“Ethical” Fairphone 2 Beats Google’s Ara for World’s First Modular Phone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="The-Fairphone-2-Dissassembled_2" height="360" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Fairphone-2-Dissassembled_2.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>A Dutch startup is ready to launch first ever consumer-ready modular smartphones in December in select European countries beating Google’s Project Ara for world’s first modular smartphones. Since Google announced a delay in its Project Ara, Fairphone took a lead in launching its “ethically sourced” Fairphone 2 modular smartphone.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google created quite a buzz with its Project Ara modular phones at the start of the year but got beaten up in the race of creating the first one. Dutch-based startup Fairphone is all set to bring out the first ever consumer ready modular smartphones in the market.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For all those hard-liners who are confused what extra does the smartphone could have, since they have already started flying as well, the modular smartphones will prove beyond your imagination. The conventional smartphones are limited to their software flexibility, but the modular smartphones will give you a control over the hardware adaptability as well.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, that means if you are fed up with your old camera, you can replace it with a new high power camera module, if your phone is slow, you can just replace the processor – as simple as that. Read Smartphone of the future for more information.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since Google announced a delay in its Project Ara, Fairphone took a lead in launching its “ethically sourced” Fairphone 2 modular smartphone. Ethically sourced means that all the products and materials used while making the smartphone were collected from conflict-free zones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Fairphone 2 modular phone has 7 assembly components which means, you can replace seven of the components from your Fairphone 2. Namely battery, display, main chassis, back cover, receiver, speaker and rear camera modules.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The phone will be powered Snapdragon 801 SoC and use Android 5.1 Lollipop, but can also run other OS as well like Canonical’s Ubuntu, Jolla’s Sailfish OS, and Mozilla’s Firefox OS.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first hand Fairphone 2 set will have 8MP rear camera, 5-inch full HD LCD display with Gorilla Glass, 2 GB RAM and supports dual micro SIM.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first modular smartphone is priced at $580 and will arrive in select European countries in December 2015. It will be rolled out for other countries by early 2016.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6DW733G76BY" width="640"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Are you up for modular phones or will stick to your passive smartphones? Tell us in comments below.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Source: Fairphone</span></div> </div>

“Ethical” Fairphone 2 Beats Google’s Ara for World’s First Modular Phone

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:49 AM

SP's: A Dutch startup is ready to launch first ever consumer-ready modular smartphones in December in select European countries beating Google’s Project Ara for world’s first modular smartphones. Since Google announced a delay in its Project Ara, Fa… Read more »

Read more »

Ultimate Battle of Hybrids: Apple iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs Google Pixel C

