TechNews @Sunday #02

   1)   Android‘O’,  Google launched Android’s next version

Android O

Google launched Androids next version, Android Oreo. Android O lunched on solar eclipse day. Google tested it for long time on beta tester. Google said, this will help to improve performance and battery health also.

Google added some new features like Picture-in-Picture mode, smart text selection, redesigned and new Emoji’s, adaptive notification badges, more controls for Notifications in Android ‘O’.  They have also improved background limitation process, fingerprint gesture and performance. Updates are rolled out for Google Pixel and Nexus devices some other devices to get update by this year.

   2)     Samsung launched Galaxy Note 8, next flagship device in Galaxy Note series

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Samsung launched next flagship device Galaxy Note 8 in their Note series. After recalling Galaxy Note 7 this first device to launch in Note series. They have reduced battery size in Galaxy Note 8 to safe play. This is Samsung’s first device to have dual camera setup.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is similar to its Galaxy S8. It has same processor i.e. Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and in some devices Exynos 8895 octa core processor. It comes with 6.3” super AMOLED infinity display and dual 12MP camera setup with x2 optical zoom and dual OIS. It is available only 6GB RAM variant and comes in 64/128/256GB internal storage variant and has expandable memory up to 256GB.  Battery is 3000mAh.

   3)     Over one million pre-bookings of Nokia 6 in just seconds on Amazon

Nokia 6

Nokia 6 went on sale for the first time in India on Amazon and got whooping response. Over millions of pre-order registered in just seconds. Next sale is on August 30.

Amazon which is exclusive online partner in India of HMD Global started sale on 21 August. Over millions of registrations done in few seconds. Nokia 6 comes with 5.5” FHD display, 3GB RAM with Snapdragon 430 processor, 32GB internal storage, 16MP rear and 8MP front camera, 3000mAh battery. It is priced at 14,999 Rs on Amazon.

   4)     Reliance Jio’s  Jiophone booking started

JioPhone

Most awaited Reliance Jio’s ‘Effectively zero’ priced feature phone i.e. Jiophone registration started for all user. This feature phone costs 1500 Rs which can be refunded after 3 years by giving mobile back.

Registration is started online and offline also. 500 Rs to be paid at the time of booking and 1000 Rs at the time of receiving. Offline registration can be done in any Reliance store while online registration can be done through MyJio app. Jiophone has 512MB RAM and 4GB internal memory with 2000mAh battery with 12 hours of talk time. It has 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support as well.

   5)     Google  Station Wi-Fi service and YouTube Go are now launched in Indonesia

Google WiFi in Indonesia

After successful run of Google station Wi-Fi in India now Google is expanding it to Indonesia with the help of CBN and Fiberstar. Also, google announced launch YouTube go and Google assistant with Indonesian Bahasa language support.

Google first launched its Station Wi-Fi service in India with the help of RailTel in CST Mumbai station. Google soon expanding it to more other stations in India.

   6)     Uber App now supports UPI payment in India

Uber UPI

UPI payment system is now supported by UBER app in India. To boost cashless system in India Govt. of India launched UPI payment system in which transaction can be done through bank account directly rather than debit card or digital wallet. UBER has wide user base in India so taking consideration UBER has included it. Still it is not available to all users but it will be available soon.

    7)     Colored based status feature added to WhatsApp in new update ,launched for desktop as well

WhatsApp

WhatsApp added color based status feature in next update. It will roll out for Android and iOS user. This feature is same as Facebook. 
In Facebook while updating your status you get an option for background color now doing same in WhatsApp user can update status by different color option for background and different font option as well. User can also add link to his status. This will increase fun of status feature. WhatsApp also added this feature to desktop user so now user can update status through desktop also.

Future Techs #01

      Hello friends. Technology has been changing so fast from last 10 to 12 years and it will goes on changing faster in coming future too. Everything in our day to day life is replacing by some machines or gadgets. They are becoming part of our lifestyle.  
      So, what kind of changes in human being life will take place or which things are going to change in near future? Lets see

1) Smartphones

     Yes, Smartphones! Smartphone market has grown too much fast since past some years because of people are attracting towards it and they are making it as part of life. Almost no one lives without phone (I mean smartphone) in this era. But this is not threshold of change yet lot of innovations to come regarding this.

