MyNextGadgetMark Zuckerberg and a few of his lieutenants at Facebook fielded questions from the public in a live Q&A Thursday. Questions were submitted on Facebook itself and also taken from people in the room where the "town hall" style event was held. Zuckerberg's answers may not have been revelatory, but they were interesting:
On features that never saw the light of day:
"We designed this version of news feed that was very spaced out... It was very aesthetically pleasing. But it turned out the people who used this just did not like it." Facebook's engineers, it seems, had optimized the new version for their own huge monitors. "Most people are not using like a 25-inch screen when they're using Facebook. instead of seeing two, maybe three stories on the screen when they loaded Facebook, now they saw maybe one and a half." The feature never rolled out widely and "we kind of ate our pride," Zuckerberg added.
On the accuracy of the 2010 movie "The Social Network":
"The reality is that writing code and building a product and building a company actually is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about. It would have been of me sitting at a computer coding for two hours straight." Some details they got right, he said, but not his reasons for making the site. "They just kind of made up a bunch of stuff that I found kind of hurtful." Particularly troubling was the implication that he'd created Facebook to get girls, when he was dating his now wife well before that.
FACEBOOK / USTREAM Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions at an event on Nov. 6, 2014. On whether Facebook is losing its cool:
"My goal was never really to make Facebook cool. I am not a cool person. And I've never really tried to be cool!" Instead of cool, he said, Facebook should be useful and always there, like a utility. "You go home, you turn on the lights, right? You're probably not like, 'Yeah, electricity!' It just needs to work. My goal is that the ability to connect and communicate should be that. It just should work."
And on why he wears the same shirt every day:
"You'll be happy to know there are multiples of the same shirt. I really want to clear my life to make it so I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community. I feel like i'm not doing my job if i spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life."
He's in good company, he added — as evidence for the effectiveness of this minimal wardrobe style, Zuckerberg cited former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and President Obama.
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg First Public Q&A !MyNextGadget2014-11-07 | Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his lieutenants at Facebook fielded questions from the public in a live Q&A Thursday. Questions were submitted on Facebook itself and also taken from people in the room where the "town hall" style event was held. Zuckerberg's answers may not have been revelatory, but they were interesting:
On features that never saw the light of day:
"We designed this version of news feed that was very spaced out... It was very aesthetically pleasing. But it turned out the people who used this just did not like it." Facebook's engineers, it seems, had optimized the new version for their own huge monitors. "Most people are not using like a 25-inch screen when they're using Facebook. instead of seeing two, maybe three stories on the screen when they loaded Facebook, now they saw maybe one and a half." The feature never rolled out widely and "we kind of ate our pride," Zuckerberg added.
On the accuracy of the 2010 movie "The Social Network":
"The reality is that writing code and building a product and building a company actually is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about. It would have been of me sitting at a computer coding for two hours straight." Some details they got right, he said, but not his reasons for making the site. "They just kind of made up a bunch of stuff that I found kind of hurtful." Particularly troubling was the implication that he'd created Facebook to get girls, when he was dating his now wife well before that.
FACEBOOK / USTREAM Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions at an event on Nov. 6, 2014. On whether Facebook is losing its cool:
"My goal was never really to make Facebook cool. I am not a cool person. And I've never really tried to be cool!" Instead of cool, he said, Facebook should be useful and always there, like a utility. "You go home, you turn on the lights, right? You're probably not like, 'Yeah, electricity!' It just needs to work. My goal is that the ability to connect and communicate should be that. It just should work."
And on why he wears the same shirt every day:
"You'll be happy to know there are multiples of the same shirt. I really want to clear my life to make it so I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community. I feel like i'm not doing my job if i spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life."
He's in good company, he added — as evidence for the effectiveness of this minimal wardrobe style, Zuckerberg cited former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and President Obama.Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Official Hands-On ReviewMyNextGadget2017-08-23 | The canvas just got bigger – the Samsung Galaxy Note8 comes with a 6.3” Infinity Display for an edge-to-edge writing experience with the S Pen. It has been a long time coming too - after Note5 didn't come to Europe and the Note7’s fiasco the market is hungry for a stylus packing flagship.
The screen – a Super AMOLED with QHD+ resolution – boasts Mobile HDR Premium support, Always on Display functionality and screen off memos. Beyond simple notes, you can send Live messages, which are animated GIFs of your writings or drawings. Both phone and stylus are IP68 waterproof.
The big novelty, however, is on the other side – the dual camera. It features two 12MP sensors, one behind an f/1.7 regular lens and the other behind an f/2.4 telephoto lens. Both are optically stabilized, a first among similar setups.Samsung 2017 Unpacked Event Hightlights | Galaxy S8 & S8+ | New Gear 360 & moreMyNextGadget2017-03-29 | For Specs, Features & Pricing Visit: http://mynextgizmo.com/2017/03/29/samsung-galaxy-s8-s8-plus-officially-announced
Samsung introduces Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, a smartphone that offers intuitive interactions to give users more power to control their mobile experiences across their personal and professional life. With multiple services and apps, as well as a stunning Infinity Display for immersive viewing experiences, Dream brings a new level of functionality and convenience, opening up a galaxy of possibilities.Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Official Hands-On ReviewMyNextGadget2017-03-29 | For Specs, Features & Pricing Visit: http://mynextgizmo.com/2017/03/29/samsung-galaxy-s8-s8-plus-officially-announced The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ just got unpacked, it’s time for introductions. The hotly anticipated flagships build on the S7 edge design largely by taking over the bezels.
The two phones mostly differ in screen size - the Galaxy S8 has a 5.8” screen, the Galaxy S8+ is at 6.2”. Both are Super AMOLEDs with an extra wide aspect ratio of 18.5:9, they have the same resolution too (1,440 x 2,960px). Also notice the rounded corners of the screen.
HDR10 is supported, just like it was on the Note7, but Dolby Vision is not. Samsung partnered with Amazon to bring HDR capable content. This is also the first Ultra Dynamic Range certified screen, but details are scarce. Moving on, the Galaxy S8 camera uses the 12MP Dual Pixel sensor from the S7 but with improved software - it captures multiple exposures to raise image quality. Samsung calls it Multiframe Processing and it sounds a lot like Google’s HDR+. The selfie cam did get a hardware upgrade (as well as the Multiframe Processing), it now has an 8MP sensor and autofocus (with clever face detection).
The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are the first phones to launch with 1 gigabit LTE, thanks to the Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8895 chipsets. Different countries get a different chipset, but performance should be very similar between the two.
Some countries are special when it comes to memory, though. Most of the world will get 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage, but some (China and Korea, presumably) will get 6GB/128GB instead. Worry not - fast storage is easily available thanks to the UFS/microSD hybrid card slot!
Perhaps the only other difference between the S8 and S8+ (well, aside from price) is the battery. The S8 gets a 3,000mAh battery, the bigger Galaxy S8+ comes with a 3,500mAh pack. Both are sealed and feature Samsung’s Adaptive Fast Charging (the relatively old Quick Charge 2.0 is also supported). There’s fast wireless charging too, both WPC and PMA.
The flagship duo is waterproof as you would expect (IP68) and Samsung switched to the latest Gorilla Glass 5.Nokia 3310 & Nokia 6 Official Quick Hands On Review | MWC 2017MyNextGadget2017-02-26 | ...LG G6 Official Hands-On Review | #MWC2017MyNextGadget2017-02-26 | LG G6 just announced its flahship G6 smartphone at its MWC 2017 event in Barcelona. It packs a 5.7-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ LCD FullVision display with a 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by a Quad-Core Sanpdragon 821 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Google Assistant.ASUS Zenfone AR & Zenfone 3 Zoom Official Hands On Review | #CES2017MyNextGadget2017-01-05 | For Specifications, Pricing& Features Visit: goo.gl/ru2GQp
Today at CES Asus announced two new smartphones, both of which have been in the rumors quite a lot lately. We're talking about the Zenfone AR and Zenfone 3 Zoom.
The former is only the second ever handset to come with support for Tango, Google's augmented reality (AR) system. The Zenfone AR follows the Lenovo Phab2 Pro from last year in this nascent market. But the Asus model takes things one step further, since it also supports Daydream, Google's VR functionality built into Android Nougat. So if you get a Zenfone AR you can immerse yourself either in augmented reality or virtual reality, depending on your mood. Unfortunately though, you can't combine the two - for now you can only use Daydream apps when the phone is inside a Daydream VR headset, and Tango apps when it's in Tango mode.Google #MadeByGoogle 2016 Event Keynote Highlights | Pixel & Pixel XL | Google WiFi & MoreMyNextGadget2016-10-04 | Everything announced at Google's October 4 Event.Google Pixel And Pixel XL Official Hands On Review !MyNextGadget2016-10-04 | For Specs, Features & Pricing Visit : goo.gl/ygUHNO If you've formed an emotional attachment to the Nexus brand, it's time to say goodbye. But this is good news - the legacy continues with the Pixel, a collaboration between Google and HTC, the same team that brought us both the original Android phone and the first Nexus.