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="ipad-pro-surface-pro-pixel-c-" height="395" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ipad-pro-surface-pro-pixel-c-.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>All big companies are battling each other to become winners in the race of the ultimate hybrid tablet. Taking inspiration from Microsoft Surface tablet, Apple and Google have revealed their new products. Let’s take a look at this ultimate battle: Apple iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs Google Pixel C.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Every big company seems to be betting on the huge tablet/laptop convertible for the future of personal computing. Whether we look at the newest offering from Apple, Microsoft or Google, what we see is a big tablet, by big I mean bigger than the 10-inch standard ‘large’ tablet size, with a keyboard accessory that can be bought separately. Now it’s a tablet, now it’s not! The magic trick is getting a bit old now but only now have the devices reached the kind of polish that can make consumers ditch their real laptop notebooks and buy a hybrid one.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Before we begin, one thing I don’t understand here is that if you are pitching a device as a laptop/tablet hybrid then at least ship the keyboard in the package; instead we get an ‘optional’ keyboard accessory at a price of around 150 bucks. So very uncool!!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With that out of the way let us compare the ‘surfaces’ from the biggest tech companies and find out which one is the best buy.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Let us first take an overview of the three devices:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apple iPad Pro</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="ipad-pro-keyboard" height="328" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ipad-pro-keyboard.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">12.9″  Retina Display (2732×2048 resolution ~ 264ppi)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Apple A9X processor</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">8 MP iSight camera at the back</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">1.2 MP FaceTime/Selfie camera</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Touch ID fingerprint technology</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">iOS 9.1</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">9-10 hour battery life</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~ 710 gm</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$169 Keyboard accessory</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$99 Apple Pencil</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$799 for 32GB model</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$949 for 128GB model</span></li> </ul> <br /> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Microsoft Surface Pro 4:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Microsoft-Surface-Pro-4" height="360" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-4.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">12.3″ PixelSense Display (2736×1824 resolution ~ 267 ppi)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Intel Core m3, i5, i7</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">8 MP at the back</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">5 MP on the front</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Fingerprint ID built into keyboard accessory</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Windows 10</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">9-hour battery life</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~780 grams</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$129 for keyboard accessory ($149 for the one with fingerprint reader)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Surface Pen included in package</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$899 Core M3, 128 GB SSD, 4GB RAM</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$999 Core i5, 128 GB SSD, 4 GB RAM</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$1599 Core i7, 128 GB SSD, 4 GB RAM</span></li> </ul> <br /> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google Pixel C:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="google-pixel-c" height="429" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/google-pixel-c.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">10.2″ Display(2560×1800 resolution ~ 308ppi)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Nvidia Tegra X1</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">No Info on Cameras or fingerprint reader</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Android 6.0 Marshmallow</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">10-hour battery life</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$149 for keyboard accessory</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$499 for 32 GB</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">$599 for 64 GB</span></li> </ul> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Comparison: Apple iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs Google Pixel C</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The devices we have here for comparison are vastly different from each other, probably the only thing common between them is the touchscreen is big and high resolution and all are wannabe laptops.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google’s Pixel C has me least convinced to replace my laptop with it. Android is not yet ready to provide the level of functionality a user desires from a laptop. The keyboard technology that Google has built for it is commendable, but most users would like to use a 10″ tablet as a tablet rather than a laptop. Even with Marshmallow the operating system is not for the laptop format. Also, the hardware is nearly not as powerful as one would like to have on a laptop to get some decent productivity. It is cheaper than the rest but considering that it is more of a tablet and less of a laptop, shelling out $750 for a tablet is not advisable.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">iPad Pro and Surface Pro 4 are worthy competitors. Even though it is Apple’s first attempt in the convertible market, they learned from the mistakes of their enemies and have built a great device. On the other hand, Surface Pro 4 has seen iterative development over the years and is now at the peak of its growth. Windows phone is no match for iOS but to compete with full Windows 10, Apple knew it had to pull many bunnies out of its hat. Hence, iOS 9. The newest iOS has adapted (read copied windows features) to the needs of the laptop environment by providing multiple apps on screen and app in app functionality. Also, the performance of the new A9X chip is ‘desktop class’ according to Apple which they proved by editing four streams of 4k videos simultaneously on the new iPad.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Surface Pro 4 is the laptop/tablet hybrid Microsoft had dreamed when it launched the first surface. The keyboard is fantastic, the pen is much better, the OS is a pleasure to use on a touch screen, everything is smooth and slick. It is pretty much the perfect windows device for on the go needs. Be sure to buy the i5 version at least to get decent performance. This will set you back for $1150 because of course you will have to buy the keyboard separately. In comparison, iPad Pro 128 GB model with keyboard and pencil will cost the same. On another note, Microsoft was onstage at the iPad Pro unveiling to say how good the tablet is for using its Office Suite. So if you mostly use Microsoft Office you can’t go wrong either way. Also, I am not comparing the main snappers because if the camera on a > 12″ tablet affects your buying decision then I cannot help you.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Verdict:</span></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, in the end it all boils down to a clash between Windows desktop vs iOS and I am giving this one to Windows. If any device replaces my laptop it should be able to do everything I did on my laptop exactly the same. This is the most important thing when looking for a replacement, you want the other thing to work the same that your original device did. If I get additional touch screen goodness with it then it is a plus. On the other hand if I get a whole bunch of touch screen goodness and then have to compromise on my laptop productivity; Sorry I am not interested. I will just buy a tablet instead. iOS could be the ‘most advanced’ mobile operating system but on a notebook I would like a desktop operating system. Had there been OS X when you needed a laptop and iOS in touchscreen mode, Apple would have taken the crown. Perhaps, sometime in the future.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Which do you think is the better laptop/tablet hybrid among the three?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tell us in the comments section below.</span></div> </div>

Ultimate Battle of Hybrids: Apple iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs Google Pixel C

Shivam Patsariya 0 12:09 PM

SP's: All big companies are battling each other to become winners in the race of the ultimate hybrid tablet. Taking inspiration from Microsoft Surface tablet, Apple and Google have revealed their new products. Let’s take a look at this ultimate batt… Read more »

Read more »

HTC Makes Its Own iPhone 6 That Runs on Android Marshmallow

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="HTC-One-A9-Hero-image-FINAL-1" height="488" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HTC-One-A9-Hero-image-FINAL-1.png" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>Stung by the previous failure, HTC is back with a new phone which is the first non-Nexus phone to run Android Marshmallow. However, the phone looks like a complete ripoff of iPhone 6. Know more about it here.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I‘ve always been a fan of the innovative metallic design of HTC phones. However, the HTC One M9 introduced earlier this year was a bit disappointment and I wished to see some change in their design vision.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, who knew the change I was expecting was just around the corner and this much drastic! The Taiwanese company today revealed its 2nd hero smartphone of the year as HTC One A9, running on Android Marshmallow. It’s the most obvious and high-profile ripoff of iPhone 6 we’ve seen till now.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, HTC made a iPhone 6 for itself in the form of HTC A9. Does the name sound somewhat familiar? Yes, the A9 chipset in the new iPhone 6s, obviously.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The HTC One A9 costs just $399 unlocked, half the price of an iPhone, with an all-aluminum body with round edges- just like an iPhone.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="htc-a9-apple-iphone-6-2" height="360" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/htc-a9-apple-iphone-6-2.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And, where are my front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fighting the criticism, HTC says that HTC One A9 is the amalgamation of its two existing phones – the One M9 and the Desire 816. If you take a moment to look at these phones and combine their looks, you’ll understand what HTC is trying to say.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="htc-a9-apple-iphone-6-1" height="320" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/htc-a9-apple-iphone-6-1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, does it matter to the average person why “this” phone looks “that” way? No, it doesn’t.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">HTC One A9 is the first non-Nexus phone that will be running Android Marshmallow. It does look very attractive and the smooth glass-covered front panel feels very nice with its machined back.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It’ll be interesting to see how long the struggle of HTC continues. What do you think? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

