Is this the Samsung Galaxy S5 Two Versions?

Not yet officially announced, the Galaxy S5 predicted to have two "twin". The information was revealed by the latest leak reported by Cnet.

Mentioned that there are two other twin is a waterproof version and Active Zoom version equipped with a zoom lens camera.

Information existence of the Galaxy S5 Active version reported by the Korean-language site ET News, while the presence of the Zoom version obtained from the database reports import in India which include devices called "SM-C115 Samsung Mobile Camera".

Previously, the previous flagship phone from Samsung, the Galaxy S4, also accompanied by a variant called the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Zoom Active.

Samsung does have a strategy of flooding the market with different variants of a product, with the goal to embrace as many users from various backgrounds with different needs.

Galaxy S4, for example, also has a variant of "Mini" and later "Black Edition" that whitewash and black imitation leather.

Zoom variant of the Galaxy S5 allegedly going to be priced at 523 U.S. dollars, or roughly the equivalent of the Galaxy S4 Zoom at the time of its release. For now there is no information regarding the specifications and Zoom Active variant Galaxy S5.

Samsung mentioned set high targets for the sale of the Galaxy S5 Active this year. The device is expected to contribute 20-30 per cent of the total sales of the Galaxy line S5.

That figure is much higher than the Active Galaxy S4 is only capable meyumbang 4 percent to the combined sales Galaxu S4.

Galaxy S5 itself is suppose to be officially rolled towards the Mobile World Congress, 24th February in Barcelona.

Updated, the Android - iOS BBM Start to Leave PIN

Application messaging BlackBerry Messenger ( BBM ) introduced since the beginning of the BlackBerry platform requires a personal identification number ( PIN ) for users to connect and communicate.

The PIN method is still used today launched BBM for Android and iOS platforms. However, with the latest update released BlackBerry, on Thursday ( 06/02/2014 ), the procession exchange PIN becoming obsolete. Now, users can add BBM friends without the need for a PIN again.

Through the corporate blog, BBM BlackBerry announced the latest update on Android and iOS have been equipped with the "Find Friends ", which does not ask for PIN information friend. Instead of asking for a PIN, the application will recognize the list of users who are using BBM contacts.

Users can invite new users to use BBM via e - mail or SMS.

This method is similar to that of application messaging service WhatsApp uses your phone number as an identification tool. WhatsApp recognizes contacts who use its services through a number of contacts stored.

However, the method used to identify the contact 's BlackBerry in no further exposed.

BlackBerry likely to compare the user's contact list with information stored in BlackBerry server.

According to the monitoring KompasTekno, Thursday ( 06/02/2014 ) morning, the latest update of new cross platform BBM available for iOS users and can be downloaded from the App Store or through this link.

BBM on Android users seem to have to wait a few more days to try out the features add friends without the PIN.

BBM cross platform can currently only be run on devices that use the Android operating system version 4.0 and iOS 6 up to the top. However, in the near future Android devices version 2.3 ( Gingerbread ) will be able to enjoy BBM services.

Sony Sells Vaio

Sony reportedly is in talks to sell Vaio personal computer business unit of the losers and the fact that the computer industry continues to decline, eclipsed by mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets.

Sony Vaio is being discussed to sell to a new company to be established by Japan Industrial Partners investment firm. Later, Sony will have a small part in the company's shares.

According to the Nikkei business daily reports from Japan, the Vaio business unit sales estimated at 490 million U.S. dollars.

Previously, Sony Vaio reportedly will sell to the Chinese technology company Lenovo, or forming joint ventures.

However, Sony said the report was inaccurate, although the company admits is considering a range of possibilities for future Vaio.

Meanwhile, Lenovo declined to comment on the news.

If you later sell the business unit of the Sony Vaio, the Japanese company will focus on business unit mobie devices, including smart phones Xperia family that carries the operating system Android.

Latest Display Windows 8.1 Leaked

Update or first update of Windows 8.1 rumored to be available on March 11, 2014. However, before that date arrives, the leaked files from the update has spread to various sites.

This latest update brings many changes. As quoted from The Verge, Tuesday ( 04/02/2014 ), Microsoft wants to improve the experience of the use of the mouse and keyboard in the Windows 8.1 update 1.

One method used is to add a new title bar style Windows 8 applications. Through the title bar, the user can choose to close, minimize, snap and applications simply by using the mouse.

At Metro, now the user can change the box or the Live tile with ease. Simply right-click, users will be faced with a variety of customization options, such as changing the size of the box, Unpin, and much more.

In this first update, Microsoft will bring Search and Shutdown buttons directly to the Start screen. With a click on the magnifying glass shaped icon, users can search for content on the PC. Meanwhile, the Shutdown button to allow users to turn off, sleep, and restart the computer.


