Google Hangouts bug sends messages to the wrong people

We're hearing from tipsters and a number of other sources, including Google's own Product Forums, that a bug is causing some Google Hangouts messages to be sent to the wrong recipients. A few awkward situations have already ensued, according to TechCrunch, such as internal company communications being sent to ex-employees. The privacy bug seems to crop up when users of the old Google Talk platform try to connect with users who have migrated to the newer Hangouts service, so it sounds like it could be a transitional thing -- it's also reminiscent of a similar bug that hit Skype last year. Meanwhile, some of us here at Engadget are currently experiencing the more fundamental (though thankfully less embarrassing) problem of not being able to log onto Hangouts in the first place.

[Thanks, Boris]

Source: News in Hindi

LA officials may delay school iPad rollout after students hack them in a week

Just a week after it began the first phase of putting iPads in the hands of all 640,000 students in the state, the Los Angeles school district already has a fight on its hands. In a matter of days, 300 children at Theodore Roosevelt High School managed to work around protective measures placed on the Apple tablets, giving them complete access to features -- including Facebook, Twitter and other apps -- that should otherwise have been blocked.

Students bypassed the security lock on the device by deleting a personal profile preloaded in the settings -- a simple trick that has the school district police chief recommending the board limit the $1 billion rollout before it turns into a "runaway train scenario." For now, officials have banned home use of the iPads while they assess ways to better restrict access -- they would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

[Original image credit: flickingerbrad, Flickr]

Source: News in Hindi

Sony's Cyber-shot QX100 lens camera is fantastic, impractical (sample photos)

At Sony's IFA press event, reps handed out samples of the company's $250 lens cameras to everyone in the room. We really enjoyed our time with the Cyber-shot QX10, but that model's more powerful sibling, the QX100, promised even better performance, albeit in a substantially larger package. Unfortunately, it's been a bit difficult to come by, and our loaner missed the deadline for a review. We'll examine it here instead.

At $500, the QX100 is an incredibly pricey smartphone accessory, but when you consider that the cam features the same optics as Sony's $750 RX100 Mark II, that ambitious sticker price is a bit easier to swallow. Still, for the QX's target demographic -- smartphone users looking to boost the quality of Twitpics and Instagram photos -- bigger doesn't necessarily mean better.

Both the QX10 and QX100 function in much the same way, but internally, they're entirely unique. The base model includes a 1/2.3-inch sensor and a 10x optical zoom lens, while the more expensive version, available for twice the price, features a much larger 1-inch sensor and a higher-quality 3.6x Carl Zeiss lens. It's essentially an RX100 Mark II without the LCD, and with limited advanced control. Instead, like with the QX10, you use a connected smartphone as your viewfinder. Unlike with that flavor, however, you now have the ability to tweak the aperture (down to f/1.8). On paper, it's a much better fit for advanced photographers, and the image quality is good indeed, but ultimately this is an accessory for your smartphone. Keeping that in mind, let's see how it performs.

Source: News in Hindi

Nokia lumia tablet 2520 is going to be launched soon

टैबलेट लॉंच करने जा रहा है नोकिया, जानिए क्या है इसमें खास

  

अब जब सैमसंग से लेकर माइक्रोमैक्स तक ने टैबलेट की दुनिया में धमाल मचा रखा है तो ऐसे में नोकिया कैसे पीछे रह सकता था। हालांकि अब सॉफ्टवेयर कंपनी ने नोकिया पर कब्जा जमा लिया है लेकिन नोकिया के चाहने वालों की संख्या अभी भी कम नहीं हुई है। तभी तो नोकिया ने स्मार्टफोन से इतर अब स्मार्ट टैबलेट लॉंच करने का निश्चय किया है। जी हां, सही सुना है आपने, अपनी लूमिया सीरीज को और आगे बढ़ाते हुए जल्द ही नोकिया आरटी विंडोज वाली अपनी नई टैबलेट नोकिया लूमिया 2520 बाजार में उतारने जा रहा है।

 फिलहाल औपचारिक रूप से नोकिया ने अपनी इस नई टैबलेट का नाम और इसकी लॉंचिंग अभी सार्वजनिक नहीं की है लेकिन ट्विटर पर इससे संबंधित जानकारियां पोस्ट होनी शुरू हो गई हैं जिसके अनुसार जल्द ही नोकिया अपने टैबलेट 2520 को लॉंच करने जा रहा है। इतना ही नहीं नोकिया अपनी लूमिया सीरीज के अंतर्गत 6 इंच स्क्त्रीन वाली एक फैबलेट भी लॉंच करने जा रहा है जिसे नोकिया लूमिया 1520 नाम दिया जा सकता है।
source- http://www.jagran.com/technology/nokia-lumia-tablet-2520-is-going-to-be-launched-soon-10746450.htmlhttp://www.jagran.com/technology/nokia-lumia-tablet-2520-is-going-to-be-launched-soon-10746450.html

