the android games and apps you are about to download because they can help you unveil technical issues you are likely to encounter. In essence the higher the rating of the game or app and the more downloads it has received, then safer it should be for you to download it. If you are interested in new releases that have little feedback on them, then take your time to research a little bit more about them before you go ahead with the download.
3. Check the app or game details
Details about the publisher and developer of the game or apps you are about to download can help you determine how legitimate they are. You can use independent discussion forums and reviews to get the details you need so you can confirm that what you are about to download is the correct app or game. Malware writers easily create apps that are very similar to the popular ones so make sure that you take your time to check that the app developer, name and publisher are correct before you do ahead.
4. Know permissions you grant
When installing a new app or game, you get a list of permissions that you grant the software. Unfortunately, not many users understand or take time to check what permissions they grant. Be on the safe side by evaluating permissions and why they are needed so you know whether they have a valid reason or they are suspicious. If what you are allowing the software to do is suspicious then don’t grant the permission.
Source by Jovia D’Souza
Aug 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
More than 100,000 applications are now available in the Android Market. Every day, new applications are still constantly launched in the Google market. The following will talk about 3 recently launched applications that I had tried.
App Manager
It is definitely a must for you if you have all kinds of apps and games in your android phone because it is an intelligent app that auto-sorts all of your applications and helps you start them in an easy and quick way. It has some default tabs, like, multimedia, wallpaper, tools, application, common, ringtone, etc. but you can add or delete any tabs if you like. It auto-sorts new apps when they are installed. Or you can manage them by manual. A small icon will appear in home screen once you enable App Manager. Press the small icon to achieve quick start for the apps. Now, with the help of it, I can easily find apps based on their different sorts instead of searching for them one by one.
mPictures
mPictures is designed for the Android device that allows you to easily find new wallpapers for your phone. It contains thousands of beautiful wallpapers for you to easily switch new backgrounds for your home screen. Those wallpapers are divided into 19 categories. You even can store the favorite wallpapers to your SD card. You should have a try if you want to liven up your home screen.
Mobile Finance
Mobile Finance provides you with real-time financial info. You can learn the tendency of World markets and Currencies instantly, as well as the details of each stock. It offers a lot of valuable news for financial market and each stock. So the users can hold more accurate market tends,properly manage personal portfolio and improve monetary returns. Take a look at it if you are interested in stock market.
Source by Nola Huang
Aug 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Android application development is the process of creating new applications for the Android OS. Applications are usually developed in the Java making use of Android Software Development Kit. From the past few years about 200,000 Android applications have been developed by the developers for the use of the customers to make the Android phones more smart with wider features. Android development has led to the booming of the new applications which the customers can use for their daily purposes helping them from house activities to handling of businesses. Google initially helped in the development of the Android and after which it revealed the Open Handset Alliance which was a consortium of about 86 hardware. Since 2010 the Android have become the leading smart-phone platform for the users in comparison to Symbian and IOS.
Android OS is in many ways better than the Symbian and iOS.
1. Better User Interface
Unlike the iPhone OS, Android user interface has been continuously developing and improving over the years. With Android 4.0, Google has made the user interface much more innovative and elegant. The prime feature of the OS is navigation buttons, which makes it easier for the user to navigate around the phone. Unlike the iPhone with only one navigation button (Home Button), Android phones have back, menu, and multitasking buttons, which provides a better user interface thus making Android more user-friendly.
2. Processor speed
The Android is faster and better than Symbian and iOS because of the processor speed. The Android work on dual core processors which adds a lot of applications with great speed.
3. Internet Speed
When we compare the default browser of the Android with Symbian and iOS here too Android wins as other browsers come with complicated algorithms which slows the Internet spreed. However, Android browser comes with visual bookmarks, which is handy and easy to use with smooth flow on information.
4. More applications
The Android is developed by Giant Google which support almost 500000 applications instead Symbian is developed by Nokia, which is embedded with limited applications as it makes them dependent on Nokia. Android gives the experience of Google calendar, Google earth, Google voice, Google translator, Blogger and Chrome. With the increase of the flow of applications in the market, the Android comes with perfect blend of these applications for the convenience of the users. The Symbian and iOS has limited applications confining their use.
5. Change firmware
In Symbian OS, you can never change the firmware, but in Android OS you can change it any time the way you want and easily install the updates which allows you to use more applications.
6. Multiple screen keyboards
In Android you can change the screen keyboards the way that is easy and apart from this you can install Gingerbread to Froyo and from Swype to Honeycomb. With one tab you can choose multiple spelling suggestions and deleting a word or adding. While in Symbians and iOS does not come with this customization features of new keyboard installation.
