Samsung beats Intel to become the world’s biggest chip manufacturer

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Samsung beats Intel to become the world’s biggest chip manufacturer

Samsung, the Seoul based Smartphone and chipset maker is in its cloud nine nowadays. Yesterday, Samsung revealed its record profit making for the second quarter of 2017. It even overtook the profits of Apple to become the top profit making company. Now, another achievement has confronted Samsung i.e in terms of its manufacturing. The South Korean giant has beaten its rival Intel to be “The worlds leading chip maker”.

Apart from its Smartphone business, Samsung is a well reputed NAND flash memory and Solid State Drives manufacturer. Some might find it hard to believe that Samsung’s majority portion of profit comes from its semiconductor business. It accounts for a tremendous $7.2 billion in operating income on sales of $15.8 billion, all alone. The above value is the solid proof of Samsung’s supremacy in semiconductor industry, which now has dethroned Intel from its two and half decade long rule as a leading chipset maker.

Samsung’s devotion to developing next-gen DRAM and NAND flash memory chips for a wide variety of Devices, Attributes for its achievement

– The Korea herald

Rise of Smartphones era and decline in personal computer is deemed as the major cause of Samsung’s upheaval and Intel’s lost title.

The pace with which, Samsung is developing its Silicon base and the advancement in Cloud Computing, IoT and high-capacity servers, it seems, the new title which Samsung won, will probably stay longer with itself.

Well done to Samsung for this big achievement!

Guide: What Is “Actions On Google”?

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Guide: What Is “Actions On Google”?

The search giant Google has got its wide hand in almost every field of technology. Although, consisting of highly skilled professionals working underneath it. Google has always incorporated common mob to be a part of its development. Often, introducing initiatives and other programmes open for the people. Ensuring active participation of developer or folks all around the planet (Google clearly knows the benefits of this strategy). The “Actions On Google” programme one among them introduced recently.

Actions On Google…? Got any idea? No. For the one who is hearing for the first time will be having a hard time to deduce anything.

What Actually Is The Actions On Google?

In simple words Actions on Google lets developers build apps for the Google Assistant. For the normal Android users the programme might sound insignificant, actually it is not.

The open-developer programme “Actions On Google”, introduced in December last year, aims to enhance the utility and productivity of the Google Assistant. By now, we are known to the fact that Google’s Assistant is more capable but limited. The lack of Integration of the Google Assistant to apps being major drawback. By opening Assistant to developers via Actions Of Google initiative, Google intend to expand its voice interaction portfolio to third party apps.

In this platform, Google allows only 30min of time limit for the developer to develop their Google Assistant powered app. Of course, Google rewards the best developer.

Actions: Direct And Conversational

Basically, output given by Google Assistant based on the nature of voice command given is categorised into:
  • Direct Actions: These actions occur when the given command is simple and only requires a single response from the Assistant. For example, command such as to open the Gallery app or to switch on the flashlight.
  • Conversational Actions: Any actions that requires continous interrogation with the user to accomplish the task. It is much complex compared to direct actions. Because the Assistant should prepare for the subsequent questions which will be the continuation of the previous responce, and must act wisely. For example, asking for a car to pick you up, then responding to questions about where it should stop, how large the vehicle should be, and more.

Importantly, the developers have to develop apps exploiting the above two actions. With a condition that the actions must be attainable without using any secondary apps.

Before moving to conclusion. Have a look at the beautiful description by Google on its initiative ‘Actions On Google’. Which I think, is self-sufficient to have a basic idea of the programme. Here it goes:

Engage users through the Google Assistant

Actions on Google lets you build apps for the Google Assistant. Your apps can help you engage users through Google Home, eligible Android phones, iPhones, and in the future, through every experience where the Google Assistant is available.

                                     – Google

Conclusion

We used to say, “As Time Advances, Technology Advances”. Now, if we analyse the current scenario, the way technology is developing. The above quote seems to be too outdated. Instead, “As the Time advances, the Technology twice Advances” will be more apt, prior to 21st century.  I am saying so because, we the human attained knowledge to impart intelligence in non-breathing, non-living solid things. It is not less than a miracle, as the intelligence was once thought as exclusive, extra-ordinary capability only of the humans.

