Sunday, August 31, 2014

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iOS 8 vs iOS 7: Which One to Choose and Why?


iOS 8 vs iOS 7:  Which One to Choose and Why?
It's been a year since Apple introduced iOS7 to the world by calling it as a “stunning new user interface”. Since that the world started thinking it as one of the biggest updates in the realm of mobile operating systems. Indeed, its simple, beautiful design, feel instantly familiar, which creates a useful and enjoyable experience to its users. While iOS7 bought a huge change in the asetheticity of iOS, it was more or less a rehashed version of the previous installments, with just a few added features. On the other hand, iOS8 emerges as an important and massive overhaul in the way Apple released its previous OS versions.

Apples's next release iOS8 has come up with many new features and upgradations that users will certainly appreciate. To give a better idea of both of the operating systems, we are presenting you a comparison review of iOS7 and iOS8 to help Apple fans to decide which one they would like to have or whether they should upgrade their device to the new OS version.

1) iOS8 vs iOS7: Visual Design

When Apple launched iOS7, people were more concerned about the way Apple has created its UI and visuals which was “flatter”, brighter, more colorful and strickingly different from iOS6. But, if we talk about iOS8, frankly speaking, it has borrowed its visual interface from iOS7, except from a few subtle variations. The UI of iOS8 is flat just like iOS7, and Apple fans who are more concernd about the looks might find it disappointing. On the other hand, those who are planning to upgrade from iOS6 to 7 might find it exciting as they will have an entirely new interface.

2) iOS8 vs iOS7: Continuity

iOS8 vs iOS7: Continuity

So, as of now you got to know that Apple hasn't changed the visuals of iOS8 and its still the “flat” design just like iOS7. So, if visuals are the same then what are changes that Apple has brought to its users? Obviously, its the core features that remain the focal point while designing iOS8. Continuity is one the most noticeable functions that the latest release will support. Now, you must be thinking what this continuity means? It's actually a set of features that help you to stay seamlessly connected with your other Apple devices.

The example of this is the new Handoff feature, which enables the user to continue with their textual or phone conversations side by side of your other Apple devices. Means, now you can go on with your conversations even if your switch between your devices. Handoff will show you a link, once you've connected both of the devices, so that you can carry forward your conversation. So, if you are talking on the phone and suddenly realise the need of your Mac, what you all need is just simply carry forward the conversation.

3) iOS8 vs iOS7: Keyboard

Another striking feature with which every iPhone App Developer must be awara that Apple has introduced to its OS software. In the past, many users complaint about the limited keyboard options as the previous versions only supported the default type keyboard. However, in iOS8, Apple has finally give an opportunity to install a third-party software such as Swiftkey or Swype on their devices. In iOS7 it featured a native Quicktype keyboard and it lacks some advanced features if we compare it with the latest version. Plus, it also does not provide developers with a facility to access API like iOS8

4) iOS8 vs iOS7: Health Review

iOS8 vs iOS7: Health Review
One of the biggest and most hyped features of iOS8 is its wealth of health and fitness apps. iOS8 is purely dedicated to fitness fanatics to help them better keep a firm track of their personal and fitness data. The Health umbrella app offers a wide range of possibilities to to monitor, track, record, and analyse the fitness schedules accross a variety of levels. Although, Health app was too available in iOS7, the new additions made in iOS8 making it more popular and garnering an impressive fan base worldwide.

5) iOS8 vs iOS7: Camera

iOS8 comes up with a host of innovative camera and album features which makes it truly stand out as compare to the previous versions. The camera not only gives sharp and clear appeal, but include several rich features such as time-lapse video, independent exposure, focus controls and many more.

6) iOS8 vs iOS7: Notifications

iOS8 vs iOS7: Notifications
Apple takes the notifications to a new level in iOS8, by making it all the more interactive and user-oriented than iOS7. The updates enable the users to directly interact with the apps through the notification screen. You can do voice messages, answer to your Facebook messages or Whatsapp and a lot more.

Conclusion:

So, there we have it, a list of few but significant features of both of the operating systems. The differences between both of them are actually not “differences” but are just few more improvements here and there to make it more impressive for the user. Now, you question yourself which one you would like to have. The answer depends on how you look and percieve of the features.




Author Bio:
Rick Brown
Rick Brown is a tech savvy content writer associated with a renowned iOS Application Development Company – Mobiers Ltd. You can avail iPhone Application Developers as well in case you are looking forward for the same.
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Friday, August 29, 2014

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Better Ways to Blog

Better Ways to Blog
With the rise of the Internet it seems like everyone you meet is a writer or blogger. No longer do you need a published book to verify that you indeed write for a living. But there is a vast difference between someone writing for passion and for profession. So how can you turn your passion into an income maker?

1. Become an authority on your subject

Knowledge is power and the more you know about what you're writing, the more it shows in your content. If you can provide the answers and knowledge on a topic, people will continue to come back to you blog, as you are answering their questions. As you become an authority in your industry people will start following your blogs to keep up to date with industry news. Thus, giving you more bargaining power when negotiating payment for sponsored work.

2. Target an audience through keyword search

Know your market. An audience is already available for you if you're willing to do some keyword research. Answer the questions asked on search engines and you will easily find a captivated audience. This means all search engines including Youtube, Instagram and Twitter. They are all large search engines and by finding out what people are looking for you can supply to a demand rather then creating one yourself.

3. Make it interesting

There is a lot of competition out there especially online. To stand out from the crowd, try something different. Videos or info graphics is a great way to capture people's attention and get them reading the entire article. Videos and graphics are also more commonly shared then just plain text.

4. Link your blog to all social platforms

There's no better way to get more people viewing your blog then through social media. When someone shares something on their Facebook or Twitter page there are more chances of people viewing it as they see it as a recommendation from an acquaintance. However buying likes and shares have no benefit, as they are not from real profiles. This is just a popularity contest and it will not help with building a real following.

5. Write for authoritative sites

Get your foot in the door by writing for credible sites. The more you write the more you'll build up your blogging profile. Seek out the best sites within your industry and offer to write for them. It's like the modern day internship!

