Top 15 Facebook Open Source Projects You Must Know

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11175747/facebook-open-source.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="facebook-open-source" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-13345 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11175747/facebook-open-source-1024x521.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="441" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11175747/facebook-open-source-1024x521.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="868" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is the first article of the series where we will be publishing about top open source projects made by big blue chips like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Netflix etc. We want our readers to be aware of the technologies and projects that help these giants to make continuous improvement irrespective of scale, security and other major challenges which these companies face everyday.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">I</span> am starting with Facebook as I am always impressed with all the project they have open sourced till date and how other companies including SPR_Tech uses some of these technologies. Facebook uses, maintains, and contributes to a significant number of major projects- in areas as diverse as native mobile tools, big data systems, client-side web libraries, backend runtimes and infrastructure, and through the Open Compute Project, server and storage hardware. Facebook’s <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">GitHub account</a></span> alone, now has more than 90 repos comprising over 40,000 commits and that have collectively been forked 15,000 times.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Facebook contribution to open source could be largely categorized into Mobile, Web, Back-end and infrastructure. Top open source projects made in these categories are:</div> <h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 34px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Mobile:</h2> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Buck</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/buck" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Buck</a></span> is a high performance build system for Android that encourages creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources. Because Android applications are predominantly written in Java, Buck also functions as a Java build system.</div> <h3 class="title" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Rebound</h3> <div class="subtitle" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://github.com/facebook/rebound" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Rebound</a></span> is a Java library that models spring dynamics. Rebound spring models can be used to create animations that feel natural by introducing real world physics to your application. Rebound uses the same spring constants as<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://facebook.github.io/origami" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Origami</a></span> making it easy to convert Origami interaction mockups directly into your Android application.</div> <h3 class="subtitle" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Origami</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://facebook.github.io/origami" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Origami</a></span> is a tool for designing modern user interfaces. Quickly put together a prototype, run it on your iPhone or iPad, iterate on it, and export code snippets your engineers can use.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Stetho</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://facebook.github.io/stetho/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Stetho</a></span> is an all new debugging platform for Android. It enables the powerful Chrome Developer Tools which is implemented using a client/server protocol which the Stetho software provides for your application. Once your application is integrated, simply navigate to <code style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 0px; font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', monospace; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;">chrome://inspect</code> and click “Inspect” to get started!</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Infer</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Facebook<a href="https://github.com/facebook/infer" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Infer </span></a>is a static analysis tool to detect bugs in Android and iOS apps before they ship. If you give Infer some Objective-C, Java, or C code, it produces a list of potential bugs. Anyone can use Infer to intercept critical bugs before they have shipped to people’s phones, and help prevent crashes or poor performance. Infer targets critical bugs such as null pointer exceptions, resource leaks and memory leaks.</div> <h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 34px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Web:</h2> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> React Js</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://facebook.github.io/react/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">React Js</a></span> is a declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it’s easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> HHVM</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/hhvm" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">HHVM</a></span> (Hip Hop VM) is an open-source virtual machine designed for executing programs written in Hack and PHP. HHVM uses a just-in-time (JIT) compilation approach to achieve superior performance while maintaining the development flexibility that PHP provides. It has realized more than a 5x increase in throughput for Facebook compared with Zend PHP 5.2. HipHop is most commonly run as a standalone server, replacing both Apache and modphp, but it can also run standalone scripts from the command line.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Flux</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/flux" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Flux</a></span> is the application architecture that Facebook uses for building client-side web applications. It complements React’s composable view components by utilizing a unidirectional data flow. It’s more of a pattern rather than a formal framework, and you can start using Flux immediately without a lot of new code.</div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_13316" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 730px;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11144114/flux.png" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="flux" class="lazy size-large wp-image-13316 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11144114/flux-1024x511.png" data-lazy-type="image" height="359" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11144114/flux-1024x511.png" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="720" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"> flux</div> </div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Flow</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/flow" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Flow</a></span> adds static typing to JavaScript to improve developer productivity and code quality. The goal of Flow is to find errors in JavaScript code with little programmer effort. Flow relies heavily on <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">type inference</span> to find type errors even when the program has not been annotated – it precisely tracks the types of variables as they flow through the program.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> fb-flo</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/fb-flo" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">fb-flo</a></span> is a Chrome extension that lets you modify running apps without reloading. It’s easy to integrate with your build system, dev environment, and can be used with your favorite editor.</div> <h3 class="entry-title public" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Jest</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/jest" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Jest</a></span> is unit testing framework for JavaScript. It  is built on top of the Jasmine test framework, using familiar expect(value).toBe(other) assertions. It automatically mocks CommonJS modules returned by require(), making most existing code testable.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Nuclide</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/nuclide" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Nuclide</a></span> is a suite of packages for <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://atom.io/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Nuclide</a></span> to provide IDE-like functionality for a variety of programming languages and technologies. It is designed to provide a unified developer experience for engineers throughout the company — whether they work on native iOS apps, on React and React Native code, or on Hack to run on our HHVM web servers.</div> <h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 34px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Back-end:</h2> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Presto</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Presto </span>is an open source distributed SQL query engine for running interactive analytic queries against data sources of all sizes ranging from gigabytes to petabytes. Facebook uses Presto for interactive queries against several internal data stores, including their 300PB data warehouse. Over 1,000 Facebook employees use Presto daily to run more than 30,000 queries that in total scan over a petabyte each per day.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Osquery</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/osquery" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Osquery</a></span> gives you a SQL interface to try out new queries and explore your operating system. With the power of a complete SQL language and dozens of useful tables built-in, osquery is an invaluable tool when performing incident response, diagnosing system operations problem, or troubleshooting a performance issue. Deploy a security tool that also enables developers and administrators.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> RocksDB</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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://github.com/facebook/rocksdb" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">RocksDB</a> </span>builds on LevelDB to be scalable to run on servers with many CPU cores, to efficiently use fast storage, to support IO-bound, in-memory and write-once workloads, and to be flexible to allow for innovation.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not only software, but Facebook has also built various custom hardware competent to meet its ever increasing scale under  <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://opencompute.org/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Open Compute Project</a></span>.  Unlike Google and Microsoft,  Facebook not only contributes its research work but also the end implementation. Let us know in comments your views towards Facebook’s open source contribution.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For more updates and interesting stories from SPR_Tech, subscribe to our newsletter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Top 15 Facebook Open Source Projects You Must Know

