How a Student Overcame His Blindness to Study Coding

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="michael-griffin-coding-blindness-" height="359" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/michael-griffin-coding-blindness-.jpg" width="640" /><i><b>SP's: </b>This is an inspiring story of Michael Griffin from Florida, who fought his blindness and overcame it to do something amazing. </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After failing his vision test, Michael Griffin knew that his eyes were no longer fine and he needed to face the reality, instead of ignoring it.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael was 24-years old and before 14 years, his doctors had told him that he juvenile macular degeneration. It’s a condition that worsens to result in partial or complete blindness in future. This embarrassed him a lot and he chose not to tell his friends or family.</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;">“I was embarrassed to say I couldn’t see. Looking back I wish I would have said something. I probably would have started college a lot earlier if I had the help I needed,” says Griffin, 37.</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;">13 years after the license denial, he’s working to get an associate degree in computer programming at the State College of Florida. He hopes to attend a 4-year university program and make applications to help the ones like him.</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;">His teacher Elizabeth Dowdy says that Griffin needs to zoom in his screen so close that he’s able to see just one word.</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;">“I’m thinking as a teacher he can’t even see the whole word, how will he read sentences?” Dowdy said. “But he did it; he even developed his own software to keep up.”</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;">With time, Griffin has learned C++, Python and Visual Basic. Now he’s teaching himself C-Sharp, a programming language for phone and computer applications.</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;">Earlier this year, he won a $2,500 scholarship from the American Council of the Blind and $500 from the council’s Sarasota chapter.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you find this story inspiring? Tell your views in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

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How Microsoft’s Smart Battery Systems Adapts To Your Usage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="laptop charger" height="357" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/laptop-charger.png" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>Microsoft has come up with battery system that adapts to the usage of its user. It combines a couple of batteries to ensure the advantages of low weight, less volume etc. This innovative solution of moving the battery charging controller from hardware to the operating system, implementing machine learning, helps batteries optimize power deliveries.</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 all those embarrassing situations where we are in the middle of delivering a presentation or about to finish an important work, and the laptop runs out of battery and we have to desperately search for a power adapter?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Laptop batteries have not been at par with the advances in the OS and other computing components. The huge variety of laptops come with the same kind of batteries which charge the device in the exact same manner.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, where are we lagging behind?</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, battery charging of a laptop is controlled by hardware. However, the hardware is not the only parameter contributing to the determination of usage of the battery. For instance: hardware, unlike software, cannot determine how to behave for different tasks- call for different battery usage. For example, viewing web pages may demand lesser battery usage than performing complex data analysis.</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;">So, what’s the solution?</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 has come up with an innovative solution of moving the battery charging controller from hardware to the operating system, implementing machine learning.</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;">What’s more is that Microsoft is also using different types of batteries to optimize power delivery in the research prototypes to ensure the combined advantages of low cost, less volume, light-weightedness etc. This innovative laptop battery system perfectly suits and adapts to the user’s way of working on the computer and thus ensures that they have the necessary power exactly when they need 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;">We perhaps can be optimistic about the application of same in smartphones and cars as well.</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;">Would you like to have the smartphones, which adapts itself according to your usage? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How Microsoft’s Smart Battery Systems Adapts To Your Usage