6. Be easy to find

You've done all the hard work with your blogs but people can't contact you. What's the point in that? Make sure you have your own website with your contact details. Provide multiple options of contact for users, as some won't like filling out contact forms. To make yourself more accessible make sure you provide your email and social contact information as well.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

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Can You Hack Someone's Facebook Password Using Some Software Or Website?

facebook hacking
Do you know there are over thousands of websites and software that claim to hack Facebook password of any account? They'd ask you the victim's profile ID, maybe your credentials and some money too and will reportedly tell you the password which, to be honest, never works. Ever wonder why? Let me tell you why, they're FAKE! They're a scam which tricks you somehow in losing your money or your own Facebook account. Just give it a thought, why would Zuckerberg and his team spend Billions of Dollars on Facebook if one could hack it in less than a minute? Today, we'll take a look at this topic in detail with some example websites and software and get answers to some common related questions.



The Facebook password cracking Websites and Software

Let's start with some examples here. I googled the subject and picked the top results without order. Didn't care to search harder because there are thousands such and I know that all are FAKE.

So let's look at this GETFBHACK.com.
hacking facebook password
Their FREE Facebook hacker program is said to be capable of cracking the password of any Facebook user within a day. Sounds cool, I could try it out, but my Norton Antivirus rejected the file straight away.

I also picked up another one. This Hack-Fbook-Password asks me to enter the profile ID of a user and it will crack the password. I said Okay and began the process.
facebook hacking
It ran certain algorithms to determine the password and finally landed me on a page that said I could DOWNLOAD the password IF I fill an online survey first. Those of you who've been redirected to surveys would know they don't work and are put just so to get traffic and earn money.

I said maybe I should leave the website now but hey, they gave me a prize!
hacking facebook

So I just became the luckiest person in my city just like that!

Now tell me, how can a sane person believe in all this?

The truth!

Let me get this straight to you, these websites do nothing at all just waste your time and are never able to do the job. In fact, downloaded programs just make the situation worse when you run them. I had my Norton Antivirus to guard me otherwise I could be in severe danger currently.

These software are mostly keyloggers and tracking programs that record your keystrokes and action and steal personal information from your computer in the background and send it to their master servers. So ultimately a hacker wannabe gets hacked, how ironic!

From now on in the post, I'll be using the word 'Hacker' for these websites and software since you're no more in the position to be called that.

Why do these 'Hackers' do all that?

facebook hack
Setting up websites, maintaining them and developing software is not an easy task. It requires some money. So why do these 'hackers' do all the hassle? It's because they get equivalent or more money in return. They can extract your credit card details and other banking info from your system and use it for their advantage. They can hack your account and use it for wrong purposes. Give me one reason why one wouldn't steal money and hack accounts for no loss.

Why people fall in their webs?

facebook hack
Why do people try to use such unreal hacking procedures? It's because it's unreal to me, it's unreal to you but not to those who are not much familiar with the working of a software. They get in the web of these hackers and eventually get screwed up pretty bad without consent.

The websites give guarantees and also portray their 'imaginary' happy customers so as to trick a reader. Such tactics are simple but really powerful and serves to their advantage in most cases. This is also why there are thousands of such websites available.

So is Facebook account an 'unbreakable fortress'?

facebook hacking
Well, NO. Facebook accounts can be hacked. No online service is foolproof and that is because of the flaws and bugs in their software. There are several ACTUAL hackers in the world who can analyse a website's security and use that against it thus making hacking a reality.

But I'm 100% sure none of them uses these scam and fake websites that claim to do the impossible. 


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Beberapa Curhatan Absurd di LegaTalk

Jadi kemarin gue nemu aplikasi lucu. Namanya Legatalk. Dari namanya, gue nyoba nebak-nebak artinya apa. LegaTalk = Lega setelah bicara. Iya, mungkin maksudnya, orang yang abis curhat di LegaTalk bakal ngerasa lega hatinya karena nggak ada yang perlu dipendam lagi. Dan yang paling penting, nggak perlu takut ketauan orang. Iya, jadi curhat di LegaTalk ini, nama lo nggak bakal nongol, dan orang-orang nggak bakal bisa nebak siapa yang nulis curhatan itu. So, lo bisa dengan SANGAT BEBAS bahas apa aja di LegaTalk.

Nah, berkat jaminan keamanan dan kenyamanan buat curhat ini, akhirnya nongol deh banyak curhatan-curhatan �ajaib� yang gue temuin di LegaTalk. Penasaran? Yuk kita cek curhatan-curhatan itu.

Back Talker





Beberapa curhatan di atas adalah contoh curhatan orang yang belum cukup bernyali untuk ngomong langsung ke orang yang dia maksud. Mungkin dia takut kalo ngomong, suasana akan jadi lebih buruk. Tapi kalo disimpen sendiri, hati juga jadi bau busuk. Makanya dia lemparin deh keluh kesahnya di sini.

Quote Makers




Curhatan-curhatan macem di atas adalah favorit gue. Soalnya biasanya para Quote Makers ini bikin curhatan yang bisa memotivasi atau malah nambah pengetahuan berdasarkan pengalaman yang mungkin baru saja mereka alami. Gue percaya, orang yang sedang bermasalah, biasanya bakal jadi mendadak bijak.

Gengsian



Kalo di atas ini adalah tipe orang yang gengsian. Orang yang lebih suka menuruti kata gengsi dibanding kata hati. Harusnya orang-orang kayak gini dikasih tau bahwa musuh terbesar dari cinta adalah gengsi.

Galauers




Kadang hidup emang terasa berat. Namun tak akan seberat pemikiran orang-orang pecandu kegalauan. Jangankan jadi korban broken-home atau patah hati. Bagi para pecandu kegalauan, makan indomie goreng tapi kelupaan dikasih kuah pun bisa jadi sebuah puisi yang menyayat hati.

Alay



Ternyata spesies ini masih belum punah.. Di tahun 2014 ini, masih ada orang yang update status pake kalkulator.


Blak-blakan

Ini juga jadi tipe tukang curhat favorit gue. Soalnya yang dia bilang itu biasanya emang bener, cuma penyampaiannya aja yang kadang nyakitin. Tapi bukankah mending menerima hal yang sakit namun benar, dibanding kebohongan yang manis?

Wirausahawan



Nah, yang ini menurut gue paling absurd. Doi pengin jualan barang, tapi orang nggak tau doi siapa. Mungkin doi malu kalo orang2 tau dia jualan batu bata. Btw, gue minat batu bata sama pasirnya, mas.. Mau buat bangun benteng di hatinya~~ 

Masih banyak lagi curhatan-curhatan absurd yang bisa lo temuin dan komenin sendiri di LegaTalk. Kalo lo belum punya aplikasinya, silakan download gratis di AppStore (iOS), atau di Google PlayStore (Android). Search aja keyword �LegaTalk�. 

Atau langsung aja pake link ini:

Download Legatalk di AppStore: http://bit.ly/1vQdb93
Download Legatalk di Google Play: http://bit.ly/1kGhtuU

Kalo udah download, tinggal sign up ajah. Sign up-nya pun cuma masukin nomor hape buat nerima kode verifikasi kok. Nggak perlu masukin username atau email. So, lo nggak bakal punya ID di LegaTalk. Yap.. Setiap curhatan yang lo tulis di LegaTalk itu nggak bakal nongolin apa-apa yang menandakan siapa penulis curhatannya. Seru kan? Ayo berbagi pengalaman yang selama ini sudah cukup  berat buat dipendam sendirian. :D

Btw, share dong di antara beberapa tipe curhat di atas, mana yang paling sering lo lakuin? Tulis di comment box ya! Makasih udah baca post ini, kawan-kawan..
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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How to Create an Awesome Interactive Experience Online

How to Create an Awesome Interactive Experience Online
In today's day and age, most aspects of running a business are performed online. From dealing directly with customers on social media to putting together a website where clients can get better informed on services offered, the Internet ultimately holds the key to a company's success. That's why it's so crucial that businesses create awesome interactive experiences for their customers online.

It's simple to do this too. One way to make clients have a more interactive experience online is by inserting forums into your company's website. By doing this, you allow your customers to further discuss the products or items that you offer. Besides this, it also gives your clients a chance to interact with one another, while comparing notes on what they recommend purchasing or looking further into.

Similar to creating a forum on your website, you can also promote interactivity by giving your users the option of commenting on content posted. When you do this, you are now giving those people supporting your venture the opportunity to voice their options directly to you. This will not only make them feel like they are having a real say in what's going on, but also allow you to get immediate feedback on what you're doing right and in some cases, wrong.

Then, there is the option of putting in a live chat with staff feature. With this included on your website, your users will have the chance to talk directly with a representative from your company. In other words, now customers can ask questions or just discuss any comments or concerns they may have. This leaves customers with immediate satisfaction, as they feel their thoughts are being placed in the hands of people who can take what they're saying and make a difference with it. In fact, a lot of times these live chat features apply popular instant messaging programs that many customers already know how to work, making this process a whole lot easier for everyone involved.

Like with the live chat with staff feature, you can also put together a live chat with other users solution. This way users can talk with one another about what's being offered, providing vital information with each other along the way. However, since some users may be more outspoken than others, this feature will require you to moderate what's going on at all times. For instance, if a customer uses colorful language or says something completely inappropriate, you'll have to take down their chat message immediately. This engaging addition is worth the extra work, though, since it allows your company to build a sense of community among the users.

Another action you can take to make your website more interactive is hosting different podcasts monthly, weekly or even daily. Podcasts give you the opportunity to talk directly with your customers and further discuss your products and services. However, it also lets your clients have the chance to call in and ask any questions they may have. This lets those people supporting you better understand who you are as a company and what you can offer them in the long run that other businesses can't.

Whether you're a company that hands out free kitchen design software (check out Digital Decorator for an example of someone who has done this elegantly) or you're a business that offers your customers the chance to design a home online, interactivity will make a huge difference in your success rate. That's because this allows customers to feel more involved and invested, leading to a long history of business transactions down the road.




Author Bio:
This post comes from Archie, who writes for the Cookware Blog, check out his latest post on Five of the Best Kitchen Design Tools, be sure to check it out.
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Monday, August 25, 2014

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Best Blogging Practices for Lawyers


Best Blogging Practices for Lawyers

Even though blogging came into existence many years back in form of online journals, different individuals used it to share their interesting web finds, thoughts as well as other media. Blogging has emerged as the best platform to communicate with customers and clients. In the legal industry, blogging has been embraced as it offers great techniques to attract many potential clients who use search engines in order to get some answers for the legal advice. Solicitors are not easy to get and therefore clients tend to go for qualified individuals to represent them in the court.

The following are some of the best blogging practices for lawyers that they have found to be the most appropriate strategies for engagement with the clients:

1) Create posts that are tailored towards your legal professionalism

In case you are a defense lawyer who has twenty years experience in cases related to family issues, then a family lawyer should not blog about any prospective changes to the family laws. It is extremely essential to recall that the main objective of your blogs should be to attract potential clients who face legal issues that fall into your expertise field. You should think about your blog as just an extension to your expertise persona and only post information that would apply to the personal legal position.

2) Write as regularly as you can

Probably some of the toughest aspect of blogging would be to keep up with the schedule of consistent writing. Whereas the content of your blogging is very essential, the regularity and volume of your post is also very important to attract the readership attention.

Bloggers also operate just like a sprinter participating in a marathon. You should desist from writing a lot of information very fast. You should write down the main topics of the prospective blog and maintain the topics in a list so that you can use them when there is need of posting the information.

Therefore, you should always stick to the schedule as it will help you in writing the blog. You should not treat any of your blogs as an additional responsibility that only depends on other things. Just try and get used to it being your expertise schedule. In case you are planning to be noticed, you will need to catch up with other lawyers who are competing for the attention of the same clients. This means that you will need to post your blogs at least once per week.

3) Involve social media in your blogging

Some criminal lawyers think that writing blogging contents is difficult. Luckily, blogs and social media often have perfect relationship with each other. Followers of social media sites can and are believed to be very organized into the growth demand. The number of “likes” that you have does not actually translate into the value of the business unless an individual is active in urging them to be part of the essential community. Just try and make posits that are fully complete with the image attachments as well as beautiful inviting messages in order to attract any interested party to blog any information that you write on the teaser line. Besides, always respond carefully to the questions and comments that are posted to the social media pages.

The above three practices are essential for a family lawyer and criminal lawyers. In addition to right solicitors, then cases should be easily resolved in court.




Author Bio:
Sally Smith writes for Alexander Law, a law firm specializing in Criminal Law, Family Law, Property Law, Corporate Law and more.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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Disrupting Technologies Of The Year 2014


Disrupting Technologies Of The Year 2014
Those who invest in technology must always contemplate troubled innovations that area unit coming back forward within the market. These area unit trends that have the potential to make entirely a replacement trade and displacing others within the method. Innovation isn't a nasty seed associated on its own isn’t disrupting however ought to show some price profit to really place an impactful performance. Only the prevailing market price is completed and broken by the new technology it takes over to formally become a troubled trend.

The Ascent of Digital government

The year 2014 marks World Wide Web’s twentieth day of remembrance. This suggests that those who area unit coming into their 40s can have had spent their skilled career entirely with net once they become powerful and accountable within the company. Their methods can embrace priorities to the digital platform as well as the mobile and social networking which will be developed for the departments and soon for the businesses. This time being is that such things can eventually find you in conflicts in government board rooms.

Big information can Trend

The huge information market is incredibly exhilarating and is sort of advancing as noted at this year’s Open View wherever several nice big information start-ups showcased their growth. The forecast is that huge information can get a vast boost and can be adopted across as last year has been terribly positive. Huge information can persevere growing and has the potential to become a thought technology by the top of this year. More start-ups area unit probably to begin rising as scaled businesses that offer a spread of vertical zed and segmental huge information tools and services.

The World of Automation

Automation can presently be touching all walks of lives because it is that the most generally recognized trend on the list. Right from production lines to move to serving food on the plates, computers and robots are operating for each single operation. It’s no secret that automatic technology is slowly getting down to creep into our daily lives already however this can be simply the start and also the future holds for more. Successive 10-30 years can see an excellent deal of automation and can be conveyance an enormous wave of each economic destruction and prosperity. The key areas which will gain profit are automatic retail, AI and AI.

The Internet in Everything

In the digital age most things are connected to every different like ne'er before and can be able to offer with extremely correct info. The question to rise is whether or not corporations can maintain with the trending digitally connected world and have the benefit of it. The demand for quickly growing for wearable devices with technology advancing day after day and has higher ability to gather information could be a sign. Smartphone users’ information sharing is alleged to double by 2015 resulting in additional information collected. For a shorter term, businesses area unit even additional compact by the device price dropping in addition like that for information storage.

3D Printing

3D printing is gaining lots of attention within the business world and is currently a thought technology in most producing industries. The thought of 3D printing is fascinating for product-centric enterprises or corporations United Nations agency style and supply package development. Such additive producing so won't stay solely amongst industrial users however can become a key element in several workplace environments. There's heap of plug around 3D printing and it will qualify as a disrupting innovation there's lot of inflation within the expectations for few 3D printing corporations.

Next-Gen Interface

There are a unit bound warranted trends in client hardware however the one factor which will ne'er amendment is that the movability of devices. Within the past it meant making chips, batteries and computers of smaller sizes. However in today’s market devices area unit shrinking and supply all the mandatory tools. Over successive decade wearable and embedded computers can take over. to assist the position and size of such devices non-touch interface strategies are used.

Trendsetting Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is one in every of the foremost enticing technologies these days attributable to its measurability and security, which may facilitate in obtaining higher productivity gains for organizations. Cloud computing can disrupt the market by enhancing information center choices and is expressed that by 2016 quite five hundredth world a thousand corporations are storing customer-sensitive information within the public cloud.

Preparing for Disruption

There is no manner one will address each side of disruption however there are a unit several approaches business leaders will initiate to organize for close at hand disruption. For the network infrastructure follow a multi-vendor approach or standards-based approach. Within the past resolution suppliers relied and promoted single seller approach for ease in spec with cost-efficient manner of maintaining and building information centers. However with the accelerated growth of IT, it's not sensible for a corporation to reply on simply one manufacturer.

Disruptive technology isn't a replacement conception and trendy enterprises have weather-beaten several disruptions over the years. With economic improvement and advancement in technology additional revolutions can occur, the enterprise is the place to urge all the action.

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Author Bio:
I’m Emily Taylor I have worked in a number of SEO projects and have a good insight into creating a web design with SEO techniques incorporated in it. Apart from web designing and SEO I also contribute high-quality articles to top class websites and blogs. For more information on SMO Service Companies and search engine optimization services.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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Mid-Range Prices For High End Devices Swamped The Indian Market


Mid-Range Prices For High End Devices Swamped The Indian Market
India is the third largest smartphone selling country after China and USA, because of the latest smartphones launched in the market for the users which are gaining great user ship. All these flooded the Indian market with budget smartphones. From 2012 many mobile brands came with high end devices at mid ranges like Micromax, Karbonn and Nokia Lumia and created a huge market for mid-range smartphones, and this grabbed a lot of attention of the users who prefer all high end features but can’t afford them and this made a chance for them to choose among a wide range and explore. There are many companies like Apple, Samsung, and HTC which have been in the lue taking up most of the attention of the users as theay used to provide with best smartphones, but slowly small ventures took up pace and came with many high end phones with mid-range like Sony, Asus, motorola, with almost all features users are now attracted to these devices and not just Indian companies this has expanded globally and the global phone makers have come up with many new devices such as Xiaomi with Mi 3, One Plus with One Plus One model and they have amazing features which are in competition with high range phones. Smartphone sales in the country tripled to over 44 million in 2013. In the first quarter of 2014, 17.59 million smartphones were shipped into India, compared with 6.14 million in the same period last year, according to research firm IDC.

These mid-range smartphones with high end features shouldn’t be misled as normal features as they compete well with high range smartphones companies like Apple and Samsung and give users a full proof look and usage of high features. These mid-range smartphones have quality features such as 13-16mp camera, with 1GB-3GB RAM and internal memory starting from 16GB which can be in many devices and are expandable up to 32GB, HD display, they run on quad-core processor and are quite good for making videos and almost all of them are powered by Android 4.4 OS and in few they can be updated to newer versions and have good power backups with almost 3000mAh battery to 4000mAh battery.

Certainly with all these features it is giving tough competition to the market rulers Apple and Samsung and they seem to be less attractive among users now. And now with less growth for Samsung it have started with mid-range devices like the Samsung Galaxy Core 2 which is offered at a price of 11,450 INR. With such newer innovations and new technologies coming up in the market this has created a huge engagement of global developers in India as well giving India a good chance to be the first on the list of top sellers for smartphones. These High-End launches at Mid-Range prices led to a deluge in the Indian market and it is giving users an up most opportunity to choose from different variants and can easily get the best deals.

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Author Bio:
Lakshya is a tech lover and smart phone enthusiast working as a marketing analyst at Zopper. He loves to be updated with latest mobile & gadget technologies. He likes connecting with people and is an active volunteer in various social initiatives. Drop a line on his twitter handle @kumawatlakshya
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Monday, August 18, 2014

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5 Awesome Web Design Pinterest Boards You May Have Missed


5 Awesome Web Design Pinterest Boards You May Have Missed
Pinterest is a wonderful tool for new and seasoned website creators looking for additional inspiration, tips, industry connections and perhaps even new clients. There are many talented and well-known designers who use the Pinterest platform to create boards dedicated to the subject of website design and development. These boards are essentially collections of content (mostly images) that the contributor thinks will be interesting or helpful to other users of the site. When this content is being posted by reputable web professionals, the advice and wisdom that you can gain may actually increase your abilities, and your profits too! By knowing which posters to follow and who is posting the most helpful information, it will ensure that you spend less time browsing through the hundreds of other lower quality boards, and more time learning about the industry from the people who know it well. If you would like to stay on the cutting-edge of the website design world, here are some amazing Pinterest boards that we think you should be following.



1) Rusty C. Cook (ohrusty)

In addition to posting about well-designed web and mobile websites, Chicago, IL based designer Rusty C. Cook also has boards dedicated to other subjects relevant to the industry that many would find helpful, such as typography, branding and general layout.

2) Eva Morell (evamorell)

Freelance designer Eva Morell is a very prolific Pinterest poster, curating over a hundred different collections of design related images and other inspirational content, including a comprehensive board dedicated to great website design examples.

3) Web Design Library (webdesignorg)

Stacy Summers is the chief editor of webdesign.org, and she shares her extensive knowledge about the subject of her expertise to her dedicated Pinterest fans on her board “Web Design Tips & Tricks.”

4) Design Quixotic (helloquixotic)

With almost 82,000 followers, Brooklyn, NY, Art Director and Designer Thea Kennedy has a collection dedicated specifically to digital design, with many images and screenshots of superbly designed websites to inspire.

5) Waila Skinner (waila)

As the head of W Creative in Missouri, independent designer Waila Skinner has learned a plethora of website design tips, hints and tricks over the years, and regularly posts unique tutorials and links to quality content.

We hope that you have found our list of useful and informative web design Pinterest boards helpful in your quest to become a better webmaster. By learning from the pros, you will pick up good habits and learn how to spark your creative and business side in ways that you never thought to be possible. In addition to the Pinterest users listed in this article, it’s always a good idea to see who the masters follow as well. By clicking on the board owner’s profile, you can get a list of the people that they also follow, which can often lead to even more awesome Pinterest collections. In an ever changing industry such as website design, a never-ending source of spectacular, up-to-date content is a must-have tool in any designer’s arsenal.

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Tentang Kegagalan

"Bersyukurlah saat mengalami kegagalan. Itu artinya Tuhan sudah merespon usaha kita."

Quote itu gue dapetin dari sebuah pengalaman yang panjang dan pedih. Dulu gue sempat dicap sebagai manusia gagal oleh keluarga besar, pasca gue ketauan make narkoba, punya hutang di mana-mana buat judi, dan mengalami cacat fisik pasca kecelakaan. Banyak judgement yang muncul dari mulut orang-orang, dan rata-rata bisa bikin kuping gue berkunang-kunang. Kalimat yang sering nongol adalah,

"Orang cacat gini mah, gak mungkin jadi pegawai kantoran!"

"Ngapain kuliah? Ijazahmu nggak bakal berguna, karena tubuhmu sudah tak sempurna."

"Kamu sudah tidak punya masa depan. Bisanya cuma malu-maluin keluarga!"

Itu adalah titik di mana gue ngerasa kayak orang yang nggak punya siapa-siapa di dunia. Yang gue punya ya cuma diri gue sendiri. Bunuh diri? Sebagai cowok yang baru aja ngalamin masa puber, waktu itu gue emang sempat kepikiran ide gila semacam itu. Namun, saat gue inget masih ada nyokap yang berusaha mati-matian untuk ngobatin gue, gue jadi nyadar bahwa gue nggak perlu peduli dengan apa yang orang-orang katakan. Gue cuma harus fokus untuk tidak menanam lagi kekecewaan... di hati nyokap.

Saat itu juga, gue berpikir, betapa hancurnya hati nyokap, kalo setelah semua yang beliau korbanin, gue hancurin lagi dengan cara bunuh diri. Gue pun berpikir lagi, "Gue udah dianggap punya hidup yang hina, gue nggak mau lagi mati secara hina."

