Some New Interesting Features of Android 5.0 Lollipop

A few months ago Google announced the launch of the latest upgrade to it's Android OS, the Lollipop 5.0.

Here are some features of the Lollipop 5.0 that you are likely to find regardles of the make or brand of your device:

1. Settings Search

This looks like a minor addition but it could be very important for saving your time. If you want to do a particular task for example but you don't know where to find it in the settings, just type it in the dedicated search box and click search.

It's a nice little way of making phone usage a little bit convenient.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

2. Flashlight

Android owners in the past had to download a seperate App in order to use the flashlights.

But now there is a dedicated flashlight button on the Lollipop 5.0 that will use your phone's LED button as a flashlight.

This means that the downloaded App on our Android phones can now reduce by one.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

3. Create Custom Profiles or Pin Screen

If you care so much about your privacy there is an option to create a 'Guest Profile' on the Android Lollipop 5.0 which with which you can limit the accessibility of any one using your phone and peeping around.

You can also pin a particular App on the screen and the App will remain functional and accessible while the rest of your phone will remain locked and inaccessible.

An example is if you are loaning a friend your phone to surf the net or if someone wants to borrow your phone to make a phone call, you can just quickly activate the 'Guest Profile' or pin the specific App on the screen to prevent nosing through your device before giving out your device.

You can also customise the 'User' and 'Guest' profiles to either reduce or increase Apps, functionality and accessibility according to your hearts desire.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

4. Battery Saver

Android Lollipop 5.0 has a better battery saving feature than other Android versions. Once you turn this function on it will attempt to minimise battery usage by limiting vibrations, reducing data usage etc.

5. Unlock Your Phone With Your Face

This is not a particularly new feature but it is much more reliable on the Android 5.0 Lollipop. To activate this feature just go to System>Settings>Smart Lock>Trusted Face.

You should however keep it in mind that face lock could be potentially easy to by-pass as someone who has a face similar to yours could easily unlock your phone so you should have a back up security like a secure password.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

6. Double Tap Screen To Wake

You might no longer need to press the power button to wake your phone and Lollipop devices, all you will need to do will be to just double-tap the screen and the screen will light up.

This will save time and of course it is very techy.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

7. Wake Your Phone With Your Voice

You can wake your phone up with the embedded voice detection feature by saying the words 'Ok Google', simply go to Settings>Voice>'Ok Google' Detection to activate.

8. Tap and Go Transfer

Let's say you bought a new phone we all know that it's always a tedious and time consuming task transferring Apps and phone numbers from the old phone to the new phone. But the days of such hard and tedious work is over with the introduction of the 'Tap and Go' feature on the Android 5.0 Lollipop.

All the data on the old phone will simply be transfered to the new phone via Bluetooth when you activate this feature, all you just need to do is to bring both phones together back to back.

These are just a few of the new features available on the new Android 5.o Lollipop. There are still several more new features many of which are still experimental and it is clear that many more revolutionary features will be added as the Android Lollipop getsnew updates.

Get Android 5.0 devices HERE.

Useful Phone Apps That Will Boost Your Productivity

There are millions of Apps available for use on both the Android and iOS platforms and majority of Apps that people download are for pleasure ir leisure.

Below are some Apps that are available on both platforms, these Apps are extremely useful for business and office people and can boost your work productivity.

1. Evernote

This is a popular and very useful App, with Evernote you can store pictures, PDF documents, web pages, audio files and notes that you can easily access later on any other device.

It is a digital note book designed for the working class professional.

It has a powerful search functionality where you can search for specific files and document through tags.

It is available on Android and iOS and it's FREE.

More Apps HERE

2. Quip

This App was created with the office workplace in mind. You can work on notes, documents and even spreadsheets together with office co-workers or team members/groups.

It even has a simple and effecient chat functionality embedded through which members of the group can communicate.

It is a very useful App. And it is available on both Android and iOS and it is FREE.

More Apps HERE.

3. Echosign

This App is designed by Adobe and it has only one major function, it let's you to easily put your signatures on e-documents without having to print them out first.

This speeds up the time required for processing business transaction and of course saves resources.

Available on Android and iOS and the price is FREE.

More Apps HERE.

4. Pocket

If you stumble on an article, webpage or even video and you are too busy at that period to read or view all you need to do is to save them on this App for future viewing.

You don't need an internet connection when viewing them on the App, except for the videos.

It is available on Android and iOS and the price is FREE.

More Apps HERE.

5. Invoice2go

This App allows you to make a customised e-invoice for your outfit which you can send swiftly after every transaction.

