Google 'warn' porn blogger owners

New google rules require any blog with “sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video” to take remove them before 23 March, or the blog will be made private by Google. A private blog can only be seen by the owner or admins of the blog, and people who the owner has shared the blog with.

None of the blogs will be deleted, but they will no longer be publicly visible, the tech giant says.

People currently posting adult content are advised to either remove it or make their blogs private themselves.

Blogs created after the March deadline may be taken down if they contain adult material.

Under the updated adult policy terms, nudity will be allowed on Blogger blogs only if it "offers a substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts".
Bloggers are already asked to use the tag "adult" if their site contains explicit material, which means a warning page appears before
the site can be accessed.

Under its current terms, Google reserves the right to add that tag itself even if the blog author disagrees.

In 2013 the company banned Blogger sites from carrying adverts for adult websites.

Censorship

Yahoo-owned Tumblr also adjusted its policies on hosting sexual content in 2013, hiding "adult" themed sites from its search tool but
reinstated them after a social-media backlash.

Critics have dismissed Google's move as an unnecessary form of censorship.

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Youtube will lunch a kid App

YouTube is going to lunch a new application which is mainly for kids.

The app will initially be available for Android and in the U.S. only,  but it is understood that it will be rolled-out in the UK others countries later.

The move has been welcomed by the NSPCC child protection charity.
A spokesman for the charity said: "Keeping children safe online is the biggest child protection challenge of this generation. So it's good to hear about the launch of YouTube Kids.

"I'm sure it will be embraced by parents wanting increased reassurance that their younger children won't be exposed to
inappropriate material."

The parental controls will include the ability to limit the amount of time children can spend watching videos, as well as a tool allowing the search function to be switched off, it is
understood.

YouTube Kids will have channels and playlists organised into four categories: Shows, Music, Learning and Explore. Users will also be able to search for individual topics.

The app will be free, but it will be available on Google's Android devices only.

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UK and US hacked mobile SIM card

US and UK intelligence agencies reportedly hacked into a major manufacturer of SIM cards to gain access to large amounts of data
worldwide.

The Intercept says the revelations came from US intelligence contractor turned whistleblower
Edward Snowden.

The Intercept alleges that the hack organised by Britain's GCHQ and the US National Security Agency (NSA) began in 2010, and was organised by operatives in the "Mobile Handset
Exploitation Team". Neither agency has commented directly on the allegations.

However GCHQ reiterated that all its activities were "carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework which ensures that
our activities are authorised, necessary and proportionate".

Intercept said GCHQ targeted the company's engineers to gain information that gave them access to the company's networks.

Encryption keys were then reportedly stolen that allow the data that passes between mobile phones and cell towers and unscramble calls,
texts or emails to be decoded.

A GCHQ spokeswoman said they do not comment on intelligence matters.

But she said: "Furthermore, all of GCHQ's work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal
and policy framework, which ensures that our activities are authorised, necessary and
proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight, including from the Secretary of State, the Interception and Intelligence Services Commissioners and the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee.

Gemalto, the company which was allegedly targeted, manufactures an estimated 30% of all Sim cards worldwide. And crucially, it creates
the security key for each item. All security agencies needed to do was obtain (by hacking, allegedly) the list of security keys from the firm.

Then, as security expert Karsten Nohl says, they could snoop on phone calls with a "few hundred dollars worth of radio equipment in
strategically important locations".
This contrasts with security procedures used, for example, for chips in passports. Many are
are also manufactured by Gemalto.

These are delivered to the relevant authorities as a blank chip, and the Passport Office - not the company - creates the security key.

Many of Edward Snowden's allegations have shone a light on complex surveillance tactics
by the NSA. But perhaps this latest leak has done more to highlight how a single company is in control of millions of people's private data.

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Sony SmartEyeglass now cost $840 or £520

Sony's augmented reality smart glasses will go on sale in ten
countries next month, the tech giant has announced.

Pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass, costing $840 (£620), are now being taken in the UK and Germany, with Japan and the US to follow
shortly.

The black-framed glasses are compatible with recent Android operating systems.

Last month Google announced that it was withdrawing its smart glasses for redevelopment.

Sony's initial model will come with a software development kit to encourage people to design apps for it, the company said.

The glasses, which weigh 77g, contain an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, image
and brightness sensors, 3-megapixel camera and a microphone.

They also come with a controller, designed to be attached to clothing, which contains a speaker, touch sensor and the device's battery.

Text is displayed in front of the wearer in monochrome green.
'Intrusive' Apple chief executive Tim Cook has been open about his dislike of glasses as a wearable
device.

"We always thought that glasses were not a smart move, from a point of view that people would not really want to wear them," he told
the New Yorker .

"They were intrusive, instead of pushing technology to the background, as we've always
believed."

Stuart Miles, editor of tech site Pocket Lint, said: "I think [Sony is] wasting their time, energy and effort.
"Google Glass obviously needed a complete rethink... I can't see how something thick- rimmed and more invasive-looking than Google
Glass is going to catch on.
"People are keen on wearables like fitness bands and watches, but they care about their faces. Wearing something on your head is a lot
stronger than wearing something on your arm," he added.

