DROID Turbo Unveiled By Verizon With Incredible Specs

Verizon just announced the incredibly powerful DROID Turbo during a press event in New York City, and it packs a ton of high-end specs that should please even the most demanding smartphone enthusiast.

The DROID Turbo runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat instead of the brand new Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system, but you’ll find a Snapdragon 805 processor clocked at 2.7GHz under the hood, 3GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB of storage, a 5.3-inch display with a 2560 x 1440-pixel resolution (565ppi), a huge 3,900mAh battery that promises up to 48 hours of battery life, support for Cat. 4 LTE, a 21-megapixel camera capable of recording 4K video, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band Wi-Fi support and more.

Depending on the model you buy, you’ll find that the DROID Turbo body is either made out of ballistic nylon or metalized glass fiber reinforced with DuPont Kevlar, Verizon said, and the display features Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Verizon said it will replace the display once in a two-year time period for free, in case you run into any damage along the way. Also, the body of the DROID Turbo features a water-repellent nanocoating. That doesn’t mean you can take it for a dunk in the pool, but should survive an accidental spill.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is Proud to be Gay, Hopes his openness can help others.

Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, said he was "proud to be gay" in an essay published early Thursday, becoming by far the most prominent executive of a public company to come out.

"Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," Cook wrote in the essay, published by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Cook, 53, has never spoken publicly about his sexual orientation in the many years he has worked in the spotlight at Apple.

In his essay, Cook also noted that he had spent much of his life trying to keep his personal matters private, which is why he had not previously spoken in public about his sexual orientation.

HTC Desire Eye With 13-Megapixel Front-Facing Camera Launched

HTC DESIRE EYE- The King Of SELFIES

HTC on Wednesday launched the Desire Eye in a bid to cash in on the popular selfie trend in the market. Apart from being an AT&T-exclusive at launch, no pricing and availability details have yet been mentioned.

The HTC Desire Eye selfie-focused smartphone boasts of a front-facing camera with the same treatment as the rear camera. Both feature 13-megapixel sensors, and are both accompanied by dual-LED flash.

It is worth noting that the Android 4.4 KitKat-based HTC Desire Eye is one of the only smartphones with such a high resolution front-facing camera. HTC Desire Eye also features an IPX7 rating, designed to resist immersion in water up to 1 metre for 30 minutes.

Both the front-facing and rear cameras can shoot 1080p@30fps videos. While the rear camera features a f/2.0 aperture and a 28mm lens, the front-facing camera features a f/2.2 aperture with a 20mm lens.

Two camera centric apps namely Eye Experience and the latest version of HTC Zoe, a video editing tool, has been introduced in the HTC Desire Eye. The Zoe additionally integrates with the new HTC RE camera. The video-editing app will roll out to other Android and iOS smartphones later this year.

Certain camera features like Split Capture, Crop-Me-In and others are also available on the HTC Desire Eye. While the Split Capture divides the image 50/50 between front and rear cameras, the Crop-Me-In feature crops the user's image and superimposes it on the image shot by the rear camera.

As for other specifications, the HTC Desire Eye boasts of a 5.2-inch full-HD LCD display; Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor; 2GB of RAM; 16GB of inbuilt storage expandable via microSD card (upto 128GB), and a 2400mAh Li-Po battery.

Front-facing stereo speakers powered by HTC Boomsound technology are also onboard the handset. It measures in at 151.7x73.8x8.5mm.

Fix Windows 8.1 MS store issues!

If you experience the perpetually stuck Windows Store then here is a fix for you!

Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator.




In the Administrator Command Prompt type or paste the following command:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml

Hit Enter.

Now in that same Administrator Command Prompt type or paste: start "" "ms-windows-store:"
Enjoy installing some new Store apps!

You may also try to do this, this or try the troubleshooter!

Thanks to-

David Williams Dixon

http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2013/10/19/windows-app-store-doesn-t-load-after-8-1-upgrade.aspx

iOS 8 adoption slows following broken updates

Apple has updated its App Store to show new statistics for iOS 8, its new mobile operating system. It's not looking good.

9to5Mac reports that iOS 8 adoption has only increased by 1% since the last time Apple published statistics on the operating system. To make things worse, the statistic that Apple published on its developer site excludes a large amount of users who are known to be slow in updating to the latest operating system.

Since September 21, the percentage of mobile devices visiting the App Store running iOS 8 has only changed from 46% to 47%.

The slow adoption of iOS 8 could be due to the broken update that Apple published on September 24. The iOS 8.0.1 update was meant to include improvements and fixes for the iPhone, but instead it stopped users of the new iPhone from making calls, and disabled the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. 

Have you updated yet? If so which device have you updated and what issues do you face? 

Facebook acquires Whatsapp

Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent to acquire the messaging company in February of this year. The Facebook deal passed its final regulatory hurdle when it received EU approval to go ahead with the acquisition of WhatsApp last week.

In the filing, the company details the awarding of 177,760,669 shares of Facebook’s Class A common stock and $4.59 billion to WhatsApp stakeholders, plus 45,941,775 in restricted stock to WhatsApp employees to complete the deal. Koum will join Facebook’s board, and will also match Zuckerberg’s annual base salary of $1, without eligibility for the company’s bonus plan, though he does get a signing bonus of 24,853,468 restricted stock units as incentive for joining. Per the filing, Koum is joining Facebook with no fixed term of employment as part of the arrangement, but all indicators are that he wants to stick around to continue to build WhatsApp as a separate brand under the growing Facebook umbrella.

Will FB and Whatsapp make a combined messenger to take down the to be released Google IM? Let's see. 

Xiaomi to launch new product in India tomorrow! (Mi4 suspected!)

Xiaomi has posted a teaser via its official Twitter handle for India, @MiIndiaOfficial, hinting at a new product launch on Wednesday, October 8.

The most anticipated product that Xiaomi could launch on Wednesday could be the company's latest flagship smartphone, the Mi 4. The India launch of the Mi 4 certainly fits in with Xiaomi's announcement that Monday's offer would be last time the Mi 3 would be on sale in India. The company certainly needs a flagship in its India portfolio to make up.

The Xiaomi Mi 4 features a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz alongside 3GB of RAM. The smartphone will come in two storage variants 16GB and 64GB. The Mi 4 sports the same 5-inch full-HD display (1080x1920 pixels) found on the Mi 3; although this time the company has used a JDI OGS full lamination display. There is a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera on the Xiaomi Mi 4, with both sporting Sony's stacked CMOS sensors. The smartphone is backed by a 3080mAh Li-ion battery.

Of course, it is possible Xiaomi may launch the Mi Band low-cost fitness tracker, the MiPad tablet, the Mi Box set-top box, or Mi TV. We'll have to wait and see.