Although, Artificial Intelligence is nowhere compared to our Intelligence ( future status is unknown ). With Google, Amazon, Apple and other firms diligent in developing intelligent and smart products with their own voice and thinking, Machine Invasion is also a matter of fear, warns some ethical enthusiasts. As far as my opinion is considered. I would say “just go with the flow”.

Lenovo teases K7 Note in a video

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Lenovo teases K7 Note in a video

Lenovo might be heading to renew its K-Series for the year 2017 with the launch of K7 Note. A new video posted at the official Facebook page of Lenovo India, hints the announcement of K7 Note to happen soon rather than later. The K7 Note will take the baton from its predecessor K6 Note for the year 2017.

The video teaser doesn’t reveal much about the device, even the name. But, it’s sure that the teased smartphone is K7 Note. With the hashtag #KillerNote, Lenovo boasts the processor it boards. Certain reports claims the possibility of Snapdragon 630/660 to power the K7 Note.

The video which was focused on the performance, didn’t reveal any other details of the device.

Expected Launch Date Of K7 Note

It was on the August last year Lenovo officially launched K6 Note. So, analyst predicts K7 Note also to be debut on the month of August. Smartphone market in India where Xiaomi has established a firm hand in the mid-range series. Only time can tell us how well the new Killer K7 Note perform in the market.

Watch the official K7 Note teaser below:

Best Printers suitable for Home use in India

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Best Printers suitable for Home use in India

Trying to purchase a Printer for your home use? And, totally boggled with the variety of Printers from different manufacturers in the market. Don’t worry, Here, we have shortlisted some of the best printers suitable for home use available in India. It is to be noted, that most of them are multi functional and also can act as a good office Printers.

best printers for home use

HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3635 AIO Printer

Price: Rs. 6,750

The HP DeskJet 3635, is a perfect Printer for home and small office use. Being a multi-purpose Printer it can easily handle the task such as Scan, Copy and Print. Low cost ink cartridge doesn’t hinder our frequent intense printing.

Its Cost, being under 7K makes it affordable for most of the people. Additional features includes:

  • Easy printing with Smartphones or Tablets.
  • Energy savings technology
  • Display: 7 segment and icon LCD
  • 1 year HP India onsite warranty.

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HP OfficeJet Pro 6960 Color All-in-One Printer

Price: Rs: 7,000 – 8,000

HP designs OfficeJet series Printers specially for the office purpose. But, the OfficeJet Pro 6960 is a feature-rich offering from HP, which also can be worth using at your home.

OfficeJet Pro 6960 is a wireless Printer, enabling us to print wirelessly using Smartphones or Tablets. The Printer is little-bit bulky but with a premium design. It features MOOB (Mobile out of box experience). Other features are:

  • Cartridge Compatibility: The HP 905 series cartridges
  • HP All-in-One Printer Remote mobile app support, lets you manage your documents on-the-go.
  • Hassle Free & Productive
    • Smart duplex and faster duplex speed
    • 2.65” IR Touchscreen Color Graphics Display.

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Canon E560 Multifunction Inkjet Printer

Price: Rs. 7,000 – 8,500

Canon’s E560 is an efficient Printer with wi-fi capability. It is packed with specification that output quality prints. The printer is Capable of printing on two sides automatically.

Canon E560’s compact and shiny design lures user to go for it. Canon claims that its high-yield ink cartridge reduces the overall printing cost, which is less than laser printers.
Brief Description Of Canon E560:
Brand Canon
Model No PIXMA E560
Product Type Colour Inkjet Printer
Colour Black
Speed (ppm) Mono: Up to 9.9 ipm/ Colour: Up to 5.7 ipm
Resolution (dpi) 4800 (Horizontal)*1 x 1200 (Vertical)
Duplex Yes
Paper Handling Plain Paper/High Resolution Paper/Photo Paper Pro Platinum/Photo Paper Plus Glossy II/Photo Paper Pro Luster/Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss/Glossy Photo Paper “Everyday Use”/Matte Photo Paper/Envelope

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Epson L 130 Single Function Inkjet Printer

Price: Rs. 7,500

Epson – One of the world’s largest Printer manufacturer, known for making mostly office purpose Printers. Launched Epson L 130 on May this year. L 130 is more a home purpose Printer than office use. It is a mid-range Printer with a cost around 7K.