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

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

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Microsoft Surface Book Vs. Apple MacBook Pro – Which is the Ultimate Laptop?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/surface-book-macbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="microsoft-surface-book-vs-macbook" height="376" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-surface-book-vs-macbook.jpg" width="640" />SP's: </b>After witnessing one of the best keynotes of 2015 from Microsoft, we are here with the ultimate showdown of laptops: Microsoft Surface Book Vs. Apple MacBook Pro. </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a big week for Microsoft, perhaps the biggest ever for the company in terms of the hardware launches. The company showed off its next generation Windows 10 devices that tried to give a serious competition to Apple’s recently-launched new lineup of premium hardware.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In its Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft launched its first ever laptop Surface Book that is a direct competitor of Apple’s MacBook Pro.</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 called the Surface Book an ultimate laptop that delivers twice the performance of the MacBook Pro. Microsoft’s first laptop has gained universal praise for its design, performance and seamless transition from a PC to a tablet.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </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 Surface Book weighs insanely low and gives a tough competition to the 13-inch MacBook Pro’s Retina display by embedding more pixels in its PixelSense screen.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/surface-book-macbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="surface-book-macbook" border="0" height="361" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/surface-book-macbook.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The new Surface Book is powered by the latest Intel Skylake‘s sixth-generation Core i5 and i7 processors. These new processors are the main reason why Microsoft is able to boast of 50% better performance. To get the better Intel Core i7, you’ll have to spend few hundred dollars extra.</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="intel-skylake-surfacebook" height="428" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/intel-skylake-surfacebook.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Talking about the GPU, Surface Book comes packed with NVIDIA GeForce GPU to bring more graphical performance. But, if you choose to go with this model, you’ll have to spend $1,899, minimum.</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="Nvidia-GPU-surfacebook" height="348" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Nvidia-GPU-surfacebook.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If we intend to go for an honest comparison, we’ll have to look at the base model of the Surface Book that will cost you $1,499 for a 128GB storage and 8GB RAM. The MacBook Pro again comes with 128GB storage and 8GB RAM for $1,299. Both these laptops claim the 12-hour battery life. So, which one to buy? </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="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;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, by spending extra $200, you get some great additional functionalities. The Surface Book is the future of laptops and it embodies the perfect hybrid design with hassle-free laptop-to-tablet transition. You also get a Surface Pen and a touchscreen with it to have some more fun. With new Skylake processors in the Surface Book, the claims that Surface Book is two times faster seems pretty believable.</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 specifications and make your decision:</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;">Specs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Surface Book<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13-inch MacBook Pro</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Starting price<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,499<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,299</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Price<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>                $1,499<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,299</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Display<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13.5-inch 3,000×2,000-pixel resolution<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13.3-inch 2,560×1,600-pixel resolution</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pixel density<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>267<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>227</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dimensions (imperial)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8.67 x 12.3 x 0.30 inches<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>12.35 x 8.62 x 0.71 inches</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dimensions (metric)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>220.2 x 312.3 x 7.7mm<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>314 x 219 x 18mm</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Weight<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.6 lbs. (726g)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.48 lbs. (1580g)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thickness with keyboard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0.9 inches (22.8mm)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0.71 inches (18mm)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Weight with keyboard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.48 lbs. (1579g)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.48 lbs. (1580g)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Operating system<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Windows 10 Pro<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OS X El Capitan</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Processors<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 6th-gen 2-core Intel Core i7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 5th-gen 3.1GHz 2-core Intel Core i7</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Graphics<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Intel HD 520 or Nvidia GeForce<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Intel Iris 6100</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Storage<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>128GB / 256GB / 512GB</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">RAM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8GB / 16GB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8GB / 16GB</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battery<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 12 hours video playback<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 12 hours video playback</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Networking<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ports<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2x USB 3.0, 1x SD card reader, 1x Mini DisplayPort, 1xSurfaceConnect(charging and docking), 1x headset jack<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2x USB 3.0, 2x Thunderbolt 2, 1x HDMI, 1x SD card reader, 1x headset jack, 1x MagSafe 2 (charging)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cameras<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5MP front, 8MP back<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>720p front webcam</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hinge<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Freely positionable to 125 degrees, tablet reversible<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Freely positionable to 135 degrees</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Touchscreen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Extras<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Included keyboard dock with built-in Nvidia GPU ($1899 or higher models), included stylus<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Force Touch trackpad</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which one’s your favorite? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

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DuckDuckGo Taunts Google: “You Don’t Need To Track Users To Make Money”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="duck-duck-go-google" height="370" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/duck-duck-go-google.jpg" width="640" /><i><b>SP's: </b>DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg takes a dig at Google in his AMA session saying, “It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search”.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are less evil ways to make money and the self-proclaimed privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo abides by the ethics.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its CEO Gabriel Weinberg, in his latest <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346268" target="_blank">AMA </a>(ask me anything) at the Hacker News platform on October 7, reassured a concerned user saying that DuckDuckGo is not sinking and is actually profitable.</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;">Taking a dig at Google, Weiner further said,</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search. Most of the money is still made without tracking people by showing you ads based on your keyword, i.e. type in car and get a car ad. These ads are lucrative because people have buying intent. All that tracking is for the rest of the Internet without this search intent, and that’s why you’re tracked across the Internet with those same ads."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DuckDuckGo search engine was launched seven years back but got a massive user base and an exponential 600% increase in traffic after ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations and he warned the public to avoid Google and Facebook.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite all the efforts from the DuckDuckGo team, the search engine is still unheard by most of the users. Weinberg has also promised to improve content search efficiency in non-English languages as well for the users around the globe who have to sacrifice their privacy for better search results.</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;">According to a recent survey by Pew Research Center, almost over 40% US adults don’t want any kind of surveillance done on them by their search engine provider.</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;">As there are genuine concerns among the masses for their privacy, DuckDuckGo seems to have a huge opportunity ahead and can give a real competition to Google which for more than a decade now had exerted monopoly in the industry.</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;">Which search engine do you prefer, Google or DuckDuckGo? Tell us in comments below.</span></div> </div>

