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Android Lollipop 5.0 now rolling out to Galaxy Note 3

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:43:00 -0800

After showcasing Android Lollipop on the Galaxy S5 last month, the folks over at SamMobile have gotten their hands on an internal Lollipop build destined for the Galaxy Note 3.

SEE ALSO: LG G3 4.4 kitkat To Update 5.0 Lollipop in Europe

Naturally Samsung is among them and all eyes are on the Korean giant to deliver updates to their current device lineup.
A user on their blog uploaded photos of what he claims is his SM-N900U unit running Android 5.0.

We scanned several of the bigger Vietnamese tech blogs, and it would appear that none of them have caught wind of this just yet, so we might have a misstep by Samsung or, of course, a fabrication.

Interestingly enough, Samsung-Updates, a site specializing in diligently archiving all Samsung updates as soon as they pop up, apparently had the 5.0 update for the SM-N900U Note 3 model, but took it down for an unknown reason, so even if you do have that same model, you can't pick the update from there just yet.

Aside from the boring security patches and bug fixes which come as standard, this update brings international calling over Wi-Fi, KNOX version 2.0, and a Kids Mode feature first seen on the Galaxy S5. There is still no sign of the patch on T-Mobile, AT&T or Verizon, where the Note 3 remains on Android 4.4.2, but we'll update you as soon as we hear more.

Sprint began the rollout on September 5th, which by now should mean most users have it. Keep checking the software update section in Settings, under the About Phone subcategory to see when your handset will be ready for the patch.

Source: gsmarena

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LG G3 4.4 kitkat To Update 5.0 Lollipop in Europe

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:29:00 -0800

LG G3 in Europe must be relieved to know that their phones will finally get a taste of Lollipop.

SEE ALSO: Android Lollipop 5.0 now rolling out to LG G3 in the U.K

The LG G3 from Vodafone U.K. (16GB model) is now being updated to Android Lollipo.

Starting from 12/12/2014, The offcial Android 5.0 L update for LG G3 should be available in the countries listed in below table.
A couple of days ago we told you that units sold by Vodafone UK started getting the new bits, and now it turns out that the rollout has spread to many more European countries.

Vodafone customers are the first to receive Lollipop for the G3 in the U.K., with even unlocked handsets still waiting for its rollout from LG. Android Geeks reports that the same update is also being seeded to Vodafone customers in Romania, so the carrier is obviously rolling it out to numerous markets at once.
Source: gsmarena

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Lumia 535 touch issues, fix upcoming

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:26:00 -0800

Various users of Microsoft Mobile’s latest handset, the Lumia 535, are reporting that they are having an issue with the sensitivity of the touch screen.

SEE ALSO: Android Lollipop 5.0 now rolling out to LG G3 in the U.K

The above video by Winphoneviet demonstrates the issue pretty convincingly, with the handset having issues tracking fingers accurately, especially when it comes to multi-touch.
Two of the most common issues with the Lumia 535 are the improper multi-touch detection and the low touch sensitivity that results in either the phone not detect your finger, or registering it in the wrong place.
Microsoft says that it is aware of the problem, and is working on a software update that will fix the issue. In the meantime, some Lumia 535 users say that they have been able to improve the sensitivity of the screen by turning off the Screen Magnifier, which just so happens to be on by default.

Source: gsmarena

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Android Lollipop 5.0 now rolling out to LG G3 in the U.K

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 02:26:00 -0800

Android 5.0 Lollipop has began rolling out to LG G3 in the United Kingdom. The new OS build is reportedly seeding to Vodafone UK devices at the moment.

SEE ALSO: Android 5.0 now rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4

The Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the LG G3 has began rolling out in South Korea, with LG keeping its promise of updating the handset with Lollipop goodness before the end of 2014.

Looks like the long-awaited Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade is now available for LG's 2014 flagship smartphone in the Europe.

It is not clear if the update has already hit all regions in Europe, but Android Geeks claim to have received the Android Lollipop sweet treatment on their Vodafone LG G3 in Romania.

Carrying build number, LRX21R, the Android 5.0 update for LG G3 weighs in at 520MB. Users are recommended to have a stable Wi-Fi connection for downloading the update and avoid data plan.

LG's super flat optimus UI looks great with Android 5.0 Lollipop

As expected, Android 5.0 Lollipop will bring a host of improvements to the LG G3. They include new UI design language, new security features, as well as a brand new Android ART runtime.

