Sunday 6 April 2014

Top 5 Android Forums For Various Android Tips and Discussions


Android
Android Operating System has been increasing in a very immense manner in the mobile computing world. In the meanwhile, the issues regarding the Android operating system is also increasing. Almost everyone has experienced issues in their lifetime, in which they can’t find the solution for the issue. For those people, here I have listed the world best forums for android issues. You can find more interesting technical issues in the mono-live.com; and improve your knowledge with a single click in the Internet.

Of course, most of the android users have their own problems in their Android device. And with the help of these android forums, you can easily found the more interesting solutions for your problems with the help of these forums. Not only the problems and issues, but also these forums will brings you an awesome life to your android fantasy. For example, if you want to buy a new mobile in a certain specifications, you can create a thread in these forums and find a best answer for your query. These are the top most advantages of the Android forums and discussion threads.

Actually, one of my reader has asked my how to root the Motorola Canvas 2+, and while searching for the solution, I have found the best solutions in these forums. If you were spending few times in these forums, then you can be a regular reader of these forums which results in creation of nice reputation for your name. You can get loads of information about the android devices and system information in these forums.

By spending countless hours in the various forums, I have found these forums as the top forums for the Android operating system related issues. Mono-live.com brings you various information about these forums and here it comes;

1. Android Community: Android Community is one of the top forums for the android operating system; this is one of the best one in the android central. And it provides awesome look for the users and also it has several information about the android mobiles. Not only for the fun, has Android Community provided you various information about rooting, free in-app purchases and so on. The Android Community has a great look and feel which brings you an interesting thought about the website. If you visit the Android Community, then you can easily find the information that is arranged in the Android Community website.Android Community provides a blog as well as a community forum, in these you can find the latest android information in the form of blog post, and also you can make your own thread in the discussion forum. About thousands of android users are constantly resolving various issues in the discussion threads of the android community.

2. Android Forum: Android Forum is a multi-level group discussion forum about the android which brings on huge list of activities about the android operating system.Android Forum has several sections, namely Top android Phones, Top android tablets and so on. Even you can find android community section in the Android Forum website; it also has a section that brought you list of information about android development. Android Forum has Android News and Talk, Android Lounge, Android Games, Android Accessories sections that provides a detailed overview about the android operating system. In the android development, you can find the section that provides information about the custom ROM development and also has a separate section about the android theme development. And also it has a separate section about the android hacks, scripts, mods and so on. Not only these, but also Android Forum provides a huge list of mobile that allows you to choose your mobile from that list and also you can download several things for your mobile by choosing your phone from the list which is given in the website.

3. XDA Developers: XDA Developers is one of the best forums for the android devices and it was the first forum which was basically developed by the android developers and this has been especially dedicated for the android developing sections.XDA Developers basically provides information about the scripts and mods for the android mobiles and also it has several sections such as Android development, Custom android ROM development that deals various lists of Custom ROMs for hundreds of android devices;XDA Developers provides separate discussion forums and threads for different mobiles such as Nexus 5, Moto G, Moto X and so on.XDA Developers allows you to enter your queries in the website, so that you can easily enter your queries that can be answered by the best developers who were found in the world. For example, if you were searching for the custom mods for your mobile, you can post your queries in the website. Then your query will be answered as soon as possible by the world most popular android developers within few minutes.

4. Android Developers The Google Group:It is the group which has been created in the Google Groups, as we have discussed earlier, the Google group has several sections such as development section, theme development section, Custom ROM section, FAQ, General Questions and Answers and so on. You can find your problems in the threads that have been found in the earlier discussion threads in the Android Developers Google Group. It has been selected as a best Google groups for the android development. You can find more interesting facts in the Android Developers Google Group and you can spend more times in the Android Developers Google Group to be regular reader in the Google group.

5. And Dev Forum: And Dev Forum is a forum that has several sections that deals with the android operating system. It provides various announcements, coding issues in the ADT, SDT and also in the emulators.And Dev Forum also provides various android tutorials with the source codes and so on. And Dev Forum has several unique discussion talk so that it has been placed in the top 5 android forum list.

Saturday 5 April 2014

Microsoft Universal Windows Apps!


Microsoft Universal Windows Apps
With Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft will unify its app infrastructure. With the new Universal Windows apps there is now a simple way to create apps for all Windows platforms. An update for Visual Studio 2013 allows you to convert Universal Windows apps.

 Windows Universal apps will allow developers to create apps that work on both tablets and PCs as well as on Smartphones and share large parts of the code. Even for the Xbox One, Microsoft will consider the developers participation.

A new Windows run time environment will reduce development time for apps. Visual Studio 2013 will get for Universal Windows apps an update that is designed to simplify the transition from traditional apps on the universal format. In addition, there are new diagnostic tools that enable developers to figure out why an app has performance issues and how it can be easily resolved can be find out easily.

 Microsoft demonstrated using a simple example application that converting an existing Windows 8 app into a universal Windows application has to go fast. The app then ran into a Windows Phone emulator. According to Microsoft, Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 is ready and released for the developer program.

This also changed the distribution channel: The apps must be purchased only once. Who buys a Universal App, can use it on all devices, whether console or Smartphone. A universal logo displays in the store that it is a versatile app. Universal Windows apps work on Windows Phone from version 8.1.

