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Get into the spring mood with some new gadgets

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Pixie tracker augmented reality app

Spring is officially on the calendar, despite having a bunch of snow still on the ground around my house. But that doesn’t matter to several of the companies displaying new products and services at the Digital Focus Spring Spectacular, held last night in New York. Here’s a roundup of some new devices that I hope to review soon:

Epson HomeCinema 1450 projector

Epson showed off its new projector aimed at houses looking for projection in well-lit rooms.The Home Cinema 1450 ($1,499 MSRP, available April 17) is a 3LCD projector that delivers up to 4,200 lumens of color brightness and 4,200 lumens of white brightness and full 1080p resolution. The difference between the 1450 and other projectors is its ability to provide a brilliant image in a room with lights on (like a living room, as opposed to a home theater room setup). The projector includes a built-in 16-watt speaker, and supports cable/satellite boxes, game consoles, Internet streaming devices (Roku, Chromecast, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.) through its two HDMI ports and a Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL3) port.

Western Digital MyPassport SSD

Western Digital (or WD if you like this) announced a new external solid-state drive (SSD) that claims a super-fast data transfer rate. The My Passport SSD features speeds of up to 515 MB/sec., and is designed for computers with USB Type-C ports, as well as USB 3.1. Gen 2 (10Gbps). However, the device will also include an adapter to use with more traditional USB Type-A ports found on older computers. It’s “built for PC and compatible with Macintosh” systems, and also has been drop-tested for up to 6.5-feet, and can “withstand 1500G of force” to help keep your data safe. The drive will be available in capacities of 256 GB ($99.99), 512 GB ($199.99) and 1TB ($399.99), and includes WD Backup and WD Security (256-bit AES hardware encryption) software.

Pixie Points location tracker devices

I’ve seen several “device trackers”, which are small objects that you attach to things like your keys, phone or wallet, and use a combination of Bluetooth or GPS tracking to help you find them when you inevitably misplace them. A company adding a new twist to this market (it calls the space the “Location of Things”) is Pixie Technology. In addition to using audio to help people find their lost items, Pixie uses augmented reality that can show the location of the object. The device trackers themselves are called Pixie Points, and can be stuck to things like keys, wallets, toys, passports, etc. (they are small enough to not add bulk).

To find a lost item, you open the iOS app and tap on the misplaced item you need to find. The app can then determine whether the item is close by, and guides you to its location by scanning the room and pointing to the location with an arrow (like a compass). In addition, the app uses its “Pixie Dust!” technology that displays an AR overlay with dot swarms that show the relative position of the lost item. The company says the tracker can see through “walls and objects” in case the items are behind a cushion, in a drawer or in the room next door. Once you get within five feet, the app can help you zero in like a game of “hot or cold”. Outdoors, the Pixie has a range of 150 feet, and indoors has a range of 30 to 50 feet. The Pixie Points boast a 12-month battery life, and can be bought in packs of two ($49.99) or five ($99.99).

WORX Hydroshot power washer

With spring comes cleaning, so it was cool to see this device – the WORX Hydroshot Portable Power Cleaner ($119.99, available this month). This cordless and powered water nozzle can connect to a standard 0.625-inch garden hose, or can connect to a “remote water source” such as a bucket of water, pool, or even lake. The pump-driven nozzle then can deliver water pressure between 58 to 94 psi (in watering mode) or 200 to 300 psi (power cleaning mode). The built-in pump helps save water by only pumping out about a half-gallon of water per minute. The Hydroshot is powered by a 20-volt lithium ion battery, with an LED power gauge to let you know if it needs a recharge.

There were a bunch of other products at the event, but I already have them in the Cool Tools Test Zone, so future reviews coming of those devices. Stay tuned!

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Education

Why a lack of education raises death risk for some Americans

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults

WASHINGTON –  Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found.

The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with only high school diplomas or less has triggered broad problems for this group. They are more likely than their college-educated counterparts, for example, to be unemployed, unmarried or afflicted with poor health.

“This is a story of the collapse of the white working class,” Deaton said in an interview. “The labor market has very much turned against them.”

Those dynamics helped fuel the rise of President Donald Trump, who won widespread support among whites with only a high school diploma. Yet Deaton said his policies are unlikely to reverse these trends, particularly the health care legislation now before the House that Trump is championing. That bill would lead to higher premiums for older Americans, the Congressional Budget Office has found.