HTC Makes Its Own iPhone 6 That Runs on Android Marshmallow

Shivam Patsariya 0 12:28 PM

SP's: Stung by the previous failure, HTC is back with a new phone which is the first non-Nexus phone to run Android Marshmallow. However, the phone looks like a complete ripoff of iPhone 6. Know more about it here. I‘ve always been a fan of the inno… Read more »

Read more »

Canadian Military Is Recruiting Car Hackers, Anyone Up For It?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><img alt="car-hacking-canada" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/car-hacking-canada.jpg" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>SP's: </b>Car hacking is illegal as we know it, but if you have the skill, you can work for the Canadian military. </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the past few months, car hacking has become quite popular among the hackers. After the Fiat Chrysler hack fiasco, the car manufacturers are going through a nightmare as more and more vulnerabilities are being exposed in the system in an attempt to create connected cars.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Canadian military has <a href="https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-QCL-018-16558" target="_blank">issued a tender</a> for the cyber security of automotive systems in a bid to make its systems more secure. So, to expose the zero-day vulnerabilities in the new sophisticated car models before the attackers, the DRDC (Defence Research and Development Canada) is recruiting white-hat car hackers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And they are paying handsomely too, $205,000 for the job and separately on an “as and when requested basis”, the prospect hacker or his team could get $620,000.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Researchers predict about 150 million passenger vehicles will be connected to the IoT, i.e. about 70% of all vehicles by 2020 and if the security is not pepped up, it could pose a grave concern for the life of consumers. Intel has decided to establish an Automotive Security Review Board, a panel of top security experts in cyber-physical systems who will look out for any vulnerability in the connected vehicles.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hacking a car is not and easy job but is not that difficult either. In a live demonstration, the security researchers explained the car hack process, and many such incidents have alarmed the security team in the automobile industry. So, the decision by the DRDC seems right on money. Not only will they come to know about the exploits and various methods of hacking, they will also save many lives who might be in danger.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And it’s not just that the high profile elite cars are being targeted, even the self-driving car has been hacked using a Raspberry Pi. So, unlike any other computer hack, a car hack poses a life threat to the people.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The closing date of the tender is 2015/10/27. For more information see <a href="https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-QCL-018-16558" target="_blank">buyandsell</a>.gc.ca.</span></div> </div>

Canadian Military Is Recruiting Car Hackers, Anyone Up For It?

Shivam Patsariya 0 12:39 PM

SP's: Car hacking is illegal as we know it, but if you have the skill, you can work for the Canadian military.  In the past few months, car hacking has become quite popular among the hackers. After the Fiat Chrysler hack fiasco, the car manufacturer… Read more »

Read more »

After Range Rover And Apple, The Chinese Copy “Tesla” Electric Cars

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><img alt="Thunder-Power from Taiwan" height="370" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Thunder-Power-from-Taiwan.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>SP's: </b>Chinese entrepreneurs are promising low-cost electric cars to their consumers. And not just any car, people can have a Tesla Model replica for almost half the price.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It seems whatever China doesn’t want to import – it just copies. Last year, Chinese market was abuzz with an impeccable rip-off of Range Rover, then were the fake Apple Stores and now it is Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla, which is facing the identity crisis in China.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Beijing, in order to curb its carbon emission intensity as it has promised on the global forum, has directed its automobile industry to bring an electric car revolution in China. By 2020, around 5 million electric-powered automobiles will be seen throughout the country, as per the plan.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, Tesla being the leading manufacturer in EVs is subjected to high taxes in China (not surprised to hear that) and the local entrepreneurs have taken quite an advantage of that. Le* Car is a Chinese electric supercar built by the Leshi Internet Information & Technology.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The company is founded and run by billionaire Jia Yueting. The company has a team of 600 which is reportedly a mix of engineers from GM, BMW, and Tesla. The Chinese concept supercar will go in production in 2018.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tesla Model P 85 recently got an insane 103 out of 100 in consumer report rating. So, we are quite clear on why Tesla is being targeted.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The reasons of these design violations are not tough to understand either. Well, for the starters, Range Rover, Apple, Tesla and a few more are the top brands in the world, so providing the customers with similar models at much lower cost is a plausible business. Also, the government has subjected these foreign brands to high taxes, so the already expensive Tesla Model S is undoubtedly out from the normal consumers’ reach.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the interesting part is, even the copied models have competition in the internal market from other copies. Anyone would confuse the Chinese Youxia Ranger X for Tesla’s Model S. Funded by Huang Xiuyuan, another Chinese entrepreneur, the car was built in just 16 months from the scratch. The design is strikingly similar to Model S and some parts taken from Lexus, Audi, and Maserati.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Youxian Ranger X" height="329" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Youxian-X.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Youxian Ranger X</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Similarly, Thunder Power e-car from Taiwan provides everything that Tesla does, from Performance to style.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, this counterfeit of Tesla is even more dangerous for Musk than Apple entering into the EV business. The CEO of Tesla has not yet commented on this blasphemy towards this pet project. He had earlier lashed out at Apple for poaching its ex- employees. It would be interesting to watch his reaction over the current development.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

