tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61947176843318941102024-03-24T08:09:40.348+01:00 Welcome to Tech and General News ArenaTechnology and General News,Sales,Sports,Entertainment and lots more !Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.comBlogger1758125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-63235758061948224562017-10-09T15:58:00.001+01:002017-10-09T15:59:09.465+01:00Beyond Facebook, the Opportunity for Real-Identity Social Media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Facebook is doing great. But in the next fifteen years, if Facebook does not evolve into a real-identity social media, it will struggle. As banking, insurance and more services move social, we will need social commerce. That social commerce will be anchored on real identities. Facebook does not have that today. Anyone can create a Facebook account without the real authenticity as maintained by government.<br />
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This assertion goes beyond government efforts to track its citizens. As China modifies its laws to demand that users of social media sites use their real names before they can be on registered, with posting/commentary privileges, on websites, phone apps and digital forums, other countries will pick that and adopt the philosophy. In Africa, Cameroon may prefer that over shutting down Internet. Eritrea and Sudan may join easily, telling citizens to use their real-identities on social media.<br />
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Starting Sunday, backstage real-name registration is a must for all Chinese Internet users before they can post comments on platforms in China.<br />
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Without registering their real identities in the background, previously registered users cannot post anything, including replies to posts, on Chinese platforms, said the circular released by the Cyberspace Administration of China on September 7.<br />
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Users, however, do not have to reveal their real identities on the frontstage of the platforms.<br />
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‘‘Such rules will apply to all websites, phone applications, interactive public platforms and any other communication platform that features public opinion on news or with the nature to mobilize the society,” stipulates the circular.<br />
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Screen bullets, or known as danmu in Chinese, together with other forms of posts that include such things as emojis and pictures also fall into the regulation scope, as explicitly stipulated in the circular.<br />
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The new law is simple: you can be on social media with a fake identity but you cannot have a voice unless you are real. By demanding this, fake news will be managed and decency online will be enforced. Of course, government will be watching. But they are already watching.<br />
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Initially, this will be a very hard business model to execute outside China. But what I do believe is that some Chinese companies will perfect this and when they do, they will export the ideas to the world. These firms will work to find value in everyone using real identities online. If China makes it easier for people to get services online seamlessly, some will forget the privacy issues and go real in other countries. Over time, more people will register with their real identities. I do believe that as social media matures, there will be a convergence between online persona and the real persona of users. China could be providing a solid case with the new law to test how this will work at scale. Using real-identities online will unlock more opportunities and seed a new business model across many industrial sectors. No one knows but China will offer a case study in coming years.<br />
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I do not think this real-identity social media will work in Africa at the moment. So, there is no need wasting resources pursuing it. My recommendation will be to monitor how the new law in China is utilized not just by the government but by companies. If a social media account can be used seamlessly to provide insurance, it means that “Twitter” handle can become a trusted identity since that is tied to government records. The use of real identities online has a promise but no one knows the full implications.<br />
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Is there a collective power that once you take a loan, you may be worried that if you do not pay, your social networks will know because your social media account is tied to that loan? Can companies create products that will appeal to you based on that social connection? It is too early to ascertain all the possibilities but if we run the meatspace (i.e. offline) with real identities, I do think in the near future, internet and social media will need to be managed with real identities. Doing that may not necessarily be bad, if the government element is taken out. Businesses will find more opportunities to provide services right in the places where customers are spending time.<br />
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Culled from <a href="http://tekedia.com/beyond-facebook-the-opportunity-for-real-identity-social-media/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BrpzN5loiT0uUNW130bcR5A%3D%3D">Tekedia</a></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-64312489003421140322017-09-27T16:50:00.000+01:002017-09-27T16:50:28.551+01:00TSTV Battles DSTV with Pay-as-You-Consume in Nigeria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TSTV which stands for Telcom Satellite TV, is here in Nigeria to battle with DSTV. It is coming prepared with “Pay-As-You-Consume” plan which every other operator said was not possible in Nigeria before now.</div>
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“Pay-As-You-Consume” plan already praised for its simplicity will allow subscribers of TSTV pay for only programmes watched.</div>
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DSTV, no doubt, has served Nigerians for a very long period of time. But, TSTV’s entrance is a test of strength and will prove if DSTV has been receptive to the yearnings of subscribers.</div>
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DSTV shows live English Premier League matches, which gave it mirage in the market over the years, TSTV has promised to deliver same too. You can also enjoy Live La Liga and Champions League matches on TSTV.</div>
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TSTV is partnering Europe-based television station, ABS Global, to launch into the Nigerian Broadcasting Service a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV from October 1, 2017, with a message centered on ‘Buy Naija and Grow the Naira’ and pay as you use (PAYU) subscription plan.</div>