Shivam Patsariya 0 8:01 PM

This is the first article of the series where we will be publishing about top open source projects made by big blue chips like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Netflix etc. We want our readers to be aware of the technologies and projects that h… Read more »

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Microsoft Shows The Magical Future Of HoloLens

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090556/HoloLens-Human-Anatomy.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="HoloLens-Human-Anatomy" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-13378 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090556/HoloLens-Human-Anatomy.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="428" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090556/HoloLens-Human-Anatomy.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="826" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft’s HoloLens surely is a contender for the gadget of the year. The software giant made quite an <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">entrance into the VR and AR</span> arena with its product that blends holograms with reality. Originally created to give users a better holographic experience, especially the gamers, HoloLens has been found of tremendous use in various other fields as well.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">M</span>icrosoft recently released a video in partnership with Case Western Reserve University in Ohio showcasing for the very first time how the world of HoloLens actually feels. The video depicts the futuristic way in which human anatomy could be taught to budding doctors, one of the many aspects in which the technology can be used.</div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /><div class="video-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 356.390625px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SKpKlh1-en0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 356.390625px; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;" width="720"></iframe></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The video reminds of the scenes of the ultimate user interface from sci-fi movies. It shows how the medical students wearing HoloLens are able to study the anatomy of the Human body layer by layer. The skeleton system, muscular layers, and circulatory system including many others can be easily visualized and analyzed by the students as if in the reality.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090701/HoloLens-3D-Heart-Model.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="HoloLens-3D-Heart-Model" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-13379 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090701/HoloLens-3D-Heart-Model.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="421" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12090701/HoloLens-3D-Heart-Model.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="813" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A 3-D model of the heart was one of the most interesting feature shown in the video. You can see through the organs making them translucent and study the systems like cardiac anatomy which till now had been possible only by slicing open the human body.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> HoloLens kind of gives a reality tour in the digital space. Earlier Microsoft and NASA had announced<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Project Sidekick</span> in which astronauts on the International Space Station would use HoloLens for a better working arena using holographic visuals.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> HoloLens is a technology that has wide areas of utilization. We just saw how it would be of a great help for medical students to understand the anatomy of Human body. Again, in fields where simulation is required HoloLens would be of a significant help. Definitely, doing a research and visualizing the prospective models through three-dimensional space is way more interactive and easy than on a 2-D screen.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Going at this pace, HoloLens will soon become an important and common gadget, especially for the students. Well you know, it is also designed for a better gaming experience, and not just to analyze human body!</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> What do you think of HoloLens’ future? Tell us in comments below. Subscribe to SPR_Tech newsletter for free updates!</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Microsoft Shows The Magical Future Of HoloLens