"The industry keeps pushing it but consumers just don't want it."

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Cyber security Tech firms urged to sharePrivate data with US government

The United state president Mr Barrack Obama urged all Private tech firms to share more information with each other to tackle cybercrime.

During his speech Mr Obama at white house he said we have to work together 'cybersecurity summit hosted in Silicon Valley.

The issue has become a White House priority since a widely publicised hack of Sony Pictures
at the end of 2014.

But some key tech firms are concerned about government surveillance.

Senior Google, Yahoo and Facebook executives turned down invitations to the summit, held at Stanford University.

Relations between the US government and tech firms have been strained relations since
electronic surveillance practices were exposed by former National Security Agency contractor
Edward Snowden.

Mr Obama is backing the creation of
information sharing and analysis organisations (ISAOs) to help firms and government share material on potential threats.

The plan calls for the development of a common set of voluntary standards for organisations to follow to ensure civil liberties protection, according to the White House.

Mr Obama has also launched an intelligence unit to co-ordinate cyber-threat analysis.

"Just as we're all connected like never before, we have to work together like never before, both to seize opportunities but also meet the challenges of this information age," Mr Obama said.

"Government cannot do this alone. But the fact is that the private sector can't do it alone either because it's government that often has the
latest information on new threats."
But one cybersecurity analyst said the proposals "face significant headwinds" from both Congress and large US tech companies.

"Based on the Snowden leaks, these
companies believe they've already been badly burned by the government, and have very little
to gain by publicly backing the president's proposals," Ben Desjardins, director of security
solutions at cybersecurity firm Radware told the Associated Press.

According to Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer - chief executives of Facebook
and Yahoo, respectively - and Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt all declined invitations.
Facebook, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have all sent less senior executives to the conference.

Obama's cybersecurity push follows similar efforts by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said in January that forms of communication that are resistant to
surveillance measures should not be allowed.

His comments were interpreted as a direct attack on encrypted communications, such as Apple's FaceTime and Microsoft's Skype,
among others.

The conference also took place in the aftermath of the hacking scandal that hit Sony Pictures and which the US authorities blamed on North
Korea.

America and China have also taken more aggressive stances towards each other over cybersecurity recently, with the US charging a
series of Chinese people with hacking last year.

The French authorities beefed up their security efforts after claiming to have detected attempts to launch cyber-attacks in the aftermath of the
Paris terror attacks.

And this week the Dutch government fell victim to a distributed denial of service attack, which took many of its websites down by flooding
them with traffic.

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Google boss (Vint Cerf) warns of 'forgotten century' with email and photos at risk

Digital material including key historical documents could be lost forever because programs to view them will become inactive.

Humanity’s first steps into the digital world could be lost to future historians, Vint Cerf told the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual
meeting in San Jose, California, warning that we faced a “forgotten generation, or even a forgotten century” through what he called “bit rot”, where old computer files become useless junk.

Cerf called for the development of
“digital vellum” to preserve old software and hardware so that out-of-date files could be recovered no matter how old they are.

“When you think about the quantity of documentation from our daily lives that is captured in digital form, like our interactions by email, people’s tweets, and all of the world wide web, it’s clear that we stand to lose an awful lot of our history,” he said.

“We don’t want our digital lives to fade away. If we want to preserve them, we need to make sure that the digital objects we create today can still be rendered far into the future,” he added.

The warning highlights an irony at the heart of modern technology, where music, photos, letters and other documents are digitised in the hope of ensuring their long-term survival. But while researchers are making progress in storing digital files for centuries, the programs and hardware needed to make sense of the files are continually falling out of use.

Inventing new technology is only half the battle, though. More difficult still could be navigating the legal
permissions to copy and store software before it dies. When IT companies go out of business, or stop supporting their products, they may sell the rights on, making it a nightmarish task to get approval. 

“To do this properly, the rights of
preservation might need to be
incorporated into our thinking about
things like copyright and patents and licensing. We’re talking about
preserving them for hundreds to
thousands of years,” said Cerf.

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SanDisk Ultra 32GB Review

The best micro SD card that I have been used for the past six month without experiencing any problems.

If I needed to buy a microSD card for
storing videos and apps on my smartphone or I want record high
definition video  I'd to buy the SanDisk Ultra.

Before we get into specifics about what makes the Ultra such a good microSD, it's worth noting that microSD cards don't actually have too many uses these days, and you should make sure you actually need one before buying one. (Duh, but it needs to be said.) Most high-end smartphones–Android, iPhone and even Windows Phone–only offer internal storage and no microSD
slots. There are a few exceptions that do support microSD like the Samsung Galaxy S III, the Barnes & Noble Nook tablet, and cheaper Windows Phones.

So if you're getting a new phone, don't just assume you need a big microSD card for it. Check! And if you do need one, this is the card to get–but I don't recommend buying a microSD card to use with an adaptor in a digital camera with a full-size SD slot. More on that in
a sec.

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Shoot and store hours of Full HD video on your Android smartphone or tablet.

