Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 M(Marshmallow) Update? Here The Complete List

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img height="373" loading="lazy" src="http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/Motorola-devices-list-for-Marshmallow.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>The Android 6.0 Marshmallow update party has begun and we are here with the complete list of devices that are getting the update. Confirmed devices- as well as the rumored ones- are included on this list. Take a look.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google has recently unveiled the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update along with the brand new Nexus devices running the latest iteration of Android OS. Google and Motorola have already revealed their list of devices that will be greeted by the Android Marshmallow update.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ve collected a lot of online information about all the devices that are expected to receive the Android Marshmallow update to prepare this list. With time, we’ll be updating the list and adding more phones as they are confirmed.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are many reasons that could be attributed to Android Marshmallow rollout delay in the future. Just like previous Android updates, Marshmallow will face the same difficulties due to problems from your carriers and cell phone manufacturers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If your phone’s not on the list and your manufacturer or carrier has confirmed the Android Marshmallow update, feel free to drop a comment or drop a message on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr">Facebook </a>page – we’ll update the list.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update? The Complete List</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google Nexus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (confirmed)</span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google has already rolled out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its Nexus devices. See the Nexus devices that are getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update below. You can also get the factory images for these devices here for a clean install.</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 5</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 6</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 7 (2013)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 9</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus Player</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Motorola Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (confirmed)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Motorola was ahead of its competitors when we were witnessing the Android Lollipop release. With Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, Motorola has once again listed the devices that are getting the update. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Play</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto G (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia2 (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DROID Turbo</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto MAXX</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto Turbo</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite being the biggest smartphone seller on the planet, Samsung has failed to deliver the Android updates on time. But, it would be safe to assume that the phones released in the last six months will be getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. Here’s the list:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy Note 5</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HTC Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Confirmed)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HTC has unveiled its plans to update some of its existing devices to Marshmallow. The company also plans to release a new flagship device running the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update is expected to arrive early in 2016. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M9 (by the end of 2015)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M8 (by the end of 2015)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M9+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E9+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E9</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One ME</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E8</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M8 EYE</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Butterfly 3</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 826</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 820</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 816</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just like Samsung, LG could follow the same path and release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its recently released flagship devices. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG G4</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG G3</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Micromax and Devices Running Android One: Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Google has promised to release every latest Android update for the Android One devices, Micromax Canvas A1 is an Android One smartphone that is likely to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update soon.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lava, Karbonn, Spice and Micromax have more Android One running devices and that are Marshmallow ready. We’ll be telling you more as we get the confirmation.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phones Getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update, According to the “Leaked List”</span></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to a leaked list published by Gizmo China, we are getting some more information about the models that are expected to get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update. Note that we can’t confirm the source of this information, but it provides a good idea about more companies releasing Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6 & S6 Edge, Note 4, Alpha, S5, A8 and A7 will be getting the Android Marshmallow update. Along with these, Galaxy A5, A3 and E-series are expected to get the upgrade.</span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HTC Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshmallow will first arrive for the HTC One M9, One M9+, One M8, One E9, One E9+ and One E8 – followed by HTC Desire Eye and HTC Desire 820.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sony Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sony is expected to roll out the upgrade for the Xperia M5, C5 Ultra, Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z3v, Z3 Compact, Z2, Xperia Z Ultra GPE (Google Play Edition). The Sony Xperia Z1 will also get the upgrade at a later stage.</span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We know that LG G3 and G4 are getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update. But, the leaked list suggests that the Flex 2 will be joining the upgrade party. Models  G2, G2 Pro, and G Flex will also receive the Marshmallow at a later stage.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OnePlus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The OnePlus One and OnePlus 2 will be getting the upgrade in the form of homegrown OxygenOS.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Xiaomi Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the leak, the biggest Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is making the plans to release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for Mi4, Mi4i, Mi Note, Mi Note Pro, Redmi Note 2, Redmi 2 (&Prime). The devices Redmi Note and Redmi 1S will be getting the sweet treat at a much later stage.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asus is expected to roll out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for the complete Zenfone 2 series along with the Zenfone 2 Laser, Deluxe, Zenfone Selfie. The Asus phones that will be receiving the Marshmallow at a later stage are the Zenfone 6, 5 and 4.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei is expected to release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its Ascent P8, Mate 7 and Honor 6 Plus models.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Android-6-Marshmallow-leaked-list" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Android-6-Marshmallow-leaked-list.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">/*The leaked list*/</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note that the information given in the leaked list isn’t confirmed. So, we’ll be updating the list from time to time. If you receive the confirmation for your device or carrier, do tell us in the comments or leave a message at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr">Facebook page</a>.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned for more updates.</span></div> </div>

Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 M(Marshmallow) Update? Here The Complete List

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Microsoft Launches Surface Pro 4 to Show Apple How It’s Done

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBcNMEKroGVTGhDooWtK1yYsQrcikZHcdz87LwUIMozI6va459b7wiZSJhj77KkDdk2Xq5oS4WhlnysDwFmWsbsw2kxNJDUH35GLAsXu-6GNuzk53Oo1SeK_i_gj6fdduZzLYjhshJoc/s1600/microsoft-surface-pro-4-.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBcNMEKroGVTGhDooWtK1yYsQrcikZHcdz87LwUIMozI6va459b7wiZSJhj77KkDdk2Xq5oS4WhlnysDwFmWsbsw2kxNJDUH35GLAsXu-6GNuzk53Oo1SeK_i_gj6fdduZzLYjhshJoc/s640-rw/microsoft-surface-pro-4-.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's:</b> Microsoft has launched its latest hybrid PC Surface Pro. It comes with similar looks, more power and preinstalled Windows 10.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Microsoft could be easily called the pioneer in hybrid PC family. Last month, Apple walked the same path that was laughed upon. Today, the company launched the new member to its Surface family – the Microsoft Surface Pro 4.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Surface Pro 4 is a successor to the Surface Pro 3 with more power under the hood and it comes with Windows preinstalled. In other news, Microsoft also launched its first ever laptop called Microsoft Surface Book.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The device comes with a great 12.3-inches PixelSense display with a highest ever 267PPI for a Surface device. Surface Pro 4 also comes with a brand-new “hybrid cooling system” for a better cooling and a fingerprint sensor for a fast login.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-pro-4-2" height="339" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-pro-4-2.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Microsoft has also put lots of efforts in its keyboard to make the typing experience smoother. That’s not all. The company has also brought a new Surface Pen with an eraser at the end of it. It comes wth 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-pro-4-1" height="397" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-pro-4-1.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Compared to Apple MacBook Air, Surface Pro 4 is claimed to be 50% faster. The storage option goes as high as 1TB and you get a 16GB memory option coupled with Intel 6th-gen processor.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Surface Pro 4 is available to pre-order now, starting at $899. It will be available on October 26th.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Did you like Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4? Tell us in the comments below.</i></span></div> </div>

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Microsoft Surface Book: Microsoft’s 1st Ever Laptop, Thinnest and Most Powerful on Planet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDLFf2HpOU098KdIz4wpGVubbUjrYKKFTwM_PigIQgK4ly1eJrVQVBFA0xeCw0j2HDRwalmYrbP3PDvxeEAGhSD3SGNa0lOXEjWYtiqCq0_cKNlKCGYNeAr0a3ts-3OuiG54BZIdRuXU/s1600/microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img border="0" height="350" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDLFf2HpOU098KdIz4wpGVubbUjrYKKFTwM_PigIQgK4ly1eJrVQVBFA0xeCw0j2HDRwalmYrbP3PDvxeEAGhSD3SGNa0lOXEjWYtiqCq0_cKNlKCGYNeAr0a3ts-3OuiG54BZIdRuXU/s640-rw/microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-6.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's:</b> Microsoft Surface Book: Microsoft has announced the ultimate machine you’ve been waiting for, its very first laptop.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Microsoft has finally done the one thing everybody wanted and Apple feared. It created its first ever laptop. This is a 13.5-inch machine with a 267PPI and I repeat – it’s the first ever laptop made by Microsoft.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Microsoft introduced the Surface Book as the Surface with a bigger screen and “the perfect typing experience” and the “thinnest and most powerful PC ever created.”</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Surface Book comes with a backlit keyboard and Microsoft is calling it the perfect laptop. It features the latest Intel Core processors and it’s powered by the powerful Nvidia GeForce GPU with GDDR5 memory.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-1 (FILEminimizer)" height="347" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-1-FILEminimizer.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Detachable to get a tablet</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-book-4.0" height="354" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-4.0.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A regular Laptop</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>According to Microsoft,  its battery is supposed to keep it running for 12 hours on a single charge. In its announcement, Microsoft repeats: “This is the fastest 13-inch laptop ever made anywhere on any planet,” and it’s 2-times faster than MacBook Pro.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-book-12.0" height="427" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-12.0.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2x faster than MacBook pro</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Microsoft, great work.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="microsoft-surface-book-6.0" height="355" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-6.0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-2 (FILEminimizer)" height="334" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-2-FILEminimizer.png" style="text-align: justify;" width="640" /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Incredible graphics performance</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <img alt="microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-3 (FILEminimizer)" height="318" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-laptop-first-laptop-3-FILEminimizer.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beautiful Magnesium body</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Now watch this:</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVfOe5mFbAE" width="560"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stay tuned with fossBytes. We’ll keep you updated.</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Did you like the Microsoft Surface Book? Tell us in the comments below.</i></span></div> </div>

