Android Security Annual report details current state of Android ecosystem

Recently Google reported annual report of android security which reveals how Google protects the Android ecosystem. Previous year when a report was revealed it analyzed billions of data gathered. And in this year, the goal was increased. The company says that it scanned 400 million devices daily, although it is not clear that, this scan were automated scan or the scans done by the user or the combination of both.

Google has been enhancing its service daily to protect Android users and identifying the harmful behavior. Google says that over the course of 2016, less that 0.15 PHA (potential harmful apps) were installed and if we include the third party apps than overall ratio comes to 0.5%. Additionally, Google Chrome's Safe Browsing feature was also mentioned to have protected the hundreds of millions of users of the Internet browser on Android devices.

When Android Marshmallow was introduced it included the high-security features to protect devices. Google also highlighted that security enhancements include, the requirement of full disk encryptions, updates to the app permission that allow the users to manage their data being shared and more. All these securities made sure that device is running perfectly.

Android’s security features are progressing, since when Google joined the Google’s vulnerability reward program. In these programs, researchers were paid when they found any bug and report to Google. It fixed 100 vulnerabilities that were revealed by them in Google bug joining program. Few goals to improve Android protection are transparency and security decisions. This annual android security report was developed to reveal that, the company is not just watering away deep public security threats. One of the instance: Stagefright exploit that would allow hackers to take over Android devices remotely in a matter of seconds.

Android lead security engineer Adrian Ludwig reported that "There is a fairly big disconnect between what's in the data and what's in the public discussion," He further added that part of what Google has been going to improve security is making improvements to the security updates process. According to the blog, recently Google launched public security update program, to the open source project and security life cycle update for nexus devices.

However, much of the efforts being forth by the Google for improving Android security, it is reported that millions of active Android devices are running on the versions of the operating system are not supported by the security patches that was released. If they continue to refuse for an update of the latest Android version, especially those users of such devices it would remain vulnerable to cyberattcks. Hence it seems on android that security researchers job is never done.

Comprehensive Microsoft .Net development

The NET framework is a technology that supports creating and running of next generation applications. The framework by Microsoft is designed to accomplish various objectives. It has a plethora of features blended with a visually stunning user experience. 

The .NET framework hosts a plethora of features that are blended with a user experience that is visually stunning. Additionally, it also offers secure and seamless communication and the ability to replicate a wide range of business processes.

.NET as a framework is a technology which supports the creation and the running of the next generation of apps as well as XML Web services. Furthermore, it is designed to accomplish several objectives. The objectives of Microsoft .NET includes the following:

1. Provide a consistent object-oriented programming environment, regardless if object code is locally stored and executed, executed locally yet internet-distributed or remotely executed.

2. Provide a code-execution environment that will minimize software development as well as versioning conflicts.

3. To offer a code-execution environment that promotes safe code execution. This includes code created by an unknown or semi-trusted third party.

4. Provide a code-execution environment which eliminates problems performance of interpreted or scripted environments.

5. To make a consistent developer experience across a wide range of applications, like web-based and Windows-based applications.

6. Build all communication on industry standards. This helps ensure that the code based on .NET could integrate with any other code.

.NET consists of a common language runtime or also known as CLR and the class library. The CLR or common language runtime is the foundation of the framework. It could also be considered as an agent that manages code during execution, provide core services like thread management, memory management and remoting. Moreover, it also enforces stringent type safety and other code accuracy forms which promote robustness and security. As a matter of fact, the concept of code management is the runtime’s fundamental principle. Code that targets the runtime is known as managed code. On the other hand, code that does not target runtime is considered as unmanaged code. The class library is an extensive, object-oriented collection of reusable types that could be used to develop apps that range from traditional command-line or graphical user interface or GUI apps to apps that are based on the current innovations offered by ASP.NET, including web forms and XML web services.

.NET could be hosted by unmanaged components that load the CLR into their processes and also initiate the execution of manage code, thus creating a software environment that could exploit managed and unmanaged forms. The comprehensive framework could keep up with the prowess of Java and equally suited for developing web solutions, Windows 8, desktop apps and Windows Phone apps too. .NET allows developers to develop dynamic web apps and are experienced in carrying out complicated and big scale web applications for different themes. There are many service providers that provide application development services that include .NET application.

The .NET framework hosts a plethora of features that are blended with a user experience that is visually stunning. Additionally, it also offers secure and seamless communication and the ability to replicate a wide range of business processes. The Microsoft framework offers numerous advantages that translate into lower costs, acceleration time of development and greater maintainability.

NET provides a lot of benefits which translate into accelerated development time, lower costs and greater maintainability. Some of the benefits of Microsoft app development with .NET are the following:

1. It exhibits optimized coding while creating huge scale apps
2. High development speed
3. Cross-platform migration availability
4. Increased reliability, productivity, and security
5. Provides an IDE environment that facilitates the use of all tools simply by drag and drop actions.

Top Project Management Tools in 2016

Attempting to manage a software project without a project management software could turn into a chaos fast. Even with the best strategy and intentions, a wrong turn could rapidly demolish months of work. Taming a project gone bad could be a horror, particularly when you need to pay a lot of money in order to do it.

One of the high-responsibility tasks in modern organizations is project management. It is used by a lot of types of projects that range from software development to the development of the next generation fighter aircraft. To successfully execute a project, the project manager or the project management team must be supported by a set of tools. The tools could be specifically designed ones or regular productivity tools which could be adopted for a project management work. Usually, the use of tools makes project managers work easily. Furthermore, it also standardizes work and the project manager’s routine.

With the introduction of computer technology, there have been several software tools that are developed particularly for project management purpose. MS Project is one of these tools that has won the hearts of project managers worldwide. There are several project management tools that are used and the following are the top tools for 2016.

1. MyCollab. It is a multi-purpose tool with features of CRM or customer relationship management, project management, and document management. MyCollab-Project includes various features, such as milestones and Gantt chart, issue management and time tracking. Furthermore, it also supports agile development models. The project comes in three editions, wherein the community edition is the open source and free option. The recent 5.2.9 version is licensed under AGPLv3, needs Java runtime and MySQL stack. Furthermore, the source-code is available on GitHub.

2. Odoo. Is a full-suite of business apps, wherein project management is only one. It is a multi-platform solution that supports Windows, various Linux distributions as well as other operating systems. The community edition is a free and open source but has limited features than the enterprise version. The Odoo project management has several interesting features, like Kanban views, Gantt charts, graphs, tasks and issues and much more. Noteworthy assets are community resources and the official Docker image. It’s licensed under GPLv3 and needs Python and PostgreSQL. The latest 9.0 release is available for download and as a source on GitHub.