After Range Rover And Apple, The Chinese Copy “Tesla” Electric Cars

Shivam Patsariya 0 12:37 PM

SP's: Chinese entrepreneurs are promising low-cost electric cars to their consumers. And not just any car, people can have a Tesla Model replica for almost half the price. It seems whatever China doesn’t want to import – it just copies. Last year, C… Read more »

Read more »

10 Inventions That Make Nikola Tesla One Of The Greatest Scientists Of All Time

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="nikola-tesla-" height="387" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nikola-tesla-.jpg" width="640" /><i><b>SP's: </b>Nikola Tesla, who is regarded as of the greatest scientists of all times, has gifted the world in every possible way in terms of electricity, light, radio, transmitter and even x-rays. He has made more than 700 inventions and had over 100 patents in his lifetime.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Nikola</b> Tesla, who is one of the greatest scientists of all time obtained more than 100 patents in his lifetime. Despite his 700 inventions, Tesla was not wealthy. He worked in his room for many years, at the Hotel New Yorker, where he died.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take a quick look at some of this greatest inventions:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Alternating Current:</span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="alternating current" height="514" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alternating-current.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alternating current wasn’t invested by Tesla. However, his outstanding contribution in making its usage simple shall always make it one of his greatest inventions. Tesla, who worked for Edison at that time pointed out the flaws and inefficiency of Edison’s direct current electrical powerhouses.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DC current flows continuously in a direction, where as alternating current be stepped up to very high voltage levels as it changes its direction 50-60 times per second, thus minimizing power loss across great distances. Even after the much bitterness between Edison and Tesla regarding the AC vs DC war, ultimately, Nikola Tesla developed polyphase alternating current system of generators, motors and transformers and held 40 basic U.S. Patents on the system. This was bought by George Westinghouse, which marked the nationwide and thereafter, worldwide usage of electricity.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. The Tesla Turbine:</span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="testa turbine" height="297" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/testa-turbine.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the early 20th century, which was primarily the era of piston engine in automobiles, Tesla invented his own engine in turbine style, which was bladeless  and used made use of smooth discs that spun in a chamber. The fuel efficiency of his engine was 60% (which was a great achievement at that time as the current fuel efficiency level we are at is 42%).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. The Tesla Coil</span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="tesla coil" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tesla-coil.png" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Tesla Coil is another of his greatest inventions. It is a high-frequency air-core transformer which takes the output from a 120vAC to several kilovolt transformer & driver circuit and steps it up to an extremely high voltage (above 1,000,000 volts) and are discharged in the form of electrical arcs. Tesla coils create extremely powerful electrical fields, which define their uniqueness.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>4. & 5. Radio And Remote Control</b></span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="tesla radio" height="410" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tesla-radio.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tesla patented a radio controlled robot-boat which was used to control radio waves  in the Electrical Exhibition in 1898. Tesla’s robot-boat was constructed with an antenna, transmitted the radio waves which were again received by coherer.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This transmitted the radio waves into mechanical movements of the propellers on the boat. Thus, the boat directions could be manually operated.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Magnifying Transmitter</span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="magnifying transmitter" height="449" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/magnifying-transmitter.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tesla built the largest and most powerful Tesla Coil, called The Magnifying Transmitter. This had three coils and was 52 feet in diameter. What made it the biggest lightning at that time was the fact that it generated electricity of the order of millions of volts and shot lightning bolts (approximately 130 feet long).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>7. Neon Lamp</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="tesla neon light" height="640" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tesla-neon-light.png" width="456" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tesla created the first neon signs at the World’s Fair by taking glass tubes and bending them into famous scientists’ names, in effect creating the first neon signs. Also, he converted black light into visible light using a phosphorescent substance (which was created by him).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Shadowgraph</span></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="shadowgraoh" height="538" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shadowgraoh.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tesla obtained images of a human body which he called shadowgraph. Also, Tesla experimented with reflected x-rays and described features of transmitted and reflected rays.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides, explaining changes in x-ray characteristics as being caused by variations in x-ray tubes and electrical generators, Tesla also realized the biological hazards of working with unipolar x-ray tubes.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Adams Power Plant Transformer House</span></h4> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="niagara falls" height="499" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/niagara-falls.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse built the first hydro-electric power plant in  Niagara Falls 1895, thereby ensuring the beginning of electrification of the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10. Induction Motor</span></h4> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="induction motor" height="461" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/induction-motor.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nikola Tesla invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible. What’s more is that he made AC power transmission an economic necessity.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite being a genius, Tesla was not wealthy, some of his inventions never got recognised. What are your views on it? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

