Everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy S7 & Apple iPhone 7

Computing Forever’s Dave Cullen sifts through the tech rumour mill to uncover the latest news regarding the upcoming Galaxy S7 and iPhone 7 smartphones.

It’s the season to begin discussing the future high-end smartphones of the year and two of the biggest show stoppers will be the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Apple iPhone 7. The hardware for the new Galaxy S7 has been revealed by an AnTuTu benchmark database.

It’s believed to feature a 5.1-inch display at a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 with an octa-core Exynos 8890 SoC processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It’ll have a 12 mega pixel rear-facing camera, which may be 4 mega pixels less than its predecessor, but the pixels are larger, which provide the camera with more light to process the image.

The Galaxy S7 may also feature a pressure-sensitive display similar to Apple’s 3D touch screen, which provides additional context menus and functionality beyond basic touch capabilities. The physical design of the device may be comprised of a magnesium alloy chassis with a glass back cover

As for Apple’s new iPhone 7, it remains to be seen if Apple will continue with the numerical designation it’s employed in previous models. For the purposes of this discussion, we’ll continue to refer to it as the iPhone 7.

The physical design of the device is expected to change quite significantly. The iPhone’s chassis design is markedly altered after every S edition, the iPhone 5 and 5s shared the same design as did the iPhone 6 and 6s. So we can anticipate that Apple will totally redesign this next iPhone for 2016.

Li-Fi capabilities have also been suggested. Li-Fi is a light-based data transfer technology that transfers information between devices over 100 times faster than using radio-based Wi-Fi standards.

The iPhone 6c has already been leaked and is effectively identical to the iPhone 6s but with a smaller 4-inch display instead.

The C model iPhones tend to continue the previous generation iPhone designs, so this would be consistent with Apple’s previous behaviour.

The new iPhone 7 will likely come preinstalled with Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 9.3. This new edition of the OS includes Night Shift mode. This is a feature designed to alter the screen colours and lighting of your iOS device in the evening so as to reduce sleep disturbance caused by the harsh blue light effect of the screen.



Source: http://utv.ie/Blogs/2016/01/22/Everything-we-know-about-the-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-Apple-iPhone-7-52726

How to Permanently Erase Data from iPhone 6/5S/5/4S/4

Keeping data private may seem like a pretty simple task, but more often than not, those embarrassing and incriminating texts can still be accessed even when you delete them from your iPhone 6/5S/5/4S/4. Sometimes, all it takes is a Spotlight search. Some companies are making millions by offering an application that's supposed to permanently delete everything, yet it's been pretty easy for people to find ways to save contacts and messages and other files on both computers and their iOS devices.

It's extremely important and necessary to erase all data including contacts, text messages, photos, videos and other personal information on it, for you don't want others access your important personal data on the iPhone and leak your privacy out. So what can you do to protect yourself? There are actually several ways to delete everything from your iPhone 6/5S/5/4S/4 without restoringso that they don't come back to haunt you later. Here you will be shown the most direct way to wipe all contents from iOS device permanently.

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IPhone 6s vs. Samsung Galaxy S6: clash of the flagshipsIPhone 6s vs. Samsung Galaxy S6: clash of the flagships

If you’re in the market for a new phone and you’ve got your eyes on a flagship device, both the iPhone 6s and the Samsung Galaxy S6 should automatically earn a place at the very top of your shortlist. But when it comes to the final crunch, which one should you choose and what are the key differences?

iPhone 6s vs. Samsung Galaxy S6: Design

With the iPhone 6s and the Galaxy S6 you’ve got two gorgeous handsets, both flaunting the very best in smartphone design.

Samsung took a big leap with the Galaxy S6, ditching the plastic chassis of the Galaxy S5 and opting for a milled aluminum frame with a shimmering glass back. In hand, the Galaxy S6 feels surprisingly compact considering it’s a 5.1in device, although the metal does make it more slippery.

  As the iPhone 6s is only an “S” upgrade, there isn’t much in the way of an aesthetic departure from the iPhone 6. However, it’s still an achingly pretty handset, with the smoothly rounded sides and corners of its predecessor. Where it differs is hardiness. The aluminum frame is now built from a stronger alloy – 7000 series aluminum, to be precise – and the screen glass has also been strengthened.

Both phones are lookers, so you won’t go wrong with either in terms of appearance. The Galaxy S6 is marginally lighter and slimmer at 138g and 6.8mm, compared to the iPhone 6s’ 143g and 7.1mm. If you really want a slender phone the Galaxy S6 may be the one to opt for, but there’s very little difference between the two.

Winner: Draw

iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S6: Display

The S6’s 5.1in Quad HD Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 and a pixel density of 576ppi. The iPhone 6s’ 4.7in LED-backlit IPS LCD has a resolution of 750 x 1,334 and a pixel density of 326ppi. Looking at the figures, the Samsung Galaxy S6 has the edge over the iPhone 6s, but that’s not to say that Apple’s handset is in any way dull or flat.

