Google Changes Its Search Algorithm to Fight Piracy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQNw2sT2Y7aD29UCKZf9P6kp3wDRTA7bgLKFZ87Ii2Gag6xtvtRBm3m3M8bFCqYNNIY__T33q4j8MJ90Iy-XDtDynnVgqI1I5cwy-Y9S_u0EX6SFSjvEB3a8GQlfX8c1Wnf0aJ5bIbQs/s1600/Screen_Hunter_03_Oct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQNw2sT2Y7aD29UCKZf9P6kp3wDRTA7bgLKFZ87Ii2Gag6xtvtRBm3m3M8bFCqYNNIY__T33q4j8MJ90Iy-XDtDynnVgqI1I5cwy-Y9S_u0EX6SFSjvEB3a8GQlfX8c1Wnf0aJ5bIbQs/s1600/Screen_Hunter_03_Oct.jpg" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google is going to introduce some changes in its search engine. They are supposed to make sure that some of the piracy services are less likely to appear in the results of searches for music, movies and other copyrighted material.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is not the first time the search giant was going to change the way it targets piracy. Two years ago Google made the similar promise, which has since proved controversial. Entertainment industries were regularly claiming that Google did not follow through on that promise. Now the company says the results will be noticeable.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Google explained that it has now refined the signal in ways it expects to visibly affect the rankings of some of the illegal websites. However, the tech giant didn’t provide details on which websites were being demoted, or how it will affect their rankings. Apparently, the attribute showing how close to the top of its results a website appears when relevant keywords are searched.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">In addition, the company claimed that it has been testing new ad formats which show links to legitimate digital music and video services when such keywords as “download”, “free” and “watch” are used; as well as removing terms from its autocomplete feature in the case when they “return results with many DMCA demoted websites”.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Google provided some statistics, saying that it had received just over 224 million takedown requests for search results last year, and the average time spent on dealing with them was less than 6 hours. The tech giant ultimately removed 222 million links, which means that only less than 1% was rejected or reinstated after review for various reasons: for example, because the company needed additional information, was unable to find the page, or came to a conclusion that the content was not infringing.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This was all about individual links to infringing content, but the latest change to Google’s search algorithm will focus on entire websites. The ones most likely to be affected are mentioned in Google’s online transparency report. The company ranked websites by the number of takedowns received: RapidGator, 4Shared and Dilandau were the most often mentioned last year – each of them accounted for over 7 million DMCA notices.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The BPI appeared the most active takedown-sender last year, submitting over 43 million notices to Google. The British anti-piracy outfit admitted that it would like to see other search engines, including Bing and Yahoo, follow the suit. The BPI is also pressing for Google to delist entirely websites that have been ruled against the law by the courts. They include portals blocked by British Internet service providers: The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents, H33T, Fenopy, and another 21 websites. However, Google may push back against this pressure from the British outfit, claiming that it would be inappropriate to remove entire websites instead of certain links.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Finally, the BPI demands Google to be faster at removing “pirate applications” from Android’s Google Play store.</span></span>

Google Changes Its Search Algorithm to Fight Piracy

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TEMPLE RUN: BRAVE FULL APK

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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team FULL APK

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9fzIlWAHNeyzZ_zcV4ykAkjVJ4inw6lUNiMF7mmY3ndoj-s_gF5tlp92QKk72PNczoMnYCV01jO4QwtBvZjR6G03F4a3pqbmL_Wx7wVc_H7as7FnkvfXrnef_Kp1bXDW6sBlNdkSgbE/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9fzIlWAHNeyzZ_zcV4ykAkjVJ4inw6lUNiMF7mmY3ndoj-s_gF5tlp92QKk72PNczoMnYCV01jO4QwtBvZjR6G03F4a3pqbmL_Wx7wVc_H7as7FnkvfXrnef_Kp1bXDW6sBlNdkSgbE/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 24px;">FIFA 15 Ultimate Team by EA SPORTS features over 10,000 players from over 500 licensed teams. 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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team FULL APK

