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‘Pokemon Go’ rolls out on iOS and Android

‘Pokemon Go’ Begins Rolling Out On Android And iOS, Australia & New Zealand Users To Experience It First

Pokemon Go, the highly awaited augmented reality mobile game from Nintendo and developer Niantic Labs, is out now for both iOS and Android users in select countries.

Unfortunately, even though it is now available on Playstore and the Appstore, it appears to be unavailable for some US users at this time. Only users in Australia and New Zealand can access the app on both Android and iOS.

The current version requires approximately 60MB for Android users and 100MB for iOS users. According to the Google Play store, the app requires Android version 4.4 and up, while iOS 8.0 or later is required for iOS devices, notes the Apple’s App Store. Currently, only the first generation of 151 Pokémon are available, but The Pokémon Company plans to “release” addition generations into the wild in the future.

So, what is so exciting about Pokeman Go? Players are split into three groups – Blue, Red and Yellow, like the first three games – as they attempt to catch Pokemon without fighting them and take over gyms. This doesn’t make the battles any less impressive though, since the 3D models used for the Pokemon look great.

The game actually uses the smartphone’s camera to have Pokemon appear in their own homes or even the streets of their town and cities!

When the player catches a Pokemon, they can train them and help them become more powerful. Players are then given the chance to catch even stronger and rarer Pokemon. Catching multiple Pokemon will entail the players with awards in the form of candies that can change the Pokemons to their next forms.

According to Polygon, “Pokemon Go” took some time to develop. Recently, Nintendo opened field testing for the game in the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.

While the app is free to download, it offers in-game purchases between $0.99 – $99.99 per item.

So, what are you waiting for? Just, go and relive your childhood days.

Linux distros to ditch 32-bit support

Linux to abandon 32-bit support for old PCs/laptops in coming months

Linux started off in 1991 as an alternative to the world’s most popular operating system Windows. The new users adopted Linux because it was open source and it ran beautifully on their older PCs that didn’t have the horsepower to run newer versions of Windows. However, after 30 years, Ubuntu, a majorLinux distro is looking to end support for 32-bit processors.

Ubuntu’s Dimitri John Ledkov has issued a new proposal on the Ubuntu mailing list recently which states that the company will be winding down support for 32-bit processors. Ledkov uses the justification for ending 32-bit support saying that major software vendors and products like Google, ZFS and Docker will be ending 32-bit processors so it would not be feasible for Ubuntu to continue doing so.

“The key point here is a lack of upstream software support and upstream security support on i386 rather than actual hardware being out of stock and/or old,” he wrote in the proposal.

Though 32-bit systems worldwide are on the way out, it’s not denying that governments continue with older PCs due to lack of funds. It remains to be seen how these vintage systems cope with the new Ubuntu proposal.

64-bit processors become an order of the day in 2000s when AMD and Intel came out with 64-bit processors. In last 20 years most PC/laptop processors sold by the two CPU makers were 64-bit chips. It also helped that 64-bit chips blew past the 4GB memory limit giving users more power.

Ubuntu and Canonical to drop 32-bit support

Ledkov said Ubuntu wants to stop providing new 32-bit installations at Ubuntu 16.10. By Ubuntu 18.10 in October 2018, Canonical would completely end support for 32-bit software and encourage running it in a virtual machine or container instead.

Canonical is not the first Linux vendor to end 32-bit support. Red Hat stopped offering a 32-bit version of Fedora Server as of Fedora 24, but it does still offer 32-bit Fedora Workstation. And OpenSUSE Leap never offered a 32-bit image.

Find out if your Facebook account has been hacked or not?

This is what you need to do if your Facebook account is hacked

There is always a chance someone can obtain your password and log into your online account. And, Facebook is no different.

Hackers can breach a Facebook account in different ways. For instance, spammers hack Facebook accounts to gain access to your following. Similarly, automatic logins through Facebook allow hackers access to several different site accounts once they have taken over your Facebook account. Your account also provides the hacker a lot of personal information about you that can be used to steal your identity.

However, there is a simple way to check if you are worried that your account has been hacked. Go to the arrow in the upper left-hand corner of your Facebook page and click on it. In the menu, choose Settings. A new menu will pop up. Select Security and then Where You’re Logged In.

It will provide a list of all the devices that you have logged into and their locations. If there is a login you are not able to identify, there are chances that you may have been hacked. If you notice anything that is not you, click End Activity on the right side of the log to end the session. The hacker will be logged out, momentarily.