    We are using a smartphone with a single screen but in future smartphones will come with dual screen. You can use front side also back side of your smartphone as screen. Accesing and operating will become easy due to this. Because in future smartphones will be no longer as a just phone.

  Security and privacy of smartphone will be the prime concern in future, so fingerprint scanner, face recognition scammer will be lot of improved. In future fingerprint scanner will be placed inside screen so whole screen will become FP scanner. Also IRIS scanner and face scanners also will be improved. So, our smartphones will be more secure in future.

   Artificial intelligence will be used in big manner as they will be more improved to communicate with humans. So, smartphones will be communicating with humans with more ease. Google Now, Apple SIRI, Microsoft's Cortana are some example of AI. They will be much improved in future and will make user experience much better

2) Electric and Smart cars

    As we all know petrol and diesel are not available in sufficient amount means sources will be ended in future so, how cars will run?   
     Most of the cars in future will run on electric charging, means cars will use electric charging as fuel. As we see today fuel stations they will be replaced with smart electric charging stations which will be powered by solar energy, so cars will be charged their. Also, lots of vehicles use solar charging roofs so, vehicles get charged itself. 

Tesla Electric Smart Car launching

   In future, human driver will be replaced with auto driving. No human will be needed to drive car. Just select a place on GPS where you want to go car will drive itself to there. It will be safer than situations we have today. Also cars will communicate with signal systems and with other cars so choosing path with low traffic will be easy. It will not take that much of long actually because already smart cars are running on roads in countries like US, UK and China. Auto driven cars are banned in India due to Safety reasons but we will also have that scenario soon.

  Companies like Tesla, Honda and Mercedes are invested billions of money in R&D of the Electric Smart cars. Even Tesla has started selling Electric smart cars which has self driving mode.

3) Energy Sector

    As population of world is increasing so fast, the demanding of energy will be also so high. We simply cannot rely on Hydroelectric powerpalnts or Thermal powerplants as theses creates pollution and in future pollution is biggest problem (Not for you, Mr.Trump). So, what kind of changes will takes place in this sector?

    More focus will be on the Solar energy. Research on solar energy is on peak nowadays , impact of this we will see in near future. Solar energy will become cheap so it will become main source of energy. Most of countries have around 6 to 7 months of sunny days which will create more amount of energy.

Wind Energy

   Along with solar energy, wind energy and tidal energy will be also become major source of energy. However these technologies are expensive so these will remain secondary source of energy. Also some more sources are also be introduced in future. Due to this demanding of energy will not become problem in future.

4) Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence will be biggest change which will change lifestyle of human. Artificial intelligence is a intelligence exhibited by machines. This is more helpful in solving complex mathematical problems. In drones and self driving cars AI will play a major role. In future automotive things will depend on AI.

    In future our lot of devices will come with AI by which our work becomes simple. Nowadays Google, Amazon, Facebook( They stopped their project recently because system created their own language that human cannot understand) and Apple are working on it. Google home, Amazon Echo, Apple Siri are some products which totally works on AI.

 Now, when it comes to some big industries like Automobile industries or some Assembly industry this will increase speed of production. As  no human is needed their so lot of people will lose their job!
   Sometime I thought a day will come when AI and Robots will rule the world and humans will become helpless.

5) Drones

    Drones will become part of human lifestyle in future. We can see lot of people will have their own drones for differen reasons.

Drone

     In these days drones are mainly used for cinematography, photography and other stuffs but drones can do much more than this. Amazon successfully used drone for their product delivery in US. Amazon named it Amazon Prime Air. Google is also working on same type of drone under 'Project Wing'. In future this will become common. Drones can move faster so deliveries of product will also become faster.

Amazon Prime Air

    Facebook and Google testing drones for internet connectivity. They want to use drones in remote areas where internet is not available due to lack of connectivity. In future drones will be used in remote areas to give internet connectivity.

   Drones will play major part in terretorial security. Many countries are spending amount of money for long range drones for their millitary. So, it will play some roll in security sector also.

6) Smart Houses

       Smart house or home automation mainly deal with automation of lightning, ventilation, heating, cooling and security. Also home appliances like washing machine, dish washers, refrigerators will be part of it.

