"HOME" Can Be The New Smart Home App by Apple for iOS 9

Apple has just recently announced its upcoming smarthome utility app know as "HOME" in its forth-coming operating system iOS 9. Apple is testing this new app for upcoming iOS 9, it'll help the users to setup their smart home appliances simply using their iPhone and iPads.

Apple introduced its homekit during the Worldwide Developers Conference last year, showcasing its presence into "InternetOfThings". According to a report by 9to5mac, Apple has quietly continued to work on the HomeKit framework and Home app, which could be shown alongside iOS 9 at WWDC next month.

The Home application is currently represented by a ‘house’ glyph atop a dark yellow background, and is said to be ‘fairly basic’ in its functionality.

The report points out a few features of the new app which include, wirelessly discovering and setting up compatible HomeKit devices, creating a virtual representation of rooms at home to easily organise and connect HomeKit devices, utilizing the Apple TV as a hub connecting all of the HomeKit devices and offering a series of screens to help users find new HomeKit devices and apps.

As of now, it is unclear whether this new app will be announced at WWDC next month. It is reportedly believed that the new Home app could remain solely for internal usage and Apple could push for customers to control their HomeKit devices solely via Siri and accompanying App Store apps.

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People Using Smartphones While Driving is Emerging as a Dangerous Trend

Most people at some point of time use their smartphone while driving. And the use is not just confined to making or receiving calls as some people also click selfies while driving, a new study says.

Texting (61 percent) and Emailing (33 percent) are still the top activities, but now people are using Facebook (27 percent), Twitter (14 percent), Instagram (14 percent), and Snapchat (11 percent) too. Even 17 percent of respondents said they take selfies while driving, while 10 percent said they video chat.

As many as 62 percent keep their smartphones within easy reach while driving while 30 percent of people who post to Twitter while driving do it “all the time”. Around 22 percent who access social networks while driving cite addiction as a reason.

The study, conducted by Braun Research with 2,067 participants who own a smartphone and drive at least once a day, was part of AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign that encourages people to put down their smartphones while driving.

“When we launched “It Can Wait” five years ago, we pleaded with people to realise that no text is worth a life,” Lori Lee, AT&T’s global marketing officer, said in a statement.

“The same applies to other smartphone activities that people are doing while driving. For the sake of you and those around you, please keep your eyes on the road, not on your phone,” Lee added.

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Would You Like To Test Drive The Google's Self Driving Car?

Tech giant GOOGLE will start testing its driver-less car on public roads, as per the sources. The car will have a steering wheel and brakes, which were not part described by Google an year ago.

Safety drivers will be on-board the vehicles, complete with removable steering wheel and pedals to take control should the cars run into trouble, but once development is complete Google says the pod-like vehicles will not have any conventional controls at all, apart from an on/off button.

The Google cars will be driving on public roads around the Mountain View area of California, close to Google's headquarters, and will have their top speed limited to 25 miles per hour. Google's cars will use the same software fitted to its fleet of self-driving Lexus RX450h SUVs, which has covered one million miles and is currently driving 10,000 autonomous miles every week. 

A Google Driver-Less Car Prototype

 

The company recently revealed that its fleet of self-driving Lexus cars have been involved in a total of 11 accidents on California roads, but says that they were all minor and none were the fault of the cars.

The search giant added that, in the coming years, it would "like to run small pilot programmes with our prototypes to learn what people would like to do with vehicles like this." The general perspective from the automotive and computer industries is that entirely self-driving cars will act as shuttles in pedestrianized areas and for specific purposes, rather than replacing conventional cars entirely.

Google's goal is to use its self-driving vehicles to take passengers from A to B "at the push of a button," reduce the 94% of road accidents which are caused by human error, and "reclaim billions of hours wasted in traffic," as well as provide personal transport for those who cannot drive.

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Top & Must Have Android Phones Within the Range of 20000 – 25000

Are you looking the best smartphone in the market, but your budget is under 25,000. Today We have listed the top and best smartphones within the price range that you can afford easily.

Xiaomi Mi4 64GB 

• OS: Android 4.4
• Body: 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
• Weight: 149g
• Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inch
• Memory: 16GB expandable, 3GB RAM
• Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Camera: 13MP, 8MP secondary
• Battery: 3,080 mAh

Sony Xperia Z1

• OS: Android 5.0
• Body: 144 x 74 x 8.5 mm
• Weight: 170g
• Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5 inches
• Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz Quad Core
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Camera: 20.7MP, 2MP secondary
• Battery: 3,000mAh
• AnTuTu score: 34,366

Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen)

• OS: Android 5.0
• Body: 140.8 x 72.4 x 10 mm
• Weight: 144g
• Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.2 inches
• Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.5 GHz Quad Core
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Camera: 13MP, 2MP secondary
• Battery: 2,300mAh

Oneplus one 64GB

• OS: Android 4.4
• Body: 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 mm
• Weight: 130g
• Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inch
• Memory: 64GB non expandable, 3GB RAM
• Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
• Battery: 3,100 mAh

LG G2

• OS: Android 4.2.2
• Body: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9 mm
• Weight: 143g
• Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.2 inch
• Memory: 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
• Processor: Quad-core 2.26 GHz Snapdragon 800
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Camera: 13MP, 2.1MP secondary
• Battery: 3,000 mAh

The above listed phones are the latest and best Android smartphones, if there's any other phone that you want to suggest, then please reply in the comments section below.