DuckDuckGo Taunts Google: “You Don’t Need To Track Users To Make Money”

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What The Winners Of Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2015 Taught The World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="nobel-prize-2015" height="421" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nobel-prize-2015.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, the US’s Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar collectively won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 for their discoveries in the field of natural DNA repair. This new discovery enlightens our hope for advancement in the treatment of new treatment for endless diseases and even cancer.</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;">DNA is the fundamental building block of life. The information that defines species, is encoded by the DNA. Also, it is the differences in this information, that make each one of us as a unique individual. Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, the US’s Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar collectively won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 for their discoveries in the field of natural DNA repair.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They defined that organisms are able to survive at all because they have very specialzed processes involving cascades of enzymes, which detect DNA damage and perform a triage-like step-by-step repair.</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 diagram below explains the same:</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="Chemistry nobel prize theory" height="435" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Chemistry-nobel-prize-theory.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The human body is made up of trillions of living cells, each containing DNA that carries the thousands of genetic instructions which are required to run the body. However, the DNA being an unstable molecule undergoes changes every day. Also, pollutants and harmful UV rays damage DNA.</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;">Then, how is regeneration and continued survival of species still possible?</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 this:</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="DNA repair" height="378" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DNA-repair.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr. Lindahl, Dr. Modrich and Dr. Sancar collectively explained the reason behind the continued survival through specialized processes about cascading of enzymes. They detect the DNA damage and also perform a triage-like step by step repair.</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 are their individual contributions that won them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. Lindahl: defied orthodoxy about DNA stability. He proved that the if the colomex module would deteriorate so fast on its own, then the regeneration on Earth would almost be impossible. Hence, he proposed the theory about molecular systems constant counteracting DNA collapse</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. Sancar:  mapped out how cells repair DNA damage caused due to exposure to ultraviolet light. People may even develop skin cancer if born with defects in this system.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. Modrich: showed that how the errors that arise during DNA replication can be fixed by cellular machinery. This reduces the frequency of mistakes ( by approximately a 1000). A hereditary variant of colon cancer is caused by defects of this system.</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="nobel prize work" height="397" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nobel-prize-work.png" width="640" /></div> </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;">What’s more is that with this new progress and deep understanding of DNA repair and basic biochemical level, the application of them being endless and profound. We can, not only be optimistic about the development of new treatment for endless diseases which have an effect on human DNA, but also hope for advances in cancer treatments (as many anti-cancer drugs have a damaging effect in DNA)- something that the world has been looking up to past some time 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;">We at SPRTech congratulate all the Nobel laureates for their outstanding contribution to the respective fields.</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;">What do you think about this new advancement in the field of DNA repair? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

What The Winners Of Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2015 Taught The World

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How to Keep Your WhatsApp Data Safe With Google Drive and Encryption

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Whatsapp-group-admin-arrested" height="395" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Whatsapp-group-admin-arrested.jpg" width="640" />SP's: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">To keep your WhatsApp data safe and encrypted, WhatsApp has partnered with Google Drive. Take a look to know how to enable this lifesaver feature.</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;">Losing all the precious WhatsApp pictures and videos is something that a good friend of mine faced recently. There are some simple ways to recover data from your external SD-card, but getting the same from your smartphone’s internal memory is a tough job.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, WhatsApp has brought a lifesaver functionality in its instant messaging app by joining hands with Google to keep your WhatsApp data safe. Now, losing your WhatsApp pictures, chats, videos and videos are a thing of past due to the newly-introduced integration of Google Drive with WhatsApp.</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;">On its blog, Google announced a new partnership, that will let you create a private Google Drive backup of your chat history, voice messages, photos, and videos for the Android WhatsApp app.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a result of this regular cloud backup, you can recover everything with just a touch. In the settings, you are given the option to decide the frequency of backup to keep your WhatsApp data safe: daily, weekly, monthly, or not at all.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Google Drive backup comes with encryption feature, thus all your cloud data is encrypted and safe.</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 Drive offers them a native, seamless and safe way to back up their multimedia in the cloud, with added security thanks to encryption“, says Brian Acton, Co-founder WhatsApp, about this new way to keep your WhatsApp data safe.</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;">How to Keep Your WhatsApp Data Safe With Google Drive and Encryption?</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;">Here the method to create a Google Drive backup of your WhatsApp data. Depending upon the size and amount of your WhatsApp data, this process may take some time. Please be patient.</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="drive_whatsapp_n6_double-keep-whatsapp-data-safe" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/drive_whatsapp_n6_double-keep-whatsapp-data-safe.png" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To keep your WhatsApp data safe, open WhatsApp on your Android phone.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now go to Menu Button > Settings > Chats and calls > Chat backup.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now tap on the  Back up to Google Drive option and select the desired backup frequency.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here you’ll be asked to select a Google account that will be used to backup your chat.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now tap on Back up over to choose the network that will be used for backup (WiFi or cellular data).</span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to Restore WhatsApp Data Backup from Google Drive?</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;">Add the same Google account to your device that you used to perform the backup.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just after the verification of your number, you will be asked to restore your backup from Google Drive.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wait for some time, your chats and pictures will be automatically restored.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note that this feature will be rolling out to WhatsApp users in the 2.12.303 version. If you don’t want to take the Play Store route, you can directly download latest WhatsApp 2.12.303 from the <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/" target="_blank">official website</a> to keep your WhatsApp data safe</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you find this how to keep your WhatsApp data safe article helpful? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How to Keep Your WhatsApp Data Safe With Google Drive and Encryption

