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Thursday, 1 May 2014

Google and Intel to unveil new Chrome OS devices on May 6

Toshiba Chromebook

May is turning out to be a busy month. We already know that LG is announcing G3 on May 27, Moto E is expected on May 13, Huawei Ascend P7 is coming on May 7 and now Google has sent out invites for a press event on May 6, where the company, in partnership with Intel, will showcase new Chrome OS devices.

This press event is expected to be on the lines of September 2013 event, where both Intel and Google had unveiled a bunch of new Haswell-powered Chrome OS devices and announced new manufacturing partners.

Google’s Product Management Director Caesar Sengupta and Intel’s VP and GM of the mobile computing group Navin Shenoy will be attending the event.

There are no details on which devices are expected to be announced or showcased at the event but with less than a week to go for it, we won’t have to wait for long.

To remind you, Acer on April 29 unveiled its most powerful Chromebook till date. Not many details are available about the device right now but it packs 4th-gen Intel Core-i3 processor and will be released in 14-inch and 15-inch model this summer. We hope to hear more about the device on May 6.

How to use ‘Selective Focus’ and ‘Out of Focus’ on the Galaxy S 5

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The Bokeh effect has become a big thing in smartphones over the last few months. If you’re not familiar with the Bokeh effect, it is the process of de-focusing certain areas of a picture, usually the background. HTC went as far as adding a second lens for this effect and Google just added it to their stock Camera app. Now, Samsung has added “Selective Focus” and “Out of Focus” options to the Galaxy S 5. They both do the same thing, but act completely different.

“Selective Focus” is for when you know in advance of taking your shot that you want to apply this effect, and “Out of Focus” is for those times when you didn’t know. You can make changes after the fact with both methods, but they can be a little confusing in how they save the images as well as exactly when they work.

In this video, I will walk you through both options and how they work. Hit the break for the video and be sure to check out all our other Galaxy S 5 guides

Google to reportedly ditch Nexus brand for high-end Android Silver devices

By tech2 News Staff / 01 May 2014 , 12:29

We have heard a couple of times that Google is doing away with the Nexus line of devices, that have proved such a huge hit in the last couple of years.

A report in The Information (paywall) says that the company will replace the Nexus line with a range of premium smartphones and presumably tablets under a new brand name, Android Silver. The Verge, which accessed the report, says, “The change is both expansive and expensive, as Google is said to be planning to spend heavily on promoting these devices in wireless carriers’ stores and through advertising, essentially subsidizing the development and marketing costs for its hardware partners.”

The report goes on to say that Google will retain control over the software side of things, making sure the experience is consistent across devices regardless of manufacturer. This is in line with Google wanting a greater say in how Android looks in OEM devices. One of the requirements, according to The Information, is that manufacturers limit the number of non-stock apps they load on to the device, or allow users to remove them.

Earlier this year we heard Google was taken aback by some of the new UI features in Samsung’s TouchWiz, which prompted the company to ask the Korean manufacturer to scale back the customisations. Google also reportedly urged manufacturers to make it amply clear that the device runs Android and the latest version of the OS. In the new Samsung Galaxy S5, we could quite clearly see the ‘Powered by Android’ line on the first boot screen.

LG and Motorola have been signed up as hardware partners for Android Silver, but there’s no word on involvement of Samsung, HTC and Sony, three other major Android manufacturers.

So how will Google set Android Silver apart from the Nexus line? Well, for one, you can stop expecting it to be priced in the same range, because the emphasis definitely is on the experience being premium. This could mean high-end materials for construction or specialised hardware. Android Silver is said to be coming to the United States and other developed markets first and unlike the Nexus range, it will be sold through in-store kiosks designed by Google. These have also been rumoured for a while, and could tie in to Google’s plans to create a retail presence for Android.

There’s no information on whether the Nexus line will continue to see support with limited releases. It would make sense for Google to do that because it will help consolidate the mid-range segment, which is exactly what the Nexus line is targetting with its low-price, high-specs model. If the Nexus project is killed off, Google stands to lose out on this crucial segment of the market, which is seen as the fastest growing across regions.