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    Includes SD Adapter

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Includes SD Adapter for Versatility

This microSD card comes with a convenient

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access data on the card with any device

with an SD card slot. You'll be able to use

your card with SD enabled cameras,

camcorders, tablets, and laptops.

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Samsung Put Ads in Others TVs apps

Samsung company investigating why some of it is smart TVs are adding  advert to television and film programme via a third party apps.

A spokeswoman for Samsung said it was only aware of the glitch affecting customers in Australia at this time.

The fault comes days after the company faced controversy over the way its TVs made use of voice recordings.

Owners have complained of a silent ad for Pepsi interrupting playback several times an hour.

"We are aware of a situation that has caused some smart TV users in Australia to experience programme interruption in the form of an
advertisement," the spokeswoman said.

"This seems to be caused by an error, and we are currently conducting a full and thorough
investigation into the cause as our top priority.

"This situation has so far been reported only in Australia. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience experienced by our customers."

Users of at least two smart TV apps have complained about the issue:

1. Plex - media centre software that allows owners to stream video files stored on a hard disk to other equipment. In most cases, the user would not expect to see any ads at all when using this.

2. Foxtel Play - an app installed by default on Samsung's Australian TVs, which provides access to the pay TV network's channels, which have ads of their own.

News site Ars Technica noted that Samsung and Yahoo had been working together on a way to show pop-up ads on Samsung's smart
TVs and suggested that the software involved might be the cause of the fault.

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Facebook create new way to sell items in group

Facebook on Tuesday announced the addition of a new feature for Facebook Groups designed to make it easier for members of a “For Sale”
group to list their items. The new “Sell” feature, which is now starting to roll out globally to more groups, will allow members to create a
post where you can add a description of the item for sale, set a price and set a pick-up or delivery location.

The social network today already hosts tens of millions of groups based around a variety of interests, and “For Sale” groups are one of the
most popular categories. In these groups, members use Facebook as an alternative to something like Craigslist for local selling, or as
an alternative to eBay for selling collectibles or other items of broad interest, like books or electronics.

Currently, members in these “For Sale” groups generally post photos and text descriptions of their items, but the addition of the “Sell”
feature will make filling out the necessary information a bit more structured than before.

That will go a long way to help out group admins, who often have to remind members that they’re required to list a price, for example, or that they need to specify their
general location or neighborhood.
Fellow group members will also benefit from the addition, as they’ll no longer need to comment or message the item’s owner in order to get basic information about the listing, which can be the case today when sellers forget to add these important details.

The problem with the older system is that even these sorts of exploratory comments – the
requests for information – can cause the old post to jump up to the top of the Groups page, overshadowing newer listings. It’s also frustrating for members who may want to purchase items but need to know if the item is nearby, or if it’s only available for pick-up, not
delivery.

In addition, with the new enhancements, sellers will now be able to mark their posts as “Available” or “Sold,” which will help keep groups and their members better informed about which items are for sale and which should be removed. Again, this sort of item
management was something that group members were already doing – often just typing in “sold” in the comments section to alert an admin, or deleting the post as need
be. But now there’s a more official means to designate items as sold.
Sellers will also be able to see their catalog of previously sold items by using this feature, Facebook notes. This aids individuals like local artisans who sell their items to
friends and other community members using Facebook’s Groups, as is often the case with many women-owned, home-based
businesses which are a popular sub-category of Facebook’s “For Sale” groups.

Plus, getting in touch with members who are doing the selling is still a challenge, as private messages to sellers inexplicably default to
users’ “Other” Inbox on Facebook, which isn’t available within Facebook Messenger, and is
fairly difficult to get to from mobile period. Still, that Facebook Groups, and in particular these For Sale groups, have grown to become so
popular despite these issues, is a testament to how powerful Facebook’s platform is for connecting people.

Facebook says that it will continue adding more features that will enhance these For Sale Groups in the months ahead that will make it
easier for members to connect with each other, browse and search.

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Taxi aggregators to form association following Uber case

MUMBAI: Taxi aggregators, who are under intense regulatory glare following the alleged rape of an uber rider in Delhi last December, are
planning to form an association to better represent themselves before various governments.

"We are in touch with each other and thinking of forming an association so that there is uniformity in our representations to the governments.

"Following the ban on many taxi aggregators after the Uber incident, we have been in touch informally and nothing has been finalised as
yet, though we feel the need for an association of sort," Taxiforsure founder and director
Aprameya Radhakrishna told PTI here.

What we are looking for is a unified national body to judge the industry and not the regional RTOs, he added.
Radhakrishna, however, denied allegations that services being offered by companies like his are
less safe for a rider.

"In fact, there is a complete mapping of the travel records and the cab and cabie's details with our services.

Which cab operator offers such a track of records? So the allegation that we are not safe is not based on facts," Radhakrishna said.

He also claimed that his company is fully compliant with all the regulations required to ply in different states and is also working to improve the consumer safety aspect because we are here for the long run.

He also said the company, having successfully roped in autowallahs and Nano cars in Bangalore recently, is set to do an encore of the same in the megapolis shortly.

