Tag: iOS device

What’s New In Android L, Windows 8.1 And IOS 8

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As all the three major mobile players in smartphone categories  i.e. Apple, Google and Microsoft come up with their latest version of Operating Systems i.e. iOS 8, Android L & Windows 8.1 respectively. Let’s have a look how it is worthy for users to switch over the most-recent OS version based upon the new features.

Android L:-

  • Personalized unlocking features, which make your smartphone or tablet search for familiar Bluetooth’s gadgets, Wi-Fi networks, locations and even voice imprints to deactivate any lock screen protections, letting you jump straight into your phone when it knows you’re nearby. If the device can’t detect any of this metrics, anyone trying to use it will be presented with the standard lock screen.
  • Google is focusing on its stock android keyboard for Android 5.0 Lollipop for adding more personalized and scrapping the individual tiled keys.
  • There is one more exciting feature i.e. “Do Not Disturb mode”, which automatically deactivates all notifications and audio during set times, support for Bluetooth 4.1 and a completely redesigned audio back end with support for USB audio devices.
  • Also Android L is going to introduce 64-bit processor support and  improving battery life with Project Volta. Project Volta includes a new battery historian which will help users work out what a device was doing at any given point in a battery cycle to find out which apps are draining the most power.

Windows 8.1 :–

Microsoft has already rolled out windows 8.1 few months back. Some of the features that were added windows phone 8.1:

  • Cortana, which is very much similar to Siri in iOS device, act as your personal assistant. Cortana notebook features store things that you tell her about yourself and also keep tracks what you like and what you’d like done. It can access apps, set alarms, send messages to specific persons, post a Facebook status, add a tweet, search for something and a lot more.
  • The action center which is finally added, and here you can get all your notifications and other controls such as setting Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.
  • Another interesting feature that added to windows 8.1 was Quiet Hours. Here You can set what time you want your phone to be “quiet,” shutting out noise or notifications coming from it.

There is some other new features like setting up your personal photos as the background on the said start screen, connects you to free Wi-Fi hotspots near you through Wi-Fi sense, transferring files from the internal memory and SD-card seamless through Storage Sence etc.

iOS 8:-

iOS 8 also launched with lots of new features and here I am going to share few of them:

  • iPhone has new feature “Send Last Location” which allows your iPhone (or iPad) to send its last-known location to Apple when the battery drains to a critical level. If you lost your device, it will help you to find the last location of your device even if it’s battery is completely drained.
  • You can now include photos when making notes, to-do lists and reminders in Apple’s iOS 8 notes app.
  • Now iPhone can identify the song due to Shazam integration in Siri. If you ask Siri, “What song is playing?”, it will cause her to listen to the ambient sound, using Shazam to identify music.
  • You can notice iOS 8 has new keyboard with a very smooth predictive type features, which suggests three words right above the keyboard.

I hope you liked this post. What you would like to prefer- Android L, iOS 8 or windows 8.1 and why. Please share your answer in the below comment section

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Apple Promises To Fix The Security Exploit That Lets People Gain Access

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In our previous post we had outlined some of the latest features of iOS 6.1 update, mentioning it to be a fix for its old mistakes. But it turns out that, it does have some security flaws which let the users bypass the locked iPhone devices.

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This exploit was first spotted by a French user who later uploaded a video to YouTube, by demonstrating the procedure to unlock a pass-code protected iOS device.  Seeing this Apple has promised to release a fast fix to this security issue. In a statement, the company said “Apple takes user security very seriously, we are aware of this issue, and will deliver a fix in a future software update.”  But the company has neither offered a specific timeline for its next update nor any quick fix to the handle issue.

The video depicts a sequence of steps in which the French guy easily hacks the “locked” iPhone, that was running iOS 6.1. The process involved is somewhat weird, such as ending an emergency call, consecutive pressing of home button and etc. Below I have provided the exact steps as posted by the users, to unlock the iPhone.