10 Inventions That Make Nikola Tesla One Of The Greatest Scientists Of All Time

Shivam Patsariya 0 4:09 AM

SP's: Nikola Tesla, who is regarded as of the greatest scientists of all times, has gifted the world in every possible way in terms of electricity, light, radio, transmitter and even x-rays. He has made more than 700 inventions and had over 100 pate… Read more »

Read more »

Elon Musk Disses Apple: “Apple Hires The Engineers We Fire”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="elon-musk-apple-we-fire-people-apple-hire" height="400" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/elon-musk-apple-we-fire-people-apple-hire.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's:</b> Elon Musk, in his interview to German newspaper, dissed Apple Inc. for poaching its employees to get its first ever car project in line.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elon Musk has been reported saying bizarre statements in past few days such as nuking Mars to make it habitable or this latest one in which he says that “Apple is the graveyard for Tesla engineers.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In an Interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt, Elon Musk dissed Apple for its ingression in the automobile industry. Musk seemed upset not just because Tesla has another competitor for its electric cars, but also of the fact that Apple has been hiring all of the former Tesla employees.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The technology pioneer took a jab at Apple which was labelled as the world’s most valuable tech brand as he asked,</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Did you ever take a look at the Apple Watch? (laughs) No, seriously: It’s good that Apple is moving and investing in this direction. But cars are very complex compared to phones or smartwatches. You can’t just go to a supplier like Foxconn and say: Build me a car. But for Apple, the car is the next logical thing to finally offer a significant innovation. A new pencil or a bigger iPad alone were not relevant enough."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While he was in Germany to talk about the future of transportation with the government representatives and to meet German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel, he gave the reporter a piece of his mind as to what is wrong with the people of the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He has previously asserted his views on the looming global threats because of the blatant exploitation of the fossils and requested the humanity to stop running its dumbest experiment ever.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"They have hired people we’ve fired. We always jokingly call Apple the “Tesla Graveyard.” If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, he hits the perfect note on this subject, let’s wait and see what Apple has in stores for Musk.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: Handelsblatt</span></div> </div>

Elon Musk Disses Apple: “Apple Hires The Engineers We Fire”

Shivam Patsariya 0 1:20 PM

SP's: Elon Musk, in his interview to German newspaper, dissed Apple Inc. for poaching its employees to get its first ever car project in line. Elon Musk has been reported saying bizarre statements in past few days such as nuking Mars to make it habi… Read more »

Read more »

that Dangerous Malware Has the Ability to Root Your Smartphones

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="kemoge1-world" height="393" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/kemoge1-world.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>A new malicious adware is here to make your lives harder. Kemoge adware has the ability to do some serious damage to your precious smartphone by rooting it and then flooding it with tons of ads.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no dearth of malware that are designed to serve unwanted ads in your mobile phone and steal your user information. Some of them just stick to severing tons of ads and don’t cause any harm. The security firm <a href="https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/10/kemoge_another_mobi.html">FireEye </a>has reported a malware that belongs to the other class.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The malicious adware, dubbed Kemoge, can do some serious damage to your Android phones. Apart from serving the intrusive ads, Kemoge has the ability to root your devices and make them more vulnerable to attacks.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just like every other malware and adware, Kemoge spreads by hiding itself under the hood of some popular app. Then via the route of 3rd-party app stores, it reaches the smartphones of users and starts causing the harm.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also read: Here’s the Best Antivirus Software for Windows PCs, According to New Tests</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It should be noted that if you are downloading the apps from stores other than Google Play store, you need to be extra careful as they don’t employ the security steps taken by Google.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="kemoge2-apps-root" height="258" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/kemoge2-apps-root.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kemoge sample apps in the wild</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s a flowchart that shows how Kemoge adware works and its lifecycle. In the first step, using third party apps app stores and web/ad promoted installation, the malicious adware gets installed on phones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="kemoge3-adware-lifecycle" height="360" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/kemoge3-adware-lifecycle.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the second step, the adware collects local info collection for aggressive ad serving and then roots the device. After opening the back door for exploits, the adware can remotely control the app, allowing app installations, uninstall and launching any app.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Kemoge adware is infecting the smartphones over 20 countries and it’s possible that it originated from China.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The users are advised users not to install apps from 3rd-party sites. You should also keep your phones up to date to close these known root exploits.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

that Dangerous Malware Has the Ability to Root Your Smartphones

Shivam Patsariya 0 3:22 AM

SP's: A new malicious adware is here to make your lives harder. Kemoge adware has the ability to do some serious damage to your precious smartphone by rooting it and then flooding it with tons of ads. There is no dearth of malware that are designed … Read more »

Read more »