       All appliances will be connected to WiFi and internet (System called as Internet of Things). To have control over them internet will act as medium. You can control your home cameras, room temperature, washing machine timer, water heater temperature from anywhere. 

      Home automation will make our home safer. We dont need to carry keys to everywhere as may have chances to lose them rather than this our smartphones will become our keys. Also in door cameras will take security level up.

Android 'O' (OREO): Things you should know

Hello guys. Google has launched their next Android version  Android 'O' on total solar eclipse day. There were lots of prediction held that 'O' will stand for Oatmeal cookie or Octopus but now its confirmed Android O will stand for "Oreo".

Android Oreo

Still lots of android devices run on Android Lollipop (Sorry guys but you dont any have chance to taste Oreo 😀) . Only 8% devices got update to Android Nougat ( Guys you have chance to taste Oreo 👍). As Android market is not small, their are lot of Android devices which runs on different SoC's that makes difficult to provide updates.
Google has done many improvements in this version specially in the area of OS optimization and also in improving battery life. Google also introduced some new features that will surely improve users operating experience and will make work some little bit easier than previous version.
 So here are some new features introduced in Android Oreo.

 1) Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature

Android O Picture-in-Picture 

        This feature is available for IOS devices, Android also introduced this feature in this version of android. Its simply let you to watch YouTube videos or other streaming videos while you are working in other window. While watching YouTube videos just press home button,video will pop up in small window so you dont need to pause and come back again to watch videos. This feature will increase user experience of watching YouTube video.

2) Adaptive Notification Dots (Badges) 

       If you are using previous android version you can observe there is no any notification badges on apps in stock android so many time user opted to install 3rd party apps but in this version you will get a numberless notification badges with different colors for different app. This will surely increase stock Android user experience. 

3) Background Limitations

     Lot of apps consumes more battery as they run in background , previously we dont have any control over them but now android has added automatic background limits in the areas of implicit broadcast, background services and location updates. So this will help to improve battery life.

4) Notification control improved

      In last android versions we had less option to control our notifications in notification panel. We had to long press it and options for blocking and show notification silently were displayed.

      However in new version controlling power is user centric. User have to just slide the notification and new option will come where you can set snoozing time for that particular notification although previous option remains as it is.If you want to skip notification for some time you can do it.

5) More options for fingerprint gesture

      Till now third party app were required if you wanted to set some gesture to your fingerprint sensor but there was some limitation too them but now android has launched accessibility services for fingerprint swipe gesture now third party apps can improve your fingerprint gesture experience as now you can set your own gesture.

6) Smart text selection

      In previous version text selection meant to be just for copying and pasting. In this version word selection became way smarter than we thought. Now you can dial number if you have selected it, if you select address it will directly locate it on Google Maps, it will also detect phrases and so on.

7) Redesigned and some new Emoji

Android Emoji Revolution

       Android has redesigned all of its previous Emoji and they are now more interactive, also they have added some more real life Emoji. New Emoji are rounder and they have avoided blob design in this version.

8)Notification for running background apps

    Just think if you get direct information of which apps are running in background and draining your battery in your notification panel.... Well this is now implemented in Android O, So you can now see which apps are running in background in your notification panel.

9)Performance improvement

      No doubt in Android O performance will be improved also battery life will also be improved as they have given more controls to developer to enhance and to optimize OS which will lead to increase in battery life and performance also.

10) Others

      A lot improvement has been done in this version of Android. More importance is given to user centric controls and OS optimization. Other than this lot of new features, changes and improvement is added like Auto-fill API (for this developer need to code itself to make it active), New system app icons, New icon shapes, improvement in quick setting and setting menu and so on. 

       Android also introduced Google Play Protect to keep your apps safe and secure.

       Oreo is gonna sweet update but which mobiles are going to taste this sweet?... Well most of the old devices which are running on either Lollipop or Marshmallow version are having almost no chance of getting any update. Android updates are not like IOS updates which release to all devices. Android devices runs on different SoC's, so it becomes hard to provide updates to each android device.