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iPhone - Enemy of the State?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzFDcCiQuo7eZ7lGWU82MYXuJLFbKZ4Fh7viaudKP1IPiMRGe1CIS0nhfpQVFD_UCBlIQDiG3tw_7YII2zMeXcHMCnVcqfkjV3M9M1byG6Q1hiUzbZoE7nZoiS7AQ9RKo6NQovWT4KNo/s1600/ScreenHunter_2023-Aug.-19-16.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzFDcCiQuo7eZ7lGWU82MYXuJLFbKZ4Fh7viaudKP1IPiMRGe1CIS0nhfpQVFD_UCBlIQDiG3tw_7YII2zMeXcHMCnVcqfkjV3M9M1byG6Q1hiUzbZoE7nZoiS7AQ9RKo6NQovWT4KNo/s1600/ScreenHunter_2023-Aug.-19-16.39.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Police throughout the globe have been embarrassed to see online videos of their officers pepper spraying tied captives. In our age of mobile gadgets the pictures can be uploaded online in seconds, making supervisors to answer the questions.</span></strong></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But now the police may not need to fear scrutiny anymore, because Apple has recently patented a piece of technology that would allow the authorities and police to block data transmission, including video and photos, whenever they like. All they need to do is decide that a public gathering or venue is deemed “sensitive” and needs to be protected from externalities. In this case Apple will enable them to switch off all its gear. The developers insist that the affected locations are normally cinemas, theaters and concert grounds, but Apple admits it could also be used in covert police or government operations that may need complete “blackout” conditions.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, privacy outfits point out that it could also be used to prevent such whistle blowers as Edward Snowden from shooting pictures and sharing them online. In response, Apple claimed that the wireless transmission of sensitive data to a remote source is a threat to security, with the sensitive data being anything from classified government data to answers to an exam administered in an academic setting.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, the fact is that Apple has patented the means to transmit an encoded signal to all wireless gadgets, commanding them to disable recording functions. The developers reveal that the policies would be activated by GPS, and Wi-Fi or mobile base-stations that would ring-fence around a building or a sensitive area in order to prevent mobile cameras from taking pictures or recording video.</span></div>

iPhone - Enemy of the State?

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20 Cool New Things in Apple OS X Yosemite