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According to him, “what makes the project unique is that it would start with 100 channels of local, regional and international in Yoruba, Igbo Hausa, Ghanaian, Sierra Leonean, Liberian Languages among others. It would also provide news, entertainment, education content”.</div>
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He argued that TSTV has the right content and premium product to satisfy the growing demand of Nigeria. “It would assist ABS take Nollywood and Sport to great height. Their sport channels is the bomb! EPL, La liga and Champion League is amazing!”</div>
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Highlighting on the technology, Echefu said that the station is based on the HBB TV tech, which is a combination of satellite and internet service for TV service.</div>
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TSTv will run on 4.5g network every subscriber will get 20G of data for N3,000 monthly, the data can also be used for video calls conferences with camera and wifi.</div>
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The TSTV decoder will have 50GB hard disk to record TV programs and a pause/play function.</div>
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“With TSTV, you don’t need to pay subscription monthly or periodically. You pay as you consume.</div>
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“It is the first Nigerian TV to launch a Pay-as-you-use so you can pause your subscription whenever you are traveling. It is just N5000 for the decoder and dish and subscription prices ranges from N200, N500, N1000, N1500 and N3000 respectively”.</div>
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TStv Africa aims to cover the 36 States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but will launch first in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Kano.</div>
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TSTv shows Live Sports like Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Europa League and so much more. Some Sport Channels on TSTV Africa are bein Sport 1-10, Fox Sport HD, and Ts Sports.</div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-28391579543079552692017-09-27T15:59:00.000+01:002017-09-27T15:59:02.118+01:004 New Trends in VoIP Technology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Though a few companies have already begun testing for 5G, widespread use still remains a few years away. However, once it's released, 5G is expected to be about 10 times faster than the current 4G. An increase of this magnitude could have a significant impact on the productivity of any business that uses the internet. It will also improve the quality of VoIP calls by notably reducing or even eliminating jitteriness, data transfer losses and the much-dreaded dropped call. In fact, by 2020, there will be numerous VoIP apps that launch at this higher speed. Likewise, video and web conferencing will also experience a significant leap in quality, with 4K and even 8K video becoming commonplace. With greater reliability, VoIP is likely to become the default method for business communication.</div>
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By the end of 2017, there will be <a href="https://www.westuc.com/en-us/blog/managed-voice-services/5-must-watch-trends-enterprise-voip-2017" style="color: #0a5ca3; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">more than 1 billion VoIP users worldwide</a>. Companies are already looking for ways to overcome the inevitable network strain that will arise from having so many people accessing the VoIP system at the same time. Hosted VoIP providers, including those in the cloud, will have to collaborate with service providers to meet this increase in demand. As other features like faster speed, greater reliability, better security and integration become the standard for VoIP, the service itself will become more mobile-friendly. With VoIP mobile, the possibilities for better business communication on-the-go and international and or remote communication will be virtually unlimited.</div>
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the technology sectors most anticipated game-changers. In 2015, there were approximately 15.4 billion IoT devices or mechanisms with an on/off switch that connects them to the internet. By 2020, that number is expected to more than double to 30 billion, and in <a href="https://www.visioncritical.com/internet-of-things-stats/" style="color: #0a5ca3; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2025 IoT devices will reach a staggering 75.4 billion</a>. The devices that make up the IoT are already demonstrating their usefulness in the Smart Home applications industry. However, IoT can also be used in conjunction with VoIP to revolutionize the workplace or Smart Office by giving employees the power to remotely book co-working spaces, event spaces or even turn lights and computers on or off at the touch of a button. The number of VoIP Smart Office applications could be endless.</div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-29166135195777942612017-02-06T13:46:00.001+01:002017-02-06T13:46:06.804+01:00Nigerians protesting at National Stadium and Theatre<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykkKvmETDw4" width="459"></iframe>Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-56873780163749021112016-02-22T09:21:00.000+01:002016-02-22T09:21:14.092+01:00NCC wants to regulate how you use BBM, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype and others<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Commission apparently put out a very lengthy document titled ‘An Overview of Provision of Over-The-Top (OTT) Services’ and in it, they expressed fear that OTT being a service based on the Voice Over Internet Protocol(VoIP) is a threat to traditional telephony as we know it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot stand to imagine the level of backwardness we are being subjected to. So in a bid to protect the telco operators in Nigeria, you and I would be stymied from enjoying innovation, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, let us backtrack a little bit, I completely understand the need to protect our home grown companies over ‘these foreign imports’. But putting these policies ahead of our best interest is mind boggling. We all know the recent hassles we go through everyday trying to pretend telephone services in Nigeria are normal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask anybody that has been outside the lines bordering Nigeria, our telephone(voice,internet,SMS) charges rank among the most expensive in the world. And the cost is coming with some of the crappiest services ever known to man since the invention of the calling machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NCC is worried that as a result of the influx of these ‘new guys’ into the market or their unchecked freedom, Nigerian telecoms operators “face the risk of eroding revenues and profitability.” Revenue and profit over the customer, isn’t that beautiful?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No name calling, but I predicted some years back when there were just a few active telecommunication providers in Nigeria that the emergence of more competition will improve the quality of services rendered. And it is happening at an alarming rate. My mother bought her first MTN sim card for around ₦38,500 or something in that region, I cannot be sure. But today, at ₦100, you can get these same sim card for a whole community at the price it was sold back then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This fear of innovation in the telephony sector is not peculiar to my beloved Nigeria alone. Last year, a Brazilian court banned WhatsApp for a few days after an imbroglio that was apparently brought about by telecommunication operators in the country who were afraid of the same thing that our people are fearing now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then sometime in February this year, a popular telco in Senegal blocked WhatsApp and Viber on their network for nearly ten days. It was attributed to a technical difficulties, but industry analysts said it was more of an economic decision to boost ‘traditional telephone services’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, for security reasons I prefer sending SMS, MMS videos and all over my mobile number to doing it over WhatsApp and the rest platforms. But considering the price and stress, I would stick to my dearly beloved WhatsApp until Dangote signs my adoption paper or NCC pursue dem comot finally. </span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-72520721645639095642016-02-22T09:18:00.001+01:002016-02-22T09:18:19.414+01:00Wi-Fi NOW: World's Premier Wi-Fi Event holding in Virginia(April 19th to 21st, 2016)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">We’re inviting the world’s most insightful Wi-Fi leaders to Washington DC from April 19th to 21st, 2016 as well as a host of carriers that are embracing Wi-Fi. And we’ll hear from small companies with big ideas as well as big companies making Wi-Fi happen today. </span><br />
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-32963244717902620412016-02-21T03:22:00.000+01:002016-02-21T03:22:12.346+01:00Speed growth of Wi-Fi Services:Cellular operators shoot themselves in both feet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently concluded a Wi-Fi research publication and was struck by a double irony. A key finding is that any customer using a smartphone is now almost entirely untethered to a single cellular operator. The smartphone customer is truly king (as they say).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Wi-Fi, a smartphone customer can access data at home, in the office and many places in between from personal or commercial Wi-Fi hotspots (in fact, most of the places where data is actually needed). Wi-Fi is in many cases cheaper, faster and more available whilst indoors. In other words, a smartphone user for the most part does not need cellular data.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Customers can also choose Wi-Fi to make voice calls. The common services we rely on for our daily messaging, also offer free voice services (often the better quality ‘high definition’ voice) and the iPhone 6 could take this to a new level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The irony is that Wi-Fi uses radio spectrum which phone companies themselves proclaimed decades ago (at the height of their monopolies) should be license-free. They even pushed for their ruling to be made global. That was the very radio spectrum that now carries most of the world’s wireless traffic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dozens of smaller operators are now taking on the few larger players – and many times winning. I could have called this article ‘Goliath hit by his own stone’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second irony is that the cellphone operators have been driving into the market, the very phones that have Wi-Fi and can therefore offer customers new levels of freedom. Operators were clambered to sign distribution deals for the iPhone – the phone that led the pack in popularising Wi-Fi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, the wireless ‘battle for the customer’ is only just beginning. However, as a smartphone user, I should score whatever the outcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="https://thecustomeredge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Geerdts</a></span><br />
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-83133626878374776182015-09-27T15:05:00.002+01:002015-09-27T15:05:49.009+01:00US, China reach cyberespionage agreement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The U.S. and China have reached their first ever cybercrime and cyberespionage agreement, but the deal is quite general and how it will translate into actions is still unclear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaders of both countries announced the deal in Washington on Friday after two days of top-level talks, but both dodged questions on specific hacking incidents or the indictment last year by the U.S. of five Chinese military hackers for cybercrimes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We have agreed that neither the U.S. or the Chinese government will conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information for commercial advantage," President Obama said at a White House news conference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that appears to be the main thrust of the agreement -- government-sponsored cyberespionage for the economic gain of companies. It doesn't cover government espionage and is pretty specific in its definition but, as President Obama indicated: It's a start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deal also seeks to improve cooperation between law enforcement in both countries on cyber investigations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We have made significant progress in agreeing how our law enforcement investigators will work together, how we are going to exchange information and how we are going to go after individuals or entities that are engaging in cybercrimes or attacks," said President Obama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We should strengthen dialogue and cooperation," he said through an interpreter. "Confrontation and friction are not the right choices for either side."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Obama, preempting the questions that would undoubtedly be asked on the deal, went on to say what everyone was thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The question now is, are words followed by actions. We will be watching carefully to make an assessment as to whether progress has been made in this area," he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neither leader addressed a question about whether China would hand over hacking suspects to the U.S. Last year's indictment of the five accused military hackers illustrated that without an agreement on extradition, such moves were more symbolic than anything else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I believe we can expand our cooperation in this area even as the United States will continue to use all of the tools at our disposal to protect United States companies, citizens and interests," he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two governments also said they would work together to try and establish international "rules of the road" for conduct in cyberspace.</span></div>
Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-41656795044645898012015-09-27T11:03:00.004+01:002015-09-27T11:03:59.862+01:00Microsoft has built a Linux-based operating system<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pigs haven't taken flight; aliens haven’t invaded; hell hasn’t frozen over. But... Microsoft has created an OS powered by Linux. No, this is not The Onion; it’s true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft has built an operating system called Azure Cloud Switch (ACS). As Kamala Subramaniam, Principal Architect, Azure Networking explains on the company blog, "It is a cross-platform modular operating system for data center networking built on Linux."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not a typical consumer-grade operating system; it's meant to serve a very specific purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many open source software defined, or virtualized networking switches available, but Microsoft didn't find what they were looking for and ended up creating its own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional switch software is built for several customers with several scenarios and feature requests. Since the ACS focuses on feature development based on Microsoft priorities, it has a Lean Stack. The thin software stack focuses on software needed for our Datacenter Networks and strives to fix, test and remediate network device software bugs faster than the current run rate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ACS allows us to debug, fix, and test software bugs much faster. It also allows us the flexibility to scale down the software and develop features that are required for our datacenter and our networking needs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's where Microsoft also recognizes the true value of openness and standards. Subramanian added, "ACS believes in the power of Open Networking. ACS together with the open, standardized SAI interface allows us to exploit new hardware faster and enables us to ride the tide of ASIC innovation while simultaneously being able to operate on multiple platforms."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the gem from the blog post was admiration for Linux: "Running on Linux, ACS is able to make use of its vibrant ecosystem. ACS allows to use and extend Open Source, Microsoft, and Third Party applications."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This move is really signification. I have contacted Microsoft to learn more about how and when the company plans to open source ACS, and if they do what open source licence they will use and how the company plans to work with the Linux and open source community on the switch. I have also approached the Linux Foundation (LF) seeking their comments on the development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a recent interview I asked the LF executive director Jim Zemlin if he thinks there will be Microsoft Linux he politely said 'I don't know'. When I pressed he responded, "Microsoft certainly supports Linux in Azure, and they do a lot of work to enable containers and other technologies on their cloud. So to some degree, they are supporting it. So who knows!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well here we have it, a Linux powered operating system developed by Microsoft. Welcome to Satya Nadella’s Microsoft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can say is good job, Microsoft!</span></div>
Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-58838718134072002592015-09-26T13:20:00.002+01:002015-09-26T13:20:18.489+01:00New malware infects ATMs, dispenses cash on command<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The program is dubbed GreenDispenser and was detected in Mexico. However, it's only a matter of time until similar attacks are adopted by cybercriminals in other countries, researchers from security firm Proofpoint said in a blog post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GreenDispenser is not the first malware program to target ATMs. In October 2013, security researchers from Symantec warned about a backdoor called Ploutus that could infect ATMs when a new boot disk is inserted into their CD-ROM drives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first version of Ploutus allowed criminals to extract money from ATMs by issuing special commands through their PIN pads or through an externally attached keyboard. A second version, found in March 2014, added the option of sending a text message to the ATM to dispense its cash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea caught on. In October 2014, researchers from Kaspersky Lab warned about a malware program dubbed Tyupkin or Padpin that was used to infect over 50 ATMs belonging to financial institutions from Eastern Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this month, researchers from FireEye found yet another ATM malware, which they dubbed Suceful, whose primary purpose is to lock people's cards inside ATMs and then release them to crooks on command.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All these incidents and the new GreenDispenser program suggest an acceleration of attacks against ATMs around the world, possibly driven by increased adoption of chip-enabled cards that make card cloning harder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once installed, it hooks into the XFS (eXtensions for Financial Services) middleware that is implemented on many Windows-based ATMs. This platform enables the interaction between software and an ATM's peripheral devices, like PIN pad or cash dispenser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When GreenDispenser is active, the machine's screen will display an error that reads: "We regret this ATM is temporary out of service." While regular customers won't be able to use it, criminals can bypass the error by typing a specific PIN that's hard-coded in the malware.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interestingly, GreenDispenser uses some type of two-factor authentication. After the hard-coded PIN is entered, the ATM will display a QR code, which the criminals probably scan with a mobile application in order to obtain a second, dynamically generated PIN.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second PIN unlocks an interaction menu on the ATM that gives attackers control over the cash dispenser. Another option on the menu allows criminals to uninstall the malware in a way that securely wipes it and makes it hard for forensics teams to later recover it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We believe we are seeing the dawn of a new criminal industry targeting ATMs with only more to come," the Proofpoint researchers said. "In order to stay ahead of attackers financial entities should reexamine existing legacy security layers and consider deploying modern security measures to thwart these threats."</span></div>
Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-41247271324462639302015-09-26T13:17:00.003+01:002015-09-26T13:17:41.502+01:00North America has used up its new IPv4 addresses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North America has finally run out of new addresses based on IPv4, the numbering system that got the Internet where it is today but which is running out of space for the coming era of networking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The American Registry for Internet Numbers, the nonprofit group that distributes Internet addresses for the region, said Thursday it has assigned the last addresses in its free pool. The announcement came after years of warnings from ARIN and others that IPv4 addresses were running out and that enterprises and carriers should adopt the next protocol, IPv6.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IPv4 dates back to 1981 and only has room for 4.3 billion unique addresses. IPv6, introduced in 1999, should have enough addresses to serve Internet users for generations, according to ARIN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone who still needs IPv4 addresses can request them from ARIN, but the organization won't have any to give away unless it gets more from the global Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or returned addresses from users who don't need them anymore. ARIN already runs a waiting list for requests, which it set up earlier this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Users can also buy IPv4 addresses on the so-called transfer market from others who don't need them and are looking to make some money. Addresses recently were going for around US$10-$12 each, according to people who follow the transfer market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More North American addresses may go on the market now that ARIN has exhausted its pool of fresh ones. That event triggered a change in the organization's rules for approving transfers: There is no longer any restriction on how often an address holder can request transfers to specified recipients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Internet Protocol addresses come from IANA and are distributed through ARIN and other regional Internet registries (RIRs) around the world. Other RIRs are also running low on IPv4 addresses. </span><br />
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-53255476479594953562015-08-09T07:48:00.001+01:002015-08-09T07:48:16.227+01:00Google Maps for iOS adds night mode for navigation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's incredibly surprising that this feature has so far been missing from the app's iOS version, especially since the exact same functionality has been available in Google Maps for Android for a very long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regardless, it's now in there, so your iPhone won't blind you anymore while you're using Google Maps to navigate at night. Google Maps 4.9 for iOS also comes with the ability for you to label places so you can see them on your map and in search suggestions, and edit the photo captions you've posted. Additionally, the usual unnamed bug fixes are supposedly in too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you might not consider this a big update, were it not for that glaring omission of the night mode, which is now finally fixed.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-76391944110247692552015-08-09T07:48:00.000+01:002015-08-09T07:48:03.944+01:00Apple gets rid of online store section, integrates it into product pages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Apple online store is one of the biggest online stores in the business, not only housing company's own products but also accessories from various other brands. In which case, you'd be surprised to know that the store page does not exist anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that doesn't mean you can't buy stuff anymore from Apple online. Instead of having a dedicated store page with all the products on it, Apple has instead provided a buy button on all its product pages. This means now if you're on the iPhone page, you can hit the buy button at the top and purchase from there instead of being sent to the store page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for the accessories, they are now listed under the respective categories, so if you scroll down the main iPhone category page you will find the link to purchase the iPhone accessories at the bottom.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-14641456053786878852015-08-09T07:47:00.003+01:002015-08-09T07:47:52.288+01:00US officials say Russian hackers compromised Pentagon computers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">US officials have revealed that Russian hackers managed to compromise the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system last month. Calling it a "sophisticated cyberattack," they said the intrusion occurred around July 25, following which the system was shut down and taken off line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The attack, which affected around 4,000 civilian and military employees of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, apparently used an automated system that quickly collected large amounts of data, and then distributed it to thousands of accounts on the Internet. It is being suspected that the attack was co-ordinated via encrypted accounts on social media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While it isn't yet clear whether the Russian government was behind the cyber-attack, officials say that the scope of the intrusion indicates that "It was clearly the work of a state actor." As for the data that was compromised, they say it didn't include any classified information. Meanwhile, the system is still offline, although it's expected to be back up in a few days, likely before the end of this week.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-67008749491963663122015-08-09T07:47:00.002+01:002015-08-09T07:47:40.697+01:00Seagate announces new 2TB Game Drive for Xbox<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seagate has announced a new Xbox branded portable USB 3.0 hard drive. The drive has a capacity of 2TB and is priced at $109.99. The drive works with both, the Xbox One and the Xbox 360.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the Xbox does come with capacious internal storage options, with the Xbox One topping out at 1TB, the sizes of games makes it easy to burn through that much storage easily, with several games now coming in at around 50GB each if you choose to download them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This makes having an external drive for your console a worthwhile investment if you intend to keep all your games. Having said that, Seagate's drive might be a bit expensive as you can use pretty much any other drive (the non-Xbox branded version of this same drive costs $79 on Amazon). But it's a small premium to pay if you want it with the branding and the exclusive Xbox green color.