Jatin Sharma
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Saturday 7 February 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6:-Awesome Smartphone Of The Future
Samsung didn’t see the kind of response it wanted from the Galaxy S5. In fact, some reports claim its sales were 40% below expectations. The Korean company knows it needs to win back the fickle consumer, and that should make for a very interesting Galaxy S6 announcement this spring.
There have been a few leaks of supposed specs for this device, but the most plausible relate to a Samsung device with the model number SM-G925F. According to benchmarks for this device, the Galaxy S6 will have Android 5.0, a 5.5-inch 2560×1440 AMOLED screen, a 64-bit octa-core Exynos ARM chip, 3GB of RAM, 20MP camera, and 32GB of storage. The Exynos chip will probably be replaced with a Snapdragon in US markets, though.
The true test of Samsung’s resolve will come in the build quality, which was one of the knocks on the Galaxy S5. It’s not that it was a fragile phone, but the fully plastic frame didn’t feel very premium. The Note 4 and Galaxy Alpha (seen above) were steps in the right direction, but the GS6 can take Samsung the rest of the way there.
Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S6:-
NETWORK:-
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH:-
Announced Exp. announcement 2015, March 1
Status Rumored. Exp. release 2015, Q1
BODY:-
Dimensions 143.3 x 70.8 x 6.9 mm (5.64 x 2.79 x 0.27 in)
SIM:-
Nano-SIM
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
DISPLAY:-
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.0 inches (~67.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~587 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
PLATFORM:-
OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset Exynos 7420
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A57
GPU Mali-T760
MEMORY:-
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB,
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA:-
Primary 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Secondary 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
SOUND:-
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
COMMUNICATIONS:-
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB v3.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
FEATURES:-
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Wireless charging (Qi-enabled)
-market dependent
- ANT+ support
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Air gestures
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY:-
2800 mAh Li-Ion battery
COLORS:-
Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Thursday 5 February 2015
How to run Linux inside Windows using VirtualBox in 7 steps
Friends today i tell you How to run linux OS on Windows.There are only 7 steps.
1. Go to http://virtualboxes.org/images/ damn-small/ where you’ll find VirtualBox
virtual machines for several versions of DSL.
Download the latest version which is a Zip
archive and extract the files it contains.
You’ll get two folders called Machines and
VDI, the latter of which contains the virtual
machine file.
2. Start up VM VirtualBox and on the main
window click on the Create icon, just as you
did to create the Windows 8 virtual machine.
Enter ‘DSL’ as the name of your new virtual
machine and you’ll notice that Type and
Version update accordingly. Click on Next.
3. In the next dialogue box you’ll be asked
how much memory to allocate to the virtual
machine and you should accept the default
by just clicking on Next.
4. Next you’ll be given several options
regarding the virtual hard disk. Select ‘Use an
existing virtual hard drive’, click on the folder
icon to its right, select the VDI file that you
downloaded from the Web, click on Open and
then, back at the ‘Create Virtual Machine’
dialogue box, click on Create.
5. Your virtual machine will now be created
and this will be reflected by the fact that the
name of ‘DSL’ appears at the left hand part
of the VM VirtualBox main windows and
details are shown to the right. You’ll notice
that that the DSL virtual machine is shown
as Powered Off so start it up by clicking on
the Start icon.
screen of your virtual machine. If various
error and information boxes appear just
accept them. DSL will start and you’ll be
asked to login. Do so using the username
‘dsl’ and the password ‘reverse’.
7. Once logged in the DSL main screen will
appear just as if you’d installed DSL on your
PC’s hard disk instead of Windows. You can
explore the OS while, at the same time,
experiencing the wonders of virtualisation
which has made this possible. When you’re
done, just select Close from VM VirtualBox’s
Machine menu to shut down the virtual
machine just like a real machine running
DSL. All your settings and files will be saved
for next time you start up this virtualbox.
Wednesday 4 February 2015
How to Recover Connected WiFi Password on Android
First of all i will tell you that this will work on a rooted phone so if your phone is not rooted than first root it.