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Google’s Guardian: Parisa Tabriz "The Security Princess"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Parisa-tabriz-the-security-princess" height="424" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Parisa-tabriz-the-security-princess.jpg" width="640" />S<b>P's: </b>“Parisa Tabriz-The Security Princess” is Google’s guardian who protects the tech giant from the ‘black hat’ attackers. She is Google’s biggest weapon against the outside hackers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no such thing as unhackable. We know it, you know, and the hackers know it too. All we can do is take measures for our safety depending upon our prudence. Now, if you are the head of the world’s leading tech company, let’s say Google, then what would be your plan of action to protect yourself and your more than a billion daily users?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, let’s see, how about getting a knight in a shining white armour, a ‘white hat’ to combat the bad guys the ‘black hats’. Cool right? That’s what Google has. Knowing how big Google is, they need someone with special skills, someone who would think like the attackers, but only faster and warn them about any vulnerability before it gets exploited by the black hats.</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;">“Parisa Tabriz- The Security Princess” is the someone that Google has relied on so heavily to guard its empire. Heading a team of 30 hackers in the US and Europe that manages security threats, all Parisa does throughout the day is to try and hack her own employer and she is pretty upbeat about that. Parisa is quite famous in the hacking world, just like a cool mysterious comic superhero who watches over the city with his skills and powers and adding to that, zero evil intentions.</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="Parisa-tabriz-security-princess" height="378" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Parisa-tabriz-security-princess.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Parisa was named in the 30 most important women under 30 in Tech by Forbes in 2012 and is among the 250 security engineers that Google has put faith in to protect user data and company’s online infrastructure.</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;">Her job is to dig out bugs in Google Chrome, an Internet browser used by over a billion users and make sure that it gets fixed before catching the eye of other hackers. So, confident is Google of Parisa and her team that it has regularly put on the bounty for anyone to hack Chrome. And there is one in a thousand cases that an exploit has been found. But, this is a cat and a mouse game as we all know!!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the age of 31, she is one of the most decorated employees of Google, which she joined in 2007. Google is a haven for geniuses and Parisa makes sure she hires only the best. Well, that we know. Google is quite famous for its rigorous and byzantine recruitment process. But, Google shows creativity in hiring as well.</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;">As she tells, she not only looks for sheer brilliance, but also a person with a thirst for knowledge who can constantly upgrade himself much like the industry that they all are working in, and with rock-solid ethics (doesn’t take much time for the hackers to get lost in the good hacking-bad hacking dilemma).</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 is all about innovation, creativity and future. This can be seen as Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin met with Ahmed Mohamed at the Google Science fair. Ahmed was arrested as his indigenous clock was mistaken for a bomb.</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;">Inspired by steganography, a form of cryptography which is an art of hiding a coded message in plain site, Tabriz learnt and gained as much knowledge as she could from the Internet and the geek club, that she joined while she was in college at the University of Illinois. Parisa is a role model for all the women out there who seem dull towards computer science and technology while relinquishing into the male chauvinism.</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 is a knowledge park for out of box thinking where the employees can be seen doing weirdest of things just to get it right. Parisa says, Google also offers incentives to outside hackers to detect the bugs which make things easy for her team. It is better to let these guys keep doing what they usually do under your watch rather than outside of the Google’s fort. It goes without saying that she believes in keeping her enemies closer.</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;">After all the praises for the woman, most of you still might be wondering what’s with the Security Princess tag!! If that’s the case then the purpose of the name is fulfilled.</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;">Security Princess is so much better than the dull and boring Information Security Engineer, don’t you think? Tell your views in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