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Canonical is Organizing India’s First Ever Ubuntu Hackathon

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

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For The First Time Ever Silicon Helps In Quantum Computation

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzztYlkcE4d68nKhhcKE5V-61_v3hyphenhyphen7EZ696CGpeSFRnvWWgFLfcgyFSKNKiPr_lCJgkAlQJ8K0Ma62UofMUlCHb8zZQnf-zufqxg-UZtSylw3eq0_sd6G8LQlZehwdLrgOVcmDz7Rlo/s1600/quantum-computer-silicon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzztYlkcE4d68nKhhcKE5V-61_v3hyphenhyphen7EZ696CGpeSFRnvWWgFLfcgyFSKNKiPr_lCJgkAlQJ8K0Ma62UofMUlCHb8zZQnf-zufqxg-UZtSylw3eq0_sd6G8LQlZehwdLrgOVcmDz7Rlo/s640-rw/quantum-computer-silicon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's:</b> Scientists from Australia have created a silicon-based two-qubit logic gate to bring a simpler evolution to the quantum computer technology.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Quantum Computers derive the idea and the design from the quantum mechanics and are hailed as the future of computation. However, with the current levels of technology, we are standing at the dawn of the quantum era that would harness the power of atoms and molecules for processing at speeds much higher than the fastest supercomputers today.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>But, in a recent breakthrough, the scientists from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and led by Andrew Dzurak have used two silicon transistors as the qubits (quantum bits) to perform a very simple calculation. Well, that is certainly an achievement considering the intricacies involved in quantum computing. </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Building a quantum computer is quite a difficult task as the qubits keep on changing their states (0,1) and hence a comprehensive probabilistic measures are adopted for the measurements. Moreover, the system needs to be isolated to reduce decoherence, i.e. the loss of information to the environment.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The above dynamic scenario is easily represented by the atoms, but to do so with Silicon transistors is remarkable. The researchers have created a two-qubit logic gate in silicon and have been successful in reading out both the qubits with a switchable exchange interaction in the two-qubit controlled-phase gate.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The scientists created a CNOT gate (a quantum gate) and measured the  anticorrelations in the two-spin probabilities of the electrons. Simply stated, the device looks at the spin of two electrons and if one is spinning in a particular direction then the second electron flips its spin. If not, then nothing happens.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Now, when the basic CNOT is scaled by millions, a real quantum chip comes out that can perform complex calculations. The silicon based qubits have one advantage over the existing technology that they are easier to scale up.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Although, this technology will require even more time to develop and dominate the already prevailing D-Wave technology which is adopted by the NASA and Google. Dzurak, however, believes his team is five years away from building a working processor.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Source: Nature</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Do you think silicon based qubits beat the existing technology? Tell us in comments below</i></span></div> </div>