One other addition, users can set the Windows Store apps appear on the taskbar. In this way, the user is guaranteed to more easily access the digital app stores.

Windows 8.1 itself for the first time released on October 18, 2013 last. This operating system is a massive update of Windows 8 is launched in 2012 ago.

"Party" Galaxy S5 Held February 24?

Samsung finally sent out invitations to the media to a launch event on 24 February in Barcelona, Spain. According to the gossip, the launch of this flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5.

Based on the text which is listed on the invitation, as if to indicate the presence of the Samsung Galaxy S5. The text on the invitation reads, " Unpacked 5 ".

As quoted from Pocket Lint, on Tuesday ( 04/02/2014 ), number five on the text hints Galaxy S5 attendance at this event.

Samsung also provide other clues that this is not the only Unpacked event in 2014. In this invitation, the South Korean company also include the word " Samsung Unpacked 2014 Episode 1 ". Chances are, there will be a second episode onwards this year.

Unpacked event itself is a routine event, in which Samsung introduced the " big " or the latest flagship. In Unpacked event in 2013, Samsung released the Galaxy S4.

Samsung is said to be releasing two versions of the Galaxy S5, which both have 5.2 -inch landscape display and plastic shells.

What distinguishes the two is the screen resolution and processor. The above models or so-called " Prime " will come with a screen resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 pixels by 565 pixels screen density per inch. Meanwhile, more models will be equipped with a standard resolution of 1,080 x 1,920 support pixel by 423 pixel density per inch.

As for the processor that will be used is the prime model of the Samsung Exynos 5430 32 - bit and octa - core Snapdragon 800 standard models use 32 - bit quad - core processors made ​​by Qualcomm.

Previously, one of the officials of Samsung, Lee Young Hee has given little hint, when exactly the Galaxy S5 will be present in the market. According to Executive Vice President of Samsung Mobile, the Galaxy S5 will be available between March and April.

How Facebook Storing User Data?

Every day, countless photos, videos, and other types of files uploaded by the hundreds of millions of users to Facebook. Only a fraction of them are often seen by the user. However, all this content would need to be stored so that takes up space on the storage media social networking server.

How can I make obsolete contents can be maintained in storage medium ( so as not to be lost when searched ) but not too bulky and cost ? Facebook felt the need to look for an alternative to conventional hard disks.

Last week, in the event the Open Compute Summit, the company demonstrated a prototype system that uses cold storage Blu-ray discs to store data up to few million petabytes or Gigabyte.

A total of 10,000 Blu-ray discs can be stored in a special cabinet that is more than 2 meters high. Robot arms then took the discs are arranged in a series of magazines to retrieve data from the corresponding disc.

A Blu- ray disc itself is designed separately hold data ranging from 25 GB to each chip single - layer up to 128 GB of on -chip 4 - layer variant.

Excerpted from The Verge, vice president of technical fields Facebook Jay Parikh said that the Blu - ray -based systems could save up to 80 percent of energy use and costs by up to 50 percent compared to conventional cold storage method that relies on the hard disk.

Blu - ray is not ideal for primary storage medium for data transfer speeds are relatively slow, but the discs are ideal for storing data that is infrequently accessed, such as file backup of photos and videos Facebook users.

Currently, Blu -ray data storage is already being used by Facebook and can store large amounts of data, up to 30 petabytes. Going forward, the company intends to use the social network of energy -efficient flash memory for storing data, but the solution is relatively expensive compared to other alternatives.

Microsoft Persuade PS3 Owner to Buy Xbox One

A few months after its launch, the Xbox game console from Microsoft One looks begin to lag behind rival weight, PlayStation 4 ( PS4 ) from Sony.

Sales announcements made ​​by both parties at CES 2014 in early January showed that the number of Xbox One until December 2013 sold less than 1 million units of the PS4.

Microsoft seems to feel the pace and started trying to find ways to boost sales of the Xbox One.

One of them, as reported by Geek.com, is the trade-in program launched by the lure of discounted price of 100 dollars, for owners of the PlayStation 3 ( PS3 ) - precursor PS4 - swapping devices with Xbox One.

With the discount, the price of the Xbox One truncated to 399 U.S. dollars to equal the PS4. One current Xbox is sold more expensive than the PS4, which is 499 U.S. dollars.

However, a program called " Ditch the PS3 Cell " This has a big drawback in which the PS4 could be obtained at the same price without having to bother exchanging PS3 and miss collection of games that can be played with the console.

This is used by the PS4 fans by releasing the contents of the response suggest that PS3 owners do not inedible seduction Microsoft, as can be seen in the example above.