Google Play Music Updated To v5.5 With On-Device Playlist Editing And Sharing [APK Download]

A late entrant to Google's update Wednesday is Play Music. Version 5.5 has started rolling out, but don't expect huge changes. So far all we've seen is a tweak to playlist management. You can still download the APK below, if that's how you roll.

What's New

Edit playlists in the app
Share playlists (after making public)

So you have a bit more control over playlists on your device. You can change the name and description now (you could already manage the songs). If you want to share your creation (with a link), the app lets you do so via whatever means you want. The playlist has to be made public first, but the app prompts you.

Download

The APK is signed by Google and upgrades your existing app. The cryptographic signature guarantees that the file is safe to install and was not tampered with in any way. Rather than wait for Google to push this download to your devices, which can take days, download and install it just like any other APK.

File name: com.google.android.music-5.5.1509O.1140258.apk.

Version: 5.5.1509O.1140258 (Android 2.2+).

MD5: c0f9b4b2e15cf0f4e0a1a7e2c4ce662a.

Facebook Announces New Anonymous Login Option And An Updated Version Of Facebook Login With Privacy Controls

Today at this year's f8, Facebook's global developer conference, the company behind the world's largest social network introduced upcoming changes to its platform for signing users into mobile apps. In the months ahead, people can expect to see a new Anonymous Login option that the company says will allow them to sign in without sharing any of their personal information from Facebook.

This feature is joined by an upcoming version of Facebook Login that should provide users with more control over which information they share with apps. In the image below (pardon the iPhones, but these are the only images Facebook provided), we see toggles for access to your friends list, email address, birthday, and likes.

Rolling out a feature and then following it up with a better privacy controls is pretty standard fare for Facebook. Let's see if the company gets it right this time when the feature rolls out sometime in the months ahead.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Review: The March Of Polycarbonate Progress

The Galaxy S4 was the most popular Android smartphone of all time. The Galaxy S5 will likely take that title soon enough. Say what you will about Samsung's choice of materials or its design aesthetic, its phones are incredibly popular and well-liked by a great many people. The Galaxy S5 won't cause the faithful to waiver, either - it's an absolute affirmation of the company's commitment to improving its flagship product with every generation. The Galaxy S5 may be iterative, but it's iterative in ways that matter.

The phone is faster, the screen is better, the camera is better, the software is better, the battery life is better, and it even feels better in your hand - Samsung has been hard at work in these areas, and it shows.

However, for all the good, there are caveats. Samsung's software suite is still hilariously bloated, with some legacy features and apps carried over since the Galaxy S III, many of which frankly have no place on a serious smartphone. Take one look at the nigh-innavigable settings menu and your eyes will glaze over. And the creaky, cheap plastic we've come to expect of Galaxy phones is still just as prominent, even if it isn't so slippery and slimy anymore. Samsung hasn't exactly been Johnny on the spot with OS updates lately, either, so who knows what version of Android your S5 will be running a year from now.

A class-leading display and camera, though, along with a much quicker processor and improved battery life (plus waterproofing) are big gains over the Galaxy S4, big enough that I'd call the S5 a more significant iteration than the S4 was over the S III.

In fact, I'm quite enamored by the S5. Even with all its bloat and plastic, it's easier than ever to see why Samsung is reaping success after success with its smartphones: an almost obsessive devotion to improvement, even if it that does entail a handful of gimmicks coming along for the ride. I'd even venture so far as to say that Samsung skeptics might be tempted by this phone - it's that difficult to ignore.

The Good

Display: Best. Screen. Ever. Samsung's Super AMOLED HD panel is the finest display the company has ever produced. It is incredibly bright (and dim if need be), has superb outdoor visibility, viewing angles second to none, and the auto-brightness finally works right. There may be more accurate screens out there, but I can't say I care at this point - Samsung is too far ahead for it to matter.
Camera: Samsung's enlarged sensor on the Galaxy S5 produces absolutely great images (for a smartphone) when lighting is decent. The real-time HDR preview mode is super cool, too. It supports a huge array of video recording options, including HDR video, and the phase detection auto-focus really does work. Samsung's camera app is also highly usable and intuitive.
Battery life: The Galaxy S5 has among the best battery life I've ever experienced on an Android device. The standby life is staggeringly good, and even with that bright Super AMOLED display it really does seem to sip power.
Water resistance: Making a phone more resistant to the elements is hard to classify as anything but a positive, annoying USB port cover aside.
Speed: Probably the most noticeable upgrade over the S4 is in the realm of performance - the Galaxy S5 is fast. Not any faster than the HTC One M8 that I can tell, and maybe still a touch slower than the Nexus 5, but all in all, it's very quick.

