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Essential Apps for Samsung Galaxy Phones

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 12 November 2013 0 komentar

If you have recently got the Samsung galaxy S3 or other Samsung Phone then you know there are a few apps which should already come pre-installed with the device. Like as shown in Samsung unboxing event, Flipboard for Android should be there but the app doesn't come pre-installed.

Like Flipboard there are some other apps like Kies Air, KiesCast, Family Story, Mini Diary, etc. which aren’t pre-installed on the device. So how do I get these apps? Simple, You can download them from Samsung Apps (as some are not available in play store).

Those apps are:

Flipboard – E-magazine for personalized news. Available on Samsung Apps..
KiesAir – Share Data b/w your phone and PC wirelessly. Available from play store and samsung apps.
KiesCast – Podcast manager and downloader. Play store and Samsung Apps.
S Baro – Tool which shows the current altitude of the phone. Samsung Apps only.
Photo Editor – Add Beautiful Effects to your Photos. Available on Samsung Apps only.
Video Editor – Turn your Videos into Awesome Movies. Samsung Apps only
Mini Diary – Just like Evernote. Samsung Apps only.
Family Story - Social Network only for Family members. Samsung apps and Play Store.
My Story - Lets you send digital poster cards to your friends. Samsung apps only.

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Mac OS X Mavericks review

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 07 November 2013 0 komentar

Apple OS X Mavericks is a software update with no cat in sight - so you should you upgrade or stick with the puddy tats?

Apple's operating software has been getting cheaper and cheaper. Last year, the OS X Mountain Lion update was released for just £13.99. And now, the price has been reduced further, about as far as it possibly can go. Yes, you may have heard, Mac OS X Mavericks is completely free.

Impeccable value then, and what's more, if you have a Mac that's compatible with the software, it doesn't matter if you have an older OS - you don't need to buy the inbetween versions. Apple says it will work on any Mac released since late 2007.

Apple's thinking is it wants all it users to be on the latest page, with the best software. This makes the hardware - like the new iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina - look its best and means that developers have an easier job. It also means that there's a less fragmented user base out there (like iOS, unlike Android).

OS X Mavericks: Updates

So what's new? Lots. Like the new version of software for iPhone, iPod and iPad, the computer software can now be set to offer automatic updates so you don't need to spend as much time keeping everything up to the moment.
And like iOS 7, OS X now has a cleaner style. The calendar is no longer designed to look like it's made of paper with last month's dates badly torn off, framed by a leather top. It's just white screen with clear, sharp writing on it which is easy and speedy to navigate. Though confusingly, the app icons look the same as they always did - the date on a calendar with metal rings on it is there in the dock as before.
The Notes icon still resembles a US yellow legal pad, though the app itself is changed to reflect the cleaner, clearer look that OS X and iOS 7 have both adopted.
Programs and functions that have been updated include the addition of tags in the Finder so you can attach colour-coded tags to documents, photos and other files making them easier to categorise and locate in more ways than just date created, name and so on.
There are gentle improvements to areas such as the browser Safari which has a re-designed top sites page and promises to be faster - it certainly feels nippy.
Updates, a very handy addition to Mountain Lion, is gently improved with the addition of more ways to interact with the alert as it appears. Get an email and you can open it or whisk the notification offscreen as before. But now you can also reply or delete directly from the notification, which is handier than going to the relevant program.
Mavericks also helpfully details how you're using power. So if you click on the little battery icon to reveal the power menu it lists (as before) battery charge level, whether it's plugged in and whether to show the battery percentage or just the icon.
But now there's a line that reads 'No Apps using significant energy' or else lists which programs are draining power. If you're running low on battery and know you can't plug in for a while, this is highly useful information so you can kill the power-hungry apps. And if you need those programs working, then at least you know you're right to fret...

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Google Announces New Phone and Updates Operating System

Posted by Unknown Minggu, 03 November 2013 0 komentar

SAN FRANCISCO — Every day, Google crawls and indexes the entire Internet to help deliver the best search results on its website. Now the company wants to apply the same firepower to dig through applications on smartphones that run the Android operating system.

In an announcement at the company’s office here Thursday, Google showed off an updated version of its Android mobile operating system, called “KitKat 4.4,” that can search for information both on the web and some smartphone apps. The updated operating system also flattens out parts of the user interface on Android smartphones and updates the company’s voice-recognition technology.

Google The Google Nexus 5 includes a 5-inch screen, updated camera with a built-in gyroscope and the Google Android KitKat operating System.

The Android update is included in a new smartphone, the Nexus 5, which is a Google-made device that has a high-resolution camera and large, 5-inch screen. The update will start to make its way to other Android-based phones in the coming weeks.
The larger Nexus phone, which was available Thursday on the Google Play store, is targeting buyers that have been migrating to larger mobile devices. And with the phone, Google will be going to head-to-head with Samsung, the pioneer of big-screen phones that also run the Android operating system.

The Nexus 5 does offer features that separate it from competitors. Specifically, the camera on the Nexus 5 includes a small gyroscope built into the lens that ensures photos are not blurry if the user’s hands shake while snapping a picture. The company also added new software meant to reduce blur, add contrast and brighten images taken in dark places.
In a demonstration, the company showed how searching for a recipe will get results on the web as well as within a recipe app on the smartphone. The search feature will work with a limited number of app makers when it is available later in November, including IMDB, Moviefone, Etsy, OpenTable and Trulia.

“There are two different worlds on your phone,” apps and the web, said Sundar Pichai, a senior vice president at Google. “We are now beginning to bring those apps and the web together.”
Other updates from the company on Thursday seemed to take on Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 7, including improvements to voice recognition technology that’s similar to the Siri feature in Apple’s iPhones.

“Over the past year, we’ve made another 25 percent in improvement to speech recognition accuracy,” said Johanna Wright, a vice president at Google. Ms. Wright said that in the past voice recognition software would become confused by people’s names — which “Jennifer” are you trying to call? — or by attempting to differentiate between the words “pitchers and pictures,” which “sound very similar but mean different things.”
In the latest updates to the company’s voice recognition, Ms. Wright said Google has tried to resolve these issues by tapping additional data to help understand the type of query someone is making.

Also in the KitKat update, Emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are now included in Hangouts and text-based chats, which have a smooth and cartoonlike feel.
A 16-gigabyte model of the Nexus 5 will cost $349 and the 32-gigabyte model will cost $399.

KitKat will begin rolling out to some devices on Thursday, including the older Nexus phone numbered 4, and the tablets Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. Other devices will be receiving updates in the coming weeks.

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