It speeds transactions and saves cost.

It is available on Android and iOS.

More Apps HERE.

6. Turboscan

With this App you can quickly turn your phones or devices into a scanner that can scan multiple pages of documents or reciepts which you can then convert to PDF or JPEG files for easy transfer.

It is available on Android and iOS and the price is about $4.

You can get more Office and Productivity Apps online by clicking HERE.

The Huawei Honor 6 Plus: Mega Phone with Mega Camera

Huawei recently announced their latest flagship phone, the Honor 6 Plus and I must say that this phone is high on specifications, especially the camera.

Camera

The Huawei Honor 6 Plus has two 8 megapixel rear cameras and one 8 megapixel front camera. The dual 8 megapixel rear camera could allow you to change the focus of a picture even after taking a shot.

The 8 megapixel front camera will ensure that your selfies will look absolutely impressive.

Battery

The Honor 6 Plus comes with a powerful  3,600 mAh battery that will give an added juicy time to whatever task you can do on the phone.

Screen

The Honor 6 Plus comes with a screen size of 5.5 inches, 1080 × 1920 display and a pixel density of about 401 ppi. This makes the screen larger than the Honor 6 but the pixel density is a little bit lower than the Honor 6.

Processor and RAM

The Honor 6 Plus comes with a powerful Kirin 925 octa-core processor and has 3Gb of RAM.

Other Features

• Comes in 3G and 4G versions.
• It comes in 16Gb and 32Gb veraions.
• It comes with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat.
• It has Microsd slot of up to 128Gb and uses dual sim.

The mother of it all is that it is very affordable and will not make a hole in your pocket. You can get it online on Amazon for about $400.

Facebook Ends Microsoft Bing Search Results

Social media giant Facebook has officially announced that it has stopped displaying results from Microsoft's Bing search engine on it's site.

Facebook says it will now focus on allowing users of Facebook to quickly find comments, posts and other information that other users post on the website.

"We are currently showing Facebook search results in Facebook because we are focused on helping people find what's been shared with them on Facebook," a Facebook spokesman said.

According to Facebook there are more than a billion search queries on the site everyday and more than a trillion posts have already been made on the site. The vast amount of information that users post and share on Facebook could eventually replace the need to search the web search engines for answers.

"...some of my site engineers remind me that we have more information than any search corpus out there," Mark Zuckeberg said on a conference call in July 2014.

Lenovo Recalls More Than 500,000 Laptop Power Cords Over Fire and Burn Hazards

The Chinese technology giant Lenovo is recalling more than half a million laptop power cords which it says could pose fire and burn hazards to customers.

Lenovo says customers should immediately unplug and and stop using the recalled power cords and to contact Lenovo for a free replacement.

This recall comes amidst reports from various customers around the world involving overheating, sparking, melting and burning of power cords although no injuries or serious incidents have been reported.

According to Lenovo, the laptop power cords involved are their LS - 15 AC power cords manufactured between February 2011 to December 2011 and is used by a wide range of their Ideapad series of laptops.

Very Good Reasons To Buy An Android Phone Over an Iphone

We are aware of the constant war between Apple Iphone and Android devices and how opponents and proponents of each always try to strangle themselves.

Although each phone has it's advantages and disadvantages, let us take a closer look at the real world and try to be realistic for once:

1. Perfect Sync

We all know how useful services like Gmail, Google Maps and Google Calender can be to us and it is common knowledge that they sync better on Android devices than on Apple devices.

Also Android phones get the best features first in updates before Iphone users.

2. Replaceable Batteries

It is common knowledge that batteries degrade over time and with constant use, we know that most Android phones have easily replaceable batteries which you can change without stress.

But try and change an Iphone battery then feel free to come and narrate your ordeal.

3. Expandable Storage

A lot of Android phones have easily expandable storage in addition to the on board phone storage. This means that you can easily move around with your media and have unlimited fun and control, we even have devices expandable by up to 128Gb and more in addition with various cloud storage platforms and OTG capability.

Try and add a memory card or OTG capability to an Iphone and you will know the true meaning of 'Mission Impossible'

4. Launchers

You can easily customise your Android phone screen, feel and functionality with launchers. There are dozens of launchers to choose from.

Iphone peeps may not really know or understand how these works.

5. More Options

You have a lot more hard ware options to choose from when it comes to Android phones from 6 inch QHD screens to Curved displays and bended screens, the choice to choose is yours to make.