Shivam Patsariya 0 7:40 PM

Microsoft’s HoloLens surely is a contender for the gadget of the year. The software giant made quite an entrance into the VR and AR arena with its product that blends holograms with reality. Originally created to give users a better holographic expe… Read more »

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Mozilla Firefox vs Microsoft Edge: Mozilla Bringing Windows 10 Version

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09212354/windows-10-firefox.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="windows-10-firefox" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-13170 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09212354/windows-10-firefox.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="434" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09212354/windows-10-firefox.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="769" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft bringing an Internet Explorer replacement in Windows 10, was one of first news regarding the new and final iteration of Windows. The <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">official launch date of Windows 10</span> is just around the corner and web browsing in Windows 10 is one of the most talked about features. Today, we will ask Microsoft Edge to take a back seat and let Firefox be the hero of this story.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">W</span>hile Microsoft has released<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Edge in the latest Windows 10 builds</span>, Mozilla is gearing up for a revamped version of its popular browser Firefox. The company said in a statement that they will be soon releasing a dedicated version for iOS and Windows 10.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It should be noted that Opera has already announced its own Windows 10 version. Last year, Firefox announced that it is stopping work on a touch-based Firefox version and this announcement is being seen as an <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">attempt to gain some more market share.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mozilla Firefox is loved by many, but it has witnessed a decline in market share since early 2014 and it has managed to do some recovery in the first half of 2015. Now Mozilla has dumped its current 18-week release cycle and is going to accelerate the releases. Well, this surely looks as if the company has taken inspiration from their friends at Redmond.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Currently, little is known about the Firefox for Windows 10 and company has said that it will be a high-performing and independent alternative to the stock browser.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mozilla has launched a new program named “Great or Dead” that implies that every feature in Firefox must be polished, fun to use, and functional. If that state isn’t reached, it shouldn’t be done at all.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Did you like this story? Subscribe to fossBytes newsletter for regular updates!</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Mozilla Firefox vs Microsoft Edge: Mozilla Bringing Windows 10 Version

Shivam Patsariya 0 3:00 PM

Microsoft bringing an Internet Explorer replacement in Windows 10, was one of first news regarding the new and final iteration of Windows. The official launch date of Windows 10 is just around the corner and web browsing in Windows 10 is one of the … Read more »

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Microsoft is Tired of Making Phones, Cutting 7800 Jobs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09132953/microsoft-windows-phone-nokia-end.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="microsoft-windows-phone-nokia-end" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-13093 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09132953/microsoft-windows-phone-nokia-end.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="417" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/09132953/microsoft-windows-phone-nokia-end.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="781" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It looks like Microsoft doesn’t want to make smartphones anymore. Few weeks ago, Microsoft CEO did some cleaning by replacing the existing Nokia executives. In another big decision, the company has decided to lay off whopping 7,800 employees that primary belong to the phone business.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">O</span>n Wednesday, the company announced that it is cutting about 7 percent of its manpower (7,800 employees) and wrote off about $7.6 billion worth of Nokia purchase. CEO Satya Nadella says that Windows Phones still matter to him, but he wants to sweep away Steve Ballmer’s sin of buying the <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dying phone business of Nokia.</span></div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #3366ff;"><br /></span><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> What does this mean? Are Windows Phones dead?</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Well, in his press release, Nadella has repeated his commitment to the Windows Phone by aiming to grow a standalone phone business. According to the rumors, Microsoft is working on two new flagship Microsoft Lumia devices running Windows Phone. But, this laying off looks like the ultimate step back for the phone business of Microsoft.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Apart from the phone business, the company is focusing on developing productivity apps which is hinted by some aggressive acquisition of Wunderlist, Acompli, and Sunrise to boost its presence in iOS and Android marketplace. Microsoft has also shown hints of what Gizmodo calls the <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">G</span>reat Migration” by bringing Office</span>, OneDrive, and Skype apps on Samsung, Dell, Sony and HTC. The company has even replaced Google services on Android-fork Cyanogen, the company whose <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CEO wants to put a bullet through Google’s head.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here’s the most surprising fact that most of you won’t be knowing-  Tossup, the newest event planner app by Microsoft for you and your friends, isn’t even available on Windows Phone.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft CEO doesn’t want to directly admit, but Windows Phone has hurt the business and it’s still <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">losing 12 cents on each Windows Phone</span>. Microsoft is bearing the load Windows Phone platform all alone as no other phone maker seems interested to save this sinking ship. Samsung, HTC, and LG have launched few phones in the past, but none of them marketed them to a scale that could make it a third OS option in the true sense.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It feels as if Microsoft is preparing itself for the defeat it never imagined. I hope <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 10 gives Windows Phone some cookies</span>.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Good luck Microsoft!</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Did you like this story? Tell us in comments below.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Microsoft is Tired of Making Phones, Cutting 7800 Jobs