"We will soon be aggregating the autowallahs and also the Nanos which are being run as taxis in Mumbai. The decision follows the
humungous response we have received in Bangalore with these two modes of transport, primarily due to cheaper riding cost than normal cabs," Radhakrishna said.

The company had introduced Tata Motors' Nano as part of its fleet in Bangalore last December and soon it added autos. As of now, there are 100 Nanos registered but the demand is much higher.

He also denied rumours that TFS is up for sale, saying over the next five months, their services will be available in 100 cities, wherein the focus will be on small towns.

Since the launch in June 2011 in a small Bangalore roof-top bungalow, along with Raghunandan G, who is co-founder and chief executive, TFS today makes 40,000 rides a day
across 47-odd cities, Radhakrishna said.

TFS is in talks with private equity firms to raise $ 60-80 million, having already raised $ 30
million last August from Accel Partners and $ 10 million in April.

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Mozilla Firefox Tips

Mastering your web browser will make your work easy, many people they think surfing internet through web browser is just a typing a URL in address bar. If you are one of them let me tell you, there are a lot of tips that you need to know, and here I compiled some for you. This tips will help you even if you a web designer.

Send a web page to a friend
When visiting a webpage you found a very interesting page and you want to share the page to your friend and that page it doesn't have send to a friend link. Following the below simple steps can allow you to send a link to him via email.

In your Firefox browser

- Right-click on the you want to send.
- In the menu option click Send link.

Shortcut key to get into address bar
Quickly get into your address bar will save you a time, sometimes you are at the bottom of the webpage and you want to visit another website I know how scrolling to the top is bothering you. That is why I  wrote this process for you. Without wasting your time just press Ctrl + L
in your keyboard that's all.

Move back faster in your Firefox
The most commonly used feature in Firefox is back button. To use this feature either click on the small down arrow next to back buttons or hold the back button down.

Holding The back button down or click the down arrow shows the most recent pages you have visited and allow you to go back to the page of your choice.

Hide and show Firefox download window
To hide this window that appear while you are downloading in Mozilla Firefox. Edit the about:config settings as shown below to disable this window from displayed for you.

1. Open a new tab in Firefox
2. In your address bar type: about:config
3. Locate browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting by copying and pasting the bold text into the Filter box.
4. Double-click the name or value to change the value from True to False. Once you finished close the tab.

To show a hidden download window
Click on Tools > Downloads or by pressing Ctrl + j from your keyboard.

Save any type of media on a web page

Note: this doesn't work all media because of how website it is programmed like YouTube videos.

We all love media files sometimes you will come across the media file that you want to download here is what you will do to quickly save any media including embedded content to an alternate source by right-clicking on a page click "View Page Info", click the media tab, locate the media file you want to save and click the Save As button. 

Make Mozilla Firefox window full screen
To make your Mozilla Firefox window full screen without the toolbars press the F11 key. To restore it again press F11.

Print only sections of a web page
To print only a one section from a web page this will save your printer ink, to do this highlight portions of text you want to print and click the print icon  or press Ctrl + p in the printer dialog window under Page Range choose the option selection.

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Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart tv

Samsung had warned there customers to stop discussion in front of their smart tv

The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature.

Such TV sets 'listen' to every conversation held in front of them and may share any details they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.

Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George Orwell's
1984, which spied on citizens.

The policy explains that the TV set will be listening to people in the same room to try to spot when commands are issued. It goes on to
warn: "If your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will
be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party."
Corynne McSherry, an intellectual property lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which campaigns on digital rights issues,
told the Daily Beast that the third party was probably the company providing speech-to-text conversion for Samsung.

She added: "If I were the customer, I might like to know who that third party was, and I'd definitely like to know whether my words were being transmitted in a secure form."

George Orwell's description of the telescreens in his novel 1984 that listen to what people say in their homes.

In response to the widespread sharing of its policy statement, Samsung has issued a statement to clarify how voice activation works.

It said the privacy policy was an attempt to be transparent with owners in order to help them make informed choices about whether to use some features on its Smart TV sets, adding that it took consumer privacy "very seriously".

Samsung said: "If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature, voice data is
provided to a third party during a requested voice command search. At that time, the voice data is sent to a server, which searches for the
requested content then returns the desired content to the TV."

It added that it did not retain voice data or sell the audio being captured.

Smart-TV owners would always know if voice activation was turned on because a microphone icon would be visible on the screen, it said.

The third-party handling the translation from speech to text has not been named.

Samsung is not the first maker of a smart, net- connected TV to run into problems with the data the set collects. In late 2013, a UK IT consultant found his LG TV was gathering information about his viewing habits.

Publicity about the issue led LG to create a software update which ensured data collection was turned off for those who did not want to
share information.

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13 Cool tips to extend battery life on Android device

One of the biggest problem with android phone  is there battery,  drain faster like jet.

But do you know there is a lot of things that you can do to slow it down like bicycle, it is not secrete as many people knew it, but that is not my point even if you knew it there is a lot of cool things that you did not know,  if you don't believe me you can skip this post but if you believe me keep reading.

First of all let me begin by telling you the most simplest one to the top one.

1. Darker Application
Using darker application backgrounds/themes on your android will ruin your battery life most especially if your device has AMOLED screen.