Sejak kejadian itu, gue bertekad untuk menjadi manusia yang lebih baik. Tujuan gue cuma satu. Membuktikan ke diri gue sendiri bahwa gue masih punya masa depan yang layak. Gue meyakinkan diri gue sendiri bahwa masa depan gue, gue sendiri yang nentuin, bukan ditentuin oleh omongan orang lain.

Sepuluh tahun berselang sejak kejadian hina itu, sekarang gue udah duduk di kursi kantor yang dulu gue rintis bareng sohib-sohib gue di Jakarta. Gue udah bisa ngelunasin semua hutang keluarga gue, gue udah bisa mencukupi kebutuhan-kebutuhan gue, dan yang terpenting, gue udah buktiin bahwa gue punya masa depan yang layak.

Gimana gue bisa di posisi sekarang? Bukankah dulu gue hampir nggak punya apa-apa?

Yap.. Dulu gue emang masih bukan siapa-siapa, dan nggak punya apa-apa. Tapi yang jelas, gue punya HARAPAN dan CINTA dari orang tua. Dengan berbekal dua hal itu, gue mampu berjuang mati-matian untuk merintis karier gue sendiri, tanpa peduli gimana jadinya nanti, yang jelas gue mau berdikari.

Buat lo yang ngerasa sempat jadi sampah, atau masih ngerasa sebagai sampah. Atau elo yang baru aja mengalami kegagalan, gue mau ngasih beberapa petunjuk yang mungkin akan mencerahkan.

1. Gagal di usia muda? Biasa.
Banyak teman-teman seusia gue dulu yang nggak berani mencoba sesuatu karena mereka takut gagal. Mereka takut salah. Mereka takut hancur. Padahal, menurut gue, usia muda adalah investasi yang paling berharga. Di usia itu, kita masih bisa melakukan segalanya. Kita masih bisa mencoba hal-hal baru tanpa ada kekhawatiran tentang hidup kita sendiri.

Beda kasus kalo misal sudah berkeluarga, sudah punya tanggung jawab untuk menafkahi istri dan mungkin anak, kita bakal lebih susah lagi untuk berusaha mencoba hal baru karena kita takut, bila salah langkah, anak istri nggak bisa lagi dapet nafkah. So, mumpung masih muda dan merdeka, kenapa lo takut gagal? Segala resiko atas kegagalan di usia muda, yang bakal nanggung cuma elo, bukan orang lain yang hidupnya sudah diletakkan di pundak elo.

2. Kalo nggak gagal, kita nggak belajar.
Mungkin banyak yang mikir, kegagalan adalah akhir dari segalanya, sehingga mereka takut mengalami kegagalan. Padahal, kalo kita mau mengubah mindset, kegagalan justru memberikan pelajaran. Setiap benda yang kita gunakan setiap hari, pastinya punya aroma kegagalan. Contoh simpelnya, telepon. Waktu menciptakan telepon, tak mungkin om Graham Bell langsung kebayang bentuknya panjang, bulat, ada speaker & micnya. Pastinya dia mencoba menciptakan telepon dari benda-benda yang masih sangat sederhana yang akhirnya mengalami kegagalan. Nah, dari setiap kegagalan itu, om Graham jadi tau, bahan-bahan apa aja yang kurang, sehingga telepon yang dia buat pun menjadi sempurna.

Contoh lebih simpel lagi, Ningsih pengin bisa masak untuk pacarnya, Supri. Karena dia mau belajar, dia pun berani untuk gagal. Dia mencoba untuk menggoreng ikan, tapi karena dia tidak tau berapa lama idealnya menggoreng ikan, akhirnya ikan itu malah menjadi fosil. Dari kegagalan itu, Ningsih jadi belajar bahwa dia tidak boleh menggoreng ikan selama 5 jam. Dia coba lagi menggoreng ikan selama 4 jam, ternyata ikannya masih gosong. Dia coba dan coba terus hingga dia tau ikan yang matang sempurna itu digoreng berapa lama. Nah, dari contoh-contoh itu, masih nggak percayakah elo bahwa pelajaran adalah anak dari kegagalan?


3. Gagal adalah tanda bahwa kita sudah berani berusaha.


Seperti Quote di pembuka tulisan ini, kegagalan itu adalah tanda bahwa Tuhan sudah merespon usaha kita. Bukankah kita harusnya senang, saat usaha kita udah direspon pihak lain? Bukannya lebih menyedihkan kalo usaha kita cuma berbuah kecuekan?

Dengan teori itu, maka seharusnya kita tidak perlu down di saat mengalami kegagalan. Kalo kita percaya bahwa Tuhan adalah yang menentukan keberhasilan kita, tentunya sebelum menentukan keberhasilan itu, DIA harus tau sudah sebesar apa usaha kita. Nah, dengan diberi kegagalan, artinya Tuhan sudah merespon usaha kita. Dan DIA perlu diyakinkan lagi tentang sudah pantaskah kita diberi keberhasilan?

4. Habiskan jatah gagal.
Gue selalu percaya, semua hal dalam hidup itu punya batas. Lautan yang luas pun punya batas, apalagi kegagalan. So, kalo kita sering mengalami kegagalan, yang perlu kita lakukan ya cuma terus berusaha dan berusaha aja. Habiskan juga jatah gagal kita hingga ke ambang batasnya. Nah, kalo jatah gagalnya udah habis, artinya yang kita punya tinggal apa? Keberhasilan lah.

Opini gue di atas bukan cuma isapan jempol mas-mas MLM. Gue udah ngalamin sendiri tentang "menghabiskan jatah gagal" itu. Dulu, taun 2008-2009, gue nyoba masukin naskah buku pertama gue demi mengejar impian gue sebagai penulis buku. Dan alhamdulillah, nggak langsung diterima. Naskah gue ditolakin penerbit-penerbit mulu, hingga kurang lebih 12 penerbit nolak naskah gue. Namun yang gue syukuri, sebagian dari penerbit yang nolakin naskah buku gue itu ngasih alasan kenapa mereka nolak naskah gue. So, gue jadi tau bagian mana yang kudu dibenerin dari naskah itu. Akhirnya, di percobaan mengirim naskah untuk yang ke 13 kalinya, naskah gue akhirnya diterima oleh salah satu penerbit besar lokal.