Source: gsmarena

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Samsung to build Apple A9 chipsets on 14nm process

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:29:00 -0800

Apple is already getting the first samples of its next-generation A9 chipset from none other than Samsung's state-of-the-art semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas, a Korean publication claims.

SEE ALSO: Android 5.0 now rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung has won back the trust of Apple with its shovel-ready 14nm FinFET production process, while the TSMC foundry's 16nm wafers can only start being cut in mass quantities in the second quarter of next year, it seems.

Apple, which was earlier dependent on Samsung for providing the chipset as well as the DRAM for its iOS devices. However, it started looking elsewhere when both the companies were engaged in patent infringement lawsuits. Apple reportedly awarded Taiwan’s TSMC the contract for making the A8 processor based in the 20nm process.

However, the new report suggests that Samsung has overtaken TSMC with its 14nm process, which has helped it bag the latest order from Apple. Either that or the relationship between Samsung and Apple is finally thawing after freezing over last year.

As is the case with reports involving component manufacturers, don’t expect any confirmations coming your way from any company.
Source: gsmarena

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Facebook drops Bing from Graph Search

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 01:21:00 -0800

Facebook is no longer showing search results from Microsoft's Bing search engine on its on-site Graph Search product, as Reuters reports.

SEE ALSO: Instagram 300 Million active Users, Instagram is now bigger than Twitter

Facebook has broken up with Bing, quietly dropping results from the Microsoft search engine as part of this week’s Facebook search update.

The change, reported late today by Reuters, was confirmed by a Facebook spokesperson in an email to Search Engine Land.

“We’re not currently showing web search results in Facebook Search because we’re focused on helping people find what’s been shared with them on Facebook,” the spokesperson wrote. “We continue to have a great partnership with Microsoft in lots of different areas.”

Facebook search has long been geared toward helping users find other people or information within the social network. But since 2008, Facebook has also served search results from the wider web, first in 2008 with Microsoft’s Live Search, then in 2010 with Bing.

Now Facebook is shifting gears. On Monday it announced an update — for U.S. English language users — that restored the ability for people to search within posts. That, Facebook said, was the No. 1 search-related request from users.

Microsoft owned Bing is the second most popular search engine in the U.S., with almost 20% of the total web searches being attributed to them. Facebook, on the other hand, is today valued at $211 billion. The relationship between the two at the moment can best be described by one word- “COMPLICATED”!
Source: theverge

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Instagram 300 Million active Users, Instagram is now bigger than Twitter

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 01:07:00 -0800

Instagram announced Wednesday that it now has more than 300 million monthly active users, up from 200 million in March.

SEE ALSO: Yahoo Starts Prompting To Mozilla Firefox “Upgrade"

Instagram has announced that it has officially reached 300 million active users, making it larger than Twitter.

Instagram users are also now posting 70 million photos and video a day.
Instagram shared the news in a blog post, where it also announced new verified badges for celebrities, athletes, and brands.

Facebook's companion company, bought for $1 billion in 2012, announced the milestone today, as well as the fact that it will start handing out verified accounts, the kind coveted by Twitter's users.

The verified badges will be for public figures and brands, Instagram said. Verified badges, coming within the week, "will make it easier for people to identify and follow the authentic brands they care about," Instagram said today in an email. "When an account is verified, a blue badge will appear next to its name in its profile as well as in search."

It’s also fascinating how Facebook’s gobbling of the social media sphere is adding millions to its user counts—Facebook Messenger has 500 million users ad WhatsApp, bought by Facebook earlier this year for $19 billion, adds another 600 million.

Source: Mashable

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Yahoo Starts Prompting To Mozilla Firefox “Upgrade”

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:30:00 -0800

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android, by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

SEE ALSO: YouTube finally Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos

Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.

If you’re visiting any Yahoo property today, chances are you’ll see an “Upgrade to the new Firefox” link in the top-right corner of your browser window. The prompt also appears if you’re using Internet Explorer, Opera and even the new Yandex browser. However, the prompt is missing from Safari, which will surely prompt a new round of speculation about Apple’s rumored switch to Yahoo as its default search engine.