In addition, below are some other ways to know if your account has been hacked:

• Your name, birthday, email or password has been changed
• Someone sent out friend requests to people you don’t know
• Messages have been sent from your account, but you didn’t write them
• Posts are appearing on your timeline that you didn’t post

Steps to be taken if your Facebook account has been hacked

Once you click on End Activity, change your password right away. Subsequently, get Facebook’s help. In the event you have been hacked, Facebook has a system to help you.

Go to the Facebook help page, click on I think my account was hacked or someone is using it without my permission, and then click on secure it. Facebook will take you to a page where you log in and then follow the steps to secure your account.

Now Facebook Is Using Your Location To Suggest New Friends

Facebook suggests new friends by tracking your location, here is how you can stop this creepy thing

Next time you see a suggestion from Facebook to make a local bully your friend, you should know that Facebook has been snooping on you using the location. Facebook suggests new friends who may be your enemies or anti-socials from your area and this may sound very creepy to a privacy loving citizen.

Facebook in the recent past has been in the news for invasion of privacy of its users. According to a report from Fusion, Facebook shows you “people based on mutual friends, work and education information, networks you’re part of, contacts you’ve imported and many other factors.”

If you have got location services enabled for Facebook on your phone, the company can use that data to generate “People You May Know” suggestions, which is partly based on where you are and where you have been. In other words, Facebook tracks the location of your smartphone to suggest “People You May Know” as friends.

“People You May Know are people on Facebook that you might know,” a Facebook spokesperson said. “We show you people based on mutual friends, work and education information, networks you’re part of, contacts you’ve imported and many other factors.” The Facebook spokesperson further added, “Location information by itself doesn’t indicate that two people might be friends. That’s why location is only one of the factors we use to suggest people you may know.”

So, for instance, if you and others have the Facebook app installed, and you all hang out at the same places – such as someone who went to college with you, or someone that shops at the same target, or as a nearby cafe or your apartment block – Facebook will gather your locations, put them together and suggests you friends accordingly.

The only way to avoid this is to check the privacy settings on your smartphone. Most of us have Facebook set to “always,” but in reality it should be set to “never” if we don’t want them to do some scary stuff. However, note that your smartphone won’t be able to suggest nearby events or notify you when a friend is nearby if you change it to “never.”

Users are Switching Back To Android Smartphones From iPhones

Reasons why Android smartphone users go for iOS and then come back.

OS vs. Android has always been a burning topic for debates all over the internet. There are numerous users who have changed their Android smartphone with an Apple iPhone and later regretted their decision. In this article I’ll point out the reasons for which Android users switch to iOS and the problems they face after it.

Okay! First lets discuss about exciting features of Apple devices:

1. Retina Display

A display having pixels density more than 300 PPI(Pixels Per Inch). Apple used the term “Retina Display” for its such displays. It was said that the visual quality offered by retina display will be beyond amazing. It is true, whether you’re watching a movie, playing a game, reading a document or doing any task with your phone, the display will make working with your Apple device a visual delight.

2. Smooth Operation

Yes! This is definitely an attractive “feature” of Apple phones and tabs. When we compare an Android device and an Apple device having similar hardware( RAM size, Processor cores etc), we quickly find out that Apple device performs far much smooth than the Android device. Android users can be seen often complaining about how installing a new game converted their phone into a brick, Apple users seldom face such situation.

3.Camera

The camera of Apple devices is always ahead of the time. That said, an Apple phone or tab having a camera of specific megapixels will always beat the Android phone or tablet having same megapixels. Thanks to the big aperture of the camera lens, decent extra features and better image processing offered by Apple.

This is not it. The list is pretty long but I’ve mentioned the major factors only. Now lets have a look at what actually comes along these features which we get for paying large amount of extra money.

1. No Expandable Memory

Actually it is expandable on iCloud only. And since Android users get used to having an option of increasing the memory just by buying an SD card, it is not easy for them to handle this surprise. So, they have limited memory, the additional stuff can be put on iCloud, which is a paid service itself.

2.Nothing can be Customized :

Customization is almost nothing in Apple phones when compared with Android ones. Google works extensively on its UI to make it attractive and flexible at the same time. Users can personalize their phones on drag-n-drop basis. Although Android devices too have some restrictions but the extent is very different between these two.