2. Vibrate
Turn off vibrate on your android. Sometimes you are typing with your android and you will feel your phone is vibrating. Turn off that vibrating because it is drain your battery.
To switch vibrate on android follow this steps:-
-Goto settings under setting goto All setting.
-under all setting locate to sound and vibrate.
-then scroll to vibrate and click on it
-then switch it off.

3. Set timeout
Set your screen display  time very short. The longer your screen light display the more battery charge you waste.
To set display timeout follow this steps:-
- Goto settings > Display
-then scroll to Sleep.
-select the display time I recommend use 15s for better saving.

4. Turn of smart features
Turn off your smart features like air gestures, unless if you are really use it because it is just using your battery.

5. Turn off all connection
Turn off all your android connection like Mobile data, Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi whenever you don't need them.

6. Keep your application update
Make sure your application is up to date because there is a reason developers regularly update there apps, and most of that reason are memory and battery optimizations.

7. Turn off auto-syncing for Google account
Turning auto-syncing will also extends the your battery life.

8. Turning 3G or 4G network off
If you don't need to use higher speed network turn off your 3G or 4G network. This may help your battery life.

9. Reduce your brightness display
     Most people want to see there phone is lighting like sun I don't why? this may effect even your health, reduce it for safety of your battery.

10. Do not leave application running
Close all the applications after you use them don't and return to home screen.

11. Reduce your email, Twitter, and Facebook polling.
Set your various messaging apps to
"manual" for the polling or refresh frequency, just as a test, and you'll instantly extend your device's battery life by a significant amount.
Once you see what a difference that makes, try re-enabling just the most important ones, and possibly reducing their polling frequency in the process.

12. Saving mode
If your phone is lessthan 40% put it in saving mode it will extend your battery life.

13. Remove unnecessary widget from your home
Remove all, unnecessary widget and live wallpaper that is placed in your home, just because they sitting like non living thing don't think they are not consuming your battery remove them.

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Android adware infects over millions of tablets and phones

Dont be a victim since Android users are being warned that several
popular apps that were on the official Google Play store appear to have contained hidden code that made malicious ads pop up.

Security firm Avast said that one of the apps involved - a free version of the card game Durak - had been downloaded up to 10 million times, according to Google Play's own counter.

Google has now blocked access.
But one expert noted that the problem might be less widespread than feared.

Avast said that it first became aware of the issue after a member of the public contacted it after carrying out his own investigation into his Nexus 5 smartphone had come to be infected with malicious code.

The "adware" was causing spurious pop-up messages to appear that had been made to look like system notifications. These told him his phone was running "slow" and that he needed to install new software to fix the problem.

If he followed the on-screen prompts he was then directed to download other apps, only some of which were legitimate.

"You get re-directed to harmful threats on fake pages, like dubious app stores and apps that attempt to send premium SMS behind your
back or to apps that simply collect too much of your data for comfort while offering you no additional value," wrote Avast's malware
analyst Filip Chytry.

The original apps were said to have held off showing the pop-ups until seven or more days after being installed, which the analyst suggested was intended to mask the fact that they were responsible.
"Most people won't be able to find the source of the problem and will face fake ads each time they unlock their device," he wrote.

"I believe that most people will trust that there is a problem that can be solved with one of the app's advertised 'solutions' and will follow the recommended steps, which may lead to an investment into unwanted apps from untrusted sources."
In addition to the Durak card game, other apps alleged to be involved include:

1. A Russian language IQ test, which Google Play indicates had been downloaded up to five million times
2. A Russian history educational tool, which Google Play indicates had been downloaded up to 50,000 times

The publishers involved have not replied to requests for comment.

A spokesman for Google said: "We're just confirming that all of the apps in the report have been suspended and nothing more."

Inflated numbers Although Google Play's own site indicated the software had been downloaded many millions of times, one security researcher was cautious about the figures.

"I would take the numbers with a pinch of salt because one thing that malware authors might do is deliberately up the amount of downloads in order to make an app appear more popular than it really is," said Dr Steven Murdoch from
University College London's information security research group.
"Google does scan for malware that it knows about and it also has some more advanced techniques to detect malicious behaviour.

"But these don't work 100% of the time and some apps do slip through the checks - and there is a continual cat and mouse game of people looking for malware and the authors
trying to bypass the checks."

Several people who had downloaded the Durak card game had posted warnings on Google Play as far back as November 2013, that they
suspected it was forcing pop-up ads to appear.

"But that's still not going to catch everything," Dr Murdoch added.
"Phone users ultimately have to trust the operating system vendor - whether that's Google or Apple [or someone else] to protect
them."

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The China's biggest internet retailer Alibaba begins drone delivery

According to Alibaba the China's biggest internet retailer says it has begun testing drone-based deliveries to hundreds of customers.

It says the trial will last three days and be limited to areas within a one-hour flight of its distribution centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Amazon, Google and parcel service UPS are among other companies carrying out more private trials of such aircraft.

Alibaba is using its drones to deliver orders for a specific type of ginger tea, helping limit the maximum weight of the packages to 340g
(12oz).