Two phones - the Pixel and Pixel XL - cover the bases of size preference, 5" and 5.5" respectively. Both have AMOLED screens, with 1080p resolution for the small one (441ppi) and QHD for the big one (534ppi). Battery capacity is also different, 2,770mAh and 3,450mAh. Beyond that, both Pixels are more similar than they are different. Qualcomm supplied a revamped chipset, the Snapdragon 821, Android 7.1 Nougat (yes, a point upgrade over what the LG V20 has) brings "sustained performance mode."
The camera boasts the same excellent qualities we loved on the last (ever?) pair of Nexus devices - 12MP sensor, 1.55µm pixels, f/2.0 aperture. But it adds Electronic Image Stabilization, which Google demoed on stage and looked pretty impressive.
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL have the same storage options - 32GB (for those that use Google Photos and Play Music) and 128GB (for those that prefer their data offline). By the way both Pixel phones get unlimited Google Photos storage for photos at full resolution.
Both come with 4GB of RAM - one better than the Nexus 6P, nothing extraordinary though a clean Android OS runs leaner. While HTC built the phones, the Pixels branded only with the Google logo. And they are loaded to the teeth with Google services that cover everything from messaging, through cloud services to AI assistants. The search giant has a growing stable of self-branded devices - the Google phone can connect to a Google router and cast to a Google media player, you get the idea.
The Pixel brand debuted with the best Chromebook money can buy, then ventured into Android with the Pixel C tablet, clearly, it's a premium brand by Google. And the two phones are priced accordingly - they start $649 and will be available through a bunch of carriers and retailers. Check them out below. UK prices are £599/£699 for the 32GB/128GB Pixel and £719/£819 for the 32GB/128GB Pixel XL.Apple iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus Official Hands On ReviewMyNextGadget2016-09-07 | ...Sony Xperia XZ And X Compact Official Hands-On ReviewMyNextGadget2016-09-01 | Sony’s move to metal-back phones in 2016 reaches its culmination today with the launch of the company’s new flagship phone, the camera-centric Xperia XZ. As the name suggests, it’s a splicing of this year’s Xperia X design with the previous flagship Z series, which was highlighted by a very good 23-megapixel camera. That imaging sensor reprises its starring role at the heart of the XZ’s camera system, but it’s now allied to a laser autofocus and an RGBC infrared sensor, which Sony says "accurately adjusts the white balance based on the light source in the environment." With this trident of sensors, Sony hopes to distinguish itself by simply taking better images than everyone else, and doing so in more challenging environments.
Beyond its cameras, the Xperia XZ is a quite ordinary flagship Android phone for 2016. It’s powered by the ubiquitous and proven Snapdragon 820 from Qualcomm, it has a fingerprint sensor built into its side-mounted power button, and its display is a reasonable 5.2 inches in size. With 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, and 1080p resolution, the XZ could even be said to be slightly behind the curve — other debutants here at IFA, like the Nubia Z11, reach up to 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. To gain some distinctiveness for its 2016 flagship, Sony is introducing a new Forest Blue colorway that gives the device a bit more character. But that’s the thing with this phone: it’s staking out a position as a camera leader and that will be its purpose for being. Sony has carried over its Predictive Hybrid AF from the Xperia X to help the XZ capture fast-moving subjects reliably, and the company’s also augmented that capability with 5-axis video stabilization. Up front, there’s a 13-megapixel camera with a maximum ISO stretching all the way up to 6400 — this helps the camera pull out a decently lit image even out of very dark environments, though that comes at the cost of image quality.
One somewhat disappointing aspect of the XZ is that it’s listed as only water-resistant, not waterproof like previous Z series flagship phones have been. Still, it does have Qnovo adaptive charging — which "monitors and adjusts the charging current to avoid damage for battery longevity" — and USB-C on board.
Taken as a whole, the Xperia XZ can be considered quite a predictable advancement for the series. It marries Sony’s latest innovations and design philosophy with its established strengths and goes after the one hardware feature that everyone wants to be perfect: the camera. It’ll be hard to defeat the incumbents of Apple and Samsung in this field, but not impossible.
Sony today also launches its widely anticipated Xperia X Compact, a 4.6-inch Android smartphone that shares a number of the bigger flagship’s features and specs. the X Compact will be launching sooner, with UK sales opening from next week. The Xperia XZ will be available from the start of October.WWDC 2016 Keynote Highlights | iOS 10 | watchOS 3 | macOS Sierra | tvOS & moreMyNextGadget2016-06-13 | This year’s keynote from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is a wrap – but if you missed it, here’s a recap of the important bits you need to know.Google I/O 2016 Keynote Highlights | Google Assistant | Android N | Android Wear 2.0 & MoreMyNextGadget2016-05-19 | At I/O this year, Google displayed its vision for a more ubiquitous and conversational way of interacting with technology. Its Assistant is chattier, answering natural language queries with a more human voice, and it’s found its way into several new Google products: the messenger Allo and the Echo-like speaker Home. Both are areas where other companies have a lead, but Google’s strength in AI gave these services some nice twists, doing things like automatically generating surprisingly specific reactions to photos.
Google also announced improvements to Android — though N, out of beta this summer, still needs to be named — as well as a mobile VR platform that will come with the new OS. There’s a FaceTime rival Duo as well, and a way to run Android apps without downloading anything.
Google Assistant:
Google Assistant is sort of a broad idea, in that it sounds, at first, a lot like what Android has built into Google Now. Ask it a question via voice, it’ll answer. But beyond that, Assistant is Google’s way of formalizing two ideas: contextual answers to voice queries (like being able to say “How’s my team doing?” and have it know which team you mean), and a universal platform for voice queries across devices
Android Wear 2.0
Google also announced the biggest overhaul to Android Wear since it was released back in 2014. That said, Android Wear 2.0 isn’t shockingly different from the first version, but there are a few changes that will definitely change the experience. For one, users can now make data from any app show up on any watch face — similar to how complications work on the Apple Watch.
Most importantly, Android Wear 2.0 is supposed to help your smartwatch become more autonomous. Google says that watches equipped with the new version will need to rely less on smartphones and cellular connections, freeing up users to be more active without lugging their phones around. Features like automatic exercise recognition and better third-party app syncing should help this, too. And, of course, Google showed off a tiny, swipeable QWERTY keyboard, because who doesn’t want to type on their wrist?Microsoft Build 2016 Keynote Highlights In Under 15 MinsMyNextGadget2016-04-01 | Everything you need to know about build 2016 in 15 mins.Apple iPhone SE Event In Under 10 Mins | iPhone SE | iPad Pro 9.7 | iOS 9.3 & MoreMyNextGadget2016-03-22 | Apple went plus-size, and then it went small. The company's iPhone event on Monday brought the reintroduction of the small phone screen with the new iPhone SE. The four-inch screen isn't underrepresented on the inside, however. Its hardware is more like a mixture between the iPhone 6 and 6S. Also at the event today, the company introduced a smaller iPad Pro, as well as new bands for the Apple Watch.
1. The 4-inch iPhone SE 2. A 9.7-inch iPad Pro 3. A cheaper Apple Watch with new bands 4. Siri search in Apple TV 5. iOS 9.3 6. CareKitApple iPhone SE Official Introduction Keynote | 21.March.2016MyNextGadget2016-03-21 | To Know More About iPhone SE Visit : http://goo.gl/VURWIh
Apple has just announced the iPhone SE, a new 4-inch smartphone that offers a smaller and cheaper option to the company's flagship iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. It's like a mix between the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 generations of devices, taking the size and design of one and the latest specs and capabilities of the other. Apple calls the iPhone SE "the most powerful 4-inch smartphone ever."
At the heart of the iPhone SE is the 64-bit Apple A9 processor together with the embedded M9 motion co-processor, the same as the iPhone 6S. That means it can play games just as brilliantly as Apple's current flagship, plus it supports hands-free "Hey Siri" prompting. The camera is also carried over from the 6S, it's the same 12-megapixel iSight camera with a dual-tone flash and the ability to shoot Live Photos and 4K video.
Compared to the iPhone 5S that precedes the new SE at the 4-inch size, Apple's new smartphone has faster LTE, faster Wi-Fi (802.11ac), better battery life, new microphones, and the significant addition of Apple Pay support. Having sold 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015, Apple clearly considers this an important market that it needed to address with its latest specs and capabilities and that's what the iPhone SE aims to achieve.
"Many, many customers have asked for this," said Apple CEO Tim Cook during Apple's launch event. "And I think they're going to love it."