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Edward Snowden: “Smartphones Can Be Easily Hacked With Just 1 Text Message”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz-e6xjGSTCJARez6QlIRT0BY4YAEyPlWASHjGIyx9S1RPXeMj72xrjN6_MaJTfXP3Y4o8NIZAj5K9A6T7BdkuEuUBJnYunJx30few1Hr9GJYabX6gzVqPhSvdJiW1DGd9oDs7i0pCp0/s1600/edward-snowden-gchq-nsa-spying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz-e6xjGSTCJARez6QlIRT0BY4YAEyPlWASHjGIyx9S1RPXeMj72xrjN6_MaJTfXP3Y4o8NIZAj5K9A6T7BdkuEuUBJnYunJx30few1Hr9GJYabX6gzVqPhSvdJiW1DGd9oDs7i0pCp0/s640-rw/edward-snowden-gchq-nsa-spying.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>In a recent interview, Edward Snowden has said that spy agencies have lots of tools that could be used to hack your entire smartphone with a single “exploit” text message.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>You are not safe. The security agencies spread all across the world have a wide range of tools that could be used to hack your smartphones with just a single text message– this was said by Edward Snowden, recently in an interview.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Snowden told the BBC‘s Panorama in Moscow that the spy agencies of USA and UK have tools that help them to listen to your phones, sitting from a distance. The security agency spies just need to send a special text message to the target’s device to gain access to the camera and microphones.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“They want to own your phone instead of you,” he said. And they are investing heavily in the technology that allows them to hack your smartphones. He told about GCHQ’s “Smart Suite”, which is a collection of such tools, individually named after the characters of the Smurfs.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“Dreamy Smurf is the power management tool which means turning your phone on and off with you knowing,” he said.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The other tools of the Smurfs Smart Suite include Nosey Smurf (a hot mic tool), Tacker Smurf (a geo-location tool), Paranoid Smurf (a self-protection tool) etc.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Edward Snowden says that once the spy agencies gain access to your cell phone, government will be able to see who you call, things you’ve browsed, what you’ve texted, your contacts and the places you’ve been. If this wasn’t enough, read this statement by Snowden: “And they can do much more. They can photograph you”.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Talking about the special text message, he tells that it’s called an exploit. “That’s a specially crafted message that’s texted to your number like any other text message but when it arrives at your phone it’s hidden from you. It doesn’t display. You paid for it [the phone] but whoever controls the software owns the phone.”</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Edward Snowden mentions that NSA provides all the technology and targets to the GCHQ. According to him, NSA has spent about $1 billion on the similar spy tools.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>As expected, a spokesperson for the UK government said, “It is long-standing policy that we do not comment on intelligence matters,” and they carry out all the spying work within a “strict legal and policy framework”.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Willing to add something? Tell us in the comment below.</i></span></div> </div>

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TPP Agreement Could Be The Worst Possible Thing To The Internet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX1h21bp4Tyf-chEqVAHCJxucdR1JxyNsEJaZbZ8UUhKcXPNCo_7I-Ckuq3R2MDetv0wcQACCR2dQ1IyLG3jOGyY-AR2ra1Fe_8JLwF9GCYIn0cR7qFoX4qguTWhwY1RCMWJc6DJxGIg/s1600/tpp-map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX1h21bp4Tyf-chEqVAHCJxucdR1JxyNsEJaZbZ8UUhKcXPNCo_7I-Ckuq3R2MDetv0wcQACCR2dQ1IyLG3jOGyY-AR2ra1Fe_8JLwF9GCYIn0cR7qFoX4qguTWhwY1RCMWJc6DJxGIg/s640-rw/tpp-map.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>The landmark TPP agreement has been announced by the trade ministers in Atlanta. But the pact is causing a serious concern over infringement of the Internet principles among the people.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, or TPP, which had been pushed on for several years and hailed as the 21st-century pinnacle for trade liberalization, is set to threaten the Internet sovereignty as well as the world wide web’s liberty. The campaigners against the TPP are questioning the secret negotiations being part of the deal in almost all its areas including the principles of information sharing.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The TPP deal which has been announced on Monday in a press conference in Atlanta will supposedly cover 40% of the world’s economy and claims to create a unified economic bloc.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The proposal in the pact makes it a crime to reveal any violation by the corporates through a computer system. That means no more whistleblowing and no responsible journalism on the subject anymore.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A big headache for the startups and individuals, the TPP requires the content providers such as YouTube and Facebook to take down the content on a single complaint. This would further increase the monopoly of certain groups over the Internet and copyright violations for a minimum of 120 years for corporate generated content choking small-time innovators.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Also, the ISPs are asked to monitor the users under the TPP agreement to scout for any infringement of the new law of the Internet, subsequently cutting you off from the service of the user-generated content.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Most of the stringent rules have been taken from the US copyright laws and would serve as a nightmare in the countries partaking in the deal.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The US Congress has time and again been approached by the tech experts to be more transparent in the deal, but to no avail.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Stay updated on the Internet infringement laws with us on fossBytes.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Tell us your opinion on the TPP agreement in comments below.</i></span></div> </div>