The Tech in Asia blog, which was one of the first to report the development, said the experiment was being undertaken by Alibaba's
Taobao division - an eBay-like marketplace that connects third-party sellers and buyers - and would involve 450 shoppers.

"Even though it's very limited in scope, Taobao is delivering real goods to real people, which is a step further than its Western counterpart
Amazon has gone," Tech in Asia's Paul Bischoff told the BBC.

"That said, which company will actually roll out a fully functioning drone-based delivery service
remains to be seen and [such a deployment] is still a long way off."
In 2013, a much smaller Chinese company - the InCake bakery - began delivering cakes to customers in Shanghai using remote-controlled
drones. However, the trade was quickly halted by a local aviation watchdog, for operating without a licence.

Safety concerns Alibaba's founder, Jack Ma, has said he aims to expand his company's operations across the globe in order to reach a target of having two billion customers by 2025.

In 2014, the company raised a record $25bn (£16.4bn) when it listed its shares on the New
York Stock Exchange.

However, its ambitions were threatened last week by a high-profile spat with one of China's
regulators, which alleged that Alibaba had not done enough to tackle the sale of counterfeit
goods on Taobao, letting this "abscess fester until it became a danger".

The tests provide Taobao with a chance to generate more positive headlines.

But one expert said it would be wrong to dismiss them as a PR stunt, even if drone- based deliveries were still years away from becoming the norm.

"It's well established that drones can be flown autonomously above the tree-line - but below it, there are still a lot of issues," said Ravi Vaidyanathan, a robotics lecturer at Imperial College London.

"They will need to get around moving obstacles like children and pets when they come to land below the roof of your house. And
the kind of co-ordination it would take to get airspace reserved for drone flights is also a big issue too.

"I don't think these problems are
insurmountable, but the safety considerations must be addressed, and obstacle-free take-off
and landing zones may need to be considered in the near term."

A video released by Alibaba indicates it will use quadcopter drones that fly far beyond the
sightlines of their operators, travelling over roads, rivers and buildings before landing in
open spaces close to apartment blocks.

However, the company has not provided technical details abut how it intends to achieve this.

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Chinese government has claim now it has 557M mobile Internet user

The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a government organization, has
released its latest report on Internet usage (link via Google Translate). It claims mobile Internet users reached 557 million as of
December 2014, a growth of 11.4 percent from the year before.

It’s important to note that the CNNIC’s report does not break down mobile user by SIM cards, which may skew its findings because
dual-SIM phones are popular in China.

The figures, however, underscores China’s importance to hardware manufacturers as the world’s largest smartphone market, as borne
out by Apple’s latest earnings report and Xiaomi’s relatively quick ascendancy.

Overall, there were a total of 649 million Internet users in the country, marking a steady five percent increase from last year.

This brings China’s Internet penetration rate to 47.9 percent.

In terms of apps, mobile games and
messaging apps like WeChat remain highly popular. In fact, 90.6 percent of mobile users now use a messaging app, said the CNNIC.

Mobile travel bookings were the fastest- growing app category, however, with a 194.6 percent increase in usage last year.

Other types of apps that did well include mobile payment and mobile banking, which is good news for companies like Alibaba and
Tencent that have taken advantage of shifting regulations and China’s attempts at financial reform to launch private online banks.

Use of mobile payment apps grew 73.2 percent, while mobile banking apps grew by 69.2 percent.

Good news for China’s Internet giants include increasing adoption of online-to-offine services (O2O).

The CNNIC found that 39.2 percent of consumers in the country’s biggest cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, used O2O services last year, and the number is also steadily increasing in “second- and third-tier,” or smaller, cities is also gradually increasing.

O2O is an important part of Alibaba and Tencent’s strategy as they seek to squeeze more sales out of their existing network of online users.

The report did note, however, that O2O markets for food (including delivery services) and leisure activities (such as movie ticket
orders) appeared to be maturing, while medical and household O2O services have more potential for growth.

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Less Than 2.3% Of Android Devices Are Running Lollipop, Three Months After Launch

I really, love Android 5.0 (or “Lollipop” as it’s known by those of us who probably care too much about these things). It cemented my
preference for Android, and has earned the Nexus 5 another few months as my go-to phone.

I don't know why  most Android devices still aren’t running 5.0. In the grand scheme, really, hardly any are.

Google has just updated its official version-by- version usage chart, which breaks down what share of the Android market each release has.

Lollipop’s current count, almost exactly three months after its public launch: 1.6%.

The only version of Android with less of the pie is Android 2.2 (Froyo) — the oldest build that Google still tracks. The overwhelming bulk of
the handsets out there are running Android 4.1/4.2/4.3 (collectively known as “Jelly Bean”) with 44.5 percent, and Android 4.4 (KitKat) with 39.7 percent.

If there’s an upside, it’s that a good chunk of important user-facing stuff once built directly into Android (things like Gmail, Google Maps,
Google Wallet, etc.) is now distributed through Google Play. This allows them to be upgraded
without a full OS update — and, more
importantly, without the phone makers having to do anything.