3. Taiga. Is an open source platform for beginners, agile designers, and developers. It focuses on agile development methodologies and has all the features needed such as backlog, tasks, sprints, Kanban board and issues. Noteworthy pros are integration with GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, which make it an interesting project management tool for developers. The tool could also be extended via plugins and contains a REST API. It’s licensed under GNU Affero GPLv3 and needs a stack that includes Python, Nginx, and PostgreSQL. The latest 1.10.0 release Dryas Octopetala is available on GitHub.

4. OrangeScrum. Is a tool for agencies, freelancers and small to medium businesses. The features include a scrum task board, progress tracking, scrum task board, Kanban and Gantt chart views, progress tracking and resource planning. Notable is the new skin that is based on the Google Material Design. iOS and Android mobile apps 2.0 version were released in June. OrangeScrum is licensed under GPLv3 and based on the CakePHP framework. The latest 1.5.9 release is available for download and the source code could be found on GitHub.

5. Tuleap Open ALM. With a focus on software development projects, Tuleapoffers a feature rich platform that includes project management features such as Kanban and Scrum support, document management, tracking and other collaborative tools. The pros for the tool include support for agile, hybrid, traditional or custom processes for project management. Moreover, it supports sprints, planning, tasks, reports and more. The tool is very suitable for open source development organizations, as the tools also incorporate with SVN, Git, Jenkins and much more. Also, the tool provides an app installation or virtual machine or installation via Ansible. It is licensed under GPLv2 and the latest release 8.12 version could be downloaded from the website.

6. Agilefant. Focuses on agile approaches that involve Scrum and Kanban. Furthermore, it could also be bent to support traditional approaches such as the waterfall method. The tools provide a free and open source product which could be downloaded and deployed into one’s own private cloud. Called a solo plan, one could also sign up for a free cloud offering. Agilefant runs on Tomcat, Java, and MySQL. The source code and license are found on GitHub.

Google makes it easier to switch from iOS to Android with Google Drive backup tool.

In the Play Store, Apple has a switch tool which helps the Android users to switch to iOS. Unlike Google, this would be approved by the Apple bots in the App Store. With this, one can take the backup of your iPhone data to Drive, then restore it all on Android.

One can check out the new backup option in the iOS Drive app which is found under menu > settings > backup. On uploading all the backup on the Drive, it can grab your contacts, calendar events, and photos/videos. If you have lot of media files with more GB’s it will obviously take a lot more time to upload. For that Wi-Fi is needed for the backup to take place and the Drive app has to stay open. Unfortunately, there’s no option for backup.

The data from iOS will automatically be accessible in the corresponding apps, when one logs into their Google Account on a new Android phone. Unlike Pixel exclusive cable transfer tool, this process works with any Android phone.

WordPress for Business

Originally launched as a blogging platform, WordPress now has become an integral part for any business. Business owners today are integrating WordPress to build their business.

Launched originally in 2003, WordPress has turned out to probably become the most popular CMS or content management system in the world. These days, it is used by over 74 million websites that publish new posts each second. Regardless of the size of the blog or website, wordpress is one of the most widely used content management system and has become a favorite among businesses due to its being a powerful tool.

REASONS WHY A BUSINESS SHOULD SWITCH TO WORDPRESS

1. FREE: Whether one is a blogger or launching a new business online, the fact that WordPress is one hundred percent free is indeed beneficial. Most of all, it is also open source, meaning that one could boost or change the source code to build the right website that meets one’s needs.

2. FLEXIBLE: WordPress’ flexibility is another feature that could not be topped. Regardless if one is using it for a personal blog or a popular eCommerce website, wordpress development is versatile enough to meet any and all one’s requirements via the extensive extensions and features.

3. SEARCH ENGINE FRIENDLY: In actuality, the most popular search engines prefer websites that are powered by WordPress. This is because the framework is easy to crawl. As a matter of fact, Matt Cutts of Google endorsed WordPress during the WordCamp of 2009 in San Francisco.

4. POWERFUL OUT-OF-THE-BOX: Unlike other CMS’s WordPress is ready to use right away after it is installed. This means that there is no need to hunt down, install and configure a long list of add-ons to have most of the features that the platform considers core, such as RSS feeds, comments, revisions and more.

5. EASY TO USE: Another wonderful perk of WordPress is how easy it is to use. It is intuitive, user-friendly and easy to learn as well. One could even learn how to use WordPress within minutes. It’s no surprise it is known for its famous ‘5-minute install’.

6. PLENTY OF SUPPORT: WordPress comes with unprecedented support. This is in part to the extensive community wherein one could troubleshoot any query or concern via the forums.

7. SECURE AND SAFE: Because WordPress is such a popular content management system, it comes as no surprise that it is a target for hackers. Nonetheless, the platform takes the security of the users very seriously. It constantly updates software to prevent attacks. It has an automatic update feature ever since the version 3.7 release.

8. HOSTS MULTIMEDIA: The addition of images, audio or video files is a wonderful way of boosting the user experience. Luckily, WordPress makes it easy to insert multimedia into a post or page. It is not only easy to upload multimedia files, one could also edit files and like images while in the Media Library screen.

9. CUSTOMIZABLE: Due to the thousands of themes and plugins that WordPress has to offer, one could customize the website with one just one click to look and function as one likes. Moreover, because of the endless number of features, one could make the blog or website that one always wanted.

10. MORE THAN JUST A BLOG: Although the platform earned its reputation as a great blogging platform that could be inserted into a website, in itself it could be used as a website. Since it contains a page and post structure, one could have daily blog posts and static pages as well, like About or Contact pages.

11. MOBILE FRIENDLY: More than ever, it’s more important for a website to be mobile friendly in order to accommodate tablets and smartphones. However, with WordPress, there is no need to be concerned about that. It is already mobile friendly, thanks to most of the responsive themes.

12. ESTABLISHES A COMMUNITY: Whether sharing blog posts on social media networks or through communication with visitors in the comments section, the platform has the plugins and features to make community establishment easy and convenient.

13. VARIOUS E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS: In using WordPress for business, it is happy to know that there are several eCommerce solutions that would convert the website into an all-out digital shop. By using plugins such as WP eCommerce, WooCommerce or Shopp, one could easily start to make money online.

14. KEEPS A WEBSITE FRESH LOOKING: Whether one needs to update a theme because it has been around for too long or looking to take advantage of something such as the holidays, there are hundreds of thousands of free themes to choose from. Doing this keeps the WordPress website looking fresh for the customers.

15. SAVES MONEY: WordPress is free. Nevertheless, that is not the only aspect wherein one could save money. Since it is open source as well as user-friendly, one need not hire technicians or web designers to launch or maintain the website.

16. MULTI-USER CAPABILITY: There is a good chance that one has to rely on several people to keep a website up and running. The platform is aware of this and has made assigning different roles for various people easy.