“The policies that you see, seem almost perfectly designed to hurt the very people who voted for him,” Deaton said

Case and Deaton’s paper, issued by the Brookings Institution, follows up on research they released in 2015 that first documented a sharp increase in mortality among middle-aged whites.

Since 1999, white men and women ages 45 through 54 have endured a sharp increase in “deaths of despair,” Case and Deaton found in their earlier work. These include suicides, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related deaths such as liver failure.

In the paper released Thursday, Case and Deaton draw a clearer relationship between rising death rates and changes in the job market since the 1970s. They find that men without college degrees are less likely to receive rising incomes over time, a trend “consistent with men moving to lower and lower skilled jobs.”

Other research has found that Americans with only high school diplomas are less likely to get married or purchase a home and more likely to get divorced if they do marry.

“It’s not just their careers that have gone down the tubes, but their marriage prospects, their ability to raise children,” said Deaton, who won the Nobel prize in economics in 2015 for his long-standing work on solutions to poverty. “That’s the kind of thing that can lead people to despair.”

It’s not entirely clear why these trends have affected whites much more than they have African-Americans or Hispanics, whose death rates are improving.

Case and Deaton note that many Hispanics are “markedly better off” than parents or grandparents who were born abroad, enabling a greater sense of optimism. African-Americans, they add, may have become more resilient to economic challenges given their long-standing disadvantages in the job market.

The data is clear, though: In 1999, the death rate for high school-educated whites ages 50 through 54 was 30 percent lower than the death rate for all African-Americans in that age group. By 2015, it was 30 percent higher.

The educational split is also growing. Even while the death rate for whites without a college degree is rising, the rate for whites who are college graduates is falling, Case and Deaton found.

Americans with less education are also faring much worse when compared with adults in other countries, Case and Deaton concluded. Death rates in Europe for people with limited education are falling — and in most countries, they’re falling faster than death rates for those with more education.

For those reasons, Case and Deaton discount the notion that government disability benefit programs are responsible for some of these problems by enabling more Americans to stop working. Social welfare programs in Europe are typically more generous yet haven’t caused a rise in death rates.

Given the long-running nature of these trends, many of which stem from the 1970s, reversing them could take years, Case and Deaton write. But there are immediate steps that could be taken, Deaton said in the interview. Routine prescriptions for opioids should be cut back.

And, “Europe has a much better safety net than we do, and they’re not seeing the same sort of problems as we are,” he said.

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‘The BBC spends thousands on Glastonbury coverage. It should direct some of that money at youth music’

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

Youth Music

There is much amazing work going on in youth theatre and music. There’s just one problem: it’s drastically underfunded, writes this veteran educationist

Last November thousands of youngsters came to London (many of them probably for the first time) to take part in the Music for Youth (MFY) Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Thousands more came to the Ambassador’s Theatre for the rep season of the National Youth Theatre (NYT) and a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of its foundation.

If you rely on the printed media (or most sections of TV and radio) for your news, you will be unaware of these youthful invasions. It is a measure of the “values” of most of the media that they do nothing to report this enthusiasm and these achievements that have made the UK world leader in youth theatre and music.

One of the effects of the failure of the media to report this is the blank looks when I tell my friends I am going to the Music for Youth Proms.

The staging of the Music for Youth Proms (previously called the Schools’ Prom) at the Royal Albert Hall is the culmination of a nationwide effort in which some 40,000 pupils and students have been involved.

Truly, those nights at the Albert Hall truly reflect the excellence of so much that is being achieved by pupils and students from all over the country, and not only from schools and colleges but many other outlets for music-making, and that no other country can point to achievements on this scale.

Sphere of youth music

Similarly, the National Youth Theatre (NYT) has come a long way since it began life based on the work of Michael Croft with his students at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich giving their first performance of Henry V at Toynbee Hall sixty years ago. In the jargon of the Olympic Games it might be considered by some as an “elite sport” by comparison with those that get involved in the sphere of youth music, but there are various forms of music-making and understandably the numbers catered for by MFY are bound to be much higher.