You won’t get the OS-level changes, Lollipop’s new look, the performance/security tweaks,
the battery improvements, etc. — but most apps should work all the same.

Visit this link to view Google chart to see this analysis.

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The Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled with faster processor and more memory

The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is roughly six times more powerful than the prior version, the Model
B+, according to the British charity behind it.

Previous versions of the kit have been widely adopted by schools and enthusiasts across the world.

But the Pi faces increased competition. Another UK-based firm, Imagination, recently released a bare-bones computer of its own,
and the Arduino, Intel Galileo, Gizmo 2,
BeagleBone Black and Hummingboard also form part of a growing list of rivals.

The Raspberry Pi 2 makes two major changes to the previous version, while leaving other components unchanged:

1. The CPU (central processing unit) is now quad-core rather than single-core. That means it can be programmed to use more of its cores to offer extra computing power,
or made to use fewer to help save power consumption - useful if running as part of a battery-powered contraption. In addition, the Cortex A7 processor now runs at 900MHz rather than 700MHz

2.  The board now features one gigabyte of
RAM (random access) memory, double the
amount that was previously included

As before, owners will need to add their own keyboard, a MicroSD card containing a copy of an operating system, and television/monitor-
connecting cables in order to start
programming. Enclosures bought for the previous Model B+ computers will also fit the new one. "We think it's about six times more powerful for most applications," Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, told the BBC. "This means this is really a PC now. "You can do most of the things with this that you can do with a PC. You can surf the web, you can watch videos, you can play games like
Minecraft. But we also bundle it with the tools that children need in order to learn how to program. "The great thing is - apart from those two
changes - that we've managed to keep everything else the same.
"So, all of those tutorials that people have developed over the last few years will carry on working with this device. It just kind of broadens out the range of interesting stuff kids
can do." Existing software will need to be recompiled - meaning converted into a language the CPU
understands - to take best advantage of the switch to the new multi-core processor.

The Raspberry Pi 2 can run a variety of Linux- based systems out-of-the-box, but its makers have also promised it will be able to support
Microsoft's next operating system at a later date.

"For the last six months we've been working closely with Microsoft to bring the forthcoming Windows 10 to Raspberry Pi 2. Microsoft will
have much more to share over the coming months," said a statement on the Raspberry Pi blog.

"Raspberry Pi has quickly become one of the maker community's favourite platforms because their highly-capable, low-cost boards
and compute modules enable developers to bring their vision to life."

'Guaranteed success'

The new kit - most of which is manufactured at Sony's factory in Bridgend, South Wales - costs
£22.85 excluding VAT, or $35.

One industry watcher was optimistic it would repeat the success of its predecessors.

"Its success is guaranteed - there's a great user-base already out there, but more importantly the Raspberry Pi has a level of name recognition that nobody else has been able to match yet," said Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the Davies Murphy Group Europe consultancy.

"Its makers seem to have a really good handle on what makes these devices really popular, both for the hobbyists as well as people
wanting to use them in education.
"The improvements also address what people had been wanting - for graphics-intensive tasks the extra memory will help a lot. It's also
quite handy for media streaming, you'll get a smoother experience when playing high definition video, with less buffering."

Beating the Spectrum About 4.5 million units of the Raspberry Pi have now been sold, according to Mr Upton. But he added he didn't believe the market was close to
being saturated.

The Raspberry Pi 2 now features 1GB of RAM, double the amount compared to before.

"We're selling about 200,000 a month now," he said.

"The surprise to us is that people don't buy just one Raspberry Pi.

"There are a lot of people with five or six. And we think those people are naturally going to want this.

"We are very very close to it being the bestselling British computer. I think another half a million and we will go past the Sinclair Spectrum as the bestselling British computer." The lower-specced Model A+, with just one - rather than four - USB socket, remains on sale costing about £7 less.

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How to transfer every files from iphone (ios) to android

This is a complete guide on how to transfer contacts and music from iPhone to android.

All this process required a Google account. If you don't know what is Google account let me tell you now, Google account is an email provided by Google which is called gmail just goto gmail and register your account that is all.

So since that now you have a Google account let's get back to our tutorial.

This tutorial won't cost you to spend any stipulated amount of money it is free and simple way for today's  world.

Let me start with moving your iPhone music to android.

How to move iPhone music to android
Transferring music from iPhone to android doesn't require bsc in computer science everybody can do it if he can read and understand this post, for this tutorial to work for you, you need the following requirement.
- iTunes software installed on your computer
- Google Music Manager installed on your computer again   and then thirdly you need
-Apple ID and Google account( gmail).

If you get all of the above requirements let's continue.

OK first, you need to sync your iPhone music tracks to the music library on your computer iTunes software. Make sure you download your music saved on icloud to your computer as Google music manager only upload music that are saved on your computer.

After you do that follow the following steps below:- 

1. Run iTunes software on your computer. Login to your Apple account using your Apple ID.
2. Open iTunes Music Library. Click on the Songs to see the available list of music tracks on your iPhone, including songs bought using the logged-in Apple ID.
3. Check to see whether the song that you want to copy is stored on your computer. Song with iCloud logo with a downward arrow display end beside the song title are songs that have not yet store on your computer. To download the song with iCloud logo just click on the icloud logo beside your song title.
4. In case you don't see your  purchased music songs goto Preference > Store, then enable "Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases."