The new iPhone SE starts at $399 with 16GB of storage and maxes out at $499 with 64GB. It'll be available in gold and rose gold colors alongside more traditional light and dark options. Preorders begin on March 24th and the phone will be available on March 31st. The iPhone SE will be in more than 100 countries by the end of May.Samsung Galaxy S7 &S7 Edge Official Hands On Review !MyNextGadget2016-02-21 | Specs & Price Click Here :http://goo.gl/b0FqOJ
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge bring refinement to a proven design
Samsung had something to prove with last year’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. It wanted to show the world that it too could make high-end smartphones with great design and premium materials, just like Apple and HTC have done for years. And it succeeded: the S6 models were by far the nicest smartphones ever to come out of the Korean giant’s factories. The cheesy plastic was ditched and replaced with metal and glass. This move did wonders to shake Samsung’s bad rap for making cheap feeling, ugly devices. But they weren’t without flaws: high prices, the removal of expandable storage and waterproofing, and poor battery life disappointed many reviewers and buyers, and the S6 line hasn’t turned around Samsung’s sinking mobile business.
Now the company is launching its next volley, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The new S7 models don’t rewrite the book — they borrow liberally from the S6’s design and feature set. But they bring numerous refinements and improvements, and they restore features that went missing from the Galaxy S6 line. They are, very likely, the best phones that Samsung has ever made.
Samsung has tightened up the S6’s overall design for the S7: it’s more comfortable to hold, easier to pick up off of a table, has a flatter fingerprint scanner, and has a less pronounced camera hump. It won’t look unfamiliar to anyone that’s seen or held the S6, and it still looks remarkably similar to the iPhone 6 and 6S depending on which angle you look at it from. The standard S7 retains the 5.1-inch, quad HD Super AMOLED display from its predecessor.
The S7 Edge has received a more thorough update: it’s been given a larger, 5.5-inch display (still quad HD Super AMOLED and curved on both sides), and been refined even further. The back of the device has a slight curve to it now, making it much more comfortable to hold than last year’s phone. It’s also remarkably small, especially when its put side-by-side with other phones with 5.5-inch screens, such as the iPhone 6S Plus. The S7 Edge is a phone that most people could use with one hand, and it slips into a pocket with ease, despite having a spacious display. In the brief time I spent with it, I was taken away by how nice it was to hold in my hand. It’s a stunningBoth phones have support for microSD cards to augment their 32GB of internal storage (Samsung says a 64GB model will be available in some regions, but the US will just have the 32GB), as well as IP68 water and dust resistance, which allows for submersion in up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes at a time. The S7’s waterproofing includes sealed ports, so there are no fussy port covers over the USB ports or headphone jacks. The S7 does not use USB Type-C, but sticks with the traditional Micro USB port. Samsung says this is because Micro USB retains compatibility with the Gear VR headset released last year, and that USB C isn't quite ready for the mainstream just yet.
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge pictures Additionally, the S7 line is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor in North America, a departure from Samsung’s own Exynos chips that were in the S6. (Samsung is still using Exynos processors in the S7 for other regions of the world.) The RAM has been stepped up to 4GB this time around.
While Samsung brought back the expandable storage and water resistance of its earlier Galaxy models, like the S6, the S7 line does not have removable batteries. Instead, to address the battery life deficiencies of last year, Samsung increased the size of the phones’ batteries, up to 3,000mAh in the S7 (up from 2,550mAh in the S6) and 3,600mAh for the S7 Edge (vs 2,600 in the S6 Edge). Those batteries are significantly larger, especially in the S7 Edge, so hopefully the battery woes of the S6 are left in the past. Both phones also retain Samsung’s adaptive fast charging and fast wireless charging features.
Perhaps the most significant change this year comes in the S7’s new 12-megapixel camera. It’s lower resolution than last year’s 16-megapixel shooter, but Samsung says its larger pixels let in 56 percent more light than before for better low light images. The camera’s lens is a brighter f/1.7 aperture, allowing in 25 percent more light. Combined, the new sensor and lens let in 95 percent more light than last year’s already impressive camera, which is promising for low light photography. The sensor’s shape has also changed from a wide-format 16:9 to a more traditional 4:3 ratio.Blackberry Priv Official Unboxing & Hands On ReviewMyNextGadget2015-10-31 | BlackBerry Priv is an Android smartphone with a slide out physical keyboard developed by BlackBerry Limited. The Priv is the first BlackBerry smartphone not to be powered by one of the company's proprietary operating systems (i.e. BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10).
The Priv's slide out QWERTY keyboard is touch enabled and functions in a similar way to the BlackBerry Passport keyboard. It allows the user to flick up to Complete a word and swipe back (left) to Delete the last word. It can also be used as a touchpad to navigate around screens and web pages. The on screen touch keyboard is also made by BlackBerry. The BlackBerry Hub is a universal communications application, bringing together text messages, email, notifications, BBM, Twitter, Facebook, and other apps as well as call logs and calendar appointments in a single screen. The Productivity Edge allows the user to take advantage of the Priv's dual-curve display by letting them take a peek at their messages, notifications, calendar and more, simply by swiping along the edge of the screen. The Priv comes with a suite of security apps known as BlackBerry Safeguard which includes Picture Password, Password Keeper, BlackBerry Protect, and DTEK, an app which provides users with privacy and security related status, alerts and controls.
Hardware and design
The Priv features a 5.43 dual curved display with a resolution of 2560x1440. The internals comprise of a Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & Quad-core 1.44 GHz CortexA53 Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 system-on-chip with 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage, along with a non-removable 3410 mAh battery rated for at least 22.5 hours of mixed usage. The Priv features an 18-megapixel rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
In addition to an on-screen keyboard, the Priv also features the iconic BlackBerry physical 4-row keyboard, which slides out from the lower part of the device. Similar to the Blackberry Passport, the physical keyboard is touch-sensitive; acting as a touchpad.
Software
The BlackBerry Priv runs Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop", bundled with Google Play, BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Calendar, BBM, and BlackBerry DTEK, a new privacy app that was developed exclusively for the Priv.Mark Zuckerberg Townhall Q&A At IIT Delhi Highlights | 28.10.2015MyNextGadget2015-10-28 | Mark Zuckerberg's Townhall Q&A at IIT Delhi, India.
Addressing the crowd, Zuckerberg answered a handful of questions on topics ranging from the Internet.org and Free Basics to the issue of Net Neutrality.
One of the first questions asked to Zuckerberg was about Facebook’s interest in India, to which he started by revealing some numbers and also mentioned how Internet connectivity can improve people’s life. While there are 132 million active users in India, there are still billions of people who are unconnected. “We won’t be able to achieve our mission of connecting the world without connecting India,” Zuckerberg said. Citing some researches, he also mentioned that one in every 10 people with Internet access finds a job, which also helps in lifting poverty in India.
One gentleman asked what is Facebook doing to get rid of those annoying Candy Crush requests, to which Zuckerberg said that his team is working with the developers to come up with a solution for that.
Another question was from a lady who is a railway employee and a sports person. She asked on how Facebook aims to connect people who don’t have internet connectivity or a social account. Answering this question, Zuckerberg talked about Internet.org which is already being used by 15 million people from across the globe, with one million in India itself.
Zuckerberg also talked about three reasons on why people may not have internet access – availability, affordability and awareness. He said, with Internet.org platform, Facebook will offer users with access to basic services such as Wikipedia, job listings and news among others. The service aims to create awareness about importance of Internet among people. Talking on how Facebook plans to get these services to the masses, Zuckerberg mentioned about the space satellite and solar planes (unmanned drones) to beam Internet to rural areas. However, he also mentioned that only basic services will be offered for free, whereas for advance services such as content downloading and high-quality video streaming, users will have to pay. He further added saying that the new and improved Facebook now only consumes a tenth of data.
Another interesting question asked to Zuckerberg was how Oculus Rift fits into social media. He started by pointing out that videos are now playing an important role and have become more immersive than they were before. “We are now entering the golden age of video, and content is becoming richer in the form of videos, he said. But at the moment videos are restricted to small 2D screens and Facebook wants to make watching videos a much richer experience,” Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg gave an example by saying he and his wife Priscilla are expecting a daughter. With virtual reality, the couple plans to share her first step on social media. He also pointed out that by putting the headset, people can virtually travel to any place across the world, without actually being there. With Oculus Rift and virtual reality, Facebook plans to offer users with a rich video experience.
Lastly, there was a question that people were expecting Zuckerberg to answer – does Internet.org support Net Neutrality? Making things clear, he said Internet.org completely supports Net Neutrality. However, Zuckerberg also stressed on having regulations and Zero Rating programs to ensure it doesn’t hurt people. He also mentioned that in countries like the US and EU, governments are dealing with Zero Rating programs.
Defending Free Basics, Zuckerberg said that the program only aims towards connecting the unconnected to internet. Internet.org will be a platform for select services, but the main question that still remains – why does Facebook get to choose which services to offer, and which not to.
Zuckerberg also took a dig at people who filed the petitions for Net Neutrality, saying the ones who support it are those who are already connected to the internet. He concluded by saying “We all have moral responsibility… get twisted to hurt people who don’t have a voice.”Microsoft Windows 10 Devices Event Keynote | Lumia 950 & 950 XL | Surface Pro & Surface Book ..MyNextGadget2015-10-06 | The 5 most important things from today's big Microsoft event !