Apakah di situ gue udah dianggep berhasil?

Kalo dianggep berhasil menjadi penulis buku, sudah. Tapi kalo ditanya apakah sudah menjadi penulis buku sukses? Belom. Buku pertama gue itu cuma terjual sekitar 1000an eksemplar. Yang kalo diitung royaltinya, nggak bakal cukup buat bayar SPP kuliah. Tapi gue juga mengakui, pasar nggak bisa dibohongi. Tulisan gue di buku pertama gue itu emang masih menjijikan. So, dari kegagalan itu, gue vakum nulis buku selama 3 tahun untuk belajar menulis lagi dengan lebih tekun. Dan di tahun 2012, nongol deh buku kedua gue, SKRIPSHIT. Hingga saat ini, buku kedua gue masih banyak di pasaran dan sudah cetak ulang 8 kali. Di situ, gue udah ngerasa bisa mencapai impian gue untuk jadi penulis buku yang sukses di kenal oleh masyarakat. Gue pun lanjut nulis buku-buku lagi, dan lagi-lagi Tuhan ngasih kejutan. Buku terbaru gue RELATIONSHIT dibeli hak tayangnya oleh sebuah PH, sebulan setelah rilis. Yap.. RELATIONSHIT bakal diangkat jadi film di layar lebar, dan pak produser mempercayakan penulisan skenario ke gue sendiri. Bahkan, beliau "menyekolahkan" gue untuk menjadi penulis skenario. Yap.. Berawal dari blogger yang pengin jadi penulis buku, sekarang gue malah bisa jadi penulis skenario. Yeay!

Nah, dari fakta-fakta itu, masihkah kalian takut sama kegagalan?

Satu lagi yang perlu diinget.. Kalo kita selalu gagal ngedapetin apa yang kita INGINKAN, yakin aja Tuhan bakal menggantinya dengan hal yang memang kita BUTUHKAN. Karena yang diinginkan itu belum tentu bermanfaat, sedangkan yang dibutuhkan pastinya lebih bermanfaat.

Yap.. This is the end of the post. Kalo kalian mau sharing tentang kegagalan-kegagalan kalian, atau pengalaman tentang cara kalian survive dari kegagalan-kegagalan itu, silakan share di comment box ya! Thanks for reading. Semoga berguna.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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Enam Alasan Gue Milih Sony Xperia Z2


Ceritanya kemarin gue lagi hunting hape di Mangga Dua. Nah, di sana ada ratusan atau bahkan ribuan smartphone. Gue suka heran, kenapa rata-rata hape yang dijual tuh buatan China ya? Mungkin ada ratusan merk hape yang berasal dari China. Gue ampe bayangin, jangan-jangan di China sana, orang punya pabrik handphone di rumah masing-masing yang bentuknya kayak pabrik kerupuk rumahan di Indonesia. Atau mungkin, orang-orang China sana, pada berkebun handphone di belakang rumah?

Nah, di saat gue bingung dan linglung karena terlalu banyak pilihan, dan gue bener-bener pengin sebuah smartphone yang nggak biasa, tahan banting, dan nggak lemot serta canggih, tiba-tiba turun seorang kokoh-kokoh bermata sipit dari plafon. Dia memakai kostum yang mirip banget sama mbah Dumbledore di film Harry Potter. Seakan dia mengerti kebingungan gue, dia pun mengucapkan sebuah kalimat, "Anak muda.. Ikutilah saya.."

Seakan dihipnosis, gue pun mengikuti kokoh-kokoh itu berjalan menyusuri lorong yang berisi kios hape di kanan dan kiri. Lalu, kami berjalan lagi melewati lorong, menyeberangi jembatan, dan masuk ke dalam hutan. Di dalam hutan, kami menemukan sebuah gua yang dijaga oleh Bunda Dorce. Setelah gue perhatiin, ternyata itu cuma poster Bunda Dorce yang berukuran 2 meter.

Kami pun memasuki gua itu, di dalam sana, ada banyak lampu-lampu yang berkedip-kedip. Namun ada satu bagian dari gua itu yang sangat terang lampunya. Gue pun mendekati cahaya terang itu, di sana, gue melihat sebuah handphone tipis, mengkilap, dan berwarna hitam.



"Itu adalah Sony Xperia Z2!" Kokoh-kokoh tadi menepuk pundak gue.

"Apa kehebatan dari handphone ini, Koh?" Gue menggaruk-garuk dagu gue karena masih belum mengerti.

"Ada banyak keunggulan handphone ini dibandingkan handphone lain di dunia! Dan hanya orang-orang terpilih yang bisa memilikinya." Kokoh-kokoh tadi mengatakan kalimat itu dengan penuh percaya diri.

"Apa saja itu, koh?!" Gue semakin penasaran. Lalu kokoh-kokoh itu menyodorkan gulungan yang sepertinya terbuat kulit manusia. Kenapa gue tau itu kulit manusia? Soalnya ada bagian dari gulungan itu yang masih ada bekas sengatan knalpotnya. Kemungkinan itu kulit diambil dari bagian betis tukang ojek. Gulungan yang diberikan itu sudah diukir tulisan-tulisan yang kalo diperhatikan mirip banget sama brosur-brosur smartphone di mall-mall.

Sony Xperia Z2 Spec:

Benar-benar spek monster

Selain spesifikasi di atas, gue pun berkesempatan buat ngecek-ngecek beberapa fitur andalan dari Sony Xperia Z2. Dan ini adalah 6 fitur yang gue suka dari smartphone ini:

1. Layar Super Keren
Sony Xperia Z2 memiliki layar berukurang 5,2 inch dengan resolusi 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. Tipe displaynya adalah Triluminos LCD dengan 16.7 juta warna. Ditambah lagi Bravia Engine 3 yang bikin layar handphone ini bisa menampilkan gambar maupun video yang luar biasa halusnya.