A look at the list of outstanding actors and actresses who began their involvement in theatre at the NYT shows how rich has been the contribution of the NYT to British Theatre. That list includes Helen Mirren, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall and Diana Quick, while there are many others enjoying success in the theatre and on TV. Many others have benefitted from the experience the NYT offers through its workshops and courses, or have benefitted from the NYT’s Bursary Fund without the aid of which they might never have been able to pursue their ambitions. There are others like Polly Toynbee, Kate Adie, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Chris Bryant who have succeeded in the media or politics.

As with MFY, the amount of public funding available from the Arts Council is only a small proportion of what is needed, and so fund-raising is always a major concern.

The work of MFY with its various regional and national activities, and the NYT at its nationwide auditions, outreach programmes and its workshops and courses, are based on the foundations that have been set up before children and youngsters get involved beyond the schools, colleges, or other local bodies from which they come. But as I hope I have shown, both MFY and the NYT could do even more than they are already doing to widen opportunities for the rising generation. We are already world leaders in youth music-making and youth theatre, but we could do even better given more support and encouragement.

Both organisations are voluntary bodies that receive only a small proportion of their expenditure costs from public funds. For both, fund-raising is a constant source of pressure, taking up energies that could otherwise be devoted to creative developments. Moreover, fundraising is now much more difficult given the number of voluntary bodies who are desperately seeking donors to support their work.

I would hope that a wise government would recognise the important role that the creative arts already play, and the greater role they can play, in the country’s economic future. Such recognition might have some influence with ministers who all too often do not appreciate the intrinsic value of the creative arts for their own sakes, but only if they contribute to our economic success and “social mobility”. But that is almost certainly too much to hope for from a Chancellor of the Exchequer whose Autumn Statement spoke only of austerity.

Against that stark future I would suggest that there is a good argument for proposing that the National Lottery should now invest more of its funds in the development of youth music and theatre. It has been widely acknowledged that the remarkable success of Team GB at last year’s Rio Olympics (and in London four years earlier) owed a great deal to the Lottery Fund’s readiness to make a major investment in training and other facilities necessary to develop the talents of our athletes right across the board. As a result, success has been achieved even in some fields where we had not previously achieved in earlier years.

While I recognise that our music-making and theatre do not attract the passions aroused by the Olympic Games they do add to the nation’s reputation and potential for economic success.

They can do a great deal for the spirit and cultural well-being of the nation. They are unquestionably ways in which much more could be done to raise the sights and spirits of our country as it faces the very difficult times that lie ahead.

Youngsters deserve recognition

In addition to the help that I hope might be given by the Lottery Fund, there is another body which, in my view could do more to support and encourage the wealth of talent that is possessed by our rising generation when music and theatre are concerned. That body is the BBC. I say this because the Corporation already has a tremendous record of achievement in respect of the creative arts and especially of music and drama.

The annual season of the Proms at the Albert Hall is a magnificent feast of music of all kinds performed by a host of musicians from around the world as well as the UK. No other country can possibly match the richness, the variety and the quality of what is offered by the Proms. In addition, the BBC relays to us much of the content of the great Edinburgh Festival, the exciting Young Musician of the Year competition, and such bold ventures as Gareth Malone’s choir-building.

It is precisely because I believe the BBC’s record is so outstanding that I find it all the more regrettable, not to say deplorable, that to my knowledge it does nothing to put before its public the outstanding achievements on show at the Music for Youth Proms. I simply do not understand how the Corporation can possibly justify its failure in this respect. I cannot believe they could say they cannot find time to show some, if not all, of the three nights of the Music for Youth Proms.

Neither the MFY nor NYT have asked me to raise this issue. It’s what I feel as a devoted listener to much of the BBC’s output, a strong admirer of much of what it does who believes that the youngsters who are rising to such heights in music making and theatre nowadays deserve recognition by the BBC. It would be a source of great encouragement to these youngsters if the BBC’s offerings were to show some awareness of what is happening in their world. That’s why I have written to the Director General inviting him to give an explanation – and an assurance that things will only get better.

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News Update

U.S. to halt some arms sales to Saudi, citing civilian deaths in Yemen campaign

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

A Saudi soldier fires a mortar towards Houthi movement position, at the Saudi border with Yemen April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

The United States has decided to limit military support to Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen because of concerns over widespread civilian casualties and will halt a planned arms sale to the kingdom, U.S. officials told Reuters.