How To Enable Two-factor Authentication For Google, Facebook?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="two factor password enable" height="396" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/two-factor-password-enable.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>Two-factor authentication is amongst many options, yet one of the most underestimated methods, to improve your online security. If you haven’t enabled the 2-step verification for your password protection yet, then it is time you go for it.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Google itself recommends methods to stay safe online, then it is time you understand the gravity of the situation and adopt some security measures. As most of the news feed nowadays is filled with cyber attacks and security breaches rendering the connected users helpless, each and every effort to safeguard yourself counts.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two-factor authentication is one of the methods to strengthen your online security. It provides an additional layer to your standard password protection system using a second electronic device. Mostly, it utilizes your phone number for verification and gives alerts whenever your account is being accessed.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almost all the services like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, PayPal, Twitter, Snapchat, Microsoft, LastPass offer two-factor authentication. So, all you have to do is just go to the website that you have your account on and enable the two-factor authentication protection system.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is how to enable two-factor authentication for various services.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication For Google?</span></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simply type Google two-step verification on Google search and go to the www.google.com/landing/2step and scroll down to Get Started. Follow the prompts.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification" height="350" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Confirm your phone number and choose how would you like to receive the verification code.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-1" height="363" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-1.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Enter the Six digit code that you would immediately receive and verify.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-2" height="325" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-2.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. The next question that Google will ask you is to confirm that your current machine is a trusted system like your home desktop, so it won’t ask you for 2 step verification whenever you are on that system. Else, you will get the alerts.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-3" height="284" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-3.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Enable the 2-Step-authentication by clicking Confirm.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-4" height="254" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-4.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After you have confirmed for the 2-step-authentication, Google will send you additional protection features.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Verification Codes for any Back-Up options</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">App-specific passwords for your specific apps and devices.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Backup Codes</span></li> <li style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-5" height="579" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-5.png" width="640" /></li> </ol> </div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication For Facebook?</span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sign-in to your Facebook account and go to the Settings option.</span></li> <li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Choose Security on the left column and click Edit on the Login Approvals. </span><img alt="facebook-two-factor authentication" height="233" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-twofactor-authentication1.jpg" width="640" /></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Select “Require a security code to access my account from unknown browsers.”</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An information window will open that explains how the login approvals and two-factor authentication works. Follow the commands and activate the protection system by submitting your phone number.</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, if you have already registered your number with Facebook, simply go to the Security settings and Edit the login factors.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <img alt="facebook-two-factor authentication" height="308" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-twofactor-authentication.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After editing the security options, you will get a confirmation code to your mobile number each time anyone (including you) tries to access your account.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, enable two-factor authentication for the services you use and stay ‘safer’.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you find this article helpful? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How To Enable Two-factor Authentication For Google, Facebook?

Shivam Patsariya 1 11:27 AM

SP's: Two-factor authentication is amongst many options, yet one of the most underestimated methods, to improve your online security. If you haven’t enabled the 2-step verification for your password protection yet, then it is time you go for it. Whe… Read more »

Read more »

Microsoft Launches Lumia 950 and 950 XL With Power of Windows 10 and USB-C

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="microsoft-lumia-950-XL" height="357" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-lumia-950-XL.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b> Microsoft has launched its latest flagship mobile devices – the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL. Read more to know about these phones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At its Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft has unveiled its latest flagship mobile devices – the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL – running on Windows 10, obviously.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From the launch stage, Microsoft’s Panos Panay said, “we want to put Windows in your pocket. If you haven’t thought about these phones, wake up!” He introduced the new Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL, available in two sizes – 5.2-inch and 5.7-inch 950 XL model. In other news, the company also launched its first ever laptop – Surface Book.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These devices come with high specs and 3GB of RAM, 32GB storage specs, Qi wireless charging, microSD card support and USB-C. The Lumia 950 runs on Octa-core, but Lumia 950 XL runs on a Hexa-core processor.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The new Microsoft flagships come with a 20-megapixel PureView camera with Triple LED flash and the front camera is 5-megapixel.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Lumia_950_Marketing_01_DSIM1 (FILEminimizer)" height="412" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Lumia_950_Marketing_01_DSIM1-FILEminimizer.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The Lumia 950 specifications:</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Display: 5.2-inch WQHD OLED (564 PPI)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Processor: Snapdragon 808, hexacore, 64-bit</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Storage: 32GB internal, microSD card slot</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Memory: 3GB of RAM</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cameras: 20MP PureView on the rear, with optical image stabilization; 5MP wide angle (front)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battery: 3000mAh (removable)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Extras: USB Type-C</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Lumia 950 XL specifications:</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Display: 5.7-inch WQHD OLED (518 PPI)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Processor: Snapdragon 810, octacore, 64-bit</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Storage: 32GB internal, microSD card slot</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Memory: 3GB of RAM</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cameras: 20MP PureView on the rear, with optical image stabilization; 5MP wide angle (front)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battery: 3340mAh (removable)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Extras: USB Type-C</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Lumia 950 devices start at $549.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you like these Windows 10 phones? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Microsoft Launches Lumia 950 and 950 XL With Power of Windows 10 and USB-C

