Microsoft claims new Lumia 532 is ‘Windows 10 ready’ hinting at new OS name for phones
With just over one day before Microsoft unveils the next chapter in its Windows 10 story, a small tidbit has already leaked from hyper indexing search engines.
Typing ‘Lumia 532′ into Bing or Google yields Microsoft’s own product details page for the recently announced Lumia. However, the mini description, which usually pulls data from the source page, reveals this interesting line: “Windows 10 ready, the Lumia 532 smartphone is capable of running mobile games with its Snapdragon processor. Skype, OneDrive, Office and more.”
Huawei said to be dropping “Ascend” from future phones
The next handset from Huawei will presumably be the successor to the Ascend P7. This time around, however, the naming will be slightly different. The company is apparently dropping the word “Ascend” when naming future phones. This means that the next handset will simply be known as the Huawei P8.
The alleged specifications for the P8 are impressive. The 5.2 display is met with 1920×1080 resolution. A fingerprint scanner has a spot beneath the display on the front panel. Inside, Huawei will use its very own octa-core Kirin 930 processor along with 3GB of RAM. Storage is ample, even without a microSD card slot, at 32GB.
At MWC 2015, we expect the Huawei P8 to be introduced for the first time.
Source: HDBlog.it
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YouTube hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show to rival NBC
On February 1, people around the world will be watching the events taking place in Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX. While plenty will watch for the game played between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, halftime is where the spike in ratings lie. This year’s Super Bowl halftime show will be led by Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz. It is a continuation in the trend of the Super Bowl halftime show being targeted at a younger demographic. Gone are the years of Bruce Springsteen or Prince performing at halftime. Katy Perry will get the youngsters and Lenny Kravitz will nab the stragglers. Online, YouTube has a plan of its own to compete with NBC during the broadcast for millennials.
YouTube will work with Collective Digital Studio to produce a halftime show streamed live on the AdBlitz Channel. Over twenty YouTube content producers totally more than sixty million subscribers will be in attendance. The host of the event, taking place at the YouTube space in Los Angeles, is Harley Morenstein of EpicMealTime. Other attendees include Fredie Wong, Rhett and Link, and Toby Turner.
Source: Official YouTube Blog
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Lookout report: Mobile Malware increased by 75% in U.S.
Mobile hacking and stealing has become one of the most commonly committed crimes, with some of the most common types of mobile threats that have dominated the smartphone sphere being Malwares, Chargewares and Adwares. Folks from Lookout, one of the most downloaded antivirus app for mobile have aggregated a Mobile threat report for 2014 showing the trends of new mobile threat tactics like ransomware.
Key findings from the report includes:
- Mobile malware grew substantially 2014, as the U.S. saw a 75% increase in mobile malware encounter rates compared to 2013.
- “Ransomware” became a top threat in 2014, as more than 4 million U.S. Android users were forced to pay anywhere from $300 to $500 each to unlock their devices.
“Ransomware”, a type of malware that locks users out of their mobile devices in a pay-to-unlock-your-device ploy, grew by leaps and bounds as a threat category in 2014, with ransomware such as ScareMeNot and ScarePakage finishing in the top five most-prevalent mobile threats in countries such as the U.S., U.K., and Germany.
I would advise you to take look at the detailed report just to be aware at what kind threats you may encounter and learn how to deal with them. Also, be sure to download the Lookout app since it is one of the best free threat detection app around for mobile devices that you can get to keep your devices and information safe.
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Itching to buy a Note 4? T-Mobile has it $36 off for the rest of the night
If you’re on T-Mobile (or planning to switch … tonight) and want to pick up a Galaxy Note 4, you can save $36 on the purchase price if you pick one up online before midnight PST tonight (January 19). That comes out to just shy of a five percent savings on the full purchase price, but when you’re talking about a $750 phone every little bit of savings adds up.
You can now download and install the Android 5.0.2 OTA update on your Nexus 7 2013 WiFi, Here’s how
Last week Google released factory images for the Android 5.0.2 update for the Nexus 7 2013 WiFi and the Nexus 10. The OTA update is now available for the Nexus 7, so you can manually update your device yourself.
We have the download link below, but if you aren’t sure of what you’re doing or you just need a refresher, be sure to check out our very extensive guide on how to do it. The Nexus 10 OTA is still not available, but I would expect a link to become available within the next day so stay tuned if you’re rocking a Nexus 10.
Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi (razor) From LRX22C from LRX22G (5.0.2)
Our how to guide on installing Lollipop OTA updates to Nexus devices
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Xperia Z4 and Galaxy S6 supposedly ‘secretly’ demoed at CES 2015
According to a known leaker, Sony and Samsung had some tricks up their sleeves when it came to their unreleased flagship devices at CES 2015 this year. Apparently both companies were holding secret showings of the Galaxy S6 and Xperia Z4 to stakeholders behind closed doors.
As i twit 19 dec,no SONY mobiles showed to public..but in the secret room something's happens…same things of GALAXY S6..TMO,ATT,VER,SPRINT
— Ricciolo (@Ricciolo1) January 6, 2015
I am taking this one with a massive pinch of salt and suggest you do too. Why would two companies bring their unannounced flagship devices to the biggest tech show of the year, full of cameras and media? Unless of course they wanted them to get leaked…
Although saying that, Samsung did hold secret showings of the Galaxy S5 behind closed doors at CES 2014, so who’s to say they didn’t do it again?
Thoughts?
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Braille for the mouth could help deaf people hear
The one thing that every technologist shares is the desire to solve a problem, and there are several as-yet unsolved issues that relate to disability. It’s not all bad news, however, since in the last few months we’ve seen inventions that help the blind get around, paraplegics play soccer and stroke victims to communicate. Now, researchers at Colorado State University has developed a way that could help the large proportion of people who aren’t able to have a cochlear implant regain a form of hearing.
Rather than attempting to fix the issue, the team has gone the route of sensory substitution, which is to swap out one sense for another. The most common example of this is when blind people feel braille rather than reading text, since the solution here isn’t to cure their blindness, but to find a way around it. Similarly, instead of hearing audible signals, the new device would be an electrode-filled retainer that presses against the roof of your mouth. The retainer would be connected to a Bluetooth microphone, and so when someone spoke, these sounds would be translated into a series of vibrations, which you could then read by pressing your tongue to the roof of your month. All a person would then have to do is learn to decode these vibrations, which is apparently easier to do than some people would believe.
The project is the brainchild of professor John Williams, who stumbled across the problem during a self-described mid-life crisis. The engineer had successfully developed electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, and was struggling to find a new challenge. Unfortunately, a lifetime of sticking his head into vacuum chambers caused him to develop tinnitus, which is what prompted him to begin investigating cochlear implants. It wasn’t long after that he decided to build something of this own design.
There’s still a long way to go, of course, before this technology could be used in the real world. That’s why Williams has enlisted the help of neuroscientist Leslie Stone-Roy to help map the tongue to find the best locations for the vibrating electrodes. Still, the technology is promising enough that it’ll be spun out as a start-up, Sapien LLC, so expect a long line of stories full of “speaking in tongues” puns to be heading right around the corner.
Filed under: Wearables, Science
Via: The Telegraph
Source: Colorado State
YouTube is one of the best ways to watch Tuesday’s State of the Union address
A quick reminder that the president’s State of the Union address is Tuesday night (9 p.m. EST). And for those who indulge in such political exercises (and it really should be all of us), YouTube has become one of my favorite ways to watch the events. No tickers. No talking heads. (Other than the one on the screen. Zing.) Just the president of the United States, 435 of his closest friends (give or take a few extras), and me.
Plus, easy mobile access, Chromecast streaming, and direct viewing on a Nexus Player.
We’ll have the direct feed further on down in this post, or you can snag it from the White House YouTube channel.
New Verizon video explains their Antenna Chamber
While T-Mobile and Sprint have been engaged in a heated battle to change the market for cellular service in the U.S., AT&T and Verizon have been slower to adopt any of the changes their smaller rivals are pushing. In particular, Verizon appears to be content for now to rely on a strategy of offering quality for the additional expense and trouble their subscribers deal with to stay with them. To help justify their value, Verizon is back with a new video this month, following up a video released in December showing the Verizon device testing lab at work, that shows a little bit about how they test the connectivity of their devices.
The video focuses on the Antenna Chamber that is part of their Wireless Testing Lab. The Antenna Chamber is used to run a variety of simulations to help Verizon engineers identify issues that may impede a call or data connection. In the video, Verizon employees explain why their test platform spins and the purpose of all the spikes on the wall. The end result that Verizon seeks is successful call and data connections that leave a positive customer experience with their subscribers.
You can check out the video below to see some of the steps that Verizon takes to keep call and data connections at a high quality level.
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