THE LUMIA 950: A WINDOWS 10 MOBILE FLAGSHIP Nokia and Microsoft's Lumia phones had uniquely colorful designs and high-powered cameras, but their Windows Phone operating system never reached the popularity of iOS or Android. Now, Microsoft is promoting the new Windows 10 Mobile with another Lumia device: the 5.2-inch Lumia 950. The Lumia 950 is a flagship phone with a Snapdragon 808 processor and, more unusually, a liquid cooling system for its components. It's also got a 20-megapixel PureView rear camera and an infrared sensor for "Windows Hello," which unlocks a user's phone by checking their face. We'll have to wait a little while to see any of this in action, though: the 950 is launching in November for $549.
THE LUMIA 950 XL: MICROSOFT'S REALLY BIG PHONE The Lumia 950 isn't exactly tiny, but the 5.7-inch 950 XL is its bigger sibling. Under the skin, it's got a different processor but a similar feature set to the Lumia 950, including the 20-megapixel rear camera with image stabilization and support for Windows Hello. (It's also actually a slight step down from the 6-inch Lumia that was released in 2013.) Like the 950, the XL will be released in November; it will cost $649.
THE SURFACE PRO 4: A NEW VOLLEY IN THE TABLET WARS With Apple's recent iPad Pro announcement, all eyes were on Microsoft for the Surface Pro 4, and Redmond didn't disappoint. With a 12.3-inch display and reduced bezels, it has a bigger screen without becoming a bigger device, and it's available with up to 1TB of storage and 16GB of RAM. Microsoft also spent some time talking up its new customizable Surface Pen — with no shortage of jabs at the Apple Pencil — and a series of performance tests against the MacBook Air, pitching its tablet as the real option for professionals. The Surface Pro 4 is available October 26th, starting at $899.
THE SURFACE BOOK: AN ACTUAL LAPTOP FROM MICROSOFT Remember when Microsoft was just a software company? Today, the company moved even further away from that with the Surface Book, a convertible laptop version of the Surface. It has a 13.5-inch display that supports both stylus and touch input, along with 12-hour battery life, a Microsoft-designed keyboard, and a glass trackpad. It also has a crazy, snaking hinge that Microsoft calls the dynamic fulcrum hinge, letting the screen flip around or be safely detached to create a standalone Surface tablet. The Surface Book is available on October 26th and starts at $1,499.
HOLOLENS DEVELOPMENT KITS WILL COST $3,000 The HoloLens has always wowed us in concept, even if the actual implementation hasn't quite lived up to expectations. Today we got another jaw-dropping (if still overhyped) game demo — Project X-Ray — and there's also some important news about the promised development kit. For $3,000, devs will be able to get their own HoloLens kit in the first quarter of next year. Microsoft promises these kits will be "fully untethered" — meaning no cables or connection to a PC required once apps are loaded onto it. If you're a prospective augmented reality developer, you can put in an application starting today.Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Official Hands On ReviewMyNextGadget2015-10-06 | Surface Pro 4 adds powerful new processors and redesigned keyboards, starting at $899 this October.
Microsoft has updated its flagship Surface line with the new Surface Pro 4.
This Windows 10 hybrid is a evolution from the previous Surface Pro 3, starting with a thinner, lighter chassis and slightly larger display, and adding new processors from Intel, a redesigned keyboard, improved stylus functionality, a reversible USB-C port for docking, and a front-facing camera that can instantly log you into Windows 10 using facial recognition.
The starting price is $899 in the US, and the keyboard cover is still sold separately at $129.
It's actually only one of two new computers from Microsoft today: you may also want to take a look at Microsoft's so-called "Ultimate Laptop," the new Surface Book. In the Surface Pro 4, the biggest upgrade is in the new processors, part of Intel's sixth generation of Core chips, also known by the codename Skylake. These processors offer improved performance and battery life, and in the case of the Surface Pro 4, it's an especially important upgrade as the Surface Pro 3 was already two CPU generations behind. Microsoft says the new Surface Pro 4's new processor makes it 30% faster than the Surface Pro 3, and up to 50% faster than Apple's MacBook Air.
Besides Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, the same as those found in most mainstream and premium laptops and hybrids, Microsoft is adding support for Intel's Core M processors. These low-power, highly efficient chips have turned up in only a handful of lightweight premium systems, such as the 12-inch Apple MacBook and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. In those systems, the Core M underperformed, at least compared to Intel's hype about the chip, so we'll have to wait until we can test the new version of this processor in the Surface Pro 4 to see if the Core M has improved enough.
(Microsoft claims the device can get 9 hours of battery life, but that's only during offline video playback with a Core i5 model.)
The display jumps from 12.0-inches to 12.3 inches diagonally in size, and ups the screen resolution to 2,736x1,824 (267 pixels per inch) without making the magnesium alloy frame any larger. In fact, it's slightly thinner at 8.4mm, compared to the Surface Pro 3's 9.1mm chassis, and starts at just 1.69 pounds for the Core M version.
Microsoft's optional keyboard cover has also been redesigned, offering more separation between the individual keys. It looks and feels more like a standard island-style laptop keyboard now, whereas before, the keys were very tightly packed together. The keyboard's also thinner now, with a reduced key travel of 1.3mm, compared to 1.5mm on earlier models. It has a new type of key, "ProSet," that could help with the difference. The backlit keyboard cover also has a 40% larger glass precision trackpad with 5-point multitouch, and an optional fingerprint sensor that's compatible with Windows Hello's one-touch login system.
The stylus, now included with the Surface Pro 4, is tightly integrated with Windows 10. Click and hold the eraser button on the top and you'll activate Cortana, the Windows digital assistant. The stylus has 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, and Microsoft claims the battery will last a full year. Microsoft is also talking up the speed and accuracy of the new stylus, thanks in part to a dedicated "Pen and Touch" chipset inside the device, and an extremely thin 0.4mm Gorilla Glass 4 screen cover glass.
It'll come in five colors and Microsoft will sell interchangeable pen tips for different types of drawing and painting applications. The new Surface Pro 4 also includes two cameras: a front-facing 5-megapixel camera with Windows Hello facial recognition, and an 8-megapixel rear camera. Ports include a reversible USB-C connector for power and docking, a Mini DisplayPort, a headset jack, a full-size USB 3.0 port, and a microSD card reader. Microsoft will aksi offer an optional docking station with four USB 3.0 ports, two 4K-capable DisplayPorts, and an Ethernet jack that can all be added to the tablet using a single USB-C cable. The base $899 model of the Surface Pro 4 will come with a Core m3 processor, 4GB of memory, and 128GB of solid state storage, with the top-of-the-line $2,199 configuration stretching up to a Core i7, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. There will also be a 1TB solid state drive as an option.Apple iPhone 6S & 6S Plus Official Unboxing !MyNextGadget2015-09-25 | Apple iPhone 6S & 6S Plus Rose Gold Unboxing .Mark Zuckerberg Announces Dislike button coming to Facebook - Full Q+A Highlights | 15.09.2015MyNextGadget2015-09-16 | Facebook is to add a "dislike" button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. In a Q+A session held at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, the 31-year-old said the button would be a way for people to express empathy. He said Facebook was "very close" to having it ready for user testing. A "dislike" button has been constantly requested by some users since the introduction of the now-iconic "like" button in 2009. "People have asked about the 'dislike' button for many years," Mr Zuckerberg told the audience on Tuesday. "Probably hundreds of people have asked about this, and today is a special day because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it, and are very close to shipping a test of it." However he went on to say he did not want it to be a mechanism with which people could "down vote" others' posts. Instead, it will be for times when clicking "like" on "sad" posts felt insensitive.MyNextGizmo Live StreamMyNextGadget2015-09-10 | ...Apple iPhone 6S 2015 Keynote Highlights | iPhone 6S & 6S Plus | iPad Pro | Apple TV | iPad Mini 4MyNextGadget2015-09-09 | The 10 most important things from Apple's iPhone 6S event !
Apple events can usually be referenced based on the one flagship they focus on: the iPad event, the iPhone event, the Apple Music event. That doesn’t work quite as well with today’s news-packed event. The company officially delivered on two long-overdue rumors: it refreshed the Apple TV, and it unveiled a giant, almost laptop-like iPad. The iPad Pro is a 12.9-inch behemoth with a matching stylus and keyboard, seemingly designed to fill the same market Microsoft is going after with the Surface. The Apple TV set-top box is back with a new remote and deep Siri integration. Both have a new ecosystem of apps, including productivity tools and games. And both are coming out later this fall: the TV in October, the iPad in November.
But the biggest news for most people will probably be the regular iPhone updates: the 6S and larger 6S Plus. While the design looks a lot like the last-generation iPhone 6, it’s been redesigned with better specs and a more complex “3D touch” interface. Before you start learning the approximately 300 new synonyms for “tap” that will become common in the coming months, take a look at the rest of the news below.
