How To Use The Android Latest Version 5.0 Lollipop Keyboard In Other Version

Lollipop Keyboard Apk (No Root Needed)

Features

+No root system needed.

+No uninstall of other Google Keyboards required.

+Functions on Nexus, Motorola as well as

other phone that might have Google Key-

board uninstalled .

How to install ?

1. Download the apk file.
2. No need to enter key.
3. No Root Needed.
4. Install normally.
5. Done !

Click on this link to download Lollipop Keyboard Mod Apk (18.9mb)

Make your computer welcome you

Do you watch movies? Have you always loved the way how Computers in movies welcome their users by calling out their names? I bet that you too would want to know how you can achieve similar results on your PC and have a computer said welcome.

Then you are at the right place, this article describes exactly how you can make your computer welcome you like this.

With this trick, you can make your Computer welcome you in its computerized voice. You can make your Windows based computer say "Welcome to your PC, Username."

Make Windows Greet you with a Custom Voice Message at Startup

To use this trick, follow the instructions given below:-

Click on Start. Navigate to All Programs, Accessories and Notepad.
Copy and paste the exact code given below.

Dim speaks, speech
speaks="Welcome to your PC, Username"
Set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
speech.Speak speaks

     3.  Replace Username with your own name.
      4.  Click on File Menu, Save As, select All Types in Save as Type option, and save the file as Welcome.vbs or "*.vbs".
      5.  Copy the saved file.
      6.  Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows XP) and to C:\Users\ {User-Name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista) if C: is your System drive. AppData is a hidden folder. So, you will need to select showing hidden folders in Folder options to locate it.
      7.  Paste the file.

Now when the next time you start your computer, Windows will welcome you in its own computerized voice.

Note: For best results, it is recommended to change sound scheme to No Sounds.
You can change the sound scheme to No Sounds by following the steps given below:-
Go to Control Panel.
Then click on Switch to Classic View.
Then Click on Sounds and Audio Devices.
Then Click on the Sounds Tab.
Select No Sounds from the Sound Scheme option.
If you wish to save your Previous Sound Scheme, you can save it by clicking Yes in the popup menu.
Click on OK.

Try it yourself to see how it works.

Fitbit Tosses 3 More Bands Into the Activity-Tracking Melee

With smartwatches providing all sorts of health and fitness options, and activity-tracking gadgets selling for as little as $12 -- that's Pivotal Living's Life Tracker -- is there a place for the pricey dedicated bands Fitbit offers? Possibly. Serious fitness enthusiasts may not need or want all the bells and whistles of a smartwatch, but they might appreciate Fitbit's feature-rich alternatives.

Fitbit on Monday announced three new fitness and activity-tracking wearables: the Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge.

The Charge HR and Surge will be available early next year. The Charge is available now on Fitbit's site and is coming soon to retailers nationwide.

Prices are high -- US$130 for the Charge, $150 for the Charge HR, and $250 for the Surge, a fitness super watch with eight sensors.

Steep competition has driven down fitness-tracking device prices. For example, Pebble cut its smartwatch prices to $100 to $200 -- a $50 reduction -- while adding 24-hour fitness tracking. A Samsung Gear Fit is available on Amazon for $124, and a Garmin Vivofit fitness band costs about $100.

This strategy "will likely backfire unless there's more to the product that has yet to be released," Susan Schreiner, senior analyst at C4 Trends, told TechNewsWorld.

The Surge especially might be hit hard, because its price makes it "more likely to appeal to the hard-core fitness enthusiast" rather than the mainstream market, reducing its potential audience, observed Matt Wilkins, a research director at Strategy Analytics.

What the New Fitbits Deliver

Charge is a wristband with all-day activity tracking that offers real-time fitness statistics and caller ID. It has a sleep detection monitor and exercise tracking capability, and it is water-resistant. It runs for up to seven days on one charge.

The Fitbit Surge has all the features of the other two devices plus a built-in GPS, text alerts, mobile music control, three-axis accelerometers, a gyroscope, a compass and an ambient light sensor. It also records multisport activities.

The Surge runs up to seven days on one charge.

Awash in a Sea of Competitors

It's a feeding frenzy in the fitness tracker business. A quick check for fitness trackers on Amazon's website returned 100 results for best sellers alone.