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:38 AM

SP's:  Microsoft has launched its latest flagship mobile devices – the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL. Read more to know about these phones. At its Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft has unveiled its latest flagship mobile devices – the Lumia… Read more »

Read more »

Canonical is Organizing India’s First Ever Ubuntu Hackathon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbmHyfrkT_bkjL3b96WIum0Jh-N-1eB6advCGDjNTMLd1WLUjka7haurEnC25J8k6IxT5AWgqX97QXoTNacDtosxIc_chxF6dqBM5eXlEUYYcHtZlyxYqVzISSlq4sCCkc47csTOnkfE/s1600/095_Hackathon_Bangalore_WBanner_930w_MODS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbmHyfrkT_bkjL3b96WIum0Jh-N-1eB6advCGDjNTMLd1WLUjka7haurEnC25J8k6IxT5AWgqX97QXoTNacDtosxIc_chxF6dqBM5eXlEUYYcHtZlyxYqVzISSlq4sCCkc47csTOnkfE/s640-rw/095_Hackathon_Bangalore_WBanner_930w_MODS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>SP's:  </b>Canonical is organizing India’s first ever Ubuntu Hackathon in Bangalore between October 15-16, 2015. Know about different categories, great prizes and how to register.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ubuntu Linux is the world’s most popular free and open source operating system. Canonical, the company behind the OS, is the platinum sponsor of the upcoming Mobile Developer Summit 2015 event in Bangalore. There, they’ll also be hosting India’s first ever Ubuntu Hackathon.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the Ubuntu Hackathon, Canonical will be giving away great prizes to the winners. If you are great at developing new things, you might just win the Ubuntu Dell laptop and BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Canonical has announced the next Ubuntu Hackathon to be held next week in Bangalore between October 15-16, 2015.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Canonical writes in its post that Bangalore is a developer hub, so it’ll be great to meet all the talented developers from all over the India and watch them hack the latest operating system coming to the Indian market.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the hackathon, there will be four award categories:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most innovative Award – most exciting projects</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Best Group Award – best team demo/presentation</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Best Rookie Award – fairly new to the development world, quick learner of Ubuntu</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">IoT special prize – brings an IoT/snappy core element into their project</span></li> </ul> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The winners of the Most innovative Award will get a 20,000 (INR) Snapdeal voucher + Ubuntu Dell laptop* + Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphone. The second category winners will get an Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphone (per person in group, max. up to x5) + x3 passes to Mobile World Congress 2016.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The winners of the Best Rookie award will get an Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition + one Bluetooth Vivaldi speakers. Winners of the last category will get a cool collectors item Ubuntu Matchbox – Raspberry Pi 2.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Register here for the <a href="http://saltmarchi.com/bespokePacks/Ubuntu/Hackathon/index.html">Bangalore Ubuntu Hackathon 2015.</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Canonical is Organizing India’s First Ever Ubuntu Hackathon

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:40 AM

SP's:  Canonical is organizing India’s first ever Ubuntu Hackathon in Bangalore between October 15-16, 2015. Know about different categories, great prizes and how to register. Ubuntu Linux is the world’s most popular free and open source operating s… Read more »

Read more »

Your Stolen/Hacked Identity is Sold Just For $1 in The Dark Web

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <img height="425" loading="lazy" src="http://www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/field/image/2013-03-14%20Technology%20Matters%20-%20Responding%20to%20a%20Hacker%20Attack%20Bevil%20Wooding.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's:</b> Increasing data breaches have made the personal identifiable information (PII) market very hot. A latest report outlines the different aspects of data breaches. Read more here.</i></span></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>          Just yesterday I wrote a piece describing the ways to know if your identity was hacked/stolen in some recent data breach. Many of you are unaware of the risks these data thefts pose and what cyber criminals aim to do with your data.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In this article, I’m going to highlight the facts that stolen data is of great important in the underground of the internet. But, how much does it costs to get someone’s stolen data in the Dark Web. Well, not more than $1.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         The data breach at the Hacking Team would be still reminiscent in your memories that revealed many dark secrets about this complex network. The recent hack at Ashley Madison gives us more hints how desperate cybercriminals are to compromise millions of user accounts and personal information.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         In the latest report of Trend Micro, named Understanding Data Breaches, the firm outlines some important details about the data breaches. The report explains how data breach takes place and what happens to this stolen intellectual property.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>              The firm’s research shows that only 25 percent of data leaks are caused due to some malware or hacking attack- instead, the insiders are a common reason behind these data losses. Other reasons include the use of physical skimming devices and loss/theft of storage devices.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>             The report contains other information regarding the most affected sectors and the damages done to an organization. However, one interesting aspect deals with the Dark Web and the worth of your personal identifiable information (PII).</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>              For those who wish to learn more about the underground internet, you can learn it from these useful links: The Dark-Deep Web and Everything about Tor.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>          The PII sales are made in the Dark Web on a per-line basis of approximately $1. When I’m mentioning per-line basis, this means that each line of data contains a name, a date of birth, an address, a social security number and other personal information. So, if someone knowledgeable buys this data, he/she can cause serious damage. The report says that with the recent increase in the data breaches, the supply has increased and thus the prices have decreased.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>        The price of other information like credit card details ($25), bank account details ($200-$500) and PayPal($300) accounts goes much higher. The compromised Amazon, Facebook, Netflix and other accounts are also up for sale and you can even grab an account belonging to the US mobile operate for as low as $14.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         Talking about other personal information, scanned documents like passports, driver’s licences and bills could be purchased from $10 to $35.</i></span></div> </div>