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Android App for Diabetes to Monitor Continuous Blood Sugar

Wearables are slowly but surely making their way into our daily lives, but one very critical aspect—health—is already helping to bring them mainstream. It’s something that every person is conscious of on a daily basis, and wearable device makers—as evidenced by the countless fitness trackers on the market—want to make it easier to stay on top of exercise, diet, and more.

About half of all American adults have some kind of chronic illness, and diabetes is one of the most common. With the advent of smartwatches, we all now have quick access to at least one useful stat: our heart rate.

Last month we told you that the company had plans to officially launch an Apple Watch app, which is now available and plugs into the Dexcom G4 system with Share. Now, Android Wear users also have access to that data on their wrist, though, thanks to an unofficial pair of apps called xDrip and NightWatch.

One person posting to the Android Wear subreddit is already using the pair of apps, and had only good things to say:

"It gives me my always updated blood glucose levels in real time, updated every 5 minutes. No more digging around for the stupid receiver in my pocket – just a flick of the wrist, and I know what my body is doing. I’ve been a type 1 diabetic since age 12, and am now 27. This is such an amazing thing for me. While it may seem like a small thing, I love it, and the development team deserves some recognition!"

The app can do a lot more than just show you a graph of your blood glucose levels (although that’s all I would need to be impressed). There are 4 different watch faces included (that embed the data so that it’s always glanceable), a scrollable graph that shows blood glucose over the previous 24 hours, customizable high and low levels for the graph, and alerts to let users know when their graph goes above or below those pre-set limits.

Here’s the full list of features:

BG graph on Android Wear watches!

Scrollable, zoomable graph of bg over last 24 hours

Customizable High and Low levels for graphs

4 Watchfaces

Lockscreen and Homescreen Widget!!

Built in Alert Notifications

Retrieves Data from your existing NightScout site

Retrieves Data uploaded to Dexcoms servers, no setup required! Just log in!

Retrieves Data from xDrip locally if both are running on the same phone (No network connection required)

Even without that, though, apps like this provide a new level of convenience allowing those with chronic illness to live a more normal life than ever. Something that not long ago required constant skin pricking is now possible with a glance at the wrist. Embedded tech in smartwatches themselves is probably not far off, but lives are clearly already changing without it.

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Apple Watch: The Next Fashionable Tech Device

The Apple Watch, above all else, proves that Apple is exceptionally good at refining concepts. The Apple Watch is easily the most refined smartwatch you can spend your technology-buying dollars on.

Fashionable

It's impossible to start assessing the Apple Watch without recognizing that Apple is very-heavily positioning it as a fashion desirable, and how that changes perceptions of it.

Apple's had plenty of products with three different models before, but within each of those selections runs a variety of choices that are everything to do with fashion and nothing to do with functionality.

Fashion is naturally a matter of both taste and trends, and it's very much a personal and budgetary decision which combination suits you.

Operating System Speed

Apple's usual methodology for review samples is to send out the best and brightest, but I doubt anyone's sitting there testing the top-end Apple Watch Edition. In most practical technology terms, though, they didn't need to, because there are only the smallest of differences between each model. 

The smaller 38mm Apple Watch measures in at 21.2 26.5mm with a 272 x 340 pixel 290ppi AMOLED display, while the larger 42mm Watch measures 24.3 30.38mm with a 312 x 390 pixel 302ppi display. Predictably, being Apple, they're both dubbed "Retina" displays.

The display on the Apple Watch Sport is certainly bright and vibrant even under direct sunlight, although the more you pump up the brightness the less overall battery life you'll get.

Apple Watch Apps

Apple didn't invent the smartwatch, but one of the smarter refinements it's brought to the process is in bringing in a lot of app developers to produce watch-centric apps at launch. 

 

A very small smartwatch screen isn't ideal for displaying lengthy information, and not every available app uses that idea sensibly. The app selection includes a wide variety of Australian-specific apps, from shopping companion apps to public transport checkers, with the usual mix of paid and free apps on offer.

The Apple Watch comes with ten different configurable faces - Utility, modular, simple, Motion, Astronomy, Colour, Sonar, Chronograph, Mickey and X-Large. Yes, that's Mickey as in Mickey Mouse.