Epson L130 has got great ink capacity, Epson call it as “Integrated ultra-high-capacity ink tank”. The product comes with two years of ink included. The L130 is a worth deal for home users looking for quality, ultra-low-cost printing. Other features includes:

  • Built with Micro Piezo technology ensures distortion free and clear resolution printing.
  • Covered by Epson’s 12 month or 15,000 page warranty

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Printers in the list are from various brands such as HP, Canon, Epson etc, and the Printers was considered as best based on our certain criteria. Still, there are plenty of Printers which may be a better Printer for home use. We recommend you to do a detailed analysis and inquiry about your product you wish to buy before purchasing.

Google plans to merge Youtube Red and Google Play Music

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Google plans to merge Youtube Red and Google Play Music

Google’s most popular streaming services till now are, Youtube and Google Play Music. Youtube is the largest video streaming service and Google Play Music provides quality audio service. Now it seems, Google is heading to merge them.

For a reminder, Youtube Red is a paid streaming subscription service available only in certain countries. Youtube Red members were entitled to avail certain privileges in Youtube such as:

  • Watch Ad-free Youtube video across its mobile app and website.
  • Access to “YouTube Red Originals”.

Although, Youtube Red membership provides extra privileges, it was not well received by the users. May be it caused Google to combine, the both paid subscription services Youtube Red and Play Music to a single service.

It was Youtube’s music head, Lyor Cohen who confirmed the merge in a panel session at the New Music Seminar conference in New York. The search giant Google clarified its move in a statement, which states:

Music is very important to Google and we’re evaluating how to bring together our music offerings to deliver the best possible product for our users, music partners and artists. Nothing will change for users today and we’ll provide plenty of notice before any changes are made.

On the other side, the e-commerce firm, Amazon’s video streaming service – Amazon prime video is a strong contender for Google. By combining Youtube Red and Google Play Music, Google aims a strong superiority in paid streaming services.

Spanish support for Smart Reply available in Android or iOS

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Spanish support for Smart Reply available in Android or iOS

It was in May, that Google added “Smart Reply” feature to its popular messaging apps such as GMail and Allo. As you know, the feature suggests quick response to our messages, saves our time while responding to the messages, claims Google. So far, only English was supported in Smart Reply. Now, Google has added support for Spanish, means, now we can reply via Smart Reply in Spanish.

The “Smart Reply” option is considered as useless and nuisance by most of the users. Well, it utilizes machine learning ability to scan the previous inbox contents of users and formulate three possible reply for the messages.

Google declared the support of Spanish in Smart Reply through Twitter and in its Google+ page. Majority of the three quick responses generated by Smart Reply was considered as inappropriate and improper to be given as a reply, users complaints. As a justification for the viability and utility of the Smart Reply, Google claims that: The feature already drives 12 percent of replies in Inbox on mobile.

Let us hope that, in coming days Google adds support for many other languages, also improve its Machine learning ability so that output is proper and applicable quick response.

WhatsApp hits 1 billion daily active users mark

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WhatsApp hits 1 billion daily active users mark

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world. The application has now achieved the milestone as it hits 1 billion daily active users on its service. Also, the Snapchat Stories clone, which is the WhatsApp Status, has managed to get 250 million+ daily active users. It is way more than Snapchat itself.

Up to last year, WhatsApp had 1 billion active users per month and now it has 1 billion active users per day. This is a huge increase in just a year, if we compare it with other social chat apps. However, interesting statics is about the messages sent daily, which is an enormous 55 billion. In the 55 Billion, there are 4.5 billion photos and 1 billion videos shared daily.

As company achieve tremendous growth WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said in the blog, “As we celebrate this milestone, we’re committed more than ever to bringing you more useful features to enjoy, while delivering the reliability, simplicity, and security you expect with WhatsApp,”

To recall, Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014 at that time it was having 450 million monthly users.

