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By the time I am writing this post Instagram server is down and users around the world couldn't able to see their feeds. This is the second time it's happening within this month. Problems with Instagram began shortly before 10pm Indian time on Tuesday, June 12, affecting the photo feed and leaving comments on people’s pages – at least according to user reports. The issues appear to be ongoing well into the evening, and there’s still no word from Instagram on what’s causing the issue. This latest outage comes just days after Instagram went down globally for a large number of users around the world. Note: On June 6, an Instagram bug caused the app to crash for some users.Instagram eventually admitted that there was an issue with the Android version of the app.

Its still always a fantasy dream to do time travel. Still scientist are discovering a way to achieve it. Though we can't able to see the future there is still a away to our past through photos and videos. Not only your past life now you can view how the entire wold atmosphere looked like in the past 18 years with the help of NASA. NASA an Independent National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency always capture the stunning images of earth and they do it for a long time (Almost two decades). NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) hardware has been observing weather patterns here on Earth and now, thanks to the magic of the internet, you can journey through it all, day by day, right from your browser. NASA updated its Worldview application with the incredible wealth of weather data and the tool is a breeze to use. In addition to the update, NASA released a brief video showcasing a few of the highlights hidden in the massive amount of data, show

2018 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Updates Below are the overall important updates from Apple WWDC 2018. Stay tuned for the detailed updates. Stocks App 1) Now you can read the Apple News(Business News) in Stocks application Apple Books 1) Apple has revamped its book reading application and named it as Apple Books with more similar features like Google Play Book Car Play 1) Apple Auto Play now supports third party navigation application, yes now you can Google Maps in it. iPhone & iPad - iOS 12 1) Apple announces iOS 12 for iPhones and iPads, 2) Added do not disturb mode with auto turn off, 3) Group Notifications, 4) Now you can control your children Apple device with your parent device using this you can block the unwanted sites too, 5) Added tongue detection in Animoji now your can do all the funny reaction and share it, 6) Now you can add you own custom Animoji in Messages. You can add your face and modify the dress, accessories and color in it, 7

There was a rumor that Microsoft is buying Github for few days but none of them officially announced it. But today morning the tech giant Microsoft officially announced that its acquiring Github for $7.5 billion. Its is the second largest acquisition after Satya Nadella become Microsoft CEO. The first one is Linkedin for $26.2 billion. GitHub is a large code repository that has become very popular with developers and companies hosting entire projects, documentation, and code. Apple, Amazon, Google, and many other big tech companies use GitHub. There are 85 million repositories hosted on GitHub, and 28 million developers contribute to them. GitHub will now be led by CEO Nat Friedman, the founder of Xamarin, who will report to Microsoft’s Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie. GitHub CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath will now become a technical fellow at Microsoft, also reporting into Guthrie. Now the biggest question and fear among the developer is, this acquisition will put a major

On May 1 Google announced .app , the newest top-level domain (TLD) from Google Registry . It's now open for general registration so you can register your desired .app name right now . Check out what some of our early adopters are already doing on .app around the globe. Google begin its journey with sitata.app , which provides real-time travel information about events like protests or transit strikes. After the successful launch of  sitata.app  they also launched it in various countries like Caribbean and Netherlands. Finally Google decided to introduce its .app top-level domain (TLD) in India too. Myra.app  is the first app to use .app in India. Its an medicine order application where you can buy Medicine, hygiene and baby products. Visit get.app to choose a registrar partner to register your domain.

Samsung has updated its AR Emoji for S9 and S9+ mobiles. Now you can have 18 new animated stickers whenever you create an AR Emoji. To get this AR Emoji update in your mobile, go to "My Apps" section in Galaxy app store and update the Camera application. Samsung also plans to add 18 more expressions in the coming months, which will bring the feature’s total number of emotion-capturing sticker options to 54. Once users have downloaded the update, they’ll be able to access and share the new AR Emoji stickers directly from the keyboard, or copy and paste them from the Gallery app into their favorite messaging platform. Get a sense of what the new AR Emoji stickers look like in the sample conversation below.