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-33688413897408473322015-08-09T07:47:00.001+01:002015-08-09T07:47:27.003+01:00 WhatsApp for iOS now lets you include videos in chat backups<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WhatsApp's iOS app has received an update, bumping it to version 2.12.5. The update brings some new and useful features, such as the ability to include videos in chat backups, custom notification settings for individual chats, and automatic loading of messages on scroll, among others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The updated app lets you backup your videos along with your chats, something which you can do by heading to <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Settings -> Chats and Calls -> Chat Backup</i>. In addition, now you can also set custom notifications for individual chats, and even mute the ones that make a lot of noise. The update also lets you mark chats as unread or read with a swipe to the right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving on, now you can directly share contacts from the Contacts app and locations from Apple Maps with others on WhatsApp. Also, older messages now load automatically as you scroll chats. Another useful feature the update brings is that now you can control the amount of data consumed during WhatsApp calls, something which you can do by heading to <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Settings -> Chats and Calls</i> in the app.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-83156848015791937402015-08-09T07:47:00.000+01:002015-08-09T07:47:15.073+01:00Facebook unveils live video broadcasts for celebrities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today Facebook has announced a new feature. This one is going to be exclusive to celebrities, though. Starting today, verified athletes, musicians, politicians, and "other influencers" will be able to share live video with their fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will happen through Facebook Mentions, the special app designed just for celebrities. Obviously though, you won't need a special app to watch said live video broadcasts from your fav celeb - they will show up in your News Feed on the Facebook website and in all of its mobile apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This being Facebook, you can like, share, and comment on the live videos as they're being broadcast. You also see when your friends or other public figures start watching a stream. And if you don't catch the live broadcast, you'll be able to watch any such video later on the specific celeb's page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first famous people to take advantage of this new feature will apparently be Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Serena Williams, Luke Bryan, Ricardo Kaká, Ashley Tisdale, Lester Holt, Martha Stewart, and Michael Bublé. At this point it doesn't look like Facebook has any plans to let everyone broadcast live videos - it's celebrities only for now.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-85447714684616253452015-08-09T07:46:00.004+01:002015-08-09T07:46:59.971+01:00Google's Project Tango goes international, now available in Canada and South Korea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Project Tango tablet - which was announced by Google back in February last year and went on public sale in the United States in May this year - can now also be purchased in Canada and South Korea, making them the first countries outside of the US where the device is now officially available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it looks like more countries will be added to the list soon - the Mountain View, California-based company has said that the tablet will also be available in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom starting August 26.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The USP of the tablet is that it features custom hardware and software that lets it track 3D motion and capture geometry of the environment at the same time. Specs-wise, the device is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC, and sports a 7” 1920 x 1200 display. It comes with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of built-in memory, and packs in a 4960 mAh battery.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-11359139520723805032015-08-01T21:43:00.004+01:002015-08-01T21:43:57.074+01:00Canon ME20F-SH is company's first ultra-high-sensitivity video camera, capable of ISO 4,000,000<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canon has announced the new ME20F-SH video camera for extreme low light photography. The main selling point here is the ultra high sensitivity sensor that can shoot with a minimum subject illumination of less than 0.0005 lux at maximum 75 dB gain setting, equivalent to an ISO sensitivity of over 4,000,000. Previously this kind of low light recording would have required an infrared illumination, which can only record in black and white but the ME20F-SH can do full color recording.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ME20F-SH can record videos in 1080p resolution up to 60fps, has Canon Log and Wide DR modes for a flatter profile and wider dynamic range while shooting, EF mount for support for Canon's EF lenses, built-in neutral density and IR filters that can be disabled, 3G/HD-SDI and HDMI outputs to connect to an external monitor or recorders (the camera has no built-in display or memory as is often common for high-end video cameras), Canon's proprietary 2.5mm stereo mini-mini-jack and round 8-pin RS-422 jack for remote terminal, 3.5mm stereo microphone jack, and 4-pin XLR DC11-17V power input. There is also a microSD card slot solely for firmware upgrades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Canon ME20F-SH will go on sale in December 2015 for a suggested retail price of $30,000. The camera will be ideal for those recording in extremely low light situations, such as for night time wildlife shooting, or astrophotography, and other scenarios where light would be a luxury.