5 Things you need to know about the new iPhone 8

Curtain’s removed,iPhone 8 and 8 plus are all set to make that heart pound faster. The features of the latest product were promulgated in a recent event. Let’s look at some of the features Apple unravelled a couple of days back.

Design improvements

Apple has emerged a clear winner all through when it comes to luxurious designs and this is no different. iPhone 8 and 8 Plus would be available in Silver, Space gray and a new Gold color with new glass back and aluminium sides. The design has greater substance when compared to iPhone 7.

Pricing

Here comes the moment of truth. An advice though,have patience, let not your hearts gape up to your throats. Go get a MRI scan to escape a shocker. Just kidding, iPhone 8 and 8 plus are not priced higher than previous Models with iPhone 8 starting at a mere $699. The price is bound to fall as the Display Panels from Samsung become available. Pretty cheap? Only if you have a reserved kidney or a friend in final stages.

A11 bionic chipset

Forget the iPhone 7 experience with this new phone. iPjone 8 and 8 plus have A11 bionic chipset that would improve the speed by over 70 percent. Not only this, but the multi-threaded use and Graphical Processing unit are about to improve. That’s some speed to have.

Camera

The smartphone has a 12 MP built in sensor in a bid to provide optical image stabalization and brighter pictures. Talking of brightness, Apple has introduced a feature that uses built in algorithms to analyze the brightness round the room and hence adjust the machine’s light to conditions cordial to users choice. iPhone 8 plus will come with a dual camera setup with a f/1.8 and a second telephoto f/2.8 sensor. The update is worthy of capturing 1080p video at 240fps and 4K video at 60fps,hence providing a seamingless experience.

New wireless technologies

Going by its ‘go wireless trend’, the update not only features Bluetooth 5.0 but a wireless charging system as well. iPhone 8 and 8 plus support the Qi open wireless charging and will work with all existing Qi wireless chargers available in the market.

Despite the updates being significant, there is nothing much to cheer about. Better go for iPhone 7 because ‘iPhone 7S’ at the cost of iPhone 8 is not worth it, unless you gotta get a big hole in your wallet.A must buy for iPhone lovers though. Let’s be honest peeps, iPhone was never about the features, it’s about the luxury the brand carries.

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Collecting various things can be a hobby. When the hobby reaches the level of passion people like Stefan Polgari do creative things like building a smart phone museum.

Now that is surprising. We have seen people indulged in habit of collecting coins, stickers, postage stamps, guns or vintage vehicles. Living in Slovakia, Stefan Polgari, built a museum featuring about 3, 500 smart phones. Stefan is a 26 years old online marketing specialist.

Anyone can visit the museum but it is necessary to have an appointment to enter the museum.

Stefan built the museum in only two rooms of his own house. The museum consists chiefly of vintage phones like Siemens S4 model and Nokia 3310. Stefan Polgari collected these phone in two years.

In an interview he said,

“It’s hard to say which phone is most valuable to me, perhaps the Nokia 350i Star Wars edition”.

Samuel West from EU, Sweden, is another gadget lover who collects failed gadgets and has his own mobile phone museum where these gadgets are displayed.

He is 43 year old and has collected 51 gadgets like perfumes launched by motorcycle manufacturing giant Harley Davidson, Google’s Glass with AR support and built in camera, and Newton, a personal digital assistant developed by Apple.

Samuel said,

“We know that 80 to 90 percent of innovation projects, they fail and you never read about them. And if there’s anything we can do from these failures, is learn from them.”

Please visit museum’s official website. Click here,  Mobile Phone Museum.

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Over the years, Apple has wowed people with elegant designs and amazing software updates. The are the most durable smart phones. They try to keep their customers updated and make them feel at ease by providing the best customer care.

Yet there is no information about the kind of service provide by Apple when someone goes to their store to get their damaged iPhone repaired.

A business insider stated the process and service provided by Apple. The outlet leaked stated that Apple store receives the defected phone and then the technicians inspect the condition of phone to authenticate that the smart phone has not violated terms and conditions of warranty policy or has not exceeded the warranty date.

Then thy check it that the phone has either to be repaired or to be replaced entirely.

When your phone is having FaceTime camera foam misalignment than you can get your iPhone repaired at a very low cost. It takes a little more money to be repaired if the phone is experiencing problems with LCD or audio connectors.

If the terms and conditions of the warranty are violated the phone won’t be repaired under warranty.

A technician from the company has been reported to have said, “We have one just like that for all of the products. Used more for the physical inspection and how to determine the cost for damage. That’s basically half the training for iPhone techs.”