TPP Agreement Could Be The Worst Possible Thing To The Internet

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Driverless Taxis To Become A Reality In Japan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirp2xAB9H3vMCQ2Q1ZLl8XG-XOjEQUdM100Ocpo2Ghme9mSsipD6c0wiXGQdFDoP3su3SVeP48jSnLT3glkrSw9WrPtcdFKHMyMN7kFK3-e3HNAnjhPHVRxTEh04pl9rKQk2gUx6n7mWk/s1600/robot-taxi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="460" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirp2xAB9H3vMCQ2Q1ZLl8XG-XOjEQUdM100Ocpo2Ghme9mSsipD6c0wiXGQdFDoP3su3SVeP48jSnLT3glkrSw9WrPtcdFKHMyMN7kFK3-e3HNAnjhPHVRxTEh04pl9rKQk2gUx6n7mWk/s640-rw/robot-taxi.png" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>SP's:</b> In Japan, a company called Robot Taxi is hoping to begin road tests for its revolutionary driverless taxis by next year in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Haven’t we all faced problems while travelling in a Taxi? Be it the unavailability of Taxis during early hours of the day or fare issues, all of us have faced them and hope for a better transportation system.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, this era might as well encounter a revolution in Taxis. As, in Japan, a company called Robot Taxi is highly optimistic about its driver-free taxis. The road tests shall begin next year in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the Wall Street Journal reports, fifty people will travel in trips of two miles from their homes to grocery stores, with a Robot Taxi employee on board (as a safety precaution for now).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here, you can check you the exciting and touching video of Robot Taxi:</span></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6wgTIJ5e00" width="560"></iframe> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Japan, if you didn’t know, is the world’s most rapidly again nation, where the number of citizens aged 100 and up hit over 60,000 this year. The idea, at least initially, will be to help such elderly citizens and run routes in places where public transport isn’t built out.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wonderful, isn’t it?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, of course, questions have arisen regarding the extent of acceptability by the elderly citizens and challenge of tech- awareness of a driverless taxi! But then, in a country like Japan, where cute and communicative robots like Pepper and Aibo already exist, things might as well be easy.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned for more upcoming updates.</span></div> </div>

Driverless Taxis To Become A Reality In Japan

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World’s Top Most Valuable Tech Brands: Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO-YV9orroKljLlkl9KxP8BxcZyW-j0RdnvbNoiEWhnOWS_0GX1TgkYMNAHWjCkqdXVbBRibCN5_UIGOsOdIVVsjnJCoYQa2ikcNTLhkiutwR1MyPnuz13pkpWc9bHtfKInkioBOLpnk/s1600/most-valuable-companies-apple-google-ibm-microsoft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO-YV9orroKljLlkl9KxP8BxcZyW-j0RdnvbNoiEWhnOWS_0GX1TgkYMNAHWjCkqdXVbBRibCN5_UIGOsOdIVVsjnJCoYQa2ikcNTLhkiutwR1MyPnuz13pkpWc9bHtfKInkioBOLpnk/s640-rw/most-valuable-companies-apple-google-ibm-microsoft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>SP's:</b> Inter-brand's list of world’s most popular brands is out and it reaffirms the notion that technology companies are dominating the world. Take a look at the most valuable tech companies list here.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The renowned consultancy firm Inter-brand has rolled out its new report of the world’s most valuable tech brands. As expected, several technology companies have found a place in this list and it shows the influence of technology companies’ influence.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM have found the place at the top of the charts. Apple and Google have captured the top spots for the third year in a row.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some other notable technology companies in the charts are:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Microsoft (#4)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">IBM (#5)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung (#7)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amazon (#10)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Intel (#14)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cisco (#15)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oracle (#16)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HP (#18)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook (#23)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">eBay (#32)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Adobe (#68)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei (#88)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PayPal (#97)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lenovo (#100)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the 100 listed companies on the Interbrand’s list, 28 are the technology companies. PayPal and Lenovo have appeared on the list from the first time.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take a look at the complete list here:<a href="http://interbrand.com/best-brands/best-global-brands/2015/"> Interbrand</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Willing to add something? Tell us your views in the comments section below.</span></div> </div>

World’s Top Most Valuable Tech Brands: Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM

SP's:  Inter-brand's list of world’s most popular brands is out and it reaffirms the notion that technology companies are domina...

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