Shivam Patsariya 0 2:57 PM

It looks like Microsoft doesn’t want to make smartphones anymore. Few weeks ago, Microsoft CEO did some cleaning by replacing the existing Nokia executives. In another big decision, the company has decided to lay off whopping 7,800 employees that pr… Read more »

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Kali Linux 2.0 Release Day Scheduled

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h1 class="post-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 38px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Kali Linux 2.0 Release Day Scheduled: Kali Sana Coming, Powerful Than Ever</h1> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/08195806/kali-linux-2-0.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="kali-linux-2-0" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13017" height="488" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/08195806/kali-linux-2-0.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="859" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ever since its debut in the year 2013, Kali Linux users were waiting for a new and revamped version of the hack-friendly OS. Now Kali Linux developers have heard their prayers and announced the next version-Kali Sana.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">T</span>his popular hacking and penetration testing platform will release Kali Linux 2.0, codenamed Kali Sana, on August 11, 2015. Kali Linux has been a widely successful system developed by Offensive Security through the rewrite of BackTrack, another forensics Linux distribution.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The team working on Kali Linux 2.0 says that the new platform is full of the most powerful features for digital forensics. The next version will be showcased at the DEF CON hacking confab in August.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The team says: “We’ve been awfully quiet lately, which usually means something is brewing below the surface.” Kali Linux 2.0 features a revamped and streamlined user interface, new menus and brand-new testing tools. The developer team refuses to go deep into the details but here are some know details about the platform:</div> <ol style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The core set tools in Kali will be weekly updated.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kali UI is redesigned for a streamlined working environment.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Native support for Ruby 2.0 for faster Metasploit load times.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Built in screencasting and desktop notifications.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cutting-edge wireless penetration tools and more.</li> </ol> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> At Black Hat Vegas 2015, Kali team is organizing free Kali 2.0 Dojo Workshop where they will be showcasing the most advanced features in Kalo 2.0.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Take a look at the teaser video below:</div> <div class="video-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 356.390625px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N6wj5_VUCJA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 356.390625px; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;" width="720"></iframe></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Do you use Kali Linux? Are you eagerly waiting for Kali Linux 2.0? Tell us in comments below.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Also, subscribe fossBytes to get more news about Kali Linx.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Source: <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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.kali.org/news/kali-linux-2-release-day-scheduled/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Kali.org</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Kali Linux 2.0 Release Day Scheduled

Shivam Patsariya 0 1:20 PM

Kali Linux 2.0 Release Day Scheduled: Kali Sana Coming, Powerful Than Ever Ever since its debut in the year 2013, Kali Linux users were waiting for a new and revamped version of the hack-friendly OS. Now Kali Linux developers have heard their prayer… Read more »