Firefox also implements a proprietary protocol from Google called "Safe Browsing", used to exchange data related with phishing and malware protection.
Source: techcrunch

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Alleged Galaxy S6 Leaked live pic

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:57:00 -0800

Alleged live photo of Samsung Galaxy S6 made the rounds online. Samsung is expected to launch the successor of the Galaxy S5 at some point in early 2015.

SEE ALSO: Android 5.0 now rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4

Update: It turns out that the purported photo you see above is not the real deal. The image was quickly debunked by the folks from NowhereElse.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 is expected to come with a 5.5-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display, Exynos 7420 1.8GHz octa-core 64-bit chipset (and perhaps a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset for select markets), 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 20 or 16 MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and 4K Ultra HD video recording, 5MP front-facing camera, and Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box with Samsung’s TouchWiz UX running on tip. Although the picture doesn’t confirm it, we hope the Galaxy S 6 will be the first Galaxy S flagship to feature a full-metal or part metal construction.
What do you think of the leaked image? Does the Galaxy S6 look good?
Source: nowhereelse Via : toptienmobiel

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Android 5.0 now rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:38:00 -0800

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition smartphone is getting its first taste of Lollipop.

SEE ALSO: OnePlus One Now Available Without An invite

Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition is the latest Pure Google smartphone to get updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop. The new firmware is now seeding to the device over-the-air.

The Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition is yet to receive Android 5.0.1 Lollipop, which is already available on some of its siblings. We doubt it will be a long wait before the latest OS build makes it to the I9505G.
Source: androidcentral

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YouTube finally Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:06:00 -0800

YouTube has quietly started rolling out their own GIF generator. It's not available for all channels yet, with only certain creators having the option available on some of their videos, found under the sharing options next to email.

SEE ALSO: Apple Store now Accepts PayPal

Remember back in November of last year, when I wrote that YouTube needed to build their own tool for making GIFs from videos? Some called me crazy. Many, however, agreed completely.

Without any fanfare, YouTube has introduced a built-in GIF creation tool for selected videos and channels.

Andy Baio, a former CTO of Kickstarter, first spotted the update on Thursday.

The rollout is limited for the time being. The option appears on videos in the PBS Digital Studios' Ideas channel, as pointed out in the tweet above, under each video's "Share" option. The option is not available on Mashable's channel or several others that we checked.

If you have ever created short, looping animations, you will appreciate the simplicity of YouTube's tool. At the top is a film scrubber, which displays a series of frames from the video above. The frame tool moves along the strip as the video plays above and can be grabbed and dragged to any point in the video. It defaults to a three-second grab, but can be stretched out to six seconds or condensed to 0.3 seconds.

Right below the film scrubber is a preview window that shows you your GIF in real time; to the right sit two windows with the time stamps for the start and end of your GIF clip. Below, you can enter meme tet into fields to display at the top and bottom of your GIF. Once you click the large "create GIF" button, YouTube generates your final GIF and presents you with a link to email, an embeddable code, and social share links.

We've reached out to PBS and YouTube for comment on how the launch channels were selected. PBS, which is a nonprofit, may have presented fewer copyright concerns, but as GIFs are sound-free and no longer than six seconds, it's unlikely they would run into trouble from media or music companies.

Various free and ad-supported GIF creation tools already allow GIF creation from YouTube videos, but YouTube's own tool would make it a much simpler option.
Source: techcrunch

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Apple Store now Accepts PayPal

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:52:00 -0800

Apple has updated its online store to start accepting PayPal as a payment method in both the United States and United Kingdom.

SEE ALSO: Top Best smartphone innovations coming in Next Year

Apple.com shoppers in the U.S. and the U.K. have a new way to pay for the latest iPhone or iPad: PayPal.

As seen in the screenshot above, U.S. and UK Online Apple Stores have activated PayPal as an accepted form of payment for hardware purchases. First spotted by Re/Code, the change grants PayPal access to America's second-largest online retailer, and sees Apple promoting the PayPal Credit payments method that lets customers pay off a purchase over 18 months with no interest.

PayPal transactions have been available in the iTunes Music Store, App Store and iBookstore, as well as various third-party in-app solutions, but Apple has never allowed the payments service access to its lucrative hardware storefront until today.

It appears PayPal functionality is currently limited to Apple.com, as the Apple Store iOS app is not yet showing availability.