STYLUSES ARE HIP AGAIN Steve Jobs may have famously trashed styluses when the original iPad came out, but times have changed. The $99 Apple Pencil is a dedicated iPad Pro stylus that will allow for precision drawing and can be used simultaneously with a finger. Granted, Apple is jumping into a market that’s been filled by third-party designers for years, so anyone who absolutely needed a stylus for the smaller, existing iPads probably already has one. A VERY MINI IPAD REFRESH While the iPad Pro brought a huge refresh to the iPad today, the iPad mini news was a little… smaller. The refreshed iPad mini 4, a new 7.9-inch tablet with the "power of the iPad Air 2," will cost $399, and the iPad mini 2 will see a price reduction to $269. The iPad Air didn’t see an update today, but the original Air will cost $399 while the Air 2 will cost $499.
FINALLY, A NEW APPLE TV The long overdue Apple TV is here, and it’ll run a separate OS, called… tvOS. As expected, the new Apple TV will have a Universal Search feature that lets you search across apps like iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu, and it will feature Siri in a big way. Similar to other set-top boxes, voice search will be the primary way to navigate.
'FORCE TOUCH' IS NOW THANKFULLY '3D TOUCH' As expected, Apple brought 3D Touch to the new iPhones today. The feature is similar to the Watch’s simpler Force Touch, which allows users to clear all notifications with one press. 3D Touch, however, means the iPhone screen can distinguish between multiple levels of pressure. 3D Touch will require users to learn at least two new gestures: "peek" and "pop," which will make app browsing more direct. "Peek" will let users preview information, and "Pop" will take them inside it.Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 Review | IFA 2015MyNextGadget2015-09-06 | Samsung’s freshly announced Gear S2 smartwatch has piqued our interest ever since we caught a first glimpse of its circular display and sleek UI several months ago. The Tizen OS wearable device made made a brief cameo at the Samsung Galaxy Note5 launch event last month, followed by its official debut a couple of days ago.
Available in classic and sportier guise, Samsung Gear S2 is a massive improvement over last year’s Samsung Gear S in terms of design and functionality. With a fully circular Super AMOLED display and rotating bezel that controls a sleek new UI, the newcomer carries an aura of desirability which none of its predecessors possessed.
Samsung Gear S2 lineup at a glance 1.2” circular Super AMOLED display with 360 x 360 pixels; 302ppi 1GHz dual-core CPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset 512MB of RAM; 4GB of built-in memory Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n; Bluetooth 4.1; NFC (with support for Samsung Pay) Optional 3G network connectivity and e-SIM support (Gear S2 3G) 250mAh battery (Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic); 300mAh battery (Gear S2 3G) Built-in heart rate sensor with S Health support Built-in accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, vibration/haptic engine Standard 20mm leather band (Gear S2 classic); swappable band with proprietary connector (Gear S2 and Gear S2 3G) Stainless steel body with IP68 rating for water and dust resistance (all variants) Rotating bezel for navigating through the Tizen OS user interface Compatible with all Android devices with Android 4.4 and up and more than 1.56GB of RAM In a manner typical for a high-end Samsung device, the 1.2” circular Super AMOLED unit in the Gear S2 family promises one of the best screens in its segment. The Snapdragon 400 chipset on the other hand, promises smooth performance - it is an established smartwatch industry standard by now.
In charge of navigating the sleek Tizen UI, the rotating bezel of the Gear S2 is an innovative and convenient solution. At 2-3 days, the quoted battery life of the device of the non-3G version looks impressive too.
Most importantly, the Gear S2 smartwatch, unlike past Gear iterations, is now available to Android devices other than Samsung. This step by the Korean manufacturer promises to make its latest and greatest wearable more successful than any of its predecessors.Everything You Need To Know About The Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 | IFA Berlin 2015MyNextGadget2015-09-05 | The Gear S2 might be the first good smartwatch Samsung has made. And this is a company that's made a lot of smartwatches.
Samsung started off in wearables with the Galaxy Gear, which was pretty terrible, and followed it up with a series of Gear watches that showed steady, but marginal improvement. They'd never quite reached a point where I could tell somebody "No, you won't regret forking over your hard-earned cash for one of those." In fact, I'd actively discourage people from getting any of them, with the closest I could recommend being the still-pretty-bad Gear Live running Android Wear.
But now I'm conflicted. I spent a good 45 minutes with the Samsung Gear S2 ahead of Thursday's event, and I came away more impressed than I've ever been by any smartwatch, and I'm one of the weirdos that's owned a few (Pebble, Pebble Steel, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360, and Apple Watch). Well, really anybody with a smartwatch is an outlier right now, but it's devices like the Gear S2 that will help to change that.
I had this same conflicted struggle with the Samsung Galaxy S6. I knew from the first instant that I picked one up that I wanted one, especially the edge model. It was a weird feeling. I've wanted, nay, lusted after gadgets before, even smartphones. I'm very familiar with the "I want this" feeling.
But I'd never had that thought about a Samsung device before. I'd long regarded them with alternating waves of scorn and derision, mocking their penchant for badly copying designs of others, falling flat on their faces when trying their own design language. I'd laughed at their build quality, their software quality, and their marketing. Samsung was the company I loved to hate.
That started to turn when I picked up that Galaxy S6. It was finely crafted, it was beautiful, and it felt good in my hand. The performance was remarkable and the user interface tweaks they'd made didn't make me throw up in my mouth. It was a device that I wanted, and it had the Samsung name on it. It was an odd mental predicament in which I found myself.
So I bought the Galaxy S6 edge when it came out. I've been using it ever since, and while the "this thing is incredible" sheen has worn off, I'm still quite satisfied with it. I've toyed around with other Android phones (and still carry an iPhone in addition to the S6 on a daily basis), but I keep coming back to it. I'm used to it being a Samsung device and being something I want to use. The Note 5 is a quite nice device too, but Samsung still sucked at wearables.One Plus 2 Official Unboxing | Hands On ReviewMyNextGadget2015-09-03 | THE GOOD The OnePlus 2 offers high-end performance at a low price, while not skimping on design. The rear camera delivers pretty good pictures as well.
THE BAD The phone lacks both fast and wireless charging and the USB Type-C port doesn't offer any performance benefits. Some software bugs hamper the user experience.
THE BOTTOM LINE The OnePlus 2 offers powerful hardware and beautiful design at a comparatively low price, but availability through the OnePlus invite system makes it hard to acquire.Microsoft Announces Backward Compatibility For XBOX One - E3 2015MyNextGadget2015-06-16 | E3 2015: XBOX ONE BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY UPDATE ENABLES 360, XBLA
During the today's E3 Xbox Conference, Xbox Head Phil Spencer confirmed Xbox One will support backward compatibility.
With over 100 titles, and more coming in the future, retail disks will also work with the Xbox One.
Digital downloads will start showing up automatically in your game library. Still need to download the game when using your Xbox 360 disks.
Developers and publishers just need to approve what titles work with backwards compatibility.
Xbox One backward compatibility is available now for preview members and everyone this holiday.Oculus E3 2015 Keynote Highlights | Oculus Rift | Oculus Touch | VR Games | #FutureOfGamingMyNextGadget2015-06-14 | Here's The Final Oculus Rift, Coming In Early 2016 !
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe held a pre-E3 keynote today to unveil the final version of the Oculus Rift, which is due to start shipping next. It's a lighter, sleeker new design that improves on the Crescent Bay headset last year, and it certainly looks ready for primetime. But with the official debut comes news of a Microsoft partnership and the ability to stream Xbox One games, and an official look at Oculus Touch, the company's latest VR input solution.Apple WWDC 2015 Keynote Highlights | iOS 9 | Apple Music | OS X El Capitan | Watch OS 2MyNextGadget2015-06-09 | Apple’s monster developers conference earlier today featured a parade of software announcements, Apple employees excitedly discussing their “big” karaoke potluck, and Drake. iOS 9 is here. But what we saw on stage at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference was more than just a yearly update to Apple’s mobile OS. It’s a glimpse at how Apple’s operating systems are being unified as it builds out new devices and platforms. iOS has never mattered more.
Apple has announced their new OS X: El Capitan. Yes, El Capitan is that famous mountain in Yosemite National Park. The best features? New smarter Spotlight and the (elegant) new way they manage full screen apps now—taking a page (read: lifting) from Microsoft’s Windows user experience. We’ve been waiting forever for Apple Music: A real streaming music product straight from the heart of Cupertino. Will it work? Or is this just the latest crap.
At last, Apple introduced multitasking apps on iOS 9 for iPad, which means you can work with more than one application at once. This is a godsend for iPad users.
Get ready to pay with your iPhone at the flea market, because the company just announced a mobile Apple Pay reader built by Square. Apple also announced a whole host of new big box stores that will accept Apple Pay. And to top it all off: Passbook is now called Wallet. Six weeks ago, people began getting Apple’s latest piece of luxury hardware, the Apple Watch. Reviews have been mixed, but the company aims to change that by giving developers a chance to develop more apps for the new Watch OS — which means users will soon have a ton of apps to choose from.