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Nokia's first device after Microsoft is an iPad mini clone that runs Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: Adelle, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28.5px; font-style: italic; line-height: 35.625px;">This is the Nokia N1</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: Adelle, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28.5px; font-style: italic; line-height: 35.625px;"><br /></span> <img alt="Color options" height="396" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hs7DQ-PixUDYEUjIRB25nMg5or8=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467524/nokian12_1020.0.jpg" width="640" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: Adelle, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28.5px; font-style: italic; line-height: 35.625px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: Adelle, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28.5px; font-style: italic; line-height: 35.625px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">Nokia is back in the devices business just under seven months after </span><span style="color: #fa4b2a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">selling its devices and services unit to Microsoft</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"> for $7.2 billion. Nokia is unveiling its N1 Android tablet today, days after revealing its </span><span style="color: #fa4b2a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">plans to license its brand name</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"> and </span><span style="color: #fa4b2a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">teasing a black box on Twitter</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">. Just like Xiaomi’s </span><span style="color: #fa4b2a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">attempts to emulate Apple’s iPad mini design</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">, Nokia’s N1 has the same 7.9-inch screen size and even the same 2048 x 1536 resolution. Nokia has even opted for a single piece of anodized aluminum design. The resemblances don’t stop there, though.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> Nokia’s N1 is almost identical to the rear of the iPad mini thanks to careful placement of the camera, buttons, and headphone jack. Even the bottom of the device has the same speaker grills and what looks like a Lightning port, but is actually one of the first implementations of the reversible Type-C USB connector. The USB is actually where things start to get interesting. While the Nokia N1 looks like an iPad mini with Android, the company has actually gone a few steps further in improving Apple’s popular tablet. Nokia’s N1 display is fully laminated, unlike the iPad mini 3, and the N1 is just 6.9mm thick and 318 grams in weight, both thinner and lighter than Apple’s offering. Nokia is particularly proud of design details like its camera placement matching the curvature of the camera lens and the tablet's corner.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> The only things missing here to complete the iPad mini look are a home button, chamfered edges, and an Apple logo. There’s even "Natural Aluminum" and "Lava Grey" color schemes, and a cover that looks suspiciously similar to Apple’s Smart Case. Nokia's own <span style="color: #fa4b2a;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">N1 website</span></span> also looks like it's straight from Apple.com. Other specifications include a 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Nokia’s N1 also has an 8-megapixel camera at the rear, and a 5-megapixel version at the front.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> A stock version of Android 5.0 Lollipop is powering Nokia’s N1, and it’s part of the reason the tablet exists. Nokia is primarily creating this tablet to push its <span style="color: #fa4b2a;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">Android "Z Launcher."</span></span> The idea behind Z Launcher, which is named after a gesture that lets you write out letters right on the screen, is to give you a list of apps and contacts that changes based on where you are and what you're doing. You can also scribble out a letter in the middle of your homescreen to search what's installed on your phone, or things on the internet through Google suggestions.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> "We started looking around, we just didn’t find any good Android tablets out there," says Brook Eaton, director for Nokia’s Z Launcher. "We have such a beautiful, simple, and elegant Z Launcher. Why not build a device that is also built on the same principles as being super simple and easy to use and elegant?" That’s essentially what Nokia has done to showcase its app. While Z Launcher is available on Android phones and launches in the <span style="color: #fa4b2a;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">Google Play Store today</span></span>, the tablet version is exclusive to the Nokia N1.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 24.75px;"> Nokia is partnering with Foxconn to build the N1, licensing the industrial design, Nokia brand, and Z Launcher software to the device maker. That’s not a surprise move given the company’s clear intentions to enable third parties to build products with the Nokia brand, but it does mean Nokia doesn’t own all the manufacturing or sales of the device. The company is now planning to launch the Nokia N1 in China for $249 (before taxes) around the time of Chinese New Year (February 19th), and it will roll out to Russia and select European countries after the Chinese release. That's an impressive and aggressive price point against Apple's $399 for the latest iPad mini 3 or even the $299 price of the iPad mini 2. Nokia's pricing will be key to how well the device is received when it launches next year.</div> <div class="m-snippet thin" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2rem 12rem;"> <br /> <br /> <figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt=" " class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-chorus-asset-id="2467514" data-full-size="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/PL2uznz0ZYaWdHG_PKVj4kWTYQo=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467514/nokian111_1020.0.jpg" data-original="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vO5fCyNH0xjrCCg-xrxgwP5CdqE=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467514/nokian111_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vO5fCyNH0xjrCCg-xrxgwP5CdqE=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467514/nokian111_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></figure></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> <br id="1416300768480" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div> <div class="m-photo-essay" id="gallery7003714" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> <div class="m-photo-essay__keyboard-hint" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0.5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: right;"> Hint: Use the 's' and 'd' keys to navigate</div> <ul class="m-photo-essay__photos" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-1" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> NOKIA N1</h3> <img alt="Nokia N1" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AEb9hT05X_Q1aJK5SemBxFySmDo=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467522/nokian11_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AEb9hT05X_Q1aJK5SemBxFySmDo=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467522/nokian11_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Nokia N1" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> Nokia has opted for a fully-laminated 7.9-inch display.