TECH NEWS: Fiber Optic Internet Speeds Are Coming Soon to Smartphones

Qualcomm claims that its X16 modem can provide download speed up to 1 Gbps which is amazingly very fast. This great speed can enable us to download full HD movie in just 30 seconds.
Fiber Optic Internet Speeds Are Coming Soon to Smartphones

It would also boost streaming on your smartphone, which means your Netflix and Amazon Instant Video Binges will play buffer free and efficiently.

According to Executive Vice President at Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon “In addition to serving as a significant milestone for the mobile industry, the Snapdragon X16 LTE modem is a powerful testament to Qualcomm’s continued technology leadership in all things wireless,”.

    “Not only does the Snapdragon X16 blur the lines between wired and wireless broadband, it marks an important step toward 5G as we enable deeper unlicensed spectrum integration with LTE and more advanced MIMO techniques to support growing data consumption and deliver an even faster and smoother user experience.”

These mid tier chips are likely to make debut at MWC in the ending of this month and are designed in such a way to provide functionality which is usually found in premium phones, including camera, video, gaming as well as connectivity to the extensive mobile ecosystem.

Among these chips, Snapdragon 625 is the most outstanding chip. It is 14 nm, eight core ARM based processor which provides 35% reduction in battery consumption as compared to older generation. Amazingly, it supports LTE speeds up to 150 MBPS. Besides this, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 625 chip also supports high resolution up to 24 MP, 13 MP as well as 4K video recording.

Qualcomm Technology is already present in many Android Wear devices. It will come soon and offer download speeds up to 1 Gbps, which is incredibly awesome. We hope that you loved this article, feel free to share this with your friends

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HACK NEWS:: Android Root Malware Common in Third Party App Stores

Trend Micro, found about 1,163 android APK’s contain malware’s with name as ANDROIDOS_ LIBSKIN.A. The security company also claimed that between January 29 and February 1, apps containing this malware have been download in 169 countries and surprisingly found on the popular third party app stores, Mobile9, Mobogenie, 9Apps and Aptoide. The security company said that they have contacted these third party app stores and informed them about the malware’s in their apps but they didn’t received any response from their side.

Security Experts also had warned users to not download any app from third party app stores because they may not monitor the quality control as Google’s Play Store.

When you download any app in android from unknown source, your device notifies you whether you want to allow permissions for this app. Also, if you want to secure your device, you must download apps from only Google Play Store. Google monitors app greatly while as third party sites don’t monitor the apps they offer through their websites.


However, the question arises, Why people download apps from third party app stores when they have Google Play Store. The answer its that these malicious apps lure users in order to get more and more downloads from the users.

Also, my friend complained me that his device is filled with unnecessary apps and sometimes he find apps having porn images displayed. Later, he informed me that he always downloads apps from third party app sites. I later asked him why you download apps from third party sites, he said I am using 2G Internet pack, so Google Play Store doesn’t get properly loaded, that’s why I choose third party sites. There are several reasons why users download apps from third party sites.

The malware also fetches data, like the device ID, network and the other apps running on the device and more.

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A Developer Put a Popular iPhone Game on Windows in 5 minutes

In Blog Post, Devloper, Mr. Burela termed “IslandWood” as a “cool tool” and explains how easy and quick is Islandwood which can be completed in just five minutes.

“Today I wanted to show you how easy it is to take an iOS game and port it straight to a Windows 10 UWP application. I’m porting the classic game Canabalt which was originally an online flash game, which they then ported to an iPhone game.”

Mr Burela planned to extract the iOS source code for the popular game “Cannbalt” which was initially released as web based game. The actual developer of Cannbalt later released the source code for iOS version and Burela planned to make use of that source code and the Project Islandwood tools helped him convert Cannbalt into a Windows 10 Game.

This feature will play very important developers who were not willing to develop apps for Windows platform. Now, iOS developers can use Project IslandWood to convert on Windows 10 easily.

See Video Tutorial for procedure :

 Finally, a method has been revealed which lets the developer convert iOS App into Windows App in just 5 minutes. This method will be highly beneficial for the developers who were not interested in creating apps for windows. We hope that you loved this article, leave your comments below for any questions or opinions.

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Russian Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate with Malware

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Russian Group of Hackers reportedly cracked into the Kazan-based Energobank and messed up with the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates.

In Feb 2015, a hacking group, known by the name METEL, successfully breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes and caused the exchange rate to fluctuate between 55 and 66 rubles per dollar, which finally resulted in the increment of Ruble’s value.

Here's how they did it:

According to Russian security firm, Group-IB, who investigated the incident, the Metel Hacking group infected Kazan-based Energobank with a virus known as the Corkow Trojan and placed more than $500 million in orders at non-market rates.

    “This is the first documented attack using this virus, and it has the potential to do much more damage,” Dmitry Volkov, the head of Group-IB’s cyber intelligence department, told Bloomberg.

The hackers had taken the advantage of Spear Phishing Technique, which appears to come from a legit source. A single click on the link in the malicious mail took over the access to the system followed by ultimate exploitation.

After gaining the access to a local system, the trojan was able to cause a havoc deepening the attack to its Intranet. This way, the malware named Corkow found the isolated system which handles the money transaction exclusively to the outer world.

Corkow malware, initially discovered in 2011, regularly updates itself to evade detection by antivirus programs, and has infiltrated more than 250,000 computers worldwide and infected at least 100 financial institutions.

Bank lost 244 Million Rubles ($3.2 million)

The Energobank claimed losses of 244 million rubles ($3.2 million) due to the trades.

But, the Moscow Exchange had denied the allegations of any hacking attempt by the fact that; the changes in the Stock Market would be an output of Trader’s mistakes. They also not found any hint of currency manipulation.

The attack was earlier ported to target ATMs of Russia, affecting Russian bank card system that resulted in hundreds of millions of rubles being stolen via ATMs in August. Another attack with the same malware also facilitated hackers to use credit card limitlessly.

Metel is only known to be active in Russia (affected 73% Russian Banks), although it may present a threat to financial institutions across the globe.

Authority has not yet handcuffed any of its criminals who are raising a global bank threat.

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How to Use iCloud Photos As Screensaver on Apple TV

How to Use iCloud Photos As Screensaver on Apple TV

If you have great snapshots in your iPhone then time to open that images in your Apple TV to use them as a screensaver there. Generally iPhone images have sync with your icloud drive if user had enabled it. And in your Apple TV you can also link your iCloud account and within that you can get the all your photos and also use them in your screensaver because people love to watch their photos on large screen and on the Apple TV these will look cool, And many readers might not know this method to do so. And that is why we are here with the complete guide to do so. So have a look on the method discussed below to proceed.

How to Use iCloud Photos As Screensaver on Apple TV

There is no need to transfer your photos using any of the external means of transfer, you just need is your sync data of your iCloud in your Apple TV and that you can easily view in your large screen. So have a look on complete steps below.

Steps To Sync iCloud Photos To Your Apple TV:

1. First of all you need to turn on your Apple TV and there go to Settings -> Accounts -> iCloud and then there simply click on Sign-in option
2. Now there enter your Apple ID and password to get signed in your iCloud ID in your apple TV.
3. After logging into your account simply navigate to Photos section and then turn on the iCloud Photo Sharing and My Photo Stream option.
4. After that you need to go back to Settings -> General -> Screensaver option.
5. Now in Screensaver area click on type option and then go to My Photos and there choose Select Photostreams option to display all your photos of iCloud there to use them as a screensaver on your apple TV.
6. After that in My Photo Stream screen you will see two options at the top that are Play Slideshow and Set as Screensaver option.
7. Now click on Set as Screensaver option there and then simply press Yes to confirm.
8. That’s it and you are done, now the selected photo will get displayed as screensaver on your Apple TV and you can enjoy that favorite photo of your on a large Apple screen.

So above is all about use iCloud Photos as Screensaver on Apple TV. With the above step by step guide you can easily sync your iPhone photos to your Apple TV using iCloud to set them as your screensaver and also you can see all your photos on a cool large apple TV screen. So try this out today. Hope you like our work, keep on sharing with others too. Leave a comment below if you have any related queries with this.

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