The terms of warranty are usually not in favour of the buyers and are not liked by them. The warranty lasts for a year only.

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First of its kind initiative has is going to be introduced in Pakistan. Together Uber and ArabNet have joined hands to benefit the population of Pakistan.

Pakistanis are talented nation with hundreds of amazing ides bulging out of mind. The ideas can bring a great change not only in the life of a single person but for the nation and the world. Keeping this in mind Uber has partnered with ArabNet to give a platform to the talented people with creative ideas.

The initiative is being introduced in the three cities of Pakistan: Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.

The startups, entrepreneurs and the individuals with life-changing ideas can apply for the platform to get a chance to narrate their ideas to the authorities.

The initiative is named #UberPITCH. Every participant will b given 15 minutes to pitch their idea and hail a ride. The event will take place on 30th September from 11am – 3pm. During the event regional startup heroes and industry leaders, will listen to the innovative  ideas in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

To apply for the program all you need to do and know  is:

• Download the Uber app
• Submit an application for your startup here before 5pm on September 20th
• If selected, you will be emailed a promo code to unlock the UberPITCH view
• Between 11am – 3pm Saturday, September 30th, request the UberPITCH option via your app
• If connected, you’ll have 7 minutes to pitch and 7 minutes for feedback
• Rides are free and will start and end at your pickup location
• Selected startups will be announced October 4th

If you have great idea that can change lives, don’t miss the opportunity that is knocking at your door. Go and hail a ride now!

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Call it a superman eye or the innovation of technology but the news is that scientists from Scotland have introduced a camera that can see through human body. This is a unique introduction in the field of medical technology. The camera enables the view through the body.

It is going to do wonders in medical field and prove very beneficial for doctors. The camera would be used  to assist the tools in endoscopy but with a great ease. It will allow the detection of easy track of the tools during the examining process of the patient in certain medical conditions.

The camera is designed such that it has the ability to detect light that is emitted by the medical tool and develop a picture of the internal environment. Just like in endoscopy, the camera develops an image by detecting light present at the tip of endoscope tube.

When the camera was tested the results showed that the camera has ability to detect endoscope from 20cm of tissues in the body. The best part of the camera is its affordable price.

It is comparatively cheaper than X-rays and other heavy machinery. The equipment is able to detect light before it scatters. Moreover, it is not to large to gain much space. It is small enough to be in the room beside the bed of the patient.

Prof. Kev Daliwal from the Edinburgh University said,

“The ability to see a device’s location is crucial for many applications in healthcare, as we move forwards with minimally invasive approaches to treating disease”.

Dr. Michael Tanner, of Heriot-Watt University also added,

“I hope we can continue this interdisciplinary approach to make a real difference in healthcare technology”.

The amazing result is the effort of both University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University. The project was the part of the Proteus Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration that aims to develop new technologies for the medical field particularly in diagnosing and treating the lung disease.

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Every country has its culture and people who stick to their culture and morals succeed in every field. This is why no matter how the technology has changed lives and how the fashion has changed the cultural colored trucks are still visible in every part of Pakistan.

The colorful rickshaws and trucks are the road rulers and kings of the highways.

It is recognized as one of the famous and creative art in Pakistan. It has gained international recognition.

Asheer Akram, an American artist has taken an initiative of displaying the art in America.
His art will be displayed in Wichita Art Museum that is in Kansas.

He came to Pakistan for some time and observed the beauty of the amazing art. He decided to promote the florescence. His idea promotes the positive view of Pakistan.

He posted on Facebook about his work,

“I am certain about one thing this project and its off shoots are as important today as they were when it first rolled out.”

Moreover he wrote,

“Not only as a tool for spreading cultural awareness but as a method of opening up a dialog about current events with younger generations. We are thrilled to have her still rolling strong. Fighting #racism and #bigotry since 2013.”

Chevrolet grain truck  is used as the first truck for the project. It is coloured with the beautiful splash of colors.

He also posted on website saying,

“The trucks covered in the new motifs and designs seek to “captivate everyone and inspire them to investigate cultures outside of their everyday surroundings.”

He aims to promote the positive image of Pakistan.

The truck art promotes the culture and beauty of Pakistan.

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WhatsApp starts testing verified business accounts

WhatsApp plans to verify Business Accounts. It intends to change its management policy of managing business accounts. It is introducing a program to verify business accounts.

Whatsapp is a messaging app that is owned by Facebook. The owners want to introduce a new way for interacting with enterprises. The news has been in the technology market since long and now we have heard the buzz that the messaging is bringing the program to practice.

To give the customers 100% assurity of the business account the business accounts will be marked with a green tick.