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-2" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> THE BACK</h3> <img alt="The back" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_hloEDqlsPDOBZ9_GaOsosFcn2g=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467520/nokian112_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_hloEDqlsPDOBZ9_GaOsosFcn2g=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467520/nokian112_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="The back" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> The rear of the N1 is bare and basic, with the familiar Nokia branding on show.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-3" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><img alt="" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Do9ikdWVYgUw_csf149CDVfotrE=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467508/nokian16_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Do9ikdWVYgUw_csf149CDVfotrE=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467508/nokian16_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="" /></li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-4" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">COLOR OPTIONS</span></span></h3> <img alt="Color options" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hs7DQ-PixUDYEUjIRB25nMg5or8=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467524/nokian12_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hs7DQ-PixUDYEUjIRB25nMg5or8=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467524/nokian12_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Color options" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> The two Nokia N1 color options, side-by-side.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-5" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">DESIGN</span></span></h3> <img alt="Design" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/h3GhmtHkFf0HXx8cVIR38dLR6Hc=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467514/nokian111_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/h3GhmtHkFf0HXx8cVIR38dLR6Hc=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467514/nokian111_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Design" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> Nokia's N1 camera and buttons placement look rather familiar.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-6" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">THINNER THAN AN IPAD MINI</span></span></h3> <img alt="Thinner than an iPad mini" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/G77PeZO8y9IfFeoAxVBgY1nnYuk=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467504/nokian110_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/G77PeZO8y9IfFeoAxVBgY1nnYuk=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467504/nokian110_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Thinner than an iPad mini" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> At just 6.9mm in thickness, Nokia's N1 tablet is thinner than Apple's iPad mini 3.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-7" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><img alt="" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jm_8HJBpUHRv03-6pD2hsPsn8Dk=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467510/nokian19_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jm_8HJBpUHRv03-6pD2hsPsn8Dk=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467510/nokian19_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="" /></li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-8" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">THE INNARDS</span></span></h3> <img alt="The innards" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ekTx9ehG4nv1Fb7ntYIwrxl3_gY=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467512/nokian18_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ekTx9ehG4nv1Fb7ntYIwrxl3_gY=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467512/nokian18_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="The innards" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> Inside the Nokia N1 there's a large 5300mAh battery.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-9" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">A NEW CONNECTOR</span></span></h3> <img alt="A new connector" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/eqbKBiEWCsfJcGv0qDDcNeRjUQU=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467506/nokian17_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/eqbKBiEWCsfJcGv0qDDcNeRjUQU=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467506/nokian17_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="A new connector" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> A USB type-C connector can be found at the bottom of the Nokia N1.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-10" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">NOKIA'S N1 CASE</span></span></h3> <img alt="Nokia's N1 case" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/N8OOo3KkITZy29hguk0lqQ_cYjI=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467516/nokian15_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/N8OOo3KkITZy29hguk0lqQ_cYjI=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467516/nokian15_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Nokia's N1 case" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> It might look like a Smart Case, but this isn't an iPad.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-11" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">ANDROID-POWERED</span></span></h3> <img alt="Android-powered" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dj96gYt593OnVCe2CoUW91lyPkU=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467526/nokian13_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dj96gYt593OnVCe2CoUW91lyPkU=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467526/nokian13_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Android-powered" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> Android 5.0 Lollipop and Nokia's Z Launcher power the Nokia N1 tablet.</div> </li> <li class="m-photo-essay__photo" id="photo-7003714-12" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4rem;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: ff-din-web-condensed, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: normal; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">REVERSIBLE USB</span></span></h3> <img alt="Reversible USB" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-original="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yBAGowKTk5yAa3kcCUxYTjU3sx0=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467536/nokian14_1020.0.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yBAGowKTk5yAa3kcCUxYTjU3sx0=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2467536/nokian14_1020.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1023px;" title="Reversible USB" /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; padding: 0.5rem;"> Nokia's USB type-C connector.</div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>