6. Cheaper Options

It is a well known fact that Iphones are expensive and there is little we can do about that for now but the fact remains that you can easily get some very good quality Android phones with high tech specifications for half the price of Iphones.

This is purely a matter of choice, but hey let's think about those millions of people without enough money for an Iphone but need the functionality and power of a high end device.

7. Easy Media and File Transfer

Have you ever heard that beautiful song that you have been searching for a long time suddenly play on your friend's phone or you will really like to have that video or file transfered from his phone to your phone right now.

With an Android device you absolutely have no problem, all you need to do is to put on your blue tooth or your flashshare.

But with an Iphone that simple process is much more complicated, just try it and see.

Huawei To Manufacture Revolutionary Next Generation ATM Machines for Austrian Banks

Chinese technology giant Huawei has signed a deal to provide Austrian banks with state-of-the-art Virtual Teller Machines (VTM).

These next-generation ATM machines provides video-phone options between banking staff and customers and has the ability to scan document and fingerprints. It can even print out new ATM cards for customers.

These new features are incorporated in part to overcome the early closing hours of banks and because the increasing popularity of online and phone banking options has led to the actual closure of several physical bank branches, especially in smaller towns.

This VTM technology will allow for such services previously only available in physical bank branches to continue to be available after bank closing hours.

These kinds of machines are already widely used in countries such as Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Samsung Galaxy Ace II X Battery Explodes in Bedroom, Causes Fire

Hope Casserly, an Ontario University student will never forget the night of October 22, 2014 in a hurry when she woke up to a sudden loud sound.

  "My back was to the phone (Galaxy Ace II x) and I saw a light going across my shoulder...it hit the wall and fell unto the bed,"she said.

She said her bed caught fire and she franctically put the fire out with her pillow.

"Afterwards I realised how severe the situation could have ended up and that frightened me quite a bit," She went on.

Samsung Investigates

The girl and her Dad contacted Samsung's Toronto office and was asked to send the phone. When they contacted Samsung a few weeks later, they were told that the phone had been sent to the Korean headquarters of Samsung so they could investigate what really happened.


Samsung however released a statement saying their investigation shows that the battery used in Miss Casserly's Samsung Ace II x was not an authourised Samsung battery.

They claimed to have provided her with a replacement phone and they also encouraged customers to only use genuine Samsung parts and accessories with all Samsung products.

Miss Casserly however maintains that she bought the phone from a Virgin Mobile shop and the battery came with the phone. "The phone was not even plugged and was not in use when it exploded," She said.

Phone Replaced By Samsung

Samsung actually sent Miss Casserly a brand new replacement phone and has agreed to pay for all furniture and clothings burnt in the incident.

But Miss Casserly says she is just too scared to use the replacement phone- she is very worried that the same thing could happen again.

50 Cent Launches High Tech Headphones - Powered By Intel

We all know Curtis Jackson popularly called 50 Cents as a prolific rapper and probably a former and notorious gangster. What we probably do not know about him is that he is a succesful serial entrepreneur.

He had partnered with Reebok on a G-Unit branded sneaker line. He also partnered with the firm Glaceau to develop VitaminWater which was bought by Coca-Cola in 2007 for $4 billion earning 50 Cents about $100 million dollars.

In 2011 he started SMS Audio which deals in music accessories, especially headphones and earphones.

SMS Audio has recently struck a deal with Intel Corporation for the production and sales of BioSport headphones and earphones powered by Intel.

The Intel-powered SMS Audio headphones/earphones have unique features such as high tech biometric sensors that monitors heart rate, pace, distance, elevation and even the calories burnt. There is even a sensor that tracks the bloodstream under your skin.

These features are either scary, helpful or exciting depending on who is speaking, but one thing that we know is that this is a giant leap for 50 Cent's SMS Audio - they are the first to introduce headphones powered by Intel and stamped with the words INTEL INSIDE.

And this is happening at a time when there is no single smartphone with the INTEL INSIDE stamp on them.

Sony Opens Underwater Store in Dubai

Sony has been at the vanguard of producing water-proof phones and tablets for several years and they have several phones and devices to prove that point HERE.

Now they have taken yet another great step to prove that they are the undisputed leader in water resistant device by opening the Xperia Aquatech Store which is located about 13 feet under the sea on the Dubai coast.

Gaining access to the underwater store requires actually scuba diving with full kits to the place. The store is actually one big pocket of air under the sea and contains a wide range of waterproof Xperia phones and tablets which were placed on top of a ledge on the water.

Below are pictures courtesy of Sony Xperiablog: