Moto X Pure gets three limited time back choices in time for the holidays
Motorola is no stranger to creating “special edition” customization options with the Moto Maker, with one example being the limited time football leather that was introduced to the Moto X (2nd gen) last November. This time around, Motorola is teaming up with well-known designer Jonathan Adler to give Moto X Pure Edition fans three unique options just in time for the holiday season.
As you can see in the picture above, these are certainly different than your typical Moto Maker backings. One thing is for sure, if you are looking to stand out from the crowd, these new designs certainly do the trick. Whether that’s a good or bad thing probably comes down to personal taste, but it’s always nice to have more options.
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The three new backs are exclusive options for the 32GB Limited Edition Moto X Pure, which will go on pre-order November 24th. The limited edition Pure will be available starting December 3rd and will be priced at $475. Breaking it further down, that’s the same price as you’d pay for a 32GB Moto X Pure with a leather or wood back.
What do you think of the new backs? If you aren’t a fan, what’s your favorite back choice for the Moto X Pure Edition? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Microsoft’s Graph is an easy way for devs to access all the data in the Microsoft cloud
Microsoft today officially unveiled Microsoft Graph (formerly known as Office 365 Unified API) at the big Connect() conference in New York. Microsoft Graph is an easy way for developers to give applications unified access to digital work and digital life data throughout the Microsoft cloud. In other words, with the Microsoft Graph, developers will now be able to bring together smart machine learning algorithms and user data and behavior using just a single authorization token.
The Microsoft Graph, which can be found at graph.microsoft.com, exposes APIs, data and intelligence across both Office 365 and Azure AD. Any developer that’s able to make an HTTP request can call the API from any platform, and all Office 365 services can now be directly navigated via Graph. Microsoft is also releasing the SDKs to make Graph as useful as possible, starting with .Net, Android and iOS, then expanding to other platforms like Node.js, Python, Java and Ruby. Code samples can be found on GitHub.
Here’s what’s available through Graph today:
- General availability (ready for production) – Users, Files, Messages, Groups, Events, Contacts (personal), Mail, Calendar, Devices and other directory objects and docs.
- Preview (available to explore) – Notifications, SDKs, People, Organizational contacts, Office Graph, Planner, OneNote, Converged Auth. flow support, OneDrive Files and Outlook.
For developers, what used to be 50+ lines of code are now cut to five
Microsoft Graph is basically a gateway for devs to access the data living in Microsoft’s cloud. In the Office 365 area alone, you’ll have access to more than 18 million consumer Office 365 subscribers, 60 million commercial 365 monthly active users, more than half a billion people managing their documents and photos in OneDrive and much more.
Developers can get started now for free with an Office 365 developer tenant. Access to the Office 365 APIs and data through Graph will be included in your Office 365 license. This includes all APIs currently available with the general release today. Access to intelligence is paid, and some intelligence features are included in the 365 license and some are licensed separately. Additional capabilities will be added to the Microsoft Graph that may also be licensed separately.
To learn more, head to the link below to get all of the relevant documentation, code samples, SDKs, graph explorer and more. You can start the sign up process by visiting office.com to get access to an Office 365 license. And if you want all of the details, check out the official announcement at the source link attached below.
42 QHD Star Wars wallpapers
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is literally just a month away. We’re as excited as the rest of the world and all we can do is wait. While you wait for what will be one of the biggest movies of 2015, check out these QHD wallpapers we’ve curated from around the web, and drop one of them onto your background to show your love for Star Wars.
The wallpapers are all in the scrolling images above, and if you want to save them, follow these instructions:
- Click the left/right arrows to scroll through the images
- Maximize the image you like by clicking on it
- Long press or hold down on the image and click “save”
- Go to your gallery or Google Photos and find your image
- Click “use as” and then click wallpaper
If you see a wallpaper that belongs to you and you would like to receive credit, I would love to give it to you! Just drop a comment in the section provided below with some proof (You know, just so we don’t have people claiming things that are not theirs…) So, please choose those that you like and enjoy!
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Sprint’s new promotion cuts competitor rate plans in half
Sprint on Wednesday announced its latest promotion a limited time deal which sees the carrier slashing competitor prices by 50 percent. Indeed, the deal is available to anyone from Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile who ports their phone number to Sprint before January 7th 2016.
According to Sprint, there are no gimmicks or anything that will come back to bite customers. In short, the promotion gives customers the same amount of data and talk time that they were receiving with their previous carrier but at half the price.
The 50 percent deal works for not only single line plans, but multi-line accounts as well. Sprint will allow for up to ten lines on an account.
Here’s an example of what T-Mobile customers can expect when they take advantage of the promotion.
In addition to the three major players, Cricket and MetroPCS customers can also bring their lines over and save 50 percent off their rates. Once locked into the half off promotion, customers will see this price through January 8th 2018.
Sprint did not forget about its own customers and wants to reward them for their loyalty. Any existing Sprint subscriber who wants to, can take advantage of a free tablet with a 2-year contract. Worth roughly $360 according to Sprint, it is the Alcatel One Touch Pixi 7. Note that this is limited to supply on hand.
The 50 percent off rate plan begins on November 20. Learn more at Sprint’s website.
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Microsoft Launches Redesigned ‘Bing’ App With Focus on Quick Interactions and App Discovery
Microsoft today launched an entirely revamped Bing search engine app for iOS, which it is hoping will reimagine search on the iPhone. The Bing app has a new design with a much cleaner interface and a series of quick action buttons that aim to cut down on the amount of typing a user needs to do to get relevant search results.
According to Microsoft, existing mobile search engines are a copycat of PC-based search engines – long lists of links – but the needs on mobile are much different. On a phone, people are looking for faster ways to get what they want while minimizing the number of interactions, an experience Microsoft is planning to deliver with Bing.
The main focal point of the app is a search button that launches a standard search for any topic, using either words, voice, or an image. This search interface includes popular search topics, like “restaurants near me,” and it also includes links to search images, videos, or news, in addition to the web.
On the main Bing screen below the search button, there’s a series of quick tap buttons that will bring up things people often search for. “Near Me,” for example, displays a list of venues that are nearby, and additional buttons like “Dinner” or “Coffee” let users drill down further in the search results without ever having to type a word.
There are also quick links to bring up local restaurants, current movies, images, videos, and maps, while scrolling down will open up a list of breaking news stories. Microsoft has put a lot of thought into the Bing search engine, and its results cover everything a person might be looking for.
As an example, if you tap the Movie quick link on the home screen, it shows movies in theaters, but it also shows new movies that have been added to Netflix and Amazon Prime, along with popular movies on both services. Tapping on one of these movies brings up information like actors and movie reviews, along with a long list of relevant apps. From the search results, a movie like Nightcrawler can be opened in Netflix, purchased on iTunes, rented on Amazon, or opened in VUDU.
Microsoft has made deep linking a major focal point in its new Bing app, and app-based search results that open the relevant app are available for many different types of searches. For example, searching for a popular restaurant nearby and then tapping that result will include all relevant associated apps.
A search for a local Chipotle brings up a map, a phone number, and a list of associated apps. Yelp, Foursquare, and Zomato are offered up as apps where reviews are available, while AllMenu is listed as a way to view the menu and Apple Maps, Uber, Google Maps, and Lyft are provided as options for getting there. For a restaurant with food delivery, Bing might offer up the relevant app, or for a restaurant that takes reservations, Bing will provide something like OpenTable as an option.
A search for a television show might bring up an option to open it up directly in Netflix, while searching for a particular song includes app links to watch it in the YouTube app or buy it in iTunes. In addition to helping people find things faster, Microsoft is hoping its deep linking will aid users in app discovery, helping them find new ways to do things via apps.
The new Bing app also takes advantage of Microsoft’s Knowledge and Action Graph, which incorporates 21 billion facts, five billion relationships between entities, and 18 billion actions to give users answers to common questions quickly. That’s been coupled with extensive work on indexing apps to build the backbone for the new Bing mobile experience.
Bing can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
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Marshmallow is next up for the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet K1
Just yesterday we told you that NVIDIA brought back its SHIELD Tablet K1 at a new low-price just in time for the holidays. Now we have a report of when SHIELD Tablet K1 owners will get hold of Google’s Marshmallow update.
NVIDIA has made it clear that even though the SHIELD Tablet K1 runs Android 5.1.1 out of the box, it will be updated to the latest Android 6.0 software in the coming months. NVIDIA’s goal is push the update in time for the holiday season. Unfortunately, the company didn’t mention any information regarding the original SHIELD tablet thus leaving the impression that owners of this device won’t get the update for quite some time. This is rather odd because of how similar the two tablets are.
With Android 6.0, SHIELD Tablet K1 owners will be able to play around with microSD cards more easily and gain other features such as Now on tap, doze Mode and app permissions.
Via: Android Authority
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Motorola will be launching a collection of Moto X Pure Editions based off of Jonathan Adler’s designs
Motorola today announced that it plans on launching a new Moto X Pure Edition collection, featuring the designs of Jonathan Adler. Motorola says that the smartphones will be available for pre-order come November 24.
The smartphones, all in 32GB of storage, will retail for $474.99. While the pre-order date is November 24, they will officially go up for sale on December 3, just in time to get them before Christmas arrives.
If you’re interested in picking one up, be sure to head over to www.motorola.com/JonathanAdler. Right now it just links to Motorola’s home page, but come November 24, it’ll be the landing page for the new collection. Additionally, in celebration of this announcement, Jonathan Adler is sharing some holiday gifting tips on Motorola’s blog, linked below.