Meanwhile, Lenovo has jumped in with the Lenovo Smartband SW-B100, and Pivotal Living on Monday announced its Life Tracker 1 fitness wristband for $12 -- that's right, $12 -- for the device and its app.

Then there's the Health app in iOS 8.

Of Recalls and Probes

Consumer complaints forced Fitbit to recall more than 1 million units of its Force wristband earlier this year and give purchasers a full refund, following an investigation by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Fitbit is facing two lawsuits -- one a class-action -- over the issue.

The CPSC later opened an investigation into the Fitbit Flex, again following consumer complaints.

"CPSC has concluded its investigation into the Fitbit Flex, but we will continue to monitor the safety of the product," CPSC spokesperson Scott Wolfson told TechNewsWorld.

Consumers will see a label on the product advising that it contains nickel, and the product will have sizing guidelines, Wolfson said, adding that CPSC believes the Flex should be worn loosely.

While news of the investigations might put off some consumers, "there are many more who will say it's a fluke and that Fitbit has learned its lesson," Schreiner said.

Who Might Want a Fitness Wearable Anyhow?

Given that smartwatches -- and increasingly, smartphones -- have fitness-tracking apps, will there continue to be a market for fitness wearables?

Yes, contends Strategy Analytics' Wilkins.

"While the fitness band market is facing competition from devices such as smartwatches, there are consumers who require a device to purely track their physical and fitness activity," he told TechNewsWorld. "Some consumers will be in the market to buy a device that is purely focused on fitness tracking and not require the additional features that a smartwatch needs." 

Sony's PlayStation 4 2.0 update is here, go download it

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/28/ps4-update/

Own a PlayStation 4? Today's your day: the console's big 2.0 update is finally live. Sony's been teasing the update for weeks, lauding the console's new ability to play music from a USB drive, the availability of system menu themes and promising new voice commands, party options and a less crowded home-screen. The update also gives the console's unique "share" button a little more power: the ability to upload video clips directly to YouTube and, most notably, remotely stream your games to a friend over the internet. Sony invited me to try some of these features ahead of today's launch and, yes, they all seem to work just fine -- at least in a controlled environment.

Sony walked me through the update in its Palo Alto, CA office last week, showing me the new themes, party options and even a few updated voice commands. The most interesting demo, of course, was SharePlay -- the console's new ability to stream PlayStation 4 games from one console to another over the internet. Think of it as a localized PlayStation Now between your console and a friends. This worked too, but left me with some concern: even in Sony's controlled demo environment, I noticed a perceptible amount of lag between the monitor displaying the host console and the guest. It wasn't enough to effect gameplay inInfamous Second Son, but a flightier residential connection could easily render the game unplayable.

The demo left me with a little doubt, but even more optimism -- the feature is brimming with potential: it not only gives players the ability to test out their friends' libraries remotely, but even join them in local multiplayer sessions in games that don't have online multiplayer! Will SharePlay live up to its potential for the average user? Well, now's your chance to find out: SharePlay and the PS4 System Software v2.0 is available for download today. Let us know how it works for you in the comments below.

Samsung wants to kill hard drives with new high-efficiency SSDs

For the first time, Samsung has starting producing SSDs using (wait for it) 3-bit multi-level-cell, 3D Vertical NAND flash memory, better known as TLC V-NAND. So, who in the actual hell cares? You might, if you're planning on buying an SSD or computer soon. Samsung's current V-NAND technology has resulted in models like the 850 Pro SSD, which topped all benchmarks and has a 10-year guarantee. But combining V-NAND with 3-bit tech has more than doubled wafer yields, which should result in even cheaper, faster and higher-capacity SSDs. The disks aren't on sale yet, but there's a good chance that one of the first available will be Samsung's recently leaked 850 EVO.

Here comes the latest android os. LOLLIPOP

Google on Wednesday unwrapped Android 5.0 Lollipop, officially replacing the "Android L" code name by which the latest version of its mobile platform previously had been known.

"Lollipop is our largest, most ambitious release on Android, with over 5,000 new APIs for developers," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president for Android, Chrome & Apps, in a blog post. "Lollipop is designed to be flexible, to work on all your devices and to be customized for you the way you see fit."

Three new Nexus devices -- the Nexus 6 phone, the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player Android TV streaming media player -- will run the new version of the mobile platform and will be available for preorder later this month, with in-store availability planned for November.