The United States will also revamp future training of the kingdom’s air force to focus on improving Saudi targeting practices, a persistent source of concern for Washington.

The decision reflects deep frustration within President Barack Obama’s government over Saudi Arabia’s practices in Yemen’s 20-month-old war, which has killed more than 10,000 people and sparked humanitarian crises, including chronic food shortages, in the poorest country in the Middle East.

It could also further strain ties between Washington and Riyadh in the remaining days of Obama’s administration and put the question of Saudi-U.S. relations squarely before the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20.

Still, the decision was not the cut-off in support that Saudi Arabia’s biggest critics had hoped for and much of the U.S. military relationship will remain intact.

For example, the United States will keep refueling Saudi-led coalition aircraft involved in the campaign, and it is not cutting off all arms sales to the kingdom. And, in a nod to Saudi Arabia’s security concerns, Washington will share more intelligence on the Saudi border with Yemen.

The kingdom has been subject to cross-border attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi movement. A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen’s civil war in March 2015 and has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis.

Rights groups say Saudi-led coalition attacks on clinics, schools, markets and factories may amount to war crimes. Saudi Arabia has either denied the attacks or cited the presence of fighters in the targeted areas and has said it has tried to reduce civilian casualties.

“I think it’s a signal but too weak of a signal,” said William Hartung of the U.S.-based Center for International Policy, responding to the U.S. decision. “As long as they’re going to refueling aircraft which is central to the bombing campaign, it’s hard to see that they’re using all the leverage they have,” said Hartung, who authored a report earlier this year on U.S. arms offers to Saudi Arabia during Obama’s tenure.

An Obama administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said “systemic, endemic” problems in Saudi Arabia’s targeting drove the U.S. decision to halt a future weapons sale involving precision-guided munitions.

“We’ve decided not to move forward with some foreign military sales cases for air-dropped munitions, PGMs (precision-guided munitions),” the official said.

“That’s obviously a direct reflection of the concerns that we have about Saudi strikes that have resulted in civilian casualties,” the official said. A second official confirmed the decision to suspend the sale of certain weaponry.

The officials declined to offer details. But a specific case put on hold appeared to involve the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of guidance systems manufactured by Raytheon Co that convert dumb bombs into precision-guided munitions that can more accurately hit their targets.

A Raytheon spokesman referred questions to the Pentagon and State Department. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told a news briefing he was unaware of the Reuters report.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi officials.

REFUELING TO CONTINUE

The White House launched a review of U.S. assistance for the Saudi-led coalition after planes struck mourners at a funeral in the capital, Sanaa, in October, killing 140 people, according to one U.N. estimate.

The United Nations human rights office said in August that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for roughly 60 percent of the 3,800 civilians killed since March 2015.

Human rights groups, which have criticized the United States for supporting the Saudi war effort by selling the kingdom arms and refueling coalition jets, said the move by Washington was not enough. “This move falls far short of what is needed to end civilian bloodshed and alleviate suffering in Yemen,” said Amnesty International’s Samah Hadid in Beirut.

The rights groups pointed to the continued refueling of coalition planes, which the Obama administration official said for now was “not going to be touched.”

Representative Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California and a leading advocate in Congress for a suspension of U.S. cooperation with the Saudi-led coalition, said he was pleased the Obama administration had moved to cut off some arms sales, but he also felt the administration had not gone far enough.

“It is completely bizarre that they are continuing to refuel Saudi jets that drop bombs on civilians in Yemen,” Lieu said.

The decision to suspend the arms sale to the Saudis marks a reversal for the administration. Officials have long argued that supplying so-called “smart weapons” helped in reducing civilian casualties.

But that argument ultimately failed to convince the Obama administration during its review, which the first official said was still ongoing.

“It’s not a matter of how smart or dumb the bombs are, it’s that they’re not picking the right targets. The case in point … is the one on the funeral,” the official said.

The airstrikes on the funeral took place after the Saudi-led coalition received incorrect information from Yemeni military figures that armed Houthi leaders were in the area, an investigative body set up by the coalition said in October.

Earlier this year, the U.S. military reduced the number of U.S. military personnel coordinating with the Saudi-led coalition’s air campaign, slashing it to six people from a peak of 45 personnel.

“Their responsibilities are being adjusted and limited so that they are less enmeshed in some of the offensive operations in Yemen,” the official said.