Both the PS4 and Xbox One game is not compatible with the previous generation console written for ( PS3 and Xbox 360 ).

Unfortunately, Microsoft does not market the Xbox One in Indonesia. As for the PS4, the market has officially entered the country with a price tag of Rp 7 million.

Microsoft Worrying Windows 8 Interface

Since its launch in October 2012, Windows 8 has received several improvements from Microsoft, including Microsoft's version 8.1 which was introduced one year since its launch.

Now, back to prepare updates for Microsoft Windows operating system called 8.1 Update 1. Microsoft is drafting an update of what will be provided, but some rumors have emerged. One is related to the main user interface of the operating system.

During this confusion arises in the middle of Windows 8 users, especially the users desktop. No wonder, because Windows 8 from Microsoft originally created in anticipation of the market leading to the mobile era.

A distinctive feature of Windows 8 is the interface formerly known as " Metro " featuring a Live Tile on the main screen. By default, the live tile will be displayed after the system turns on.

Rumors say that Microsoft will replace the Live Tile interface with the look of the Windows desktop by default after boot up. As reported on The Verge ( 1/30/2014 ).

Choices boot - to- desktop is enabled by default it will bypass the typical plaid screen of Windows 8 so far. This will be covered in the Update 1 release of Microsoft in the near future.

By the turn of this interface, Microsoft seemed to betray the original concept of Windows 8 that rely on touch-screen technology.

Windows 8 is designed with the concept for use in mobile devices such as tablets or detachable devices, optimized for touch screen interaction.

The problem is, many users are still relying on a keyboard and mouse, and interact in a desktop environment that resembles Windows 7.

Earlier in the Windows 8.1 update, Microsoft listened to many users request and returns to the Windows 8 Start button. Although its function is not as they had hoped.

Microsoft may have to rethink again the concept of Windows 8 for desktop users. In Update 1 later, Microsoft is also reportedly going to make that Metro apps can be run in a separate window on the desktop.

Yahoo Prepare a Competitor of Google Now

Under the leadership of Marissa Mayer, Yahoo did a lot of changes, both in terms of appearance as well as corporate strategy. The latest move is to acquire Yahoo developer Incredible Labs.

Incredible Labs is a company that is behind the personal assistant application on iOS platform. The application named Donna.

In its official statement, Yahoo said that they and the Incredible Labs has the same vision that technology should be smart enough to think for themselves and for their users.

In part of the agreement, seven employees of Incredible Labs will join Yahoo, while one of the co -founders chose to make the application more interesting.

With the acquisition is carried out by Yahoo, so Donna could no longer be downloaded through the Apple Apps Store. Donna is an application that displays a variety of daily information, such as weather, traffic, and other tips are required daily, similar to Google apps Now, artificial competitor Yahoo.

According to Engadget ( 30/01/2014 ), it is possible with the acquisition, Yahoo will make the application match their own version of Google Now.

Incredible Labs owned technology will be combined with Yahoo's own applications, such as weather information that looks nicer and has been widely used.

Android Nokia Faster Than Lumia 1020

Slowly veil Android smartphone made ​​by Nokia began to open. Chip -by -chip clues began popping up on the Internet.

Having previously mockup smartphone dubbed the " Normandy " was leaked on the Internet, the following screenshots AnTuTu benchmark results, now turn screenshots BrowserMark Normandy outstanding.

BrowserMark software testers are used to determine the performance of the smartphone when used to browse the Internet. In these tests, the Normandy placed himself as middle class.

Android smartphone made ​​by Nokia that has a benchmark score of 1885 recorded in the test intensity BrowserMark processor. These results are equivalent to the middle class smartphones like the Sony Xperia C.

But surprisingly, based on the scores BrowserMark, Normandy was superior compared to high-end smartphones Nokia, Lumia recorded a score of 1020 -1700s.

Normandy browsing performance comparisons with other smartphones can be seen from the graph below. Normandy in the chart identified by the name of Nokia X.
Score BrowserMark Nokia Normandy

Previously, from leaks AnTuTu benchmark, note that the specifications of the Nokia Normandy include 200 Snapdragon processor, Android OS 4.4.1 Kitkat, 4 -inch screen resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, and a 5 megapixel camera.

Previously, sources KompasTekno have seen firsthand device codenamed the Normandy. According to him, the device is going to come with a dual - SIM capabilities and using the Android 4.4 OS Kitkat.

Note also that this phone was already " landed " in Indonesia. Nokia has been quietly applying for certification Nokia Normandy in the Resources Directorate of Post and Information and Tools ( SDPPI ) Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under the code RM - 980.

Normandy was allegedly going to be formally introduced in the Cars World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, February. Normandy called targeting lower middle market segment with a price range of 150 dollars.