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqXQvgrOUSTLu8F5vRD0bTfAoqto10FRXR0d1eLBQo6Q9ti8c_6jbLAQJHbRz4U7ENk1ZSiVoGymeszoK2TNIlXjctBqlvPS4xcgAmFEy5hGRKDxSh7hlrngChBlbG15OkaOdsdGco0E/s1600/os_x_yosemite_roundup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqXQvgrOUSTLu8F5vRD0bTfAoqto10FRXR0d1eLBQo6Q9ti8c_6jbLAQJHbRz4U7ENk1ZSiVoGymeszoK2TNIlXjctBqlvPS4xcgAmFEy5hGRKDxSh7hlrngChBlbG15OkaOdsdGco0E/s1600/os_x_yosemite_roundup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apple OS X Yosemite—the tenth version of the operating system already named OS Ten—is due to arrive in the fall as a free upgrade, usable on just about any Mac manufactured since mid-2007. It's a classic Apple-style upgrade: Despite dozens of changes and new features, you won't need to relearn anything to use it. But if you own an iPhone or iPad, you'll find that your Mac and iOS device will work together in ways you never imagined. When both Yosemite and the forthcoming iOS 8 are on your devices, you'll be able to answer your phone on your Mac, or start a mail message on your phone and finish typing it on your M/ac.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With each previous version of OS X, Apple made minor tweaks in the interface. This time the whole system gets a visual makeover to bring it into the flat, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">non-skeuomorphic</a> modern age, in the style most recently embraced by <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425883,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 8</a> and <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424569,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iOS 7</a>. As usual, Apple takes the prize for fit and finish. Yosemite looks spacious and relaxing in a way that no other OS can match, with unparalleled integration among its built-in apps and networked devices.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We explored an early preview version of Yosemite on a 15-inch <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405722,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MacBook Pro</a>, with a Retina display that showed off Yosemite's clean, precise look. We weren't able to test the new features that connect OS X with an iOS device because Apple hasn't yet supplied test devices with iOS 8 installed, but you can expect a follow-up story on iOS 8/Yosemite integration before long. These integration features include an Instant Hotspot that lets you convert your phone into a wireless router that your Mac can use to connect to the Internet (just make sure you've got a generous data plan). Another feature lets SMS messages you receive on your phone also show up on your Mac. Stay tuned for more details.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For now, we're going to focus mostly on the Features we were able to at least get a peek at in the new Apple OS X Yosemite. Read on for 20 of our favorites. Keep in mind that there are still several months until the system is released this fall, so some of what we show here could change. That said, Yosemite already shows an impressive level of polish. For an early look at what the future holds for iOS 8, check out <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458960,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iOS 8: What We Wanted vs. What We Got</a> and <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458844,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Get OS 8</a>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A New Look</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing you notice about Yosemite is that it looks a lot like iOS 7, with its flat look and low-key toolbar buttons. The dock is now two-dimensional, and the only traces of three-dimensional effects are the subtle shadows under the windows. If you look closely, you'll see that some design elements are slightly translucent. The Finder sidebar is a good example. Also notice the redesigned icons for the standard apps. Does anyone else think the old Finder icon looked equally cheerful but a lot more intelligent?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430857-01-flat-surface.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Notification Center Updates</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OS X's Notification Center now packs a lot more information, including a Today panel linked to your Calendar. Notice the stock widget—one of a new breed of Notification Center widgets programmers can create for use on both iOS 8 and Yosemite. You can still use your old Dashboard widgets, but only in the Dashboard. The Dashboard will still be available on new systems, but if you upgrade to Yosemite from an earlier version, and the installer detects that you've never used the Dashboard at all, the OS will quietly delete it to save space.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www7.pcmag.com/media/images/430865-02-notification-center.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spotlight on Spotlight</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spotlight moves—you guessed it—into the spotlight, right in the center of the screen, instead of tucked away in the upper right corner. Previews appear in a separate panel instead of in the cramped little window of earlier versions. Notice that searches now report items from the iTunes store, too. One interface feature that's especially obvious here is the new system font, Helvetica Neue, which replaces the Lucida Grande font used in previous versions.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430863-03-spotlight.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spotlight Gets a Calculator</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are in the habit of opening your browser and typing simple calculations in the Google search box, now you can simply press Cmd-Space to open Spotlight and type your calculations in the search field. Press Cmd-C to copy the result and Cmd-V to paste it into any app.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www2.pcmag.com/media/images/430860-04-spotlight-calculator.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div class="article-body" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5</span></span></div> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spotlight Gets Smarter</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Spotlight also works a bit like a silent version of Siri on iOS. Type in the name of a movie, for example, and Spotlight gives you links to nearby showings. If you're really intent on wasting time, click on some of the trailers that Spotlight also offers.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/430856-05-spotlight-like-siri.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Safari Favorites</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Safari gets a major makeover, with a single toolbar at the top (you can still display your old bookmarks bar by enabling it from a menu).</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430858-06-safari-favorites.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keeping Tabs on Safari</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In iOS, you can display a card-shuffle-style view of all your open pages in Safari. Yosemite gets a similar feature with its Show All Tabs view. You can open this view by clicking the button at the far right of the toolbar, with a keystroke, or from the top-line menu. Of course, the blank icon with the plus sign lets you open a new, empty tab.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www8.pcmag.com/media/images/430854-07-safari-showalltabs.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mail Tooltip</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We'll get to the more eye-catching features in Mail in a moment, but here's one that a lot of users will appreciate: a dropdown menu that lets you quickly add a Bcc: and other address fields. Notice also the iOS-style light-colored plus icon at the right that replaces the garish button for adding addressees found in earlier version of OS X.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430855-08-mail-tooltip.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </span></div> <div class="article-bottom" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 740px;"> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MailDrop Drops</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Just when you got used to the routine of uploading a large file to Dropbox or some other service and sending a download link via Mail, along comes MailDrop, Apple's new service that lets you upload files up to 5GB in size to a 30-day storage site, and then it sends a download link in a mail message. It's all done in Mail, and it's blissfully simple. By the way, as far as we can tell, MailDrop isn't actually working yet, but our preview version of Yosemite at least let us see how it will work when it does.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430872-09-mail-maildrop.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mail Markups</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you're used to opening up a graphics program to mark up images before sending them via Mail, you can now mark them up in Mail itself. Hover the cursor over an image in a Mail message, and a Markup menu becomes available. The next screen shows what happens when you click it.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www2.pcmag.com/media/images/430868-10-mail-markupbutton.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mail Gets Arty</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The toolbar offers a basic set of drawing tools—boxes, lines, text, and so on—but the really nifty part is the way OS X converts your hand-drawn scrawl into a smooth line. I used my fingertip to draw a messy arrow on the trackpad, and Yosemite converted into this perfect Bezier curve with an arrowhead.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/430870-11-mail-arrowmarkup.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preview Markups</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The same markup feature is available in Preview for when you aren't mailing an image. Here you see the endpoints of the curve that OS X offers to draw in place of the scrawling curve that I drew using the trackpad.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/430871-12-prevew-markup.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">13</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Newly Appointed Calendar</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Calendar gets a revamped all-day view, complete with new options in the drop-down menus. As in Contacts and other apps, the iOS and OS X Calendars now look a lot more like each other.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www6.pcmag.com/media/images/430869-13-calendar-menu.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">14</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FaceTime and Phone</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We weren't able to test the feature that lets you answer a call to your iPhone on your Mac, but there's the icon that will let you do it. Notice the phone icon added to the camera icon. When a call comes in on your iPhone, and the phone is in another room, you can click on the icon to talk and listen through your Mac's mic and speakers.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/430862-14-facetimeandphone.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">15</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Messages: Do Not Disturb</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Messages gets a lot of new features built into a button at the upper right of the window, including an option to mute a chatty message thread that you don't want to deal with right now.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/430866-15-messages-donotdisturb.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">16</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AirDrop Options</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The AirDrop file-transfer feature, which now works between iOS and Macs, lets you restrict AirDrop to devices owned by your contacts. It looks like one minor inconvenience will result from the new AirDrop technology in Yosemite and iOS 8—you have to choose a special option if you want to exchange files with a Mac running an earlier version of OS X.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www9.pcmag.com/media/images/430867-16-airdrop-options.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">17</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Extensions</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A new panel in System Preferences lets you control extensions that Apple or third-party developers provide for the Notification Center and other apps that will support the new widget technology. Here I've added stocks and other features to the Notification Center.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www9.pcmag.com/media/images/430859-17-extensions.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">18</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">iCloud Passwords</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Apple borrows a feature that Microsoft introduced in Windows 8—you can now use your iCloud password to log into OS X, instead of the traditional account password. However, you can continue to use old-style account passwords if you prefer.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www4.pcmag.com/media/images/430864-18-icloud-password.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">19</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Full Screen Button</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The point of this screen isn't to show you the clean design of the Calendar but to ask you to notice the red, yellow, and green buttons at the upper left—and the absence of the old full-screen button that used to be at the upper right of many OS X apps. Yosemite ditches the old full-screen button and repurposes the green button to work as a full-screen button in apps that support full-screen mode. In apps that won't work in full-screen mode, the green button sets the window size to its default maximum, as it always did.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/430861-19-fullscreenbutton.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <hr style="font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;" /> <div style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 7px 8px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro-Bold, sans-serif; font-size: 71px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansbold, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Public Beta Program</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Want to try Yosemite? If you don't have a $99 per year developer account, you'll be able to try it free by joining the <a href="https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yosemite public beta program</a>—if you're one of the first million people to sign up. Apple won't say when the beta will go public, but now is the time to sign up.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div align="center" style="border: 0px; font-family: open_sansregular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" border="0" class="center" src="http://www6.pcmag.com/media/images/430873-20-beta-program.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