Are you interested in a specially designed Moto X Pure Edition from Jonathan Adler? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.
source: Motorola
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Samsung wants to increase people’s desire for mid-range handsets
A new report suggests that Samsung might bring some of the features found on its flagship lineups to mid-range handsets.
With the release of the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5, the company introduced a slew of new features. Samsung’s new strategy is to launch less smartphones but make them more desirable, and it’s going about this by introducing some of its most popular features on a wider variety of phones.
Some of Samsung’s mid-range handsets that could take part in this include the Galaxy A3, A5, A7, and A8. Currently, buyers who want the latest and greatest are forced to buy from one of Samsung’s upper lineups. According to The Korea Herald, Samsung may start by widening support for Samsung Pay, the company’s mobile payment service. Samsung believes this approach will not only lead to increase of desire for mid to low-range handsets, but generate more active users for its new payment service. The company will also seek to take design cues from its flagship lines for future handsets. It should also be noted that Samsung plans to bring a number of other sensors and features, although not directly specified.
Source: The Korea Herald
Via: Android Headlines
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New app to help people learn the English language
Although English is only spoken as a native language by a little more than 5% of the world’s population, it seems like it is increasingly becoming the universal language for communicating across borders and cultures. That means there is a big demand for tools to help people learn to use English and all of its peculiarities. A new app called English on the Go is now available in the Google Play Store to help with this challenge.
Developed by a team out of Canada, English on the Go combines elements of social networking to help people learn English using their smartphones. Teachers using the app can create, post and share lectures wherever they happen to be using their smartphone or tablet device. English on the Go helps teachers break lessons down into shorter snippets that focus on themes. Using a commenting system, learners can ask questions and get answers in a manner that helps everyone following a particular lesson. With the social component present, users are also able to find other users who they can practice new skills with in every day usage situations.
You can install English on the Go using the Play Store link below.
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ENGLISH ON THE GO! New App Gives Users Convenient Way to Learn English, Provides Ideal Platform for Both Teachers and Learners
08:40 ET from English On The Go
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — People who want to learn English have a convenient new tool to do so. English on the Go is a new app developed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and it is the world’s first English study social networking service app. English on the Go was developed by the company’s founder and CEO, Mark Kim, who, along with a team of five other developers and executives spent two years working on the concept of the app prior to being presented to the public. In addition to Kim, the team was comprised of Timothy Ways, CFO, Minsoo Kim, CTO and iOS developer, Johnny Jin, server programmer, and James Choi, Android developer.
Mark Kim became interested in being part of a language revolution when he realized that a system that helped people learn English from their own smart phones could benefit more than one billion people around the globe. “More and more internet traffic is created on mobile devices, and language education can benefit by adapting to this new reality.”
The app makes it easy for English teachers to post lectures for English learners. Teachers can create, post, and share lectures on the mobile device wherever they are using their smart phone or similar device. Lectures are broken up into shorter and easier to understand formats which are focused around a particular theme. People learning the language are able to ask and answer questions which benefit not only those students, but also other students working on the lesson. Learners are able to share English expressions with others, as well as people who are following them to explain or ask for better understanding of those expressions. The user can select a theme of an English expression. This theme will be input each time the user logs in to the app until the user changes the theme. Users can find people to follow on the social network based on expressions and lectures they have posted. This creates a practical way to better learn the langue in its everyday use. Lectures and interesting or memorable expressions can be archived and kept in an electronic “notebook”. The developers have created an algorithm for English on the Go feeds that allow a user to be located and followed based upon their input of, and usage of, themes, followers, search history, and other metrics.
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iOS app address : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/english-on-the-go/id976878105?ls=1&mt=8
Android app address: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onthego.onthegoHomepage
http://www.engonthego.comThis product was designed to be accessible for Android and iPhone users around the world who want to increase their English skills. People who might wish to use the app include those who plan a trip to an English speaking country, and also students who want to improve their English skills, or people who plan to move to an English speaking country.
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Google+ gets fully redesigned around Communities and Collections
Google yesterday announced that the Google+ experience is getting an overhaul. Effective immediately, Google+ has been given a full redesign based around Collections and Communities. In other words, this is not the social network or sharing tool launched a few years ago.
Indeed, Google+ now caters to people with like-minded interests so that they can communicate, collaborate and have discussions around their favorite topics.
“ Collections let you immerse yourself in content about topics like surfing or tiny tilt-shift photography scenes. Communities enable groups of people with the same interests to join up and geek out on anything from Game of Thrones to Painting.“
The new Google+ has already started for the web version and the mobile apps are falling in line as well. In addition to the new focus, Google+ is now easier to post to, search, and keep up with content. A big part of this comes from the redesigned homepage. According to Google, the change came about as a result of feedback from users and, presumably, from listening to industry trends.
To me, this is a smart move that separates Google+ from other social broadcast and sharing services. I get the sense that the user base cares more about coming together around topics instead of just updates and short-form blurbs.
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