Best game alternates for Asphalt 8 on PC, Xbox or Play Station

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Best game alternates for Asphalt 8 on PC, Xbox or Play Station

Asphalt 8: Airborne is thrilling and Adrenaline pumping Car Racing video game by Gameloft. The said addictive game, was originally launched for iOS and Android platforms and later it was recently made obtainable for Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry.

Asphalt 8 is a real classic addition to the list of top car racing game of all times that are available in the market currently. This game was initially released on August 22, 2013. The real-time HD 3D graphics and super attractive enhanced colors of the Asphalt 8 provide the best gaming experience to the players who are looking for a real premium quality and modern car racing game. However, we are giving you the best game alternates for the Asphalt 8.

NASCAR The Game: Inside Line

It is an open-source thrilling car racing video game, which is developed by Eutechnyx and published by Activision. It was released on November 6, 2012. Its predecessor named as NASCAR the Game: 2011 gain huge appreciation worldwide.

Gran Turismo 6

It is one of the best alternatives for the Asphalt 8 game. This real-time thrilling car racing game was developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is commonly known as GT6 and is the 20th overall game of the Gran Turismo series.

Project Car

It is the freemium action thrilling automobile racing video game and a decent alternate for the Asphalt 8. The game was released initially on May 7, 2015, with aim of giving a real tough time to the leading racing.

Grid 2

This car racing game was developed and published by Codemasters and was launched on May 28, 2013. It is the second game of the Grid series and successor to the 1st part known as Race Driver: Grid. However, this game is not that much popular but it gives good graphics similar to Asphalt 8.

Driver: San Francisco

It is an epic, thrilling adventure car racing video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. The game was launched on September 1st, 2011 and is the fourth game of the Driver series. This game is ranked as a Top racing game on various platforms and suggested the as good alternative for the Asphalt 8.

Forza Motorsport 5

It is popular adventure car racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was launched on November 22, 2013. It is the sixth game of the Forza series. This is a real monster car racing game as compared to Asphalt 8. Gamers will have the amazing experience in driving the car through this game.

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Qualcomm hints the existence of Snapdragon 845 in an ITC filing

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Qualcomm hints the existence of Snapdragon 845 in an ITC filing

Qualcomm, the world leader in next-generation mobile technologies, unintentionally teased its next-gen Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform. Although, not officially announced the successor of Snapdragon 836 popped its head in a patent documents. The documents was filed by Qualcomm at ITC against Apple.

The patent documents, consisting of Qualcomm’s patented SoC’s, also included SDM845, which is probably an abbreviation for Snapdragon 845. Literally, meaning Qualcomm is heading to unveil its next flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 845.

The Snapdragon 845, which will be fabricated using 7nm finFET technology process, promises over 20% power efficiency and 30% more performance than its predecessor SD836. Recently, reports suggested only a feeble chance for the Snapdragon 845 to debut in the 2017. Certain leaks and rumors over the features of SD845 are already prevailing over the web. The latest reliable leaks pointing the details provided below:

Snapdragon 845 leaked details

  • Expected to pack new Cortex A75 and Cortex A55 cores
  • Twice as fast as the Cortex A53 cores
  • Offers 20 percent improved performance compared to Cortex A73
  • Clock-speeds increase by up to 200MHz compared to its predecessor
  • GPU: Adreno 630

Samsung’s next year flagship Galaxy S9, is expected to be powered by Snapdragon 845. Similarly, LG has also announced its plan of incorporating the SD845 in its 2018 flagship model.

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) launch in South Korea for $353 [Specs]

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) launch in South Korea for $353 [Specs]

Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy J7 (2017) in South Korea. The device was churning in the rumor mill for the quite some time. The Samsung has been teamed up with mobile carrier KT Corp to sell the smartphone in the country. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) is available for 396,000 won or $353, through KT Corp in South Korea.

Samsung Galaxy J7 2017

The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) boasts a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with KT branding at the back. The smartphone has an Exynos 7870 processor under the hood, which is coupled with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. The South Korean Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) runs on Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box and to keep the juice running, the device flaunts 3,600mAh battery.

On the optic side, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) features a 13-megapixel rear and 13-megapixel front camera with LED flash. The device also has a fingerprint sensor and it supports Samsung Pay, which is the company’s mobile payments service.

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