Instagram is the most famous and lovable social network platform to share pictures and videos by many youngster. Sometimes we see a stunning picture or a video from it and wanted to download it but Instagram doesn't have a option for it. In this post we are going to see about a Android application which let you to save a Picture or Videos from Instagram. Note: Using someone pictures or videos without their permission is illegal. So use it only for your personal purpose.  First open your Play Store Application in your Android device Type FastSave in search bar and download the Application Now open the application( FastSave ) and turn ON the FastSave service Now open your Instagram and open the picture or video you wanted to download Click the three dot menu in that picture and click " Copy Link " That's it now the picture or video will be automatically get saved in your Gallery Turn off the service from FastSave application when you no longer downloa

Facebook announced yesterday that it’s removing its often controversial “Trending” section from its site next week, in order to make way for “future news experiences,” and its getting only 1.5% of clicks to news publishers on average,  it says.  Quite after they announced it the news about "Trending" was Trending in Facebook yesterday. 

iOS 11.4 makes it easy to control music playing in every room, on HomePod, Apple TV or any iOS device. HomePod, the breakthrough wireless speaker from Apple, now delivers an even more immersive listening experience throughout the home with support for HomePod stereo pairs and a new multi-room audio system in iOS 11.4. This free software update introduces the most advanced, easy to use, wireless multi-room audio system using AirPlay 2 to play music in any room from any room, move music from one room to another or play the same song everywhere using an iOS device, HomePod, Apple TV or by asking Siri. HomePod is available in the US, UK and Australia and arrives in Canada, France and Germany starting June 18 2018. HomePod combines Apple-engineered audio technology and advanced software to set a new audio quality standard for a small speaker, delivering high-fidelity sound and a wide soundstage. Featuring a large, Apple-designed woofer for deep, clean bass, a custom array of seven b

The Russian government issued a warning to Apple to take down the Telegram application from its App Store and to stop the app from using its push service to deliver messages to Russian users. Russia had previously issued an order to the country’s ISPs to block Telegram, taking down millions of IP addresses as a consequence. Russia Blocks Telegram  Russia had previously asked Telegram to give its intelligence agencies the encryption keys that would have decrypted all of Telegram users’ communications in real-time. Telegram rejected this request, which prompted "Roskomnadzor,” Russia’s media regulator, to ask a court to issue an order to ISPs to block Telegram’s traffic within the country. The blockade ended up doing significant collateral damage because it blocked 18 million IP addresses from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Telegram was using these companies’ cloud infrastructure to evade the Russian government’s censorship by routing its traffic through them. Soon afterw

On May 17, 2018 Instagram introduced a new way to easily share feed posts to your story. When you come across something in feed(Someone Post) that inspires you — like a post from a friend raising money for a cause or a photo of a new design from your favorite brand — you can now quickly share that post as a sticker to your story for your friends and followers to see. To share a feed post to your story, just tap the paper airplane button below the post, just as you would to send it via Direct. At the top, you’ll now see the option to create a story. Tap it to see the feed post as a sticker with a customized background ready to share to your story. You can rotate, scale and move the sticker — and tap it to explore other styles. Note:  All posts shared to stories display the original poster’s username. When you see a post in someone’s story, you can tap it to check out the original post and see more from the person who created it. You can only share posts from public account

What is Adobe XD? Adobe Systems' XD, a relatively new tool for designing the look and structure of apps and websites. There are already some famous UI UX tools available out there for eg: Sketch  but its not free and its available only in Mac OS. On May 15, 2018 Adobe announced the XD CC Starter plan , a free offering of the all-in-one UX/UI design platform. The XD CC Starter plan includes Adobe XD for Mac and Windows, mobile apps for iOS and Android , and services to empower users to design, prototype and share user experiences with colleagues. Does it free completely? No! Adobe XD starter Kit has some limitations like you can have only one Active shared prototypes and design specs at a time with limited cloud storage 2GB. To Know more about the plans Click here To download Adobe XD for free Click here

There are lot of misconception about maintaining a mobile phone batteries and there are some myths too. One such ancient old question is. Should I charge my phone overnight?  Before saying the one word answer, you need to know few things about the Lithium Ion Battery. Nowadays all our mobile phones uses Lithium Ion Batteries because of it's advantages like smaller in size, environmental friendly, low maintenance and fast charging when compared Ni batteries. But there is one disadvantage in it which are if you charge overnight the battery expands its excessive power by giving of its heat overnight and charging becomes a problem when a battery has no reroute the incoming current after reaching its full capacity. Mobile these days was specifically designed not to overcharge after it reaches its full capacity. So the final answer is YES and It won't affect your battery seriously, But. If you want your mobile battery to have longer life follow these steps: Don't

Aluminium is a key material in many of Apple’s most popular products. And the manufacturers are still following the same old way to extract the Aluminium since 130 years. Aluminium giants Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Aluminium today announced a joint venture to commercialise patented technology that eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process, a key step in aluminium production. This is a revolutionary advancement in the manufacturing of one of the world’s most widely used metals. Now Apple has partnered with these two giants and the Governments of Canada and Quebec to to reducing the environmental impact of its products through innovation, the company helped accelerate the development of this technology. And Apple collectively investing a combined $144 million to future research and development. Tim Cook, Apple CEO said “Apple is committed to advancing technologies that are good for the planet and help protect it for generations to

