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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.

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...

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 acc...

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 ...

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...

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.

Google is one of the most powerful search engines. It made our search easier since sep-4-1998. And now Google has made our search even easier. Yes, you can search Google even if you don’t have a pc, internet or a smart phone. All you need is a mobile with SMS facility. Let me tell you how to make a SMS search in Google. To make a search, just text message your search query to (For India: 9773300000) (For USA: 466453) *Currently this feature available for India and USA users only. To search Movies: e.g.  Movies Chennai To get sport news: e.g. Cricket Score To get News: e.g. News big b To get train schedule: e.g. Train time 2926 To get Stock news: e.g. Reliance Stock   *Note: This service is free from Google, but message and data rates may apply.

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    In this tutorial I'll be explaining you how to update a Facebook status via i4, i5 & Blackberry. Even if you don't have an i4 or i5. Usually when you update the Facebook status using any apps or device then the name of that device or a apps will be mentioned below the status. Like via iPhone 4 or Blackberry.  Which leaves the great impression among your Facebook friends. Its so simple to update a status like above pic. Even if you don't have iPhone 4 or Galaxy s2. Steps: Just login to your Facebook account and open the below link which you like and click allow to permit the apps to access your Facebook account. Then update your status there in that apps. To update status via Blackberry To update status via Blackberry Torch To update status via iPhone 4 To update status via iPhone 5 To update status via Android To update status via iPad To update status via iPad 2 To update status via  Calculator Have Fun :)

Hello Friends, In my previous article about hidden secret codes for Google Android mobile phones which can be used to enable/disable secret phone settings and to show various interesting and useful information. As android is a new mobile platform so these codes and hidden modes can prove highly beneficial to users that why i am sharing these with you. Today in this topic, I will reveal 3 hidden modes in the Android Mobile phones: 1. Fast Boot mode 2. Download mode 3. Recovery mode DISCLAIMER: This information is intended for experienced users. It is not intended for basic users, hackers, or mobile thieves. Please do not try any of following methods if you are not familiar with mobile phones. We'll not be responsible for the use or misuse of this information, including loss of data or hardware damage. So use it at your own risk. 1. Fast Boot Mode This mode is used to flash the phone firmware using command line tools. To access this mode: Power off your Phone. Press and...