The Charging Issue

Like most other smartwatches, the Apple Watch charges via an inductive plate, which is supplied with the Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch; if you opt for the pricier Apple Watch Edition the case is apparently the inductive charger itself. 

 

Charging itself is reasonably fast from the provided charger, although being USB-ended you could charge it from just about any USB port at all.

If you're just using it as a watch, it could last up to 72 hours. Those are all Apple's figures, but my own testing largely bears them out.

Apple Watch Reviews

Where Apple Watch wins is potential - it has a lot of space for the improvement of apps and delivery of genuinely new functions. Right now the Watch App store is cluttered with a lot of repetitive apps and UI choices that need serious refinement in the same way that Apple redefined the mobile space.

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Microsoft HoloLens: Converging Virtuality Into Reality

HoloLens is a headset device based on the concept of virtual reality. It's much similar to the VR headsets by Samsung, Oculus and many others except one feature that HoloLens will allow you to see the virtual and the real world, both at the same time.

The other devices will transform you completely into a new virtual world in a surprisingly convincing way, while the HoloLens superimposes a computer generated virtual image right on your work place. The features of HoloLens are very astonishing but currently it's far less convincing than other VR headsets.

It's a way new concept for software developers, but they can develop applications for HoloLens using the regular Windows 10 platform. These apps can create a holographic image-like-objects like a real object just in-front of your eyes.

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A video recording carrying through the HoloLens doesn't have peripheral vision. Whatever it records, it transmits to the screen you watch the video. So, if you're watching a video via HoloLens, you'll notice that HoloLens itself doesn't have a peripheral vision.

It's like something out of the Matrix, only, well, it's a little too much like the Matrix. When you watch that movie on your TV, it's stuck inside that 16 x 9 box, too.

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Top 10 Best Android Wearable Apps of 2015

Do you own a Smartwatch? Staging the best collection of Android wearable apps for your smartwatch to make your wrist look adorable.You've got a new Android Wear smartwatch, and still relying on those default apps. Get some new Android apps and make your Wearable the most intelligent one around.

 

How to Install an App to Your Android Wearable Device?

Smartwatches are new in the market, and they're not considered as a "Must Have" device till date. In that case a good app installed on your wearable will add-up more value to your device, keeping you away from your smartphone.

Listed Below are the 10 Must-have Apps for Your Android Wear

1. Aeris Wear Weather

This app brings the weather forecast right on your wrist. It provides you an instant access to the weather conditions so that you can plan your weekends or holidays easily. Currently Aeris is one of the best app for wearables.

Free | Download from Google Play

2. Todoist

This is an app used by more than 3 million people around the world. This app provides you an amazing interface to create your to-do-list in very simple way. Now you can keep track of all your important tasks.

This app has been awarded as the best Google Play app of 2014.

Free | Download from Google Play

3. Yo

Always stay connected with your friends, family and closed ones. It provides you free calling and unlimited chat anytime and anywhere. Register to Yo and get your 0817 number and experience the real time communication.

Free | Download from Google Play

4. WhatsApp

The biggest names have come to Android Wear. Now WhatsApp is also available to the small screen of your smartwatch. It also helps in replying via voice commands and saves your time that you may have consumed in pulling out your mobile and answer.

Free | Download from Google Play

5. Toggles Wear

It helps you in controlling the mobile toggles from your Android Wear without even pulling out your mobile phones from your pocket. Operate your mobile toggles instantly via this app easily.

$0.99 | Download from Google Play

6. Wear Orbits

This is an app for space adventure lovers, you need to save your planet by changing its orbit frequently. You need to avoid the stars and other planets which are hurtling towards you. You have to change the orbit of your planet to avoid a fatal collision.

Free | Download from Google Play

7. MyRoll Gallery

This app is the fastest growing and first ever photo gallery app for Android Wear. This app is also chosen by Business Insider as among the top 100 app worldwide. MyRoll gallery is free app and complete replacement of native photo gallery.

Free | Download from Google Play

8. Wear Buddy

Wear Buddy is an Android Wear app designed to control the features of your Android devices, without taking out your device from your pocket. This is the very first version of this app, soon there'll be more features rolling-out in the upcoming versions.

Free | Download from Google Play

9. UK Trains for Wear

This app provides a real time data for any information related to UK trains right on your Android smartwatch. No need to pull-out your Android device, get the latest update of your train's schedule on your Android Wear.

$0.99 | Download from Google Play

10. Uber

Uber is your personal cab driver in more than 50 countries. Just make a request and get you Uber ride within 5 minutes. This is an on-demand services, that means, no reservations required and no more waiting in taxi lines.

Free | Download from Google Play

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