Daily Archives: February 17, 2016

Samsung discusses improvements in its Marshmallow update, like Cross App and Samsung Internet 4.0

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The Android 6.0 Marshmallow has a lot of improvements as it is. In stock form you get great features like Doze mode, customizable permissions, enhanced volume controls, Google Now on Tap, control over external storage, and much more. It’s a really nice update.

Samsung took the liberty of discussing its own improvements made to Marshmallow for its Galaxy devices. The first is Samsung Internet 4.0, which adds a fingerprint protected “Secret Mode” that allows you to browse the internet and not leave a trace for those without your fingerprint. Saving passwords is done with fingerprints for extra security.

There’s also the addition of Cross App, which allows the use of apps within apps. The Messaging app now has a pop-up gallery that allows you to attach photos without leaving the app. It even has a mini camera to take photos on the fly. This is something Google Messenger has been doing for ages, but Samsung has also added a built-in browser that can be minimized to answer messages.

In the end, the addition of such features benefits Galaxy device owners. When this update will be rolling out to people is a different issue. A few devices are already getting it, but it might be a while before more start receiving the update. What do you guys think of these new features? Leave a comment!

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Gmailify gives you all the best features of Gmail for your other emails

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For many of us, Gmail is the best email client out there. And ever since the Gmail app for Android was updated with support for other emails, we could keep track of our old emails that are still linked to some services. But with the latest announcements, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Outlook will get Gmail features through the use of the Gmail app.

If you enable new Gmailify feature, using those emails and retaining the original email name will allow you to take advantage of Gmail’s spam protection, categories, and more. You’ll even start getting Google Now cards from info in those emails!

The spam protection and Google Now cards are the best features and really sound like a great addition. The update to Gmail is rolling out today, so you’ll soon be able to link those email accounts to your Gmail account and get these features!

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If Apple Can Create A Backdoor To The iPhone, Could Someone Else?

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On February 16, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym issued an order compelling Apple to assist the government in bypassing the security features of an iPhone 5C that belonged to one of the perpetrators of the December 2015 San Bernardino attack. Apple quickly responded with a lengthy statement from CEO Tim Cook calling the order a “dangerous precedent.” It “would be wrong,” asserted Cook, “for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.”

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Sharebot Leverages Blockchain Technology For Competitive ‘Social’ Marketing

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The launch of website Sharebits.io and its new ‘tip-bot’ facilities, which is another way to share and exchange value through cryptocurrency tokens, is being touted as facilitating and aiding businesses and entrepreneurs to reach the notoriously ‘hard-to-attract’ millennial demographic. And, the sales spiel behind this initiative leveraging blockchain technology pitches “a fun, flexible and accessible approach” to marketing.

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