       Till now confirmed devices which getting this updates are:

• All Google Pixel and Nexus devices
• Nokia 3,5,6,8
• OnePlus 3, 3T, 5
• Coolpad Cool Play 6
• HTC U11
• Asus Zenfone 3 and 4 series
• Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Tab S3 and upcoming Galaxy Note 8

            Still many vendors to update their list, as soon they do I will update. Android updates are really slow so if you are using old devices updates may not be arrive. If you are using custom ROMs then it may possile you to switch to Android O.

TechNews @Sunday #01

• Xiaomi may launch android device based on Android one

Xiaomi

Chinese smart phone company Xiaomi is planing to launch Android smart phone which will run on Android one. For those who don't know about android one, android one is a OS which comes with stock(pure) android experience. The main objective of android one devises is to provide budget smart phones and also regular android updates.

   Xiaomi always does new experiment so, they are trying android one this time. Xiaomi is not first device to do it, before this Indian smartphone brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Spice already released did it few years ago. According to leaks this mobile will come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 which is best suited for mid range smartphone and it will have 5.5 inch display.

• Nokia has finally released their Nokia 8 flagship phone  

Nokia 8

After so many leaks and all things Nokia 8 has been released by HMD global. Ever since the comeback of Nokia company everyone expecting flagship grade device.In the world of  Samsung's Galaxy S8, HTC U11, OnePlus 5 Nokia finally released the device which can compete with these competitor at least on specs. 

  Nokia 8 comes with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (Also used in HTC U11, Galaxy S8, Oneplus 5). It has 5.3" 2.5D curved glass wit Gorilla glass 5 protection. it has 13MP dual rear camera setup with OIS and 13MP front camera both camera uses ZEISS optics. In terms of battery it has 3090mah with USB type C charging support.It runs on Android Nougat. It comes in 4GB RAM ,64GB ROM and 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM variant. Nokia introduced in  Polished Blue, Tempered Blue, Steel, Polished Copper colours. It will be available in September with price €599 (apprx 45,000 Rs).

• Vishal Sikka resigns as MD and CEO of Infosys after arguments with Co-founder Narayna Murthy

Vishal Sikka a man which has important role in Infosys growth and achievements has resigns from MD and CEO position. Although he is not leaving company now , he is now appointed as Executive Vice Chairman. Mr.U B Parvin Rao is appointed as interim MD and CEO. In his resignation speech, Sikka says, "I feel proud of our progress and achievements." From several months

  Vishal Sikka's tussles was going with Co-founder Narayan Murthi. Murthi is raising serious issue related to high salaries of senior executives including Sikka specially when slack is going on and people were losing jobs in IT sector.

• Facebook is now allowing advertisers to buy in stream ads

Facebook

World's largest social networking platform Facebook is now allowing advertisers to buy in stream ads. On the Facebook around 70% in-stream-ads of 15 sec length are watched fully with mostly sound on. 

The move also gives advertisers an option to specify whether they would like their in-stream ads to appear on Facebook itself or across the range of websites and apps in Facebook's Audience Network ad network product, a Facebook blog post said late on Thursday. 

 Advertisers on Audience Network can deliver in-stream ads in pre-roll and mid-roll placements across select apps and websites. Facebook said it will continue to give advertisers more flexibility and control over their ad placements

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 fire case, 'Extreme external force is reason' says Xiaomi

Redmi Note 4 caught fire

Some days before  Redmi Note 4 burning case was registered in Andhra Pradesh. After investigating Xiaomi released a note where they said 'Extreme External Force' is applied which may caused to catch fire.

  Bhavana Suryakiran in East Godavari districrt who was carrying Redmi note 4 in his trouser's pocket caught fire which made minor burn injuries to him. 

 "Upon first impressions of the damaged device, we can conclude that extreme external force was applied to the device, which led to the back cover and battery being bent and screen getting damaged. A detailed investigation has been launched to understand the exact cause of the damage," the smartphone maker said.

• Micromax launched Evoke Dual Note with dual camera setup

Micromax Evoke Dual Note

Micromax Evoke Dual Note, the third smartphone in Evoke series was launched at price of 9,999Rs. Handsets will be on the sale from Aug 22. Micromax Evok is a new series from the homegrown smartphone maker that uses Flipkart's insights for development. After Micromax Evoke note and Evoke power micromax has launched Evoke Dual Note with dual rear camera sertup.

Evoke Dual Note have 13MP+5MP rear camera setup with Sony's IMX258 sensors. It has curved back, 5.5" FHD display, MediaTek's MT6750 octacore processor, 3000 mAH battery with USB type C for charging. It is powered by Android Nougat.

It is compitor of Xiami's Redmi Note 4 and also the plus point of Evoke Dual Note is it has dual camera setup. It is budget smartphone for those who want camera as primary function.

• Coolpad Cool Play 6 to launch on Aug 20

Coolpad Cool Play 6

Coolpad a smartphone band is launching its new smartphone Cool 6, the launching event will be held in Dubai.It is already launched in the China but globally it is launching on 20th August.

Coolpad cool play 6 will come with 5.5" FHD display, 13MP dual rear camera, 8MP front camera. It has Snapdragon 635 octa-core processor with Adreno 510 GPU. it has 6GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage which is expandable. It will be powered with Android Nougat 7.1.1. This will run dual 4G sims with VoLTE support.

• 100 million downloads of MyJio app

MyJio App

Reliance Jio's primary app MyJio has crossed 100 million downloads on play store. It is second Indian app to cross 100 million downloads after Hotstar app. 

MyJio app got 4.4 star on an average with 1.98 million user feedback. Main reason behind this huge downloads number is MyJio is platform for jio customers to keep watch on their data connection and data usage and also for their upcoming 'Jio Phone' registration user can register through this app. Also Reliance Jio's JioTV app recorded 50 million downloads.

Android Browsers

Hello guys! In this blog Im suggesting some best browsers for your android mobiles. You will find a lot of browsers are available in Play Store so many time we confuse to choose good browser and we download some unkown browser which can harm your system and your privacy too. So, here I'm making your work little bit easy to find some best browser for your mobile. For best performance I will suggest you to install only one browser as your need ( P.S. I know you are thinking who gonna install multiple browser , but already your mobile comes with inbuilt browser so check that first and if possible disable it so you can save some space).

Opera Browser

1) Opera Browser 

Opera browser is well-known browser for its features. The important and unique feature of opera is it has inbuilt VPN so it will help you to browse torrent sites also. If ypu are using opera browser on desktop you can sync it to android device too. Opera browser has other lite version Opera mini browser which comes with partial ad bloacking and Facebook notification bar.
 
 Prime features:-

• Data saving mode
• Ad block feature
• Smart news feed
• Compress videos
• Private browsing

2) UC Browser  

UC Browser 

 UC browser is most famous browser but still I'm giving it 2nd position due to its size and also it consumes a lot of RAM space indirectly it causes poor performance of your mobile. Best part of this browser is its downloading speed so, if you download lot of stuffs its best browser for you.            

    Prime features:-

• Small windows mode
• Facebook mode
• Incognito mode
• Customization
• Night mode
• Data saving mode
• Ad block feature

3) Via Browser 

Via Browser

It's a new browser. Its UI and features are almost same as UC browser but real twist is it has size less than 2 MB and also it will not interrupt you with any ads or news etc.. Its clean, simple UI makes my favorite browser.

      prime features:-

• Light app
• Customisation
• Night mode
• Data saving mode
• Incognito mode
• Ad block feature
• Inbuilt find-in-page and transaltion

4) Google Chrome 

Chrome Browser

 Google chrome is one of the oldest browser and has minimal features. Its browsing speed is little bit good comparing to other browsers. Despite having simple UI and minimal features its huge size makes uncomfortable to download it and also lot of users complained that its taking more space of system which ultimately affecting performance.

    Prime features:-

• Fast browsing
• Data saving mode
• Incognito mode
• View pages and videos offline

5)Firefox Browser   

Firefox Browser

Firefox browser runs on open source project so you will find many versions of it. Firefox browser comes with a lot of add ons by which you can add as per your convinience. It has simple UI as like Google Chrome browser.

   Prime features:-

• Private browsing
• Quick share
• Add ons option
• Screen sharing option

Although there are lot browsers are available on Play Store I have selected only best browsers as these apps will provide you time to time updates,these have less bugs, better browsing speed. You can also give a try to Flynx, Dolphin, Brave browsers. Along with this if you know some other best browser and you are using it since long time you can tell in comment box below..