 In his testing, Jonathan Bray measured a maximum brightness of 572cd/m² on the iPhone 6s, as well as an eye-popping contrast ratio of 1,599:2 and exemplarily colour accuracy, with the screen covering 95% of the sRGB colour space and its average Delta E. When it comes to brightness, the Galaxy S6 has a comparable figure, managing to reach a brightness of 560cd/m² in auto-brightness mode, or 347cd/m² in manual brightness mode.

While the iPhone 6s has fantastic colour accuracy, the Galaxy S6 ultimately beats it with the phone’s Super AMOLED display reproducing an incredible 98.5% of the sRGB colour gamut. For this reason, the Galaxy S6 edges over the iPhone 6s for display.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy S6

iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S6: Features

Apple has an ace up its sleeve here: 3D Touch. What does 3D Touch do? In its most basic form, 3D Touch effectively adds a right-click capability to the iPhone 6s. Press the icon of a compatible app on the homescreen a little harder than usual, and up pops a context-sensitive menu, offering options and shortcuts related to the app in question.

Use it with the camera app, for example, and you’ll get Selfie, Video, Slo-mo and Take Photo shortcuts, while Safari offers up links to your reading list and bookmarks, as well as standard and private tab creation.

The Galaxy S6 may not have anything in the way of comparable headline-grabbing features, but it does have a heap of core features. These include a dedicated heart rate monitor, an infrared transceiver that lets you use your phone as a TV remote, and in-built wireless charging.

The iPhone 6s supports Apple Pay, but the Galaxy S6 will support Samsung Pay when it eventually comes to the UK. The hybrid technology in the Galaxy S6 also means Samsung Pay will work with newer NFC payment terminals, as well as older credit card machines.

Put all this together and, while Samsung Galaxy S6 boasts a number of great features, the iPhone 6s ultimately breaks new ground with 3D Touch and an up-and-running Apple Pay system.

Winner: iPhone 6s

Source: http://www.alphr.com/mobile-phones/1001663/iphone-6s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s6-clash-of-the-flagships

Introducing the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, for a faster, open mobile web

 Smartphone’s and tablets have revolutionized the way we access information, and today people consume a tremendous amount of news on their phones. Publishers around the world use the mobile web to reach these readers, but the experience can often leave a lot to be desired. Every time a webpage takes too long to load, they lose a reader—and the opportunity to earn revenue through advertising or subscriptions. That's because advertisers on these websites have a hard time getting consumers to pay attention to their ads when the pages load so slowly that people abandon them entirely.

Today, after discussions with publishers and technology companies around the world, we’re announcing a new open source initiative called Accelerated Mobile Pages, which aims to dramatically improve the performance of the mobile web. We want Web Pages with rich content like video, animations and graphics to work alongside smart ads, and to load instantaneously. We also want the same code to work across multiple platforms and devices so that content can appear everywhere in an instant—no matter what type of phone, tablet or mobile device you’re using.

The project relies on AMP HTML, a new open framework built entirely out of existing web technologies, which allows websites to build light-weight Web Pages. To give you a sense of what a faster mobile web might look like, we’ve developed this demo on Google Search:

Over time we anticipate that other Google products such as Google News will also integrate AMP HTML pages. And today we’re announcing that nearly 30 publishers from around the world are taking part too.

This is the start of an exciting collaboration with publishers and technology companies, who have all come together to make the mobile web work better for everyone. Twitter, Pinterest, WordPress.com, Chartbeat, Parse.ly, Adobe Analytics and LinkedIn are among the first group of technology partners planning to integrate AMP HTML pages.

In the coming months we’ll work with other participants in the project to build more features and functionality focused on some key areas:

Content: Publishers increasingly rely on rich content like image carousels, maps, social plug-ins, data visualizations, and videos to make their stories more interactive and stand out. 

They also need to implement ads and analytics in order to monetize the content and to understand what their readers like and dislike. The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project provides an open source approach, allowing publishers to focus on producing great content, while relying on the shared components for high performance and great user experience. The initial technical specification—developed with input and code from our partners in the publishing and technology sectors—is being released today on GitHub.

Distribution: Publishers want people to enjoy the great journalism they create anywhere and everywhere, so stories or content produced in Spain can be served in an instant across the globe in, say, Chile. That means distribution across all kinds of devices and platforms is crucial. So, as part of this effort, we’ve designed a new approach to caching that allows the publisher to continue to host their content while allowing for efficient distribution through Google's high performance global cache. We intend to open our cache servers to be used by anyone free of charge.

Advertising: Ads help fund free services and content on the web. With Accelerated Mobile Pages, we want to support a comprehensive range of ad formats, ad networks and technologies. Any sites using AMP HTML will retain their choice of ad networks, as well as any formats that don’t detract from the user experience. It’s also a core goal of the project to support subscriptions and paywalls. We’ll work with publishers and those in the industry to help define the parameters of an ad experience that still provides the speed we’re striving for with AMP.

Source: https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages.html