Reuters reported earlier on concerns by some U.S. officials that the United States could be implicated in possible Saudi violations of the laws of war.

In May, Washington suspended sales to Riyadh of cluster munitions, which release dozens of bomblets and are considered particularly dangerous to civilians.

Last week, the State Department announced plans to sell Saudi Arabia CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopters and related equipment, training and support worth $3.51 billion. U.S. officials said the weaponry would help Saudi defend its border, not conduct offensive operations in Yemen.

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Internet

Dropbox Forces Some Users to Reset Passwords; Cites Leaked Credential Cache

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

Dropbox Forces Some Users to Reset Passwords; Cites Leaked Credential Cache

Dropbox has sent out password resets to all of its users that have signed up for the service prior to mid-2012, or not changed their password since that time. The company asserts that no accounts have been hacked, and the reset is being done as “purely a preventative measure”.

The cloud storage company elaborates that measure is being taken after its intelligence team obtained an old set of Dropbox credentials (email addresses as well as hashed and salted passwords that may have been leaked in an ‘incident’ in 2012, referring to the massive Linkedin hack that year. The usernames and passwords stolen in the Linkedin hack, were used to sign in to many Dropbox accounts as well at that time. This obtained file also links back to the LinkedIn hack, and Dropbox is taking preventive measures to stop it from reoccurring. This file was held quietly for many years, but as it surfaced again, Dropbox wants all of its old users to reset their passwords.

Our security teams are always watching out for new threats to our users. As part of these ongoing efforts, we learned about an old set of Dropbox user credentials (email addresses plus hashed and salted passwords) that we believe were obtained in 2012. Our analysis suggests that the credentials relate to an incident we disclosed around that time. Based on our threat monitoring and the way we secure passwords, we don’t believe that any accounts have been improperly accessed. Still, as one of many precautions, we’re requiring anyone who hasn’t changed their password since mid-2012 to update it the next time they sign in.

If you are a Dropbox user, we recommend you to change your password anyway, even if you’ve registered for the service post 2012. Users who joined Dropbox before mid-2012, or who haven’t changed their password since then, will get a password reset prompt automatically when they next sign in. Just follow the steps to change password, and ensure that you have strong password for added security (Dropbox has a password strength meter, use a mix of letters, numerals, and symbols). For users who haven’t received a prompt, head to this page, enter registered email ID, and click the link that you receive in email to enter your new password.

Dropbox even asks users to enable two-step verification for added security. In order to enable this, sign-in to Dropbox, and head to Settings > Security > Enable Two-Step Verification. This will add OTP as an added process every time you log-in. In 2014, Dropbox faced its first massive leak. An anonymous hacker got hold of roughly 7 million usernames and passwords and posted them all on PasteBin. However, Dropbox refused to acknowledge the leak, and claimed that the usernames and passwords were unfortunately stolen from other services and used in attempts to log in to Dropbox accounts.

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Online Marketing

Some Important Reasons Why Instagram Should Be Used for Your SEO

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Instagram is one of the most popular social networking platforms in the world. It boasts a community of over 80 million users. Its fan base is constantly growing. A versatile and mainstream networking site could contribute immensely to the SEO efforts of any business or company trying to grow and make its presence felt online.

As far as Instagram is concerned everyone seems to be a professional photographer. More than 50 million pictures are shared every day on Instagram. As more and more people are coming to know about this unique photo-based platform they are incorporating Instagram in their way of life. You could use Instagram for promoting your brand thereby, increasing web traffic organically. Here are a few reasons why Instagram should be used for your SEO.

Helps in Boosting Brand Awareness

Instagram is a platform where an ordinary picture could be transformed with the help of vintage filters, as well as, effects. Moreover, hashtags are allowing users to effectively narrow down searches. On Instagram brands could create advertisements on a much more personal level.

Instagram is equally open to high-quality DSLR photos to the simple selfie. It welcomes all sorts of photos. You can easily create and maintain an Instagram account for your precise brand. However, there are a few things to keep in mind before joining Instagram.

First of all, you need to have the willingness to click pictures. You do not need to employ a professional photographer for doing this. You simply need to click pictures on your own provided you could produce high-quality pictures that boost your brand frequently. It is pretty obvious that the more natural the photos look; the better would be the response. It should not look like any advertisement as nobody would be interested in advertisements.