If you do this correctly now your music is ready for upload to Google Music.

Just follow these steps:-
1. Lunch your Google Music Manager on your computer and login with your Google account. Follow the setup wizard flashed on the screen.
2. To upload a song Select Upload Songs to Google Play on the setup page. Select "iTunes" from the list. Now you can upload all the songs in your iTunes library, selected music playlist, or podcasts to Google.
3.on the next step Google Music Manager will prompt you about whether you want all newly added songs to iTunes to be also automatically uploaded to your Google play music account.
4. Once you have specified all setup options, Google Music Manager will scan your iTunes Music Library and begin uploading your songs to Google.

So now that your music are uploaded to Google, you can listen to your songs via the play music website on your browser or via the play music app on your Android phone.

How to transfer contacts from your iPhone to android

One of the lovely aspects in this tutorial is transferring files from iPhone to android. In previous method we can only do this manually, which required more time but now that one is history, our smartphone can do all the work for us.

Transferring using Gmail and iTunes

First of all, you need gmail account which we will use to transfer our contact easily, before you do anything  with your android phone plug your iPhone into your computer and run iTunes software. Then, find the info tab on the menu bar at the top of the window. In the drop-down menu next to the "sync Contacts with" box, select Google Contacts, and then type in your gmail account information in the window appears. This allow Gmail and Apple to update your contacts so all of the names, numbers, and emails from your phones contact are now stored in your Google account.

Transferring contacts
So now that your contacts is inside your gmail, it is time to transfer them into your phone. If you have never powered your phone before this will be easy for you. When you first boot up your new phone it will ask you if you want to sync your phone to a Google account. Simply enter your gmail info and your phone will automatically imports all the contacts from your account.

But if you already start using your android and you forgot to sync your contacts here is what you are going to do

Firstly, goto settings menu. There you want to select the "Account Sync" option which shows you every account synced with your phone. At the bottom of the page you will see a bottom labeled "Add Account" where you will now enter your gmail login. Once you select your Google account, it will not only sync all your contacts to your phone, but it also sets up your email automatically.

Using icloud to transfer contacts to Android

The first thing that you need to do is to enable iCloud on your iPhone and sync your contacts to the cloud:

Follow this steps:
1. On your iphone, goto Setting > iCloud.
2. Login using your iCloud account.
3. Enable "Contacts" on the iCloud page to allow your iPhone to sync your contacts to iCloud.
4. For this thing to work make sure your iPhone is connected to internet to sync your contacts to iCloud.

As your contacts now synced to the cloud it is time to export your contact from iCloud into a VCF file, and then import into your Google Account:

1. Open your computer  web browser.
2. And type https://www.icloud.com and sign in with your icloud account info.
3. Click contacts to view your contacts list
4. Select the contact that you want to export.
5. click the Actions Menu buttons (cog wheel icon at the lower-left corner) to open the settings menu.
6. Select Export vCard from the settings menu.
7. Your web browser will download a VCF file containing your exported contacts.
8. Then open another new tab in your browser and login to your Google contacts.
9. After you logged in successfully on the left pane, scroll down to the bottom and click on Import Contacts.
10. A window will appear locate and select the VCF file that you exported from iCloud.
11. Then click Import to import your contacts to your Google account.
12.lastly after you imported your contacts use your android to sync your contacts from your Google account.

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How to repair a phone that dropped inside water

In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to fix a phone dropped in water.

Your phone accidentally drop inside water or your kid drop your phone inside jugs or whatever, don't beat him just relax and read this simple tutorial it is easy to repair.

Firstly make sure you quickly remove your phone from the water as possible as quickly.

The longer your phone stays inside water the more water penetrate inside your phone and the more damage it will cause for you. After you removed it from the water there is a lot of things To do and the one that you did not do.

What you will not do

1. Do not press any button
2. Do not turn it on if it is off
3. Do not do anything if it is on just remove the battery don't try to press any key
4.do not apply heat it will melt your phone.
5. Do not place it under the sun because it will damage your screen  if your screen is facing the sun.
6. Do not blow it because you will push water deep inside your phone.
7. Do not disassemble your phone unless if it is necessary and you have experience about it.

Things to do

1. Remove your battery and keep it in upright position.
2. Remove your sim and SD card from their slot.
3. Take a dry cloth to delicately dab it dry.
4. Find a safe place and keep it for at least 2 days
5 . use another phone in the meantime to let your phone dry for at least a day or 2 days.
6. After 2 days insert the battery and turn it on. At these stage you will test your phone to see if everything is working, try calling your friend to see if your front and back speakers are ok. And try to press any button to make sure they are working like nothing happened.
7. If you insert your battery and your phone never goes up just insert your battery in another phone to see if it is working.
8. If it is working your phone has problem leave it for another 2 days again to test it if it is still not turning on take your phone to repair shop.
9. If your phone is own you are luckily.

Make sure you keep your phone away from children and never enter toilet with it again.

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