17. UNIVERSAL PLATFORM: WP features a universal platform. The dashboard always appears the same, regardless of what the platform is used for. There is no need to hire experts or spend a lot of time configuring the platform. Anyone with some kind of general MySQL and PHP experience could use it right away.

18. SCHEDULE POSTS: Running a business is very time-consuming indeed. Nonetheless, the platform frees up some more time by giving the ability to schedule posts ahead of time. Meaning that when completing a post, one could schedule it any time that suits the business and the customers. For instance, if most traffic comes to the website between 12 to 1 pm during weekdays, then posts could be scheduled around that time.

19. PUBLISH CONTENT WITH ONE CLICK: After writing amazing content, one could publish it right away with just one button click. Moreover, there are even several mobile applications that enable one to publish WordPress content regardless of the location.

It could not be denied that managing a website is easy with WordPress. The platform has become a vital part of most businesses all over the world at present.

The Top Outsourcing Trends of 2016

The fast evolving technology and customer expectations changes are rapidly changing the way that organizations use outsourcing to offer services. The new outsourcing strategies are creating new opportunities for businesses globally.

The rapidly evolving technology, as well as the customer expectations, are quickly changing the way companies use outsourcing to offer services that they find it difficult to deliver via in-house resources alone. The outsourcing advantages, in turn, are creating other new opportunities and challenges for businesses all over the world.

Where organizations previously farmed out specific services mainly for money savings, at present, they are embracing outsourcing for several other reasons as well. They are also working with a larger variety of service partners since the digital business demands are getting more complex than ever. IT and business always have been in a constant state of enhancements, with current Information Technology trends undergoing dramatic changes through the years in a successful attempt of improving services and exceed customer expectations. With the IT outsourcing field starting to be more of a common business strategy worldwide, people would continue to expect the growth of several trends that would most likely cause considerable shifts in outsourcing companies operations.

The following are some of the top outsourcing trends of 2016 and how organizations use outsourcing to boost services and operations.

1. Rising Complexity. Nowadays, businesses are finding that outsourced services could help them do much more than just reducing work costs or ramping up new employee teams faster. The complicated digital transformation programs lead companies to create more strategic and collaborative relationships with outsourcing partners. The trend is building a convergence in the technology of the outsourcing field as digital requirements permeate engagements with management agencies, consultants, system integrators as well as product development services companies. All of the prospective outsourcing partners scramble to either train, hire or acquire the skill sets that they lack for the digital transformation projects to meet customer needs.

For outsourcing service providers, this could mean growing pressure to diversify and broaden the services that they offer. The most successful outsourcing organizations could provide end-to-end services to the clientele from business strategy and ideation through an implementation of technology and management.

2. New Political Pressures. Political events worldwide also drive changes in the service sector. For instance, the recent decision of UK to leave EU, known also as Brexit would lead to changing markets for outsourced services. In a survey data, it indicated that British organizations are likely to suspend plans of hiring new employees, which increases the chance that they would opt for contingent labor services. The journey of stable employment depends on the hart of disenfranchisement, a lot of people feel. Organizations should rethink the social contract since too many people are left behind by the fast changes in technology and globalization. It is imperative to help individuals acquire skills to play an active role in a changing work scenario or face bigger uncertainty and more situations like the Brexit.

3. Enabling Innovation. As the capabilities of outsourcing providers’ grow, customers are finding new and more strategic benefits of utilizing their services. Value, instead of cost, is the new watchword today. Furthermore, it will likely be measured by how outsourcing providers help empower the growth of business via innovation. Businesses gain new competitive advantages from working with outsourcing organizations with wide service capabilities. As service providers seen as key business enablers, service providers become purveyors of innovation, enabling transformation instead of simply providing a source of price arbitrage. Additionally, innovation is a major component of the value that is derived from an outsourcing relationship.

4. Digital Transformation. While a lot of retailers tapping into technology and becoming more tech-savvy could be considered as a good thing, for the most part, it’s considered the main disadvantage to firms that offer IT outsourcing services. If more enterprises continue being familiar with scalable, automated and affordable solutions, there is less need to outsource a workload. That is why outsourced service providers should rethink their brand image and how to build value to their name to still be considered a viable option.

5. Security Issues, Development Opportunities. As more business services are provided via outsourced partners through cloud services, IT security would remain a major concern. This means that businesses relying on outsourced services must be certain to include security requirements in their contracts. Customer systems and data are only as secure as the weakest link in the ecosystem of a vendor. The customers’ risks are twofold: Not only the customer increase risk of data breach, it could also increase the risk that it would be in breach of its contractual or regulatory obligations if vendors are unable to comply with these obligations. As the capabilities of service providers become more advanced, businesses would increasingly turn to them for even vital services such as the development of minimum viable products for instance, new and innovative offerings focused on early adopters. There will be new and innovated ways of combatting security breaches and protect sensitive and confidential information.

Microsoft rolls out first SharePoint Server 2016 Feature Pack

It was recently reported that Microsoft includes new functionalities and features for the administrator and end-user customers. From the sight of administrators, Feature Pack1 adds more granular administrative-action logging and new MinRole capabilities goal at smaller user environments. 

End users enable an updated OneDrive for Business interface, custom files in the SharePoint app, a preview of SharePoint hybrid, and hybrid taxonomy, and OneDrive API for on-premises SharePoint. This is completely free for the SharePoint users, but some features like new OneDrive for Business support are for the Software Assurance Customers only.

This feature pack was available to MSDN and volume licensees starting in May. During that time, officials said that they planned to make at least one feature pack with the new updates for the SharePoint available in 2017.

Company officials revealed that SharePoint Server 2016 won’t be the last on-premises release of SharePoint. In between the two to three years likely between full-blown releases, the company is expected to update the on-premises version with Feature Packs.

Impact of mobile technology at workplace

There is no doubt that technology has radically changed the way that company does business, improve the quality and efficiency in our day to day operations. Over the years, now mobile technology has left no stone to turn in proving that, devices are ruling human-beings. In this digital era, mobile technology has become the must-have device for every individual owing to the convenience, speed and efficiency. With the increase in mobile tech, the corporate sector is also much accelerated with smartphones and tablets for their work-related activities.

As the technologies are expanding; corporate firms are also growing huge, and as a result, there is always a massive need for employees. Hundreds of mobile applications and other services have gingered to address these requirements.

Below are some of the major impacts of mobile technology at a workplace:

Upgraded convenience

Portable innovation includes a blend of remote gadgets that have organizing abilities and web-based collaboration applications and devices. Owing to the expanded convenience, representatives can carry their tablets to work for the presentations and not the massive piles of documents, thus making it a more advantageous choice.

Workers can get information and assets of the organization to finish their online exercises and operations without being tied to a solitary area. At the end of the day, with the utilization of versatile innovation, employees can carry around their office with them.

Expanded flexibility 

Today's workforce is more versatile than any time in recent history. Truth be told, it is anticipated that by 2017, the aggregate number of cellular telephone clients will ascend to 4.77 billion.

Versatile innovation gives employees the advantage of working at a soul go. This builds efficiency significantly since employees can stay connected at all times, expanding laborer accessibility network and era of work.

This has prompted the rise of adaptable working hours. This implies fewer costs for block and mortar workplaces and diminished worker migration costs. Subsequently, the center will move totally to ability of work rather than area.

Consumerization of IT 

With the continuous changes in innovation, it is turning out to be progressively troublesome for organizations to stay aware of the up gradation procedure. Subsequently, the pattern of representatives conveying their own particular gadgets to work has been on the ascent. This has prompted organizations capitalizing the consumerization patterns.

Organizations that execute the capability of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) can give free WiFi to their employees which they can use on their cell phones. Such independence can enhance profitability and produce more income for organizations.

As indicated by Mark Coates, EMEA VP of Good Technology, "By empowering representatives to safely and effectively get to corporate information all alone gadget, profitability levels will actually increment."

Mobile Recruiting trends 

With the versatile use of Internet on cellphones, the rise is estimated to 63.4% by 2018, and its effect is as of now being felt everywhere.

Truth be told, it was found in an online review that 90% of job seekers use cell phones to search for openings for work. Thus, organizations are progressively improving their employing procedures to suit the mobile requirements.

As indicated by Jeff Mills, Director of Solution Marketing for Recruiting and Onboarding at Success Factors/SAP, "Mobile platforms provide a way of capturing their interest and remarking it back to them for ongoing targeted campaigns to your talent community.”

Development of Global Businesses 

All organizations begin with clear systems for development. Growing organizations to different nations and expanding the business sectors require a solid methodology that can prompt profitability and a degree for expanded income. This is the place portable innovations have entered in.

It permits the instant access to customer and worker information at any location. Hence, organizations are no more confined by worldwide boundaries. This has prompted the rise of the global workforce. And because of it, employees can stay connected all day.

The effect of portable innovation has been felt over all areas of business. With an expanded computerization, this pattern is anticipated to keep forming business choices and opening up further roads to change the way of work.

Understanding of the human cloud and the reasons that it could do the work better than an organization can

At present, the biggest change, for both organizations and workers, is a move toward what is called the human cloud. In the same manner that high-speed web access disrupted the corporate information technology market, making a cloud of web-enabled infrastructure, which is the human cloud is shorthand for how the internet has disrupted the way people operate. Businesses rely on dispersed teams in order to get the best available talent despite location or price and most are using crowdsourcing and other innovative means for achieving their goals.

In the meantime, a lot of people working in this new system have lives that appear nothing like they would have been even a decade ago. They may have contracts with various clients, outsource themselves and their skills via a third-party service such as ODesk or Elance or coordinate with coworkers in opposing period of time. The firms they are working for and with may not even have an idea of what they look like or where they live. This is the reality of human cloud and it is changing individuals and the companies they work for in ways that people may not fully realize as of now.

By adopting the recent technologies, businesses are giving their staff better flexibility, when and where they work. The workplace is still viewed as synonymous with the company itself; each business has an office or headquarters. The employees may be free to spend less time in the area, but it is hard to get past thinking that the physical location is in itself the business. However, every good enterprise leader is aware that a company is not made up of bricks and mortar but of people.

The concept actually is all about the professional expertise which could be geographically diffused. It is considered a third-generation outsourcing ecosystem that is already being utilized by organizations. It is centered on an internet middleman who engages a pool of virtual workers that could be tapped as per demand to provide a huge range of services to an interested customer. While jobs that involve content generation, design, and optimization, sales and marketing at present top the list of tasks that could be done by cloud staff, a recent report identifies fifteen major labor categories which could be sent to the new methodology.

The process is growing fast and the number of platforms and middlemen has skyrocketed as well. Several analysts look at the method as possibly more disruptive compared to the two sourcing styles. They have the belief that it would reshape established processes, redraw enterprise boundaries and most of all profoundly change the world labor markets. Just like the two styles, harnessing the power of the method would require the evolution as well as the adoption of a new set of best structures and practices by the main stakeholders, the buyers, and suppliers or service providers.

In this day and age, there's abundance of professional talent that is waiting to be leveraged but often poses a challenge to find what a firm needs in a local setting. Whether it is called freelancing, independent contracting or any other buzzword, it is paramount to comprehend the benefits to hiring labor from a cloud of experts through online. Why an organization should look to the new computing system, here are several reasons.

1. FASTER TURNAROUND TIMES
Workers of the computing system tend to work from one project to another, thus it is likely that a project would be the most important one to them at the moment. This is in contrast to an internal staff with up to twenty projects going. There is also no overhead, no management structure or middleman that could slow down the process of communication. The correspondence would be direct with the worker who is anxious to finish the task and get the pay.

2. EASY SCALING UP AND DOWN
These people are always available 24/7, so in just hours one could scale up to handle the surge in demand. The opposite is beneficial too because there are no commitments to continue hiring them for new projects beyond the present ones. For more job, a business could hire more workers. If there is less project, there is no obligation to pursue new tasks. Moreover, there is no need to purchase extra equipment or move offices.

3. THERE IS BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING HIGHER QUALITY
Independent employees have a greater chance of providing better quality service than in-house manpower. This is because they have a commitment to offer only the best solutions. The capacity to acquire work in the future is based on the quality of the work they have done in the past in the form of ratings as well as creating their web portfolios. Typically, they do not have a 9-5 job that is fairly secured despite of the quality of their task. Thus, they typically aim to please and what's more, independent contractors are often updating their professional development and skills.

4. ONE COULD HIRE EXPERTS
In a company that only employs experts; the output value will be very high. With hiring from the method, it means giving the business a chance to engage with experts. When a firm needs a site to be designed, instead of training or hiring internal staff who would only turn out to become an average designer, the system of hiring could deliver a website design expert whose sole job is designing creative sites. The employees in the new computing system specialize in a certain niche from a huge range of possibilities. These individuals love what they are specializing in and typically have more experience.

5. ACQUIRE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES
A big and typically overlooked benefit of employing laborers in the computing method is the diversity of ideas. The diversity within solving a problem is one of the biggest factors that drive crowd sourcing and cloud labor. Moreover, history has shown that a range of companies and laborer have taken advantage of the diversity ideas and staff.

An additional, or bonus benefit is the cost savings. Almost everyone declares the cost as the first most important benefit of freelancing. Several expenses are removed or lowered like health insurance, wages, bonuses and more. Nonetheless, successful administrators must not focus so much on this factor, but on value instead.

Microsoft takes a swipe at salesforce with Dynamics 365 release

Microsoft recently unveiled Dynamics 365, the Redmond-Wash-Based giant on its promised date. Along with the general availability of the solution came some answers to the questions that October announcement raised. People came up with the thought that this announcement was all about the pricing transparency as well as the opportunity to see Microsoft’s roadmap for the new product that directly connects with the CRM app, Dynamics CRM, with its Enterprise Resource Planning app, Dynamics AX.

Pricing takes Aim at Salesforce

The release comes in two editions: enterprise edition and business edition. The enterprise edition is for the firms who are having more than 500 users or equivalent. And the business edition is for small and medium-sized organizations with up to a few hundred users.

Like Office 365, you will get the options when it comes to subscriptions: user subscription offers two choices, two subscription types (full and light) and two plans for Enterprise (P1 and P2).

Yet still the pricing are interesting if for no other reason than who Microsoft is targeting on the Dynamics 365 website. The Enterprise edition leads with, Salesforce cost $470 more! It goes on to break down what Dynamics 365 offers as opposed to what San Francisco-based Salesforce offers in term of feature and cost.

Is Virtual Reality a next E-commerce frontier?

Virtual Reality is developing its route into e-commerce, but the thing is how it affects the consumer engagement? Is it nice to have it need to have for the engagement purpose?

The CEO of the merchant service provider Cleveland Brown quoted that, from July 2015 to June 2016, $2 billion was invested in virtual reality and startups. Mergers and acquisitions for the virtual reality and augmented reality are hiking to $850 million during 1 year.

Many brands that deal with E-commerce are embracing the virtual reality to enhance the customer experience. For instance, Wayfair was up with the Patio Playground, a virtual reality app that enables you to browse the catalog, selecting outdoor furniture and design a background setting. Wayfair is making possible through a Facebook-owned Oculus Rift headset.

Wayfair used this to enhance the customer experience and engagement with virtual reality. It is for the brand awareness and no for the transactional experience. Mike Festa, head of Way fair’s Research and Development Lab, said Wayfair is looking into adding e-commerce to its next iteration.

Festa initiated that, Patio Playground holds core focus on the opportunity to showcase some of its items in a new setting. He said that this demonstrates Wayfair’s thought leadership in virtual and artificial reality field, e-commerce industry and increased awareness.

Currently, they wished to use the Patio Playground to test the virtual reality experience, check out how customers are engaging and integrate that Facebook in future applications. By doing this, Wayfair has been able to track the number of downloads, the length of time playing, and how often certain features are being used, such as teleporting, loading products, saving and more.

Consumers would not adopt the virtual reality technology for few years as they are not aware of it but once they adopt they will be having a high advantage of this platform. It is a great platform for the consumers who are looking for the new things in their life.

Microsoft delivers preview of OneDrive - SharePoint Online Sync

Recently, at the ignite conference in Atlanta, Microsoft provided an update for delivering the number of SharePoint and OneDrive which features. Through this preview, users will be able to sync SharePoint online document libraries and OneDrive folders shared with others. The New activity center is integrated with One Drive sync client that enables the user to view sync and file activity at a glance which is previewed recently.

New sync functionality includes:-

• Sync SharePoint Online Document libraries and OneDrive folders
• “Activity center” is integrated into OneDrive sync client which enables the synchronization and the file activity for the precise view during the preview 

New browser capabilities includes:-

• Rich thumbnails and preview for over 20 new file types
• Edit and Access all the documents in OneDrive and SharePoint online from OneDrive browser client
• One can download multiple .zip files.

New mobile capabilities include:-

• Notifications to your iOS or Android device when someone shares OneDrive files with you
• Access to the SharePoint Online Files in OneDrive app or Android
• Multi-page scan enhancement for OneDrive app on Android
• Ability to see insight in OneDrive for iOS

New IT capabilities include:

• Enhancement to integration with Office 2016
• Simple, Flexible OneDrive user management in Office 365
• Dedicated OneDrive administration console in Office 365

6 Amazing tips for Android App Development

Android app development is up with the exciting opportunities for the software developers. A high portion of the smartphones in the globe run Android, there is a lot more scope for application and game development in this ecosystem. It is considered as one of the easiest development. The android source code is available online and there are many friendly communities to help you out. Check out for some of the amazing tips which can help you with the Android Development. 

Get your app name reserved

It is necessary to reserve your app name in advance before you release the app. The Google Android market enables to identify amongst thousands of apps based on the package name you have stated. So you need to make sure to get your name reserved if you are quite aware of the schedule that you will be releasing the application.

Users are the key to listening to them

Users generally have a positive response when it comes to the success of the app. You might be having an idea about the app and customized it accordingly. But the end users can be able to generate more ideas to make the app smoother. Check out the feedback from the end users and understand them and integrate those ideas into your app. Also, make sure to act upon the suggestions from the users.

Use a standard naming convention
Adhere to the standard naming convention when you are developing an app. It will guide you in a long run. It will enable you to find a while loading of attributes under the res/values/directory, instead of bringing your creativity into the naming, establish some sensible guidelines and then stick to them. This will nullify the errors and help in further updates in the long run.

Themes

The themes are one of the amazing things when it comes to development. You can style your app based on some theme. You can do it from the early stage of development, which will make it easier to develop the app with more than one screen size and screen resolutions. Providing themes to the app will guide you in providing the better look across the different devices.

Use existing patterns on Android

When you are in the initial development stage of your Android app development, instead of trying to create your own unique niche in the android market, stick to the existing patterns. It will enable you more curiosity and well-educated users to use your app. Develop your mind with the unique ideas and creativity once you create a good user base for yourself.

Offer translations

Multiple language support guides you in increasing the reach of your app. Provide the translated title and description for your app on the play store. By downloading patterns of a different region from the Play store, offer the localized text for the specific region.

SharePoint gets its official Windows 10 Mobile apps

There was a time, when people used to rumor about the Sharepoint Windows 10 app. And now it is leveraging in the Windows market. Yes, you can download it at any time from the store, but there is an exception.

This SharePoint is a document and collaboration sharing tool for the Office 365 and generally used by large enterprises and businesses and hence there is an exception. You would need School or Microsoft account to use the app.

If you have this account, you can easily enjoy all the features:-

• Navigate from Sites to team sites that you generally follow
• Navigate from Links to sites configured by your firm.
• Check out the recent activity on your team site.
• You can edit the documents using the files using the Office Mobile apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
• Learn more about the people you work and check out what they are working on.
• Perform a wide search and get to know everything about the organization.

