Top 10 Android 7.0 Nougat Features

Finally google wrapping up the latest version of Android (7.0 or Nougat). There are a lot improvement over Marshmallow and some handy feature. I will explain my favorite top ten feature here:

1. Multi-windows
   Samsung had this option for many years and right now it come to stock android. If you  are new to this it's a feature that you can split the screen and use 2 apps side by side
2. Switch between app
   On Nougat you can switch to previous app by double tap the recent button on the navigation bar
3. Bundled Notification
   Notification is now bundled if there are many notifications from the same app.
4. Quick Reply
   You can also reply directly from the notification card.
5. New Quick Setting
   Quick setting now can be customize and easier to toggle
6.  Doze on the Go
   With Android Marshmallow introduced the doze mode but it only activate when your device sitting still for a long period of time, For instance when you are sleep at night and keep your phone on a desk but with Nougat doze will activate whenever you are not using the device to save more battery life.
7. Data saverCan be toggle to restrict app from using background data but the foreground app can still be use. This feature will save you some data plan and also can save some of your battery.
8. New emojiYes I know most people love emoji and in Nougat there are over 1500 emoji now. If you are an emoji lover you will be happy about it.
9. DaydreamA platform for high quality mobile virtual reality. Support only with Daydream-ready phone.
10. Display size
    Display density can be customize. You can change font size, icon size and the experience.
    

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Is the Iris Scanner Worth It?

Privacy and security is what mobile company focus on now a day and they got a pretty interest features for unlock their devices. First the finger print scanner which is made famous by the iPhone 5s and every major smartphone adopt that technology but Microsoft approach the different way by announcing the Windows hello feature that authenticate your identity with your eye balls as we seen the feature work on the Surface Pro 4, Surface Book, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. The iris scanner use the infrared light to scan your eyes print and it work in any lighting condition

Windows Hello on Lumia

And now the Galaxy Note 7 also adopt this technology for the first time in their Galaxy line. So the question is that is it worth it to have an iris scanner for your phone?

Galaxy Note 7 Scanning Iris

To answer that question I have to say sure it's nice to have that feature but it is a must? no. Because the technology is not as mature as fingerprint scanner and some time it's clumsy to hold your phone up to your eyes to scan it. With fingerprint reader you can unlock your phone at the time you pick it up or take it out of your pocket (eg. Nexus 6P) without having to look at the scanner. But when your thumb is wet or you're wearing gloves in a cold day the Iris scanner will come very handy in those situation.

For the conclusion, I think the iris scanner is optional as it is now and having to choose with fingerprint sensor I would choose fingerprint sensor over it but thing might change it the future when the iris scanner is more mature and I'm waiting to see how great it is.

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Keyboard Shortcut for Twitter in iOS

As the apple start to focus on productivity and add keyboard to their iPad. Recently Twitter has been updated their iOS app to support the keyboard with shortcut key. I will list the key combination below.

• ⌘ + N: Create a new tweet
• ⌘ + W: Close the tweet compose screen
• ⌘ + 1: Go to Home
• ⌘ + 2: Go to Notifications
• ⌘ + 3: Go to Moments
• ⌘ + 4: Go to Messages
• ⌘ + 5: Go to Me
• Shift  + ⌘ + [: Move left one tab
• Shift  + ⌘ + ]: Move right one tab
• ⌘ + R: Reply in tweet details
• ⌘ + Enter: Send the tweet

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Impression!

Another year another Galaxy Note but this year Samsung decide to skip the name from Galaxy Note 5 to Galaxy Note 7 just like Microsoft Skip from Windows 8 to Windows 10. So when it comes to the Galaxy Note series it's mean that everything is superior from another android phone even from their sibling the Galaxy S7/edge. 

Design

This year Galaxy Note is curvier and it got the dual-curved display that not as big as the edge on the Galaxy S7 Edge, It cured on both front and back that make it so balanced and easy to hold and it almost look like a bezeless phone that we used to dream of.  On the top it got the Sim + microSD slot, on one side it got the power button and the other side it got the volume button and on the bottom it the headphone jack, USB type-C and SPen slot (You can't reverse it this time). They also come in 4 colors Blue Coral, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and Black Onyx.

Feature

This year Galaxy Note 7 implement a new security feature by using the Iris Scanner, you can use it to unlock your phone, to login to a website and even to keep your data private such as photos, videos, notes or other document files. S Pen also improve over the last year by increasing the sensitivity level from 2056 to 4096 also now you can use it under water because the Galaxy Note 7 is rating IP68 water and dust resistant!

 



Camera

You just can't skip the camera because now most of you now judge the phone by it camera performance. Because of this year Camera on the Note 7 improve again by using the 12 MP, f/1.7 with OIS so it will be a good low-light performance just like the S7. On the front, if you care, it got 5 MP, f/1.7 for you selfie lover.