Find out if the brand that is being promoted is actually visually engaging spontaneously. In case it is not, you need to figure out an efficient way of incorporating it into your pictures. You could consider using the profile information for promoting your brand or company with a picture of yourself or a logo representing your precise brand. Include a link to your precise website. If Instagram users appreciate your content, they would try to learn more about it.

Effectively Aids in Managing the Posts’ Frequency

Spamming is never welcome and you must always keep that in mind. While using Instagram, keep track of how frequently you are posting pictures. If you are going on flooding the Internet with your pictures at every opportunity possible nobody is going to appreciate that. Try maintaining a proper schedule regulating when photos are to be uploaded instead of forcing and overdoing your brand on Instagram. This would prove to be quite effective and time-saving. Your profile should have quality images featuring your brand or products in a smart and appealing manner. It is a better idea to do that consistently and not jamming your profile with photos that make no sense.

Best Platform for Holding Photo Contests

An easy way of boosting your presence on the platform is by organizing a photo contest which would be necessitating contestants to use your specific products. This is truly an effective way of promoting your brand and also, interacting with your Instagram followers. By using a precise hashtag you could inform your followers regarding the photo contest maybe a few days in advance. Everybody participating in the event would automatically promote your brand. You could boost participation by offering winners enticing prizes. You would land up with more followers than you had ever before. When people are uploading their photos with the relevant hashtag, their followers would be noticing your brand and would like to take part in the activity.

Great for Engaging Audience and Promoting Organic Traffic

You could effectively engage your audience by using fun contests and quality pictures. Instagram is a wonderful platform for expressing creativity and sharing memories. If you have an eye-catching brand or product and wish to really make the most of the photo-sharing app, start replying to comments and staying involved and connected with your followers. Use hashtags just like you would be using SEO keywords. Consider terms and phrases that aptly describe your brand or product and use them effectively. Instagram is definitely the place to be in if you have a picture-worthy product.

Conclusion

Do not undermine the role of Instagram in promoting your brand. Instagram helps you to stay connected with millions of people and helps you to completely revolutionize the outcome of your brand or business.

Author Bio: Henry Connors is an SEO specialist who has recently taken to active blogging. He often advises his followers regarding effective ways of boosting organic traffic and increasing the number of Instagram followers. He has an impressive fan base and is an avid blogger.

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Blogging

Jaymin Shah is making some serious dent in the blogging industry

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

At the age of 19, many of us were either drowning in the sea of assignments or were too stoned to think about our future. But then there was Jaymin shah, at the first meeting Jaymin comes off like a breath of fresh air just how Rancho came in for Frahan. When we all Chaturs were busy jumping through the hoops of exams Jaymin was busy publishing his columns on Huffingpost.

At the age of 19 Jaymin successfully founded a news portal – NewsEnquire, and hell even hired a few people while many of his age were busy taking loans from our friends for a cigarette (Smoking is injurious to health, FYI). Jaymin, who was once blogging about tech and the stock market has now expanded his horizon to Bollywood and lifestyle. He is one of the youngest bloggers to cover such a wide range of news.

Don’t miss judge him for Steve Job, though he wears glasses like Jobs, he has not taken a rain check on his education. The 19-year-old influencer holds a diploma in L J Polytechnic and has a brain of pure Gujarati i.e he knows how to make money. The way he is tirelessly putting out content suggests it won’t be long when he will become one of the biggest names in the blogging industry.

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News Update

Some Remedies To Data Loss

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You can make a lot of use of Technology when it comes to managing the business efficiently and effectively. But you can eventually have some losses as Technology can have an inverse effect on your business as well. Almost every task nowadays is handled through a proper technique and simplest of techniques are available for simplest of activities. For example, for mere data storage you have to use an electronic device such as computer, smartphones. The data which is electronically stored is prone to some risks which is of damage or loss. This damage or loss can be due to some factors made by humans or otherwise. The most common device which is used for storing data is a computer as it is seen as the safest of all other devices. The data which you use for your daily activities can we lost and it can be of Huge trouble to you if you do not know how to recover it. The reputation of a company is dependent on the way it handles the data it uses. The consequences of data loss depends on how much that data was important to the user.