Microsoft stated, and described it in the official blog post

The mobile app for SharePoint guides you in moving forward by providing the quick access to your team sites, organizational portals and the people you work with the throughout Office 365 by letting you search for the Content and the people across the organization. Microsoft graph enables you to power the several of the in-app experiences, providing you with the relevant information to get to the content and the people you work with the most frequently.

How to get your eCommerce site ready for Black Friday

Do you think it is quite early to get your websites and applications ready for the holiday rush of the consumers? Today more and more customers are looking for the online deals and hence, your eCommerce website would be in the boom than ever. Recent statistics has shown that the biggest eCommerce sites like amazon.com, target.com have been struck down by the Black Friday outages thanks to unprecedented traffic spikes brought by sales and deals. By this, they are not only able to make purchases but also not no access to the websites.

Performance is the key
Some noteworthy things like website performance, page loading, perfect information on a page, and much more is very difficult to ensure that the consumers stay on your website and make purchases. According to the statistics, even the milliseconds does matter.

• In just an eye-blink consumers get away due to the little delay in page load
• Page delay leads to the fewer page views, a decrease in the customers, reduction in sales and customer satisfaction
• For instance, if your website earns USD 90,000 every day, you risk of losing more than USD 2 million annually if your site is slow
• Complex websites, multiple pages, dynamic content fields, site overloads and many more things lead directly to the bottom-line results

Additionally, this performance distracts all the necessary ideas that your website is actually up and running. Have you ever thought, what would happen if the site fails or buckles up in the middle of the process? You can lose valuable sales, need to spend a lot of time and resource trying to fix the problem and running again in high demand.

Holidays can put much pressure on the websites and their backends as they can on consumers and wallets. You can get ready if you put all things in a correct way.

Worried??  Consult an experienced eCommerce solutions development company to get the right solution!

4 Reasons to buy Google Pixel

Google is recently up with its all new Pixel smartphones. The traditional days of the Nexus upgrades are gone. Instead, a new device - Google Pixel is much similar to a premium headset with the thoughtful design. It is integrated with some heavyweight features, the best camera, and unlimited media storage. But is it worth a money?

Camera

The most amazing thing about this phone is its overall DxOMark Mobile score of 89, which is considered as the biggest score in the smartphone industry. Previous Nexus headsets have struggled quite a lot in the camera ecosystem, veering from very good to quite average. It has 12.3MP snapper and captures great back-lit scenes. It is quite impressive that HDR is turned on by default and doesn’t have any shutter lag. The quality of the picture, noise reduction, and color reproduction that all looked impressive.

Assistant

Google Assistant is a traditional one but is dressed up with the entire new entity. This re-brand makes a great personal assistant with the much better functionality. It is enhanced by holding a 2-way conversation. So if you ask a question such as “What restaurants are nearby?” Assistant will deliver. But it’ll also let you ask to follow up questions, like “which one is very near,” “reserve a table for me” and then “navigate me to that restaurant,” which then brings up Maps. The more you interact, the more assistant learns about your habits and customize its answers.

Free unlimited Photo storage

It is the fact that Pixel owners would get the free unlimited drive storage photos which are a huge boon. This is one of the amazing things who always cry out loud just for the sake of memory.

Faster Charging

It has got the fastest charging than most of the phones. It claims that the phone will last 7 hours on a 15-minute charge obviously it depends on the use of the phone, but overall it takes pride in charging. The thing is, its battery life is XL. 6P had a poor battery life. Hopefully, it is not same with Pixel.

Conclusion

The improved design is the quiet classy with the great camera. It is obvious that unlimited storage doesn’t come cheap. The most expensive model cost $819 which is similar to the iPhone7.

All you need to know about iPhone 8

Next Apple phone may be called the iPhone 8 according to the recent reports and the handset is expected to feature a new face which has almost entirely taken up the display. Home button would go away anyway and there are plenty of justification to support the same idea but yet there are no pieces of evidence that the top bezel of the handset would also be removed.

The bottom bezel only houses the home button, which means that Apple can turn that unused real estate into screen space by burying the button under the display. And the apple patents already proved that currently, such technology is in development.

But the top bezel is likely more complex as it contains many things that include a light sensor, proximity sensor, front speaker, and front-facing camera. To get rid of the top bezel, Apple needs to add this features to a display. But if they reduce the size only some components need to be moved.

Some of the news discovered by the Apple Insider revealed that Apple is looking to relocate the front-facing sensors to beneath the display and hence it seemed that Apple is now not satisfied with the bezels on the iPhone. But in reality, the technology would not accommodate Apple’s design ideas.

Interestingly, it also seemed that the next iPhone will have OLED display rather than LCD display. The details will be included in the next-gen iPhone. If Apple is highlighting the type of technology, it meant to figure out the camera and speaker in the display as well. Future of the iPhone will be the only screen you will be holding in your hand.

Web Development with PHP frameworks

Web Development refers to the coding of the web content and to be precise it refers to the client and server scripting. Web Development is quite a different from the other programming and it requires a sufficient knowledge of the application in client server area, network security, and database. On the client side, generally, JavaScript is used for the great user experience to design and implement the web application. The most common languages used for the web programming are XML, HTML, JavaScript, Perl5, and PHP. These programming languages also ensure that there are enough plugins to customize the applications according to the requirements.

Following are some of the categories of web programming:

Asm.js

Validations that are static and dynamic both permits the engine of JavaScript to follow Ahead of Time (AOT) strategy for the asm.js code. Asm.js is a language of the abstract machine designed to do the analysis of the computer programs. This allows the computer software to run the web application with the better standards and other javascript.asm.js is a subset of a JavaScript and is used as a low-level machine language which is much benefited to the compilers.

Bigwig Programing language

Bigwig is the high level and domain specific programming language designed to build for interact drive webs services. The <bigwig> has a look and feel of “C” language but with special data and structures. The main aim of <bigwig> is to remove the uncertainties of the developers by lowering the cost by giving the output with increased functionality and reliability. Macro Mechanism is used for combining the sub-languages of bigwig

Dart

Dart is a language developed by Google. This is the programming language is used to for developing mobile applications and IoT (internet of things). It is open source and object oriented language much like “C”. 

There are 2 runtime modes of Dart:

Checked Mode: In this type of mode, the static code is provided and can catch some bugs when the proper match is not found. For instance, when some methods are defined as the string and during runtime returns the integer. It will throw an exception.

Production Mode: This is the default mode as it is the fastest way to run the programs. It must be turned off and runs all dynamic type of assertions.