So, if you want the freedom to change things at a level similar to Android, you’ll need to jailbreak your Apple device.

3.The Sliders are Annoying:

If you need to lower brightness in your Android, you just open the brightness status bar and put your thumb to the desired place and the brightness is set to that level. But in Apple you have to put your thumb on the slider and then slide it to the desired position, this is damn irritating for an ex Android user.

4.Price is always Sky High:

And no one knows why Apple never worked on providing affordable phones to its users. And the price always depletes to its half in two years. Most of the iPhone lovers are seen to buy an iPhone just after two or two and a half years after its launch.

Well, these were the points one needs to keep in mind while switching. Above all Apple phones and tabs are amazing in their quality. And Android is affordable yet amazing.

Now you can Create,View & Upload 360-degree photos on Facebook

Tutorial For Uploading, Checking and Viewing The Awesome 360-Degree Photos On Facebook

Facebook has now officially introduced support for 360-degree photos, an immersive photo that allows you to view and upload 360-degree photos on your News Feed. The feature called “360-de Photos” allows Facebook users to capture a panorama or 360-degree photo on their smartphones, using either the native camera app or a third-party app, and then post it to their Facebook News Feed.

In other words, all you need to do is capture a panorama image and post it like a normal photo. Facebook has its own feature to make it a 360 degree image. There’s also 360-degree video, where you’re inside a moving sphere rather than a static one.

Last month, Facebook announced that 360-degree photos would arrive in the News Feed. By introducing this feature now, Facebook is looking to increase its user base by dragging the average consumer into virtual reality, as they hope that many of the people may find this feature very useful. This new feature is available in smartphone as well as desktop.

In the official release, Facebook product manager Andy Huang wrote, “Along with 360-degree Photos from your friends and family, you can discover stunning new 360-degree Photos on Facebook from public figures, publishers, and other organisations. 360-degree Photos give you the ability to take the stage in front of 100,000 fans with Paul McCartney, get behind-the-scenes access to the Supreme Court via The New York Times, visit the International Space Station with NASA, and more.”

It is very simple to create, view and upload 360-degree photos on Facebook. In this article, we help you get accustomed to the new feature.

To create a Facebook 360-degree photo, you will need to take a panoramic photo using an iPhone, iPad, Samsung device, 360-enabled camera, or using various apps. Once you have taken a panoramic photo using one of the above options and uploaded it to Facebook, it will automatically be converted into a 360-degree photo.

However, keep the following points in mind:

• You can upload a 360-degree photo the same way you would upload any other photo.
• If you upload a panorama that’s wider than 100 degrees, it will automatically be converted to a 360-degree photo. You can only upload a single 360-degree photo at a time on Facebook. (You can also upload a 180-degree panoramic photo).
• Not all panoramic photos you take from your smartphone or camera will be converted to Facebook 360-degree photos.

You can use one of the following devices or apps to take your own 360-degree photos.

Following camera’s support 360-degree photos

• Ricoh Theta S
• Giroptic 360 Cam
• Samsung Gear 360
• LG 360 Cam
• IC Realtech ALLie
• 360Fly
• Panono

You can use your iPhone or iPad support for 360-degree photos

• iPhone 4S or newer
• iPad mini 2 or newer
• iPad Air and iPad Air 2
• iPad Pro

You can use your Samsung Galaxy Phones

• Samsung Galaxy S5 or newer
• Galaxy Note 2 or newer

Photo Sphere Apps or Devices: Take a panorama using Street View, Google Camera, Cardboard Camera or Theta S.

Image-Stitching Software: The final option to create a 360-degree photo is to use image-stitching software like PTGui.

How to upload a 360-degree photo on Facebook?

Uploading your finished 360-degree photo to Facebook is as simple as uploading a normal photo.

Open the Facebook app (make sure you are using the latest version of Facebook for Android and iOS) > tap the status tool > select Photo/Video > select your photo > tap Post.

You can also view the 360-degree photos from the Desktop version of the social media website. In addition, you can also view 360-degree Photos on the web with Chrome, Safari or Firefox.

How to watch a 360-degree photo?

All 360-degree Photos in Facebook are marked with a compass icon on the right side of the image. This will help you to view the image from every section. You can either view the 360-degree photo by dragging your finger across the photo or moving your phone to see the full 360-degree view.

Simply tap the photo to view the 360-degree photo in fullscreen and enjoy the awesome 360 degree vista.