First Part:

  • Go to emergency call, push down the power button and tap cancel.
  • Dial 112 and tap green and immediately red.
  • Go to lock screen.

Second Part:

  • Go to passcode screen.
  • Keep pushing down the power button …1…2…3…seconds and before showing the slider “turn off”…tap the emergency call button and …voilá!
  • Then without releasing the power button press the home button and ready…”

The procedure allows the users to access contacts, photos and to make calls. But it doesn’t offer access to its home screen or any iOS apps that exists on the home screen. The iPhone lock screen hack seems to work on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 too, if they are running iOS 6.1.

Top 7 Expert Tips And Tricks For IOS 6

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iOS 6 is the latest Apple OS that runs on every Apple devices. Its features like friendly user interfaces and the convenience of apps, makes it a smarter operating system.  Perhaps you are an iOS guru. Or maybe a newbie to the operating system, but here we present some tweaks in iOS that you probably never knew. We also hope you love them and enjoy the benefit of this post.

  • Your iPhone Can Read To You:

You can enable the speak option for facilitating the iOS device to read aloud a selected text. You can enable it from the Accessibility option.

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  • Enable Emoji Keyboard:

Add iconographic symbols in e-mails, messages, tweets and other postings. This feature is shipped with every iOS 6 devise and doesn’t require buying a third-party iPhone application. To get this feature select General, International then Keyboards tab from the settings option.

  • Ask Siri To Find Location By Using The ‘In Transit’ Cue:

You can ask Siri to find you an address by adding some extra word like ‘transit’ in the end of the command. For example “give me the direction to Kennedy International Airport via transit”. iOS will open up the maps apps and display the route.

  • Edit Siri Commands:

Sometimes Siri doesn’t understand your words and might interpret into something else. But you can fix this issue after Siri responds that she doesn’t understand what you’re talking about. Tap the speech bubble where Siri keeps a record of what she interpreted, there find your command, edit it and resubmit the request.

  • Limit The Ad Tracking:

Most users find it annoying to get constant Advertising pop-ups. But iOS allows you limit these accesses as well. Under the General option tap About and then Advertising to Limit the Ad tracking.

  • Take Photos While Shooting Video:

iPhone 5 and iOS 6 allows the users to snap photos and shoot video simultaneously. It appears on the screen in addition to the shutter button.

  • Customize Auto Replies For Rejected Calls:

you can tailor specific messages, explaining the situation why you didn’t answer your calls. By default you will get 3 pre-reserved options. However you can customize these pre-preserved messages too.

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New Features Updates Of IOS 6.1

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Earlier this week, out of uncertainty, Apple released an iOS 6.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This update is the first major update to iOS 6, since its launch in the last year. There have been minor updates before this, such as iOS 6.0.1 and iOS 6.0.2, but they were flawed with issues. The features introduced in iOS 6.1 are not necessarily groundbreaking, but as a fix and improvements to its previous mistakes. Let’s take a look at these features.

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  • ‘Siri’ Integration To Search Movies:

Siri has made it extremely simple to find movies, and then buy tickets from Fandango. It is also required to install the Fandango iPhone application to make this feature actually work.  Movies lovers would find this feature to be an extremely fitting update.

  • Apple Maps App:

Apple has definitely improved its Map App with this update. Some of the previous bugs are fixed but hasn’t been solved completely. Along with this it has also added a prominent ‘report a problem’ button.

  • Music Controls:

There is a newly fashioned Lock Screen Music controls in iOS 6.1. When the home button is pressed twice, the music controls pops up. It has been featured to access the music even if the screen is locked. The control interfaces and theme also go well with the Music app itself.

  • Fixed Wi-Fi Issues:

iOS 6.1 on iPhone 5 has resolved all issues from iOS 6.0.2 update. The network connection seems to be strong and stable.

Along with all these features it has also fixed the issue of unexpected OS boot where as the power management is still not satisfying with this update.

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