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-75983179036546356582015-07-29T20:04:00.002+01:002015-07-29T20:04:29.544+01:00Yahoo makes its Livetext app official for the US, four more countries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this month we saw a new mobile app by Yahoo go live in the iTunes App Store in a few markets - namely Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Ireland. And now the company is ready to launch Livetext in five additional countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is notable because the US and the UK are among those, as are Canada, Germany, and France. So for many people this will be the first time they can use the app. That said, intentionally limiting a new app's geographical reach like this is a bit baffling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Livetext pairs one-to-one text messages with a video live stream, as showcased in the screenshots above and the video presentation below. You chat with your friends as you would in other messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Viber, or Facebook Messenger. But what's unique here is that the text is overlaid onto a live video stream from the person you're talking to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even more unique is that there's no sound associated with the video, nor is there an option for you to turn sound on. So you can't video chat with people using this app - the video part is just kind of there as a background for the text messages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is clearly a formula no one's ever tried before, but it does have shortcomings. Aside from the lack of sound, you don't get group messaging, at least not at this stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Livetext will be available in the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store tomorrow in the aforementioned countries. It's unclear if Yahoo will release it to any other territories in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wait is finally over and as promised today is the day Windows 10 finally rolls out to eligible PC's. Chances are that like most Windows users you are in line to receive the next big OS version which is free of charge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are on a Windows 7 or 8.1 PC just look in the bottom right corner and it will most likely it will all come back to you. Yes, that little update notification logo has been sitting there for quite some time now but today the rollout finally started. And if you opt to update in the next year or so, then Windows 10 is absolutely free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The upgrade is already available in 190 countries, but it's a staged rollout so it might not get automatically downloaded to your machine yet. However, there is a little trick you could do to force the update.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Run Windows Update, and make sure you are set to receive updates automatically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Navigate to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and delete everything inside (Hey, nobody said it wouldn't take some courage)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Run a command prompt in administrator mode and type wuauclt.exe /updatenow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried this to successfully speed things up, but proceed at your own risk. And if you're not really feeling that adventurous, you could simply patiently wait your turn as well. Microsoft also provides an easy tool for creating an install DVD or USB, available <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. And if you still need some incentive to update, then let us briefly reiterate some of the improvement Microsoft has packed into Windows 10.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A promise has been made for an unparalleled level of security and backward compatibility with both software and hardware and seeing how Window 10 is lighter on resources, it should run even better than your current OS. The new Windows experience is optimized for any screen and device. Gestures and touch controls have been improved and the interface should look nicely scale to almost any screen, resolution and form factor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the biggest novelties in Windows 10 are Microsoft's new Edge browser, multiple desktop environments, a unified notification center and tight integration of Skype, Microsoft Office and Cortana into the system. The quirky assistant now has a new home on the PC and promises to become a close and personal buddy of yours across all of your devices. Bear in mind, however, that Cortana won't be initially available in all regions, so you might have to wait a bit to get acquainted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for the mobile version of Windows 10 - it is too early to say when we can expect to see a mass update. However, if you install Windows 10 on your PC, there is the new Phone Companion platform to explore, which will take you through the steps required to seamlessly sync your iPhone, Lumia or Android phone to Windows 10. This, of course also means getting Cortana on your handset, which happens to work surprisingly well on Android.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last, but not least, if you are feeling as excited about Windows 10 as Microsoft is, you can partake in the festivities. They are also for a good cause. Just use the #UpgradeYourWorld hash tag to vote for your favorite global charity and tell Microsoft where to focus its support and efforts. You can <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upgradeyourworld/" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">check this link</a> for more information on the initiative.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-30591838009533330312015-07-29T19:53:00.001+01:002015-07-29T19:53:42.719+01:00German regulator says Facebook can't force users to use real names<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A German privacy watchdog has said that Facebook cannot force users to use their real name on the social networking website. In addition, the Hamburg data protection authority also said that the company cannot ask users to provide an official ID.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The order came in the wake of a recent incident, where-in Facebook blocked a German user's account for using a pseudonym. The user, in her complaint to the watchdog, also said that the company asked for a copy of her ID, and even changed her user-name to reflect her real identity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The watchdog said that the complainant had valid reasons for not wanting to use her real name, adding that Facebook's action violated her privacy rights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For its part, Facebook said that it's disappointed with the order. "The use of authentic names on Facebook protects people’s privacy and safety by ensuring people know who they’re sharing and connecting with," said a company spokesperson. However, it was also quick to argue that it's European headquarters are in Ireland, and it would only abide by Irish law in the continent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rejecting the argument, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection said, "For that matter Facebook cannot again argue that only Irish Data Protection law would be applicable ... anyone who stands on our pitch also has to play our game."