The new software also will be available on Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10 and Google Play edition devices in the coming weeks, Pichai said.

Marking Android 5.0's official debut, Google also installed the official "Lollipop" statue at its Mountain View, California, headquarters.

Consistency Across Devices

After previewing Android 5.0 Lollipop at its Google I/O conference in June, Google offered further news about it last month, when it confirmed that the software would feature encryption turned on by default.

Now there are details about its other features as well.

Reflecting an approach Google calls "Material Design," for instance, Lollipop features a consistent experience across devices.

"Now content responds to your touch, or even your voice, in more intuitive ways, and transitions between tasks are more fluid," Pichai explained.

Battery-Saver Feature

Aiming to offer users more control over their devices, the software lets them adjust settings so that only certain people and notifications can get through at certain times, such as while in the middle of a meeting. When an important notification comes through in such situations, it's visible directly from the lockscreen.

Also new in Lollipop is a battery-saver feature that extends device life by as much as 90 minutes, Pichai said.

Multiple user accounts and guest user mode are enabled, and devices can be secured with a PIN, password or pattern -- or by pairing the phone to a trusted device like a watch or car with Smart Lock.

'This Is Google Saying They Get It'

"There's something to be said for offering a consistent design across devices," Ramon Llamas, research manager for mobile phones at IDC, told LinuxInsider.

However, "let's be 100 percent clear: This is not the first time anyone has done that," Llamas added.

Apple has, he pointed out, as have Microsoft and BlackBerry to some extent.

"This is Google saying they get it," Llamas said. "No one wants to have to reinvent the wheel when they're looking for the same content or playing the same game."

Pure Android Experience

Equally important will be making the design obvious, Llamas suggested.

"Some smartphone vendors, who shall remain nameless, cram everything under the sun in there, and some of those features you don't get around to using," he explained. "Simplicity and obviousness will help drive usage."

By and large, Android 5.0 gets a thumbs-up, Llamas said: "There are things to like, and there's enough for all the individual OEMs to put their own spin on it."

That may please the Android multitudes, but "for the true Android cognoscente, the new Nexus devices can't get here soon enough," added Llamas. "They want the pure experience."

Emerging Markets

Android 5.0 represents the most extensive update to the platform since Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was released in 2011, said Ronald Gruia, director of emerging telecoms at Frost & Sullivan.

"They're clearly trying to push Android as the platform of the future, and they want it on every connected device," he told LinuxInsider. "This is the first step in that vision."

Here comes the latest android os. LOLLIPOP

Google on Wednesday unwrapped Android 5.0 Lollipop, officially replacing the "Android L" code name by which the latest version of its mobile platform previously had been known.

"Lollipop is our largest, most ambitious release on Android, with over 5,000 new APIs for developers," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president for Android, Chrome & Apps, in a blog post. "Lollipop is designed to be flexible, to work on all your devices and to be customized for you the way you see fit."

Three new Nexus devices -- the Nexus 6 phone, the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player Android TV streaming media player -- will run the new version of the mobile platform and will be available for preorder later this month, with in-store availability planned for November.

The new software also will be available on Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10 and Google Play edition devices in the coming weeks, Pichai said.

Marking Android 5.0's official debut, Google also installed the official "Lollipop" statue at its Mountain View, California, headquarters.

Consistency Across Devices

After previewing Android 5.0 Lollipop at its Google I/O conference in June, Google offered further news about it last month, when it confirmed that the software would feature encryption turned on by default.

Now there are details about its other features as well.

Reflecting an approach Google calls "Material Design," for instance, Lollipop features a consistent experience across devices.

"Now content responds to your touch, or even your voice, in more intuitive ways, and transitions between tasks are more fluid," Pichai explained.

Battery-Saver Feature

Aiming to offer users more control over their devices, the software lets them adjust settings so that only certain people and notifications can get through at certain times, such as while in the middle of a meeting. When an important notification comes through in such situations, it's visible directly from the lockscreen.

Also new in Lollipop is a battery-saver feature that extends device life by as much as 90 minutes, Pichai said.

Multiple user accounts and guest user mode are enabled, and devices can be secured with a PIN, password or pattern -- or by pairing the phone to a trusted device like a watch or car with Smart Lock.