Microsoft launches surface 2 and surface 2 pro Tablets

माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने लॉन्च की दो नई टैबलेट

नोकिया पर अपना कब्जा जमाने के कुछ ही दिन बाद माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने दो नई टैबलेट लॉंच करने की घोषणा कर दी है। सरफेस 2 और सरफेस 2 प्रो नाम की इन दो टैबलेट के साथ-साथ माइक्त्रोसॉफ्ट इन दोनों टैबलेट से संबंधित आकर्षक असेसरी भी लॉंच करने जा रहा है। वाशिंगटन स्थित माइर्कोसॉफ्ट कॉर्पोरेशन विंडोज आरटी पर चलने वाली अपनी यह दोनों टैबलेट जल्द ही भारत में भी लॉंच कर देगी।

सरफेस 2 प्रो अभी तक सरफेस 2 प्रो को लैपटॉप डिवाइस की तरह प्रचारित किया जा रहा है। कंपनी की मानें तो सरफेस 2प्रो करीब 94% लैपटॉप से ज्यादा तेज चलने वाली टैबलेट है लेकिन सफलता की कसौटी को यह टैबलेट पार कर पाएगी या नहीं यह बात वक्त बीतने के साथ ही पता चल पाएगी। फीचर्स और खूबियों की बात करें तो सरफेस 2प्रो की खासियत निम्नलिखित बिंदुओं की सहायता से स्पष्ट की जा सकती है-
स्क्रीन-1080 पिक्सल रेजोल्यूशन वाली 10.6 इंच
प्रोसेसर-इंटेल कोर आइ5 हासवेल
रैम-4जीबी और 8 जीबी रैम में उपलब्ध
मेमोरी-8 गीबी रैम मॉडल में 128जीबी और 256 जीबी मेमोरी, 4 जीबी रैम मॉडल में 64जीबी मेमोरी
कनेक्टिविटी-यूएसबी 3.0, वाइ-फाइ, ब्लूटूथ, कनेक्शन
बैटरी-सरफेस प्रो से करीब 60-70 प्रतिशत अधिक
ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम-विंडोज 8.1
सरफेस 2
माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने भले ही आरटी ब्रांडिंग बंद कर दी हो लेकिन ये सरफेस 2 टैबलेट विंडोज 8.1 के लेटेस्ट वर्जन ओएस पर काम करती है। कंपनी सरफेस2 को इस साल की सबसे उत्पादक टैबलेट करार दे रही है ऐसे में जाहिर है कंपनी इस टैबलेट के माध्यम से विंडोज आरटी को आम लोगों के लिए सहज बनाने का प्रयास कर रही है।
source- http://www.jagran.com/technology/microsoft-launches-surface-2-and-surface-2-pro-tablets-10749448.html

Cheap 3g Lava handsets

नई दिल्ली। इंडियन मोबाइल मैन्युफैक्चर कंपनी लावा ने कम रेंज के दो 3जी

हैंडसेट लांच किए हैं। लावा के 3जी 402 हैंडसेट में 4 इंच की 480 गुणा 800
 रिज्योलूशन वाली डब्ल्यूवीजीए डिस्प्ले है। इसमें 1.2 गीगाहटर््ज वाला 
डुअल कोर मीडिया टेक का रोम सपोर्ट दिया गया है। वहीं इसमें 3 एमपी का बैक 
कैमरा और 1.3 एमपी का फ्रंट कैमरा लगा है। 




जबकि 3जी 356 में 3.5 इंच की 480 गुणा 320 रिज्योलूशन वाली एचवीजीए 
स्क्रीन, 1.2 गीगाहटर््ज डुअल कोर प्रोसेसर के साथ 256 एमबी रैम और 512 
एमबी रोम सपोर्ट है। इसमें 1.3 एमपी का बैक और फ्रंट वीजीए कैमरा दिया गया 
है। दोनों फोन में 1500 एमएएच की बैटरी और एंड्रायड वी 4.2 जेली बीन ओएस 
दिया है, जिसे यूजर ऑन द एयर अपग्रेड भी कर सकते हैं। 3जी 356 और 3जी 402 
की कीमत 4,499 रुपये और 5,499 रुपये रखी गयी है।


Source: News in Hindi

Line messaging app update adds distinctly Vine-ish Snap Movie feature

Line is all about stickers. Or adorable mascots. Or stickers of said adorable mascots. But this time around, it's looking to tap into that rich Vine vein of short video-clip sharing. Initially on iOS (but Android will get the feature soon), you can now craft a 4-10 second short, with the ability to add your own choice of music in the background. The Snap Movie (that's what Line's calling it) will then play, on loop, forever, on your own timeline within the app. The update also expands users' photo and video-sharing capacity too and you can now make up to 100 albums (each housing 100 photos). If you're not exactly sure how those mini-videos are going to work, Line's been kind enough to offer up a free tutorial -- and check out a Line-sanctioned video example after the break.