Performance

For the global market the Note 7 will use Exynos 8890 and for US market it will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and both will come with 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. By that specs you will know that it will be snappier and faster than the Galaxy Note 5 last year because this is the standard specs for this year flagship phone but you won't find a crazy 6GB of RAM like the OP3. The microSD make a come back but the removeable battery won't because this year Note 7 still use the the Non-Removable battery but with a bigger 3500 mAh battery that will last longer.

So this is my thought on the Galaxy Note 7. Do you have anything to add? Let me know in the comments.

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Windows 10 1st Anniversary [Wallpaper package and GIF Included]

It's been a year for Windows 10 and they had a good year. But what make Windows 10 so great is that there are a lot of insider willing to try new feature and feedback to Microsoft to make Windows 10 a much better OS.

Fun Facts by Microsoft

• Insiders have submitted over 8.6 million pieces of feedback.
• Insiders spent over 443 million hours on Windows 10.
• The Insider Program is now available in 30 languages.

To say thank you to the insider Microsoft gave us the Insider-exclusive wallpaper package, Insider-exclusive Ninja Cat animated GIF and Exclusive Insider Program badge.

You can download the Wallpaper package and GIF below.

PC Wallpaper: Download

Phone Wallpaper: Download

Band Wallpaper: Download

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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air

The first thing that come to your mind after seeing the design and the name you'll notice that is NOT inspired by the MacBook Air. (I'm Joking) 

Xiaomi really take on a MacBook Air this time with their new Mi Notebook Air. It's slimmer than the MacBook Air with all metal unibody design. I really like how it has logoless exterior design and in my opinion this is one of the best looking laptop I've ever seen. The keyboard and the track pad color is also match to body and it's also remind me of the Surface Book.

Mi Notebook Air come with 2 models

Size	12.5”	13.3”
CPU	Intel Core m3-6Y30	Intel Corei5-6200U
RAM	4 GB LPDDR3-1866	8 GB DDR4-2133
GPU	Intel HD Graphics 515	Intel HD Graphics 520 & NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Storage (SSD)	128 GB SATA (500MB/s)	256 GB PCIe 3.0 x4 (1500MB/s)
Ports	1 x USB 3.1 (Gen 1) Type-C 1 x USB 3.0 Type-A HDMI 3.5mm TRRS jack	1 x USB 3.1 (Gen 1) Type-C 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A HDMI 3.5mm TRRS jack
Network Connectivity	2x2:2 802.11ac with BT 4.1
Weight	1.07 kg	1.28 kg
Battery Life	11.5 h
Color	Gold and Silver
Price	$525	$750

This 13.3" model will out perform the MacBook Air especially in the graphic department as it got the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX so that's mean you can play some game on it.

This is my impression on this device let me know your opinion in the comment section!

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BlackBerry DTEK50 Impression!

BlackBerry just announced their second android phone and this one come without a physical keyboard with a tagline as "The World’s Most Secure Android™ Smartphone".

The design of this phone will remind you the Alcatel Idol 4 especially with the same shape, same speakers location, same camera location.

This device come with mid-range specs as it has the Snapdragon 617 CPU, 3 Gigabytes of RAM, 16GB of Storage with microSD support up to 2TB, 5.2" display with 1080p resolution (424 PPI) and 2610 mAh battery.  For the photography side the rear come camera come with a 13 MP, f/2.0 with dual tone flash and interestingly the selfie camera come in 8MP with selfie flash for low light self portrait.

The software side this phone run android Marshmallow with blackberry software and experience  such as Hub. They also implement their DTEK security system to let user control their own privacy without complicated setting and the software will inform user as the track the application when it try to access your location, take a picture or open a microphone without your knowledge and more...

This phone is now available for Pre-Order in the price of $299.

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How to Install Chrome Extension on Opera

Opera is another good alternative browser because it's a feature-rich browser with good battery saver and free VPN but when a chrome user switch to Opera, the first thing they notice is that Opera is lack of extension compare to chrome. If you believe in nothing is impossible you just came to the right article because I will show you how to do it.





First you need to download this extension from Opera

After you install the extension you can visit the chrome webstore and you will see + ADD TO OPERA button and from there you can get the extension from that button

After you added the extension to Opera it's not install yet because of the unknown source but you can install it by go to "opera://extensions" or simply just press "CTRL + SHIFT + E" and install the chrome extension we just added there.

Done. If you have any question you can ask me in the comment section!

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How to boot computer from a VHD File

Visualization is a next big thing that most of us using it right now and you can even boot your computer from a virtual hard disk (VHD). Sound great right? but the irony is the virtual hard disk is still store on a physical hard disk but in some scenario we need to boot it as we boot an OS from a physical hard disk. Follow the tutorial below to see how you can do it.