Foto perbandingan antara layar yang biasa dipake di smartphone, sama layar Triluminos. Jelas beda banget warna dan detailnya. Layar Sony Xperia Z2 memang terlihat jauh lebih "nyata".

2. Kamera Yang Bukan Cuma Fitur Tambahan
Kamera handphone dengan resolusi 8 Mega Pixel? Biasa ajah.. Sony Xperia Z2 memiliki kamera dengan resolusi hampir 21 Mega-pixel, tepatnya 20,7 Mega-pixel. Wow.. Dengan ukuran resolusi segitu, efeknya makin buanyak detail gambar yang bisa tertangkap oleh sensor kameranya. Hasilnya? Gambar yang diambil bakal makin jernih. Apalagi dengan fitur steady shot yang sudah disematkan di handphone ini, gambar yang diambil bakal makin oke meskipun diambil saat sedang terburu-buru sambil mengejar moment yang pas.

Ini beberapa contoh hasil foto indoor tanpa flash, mode super auto dengan penerangan lampu belajar.



Kalo ini hasil foto outdoor di sore hari dengan mode Super Auto. Nggak perlu nyetting apapun:


Klik aja masing-masing foto di atas untuk melihat kualitas aslinya.

Itu baru kamera yang buat photo. Untuk perekam video? Sony Xperia Z2 mendukung perekaman video 4K! Sebuah fitur yang belum ada di handphone lain dalam sejarah. Hasil video yang direkam oleh Sony Xperia Z2 memang sangat smooth dan terlihat seperti diambil oleh kamera profesional. Untuk hasil rekamannya, kita lanjut dulu ke point 3.

3. Bersahabat Dengan Air
Gak percaya? Cek video hasil perekaman menggunakan kamera Sony Xperia Z2 ini:


Udah liat video di atas? Yap. Sony Xperia Z2 memang bisa digunakan meski di dalam air, baik untuk merekam video maupun memotret.

Bahkan, baru-baru ini, dikabarkan sebuah smartphone Sony Xperia Z2 ditemukan tenggelam di dalam laut selama 1,5 bulan, dan masih bisa digunakan secara normal. Nih beritanya, KLIK DI SINI. Sangar kan?!

4. Baterai Monster
Android dikenal sebagai device pemakan baterai paling sadis. Biasanya, hape-hape android rata-rata cuma kuat dipake selama 4-5 jam nonstop. Tapi Sony Xperia Z2 memiliki baterai dengan ukuran monster, 3,200mAh tipe Li-ion. Ditambah lagi, Sony menyematkan banyak fitur canggih buat menghemat penggunaan baterai. Yang paling sering gue pake adalah Stamina Mode.



Menurut pengalaman gue, nih hape kuat gue pake nonstop selama 7 jam lebih buat main game maupun buat gue gunain sebagai GPS di mobil. Ingat, ini kalo dipakai dengan keadaan display nyala nonstop & hardcore usage loh. Kalo penggunaan wajar, baterainya bisa bertahan seharian lebih lah.

5. Konektivitas Entertainment Oke
Konektivitas yang mumpuni bener-bener menjadi syarat yang harus dipenuhi bagi smartphone zaman sekarang. Soalnya, secanggih apapun sebuah smartphone, kalo susah buat disambungin ke mana-mana, fiturnya bakal banyak sia-sia. Nah, Sony Xperia Z2 punya banyak banget fitur konektivitas yang mumpuni, seperti: Bluetooth, NFC, MHL, USB OTG, WiFi Direct, DLNA, Miracast, FM radio.

Dari semua fitur konektivitas itu, favorit gue adalah Bluetooth, MHL, dan USB OTG. Kenapa? Karena dengan MHL, kita bisa menyambungkan nih hape ke kabel HDMI TV sehingga apa yang muncul di layar hape, bakal muncul juga di TV, terus bluetoothnya bisa kita sambungin ke Bluetooth Mouse, Bluetooth Keyboard, Bluetooth Headset, maupun Bluetooth Joystick SECARA BERSAMAAN!

Favorit gue, kalo di rumah, gue make Sony Xperia Z2 ini sebagai semacam pengganti komputer dan konsol game. Gak percaya? Nih liat:


Maen Dead-zone online pake Sony Xperia Z2 + HDMI MHL + TV + Moga Bluetooth Joystick.

Jadi gak perlu beli PSP lagi. :D

6. Smart-band
Pengin tahu setiap hari lo sukses bakar berapa kalori? Atau pengin tahu setiap hari lo udah jalan kaki berapa langkah, bepergian seberapa jauh, ngegame seberapa lama? Bisa banget di-tracking sama nih gadget baru pasangan dari Sony Xperia Z2, namanya Sony Smart-band.

Nih alat bentuknya kayak gelang gaul biasa, tapi dia punya banyak sensor gerak yang mampu menghitung data-data aktivitas kita sehari-hari.


Nah, data-data itu nantinya bakal dikirimkan ke Sony Xperia Z2 dan akan muncul di aplikasi LifeLog. Dengan aplikasi ini, kita bakal tahu seberapa sehat gaya hidup kita. Asik kan?

Nah, itu baru beberapa dari kesaktian Sony Xperia Z2, masih ada banyak lagi fitur unggulan lain yang bisa kalian cari sendiri di jagad internet.

Pake nih hape, ketampanan gue naik 69%

Intinya sih, dari 6 point di atas, gue tergerak buat milih Sony Xperia Z2 sebagai handphone andalan gue untuk berinteraksi dengan teman-teman, maupun menikmati hiburan di mana aja! Soalnya gue adalah tipe orang yang haus hiburan, suka teledor kalo naroh hape, dan beberapa kali hape gue mati kecemplung air. So, Sony Xperia Z2 bener-bener sudah bisa memenuhi kebutuhan entertainment dan konektivitas gue sehari-hari.

Kalo lo, suka fitur-fitur di Sony Xperia Z2 yang mana aja? Share di comment box dong! :D
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