Whether the apps also require Windows 8.1 Update 1 is not yet known. In addition, Microsoft announced that the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) is also a cross-platform tool to better cross-device web application development for the Internet Explorer 11 too.

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is available



Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is available now. In addition to integration with Azure and a data platform for Hadoop 2.2 of the SQL Server and it also provides advanced in side memory solutions. This week, in-house exhibition and Build developer conference Microsoft announced the general availability of its SQL Server 2014.

The new version should be much faster than its predecessor, at least in the online transaction processing (OLTP). For OLTP is now equipped with an In - Memory technology, which can improve speed and it can be achieved by 30 times. The new in-memory -based OLTP complement existing in-memory technologies for business intelligence (BI), complex event processing with Stream Insight and the column-oriented processing in SQL Server.

In addition, the new version of SQL Server for On-Premise, for pure Azure applications or for mixed hybrid cloud solutions can be used. This includes the Azure service HDInsight, Microsoft's Hadoop platform, which can be used with Hadoop 2.2 now. The SQL Server 2014 is available in three versions: Enterprise for mission critical applications and data warehousing, business intelligence for premium companies and self-service BI and the Standard Edition with basic database, reporting and analysis functions.

 The BI and Standard Edition can be licensed per user or per device. In addition, the Standard Edition can license per processor core customers. A trial version is available and which can be used up to 180 days.

New Free Caller ID App “Holaa” Launched to Take On TrueCaller


Holaa
This free caller ID app allow the call receiver to identify the caller’s name, location, present photo, network and it also help to block the spam calls. 

Nimbuzz, a new call telecom group announced the launch of new platform “Holaa” for call management. Latest appHolaa” was created in India by the team of young developers, which allow the users to identify the name, location, his or her photo during an incoming call with the advantage of spam calls blocking. Nimbuzz, a VoIP service provider and mobile messaging company was acquired by UK-based Company and last month ISP New Telecom has launched the Android dialer app named as “Holaa”.

According to officials, Nimbuzz doesn’t have any future plans to release the Holaa on an iOS version because its targeting the emerging market not existing one. Soon Holaa will be launched in other countries such as; South Asia, where Nimbuzz has a strong market and also in the Middle East.

Holaa vs Truecaller: 

After the launch “Holaa” is considering as the competitor of Truecaller,but according to reports there isn’t something new as Truecaller also provides a advantage of spam call blocking, however the last month Truecaller had launched a new dialer app known as Truedialler for Android Phones & Windows Phone, which provides the info about the caller and also allow the user to search the unknown number on Truecaller.

Truedialler app searches both the Truecaller’s database and as well as user’s phonebook to provide the missing information about any specific number. As in India many of the users are getting a lot of unwanted calls, so TrueCaller app is extremely in Indians than western countries.

Features of “Holaa”: 

Holaa is one of the call management app which provides standard features such as; caller ID, in which user get the information about callers photo, location, network, & email ID with the caller name by phonebook synchronization and Facebook & Google accounts.

It also gives the missed call alerts and its activity tracker, which keep the tabs on duration the calls so that you can track the call duration. Holaa also provides the feature named as Smart Search, which allow the user to search for a any particular contact based on location, photo, name or email ID of the person.

The other interesting feature is call Merge, it provides the new information about a contact and allow the user to add the caller in phonebook instantly. For spam blocking Holaa app collects the information about spam-marked numbers on a a central server for proper function and if spam-marked number from any users calls, so app automatically identifies the number and blocks the same.

But for spam blocking users should have the active data connection or Wi-Fi network to look up spam-marked numbers from the database of central server. In present Holaa is calming that they have the data base of more than 300 million phone numbers, which can identify the unknown callers. Currently this app is available in English, Arabic, Persian, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Thursday 3 April 2014

Google to Launch Improved Android Camera App


Google Camera App
Google is currently working on a revised camera app for Android according to the sources. The new camera app is to get more photo and video capabilities, and this will even appear for all Kitkat devices in future. Now Google is currently running internal tests of a new camera app for Android, Sources reports with reference to confidential sources, which were not disclosed.

Thus, the entire user interface of the Android camera app is redesigned and will be re launched; in order to control the camera functions of an Android device should be easier. The camera app gets directly to function with which can be put out of focus by blur the background. This is intended primarily for portraits, so that the subject's better accentuate. In addition, the panoramic shot function has been revised and optimized the photo -sphere mode.

Both the results will be better accordingly. As part of this new app, lot of enhancements to the view of shooting photos has been optimized. Thus, the new camera app will show 100 percent quality and with easy handling, which shows the quality in photos.

So far, it could happen that unwanted objects protrude into the picture because they were not visible on the viewfinder image because of the camera app showed only a part of the future picture. But these will be the thing of recent past once the apps are working. The new camera app is going to be extensible.

 Third parties can develop filters for the app to include such effects in the camera app and can apply to photos. This is to the creative possibilities of the app to be expanded. At present it is still unclear how interesting it is for developers to offer matching filters.

The new camera app will not only be part of a new Android firmware. Owner of an existing Android device so do not wait until the Android system has been updated accordingly. Google plans to offer the camera app as a separate update.

The app will then be available for all Smartphones and tablets running Android 4.4 aka Kitkat at least with. Therefore the new camera app requires the latest version of Android currently. And the exact release date of the camera app is not known.