Nokia's first device after Microsoft is an iPad mini clone that runs Android

Shivam Patsariya 0 12:20 PM

This is the Nokia N1 Nokia is back in the devices business just under seven months after selling its devices and services unit to Microsoft for $7.2 billion. Nokia is unveiling its N1 Android tablet today, days after revealing its plans to license i… Read more »

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Microsoft Offers Free Nokia Headphones With All Windows Phone Devices

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203151/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone-.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone-" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-12612 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203151/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone-.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="452" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203151/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone-.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="737" /></a>If you are thinking of buying a new <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows Phone</span> this season, now is the right time. Microsoft is running a very attractive promotional offer in the US and giving away a free Coloud Boom Nokia headphone with ALL Windows Phone devices.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.392364501953px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 31.9965286254883px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">T</span>o avail this free Nokia headphones offer, you need to purchase the Windows Phone from Windows Store. This offer is valid only in the United States while supplies last. This offer covers all the Microsoft Lumia phones, as well as all Acer, BLU, Microsoft and Nokia branded Windows Phones.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> On Windows Store, under the phone listings you can observe a promotional line that reads: “Free Nokia Headphones while supplies last.”<a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203525/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-12613 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203525/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="342" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04203525/windows-phone-free-nokia-headphone.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="738" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When you will hit the buy button and add the Windows Phone device to your cart, a yellow Nokia Coloud Boom headphone too will be added.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Usually these headphones cost $34.99 but in a different promotional offer, they are currently being sold for $19.99.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As mentioned above, this promotional offer of free Nokia Coloud headphone applies on ALL Windows Phone devices on Windows Store including the affordable Acer’s Liquid M220 ($79 off-contract and unlocked) and the Lumia 435 ($70 on T-Mobile).</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This offer will only run through 31 and while supplies last. So of you love in states and are willing to get a Windows Phone cellphone, hurry up!</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Via:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/list/Shop-all-phones/categoryID.69406600?icid=Windows_Phone_ModuleD_FreeHeadphonesPromo" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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">Microsoft/Windows Store</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Microsoft Offers Free Nokia Headphones With All Windows Phone Devices

Shivam Patsariya 0 11:52 AM

If you are thinking of buying a new Windows Phone this season, now is the right time. Microsoft is running a very attractive promotional offer in the US and giving away a free Coloud Boom Nokia headphone with ALL Windows Phone devices. To avail this… Read more »

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Ghost: This Technology Literally Comes Out of the Screen

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04185102/project-ghost-display-screen.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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;"><img alt="project-ghost-display-screen" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-12600 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04185102/project-ghost-display-screen.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="552" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/04185102/project-ghost-display-screen.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="937" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Touch screen laptops and desktops are soon going to be outdated if a new technology called the GHOST project becomes mainstream. This technology lends you the power to interact with your computer and data in a 3D physical way.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.392364501953px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 31.9965286254883px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">T</span>his exciting new technology allows you to change the shape of the display with your own hands and aims to revolutionize the way you interact with your laptops, smartphones and other devices with displays. The GHOST stands for “Generic, Highly-Organic Share-Changing Interfaces”. If this becomes successful, imagine <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">touching the images on your screen</span> and pulling out objects and data to play with them.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Our current displays are flat (or somewhat curved without any purpose) and the GHOST Project wants to change that. This project was launched in January 2013 and is supported by EU.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The GHOST coordinator Professor Kasper Hornbæk, University of Copenhagen, talks about the future applications varying from everyday interaction with smartphones to learning with computers and designing. He adds that it isn’t just confined to deformation of the screen-shape, instead it wants you to give chance to interact with an object and change its shape mid-air.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This technology could also be coupled with the ultrasound levitation to project the display out of the flat screen. Now a surgeon will have the freedom to work with a virtual brain before operating a real-life brain. Think about the artists and designers who can remold their virtual clay and store it back in their computers. Let’s not forget the musicians- the GHOST Project researchers are working to create interfaces like pads and sponges to help them control speed, timbre and other parameters of EDM.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The good news is that GHOST has already a prototype called “Emerge” that actually works and you can pull out data from bar graphs off the computer screen, as shown above in picture.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The University of Bristol, one of the partners in the GHOST Project has launched a startup named UltraHaptics to develop the technology to create feelings in mid-air using ultrasound.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I came across this technology today and I found it very intriguing. What are your thoughts about the GHOST Project? 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Ghost: This Technology Literally Comes Out of the Screen

Shivam Patsariya 0 11:50 AM

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