The Not So Good

Bloat: TouchWiz, even with its much easier-on-the-eyes redesign, still has a lot of carryover bloat from the Galaxy S III and S4. Some of this stuff (air gestures, air view, smart pause, group play) is unabashedly useless and needs to be left behind. Just let it go, Samsung - no one is using this crap.
Fingerprint scanner: It's a nuisance to use and just feels like an afterthought. Apple's Touch ID is a simple, innovative implementation of biometric verification. Samsung's is just a new coat of paint on the same system that made the Atrix an overnight success. Oh wait.
Storage: 16GB, 10GB of which are usable. There is no 32GB model of the S5 available in the US on any carrier. In fact, the 32GB S5 is only available in Korea for the time being. Samsung, suck it up and make 32GB the standard level of storage - or make it cheaper - this isn't enough, especially when the camera takes photos that are 7-9MB apiece and video is up to 4K. SD cards are just an excuse for cheaping out on the storage we actually want at this point.
Plastic: It still feels cheap. Samsung, I beg of you, find a way to make your phones feel like they should retail for $700. Granted, it does feel nicer than the S4 thanks to the dimpled, soft-touch back.

Increase Ram Of your Android Mobile Using SD Card

Hello friends, today in this post i'm introducing a new technique and some tips to increase RAM of your android device. This difference in hardware can greatly affect your phone, you can not use bigger size apps, and can not play heavy games or you can not run multiple application at the same time or the hanging problem and many more. But everyone can not afford the high range phones. And majority of this problem is due to the processor and the ram size. So in this post, i'm talking about how to increase ram of your android phone and you also play heavy games and use multiple applications.

How to Increase Ram In Android Using Sd Card ?

Note: Increasing ram does not mean that you are internally adding some hardware to your Android phone. Its not possible for a normal man to alter the hardware of Android device so as to increase its Ram. Its been risky and one need to be professional to change the hardware. And also manufacturer has some guidelines for this. But don’t worry there is some simple way to increase ram in Android, you just need to follow the instruction. And you can easily increase your ram in maximum 10-15 minutes. Using this method or trick you can increase your ram upto 4 GB.

Requirements:

1. SD card as you want but class 4 or higher SD Card will give excellent speed to your Phone.
2. Rooted smartphone.
Or Rooted Tablet (If you want to increase RAM and Internal Memory of it.)
3. SD card reader
4. Windows PC
5. An internet connection for downloading a few softwares or you can get it from somewhere else also.

Partition Your SD Card:

First step you have to do is to partition your SD Card and for doing this you have to,

1. Download Mini tool Partition from Here

2. Install the application on your PC and connect your SD card to your PC with Card Reader.

3. Open Mini Tool Partition in your PC and when the wizards open click on your SD Card and select Delete option. (Note: This will format your SD Card completely mean that it will erase your data permanently, so previous to doing this backup your data at any place in PC or other Storage device.)

4. When the Formatting of your SD Card is completed then, you have whole of space of your SD Card as unallocated then Right click SD Card and select make option.

5. A popup box will open giving you options for making partition; select the partition as primary and file system as FAT if SD Card is less than 4GB or FAT32 if your SD Card is more than 4GB.

6. Leave about 512 MB or more space (your choice) for making the next partition.

7. Then select done and do right click on unallocated space of your SD Card and again click make option. Select Primary partition but change the file system to Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4.

Note: (Ext2 is not compulsory as most ROMs work fine with it).

How To Make Ram Of SD Card Android:

1. Click Apply Changes and then process goes on for the few minutes and then partition is completed.

2. Install Link2sd from Google Play or download and install the .apk format file from here to your phone.

3. On the first launch of the app, it will question for root permissions and then, it will question you the file system of the .ext partition that you had before made, choose the option as you had choose in the partitioning steps.

4. Sort the apps according to size and start linking them.

You have done your task Enjoy. Comment below if you facing any problem.