DataViva

DataViva is a platform run on Brazil. It provides the complete information about the exports, locality, and occupation of entire Brazil. This is done through eight apps and more than 1 trillion visualizations. Some of the descriptive data is shown through tree mapping and prescriptive data uses calculation analytics to visualize the data. The main purpose of this information is for the growth and development of the country and this proves to be the new way to convert data into knowledge and action.

HTML5 Audio

HTML5 is a markup language for representing the content on www. HTML5 Audio incorporates audio tag which represents sound for audio input, playback, and speech to text in the browser. Mostly it is used for an audio file on the web page. The web audio API which is high-level JavaScript API developed with the primary goal of audio routing graph.

JavaScript

JavaScript is highly dynamic and prototype language used for client-side scripting. It plays a main role in the user interface on web pages. If you are looking to develop any professional website that JavaScript is the must as it will make interactive, user-friendly and attractive web pages. Apart from this it also helps you in optimizing the speed of your application. JavaScript is the object oriented language and the easiest language to start with.

Will your smartphone replace your PC or Laptop?

“If you look from the world perspective, it is fundamentally our primary computer device. The PC has very much become a secondary computer device.”

Technology is advancing and the fine line of difference between mobile and laptop is almost hazy. Now this post-PC era has merged both the devices. In the past years, people believed that though one spends hours in using the smartphone, laptop screens will be replaced with the bigger one, high functionality keyboards, and mouse, every gadget will be giant. You might be thinking that bigger screen gadgets is a sign of luxury, but is it so in this era? The answer is big NO. 

Every gadget is getting compact with all the inbuilt and high defined functionality. Who knew, a tiny smartphone will be heading with everything you always wanted and will change your day to day life and will give you real solutions.

It is the hilarious idea to take the smartphone when you are traveling instead of your Laptop. These days smartphone fulfills all your computer needs. Internet-connected smartphones are always the first priority for everybody, especially in many developing countries. Research shows that most of the African and Asians use their cell phones for getting information, bill payments, social networking and more. The day starts and ends with cell phones. Its price has majorly decreased and hence everybody can afford to buy. Those who have never used computer device before have their own small compact in their pocket.

After some years, Virtual Reality will be booming and will be able to handle 4K streaming, multitasking much more than now and much more other things. For instance iPhone, it’s A8 chip is tremendous faster than the chips which were used in the past iPhones. And the Snapdragon 810 has amazing video streaming and 3D game capabilities. And if we think about the storage place, then the smartphone does have the high storing facility even compared to the modern laptops. So why to take a laptop when you can do everything with your phone.

The cool new things with the Laptop is that it has got a touch screen, well smartphones already had touch screen some year before. And for the internet connectivity, you need to take out the laptop and search for the free WIFI or you have to connect it with a modem. But with the smartphone, you always have internet in it. Of course, you need to have data pack then no internet connection at all.

And the best thing with the smartphone is it is always with you, wherever you go. And whenever there is an emergency to fire any E-mail or you want to Google anything – Do you relay think his world will be using a laptop to do such things?

Hence it is suspiciously proved that Smartphones have replaced Laptops!

Big Data without big headaches – how to get the strategy right?

Implementing the strategies of Big Data is like chewing the food cooked up with stones!

Big Data is amazing, but implementing those strategies in the runtime environment is a very tough task. But if you get the strategies right way, then it won’t be a difficult one. 

Big Data is growing and a number of employees appointed every year for the organization have grown from 500 in 2014 to 1500 in 2015. And research says that it will still grow and by the end of this decade it will be something huge and tremendous.

Check out some of the few things of how to get the strategy work perfectly without headaches.

The right talent can guide you

Big data has changed a lot in today’s world. It is a transformation, that has brought in today’s lifestyle and in the ways, people are working. But this is not possible if there are no talents in the organization. According to the Tech Partnership and SAS big data experts are set to rise by 160%. Organization should look up for the best employees with the talented skills and have the focus on the strong analytics. Firms also must ensure that employee possesses the skill of 3V’s i.e. Velocity, Variety and Volume. Andrew Marks the MD for energy in Accenture Technology Strategy quotes his idea that it is much important to access the lot of eyes to produce unique results. Organization may also look for the employee's social media profiles for how they are demonstrating their expertise via the digital medium. This all stated above information can aid you in getting a right talented person and that can aid you in solving the glitches of big data with less headache.

You must know the importance of the big data in the business

If people predict that, big data is not for the organization than you are surely getting misguided. Big Data is the assets of the organization. From small startup to the large scale enterprise, every firm generates data. Even if the company has its own website or a social media presence, smart cards transaction and more, it can gather out the information for the customer, user experience, and web traffic. Big Data will also enable the firms to the better market and customer intelligence. From sales to delivery, sensors to tracking, big data can improve the efficiency and operations for all kind of business. Mobility also enables real-time data collection from the field, adding to the pool of knowledge that will drive insights in another part of the system. A Little modification to the sales and marketing strategies can have a profound impact on the big data.

Did you forget Data Science? Take advantage of it

Big Data is never a headache if you take the guidance of data scientist. Data Scientist is the most amazing thing of the digital world. Data Scientist is the people who can analyze all this data with the complete and detailed information. Taking the information and plugging it into business intelligence system and data warehouse turns out to be the huge focus for business. There are a lot may things that data scientist can do; fetch out the detailed information from out of the various sources of data. With the data science, you can enhance your firm with the customer relationship management, a stack of service analysis, capacity planning and more.

How to successfully start eCommerce business

Despite great depressions or recessions, it remains certain that there always is room for businesses created by innovators willing to continue dreaming. While different markets and industries decline over time, others rise to take their place. Commerce would always be vital in some form or another so long as humankind exists. 

Business persons are driven to continuously create, innovate and sell. Furthermore, as technology continues to shape behavior online, people are leaning towards eCommerce as their way to purchase. Applying specific attitudes and ingredients would make an eCommerce startup business successful. There are strategies to build a successful eCommerce startup business, which include the following:

1. Plan for the eCommerce business. Planning could include a company description, which is a high-level overview of the business, products or services, consumers and competitive advantages. There should also be a market analysis, a research on the industry and target market. An operational plan covers the daily business operations, from location, hours to accounting and inventory. An operation and management plan tells a person about the major players of the business, who owns it, manages it and more.

2. Prepare the budget for the startup. eCommerce startup businesses need an accurate budget to help balance the finances and create business goals. One could design a weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly budget. A startup should develop one general budget that will capture projected expenditures and sales revenues. Without a solid budget, a new business could spend more than it will earn and become insolvent. Avoid overspending by keeping aware of the money allocation but leave enough room for unexpected costs or income shortfalls.

3. Focus on services and quality. An eCommerce business should focus on creating a structured system that will define how every department of the startup, such as marketing, finance, HR, tech and more would be run at optimum output. To make the systems sensible and workable, there should also be the right tools to handle daily operations. Select a business model that works for the startup and determine who to market to, why they would want the product or service and how much they will pay for it.