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Guide to Windows 10: Fix an Audio Issues in Windows 10 PCs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sRWSw-C8nSWemRCBAri3oqQq5Qxq8Xu6qD5C-70fffzWNqIXE-758mPRvtU4o1fIypHr2p5DZQA6uM9Vyn227l-C9vrHYp9vvnZmDUclzO3krtAePdQI9va2YDRPHFQk-raX0yXhvbE/s1600/how-to-windows-10-audio-issues-guide.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/AVvXsEi6sRWSw-C8nSWemRCBAri3oqQq5Qxq8Xu6qD5C-70fffzWNqIXE-758mPRvtU4o1fIypHr2p5DZQA6uM9Vyn227l-C9vrHYp9vvnZmDUclzO3krtAePdQI9va2YDRPHFQk-raX0yXhvbE/s640-rw/how-to-windows-10-audio-issues-guide.jpg" width="640" /></a><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">SP's:</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> Here, I’m going to tell you how to fix audio issues in Windows 10 PCs using some simple steps. If you are facing sound troubles in your PC, read ahead to know more.</span></div> </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;">Windows 10 is now available for free download for your Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs. Earlier this week at Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft told the world that currently more than 110 million devices are running Windows 10. This is a great achievement from Microsoft.</span><br /> <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;">I’ve always stressed on the importance of some serious hardware from the house of Microsoft that can showcase the abilities of a Windows operating system to the fullest. Microsoft answered my prayers and launched its first ever laptop called the Surface Book.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Along the similar lines, due to the external hardware and Windows software conflicts, users might experience some problems in audio and video performance. In this guide, I’m going to how to fix audio issue in Windows 10.</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;">On its website and YouTube page, Microsoft has published a set of videos to tell you how to fix audio issues in Windows 10. Let’s fix audio issues in Windows 10 in these simple steps and videos:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How to fix audio issues in Windows 10 using the basics</span></li> </ul> </h4> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the pretty basic and very first step to fix audio issues in Windows 10. You need to first check out your speakers and headphone connections and see if some audio cable is loose or connected to the wrong jack.</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;">Now check your volume levels from the audio icon and don’t forget to check the volume levels of your external speakers.</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;">Sometimes your external speakers might be the reason why your are reading this how to fix audio issues in Windows 10 article. Don’t forget to check them with the device other than your Windows 10 PC.</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 /> <h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Use Device Manager to fix audio issues in Windows 10</span></li> </ul> </h4> </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;">Another reason why your Windows 10 might be giving your problems could be related to the driver issues. Make sure that your sound card is working properly and is running with updated drivers.</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;">To fix audio issues in Windows 10, just open the <b>Start</b> and enter <b>Device Manager</b>. Open it and from a list of devices, find your<b> sound card</b>, open it and click on the <b>Driver </b>tab.</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;">Now, select the <b>Update Driver</b> option. Windows should be able to look at the internet and update your PC with the latest sound drivers. If it fails to do so, you can find the right drivers at your PC manufacturer’s website.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HQjuxmYS-zw" width="560"></iframe> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How to fix audio issues in Windows 10 by running troubleshooter</span></li> </ul> </h4> </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 the above options weren’t able to fix audio issues in Windows 10, you can try Windows Audio Troubleshooter. Try this option by right-clicking on the Sound icon in your taskbar and open the <b>Troubleshooter sound problems option.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdfRxiHxs3g" width="560"></iframe></div> </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;"> <h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Set default playback device to fix audio issues in Windows 10</span></li> </ul> </h4> </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;">You might face some audio issues while using USB or HDMI as you need to set the external devices as default.</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;">To fix audio issues in Windows 10 by setting the<b> default device</b> option, just open <b>Start</b> and enter <b>Sound</b>. Now open the appropriate result and click on the Playback tab. Here find the <b>suitable audio device</b> and <b>Set Default.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AU7SAUon33o" width="560"></iframe> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fix audio issues in Windows 10 by choosing correct audio playback</span></li> </ul> </h4> </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 sound issues you’re facing could be a result of incorrect audio playback format.</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;">To choose the correct default playback in Windows 10, just open Start and enter Sound. Now open the appropriate result and click on the Playback tab. On your default device, right-click and select properties. On the Advanced tab, under default format, change the setting and hit Test button. If it doesn’t work, change the setting and hit Test.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nBYwv4pyUXw" width="560"></iframe> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> </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;">We hope that these tips will help you to fix sound issues in Windows 10. If you have some other suggestions or problems, comment below.</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;">If these problems persist, you could head over to <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/answerdesk/chat">Microsoft Support Desk</a> and tell them your problems.</span></div> </div>

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