</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-1155313931188301262015-07-29T19:51:00.003+01:002015-07-29T19:51:23.913+01:00Google Now on Android lets you speak your WhatsApp or Viber messages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since it launched on Android, Google Now has allowed you to send texts with your voice. But so far this has used Hangouts, Google's default texting application on Android. Up until today you have not been able to use Google Now's voice recognition features to send messages to your contacts on WhatsApp, Viber, or other third-party apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now though you can do just that. The new feature currently works with WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, Telegram, and NextPlus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To send a message in one of these apps by using your voice, simply say something like "OK Google, send a WhatsApp message to Joe" - after which you will be asked to dictate the contents of that message.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like all Google Now features, this will work from your home screen if you have listening activated. Alternatively, you can just hop into the Google app and start speaking, or use the Google Now shortcut if you have an Android device with software-rendered buttons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter's iOS app has received an update, bumping it to version 6.33. The update brings along a couple of new features, including support for interactive notifications and the ability to access saved drafts while composing a tweet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The interactive notifications that the update brings "let you engage on Twitter while using other apps," the company says. The alerts now feature new buttons, allowing you to easily favorite or reply to a tweet - this is all thanks to the new APIs Apple introduced with iOS 8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The version 6.33 also makes it easy for you to access drafts while composing tweets, something which you can do by tapping on the quill icon that appears above the typing field. The updated app is now available for download from the App Store.</span></div>
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Tech Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587904820573276330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194717684331894110.post-40653432854496950402015-07-29T19:30:00.002+01:002015-07-29T19:30:57.042+01:00Meizu m2 Specifications<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>NETWORK</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Technology<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GSM / HSPA / LTE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>LAUNCH</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Announced<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2015, July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Status<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Available. Released 2015, July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BODY</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dimensions<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>140.1 x 68.9 x 8.7 mm (5.52 x 2.71 x 0.34 in)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weight<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>131 g (4.62 oz)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SIM</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>DISPLAY</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Type<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Size<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5.0 inches (~71.4% screen-to-body ratio)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resolution<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Multitouch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Protection<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dragon Trail Glass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Flyme 4.5</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>PLATFORM</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chipset<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mediatek MT6735</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CPU<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GPU<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mali-T720MP2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MEMORY</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Card slot<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Internal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>16 GB, 2 GB RAM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CAMERA</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Primary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, LED flash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Features<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Video<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1080p@30fps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5 MP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SOUND</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alert types<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loudspeaker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3.5mm jack<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">COMMS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>WLAN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bluetooth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>v4.0, A2DP, LE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GPS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Radio<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">USB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>microUSB v2.0</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>FEATURES</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sensors<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Accelerometer, proximity, compass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Messaging<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Browser<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>HTML5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Java<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- MP4/H.264 player</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Document editor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Photo/video editor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BATTERY</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Non-removable 2500 mAh battery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stand-by<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 680 h</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk time<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 23 h</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music play<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Up to 45 h</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MISC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Colors<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gray, White, Blue, Pink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Price group<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3/10</span><br />
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