Your Stolen/Hacked Identity is Sold Just For $1 in The Dark Web

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:06 AM

SP's: Increasing data breaches have made the personal identifiable information (PII) market very hot. A latest report outlines the different aspects of data breaches. Read more here.           Just yesterday I wrote a piece describing the ways to kn… Read more »

Read more »

5 Ways How Oculus And Samsung’s Gear VR Can Change Virtual Reality

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="oculus" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus.png" /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New $99 Gear VR by Oculus for VR  <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samsung</em> GALAXY Note 4, S6, or S6 is making virtual reality affordable. Now you can experience Virtual reality, anytime, anywhere – that too at a $99 price</span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">D</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">id you know the hidden powers of your phone? Well, if not, now you may. As, together with Samsung, Oculus introduced the new edition of Gear VR, unlocking the hidden powers and features of your phone, for just $99.</span></span></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view " style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now you can experience <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Virtual reality</span>, anytime, anywhere – that too at a relatively affordable price.</span></div> <div class="code-block code-block-9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 8px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="wow wow-in-view " style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s the top 5 reasons how Oculus and Samsung have made it big this time:</span></div> <h2 class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1. Drastically lower prices</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="Head of Mobile at Oculus, Max Cohen" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-20879 " data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Head-of-Mobile-at-Oculus-Max-Cohen.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="524" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Head-of-Mobile-at-Oculus-Max-Cohen.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="791" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The new Oculus powered Samsung Gear VR comes at almost half the price of its last mobile VR headset which was for $199. While the last one worked with only few phones, the new Samsung Gear VR works with the whole 2015 line of Samsung Smartphones including the Note 5, S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge+. This makes the device much more accessible.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">2. Edge Cutting-edge Technology</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="samsung oculus gear" class="lazy wp-image-20877 aligncenter" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/samsung-oculus-gear.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="564" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/samsung-oculus-gear.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="710" /></span></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The technology used includes cell phone screen technology and super-low-latency sensor tracking. The new Gear VR is 22% lighter, adding to the ease and comfort of using it. The track-pad on the temple of the headset  has a tactile directional pad on it so your finger will know where it’s touching. Also, owing to the wireless technology, virtual reality is at your commands.</span></div> <h2 class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">3. Your own portable gaming system</span></h2> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-3" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-games.png" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" title=""><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="oculus samsung games" class="lazy wp-image-20876 aligncenter" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-games.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="473" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-games.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="845" /></span></a></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ever been thrilled by a video game that you’re playing to an extent, that you wished it to be true?</span></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, for all video game lovers out there, here’s the great news. The gaming in Gear VR will let you step inside the world of your video games and be a part of the action and thrill as if you’re really there. Head movements can be used conveniently to explore, aim weapons, or even interact to a large extent.</span></div> <h2 class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">4. The home theater of your dreams</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-4" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mdcmndcmndc.png" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" title=""><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="mdcmndcmndc" class="lazy wp-image-20875 aligncenter" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mdcmndcmndc.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="509" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mdcmndcmndc.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="833" /></span></a></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever wished for a personal home theater to get drowned in your favorite movie? Of course we all did. But then it’s barely affordable for most of us. Isn’t it? Well, this Gear VR lets you have the experience of watching a movie in a way you’ve never felt before. What’s more? Well, you can now carry your own theater where ever you go.</span></div> <h2 class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">5. Simple and Portable</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-5" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-GEAR.png" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" title=""><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="oculus-samsung GEAR" class="lazy wp-image-20880 size-full aligncenter" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-GEAR.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="552" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oculus-samsung-GEAR.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="762" /></span></a></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only is it mesmerizing but also really easy to use. All that one has to do is just slide the Gear VR headset in GALAXY Note 4, S6, or S6 edge and you’re up for a virtual vacation. Be it fighting with the spaceships or watching a movie in your personal movie theater, the  possibilities with Gear VR are boundless and fascinating.</span></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned for more upcoming updates.</span></div> <div class="wow wow-in-view" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: <span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oculus-connect-2-consumer-gear-vr-minecraft-and-more/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Oculus Blog</a></span></span></div> </div>

5 Ways How Oculus And Samsung’s Gear VR Can Change Virtual Reality

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:32 AM

New $99 Gear VR by Oculus for VR  Samsung GALAXY Note 4, S6, or S6 is making virtual reality affordable. Now you can experience Virtual reality, anytime, anywhere – that too at a $99 price Did you know the hidden powers of your phone? Well, if not, … Read more »

Read more »