'This Is Google Saying They Get It'

"There's something to be said for offering a consistent design across devices," Ramon Llamas, research manager for mobile phones at IDC, told LinuxInsider.

However, "let's be 100 percent clear: This is not the first time anyone has done that," Llamas added.

Apple has, he pointed out, as have Microsoft and BlackBerry to some extent.

"This is Google saying they get it," Llamas said. "No one wants to have to reinvent the wheel when they're looking for the same content or playing the same game."

Pure Android Experience

Equally important will be making the design obvious, Llamas suggested.

"Some smartphone vendors, who shall remain nameless, cram everything under the sun in there, and some of those features you don't get around to using," he explained. "Simplicity and obviousness will help drive usage."

By and large, Android 5.0 gets a thumbs-up, Llamas said: "There are things to like, and there's enough for all the individual OEMs to put their own spin on it."

That may please the Android multitudes, but "for the true Android cognoscente, the new Nexus devices can't get here soon enough," added Llamas. "They want the pure experience."

Emerging Markets

Android 5.0 represents the most extensive update to the platform since Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was released in 2011, said Ronald Gruia, director of emerging telecoms at Frost & Sullivan.

"They're clearly trying to push Android as the platform of the future, and they want it on every connected device," he told LinuxInsider. "This is the first step in that vision."

Your sunglasses can double as a phone stand

Have you ever wanted to watch video on your phone but didn't have a stand handy???

Well, this technique fixes that problem in mere seconds, and all you need is a pair of sunglasses (or regular glasses, if you can see without them). Watch the clever demonstration below to see how it's done.

Samsung Makes Its Prettiest Phone, But Does It Look Familiar?

Samsung consistently pumps out phones with big, beautiful screens, powerful processors, and high-quality cameras. On paper, that seems amazing. These are best-in-class phones. Supercomputers in your pocket. Samsung phones may have those gorgeous displays — the best in the world, according to some experts — but they're encased in cheap-feeling, creaky plastic. If the iPhone is a well-designed tool, then Samsung phones are plastic playthings.

Samsung's newest phone, the Galaxy Alpha, is a response to all that design criticism. It's Samsung's first Galaxy phone to incorporate metal — an aluminum band with chamfered edges wrapped around the case. Oh, and it looks eerily similar to the iPhone 5/5S

AT&T is the only US carrier selling the Galaxy Alpha right now . It costs $200 with a two-year contract, or $613 off-contract.
Feature-wise, the Galaxy Alpha can do pretty much the same stuff as the Galaxy S5
Here's a quick recap: It has a fingerprint sensor embedded in the home button that lets you unlock the phone without entering a passcode, but it doesn't work as well as the iPhone's fingerprint sensor. The Alpha also runs the same version of Android. The screen is a bit smaller at 4.7 inches. It's also not water resistant like the Galaxy S5 is. Still, to make it easy, just think of the Alpha as a slightly smaller Galaxy S5.

The Alpha is all about Samsung testing its design chops. The phone looks good, but it's disappointing to see Samsung using the iPhone 5 design from two years ago for inspiration instead of pushing forward on its own. HTC has been able make phones that are just as beautiful as anything Apple can build without copying the iPhone style. The Alpha looks like Samsung took the iPhone 5, made the screen slightly larger, and added a flimsy, removable plastic back cover.

That's what makes the Galaxy Alpha such a strange device. It's supposed to offer a "premium" feel, but the result is a curious Frankensteinish mishmash of plastic and high quality metal. Yes, it looks better than any other Samsung phone, but I wish Samsung had gone all the way and made a unibody, all-metal device.

Other than that, the Alpha performs just as well as the Galaxy S5, which is a good phone if you like Android. The screen on the Alpha isn't as sharp as the one on its big brother, but I doubt most people will notice. It also fits in my hand a lot easier than the Galaxy S5, and the metal band makes it feel more solid and sturdy. The battery can get you through a day and the camera can hold its own against other high-end smartphones.

It's best to think of the Alpha as an experiment, an offshoot of the Galaxy S5 that's more about design and build quality than trying to innovate new features. Samsung will likely wait until its next flagship Galaxy phones launches to wow us with something really new. Conclusion If you like Samsung phones, I think you should buy the Galaxy S5 over the Alpha. It has a bigger, nicer screen and costs about the same. But if you've dying for a Samsung phone with some metal on it, choose the Alpha.