The two companies share a complicated relationship, especially after Apple announced direct PayPal competitor Apple Pay in September. Shortly after Apple Pay was unveiled, PayPal took advantage of a high-profile celebrity photo leak controversy involving iCloud as ammunition against Apple's mobile payments solution.

With Apple Pay, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners are able to conduct secure touchless transactions at a number of stores across the country. Perhaps more pressing an issue for PayPal is Apple Pay's online and in-app functionality, which some analysts see as a significant opportunity for Apple to disrupt PayPal's dominance in the sector.

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Top Best smartphone innovations coming in Next Year

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:52:00 -0800

One of the more annoying parts of computing is the necessity of keeping track of all your devices. In fact, according to a report released last year, the average American household has more connected devices than humans, evening out to close to six devices for each house!

SEE ALSO: Google Removes Amazon’s App from Play Store

Think that brand-new smartphone in your pocket is pretty cool? In just a few short months it’ll be officially obsolete. In early 2015, the first phones with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip will arrive on store shelves, and they’re going to power all kinds of new experiences in the next generation of mobile devices.

Qualcomm Snapdragon processors power virtually all of today’s top-tier phones that aren’t iPhones. Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry — if it’s a flagship device (or close), chances are it packs a Snapdragon (although Nvidia’s Tegra line and Samsung’s home-grown chips make rare but notable appearances here and there).

A smartphone or tablet’s processor is the backbone of the entire experience. Every app, every push notification, every pixel is controlled by the CPU (although graphics are sometimes handled by a separate GPU). Greater computational power means enhanced abilities, and the company’s best chip on the market today — the Snapdragon 805 — enables experiences like the virtual reality environment on the Samsung Gear VR (created by a Qualcomm-powered Galaxy Note 4).

The Snapdragon 810 will level-up things even further The Snapdragon 810 will level-up things even further. In a briefing with reporters, Qualcomm demonstrated some of the practical new abilities its new processor will enable in next year’s smartphones.

Here are five things next year's smartphones, powered by the 810, will be able to do that this year's can't:

Juggle 4K video

This display has 4K resolution, but the device is also capable of wirelessly streaming 4K video to a display.
IMAGE: MASHABLE, CHRISTINA ASCANI
Yes, smartphones such as the LG G3 already have Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) displays, which more pixels than you’ll ever need, but the new phones will be more about moving 4K video around than actually displaying it. A phone with a Snapdragon 810 will be able to wirelessly stream a 4K video (4,096 x 2,160) to a TV with just a few taps. Of course, you’ll need a TV or dongle capable of receiving it, but that’s in the works, too.

And just where will we get all the 4K video? Qualcomm believes that we’ll create it ourselves, and there’s good reason to think that. Most flagship smartphones can already shoot 4K video (it requires only an 8-megapixel camera), and the company estimates 500 million devices will be 4K-capable by 2018. An ecosystem needs to arise to deal with those big video files, and the 810 enables exactly that.

Simulate an optical zoom

The computational power of the Snapdragon 810 chip will let smartphone cameras like this one simulate the zoom power of a DSLR lens.
IMAGE: MASHABLE, CHRISTINA ASCANI
There’s a new kind of smartphone camera, made by Core Photonics, that’s actually two cameras: a normal wide-angle imager, and one with a fixed telephoto lens that magnifies the image about 3x. Using the serious computing power in the Qualcomm chip, the phone can combine the two images to create a picture that Core Photonics claims is better than what a DSLR can capture, at low zoom levels.

Checking out a live demo of the camera, I could read the text in a Peanuts cartoon that the camera was aimed at, even though the zoom was engaged at about 8x. The picture from a normal camera, displayed alongside the Photonics cam, was noticeably blurrier, and the text was illegible.

Record directional audio

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip will enable directional audio recording while capturing video, letting the camera capture individual voices in a loud room.
IMAGE: MASHABLE, CHRISTINA ASCANI
One big issue with capturing video on cellphones is audio quality. With the new chip, the phone will be able to process sound in a way that captures it in specific directions. If you, say, just want to record audio from the person you’re filming, you’ll be able to tell your camera you just want his or her voice, and nothing else.

Serve as your home PC

This receiver enables a Snapdragon 810-powered tablet to become a home PC by connecting to a monitor, keyboard and mouse wirelessly.
With this much computing power in a phone or tablet, it can actually serve as a PC workstation, connecting wirelessly to a workstation with a monitor and keyboard. With a device not much bigger than a Chromecast, a Qualcomm-powered tablet can power a the workstation, connected via the next generation of Wi-Fi, called 802.11ad (aka WiGig).

The Snapdragon 810 will be the first Qualcomm chip to support 802.11ad, which is about 5x the speed of the current 802.11ac standard. That’s good enough for 4K and then some, although it’s going to require new hardware all around.

Game like a console

A Snapdragon 810-powered smartphone or tablet can do double duty as a game console, wirelessly streaming gameplay to a TV.
IMAGE: MASHABLE, CHRISTINA ASCANI
Finally, a phone or tablet powered by a Snapdragon 810 processor will be a pretty good substitute for a game console. While Android has had difficulty in becoming a fully fledged game platform, next year’s hardware will be superb for gaming, able to connect to an external monitor wirelessly with ease for gaming on a big screen.

All these new abilities are just demonstrations at this point — it’s up to manufacturers to implement them. But they certainly will, and tomorrow’s smartphones will surely play an even greater role in our digital lives than they do now… if that’s even possible.

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Google Removes Amazon’s App from Play Store

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:36:00 -0800

In October, we spotted that Amazon had quietly launched a hidden and functional app store within its main Android application which was available for download on Google Play.

SEE ALSO: Facebook Adding A 'Dislike' Button

Google has forced Amazon to taken down its shopping app that contained a functional app store. The app has now been replaced
by Amazon Shopping app that is the same but without the app store link.

Amazon confirmed that it removed these links to its app store because of Google’s rules for Play Store. Google altered its
Developer Distribution Agreement at the end of September, just a couple of weeks after Amazon updated its main app to allow
customers to purchase Amazon’s digital content, including videos and apps.

“We launched a new Amazon App for Android Phones on September 9 that provides an award-winning mobile shopping experience,
enables customers to discover and purchase all of Amazon’s digital catalog, and provides customers access to the Prime Instant
Video player and unlimited streaming of over 40,000 movies and TV episodes. Google subsequently changed their Developer
Distribution Agreement on September 25. As a result, we removed the app from Google Play and published the Amazon Shopping app.
Customers who want the best Amazon experience on their Android phone, including access to Prime Instant Video and Amazon’s
entire digital catalog, can still get the Amazon App for Android Phones at amazon.com/androidapp.

Source: TechCrunch

Facebook Adding A 'Dislike' Button

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:38:00 -0800

Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that Facebook was thinking about adding a "dislike" button to its site.

SEE ALSO: Now See Your Old Facebook Post

"We’re thinking about it," Zuckerberg said. "It’s an interesting question.” when asked whether the social network would ever add the long-requested dislike button.

In Mark Zuckerberg’s second public Q&A currently being livestreamed , Zuckerberg discussed how Facebook won’t add a dislike button but wants to give more nuance to how people share emotions and reactions other than approval, and explained how he doesn’t think connecting with friends is a waste of time.

He quickly clarified that such a button likely wouldn't say "dislike" on it. Instead, he said, people often want to react to posts they see on Facebook with sentiments other than "like."

"Everyone feels like they they can just push the Like button, and that's an important way to sympathize or empathize with someone," Zuckerberg told the audience. But there are times when you may want the simplicity of a one-click response but a "like" doesn't feel appropriate, he added.

Facebook thinking about "dislike," Zuckerberg says, but maybe not through a dislike button.

— Zach miners (@zachminers) December 11, 2014

"We need to figure out the right way to do it so it ends up being a force for good, not a force for bad," he said — because a "dislike" or other negative sentiment could easily be used for the wrong reasons. It's worth noting this isn't the first time Zuckerberg has claimed to be "thinking about" a dislike button— he's made similar comments as far back as 2010.

The Facebook CEO also defended the social network's recent controversial real names policy, which requires Facebook users to identify themselves by their legal names, saying it encourages accountability among users.

"It's part of building a safe community," he said.

"On Facebook, most people refer to themselves by their real name and that's a very important part of our culture."

The goal, Zuckerberg added, is to make the social network a "reflection of real world relationships" and that the real name policy "grounds everyone in that reality."

He also addressed another recent controversy: Facebook's experiments. Specifically, the highly cited emotional manipulation study that experimented with hiding various posts on users' news feeds to see whether it would affect their mood.

"Testing is a really important part of how Facebook works overall," Zukerberg explained.

He initially defended the test saying the company thought it "had a responsibility to the community" to investigate issues that could affect the "emotional or psychological wellbeing" of users. "We could have done it a lot better," he said.

Zuckerberg was also asked about his New Year's resolutions, which included becoming fluent in Mandarin. He revealed his goal for 2014 was to send one thank-you note a day, and said he's still not sure about his 2015 goal.

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PS4 Finally Will Come to China in Next Year

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:08:00 -0800

The PS4 and PS Vita handheld are coming to China's marketplace in January after the country lifted its 14-year ban on foreign video-game consoles earlier this year.

OnePlus One Now Available Without An invite

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:04:00 -0800

Most of the time you need an invite to buy a OnePlus One, but the company is feeling generous this holiday season and is letting you grab one without an invite. Pricing starts (as usual) at $300 and the phone will arrive by December 25 (so Santa won't be late).

3 Best simple way To Create Free Website

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:34:00 -0800

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How to find your own tweets on Twitter

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:09:00 -0800

If you've ever wanted to look back on your prior Twitter history and find an old tweet, you know that finding posts from weeks or years past is much easier said than done.

Now See Your Old Facebook Post

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 9 Dec 2014 23:50:00 -0800

Today we’re updating Facebook Search to make it easier to find the posts that have been shared with you.

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Facebook updated its search in a big way Monday that allows you to find your or your friends' posts from months or years past.

Keywords are important
The feature has already begun rolling out to the iPhone app and desktop. The company hasn't said when it will hit Android but a Google Play update will likely follow.

We took the new search features for a spin on iOS to see how it works:

Facebook searches are based on keywords in the post, so it works best if you have an idea of the exact post or type of post you're looking for.

"With a quick search, you can get back to a fun video from your graduation, a news article you’ve been meaning to read, or photos from your friend’s wedding last summer," Facebook explained in its blog post.

This means that if you remember, say, a National Geographic link a particular friend posted, you can type their name and "National Geographic" into the search bar.

But results aren't chronological

Notably, search results are not displayed in chronological order, so you may need to scroll down a bit to find the post you're looking for. But you can tweak the types of results that appear by specifying whether you want to search posts, groups events, pages, photos or apps. If I wanted to find photos of cats I had posted on Facebook, for example, I would search my name and "cats" and then select "photos."

Again, since it's based on keywords, this method isn't perfect. The search results don't include other photos of cats I've posted that don't include the word "cat" in the description, for example. But Facebook will likely improve the feature over time and make it easier to fine-tune the types of content you want to see.

Privacy

It's worth pointing out that searches apply the same privacy settings as the rest of the app. If you set a post or photo to "friends only," for example, then only your friends will be able to see those posts in a search.

But considering all your old posts just got a whole lot easier to find, it's probably a good time to revisit your account's privacy settings to make sure you won't be caught off guard by a random search surfacing one of those photos you posted before your mom joined Facebook.

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payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 9 Dec 2014 02:01:00 -0800

If you've accidentally deleted some or all of your text messages by mistake, fret not! You can get them back with a 99% chance of success, but there's one ingredient that is most important: time! If you've deleted your SMS inbox you have to act quick, because while the messages are recoverable until the portion of memory on which they are saved is rewritten, the longer you wait the higher the likelihood of getting new text messages, app updates or who-knows-what saved to the same location, obliterating them forever.

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Moto X + 1: coming soon

payd2all@gmail.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 6 Apr 2014 12:15:00 -0700

While Google might have already passed Motorola over to Lenovo, it brought about a change in the way the company was working nonetheless.
We saw the start of that change with the Moto X and now the phone will have a successor soon. The news was already broken by Motorola at MWC, but now, tipster evleaks hints that the phone could be called Moto X + 1 and would hit the markets soon.
Of course, now that Lenovo would be in charge, things might be a little different. First, Moto X has been made available in some countries only recently, seven or so months after the phone was announced. We might see Lenovo improving on that timeline and making the process a little more quick with the successor. The company might also want to bring Moto Maker to other countries. On the hardware front, we doubt Lenovo will have much of a say at this point in time, but we’re expecting a 1080p display, improved processor and maybe, camera too. Also, the Moto X offered some unique features which we’re expecting to trickle down to Moto X + 1. We’ll certainly know more in the coming days.
Source: @evleaks

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