7. Multi tasking system
The Android applications come with such a framework which provide all key API’s including things like accessing the telephony system, sharing and receiving data as well as notifications. The Symbian and iOS does not provide you the multi-tasking system.
8. Greater fan-base
The Android has much more great fan-base, which is integrated with Google services while as Symbian and iOS have not such a larger fan-base.
9. Live applications and widgets
The Android OS works on Linux which provides large things like virtual memory and power management. The Androids are designed with rich and customizable content which allows the users to go through live application content through interactive widgets. This also helps store more data than Symbians and iOS.
10. New Platform Developer Kit
The “Platform Developer Kit” is a really smart move by Google considering its large manufacturer and partner base. You don’t often think of hardware as something that can be “opened,” but the ability to institute the very basic aspects of Android with one simple kit will make it much easier for hardware companies to start building on new versions of the platform.
Hence Android development has revolutionized the OS systems and applications by providing more wider features than others which have a limited user applications.
Source by Sudha Vishwakarma
Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
I asked my subscribers to tell me what they have on their smartphones and tablets. Here are some of the responses:
Andrew de Guttadauro , expert in business development (IP, M & A in the biotech world), said, "Here are the ones that I currently favor:
– Communication: Skype (great for saving money when overseas and a wifi connection is in hand)
– Organization: Evernote & Pocket (I'm a big believer in cloud-based software and these two apps work great in tandem to allow one to clip, tag, organize, and store just about anything that comes across a computer, smart phone, tablet, or other similar device)
– RSS & News Streamers: Reeder, Flipboard, Zite, and Feedly (admittedly, this is overkill, but I'm a news and media junkie and these apps all do a wonderful job of combining my RSS feeds, and other news sources of interest , into organized news channels / feeds that are more auspicious than the underwriting RSS engine – Google Reader, in my case)
– Task Management: I favor Wunderlist because, like my other apps, it's platform-agnostic and cloud-based, so I can access my "to do's" whenever and how I like or need (Remember the Milk is a good alternative)
– Data and Info Storage: Dropbox is great, but it's important people realize that it Dropbox is not especially secure as the company wants to give users the choice of security / encryption software so it's important to use 2-step authentication plus " True Crypt "if using Drop Box to store anything even remotely sensitive
– E-mail: I use the native Apple app for Outlook but favor Google's Gmail app to access the later service (despite it being from Google, this app could use additional improvements). I also recommend using Xobni if possible, to help sift through Outlook more efficiently.
– News and Sports: ESPN, Huffington Post, The Atlantic
– Travel: Kayak
– Web: Chrome's my favored browser on all devices
– Shopping: Amazon (via app on iPhone or via browser and website on iPad ), Target app
– Dining: Open table, Yelp (applicable in the shopping category as well)
– Social Media: LinkedIn
– Bookmarks: X-Marks
– Media: Amazon streaming, Netflix streaming, Hulu Plus, HBO GO
That pretty much covers the apps. I would recommend to everyone that 2-step authentication should be used on any site where it can be enabled and that separate signups will be used on any site where possible (never use Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn username / passwords to access other sites as you 're needlessly exposing yourself to sequential hacking). Finally, I use a password management tool but do not have the app loaded on either smart phone or tablet as it makes me too antsy viz. potential loss of the device. I also do not have bank or insurance apps loaded on my devices for the same reason and would recommend using such apps only if you do not keep permanently signed in to either (I'd rather access such info info through the added hassle of the web browser instead).
I hope this proves helpful and look forward to hearing what others are using. "
These are available in both Apple and Android. Reeder, True Crypt, Xnobi and X-Marks are Apple-specific.
I recently had to reformat my tablet (I was filling it up just a bit too full) and had to cut back on my apps.
In order of what is on my screen:
LinkedIn
Facebook
Navigation (Google maps)
HootSuite
News & Weather (native Android)
Calendar (native Android)
Contacts (native Android)
Messenger / Messaging / Voice Message
Voice Recorder
Voice Search
Memo
Dropbox
Gmail and my other emails
Drive
Evernote
Adobe Reader
YouTube
TED
Google Reader (but I will check out Andrew's suggestions!)
Zinio
Out of Milk (but only for grocery shopping)
GoToMeeting
an alarm clock, a stopwatch, a calculator, a music player
Kindle and Play Books
and my camera and gallery
Source by Connie Hampton
Jul 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you an Android phone user, but are unaware of most of the features it provides? Do you want to discover safer and interesting features on your phone? Go through this article to know some of the Android tips and tricks, which will be useful for you.