Looks like Apple’s Newsstand has officially gone the way of most actual newsstands. The content-sharing service has been axed, but it’s being replaced by something new: The simply-named News.
Apple is so hellbent on dominating the streaming music game, it’s doing something I never thought I’d see: Bringing its first app ever to Android. Starting this fall, Apple’s new Beats-fueled streaming music service will be available on Android phones. Apple Music is the first native Apple app to bust out of Apple’s walled garden.
Slowly but surely, Apple is been threatening to creep into the smart home market. The company just took one more small step by announcing that it’s HomeKit software will give you access to connected home devices from anywhere in the world by using iCloud. And the software will finally work on a whole bunch of products.
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for—well, those of us who prefer not to drive. Apple finally acknowledges that a huge portion of its audience rides buses and subways by adding transit directions to Maps. Let’s hope they actually work.
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for—well, those of us who prefer not to drive. Apple finally acknowledges that a huge portion of its audience rides buses and subways by adding transit directions to Maps. Let’s hope they actually work.Google I/O 2015 Keynote Highlights | Android M | Project Brillo | VR Camera RigMyNextGadget2015-05-28 | Google's introduction of Android M, as well as a commitment to unlimited photo and video storage headlined Google I/O's keynote.
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Xperia Z3+ features Snapdragon 810 64 bit Octa core processor (2 GHz) with 3 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage (with micro SD card support). It features 20.7 MP camera 25mm wide-angle, 1 / 2.3 inch size sensor (ISO 12800). It features 5.1 MP front camera (25mm wide-angle). Xperia Z3+ weighs 144 grams and is 6.9mm thin with 5.2″ FHD Display (1920 x 1080 resolution, no 2K) packed in an aluminum frame with glass back.
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That's the message Mark Zuckerberg left people with when holding his sixth town hall event answering questions from the public Thursday.
Zuckerberg says he's so averse to birthday celebrations that when he turned 30 last year, he flew to the other side of the country to avoid any chance of shenanigans. It didn't work, and his assistant filled a conference room with balloons anyway when he returned.
Zuckerberg said he was stubborn about it and didn't agree to have the balloons cleared out. Instead, he held meetings throughout the day there.
This caused an odd sight because some of the meetings he has are contentious. One meeting was particularly odd, when he began dressing down subordinates. "You guys have to do better work, you're letting our community down, we need to do better work," he remembers saying.
"We were all up to our waists in balloons, and everyone was just so sad," he said. "It was ridiculous."
Though he didn't discuss whether he still believes people under 30 are smarter, Zuckerberg said he's looking forward to a low-key, home-cooked meal this evening. "I get too much attention the rest of the time."
Zuckerberg's birthday plans were just the latest of many things he discussed at the question and answer session at Facebook's headquarters. Since his first event in November, Zuckerberg has held an event about once a month. He's also held the events in various locations, spanning from Colombia to Spain.
Though he typically ends up repeating many of the things he's said before about free speech, technology and societal issues, he has also given some insight into the way he works and what he sometimes thinks about.
Last year, he expanded on earlier comments he'd made about the Hollywood portrayal of Facebook's founding in Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network." In the past, he'd said the one thing the movie got right was his clothing, a joke undercutting the film's veracity. But talking in a live broadcast in November, he said the movie had been "hurtful."
He's also discussed terrorism, Internet traffic rules and the possibility of adding a "dislike" button to Facebook.
At his talk today, Zuckerberg also touched upon issues around diversity in Silicon Valley, a topic CNET recently investigated as part of its series, Solving for XX.
He said part of the problem is supply: There just isn't enough talented people who are women or minorities. "Longer term, we aren't going to solve this problem unless we get people interested in computer science and some of these fields," he said. "It would be great if we could have half of our engineers be women."
Part of the way he believes this can be fixed is by exposing children to computers, video games and technology at a younger age.
"Letting them play around with stuff is one of the best things you can do," he said. Zuckerberg said he spent a lot of time as a child playing with computers and playing the world-building game Civilization. "I definitely would not have gotten into programming if I had not played games as a kid."
Policy and vision
Zuckerberg also responded to questions about Facebook's rules around what posts might be taken down from the service, a trend CNET Magazine wrote about this spring in an article, "The Rise of the Internet Police."
In particular, users asked Zuckerberg about posts regarding the tensions between the Ukraine and the US. Apparently, some had been removed, and rumors had begun circulating that Facebook was allowing racism and nationalism drive its decisions. More than 45,000 people wanted Zuckerberg to talk about this, Facebook said.
Zuckerberg said he investigated the company's actions, and said he supported decisions. He said Facebook had a groups in Ireland who speak many languages around the world making decisions about what posts are deemed racist and against the company's policies. Hate speech, he said, is unacceptable on the service.
He also gave some insight into his wardrobe. Zuckerberg in the past has said he chooses a basic wardrobe of jeans and a grey t-shirt because he doesn't like wasting energy on making decisions about what to wear.
So what will he wear when he's 80, the questioner asks, since a hoodie might look a little silly. "Maybe I'll wear like a unitard, or a one-piece, a unitard may be bad, but maybe what-is-it-called... a onesie?" he said to laughs in the audience. "Who knows what kind of incredibly unfashionable thing I'll have found."LG G4 : Official Review !MyNextGadget2015-05-02 | The LG G4 has a lot to live up to.
For starters, it's the successor to one of last year's best smartphones, the LG G3 - which was itself the successor to 2013's best mobile, the G2. But that's only half of its problem. This year, the smartphone bar has been raised to incredible new heights by Stuff's current smartphone champion, the Samsung Galaxy S6.
Samsung's decision to adopt metal and glass, coupled with powerful inards, slick performance and one of the best smartphone cameras around, has really left its South Korean rival with a mountainous challenge.
LG is definitely up for the fight however, and its leather-clad G4, with its truck load of camera smarts, removable battery and expandable storage, has a lot to offer.
We spent enough time with a G4 sample to gather some initial impressions ahead of our full in-depth review, so let's see how it fares on our first date. Now that Samsung's glass and metal Galaxy S6 has joined HTC and Apple in the premium club, LG has had to up its game. And it has.
The G4's rear is slathered in genuine leather, and it looks and feels far nicer than the plastic back of the G3. It also offers more grip than the G3 did, and metal or glass-backed handsets such as the One M9 and Galaxy S6, which should hopefully reduce the chances of spontaneous pavement drops.
While it's a definite improvement however, it still can't quite match the premium all-metal bodies of the One M9 and iPhone 6, or the glass back of the S6. It doesn't feel cheap, but there's a heft and weight to its rivals which do make them seem that little bit more premium in the hand.
LG is also throwing in a second, plastic rear cover into every G4 box, just in case you'd rather not risk scratching or staining the leather when you're out and about. The leather itself is stretched over and around the rear plate of the G4 and is secured on the inside, which should prevent the edges from fraying or peeling.
Fears that a leather back would bring the death of the G3's coveted removable battery and microSD slot were unfounded - the G4's leather rear is removable, providing easy access to those two essential features that Android power users value above all else.
Given that Samsung has ditched both removable storage and swappable batteries in the S6, the G4 is currently the only 2015 flagship from a major manufacturer to offer both features, which will make it very appealing to media hoarders.
It's worth pointing out that the G4 won't support wireless charging out of the box, although the feature can be enabled with certain cases, which will be sold separately.
The body of the G4 itself has been refined too. While not as curved as the G Flex 2, there is a noticeable bend to its profile (made possible by its curved LCD display), which also goes some way towards offering a firmer grip.
It feels comfortable in the hands, and the G3's rounded corners have given way to a squarer shape. It's a tad larger and a little heavier than its predecessor, but if you're already used to swiping away on larger screens your hands shouldn't have any problems. Small-palmed gadgeteers will struggle with one-handed use though.
The signature rear power and volume buttons of the G series return here, which is just fine by us. It's an innovation we were pleasantly surprised by in the G2, and we're happy to see its return in LG's latest flagship.
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Apple is late to the smartwatch game. The first smartwatches were launched by Microsoft in 2004, but were dead within four years. In 2013 Pebble relaunched the smartwatch category after a very successful crowdfunding campaign and went on to sell more than 1m watches by the end of 2014.
Samsung had not one but six stabs at the smartwatch between 2013-2014, and Google finally got into the smartwatch game with Android Wear in June 2014.
And with the arrival of Apple’s Watch, there has been greater consumer awareness outside of geeks and early adopters, with many asking: do I need really a smartwatch?
Smaller than you’d expect Apple’s first smartwatch comes in three variations and with either a 38mm case, which is roughly the size of a slim Casio watch and just twice the thickness, and a larger 42mm case. Neither sizes are as large as most other smartwatches and are tiny compared to large mens’ watches. The 42mm version has a larger battery.
The minimum price of entry is £300 for the aluminium Apple Watch Sport, the stainless steel Apple Watch starts at £479, and the gold “Edition” stretches up to£13,500. All three have the same innards.
I can’t speak for the Edition, but the rest of the Apple watch range are without doubt, the best made smartwatches currently available.