Almost every Android user has at one point or another forgotten or lost the password their phone uses to connect to a frequently used Wi-Fi signal. While It is not unusual to lose or forget a password, doing so can have serious consequences for your monthly phone bill. Connecting to a wireless signal allows for larger downloads that would otherwise burn through your carrier's monthly data limits and rack up hefty overage fees.
Retrieving Saved Wifi Password on Android
This simple and straight forward process will help you find your saved Wi-Fi passwords on your Android phone.Doing so require you to "root" or "jailbreak" the phone.
Open up your File Manager in Android. If you don't have one built-in, there are a number of free and cheap apps you can download from Google Play. The Root Explorer, OI File Manager, and ES File Explorer are all good options if you need one.
Navigate to the /data/wifi/ or to the /data/misc/wifi/ directory, depending on the device.
In /data/wifi/, look for and open a file named bcm_supp.conf. In /data/misc/wifi/ look for and open a file named wpa_suppliciant.conf.
After you select wpa_supplicant.conf, you will be prompted to choose a text editor with which to open the file. If you don't have one built into your Android device, there are a number of free text editor apps you can download from Google Play. 920 Text Editor is a good, free one to use.
Once the file is open, you will be able to see a lot of the data and passwords about the various Wi-Fi networks you've previously connected to. Look for the following sequence of code in order to find the password for each Wi-Fi network.
Simply look for the sequence of code that has the name of the Wi-Fi network whose password you're looking for.
network={
ssid="NETWORK_NAME_HERE"
psk="PASSWORD_HERE"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=1
}
Once you're in the right file, you can easily locate the saved Wi-Fi passwords and will be in a position to access the network regardless of the time of day and without bothering your co-workers or friends for the password. This easy set of instructions for how to recover Wi-Fi password on Android
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Microsoft tries to beat Google by investing in Cyanogen. ROMs.
Windows Phone still hasn’t set the world on fire, so it seems Microsoft is investigating other ways to compete against Google and Apple in the mobile market. Reports are coming in that Microsoft will participate in a round of funding for Cyanogen, Inc. — the commercial enterprise that formed out of the CyanogenMod community. This will only give Microsoft a minority stake in the company, but this could hint at large changes for one of the largest tech companies in the world.
Over at the Wall Street Journal, a few nuggets of information have come to light regarding Microsoft’s decision to help fund this fork of Android. Details are slim, but sources claim that Microsoft will be a “minority investor” in Cyanogen’s latest round of funding (estimated at $70 million). At the very least, this is Microsoft hedging its bets. On the other hand, maybe there’s more to this story. Microsoft might just be laying the groundwork for a future without Windows Phone.
Earlier this week, Microsoft released the first stable version of Office on Android. Similarly, the brand new mobile version of Outlook debuted on iOS. Microsoft is well aware of which way the wind is blowing, and it seems increasingly focused on delivering top-tier support to competing platforms. Since Windows Phone reportedly only has 3% of mobile marketshare, it’s easy to see why Redmond has shifted its priorities.
Over the last few years, Cyanogen has been busy partnering with hardware manufacturers across the globe. Specifically, this small company is focused on expanding in emerging markets where the established players haven’t taken over yet. By Strategy Analytics’ account, roughly 37% of Android devices worldwide are using off-brand forks, so there’s obviously a lot of money at stake here. If Microsoft can get a piece of that massive pie, all the better for its shareholders.
With free access to Office and free upgrades to Windows 10, Microsoft is bowing to market realities. Google Docs and OS X make it increasingly difficult for Microsoft to sell its products outright. Instead, money has to come from subscriptions services and support contracts. None of that is inherently bad, but clearly the Microsoft of 2015 shows little resemblance to the Microsoft of ten or twenty years ago.
Sunday 1 February 2015
Does High IQ Increase the Risk of Depression and Mental Disorders?
The super-brainy computer programmer, the scientist, or the nerdy professor is supposed to be a social misfit. He turns up at parties with unkempt hair and disheveled attire and spends the evening hunched up in a corner. The brilliant artist is a recluse with dark moods. When he is not creating masterpieces on canvas or the piano, he is cradling the bottle and spewing rage all around. Are these false preconceptions, or is there some truth to the stereotype?