Source: News in Hindi

Sony Xperia Z1 review: a high-spec cameraphone without the hump

It's time to set the record straight: the original Xperia Z, launched back in February, was a decent phone. A solid phone. It was as if Sony had suddenly paused its chaotic schedule of handset releases in order to take stock of what Android users actually want: things like 1080p, microSD and a premium look and feel. And yet, the Xperia Z failed to be compelling. It wasn't just its subpar battery life that held it back. It was also the lack of a standout feature, which caused the phone to be buried amidst all the news of the GS4 and the HTC One -- and also by the announcement of the Lumia 1020 Windows Phone, whose camera suddenly made Sony's pokey, 13-megapixel module look like old technology.

That's why today, just seven months later, we're looking at a new flagship: the Xperia Z1 (codenamed Honami, and not to be confused with the Xperia ZL), with a far more boast-worthy camera and some other subtle-but-important enhancements. Buyers of the Xperia Z may understandably be displeased at being left behind so soon, but -- as much as we feel for them -- we'd hazard a guess that they don't constitute an especially large population anyway. In contrast, the Xperia Z1 should have much greater mainstream appeal. Read on to discover why.

Source: News in Hindi

iMessage unofficially comes to Android, needs a big health warning (update: pulled)

If there's one thing to be learned from Apple's mobile services, it's that they'll almost certainly never be supported on rival platforms. However, that doesn't stop third-party developers from engineering their own techniques in order to break into Apple's walled garden. A case in point: Android developer Daniel Zweigart, who recently launched a Google Play app called iMessage Chat, providing users of Google's mobile OS with a way to communicate with iOS and Mac OS device owners via Apple's proprietary messaging protocol. Some have reported problems getting the app to run, while others claim it works as advertised -- and Zweigart has even gone to the trouble of emulating Apple's old iOS 6 user interface to make them feel right at home. You might think that it sounds too good to be true, and you could be right.

In order to deliver the features it claims, iMessage Chat, of course, requires a working Apple ID. Your Apple ID not only stores your personal information and payment data, it also serves as a passport for your devices and Apple's online services. It just takes one successful login by a third-party app for that data to be potentially sent to places unknown. While the developer suggests there are "no hidden costs and no ads in the application," he doesn't provide any guarantee for the safety of your Apple ID.

iMessage Chat has since come to the attention of numerous third-party Apple developers, most notably Jay Freeman, a.k.a Saurik, who took apart the app to identify how it was made possible. According to Freeman, the app connects with Apple directly, but all data is first processed "on the developer's server in China." Adam Bell took that one step further and identified that the app was able to spoof iMessage requests by masquerading as a Mac Mini, while Steven Stroughton-Smith noted that it would be able to download code without the user knowing.

Because iMessage Chat relies on very specific techniques to achieve its goal, it also makes it particularly vulnerable to changes made by Apple. To that end, the company may choose to block such requests from dedicated server addresses or attempt to filter messages that contain spoofed data. Apple may also choose to file a request with Google and have the app pulled from the Play Store. In other words, not only is the Google iMessage app risky -- it may also be defunct pretty soon.

Update: Poof! The app has vanished from Google Play, so if you haven't already downloaded it, you're likely out of luck.

Source: News in Hindi

3Doodler pen gets safety feature, attaches to CNC arms to fulfill its 3D printing potential

When we ran into the WobbleWorks team on our recent Berlin trip, they were kindly enough to show off the shipping version of their crowdoverfunded 3D Doodler handheld 3D Printer. Though, when cofounder Max Bogue hinted that the company still had some surprises up its sleeve, he wasn't kidding. Perhaps most interesting is the inclusion of a mounting dock on the pen, which allows you to attach it a CNC machine, fulfilling the pen's 3D printing ambitions. Once attached, you can utilize another port to control the speed buttons remotely, so you can manipulate extrusion without actually touching the device. Also of note is the addition of a silicone tip cover, which serves to protect fingers from the heated metal extruder.

Source: News in Hindi