The fit and finish is great, the watch feels thinner than most of its competitors, and even the rubber strap is nicer with a quality heft to it. But given that even the cheapest and smallest of them is at least twice the price of even the previous most expensive Pebble or Android Wear smartwatch, you would hope so too.
The OLED screen is relatively sharp, but visibly not quite as crisp as an iPhone. It is also not quite bright enough to read without squinting in direct sunlight.
Apple Watch review Facebook Twitter Pinterest The 42mm Apple Watch Sport on various sizes of male and female wrists. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs for the Guardian Tap, tap, twist Apple has introduced - or reintroduced depending on how you look at it - two ways to interact with a device. The first is the “Force Touch”, which is a hard press on the screen and acts like a right click or options menu button, and second the jog-dial on the side called the “digital crown”, which scrolls through lists or text or can zoom in or out in a map, for instance.
Both work as described and are effective, if a bit confusing - more on that later.
The Apple Watch also has a new type of haptic feedback that taps on your wrist instead of just vibrating. It works very well and is a lot more distracting than a vibrating wrist, which can be easily missed. I hope this becomes the norm for future wearable devices.
What does it do? The primary function of a smartwatch is put notifications from a smartphone onto a wrist; the Apple Watch is no exception. Every email, text, tweet or Facebook message can be pushed to the wrist, meaning the phone can stay in the pocket.
The usefulness of such a service depends on how many notifications you receive and how strict you are at checking them. If you aren’t bothered by multiple pings and vibrations of the phone - you’ll get to them when you get to them - then a smartwatch isn’t for you. If, however, you’re a compulsive phone checker, then a smartwatch could be useful.
Apple Watch review Facebook Twitter Pinterest Read your emails on your watch. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs for the Guardian Like most smartwatches, the list of apps that can send notifications to the Apple Watch can be tailored via the companion app, which will be important because most will not want every notification to disturb them. In effect, the Apple Watch can be a filter for notification overload like any other smartwatch.
Notifications override anything when they come in. An email, even if you don’t care about it, will interrupt whatever you’re doing on the watch. If the notification doesn’t have a dismiss button at the end - some do, some don’t - a swipe to the left reveals it, or you can swipe up from the bottom to hide notifications.
Tapping on a single notification takes you into the full app. For an email that means the full email, or at least the text of it. HTML emails needed not apply. Swiping from the top down dismisses it, but if you want to get to options such as mark as read, flag or delete you have to scroll to the bottom, which can be a lot of turns of the crown.LG G4 Official Hands On Review !MyNextGadget2015-04-29 | But while the overall design of the G4 is very similar to the G3, LG is offering the new phone with leather backs in a handful of colors that bring the all-plastic phone up a few notches in terms of look and feel. The company says it spends an inordinate amount of time (three months) making each leather back, and the materials and processes used to do so are the same as luxury handbags. The leather options are certainly an improvement over the gross, glossy plastic used on other LG phones, but it feels more like the phone is in a leather case than actually being a handcrafted artifact.
THE G4'S NEW SCREEN IS IMPRESSIVE Though the G4's display has the same size and resolution as last year's phone, LG is touting a number of new technologies that supposedly make it the best display on any smartphone yet. The G4 has what LG is calling a "Quantum IPS" panel with the same color accuracy rating as displays used for color grading movies. It's 25 percent brighter with 50 percent better contrast and 20 percent better color accuracy. LG also says it's 11 percent more power efficient than the G3's screen. In person, it's certainly an impressive display, especially when compared side by side with other smartphones, but it's hard to say how much better it actually is in the real world.
The G4's camera is also upgraded over the G3, with a new 16-megapixel sensor, brighter f/1.8 lens, and improved image stabilization. It has the same laser autofocus system as before, but it also adds a new "color spectrum sensor" that promises more accurate color and white balance in difficult lighting conditions. LG also revamped its camera app for the G4 with extensive manual controls, including shutter speed, white balance, ISO, and RAW image capture.
LG G4 photos Other highlight specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 3,000mAh removable battery (but no Qualcomm QuickCharge support or built-in wireless charging), and a Micro SD card slot. LG also says that the GPS navigation and location services on the G4 are twice as accurate as other phones.
For software, the G4 is running Android 5.1 Lollipop with LG's custom interface. Like Samsung, LG says it has removed a lot of superfluous apps this year, and that most versions of the G4 will only ship with Google Chrome instead of two browsers. (Though the demo devices we saw ahead of today's announcement had both Chrome and LG's browser installed.) The G4 comes with 100GB of free Google Drive storage space for two years, and the native gallery, music, and file explorer apps have Drive integrated into them.
THE G4 IS ENTERING AN INTENSELY COMPETITIVE FIELD LG says it will be launching the G4 on all of the major carriers in the US around the end of May or early June. The company wouldn't specify pricing (or how much more those fancy leather backs might cost), but it's likely the G4 will cost about the same as the G3.
Samsung's Galaxy S6 threw down the gauntlet earlier this year and staked its claim as the best Android phone ever made. LG is making many of the same claims with the G4, but it remains to be seen whether or not it will be able to compete with the best of the best.LG G Flex 2 Offcial Hands-On Review | CES 2015 |MyNextGadget2015-01-05 | LG’s flexible G Flex 2 has been one of the worst kept secrets of this year’s CES. After event posters and leaked press releases gave us a glimpse at the company’s plans, the company today unveiled the smartphone at the trade show.
The talking point of this smartphone is no doubt the self-healing back, which can now heal itself in 10 seconds. On the original smartphone it used to take about three minutes to heal itself. Additionally, the company also claims that the flexible display is now 20 percent more durable than before.
In line with what leaked earlier today, the G Flex 2 flaunts a 5.5-inch full HD Curved P-OLED (1920×1080 pixels) display. It is powered by a 2GHz Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor with 64-bit capability, paired with 2GB of RAM.
The smartphone also features 16GB and 32GB internal storage, microSD card support, 3,000mAh battery with Fast Charge feature, which enables the handset to be charged up to 50 percent in within 40 minutes, and on the software front, it runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop. On the photography front, the device features a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS+ and laser auto focus, which was first introduced on the G3, and a 2.1-megapixel shooter upfront.
Connectivity options include LTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart Ready 4.1, NFC, and USB 2.0. As for color options, the smartphone will be available in Platinum Silver and Flamenco Red.
As for availability, the smartphone will first launch in South Korea later this month. The company will launch it in other markets soon after.
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Yesterday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg kept busy taking questions during a Q&A session at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. We watched the entire thing for you and selected the best bits. This is what you need to know:
Dislike button?
Yes, it's on the cards but Zuckerberg is concerned it could be used in a "demeaning" way and he doesn't want people juding what's likeable or dislikeable on Facebook.
But he does see value in expressing more emotions- and recognises that people share "sad and tough" moments on Facebook, but it has to be done in the right way.
Why is camera-shy Mark Zuckerberg doing Q&A sessions and answering questions from the public in the first place?
Facebook does a weekly Q&A session. Doing a public session was the next step in Facebook's bid to get more feedback from users and, in Zuckerberg's words, learn how to better serve the community.
Facebook is not a waste of time.
Since when is keeping people connected a waste of time? Zuckerberg says Facebook society is wrong and "kind of sad" if staying in touch with friends is considered a waste of time.
Make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes and it's the learning process.
Use your real name on Facebook. Zuckerberg thinks it's easier to find someone if they use their real name *surprise* but, most importantly, it''s about creating a safe community.
He won't allow his kids to join Facebook until they turn 13.
That's the minimum age required to get a Facebook profile. Zuckerberg said technology shaped his life as a teenager and it turned out to be a good thing (well, he is a billionaire and runs a multi-billion dollar company)but bullying at schools is a real issue and should not be taken lightly.
What else did we find out? Zuckerberg's favourite pizza topping is fried chicken and he takes his New Year's resolutions very seriously. Some of these include learning how to cook (which apparently he does all the time and thinks it's fun) and learning Chinese (he recently completed another Q&A session in Mandarin). He's still considering his options for 2015.Suggestions? Write them in the comments section on the Q&A .
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A8X processor chip with 64-bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor Retina display: 9.7-inch LED-backlit MultiTouch display with IPS technology; 2048 x 1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch; Fully laminated display; Antireflective coating 16GB, 64GB or 128GB of storage FaceTime HD camera: 1.2Mp photos; 720p HD video iSight camera: 8Mp photos; f/2.4 aperture; 1080p HD video Touch ID fingerprint sensor Lightning connector Dimensions: Height: 240mm (height) x 169.5mm (width) x 6.1mm (depth). Weight: 444g (Wi-Fi + Cellular); 437g (Wi-Fi) 10-hour battery life
The Good The new iPad Air gets an improved A8X processor, better rear and front-facing cameras, an even thinner and lighter design, an anti-reflective screen, a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and more built-in storage at higher configurations than last year. The Bad The Air 2 isn't a big change from last year's iPad in terms of overall function; battery life remains the same, although its battery life is already pretty good. Audio playback via speakers makes the thin metal body resonate more than before. The Bottom Line The iPad Air 2 is a nice refinement and finesse of last year's model, with a bevy of tweaks, enhancements, a much faster processor, and the welcome addition of Touch ID. Simply put: it's still the gold standard for tablets.