The sign will be marked with a green tick one the contact information is verified. This initiative is taken for the users so that they can put their trust on the certain verified company. This way both the customers and the company will benefit.

Here is how the verified symbol looks like.

Whatsapp being the second most popular messaging app has more than 1 billion users.  From the time of its launch it has tried to provide the best service to its customers and this is the reason it has gain such popularity.

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Google removes over 500 malicious Apps from Play Store

It is reported that Google has removed 500 apps from its Play Store. The reason quoted was that those apps had malicious code that made it easy for hackers to hack the application after its download.

The downloaded app then could run what hacker wants us to see. Accumulative of the number of times the app was downloaded is 100 million downloads.

Lookout figured the code out. Lookout is a mobile security firm that announced that codes made their way to the app by Software Development Kit (SDK).

After the installation of the app SDK  allows the hackers to develop their own code. It can either give your mobile a virus or cause unnecessary pop-ups. The serious of all harms  is that the hackers can use these apps to download your contacts and your call logs. This is called “call log infiltration.”

Lookout informed Google and Google took initiatives to remove the apps from the Play Store. Lookout also advised the people to download safely and keep their applications updated.

After security researchers from several internet infrastructure companies discovered, Google has removed over 500 apps from its Google Play store over issues relating to spyware.

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One of Pakistan’s leading e-commerce store, Yayvo, has been picked up by Facebook as one of  it’s Business Success Stories for a well thought out marketing policy to garner women audiences that included Facebook advertisements.

Yavyo.com has been thriving above expectations ever since it arrived on the e-commerce scene, becoming a force to be reckoned with despite the likes of Kaymu and others. One problem it,however, had always experienced was the lack of women analogy.

Even the hugely successful,PKR200 Million Black Friday ended up as a men dominated affair. With Women constituting over 48% of Pakistan’s population.Such high handed-ness from the women side could have left the $1 Billion Target of the e-commerce industry,high and dry, but somehow Yavyo.com came up with the winds of change.

To drive up the sales on the Women’s Corner,Yavyo.com came up with Facebook advertisements prior to the launch of leading Clothing brands. The idea paved off,generating 10,000 leads and substantial audiences even before the stock came along.

This along with the update of Facebook Pixels on the website;audience tracker, doubled the sales on the women corner and expanded the women shoppers by over 47%.

Pakistani e-commerce store Yavyo.com’s Head of Marketing, Syed Waqas Pervez,was quoted saying,”Facebook has played a key role in our strategy to acquire female fashion shoppers, which is a challenging segment, but has great potential. By using Facebook lead ads, we substantially grew our prospects in this segment before the actual campaign even started.”

Well, while the Brand deserves praise for the strategy, it’s worth mentioning that neither is Yavyo.com first to make the cut, and if God wills,nor will it be the last. So,until another name rewrites the blog, just commend the man of the moment.

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According to IBM, it will help United Bank Limited (UBL) in establishment of Digital Design Lab. It surely is a transformation journey and this is the first one in Pakistan. It is going to provide a totally different experience to the UBL customers.

It is going to be a new turn in the digital banking. The lab will provide an environment for UBL’s interdisciplinary teams as well as its network of start-ups, fintechs, ecosystem partners, and academia to develop personalized and engaging digital customer experiences.

UBL in listed among the top banks in Pakistan with more than 1,375 branches in  Pakistan and it has about 19 branches globally.

The initiative will help the people of Pakistan experience a well organized and fast digital banking all around Pakistan. It intends to transform the way of digital banking.

The lab aims to enable UBL to accelerate the digitization of its offerings, products, services and processes and equip its team with the necessary skills to design customer centric digital solutions.

IBM iX is one of the best digital agencies and is a global business design partner. The two have decided to bring the best setup for the UBL customers.

Sima Kamil the President & CEO of UBL said,

“UBL strives to be the best digital bank in Pakistan and is continuously investing in customer-first strategies through the use of digital and mobile technologies to enhance our customer experience and keep pace with the evolving market needs.

We are committed to putting our customers at the heart of everything that we do and we are confident that IBM Design Thinking is the right approach to help create personalized experiences.”

Digital Design Lab will be established in Karachi will be made on the framework of  IBM Design Thinking.

Ghazanfar Ali the Country General Manager of  IBM Pakistan and Afghanistan said,

“Today’s consumers are increasingly expecting a more personalized and engaging customer experience. Therefore, customer centric interactions and digital solutions have become the core foundation of business success. Through the lab, UBL’s team will be equipped with right design methodology and skills to map their customer journeys into its offerings for a distinctive customer experience.”

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