We all use internet daily in our life and for some people like me it became a part of life. It's always interested to know more real facts about internet. Today I gonna share the some of the facts which I know. 1) There are 1.8 Billion website online There are over 1.5 billion websites on the world wide web today. Of these, less than 200 million are active. The milestone of 1 billion websites was first reached in September of 2014, as confirmed by NetCraft in its October 2014 Web Server Survey and first estimated and announced by Internet Live Stats.  To see the live count of the website which being created visit Internet Live Stats. 2) 35,000+ Websites are hacked every day Did you know? 40,000+ websites are being hacked daily in all over the world.  3) The World first website is still online http://info.cern.ch/  is the first ever site created and it is still online and working fine. It's very basic site written with first version of HTML 4) The Trojan

Google Firebase provides a realtime database and backend as a service. The service provides application developers an API that allows application data to be synchronized across clients and stored on Firebase's cloud. Two days back in Google I/O they introduced ML Kit to integrate Machine Learning in Mobile apps(Both Android & iOS). So what is ML Kit and why? ML Kit lets you bring powerful machine learning features to your app whether it's for Android or iOS, and whether you're an experienced machine learning developer or you're just getting started. Getting started with machine learning can be difficult for many developers. Typically, new ML developers spend countless hours learning the intricacies of implementing low-level models, using frameworks, and more. Even for the seasoned expert, adapting and optimizing models to run on mobile devices can be a huge undertaking. Beyond the machine learning complexities, sourcing training data can be an expensive

Three months ago, Google launched ARCore, Google’s platform for building augmented reality (AR) experiences. ARCore supports following platform. Android - Java Unity Unreal iOS Your browser does not support the video tag. There are already hundreds of apps on the Google Play Store that are built on ARCore and help you see the world in a whole new way. Some of them are, Human Anatomy Atlas 2018: Complete 3D Human Body Magicplan Jenga AR Yesterday in Google I/O (9th May 2018) the team ARCore introduced many new features in their SDK to build more stunning AR apps. And the announcements are, 1) AR all around you: ARCore now features Vertical Plane Detection which means you can place AR objects on more surfaces, like textured walls. This opens up new experiences like viewing artwork above your mantlepiece before buying it. And thanks to a capability called Augmented Images, you’ll be able to bring images to life just by pointing your phone at them—l

Android, world most popular mobile operating system. And there are lot of applications out there in Google Play. Today I am going to pick few best mobile applications which we need to have in our mobile. This listing is completely based on my usage and experience. If you think I have missed any of the application, let me know in the comment section below.  1) Google Keep    Developer: Google  Cost: Free It quickly capture what’s on your mind and get a reminder later at the right place or time. Record a voice memo on the go and have it automatically transcribed. Snap a photo of a poster, receipt or document and easily organise or find it later in search. Google Keep makes it easy to capture a thought or list for yourself, and share it with friends and family. 2) Snapseed Developer: Google  Cost: Free Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor developed by Google. It has more than 25 filters and almost all the necessary tools to edit your picture be

What is Google I/O? Google I/O (simply I/O) is an annual developer conference held by Google in Mountain View, California. I/O showcases technical in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open sources such as Android, Chrome and Chrome OS, APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.  I/O was inaugurated in 2008, and is organized by the executive team. "I/O" stands for input/output, as well as the slogan "Innovation in the Open". The event's format is similar to Google Developer Day. Important Updates From Day 1 in Google I/O Android P 1) Adaptive Brightness:   Google partnered with Deep Mind to create a new feature called Adaptive Battery, using on-device machine learning to study your usage habits and only draw battery power to applications Android P knows you're using – not once that are needlessly running in the background. Additionally, background processes are also moved to low

Kotlin is now an official language on Android. And its fully supported in Android Studio 3.0 and higher. Now it's easy to create new projects with Kotlin files, add Kotlin files to your existing project, and also you can convert Java language code to Kotlin. Now lets see the Advantages of Kotlin.     1. Concise - Drastically reduce the amount of boilerplate code     2. Safe - Avoid entire classes of errors such as null pointer exceptions     3. Interoperable - Leverage existing libraries for the JVM, Android, and the browser     4. Tool-Friendly - Choose any Java IDE or build from the command line To be continued... 

If you are completely a beginner for Android Application Development and want to set up a development environment in your system go ahead and follow below instructions. Download JAVA Download and install latest Java JDK from this  link Download Android Studio Make sure your system meet the minimum requirements to install Android Studio Minimum Requirement for Windows is:  64 bit distribution OS with Minimum 4GB RAM (But I am strongly recommend 8GB) and 250 GB free space in Hard disk.  If your system meet the minimum requirements go ahead and download and install the latest version of  Android Studio Note:  Android studio is quite larger file and it takes more than few minutes to download and install depending upon your internet speed and System.