4. Prepare marketing and strategy. There are plenty of ways to market a startup. The key to marketing successfully, however, heavily relies on the ability tell stories that the target audience could relate to. The following are strategies that offer substantial and measurable returns.

5. Strategic and collaboration partnerships. Align the online startup with companies that have already significant reach. Find opportunities with brands that will complement the product offering for unique value for customers.

6. Create relationships with influencers. Build real relationships with people who are influential in the industry. They could give the startup a push through endorsements, resources of publication in a high profile magazine and introductions to major decision makers.

7. Growth hacks and sharing incentives. Make sharing a crucial part of what makes the buying experience rewarding, fun, meaningful and exciting for customers. It is a strategy that works for a lot of successful companies such as DropBox that provide free use of their premium course work to capture attention and buy-in from users.

8. Put content on steroids. Assess what the competition in making and how they are performing. Pay attention to content that performs well and then go a step further to make something better.

Conclusion:
Business entrepreneurs always are driven to continuously innovate, create and sell. In addition, as technology continues to shape online behavior, more and more people are leaning towards eCommerce as a way of buying. Applying certain attitudes and ingredients will make an eCommerce startup business become successful, particularly in today's time.

Top 6 Tips for using Google Allo

Google Allo is in much buzz and is supposed to be the next big thing in the messaging app. The new smart app is much actually amazing if you have used its competitor’s app Whatsapp, Line, telegram and more.

You won’t have much trouble finding your way around Google Allo if you spend some time and know it, but here there are some tips and tricks that you have missed.

1. Editing your profile: For this moment, Google Allo profiles are not so appealing. Just it would enable to add your name and profile picture. It allows you to set up the profile when you are set up with the app. To edit your profile—either the picture or the name—tap the menu button in the upper left corner, go to the profile and tap the edit button in the upper right corner of your picture. Edit the photo and SAVE.

2. Search messages by keywords: The search thing in the Google Allo is quite amazing because it can dig into your message history to find the keywords. Tap the search icon to open the search bar; type the keyword you are looking for, and a result would come up automatically. On clicking the results would directly go to the message with the keyword in it. For now, the search bar currently appears in the Android version of the Google Allo app.

3. Set up custom notification sound: Custom notification is one of the handy features if you wish to prioritize some messages. To set a custom notification, open the chat window of that person. Open the profile by tapping on the top of the screen. It will enable to see the profile and also the current Notification Sound. Tap on it to get the list of sound and choose the appropriate one which you wish to play when that person sends a message to you.

4. Find your personal photo with the Google Assistant: Google Assistant is just not a chat tool but also a personal assistant connected to your Google account. This would enable you to ask the assistant to search your personal information. For instance the recent news, yesterday’s e-mails, upcoming flights and display them in the chat box. To do this, open up the Google Assistant chat and type “what’re my flights” to know the upcoming travel plans.

5. Disconnect your Google Account: Google Allo connects automatically to the Google account but you can easily disconnect this account or move to the account.

6. Events, Reminders, and Alarm: Google Assistant can add events to your calendar, set up reminders and set your phone’s alarm. To add an event you need to open up the chat and move to “add to calendar”. The assistant will help you by adding your event name and date.

Google is working on a MacBook killer with a special breed of Android

Google has recently started the campaign where the pixels of the smartphones can be seen. But Google is not planning to announce in the early phase of the October. The vital thing that the company undertakes is Andromeda operating system, a merger between Android and Chrome OS. 

Andromeda is not a proper name, but rather one can say it is an internal codename for initial process, which would represent the major shift in the Android strategy. Google will be able to make out the best from both the worlds and release other types of Android devices, which also incorporates better laptops and tablets. The news was revealed that the first laptop running Andromeda will come out the next summer.

As per the report, it was said that the Android Police will release the Pixel3 laptop and is set to arrive in the third quarter of 2017. Internally the project is called as Bison and laptop would be the first showcase on the Android Google.

Android Police quotes that, “Bison then would be a culmination of years work by Google’s Pixel team and Google’s Android and Chrome OS teams”.

For now, the specifications of Bison includes a 12.3-inch display with the touch support, Intel m3 or i5 Core processors, 32GB to 128GB storage, 8GB to 16GB RAM, finger print scanner, USB C-connectivity, 3.5mm headphone jack, stylus support, stereo speakers, quad microphones, backlit keyboards and more. It also has 10mm thickness which made it a 12-inch MacBook.

The most important thing about the Bison is that, it sell for just $799, according to the information available to the Android Police a time. The scenario would be different after some years and there are the chances that Google could even cancel the product. But this MacBook seems to be quite interesting.

Google launches “Google Trip”: Personalized travel planner

Recently, Google launched a new mobile application developed with a sole goal to develop a better plan for your holidays and other trips so – called Google Trips. Built-in iOS and Android, the app pulls off the combination of data from the Google Maps and other travelers to offer the personalized travel guide which would help in tracking the day trips, reservations, interests, restaurants and more.

It was much-rumored news that Google was working on travel application, within Google’s Local Guides community. Local Guides aids in improving the Google Maps and business data by writing a review, correcting listings and taking photos. In return, they gain exclusive access to try our new Google products and features such as Google Trips. The app looks today much like it did then.

The home screen is integrated with the search box flashing with the message “Where do you want to go?” for planning new trips and other cards which enable to track your current and upcoming vacations and plans.

The most helpful thing about this application is that each city you plan to visit during one of your trips can each have its own tab within a larger trip section and toggle buttons to download the information about the destination with offline access.

Meanwhile, on each city’s screen, different color cards enables you to jump into various interfaces like “Saved places”, “Day plans”, “Food and Drink” and more.

App also makes the suggestions for the information collected. Google also revealed that Trips can show you the most popular day plans and itineraries for the 200 cities worldwide. This information is actually based on historic visit data from other travelers which Google has used and infuses the important sights and attractions.

The interesting thing to note is that how this crowded information is mapped with the information pulled from Google Maps which aid you in finding things of your planned sightseeing destinations. 

You can add the destinations to your plans and you can also tell the app if you have only morning or noon available to go out. The app is able to show you the different spots in your convenient time. The app can also show some attractions of the original place so that you do not need to travel far.

Additionally, there is some automation involved in the app, you can pin the spots you want to visit, and Google will automatically fill the rest of the day in the itinerary. Magic Wand button is available, which you can automatically tap for nearby insights and will automate customize the itinerary for you. 

Though the new app is useful for the travelers it will also serve as the other means of collecting data for Google itself which will be able to bear the business listing of data in the Google maps with the information collected by the app and its user.

Google Trip is live on Android and iOS!