The positive association between low IQ and depression
Some psychiatric studies suggest a positive relationship between low intelligence levels and depression. A study based on the findings from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in England concludes that people with low IQ are less happy than their more intelligent counterparts. During this study, subjects with an IQ level of 70-79, which is regarded as borderline intelligence deficiency, reported being less happy than the subjects with an IQ level of 120-129, which is considered extremely intelligent. The researchers used parameters like being in a positive mood most of the time, being satisfied with life, and feeling content with the quality of life to define and determine happiness levels in the subjects.
Low IQ indicates a deficiency or lack of cognitive ability required to carry out most education- and job-related tasks. People with low IQ levels tend to perform poorly in school and fail to land well-paying jobs that demand average to high levels of intelligence. In fact, intellectually deficient people often remain unemployed. Unemployed people may not earn enough to sustain themselves or their families. As a result, their relationships may suffer. Unemployment, low income, broken relationships, a life of want and frustration — people with low IQ can have many reasons to be depressed.
Yet some researchers claim the reverse relationship to be true. According to them, depression lowers cognitive ability in a person, a phenomenon that manifests as low scores in IQ tests.
In an experiment conducted on a number of people with varying degrees of known depressive disorders and mentally healthy individuals, it was found that the former group generally performed poorly on intelligence tests. This study and some others explain this occurrence by citing neurological evidence. Depressed patients show decreased functioning ability in the frontal lobe of their brains. The frontal lobe is associated with higher mental functions and executive abilities.
Does this mean that highly intelligent people are generally happy and do not suffer from depression? The human mind is complex, and two and two do not always equate to four.
Researchers have reasons to believe that high IQ does not serve as a protection against depression. Highly intelligent people may also develop depression and other mental disorders.
The positive association between high IQ and depression and other mental disorders
The fascination with genius and an obsession with finding a positive link between high intellectual potential and depression and other mental disorders dates back to the time of Hippocrates in the 4th century B.C. Sigmund Freud explored the idea and modern-day researchers have expanded on it. In a study on children with IQ levels above 130 — regarded as superior to very superior intelligence — researchers found that 65 percent of the subjects had major depressive disorder.
Several studies attempt to correlate the occurrence of depression in gifted individuals with the peculiar mental makeup that stems from their high levels of intelligence. People with high IQ tend to have fertile inner lives where they recreate the world to fit their dreams and preferences. They also have more intensified and enduring reactions to stimuli than their less-gifted counterparts. This means that when reality clashes with their perception of what is “real,” they feel at a loss and are unable to cope.
Highly intelligent people are also very sensitive and tend to be socially withdrawn. It may be because they are too busy with their own mental chatter or do not find someone to whom they can relate on an intellectual and emotional plane. Whatever may be their reason for feeling alienated from the world at large, people with high IQ lack support systems or creative outlets to help them cope with their blues.
The unique mental and behavioral characteristics of highly gifted and creative individuals may also explain the origin of the popular perception that geniuses are “mad”. A study in Sweden has found that people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are more likely to work in creative jobs that require high levels of cognitive and artistic intelligence than individuals who do not suffer from these mental disorders.
And would you believe that researchers link scoring straight A grades in school to a fourfold increase in the chances of developing bipolar disorder in adulthood? According to the authors of another study, students who excel in linguistics, music, and arithmetic reasoning have a greater likelihood of developing bipolar disorder. Excellence in these disciplines requires a person to reach a state of high alertness where they can spot underlying patterns and connect dots in innovative ways. These mental characteristics also make people more prone to experiencing strong emotions, a classic symptom of bipolar disorder, than those who are not similarly attuned.
The jury is still out regarding a positive relationship between high IQ and a greater risk of developing depression and mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Whether there is a positive link or not, all the research in this area should serve to sensitize people to the reality that geniuses are not freaks of nature – they just cannot help being the way they are.
Saturday 31 January 2015
top 6 awesome smartphones of january 2015
1. HTC One M8
What to say about the HTC One M8? They often say the second album is the hardest, but the follow up to the all-conquering HTC One takes the best of that phone and yet still re-invents things enough to make it a massive recommendation over the old model.