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The Gear S is not designed to replace your smartphone, I’m told. It’s designed to let you leave it at home, though, or in the other room. Its built-in connectivity means that even when it’s far away from your phone it can still send and receive messages, and get turn-by-turn directions. The Gear S runs Tizen — Samsung says the Gear Store has 1,000 apps in it — and can do almost everything without a phone. The Gear Manager app still requires your phone, and you’re not exactly going to want to send emails on the tiny QWERTY keys on the Gear S, but this device generally has no need for your smartphone.
The watch itself is impressively made, with a 2-inch curved OLED display that looks great from any angle. Waterproof, black or white, thick and heavy, it’s like a larger Gear Fit. A much larger Gear Fit. It’s designed to curl around your wrist, and it’s long enough that it does exactly that; it doesn’t feel like a watch so much as a cuff. It’s a computer on your wrist, and it feels like one. The big, thick bands that come with the device make it feel even larger, but thankfully the Gear S has swappable bands so you can slim it down a little.
In a few minutes of using it, the Gear S felt fast and responsive. Its 1.0GHz processor is clearly up to the task of swiping through notifications, and even tapping out quick responses and tracking steps. It’s also remarkably more powerful than your average smartwatch, able to actually read entire emails and see all your workout and sleep information in one place. This is the rare smartwatch that’s truly independent, not always punting you back to your phone. Samsung offers a handful of nice-looking watchfaces, a heart-rate sensor, and a battery it claims will last two days.
THIS ISN'T QUITE WHAT A SMARTWATCH COULD BE, BUT IT'S CLOSER The Gear S will be available in October in Korea, though its US fate is still very much uncertain. And this almost certainly isn’t the pinnacle of smartwatch design, for Samsung or the market at large. It’s still too big for most people, and still a little awkward to use. But curved screens feel ever more like a good idea, and it’s exciting to see wearables become more and more independently functional. There’s a lot for Samsung to take away from its latest adventure in smartwatches — and a lot left to improve upon.
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The Galaxy Note Edge has a curved 5.6 inch display that extends and wraps around the right side of the smartphone. Set to go on sale in autumn this year, the phablet will enable users to read incoming SMSes off the smaller notification window while seamlessly checking their e-mail messages off the main screen.
The curved screen offers quick access to various apps, updates and top-mounted shutter buttons when using the phone as a camera.
They can also use the built-in Edge panel window to display items such as weather information and news headlines on the smaller, slimmer window, while viewing something else on the main screen, The Straits Times reported. The Galaxy Note Edge is a variant of Samsung’s Galaxy Note series of phablet devices.
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Samsung Mocks Apple Samsung Mocking Apple The Next Big Thing AD Apple Vs Samsung Iphone 5S Galaxy S5TAG Heuer Launches Luxury Phone Official Video !MyNextGadget2014-04-04 | When it comes to outlandish technology on phones, it's the companies that make you go "what, them?" that are on the cutting edge. TAG Heuer (what, them?) is launching the Vertu-troubling Meridiist Infinite with something the company is calling a perpetual power reserve. In fact, the company is merely harnessing Wysips' transparent solar panel, which shoves a clear photovoltaic cell between the glass and LCD elements of the display. It'll automatically begin trickle-charging your phone as soon as the screen is exposed to natural and some artificial light with at least enough power to maintain the battery level in standby mode. The company is knocking out 1,911 units of the Meridiist Infinite, but considering that TAG charges nearly $7,000 for a FroYo device, you'd probably prefer to buy a solar panel for your actual house.Nokia Lumia 930 Official Hands-On Review !MyNextGadget2014-04-03 | Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 930, a new flagship smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1. The new phone has a 5-inch, 1080p display housed inside of a rectangular body with metallic sides and a colored back, either orange, green, white, or black. It bears a strong resemblance to the Lumia Icon too, which was introduced for Verizon earlier this year. "The 930 is just a beautifully crafted device," Stephen Elop, Microsoft's upcoming device chief, said while introducing the phone.
The 930 has a Snapdragon 800 processor, supports wireless charging, and includes a 20-megapixel PureView camera with a Zeiss lens, which Elop says should take great photos. "Naturally, as a flagship Lumia device, the Lumia 930 offers unprecedented images and videos," he said. The phone will come with updated imaging software along with some other software improvements, which Elop didn't detail. It'll be released globally, beginning in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and India this June. It will cost $599 before taxes and subsidies.
Nokia Lumia 930 Hands On Nokia Lumia 930 Review Nokia Lumia 930 First LookMicrosoft Launches Siri Rival Named Cortana !MyNextGadget2014-04-03 | "I'm thrilled for you all to now meet our truly personal digital assistant for Windows Phone," says Joe Belfiore as he introduces the Bing-powered Cortana voice assistant. Belfiore is demonstrating all the new features in Windows Phone 8.1 at Microsoft's Build conference, with Cortana being the major highlight.
Cortana is very much Microsoft's answer to Apple's Siri, Samsung's S Voice, and all the other voice assists software suites out there. It lets you manage basic phone functions, set appointments, perform searches, play back music, and set so-called quiet hours when only your inner circle of contacts may reach you. Similar to Google Now, Cortana learns from the web searches you perform and the locations you frequent to try and provide contextually sensitive and timely information.
Visually, Cortana is represented by a circular icon that adopts the same color scheme as your Windows Phone theme. It also pulsates when she speaks and rotates when searching for an answer. One of its cool functions demoed by Belfiore is the ability to answer incomplete questions, such as "how about in Celsius?" following the initial query of "what's the temperature in Las Vegas?" The Halo-inspired voice assistant will launch in beta in the United States, with the UK and China being among the first countries to get it afterwards
Besides Cortana, Windows Phone 8.1 will also introduce a new Action Center, which is essentially the notification center that users have been asking for. You'll be able to customize which apps can send notifications to Action Center and whether they're allowed to vibrate the phone. There's also a set of basic toggles at the top, such as airplane mode. Additionally, there's a more customizable lock screen, which will allow third-party apps to do "more interactive and unique" things with a set of new APIs. The Start Screen tiles have also been tweaked, with the ability to skin them with one overall image instead of just a solid color.
For business users, Microsoft is adding support for enterprise VPN and S/MIME, allowing you to encrypt and sign emails. The Windows Phone Store and the calendar app have also been updated, integrating user feedback asking for alternative views and generally aiming to delight users, in Joe Belfiore's words.
A new feature called Wi-Fi Sense will automatically connect you to free wireless hotspots nearby. Not only that, it'll also let you share your home wireless network with friends without actually giving them your password. Microsoft hasn't fully detailed how that will be done, but it certainly sounds like a handy feature. Windows Phone 8.1 will introduce a new version of Skype that can convert a regular phone call into a Skype video call. Rounding out the list of new additions is a Swype-like keyboard option that lets you draw a line through the letters you want to input instead of tapping each one out individually. Calling it "word flow," Microsoft says its swiping input has already claimed the Guinness World Record for fastest typing on a phone keyboard.
Windows Phone 8.1 will roll out as an update to consumers "in the next few months," though brand new Windows Phone 8.1 phones might be on sale sooner, with Joe Belfiore promising them for either April or early May.Introducing The New HTC One [ M8 2014 ] Official VideoMyNextGadget2014-03-25 | HTC officially introduced its 2014 flagship on March 25 during a press event in New York City. It offers a 5-inch 1080p display, 16GB or 32GB of storage, a unique Duo Camera, 2GB of RAM and more.
HTC One 2014 Hands On ReviewIntroducing Sony Xperia Z1 - All The Power And Smartness From Sony In A Premium SmartphoneMyNextGadget2013-09-04 | Introducing Xperia Z1 featuring the award winning G Lens from Sony, Exmor RS and intelligent BIONZ™ processing engine for mobile - the same quality and performance as our compact digital cameras is now in one revolutionary smartphone.
With exclusive Xperia camera apps, such as Social live and Info-Eye you can bring your friends closer and discover more about your surroundings; and capturing photos underwater is no problem with this waterproof smartphone crafted from premium, solid aluminium.
Re-live the memories as you remember them when you view your photos in the best colour and sharpness on the 5" Full HD screen built with the latest Sony BRAVIA technology.
Xperia™ Z1 - the best of Sony is now even better.Microsoft Mocks Apple In New Acer Iconia W3 vs. iPad Mini CommercialMyNextGadget2013-08-08 | The competition just got smaller. See how the Acer Iconia W3 stacks up against the iPad Mini. http://windows.com/compareNokia Mocks iPhone Camera In New Lumia 925 Commercial !MyNextGadget2013-08-05 | Nokia VS Apple !
We believe that every day, better photos are taken with the Nokia Lumia than any other cameraphone.