First go to disk management and attach VHD File

Then Run cmd as Administrator and type "bcdboot.exe 'DriveLetter':\Windows". Replace the 'DriveLetter' with the actual drive letter that you attach the VHD to. Look at the screenshot below for easier to understanding.

And now when you reboot your PC you will see new boot option to choose from.

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How to show and hide files on macOS

There's a time when you need to show the file that is hidden on macOS because there is no GUI to do it (Like Windows) but we still can do it using the Terminal.








To show hidden files:
Open Terminal and type those 2 commands one by one (Case Sensitive)

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

Killall Finder

To hide the hidden files:
Open Terminal and type those 2 commands one by one (Case Sensitive)


defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

Killall Finder

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How to search for file in shared Google Drive

One of the best place to find file is in somebody's google drive but you need to know the technique to to search for those file if the user is sharing them. So all you have to do is to visit google.com and write
"site:https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=" + "filename" in the search box.






Example:

This is for education purpose only and I do not support any piracy and stealing people stuff without permission

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Xiaomi Mi Band 2 Review

If you are the fitness guy and shopping for an activity tracker that is not a smart watch with a very budget price u should consider the Xiaomi Mi Band 2. You would be surprise of what this $40 activity tracker can do.

Design

First let's talk about the design, for the first the Mi band spot an OLED display that make it look different from it predecessor. The module color is black and still sit in the silicon band so that's mean you can change the color of the silicon band anytime. In the front it has the OLED display and a capacitive button that look shiny you can tap it to see the information display (we'll get into that later. Xiaomi also claim that the display is also UV coated, scratch resistant and anti-fingerprint . The the silicon band is soft and feel good on the wrist also.

Function

For everyday use the Mi band tracking system is pretty good and accurate with step tracking and the module also detect when you sleep and wake up automatically. The heart rate sensor is also included but sometimes i feel like it's not so reliable but overall is good. The module also has the vibration motor so the mi band can remind you to start making movement when you sit idle for 1 hour. you can also you it as a silent alarm clock that can vibrate to wake you up. The Mi Band 2 also comes with an IP67 rating for water and dust resistance. so that you don't have to be worry about washing your hand but wouldn't want to swim with it. The battery also last around 2 weeks on a single charge which is great.

Addition Features

Outside tracking the band can also give you notification from a phone call, SMS and other apps too. it can be use as a smart unlock device so that you can unlock your phone without security when you're nearby.

Mi Fit App

To use the app first you'll need to connect the Mi Band to phone via Bluetooth connection. The app itself is simple and easy to use. There 3 sections in the app which are Status is a dashboard for viewing your daily step, heart rates, goal and other information about yourself. The 2nd section is Play is a setting page for the device to recieve notification from phone call or other app. you can also set the silent alarm or you can ask it to remind you when you sitting idle for a long time and there are more feature that you can discover by yourself. The last section is Profile, In this section you can view the device information and configuration to do various things. You also can set your activity goal and weight goal here too.

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Use SJCam as a Webcam

Hey SJcam owner! Today I'm gonna show how to  use it a webcam for your PC. Please follow me with this tutorial

So First of all Connect the SJcam to your computer via USB cable

After that the screen will pop up with 2 options to choose as a Mass Storage or a PC Camera. we will choose the second option a PC Camera

To see if it's working you can open any program that associate with camera such as Skype but in my case I open the camera app from my Windows 10 PC.

You use it to take photo or video and importantly can also use it as a web cam for video calling.

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Always on Display for Galaxy S6

Whether you like it or not Always on Display is becoming a popular feature because of Samsung and LG put it in their new flagship this year with the LG G5 and the Galaxy S7 but thank to the developer  and android nature you can have it on your device device with AMOLED Display Too.

First of all you need to download and install the app name "Always On AMOLED"

When the installation is finish just open the app and grant some permission.

In the top you just tap on the toggle to enable the service. Also I recommend you to enable the option to move the widget automatically to avoid AMOLED burn in damage.

That should be working for now. But you can also customize the color or font size to what you like.

Video Tutorial

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iTunes does not recognize iPhone/iPad in Windows 10

When using Windows 10 most of iTunes user encounter a problem that Windows not recognize a certain device. Here how you fix it.

Step 1: Go to "Device Manager"

Step 2: Click on "Portable Devices"

Step 3: Right click on your device and choose "Update Driver Software"

Step 4: Choose "Browse my computer for driver software"

Step 5: For Windows 64-Bit go to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers" For Windows 32-Bit go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers"

Step 6: Next and Close

Video Tutorial

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