Tag: OS

Top tips for searching for a new laptop

Karan S

Looking for a new laptop is all about cutting through the raft of technical terms to fit your new device as closely as possible to your needs. You may be looking for the performance of your PC as the top factor, or you may prioritize a lightweight design or large screen. Whatever your top priorities for your new laptop, this article helps you cut through the technical jargon to find the device that suits you best. A device for everyone Due to the rapid technological advancements of the laptop market,…

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Severe Security Malfunctions - Microsoft Windows 10

Karan S

As of November, 06th 2020, we observed a press release from Microsoft discussing a severe security malfunction noticed in Microsoft’s operating system’s ongoing variant for personal computers. The very latest operating system by Microsoft for computing is windows 10. With about 06 on going variants, there are some issues and bugs with the system itself. This is very common for operating systems to contain bugs of versatile nature, but some flaws are serious. Unfortunately, Microsoft faced such a spot in this variant. Before Windows 10 20H2 version, Version 2004, was…

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Top Best Laptops for Computer Science Students in 2020

Karan S

If you’ve chosen to pursue your future tech career with a degree in computer science, you’ve made an awesome choice. The tech industry is booming, and along with fantastic rates of pay for entry-level developers and programmers, the rapid growth of technology these days means that you’re never going to be out of a job, whether you want to help an innovative tech start-up get off the ground, work for a big name like Google or Facebook, or develop your own tech solution and make millions as a tech entrepreneur.…

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The Blue Screen of Death (BSoD)

Karan S

In various computer Operating Systems a special type of error message is displayed on the screen when the system faces a fatal error. Most computer users have termed these messages as Screens of Death as it often leads to loss of unsaved data works and the whole OS might as well crash, only to be re-installed from scratch. May include various critical system hardware or software problems. Most Screens of Death are displayed on a Blue colored background with instructions advising the user to restart the computer. Of all the…

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Why Apple iOS is Considered to be the Most Secure OS

Karan S

When considering which kind of a smartphone to purchase, the majority of people don’t really put the biggest emphasis on how secure a device is, but rather on its price, features, and apps. However, since you are storing various kinds of personal data on your smartphone, security is something that should be your first concern. Nowadays, there are so many brands and different models available on the market, that choosing the one that fits your needs is a challenging task to put it lightly. As a rule of thumb, it…

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iOS 12 Public Beta : should you update your iPhone?

Karan S

Ever since we listed iOS 12 as part of the Top 5 announcements at Apple’s WWDC 2018 event, we have been getting requests to talk about the latest upgrades that form part of the Apple iOS 12 release. Well, to start with, Apple initially only released Developer Preview of iOS 12 and now they came out with iOS 12 Public Beta. Meaning, now anybody who owns an iPhone (iPhone 5 SE or later) can have the taste of things to come in full fledged version of iOS 12 before it…

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Nuances of promoting an App - iOS or Android

Karan S

Since this article is going to be a crash course in marketing, one has to be aware of the basic marketing process laid out by Philip Kotler. The process has three simple steps: Segmentation Targeting Positioning So after you’ve realised the objective of your App - As in what problem it tries to Solve or maybe does not solve, first you need to breakdown your target audience into Segments basis on certain virtues. Segmentation maybe based on as simple as Age or Gender or even a Geography. The try to…

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Why is Google Pixel 2 still my goto phone?

Karan S

The second offering in Google’s Pixel line-up of phones, the Pixel 2 was released during October, 2017. While Google retained an almost similar form factor, they did push up the specs a notch. Apart form the usual talkabout specifications, the phone also sported the unique Dual Pixel camera eliminating the need to have multiple camera to get greater depth in images. The phone did retain its edge in DxOMark rankings and stood within the crown’s reach. The review on DxOMark website simply takes Pixel 2 into the leading league of…

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What iPhones do that other phones do not

Karan S

iPhone stands for quality, stability, durability, dependability.. There are many features that remain unique to the Apple iPhone. Although each and every feature of the Apple iPhone is a manufacturer’s must-have dream there still are features synonymous to the iPhone, and we discuss them as follows: Quality - This one thing Apple team has never compromised with, and why would they eve think about diluting it? Every iPhone made till date speaks of its utmost quality. The materials, the design, the ergonomics! all make up to the uniqueness. Optimum efficiency…

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Top 5 features - iOS 11

Karan S

While we have been covering latest updates and features in OS across platforms, Of-late however, these upgrades come more in numbers rather than actual major updates. There are Small updates and there are Big updates. Most of the Smaller updates contain a few bug fixes and few added features. This is not what the latest Apple iOS 11 update is about. Its about bringing in a new approach in iOS user interface. Developers have put in their hearts and souls in the latest iOS update. They have gone far and taken…

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Android Phone Rooting - Revisited

Karan S

Wikipedia defines “Rooting” as a process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile Operating System to attain privileged control (known as root access) over various Android subsystems. Typically as Android OS is based on Linux kernel, rooting the device gives Administrator access to the user aka ‘Superuser’ with full access permissions on the operating system. You Root your device to overcome limitations or blockades put up by OEMs. Therefore a Rooted device knows no bounds in comparison with a device running the stock OS. How to…

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Nothing is permanent - Samsung loosing top position to Apple - Gartner Report

Karan S

The Gartner report on global sales of smartphones for last quarter of year 2016 shows some intuitive yet ever-changing trends. During the last quarter, total smartphone sales across the world stood at 432 million, thereby registering a straight 7% increase over sales during previous quarter. Apple moved from second position to regain its No. 1 position as the most beloved smartphone brand in terms of sales. As reported by Gartner during quarter ending September, 2016, Samsung sales are declining every passing quarter. Apple has been lagging for almost 2 years,…

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Still waiting for Android Nougat on your phone? Get it on your PC !

Karan S

Ever since the Android N launch, Google has been busy releasing updates to all its phones for Android Nougat. While Google does so, owners of other phones are in the hanging. They are overwhelmed with Android Nougat’s thrilling features but have to wait for a while till their non-Google phones start receiving updates. Untill then you can enjoy the Android Nougat on your PC. Well! not for daily usage as thei AOSP build is still at a nascent stage but it does give a first hands-on experience with Android N…

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Boost iPhone battery life

Karan S

There are more than one ways to extend battery life of an Apple iPhone and for that matter the Apple iPad too. Here are the most sure-shot ways to boost battery life of iPhone or iPad. First and foremost, make sure that your iPad or iPhone is updated to latest iOS version. Go to ‘Settings > General > Software Update’ and find out if your Software version is up-to-date. If you are not an avid 4G LTE / 3G user and think that you can manage with 2G / EDGE…

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The In and Out of Jailbreaking

Karan S

First off, as the name implies, your iPhone or iPad gets free from clutches of Apple iOS. By design and will of Apple, the iPad or iPhone can have only a limited (in comparison to Android or Windows devices) set of features. These features can be accessed only after Jailbreak. In simpler yet technical terms, Jailbreaking allows you to gain Administrative access to your Apple device, thereby allowing full access to all features of the iDevice, even those which apple does not want you have a free hand with. You…

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