Most of the people in the present world use Android phones daily, for calling, messaging and more. Android is the mobile operating system, which most of the phone manufacturing companies use in their phones. There are lots of features, rather than calling and messaging to be examined. Explore the hidden features and many time-saving tricks in your gadget.
The basic problem, a phone user face, is the battery issues. Most of the Android phones have an inbuilt power strip option, which when activated, provides faster disconnection of all the phone ‘s battery thus killing the applications. Another feature is that, you can be the developer of your own phone settings. Go to the ‘Settings’, select ‘About phone’ option and tap seven times on your phone’s ‘Build number’.
An onscreen countdown will be shown on the screen, which will be followed by a command telling that you are now a developer and ‘Developer option’ will be shown just above the ‘About phone’ option.
This ‘Developer option’ can be utilized well to reduce the lagging of your Android phone as well.
By reducing the ‘Window animation scale’, ‘Animator duration scale’ and ‘Transition animation scale’ in ‘Developer option’, from 1x to 0.5x, your phone may actually feel faster than before. Now you can get a grip on those annoying app notifications by long pressing on the notification of the app, on notification bar, which will show an information icon on the right corner. Tapping on this icon gives you option to prioritize your notifications. You can block unwanted apps, hide private information or select priority mode for most prior app.
To zoom in and out your Google maps while driving, all you need to do is a just double tap on the spot and swipe upward or downward. This tip will help you to avoid the problem of pinching your phone screen while managing your phone to stay in place, all while driving.
Nowadays kids use their parents’ phone more frequently. To keep away your kids from getting into unsafe games, adult contents or accidental access to your bank, this feature will be of great help. Go to ‘Setting’ then to ‘Security’ and enable the ‘Screen pinning’ option. Open the app you wish to pin and protect, then press the overview button to pin the app.
Another interesting feature is the inbuilt games on the Android phones. In ‘Settings’, select ‘About phone’ and tap several times on the device’s ‘Version number’ to get this feature.
Source by Rizvana Manzoor
Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the day and age of mobile phones. Among them the most popular seem to be the one featuring the Android operating system. Android phones are known for their ability to allow the working of several kinds of applications. Again among them wallpapers are somehow the best known. In fact, these days Android phones have become conspicuous with wallpapers. A highly innovative Android 2.1 wallpaper could bring your phone quite literally alive.
If you are a proud owner of an Android phone and are looking for wallpapers, then the first thing that you need to do is to decide on the theme. With such a wide choice of interactive, animated, wallpapers available, once you decide on the theme it will become easier for you to zero in particular wallpaper.
One of the most popular themes is that of nightfall. A favorite with the younger crowd you can literally let your imagination run riot, creating a majestic skyline against the opposite of the nightfall. You can also add a sky full of twinkling stars with trees in the horizon. This interactive theme has become very popular with Smartphone owners.
Another popular theme is that of sunrise. One of the top favorite settings is that of a rural scenery, with a little house in the background and birds flying with the early morning sun as the backdrop. If you want you can also add a rainbow for a little bit more effect.
One more popular theme is that of the thunderstorm. It comes complete with the lightning and storm. The flash of lighting with the clouds and heavy downpour makes for a fascinating wallpaper that is sure to be the cynosure of all eyes.
If it is something simpler, yet classy Android phone wallpaper that you are looking for, then look no further than blue skies. With this wallpaper you will be literally on cloud nine. A great thing about this theme is the number of customizable options that you get. For instance, with the floating balloons options you can use your creativity to create a variety of different wallpaper designs.
Probably the best application for android platform which enables easy download and savings of wallpapers is "mPictures". Now this is an app that every Android phone user should know about. With this app on your phone, you can customize your wallpaper to make your phone look really unique and stand out from the crowd. With this handy app in your phone, you can try out thousands of wallpapers to make your home screen awesome. There are 19 different categories of pictures that you can choose from when you want Android phone wallpaper that you get with this particular app.
Source by Manzoor Mohammed
Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are literally tens of reasons why you should use virtual private networking (VPN). Some of the benefits include:
- Ability to hide your internet activity from your ISP
- If using a public WiFi, have the ability of protecting yourself from hackers
While there are many VPN service providers in the market, not all will give you the service that you deserve. Here are some of the best providers that you should consider:
Express VPN
It has been voted by millions of people as the best VPN service. This is due to the great features that it comes with.