In order to secure your data in the original place as it is, it is important for you to install a data recovery software in the device. The recovery software can be of Huge help to you as it detects all the files and information that was deleted recently from your device. So in case you mistakenly delete anything from the computer, it can be detective and recovered. Professional companies make use of the paid version of this softwares as the data is very sensitive to their reputation and it is important for them to handle the data effectively. Some companies also take professional help and pay them. The companies which are mentioned above are mainly technical companies.

Many people are not aware of the importance of recovery software in their device. They do not know that they just have to follow some basic steps in order to recover recently deleted files. The recovery software  detects those files which were deleted recently and with the click of a button you can recover them. You have to carry out scanning in your computer through the software and answer few questions and in the last step recovery is made.

There are some basic steps which include installing the software into your device, carrying out the two types of scanning and then actually recovering the files. The EaseUs recovery software is the best you can get as the free version almost give you all the features that the paid version has. Not only professional companies but many individuals take help from the software in order to recover the files which are personal to them. Some files cannot be replaced and have to be covered with the same form. The software is designed in such a way that it can help experts as well as casual users of data.

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Gadgets News

Google Pixel 2 Receives Out-Of-Cycle OTA Update, Some Users Report

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Google Pixel 2 Receives Out-Of-Cycle OTA Update, Some Users Report

Days after releasing the January Android security patch for Pixel and Nexus devices, Google has now ostensibly pushed a new OTA (over-the-air) update for its Pixel 2 devices. Some users have confirmed the rollout of the new update that brings build number OPM2.171019.016. However, Google hasn’t yet listed the same version on its factory images or OTA downloads pages.

Some Google Pixel 2 users have reported the rollout of the new Android update on Reddit, as spottedby folks at 9to5Google. “I got it too, new build number, OPM2.171019.016. Maybe bug fix, I know we need some of those,” one of the Redditors wrote in response to the first source who also provided a couple of screenshots evidently showing the latest build. The provided screenshots highlight that the new OTA update doesn’t make any changes to the Android security patch. Also, the Android version is 8.1.0 (Oreo) that was released last month.

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The list of changes that come through the fresh out-of-cycle OTA update is mysterious so far. But one of the users on Reddit points out that the update fixes Google Assistant to enable shuffling of tracks from the native music library. Contrarily, another user on the same thread claims that the update brings a battery draining issue.

If we take a look at some of the recent reports, there are issues with third-party mesh routers and the default ‘Now Playing’ song recognition feature are yet to be addressed. The new update might resolve some of them.

We’ve reached out to Google to get more clarity on the new OTA update for the Pixel 2 devices and will update this space accordingly.

Earlier this month, Google released the January Android security update as its next big OTA rollout for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices, including the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel, and Pixel XL among others. The update mainly resolved 38 issues through two different patches dated 2018-01-01 and 2018-01-05. Amongst other vulnerabilities, the security update also patched the vulnerability related to the media framework that could let a remote attacker execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

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Google Shipped Some Pixel 2 XL Units Without an Operating System, Users Report

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Google Shipped Some Pixel 2 XL Units Without an Operating System, Users Report

There seems to be no end to Google’s woes when it comes to new Pixel 2 devices. The latest issue to have been reported by some Pixel 2 XL buyers is receiving a unit without an operating system. There are multiple threads on Reddit on the issue, and almost all users complain about the same messagewelcoming them “Can’t find valid operating system. The device will not start.”

One of the Reddit users who ordered the Pixel 2 XL wrote in a thread, “I came home excited to unbox my new Pixel 2 XL. Upon turning on the device I was greeted with a black screen stating, “Can’t find valid operating system. The device will not start.” Spent an hour on the chat with two different customer service reps and they are wanting to send me a replacement phone. Really frustrating.”

Fortunately, Google is replacing the Pixel 2 XL units that shipped to customers without an operating system. If you’re having problems with an order you made on Google Store then visit Google’s Support page.

This is not the first issue that has hit Google from the device’s production line as recently a Pixel 2 buyer on Reddit claimed that he received a unit despite it failing the quality control which is a standard test done before shipping the handset.

Google recently acknowledged a lot of issues related to the Pixel 2 devices. The Mountain View company defended both the new Pixel devices and also announced a two-year warranty worldwide. The most widely reported issue of screen burn-in was claimed by Google to not affect day-to-day usage.

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