We love the speed of the camera, the Duo Camera is smart as a tack, the Boomsound upgrade is impressive and the design... well, you have to hold it.
The Snapdragon 801 processor has boosted battery dramatically compared to the 600 of last year, and that means that photos also process much more quickly as well - even the front-facing camera is much better.
Gaming, movies, photography, browsing all work really well, and in a phone that that's easily going to destroy whatever anyone else can design, unless Apple or LG have got some dark sorcery up their sleeves when the iPhone 6 or LG G3 appear later in the year.
2. Sony Xperia Z2
Sony has something of a slump last year, following up the impressive Xperia Z with the lacklustre Xperia Z1 just a few months later.
The camera, which was supposed to be the headline feature, didn't impress as much as we'd hoped, and the screen was still lacking the IPS clout that the Xperia Z Ultra managed - meaning muted colours and poor viewing angles.
Anyway, enough about last year - Sony's back in 2014 and comes with an excellent phone in the shape of the Xperia Z2. Tipped to be the third of the stellar smartphone triumverate, alongside the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) we were intrigued to see how it shaped up.
And the good news is it's impressive. Really impressive. The industrial design is a little chunky but oozes premium quality in a way that Samsung's plastic shell doesn't, and it's a little more robust than its Galactical and Primary rivals thanks to being IP58 rated.
Great battery life, strong power and a good camera all are present and correct with our new top three phones, but Sony steals second simply by being a great all-rounder.
3. OnePlus One
You've probably never heard of OnePlus... but if you have, you'll know why this unknown brand is suddenly sitting at number three of our list of best smartphones in the world.
The reason is simple: it's a phone that has all the power, specs and functionality of the top dogs, adds in super-customisable software and does it at nearly half the price. We're talking big savings on cost (£229 for the 16GB version and £269 for the 64GB variant) without much in the way of compromise.
In fact, the only things it's really missing are a microSD slot and removable battery, and those are elements more for the purists that absolutely necessary.
If we're being super picky, it's not got the greatest camera set up and the design is a bit... efficient, but at this price point it really doesn't matter. And given the target audience is those that care about raw power over style, it makes sense that this is where the costs could be saved.
4. Samsung Galaxy S5
2014 is turning out to be a stellar year for the prospective smartphone user, as the HTC One (M8) was joined by the Samsung Galaxy S5 in our 'best smartphone' list, and now the Xperia Z2 enters the fray too.
There was a lot of hype around the new Galaxy, and rightly s it's by far the best phone Samsung has ever produced, with a blazing fast core, a strong result in the benchmarks and a larger 5.1-inch screen.
Then there's the fact that with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU the Galaxy S5 is one of the best phones on the market when it comes to battery life, besting the already impressive One M8 in the power stakes.
Samsung has also dropped the 'innovation' of the air gestures from last year (well, they are in there but not the main focus) and improved the hardware with a better camera, fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor too.
5. LG G2
Wait, an LG phone in the top rankings? Believe it people; LG has made a phone that not only impressed us but ran the HTC One very, very close for the top spot in 2013 - and holds a strong place into 2014 too.
We don't know where to start in terms of extolling the virtues of this new handset from the South Korean firm: it's got an insanely good screen, quality camera, the best audio pumping out from its speakers and headphone jack... the list goes on.
We even came to tolerate, then love, the power and volume buttons being placed on the rear. These aren't ideal, but the ability to knock on the screen makes it really easy to interact with this impressive device.
The LG G3 is here now, and is going to blow this out of the water in terms of price and power (it's even got a next-gen QHD screen) but given the lower cost the G2 is still an excellent choice.
6. Google Nexus 5
So we've updated our review with the new phone software, and thankfully things are a lot better now. The battery is improved, the camera a little more stable, and the low cost is still in place.
You already know we like Android 4.4, the clever implementation and the £299 price tag. We love the high power CPU, the quality screen; even the rubberised outer shell.
You can get the LG G2 for around the same price now though, and that offers a far superior camera, better battery life and a huge slew of extra features - it really depends if you're a fan of the stripped-down experience.
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