It has servers in over 78 countries around the world. This ensures that the speeds are top notch thus you are able to stream and download your favorite videos fast.
The VPN software is compatible with a wide range of operating systems including: Mac, iOS, android, windows and Linux. You only need to download the app that is compatible with your device.
Unlike other service providers, Express VPN doesn’t keep usage logs; therefore, you don’t have to worry of your private information getting compromised.
The service provider’s service plans come with unlimited bandwidth. This eliminates the worry of hitting the monthly cap.
Hide my ass
Run by an UK company, the software makes use of OpenVPN. One of its most attractive features is it’s easy to navigate interface. This makes it ideal for users that have never used VPN services before.
It’s compatible with a wide range of operating systems. Whether using Android or Windows device you will get an app compatible with your device.
The service provider prides itself of having a technical support team that will help you with every question that you have.
IPVanish
It’s run by a US company and one of its great features is its simple and straightforward interface. This makes the software ideal for the novice user.
Similarly to Express VPN, its service plans come with unlimited bandwidth. It’s also compatible with a number of devices including: Linux systems, Mac, Windows and Android.
One of the major flaws is that it’s incompatible with the iOS operating system.
Strong VPN
Strong VPN has been in existence since 1994 and has many attractive features. One of the features is that it has over 383 servers thus providing you with fast connection speeds.
Its service plans don’t have bandwidth limits; therefore, you don’t have to worry of reaching your monthly cap.
To make it easy to reach the customer service desk, the service provider has designed many platforms that you can use. You can use live chat, email or even phone call. The customer representatives are available 24/7; therefore, you can get help any time of day or night.
Conclusion
These are some of the best VPN service providers. You only need to research and settle on the provider that is within your budget and provides you with the best service.
Source by Uzma Intkhab
Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most logical and useful groupings of applications are the Android news apps. It just makes sense to have one or more of these free apps on your phone so you can get the news you want when you want. Typically, all the bigger news sources provide their applications free of charge making these free news apps an even bigger no-brainer. This leaves everyone with one big decision to make: which one(s) to download. A secondary concern you should also consider is whether you want a local news app. Again, these are almost always free to download; however, the quality of these varies tremendously and it’s really a market-by-market issue. Of course, the bigger the market the better their Android news apps should be and this line of thinking usually holds true.
Regarding which of the many free Android news apps to download, the only way to figure it out is to learn more about them. Here is some periphery information about 10 of the best Android news apps:
FOX News
Like the TV channel and programming, this free Android app tends to provide its news from the more conservative point of view and spectrum. FOX News provides users with the latest news and updates from the people behind the FOX News Network. You can control the number of feeds and the type of news items you receive!
Tech Buzz Widget
Want to know the latest about technology, including any and all news about the Android OS, gaming, and mobile gadgets? If so, this free Android news app is the right app for you.
Phandroid
This is another app providing news on the mobile technologies niche. This one is more specialized toward information, news and rumors on all the latest about the Android OS and the Android Market.
Pulse News Reader
This Android news app will basically make you want to use your Android phone more and more for the sake of gathering news information. Its goal is to make reading your favorite news sources easier and more efficiently. It takes your favorite news sites and separates and orders them into a completely different look that’s easier to read and browse through. It really is a great app to have.
NYTimes for Android phone
This is one of the apps that nothing should need to be said about. It’s from one of the most trusted and popular news sources in the world. Now, you can read the famous NY TIMES articles without paying for the paper!
AP Mobile
This is one of the favorite free Android news apps of tens of thousands of users. AP Mobile gives you exclusive access to all Associated Press news feeds – the same source that provides news to every news outlet throughout the world.
BBC News
This app provides the latest headlines from one of the most trusted news sources in the world. It’s very compact and convenient; you will never miss an important world news event again with BBC News on your Android phone.
Express News
One of the most worthwhile free Android news apps around, Express News gives you instant access to more than 300 news providers all over the world. From the AFP and Associated Press to more localized sources like the Canadian Press. This list goes on and on and is great for those who like to take in the news from a multitude of sources.
USATODAY
The official USA Today app is definitely one of the best free Android news apps around. Get the latest news (current events, sports, weather, society and more) from one of the mot circulated newspapers in the United States.
NewsRob (Google Reader / RSS)
This free Android app is an RSS/Atom newsreader that syncs the most recent articles and content from feeds. It is auto-synced with Google Reader and allows for partial feeds in case you want to read the articles offline. Easily said, it’s one of the very best RSS/Atom readers available.
Source by Jed Lampi
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