20 Cool New Things in Apple OS X Yosemite

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Apple OS X Yosemite—the tenth version of the operating system already named OS Ten—is due to arrive in the fall as a free upgrade, usable on just about any Mac manufactured since mid-2007. It's a classic Apple-style upgrade: Despite dozens of change… Read more »

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Leaked OS 10.3.1.821 for most BlackBerry 10 devices

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinB7P6_uv9s8QA2dcoSnt3CpA79Xr0wgtOSchv46F1vfcdWyhP_xR-HjS4EXdODmX99V-xMJPFVHhrX7nPbKVRxOHDj_o5vFeMkn2O8W-zzVVE1tNcEBWP_APX8MNml6be5gutI9Co7Eg/s1600/blackberry+10-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinB7P6_uv9s8QA2dcoSnt3CpA79Xr0wgtOSchv46F1vfcdWyhP_xR-HjS4EXdODmX99V-xMJPFVHhrX7nPbKVRxOHDj_o5vFeMkn2O8W-zzVVE1tNcEBWP_APX8MNml6be5gutI9Co7Eg/s1600/blackberry+10-2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you that like to be running the latest leaked OS software on your BlackBerry 10 device then it’s time to fire up those laptops because OS 10.3.1.821 has just been released. It does appear this OS is for all devices and you will find the autoloaders below. Time to have some fun!!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some quick notes about this leak:</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 26px 40px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Password keeper is included</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blend is NOT unlocked for all devices</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">NO PIN Watermarks</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adobe Flash not in browser</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here’s the autoloaders:</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 26px 40px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Z10 STL100-2, 3, and 4 through Bitcasa <a href="https://my.bitcasa.com/send/330bc171dc40ba3cd9fae961e7c5590ad0183777081c721c1a00ff00991ab710/a021eb1c3b1aaeebda234953730c8170b9f9bee7f274bd6fcf7b8d5daaed1332" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Z10 STL100-2, 3, and 4 through MEGA <a href="https://mega.co.nz/#!dRUy0QQT!eeUkPdn3fnyCd2yxsVE-taOSICgxbe9pT5ZBA6KvAAs" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Z10 STL100-1 through Bitcasa <a href="https://my.bitcasa.com/send/36d6b3befaa147997fc40aa10417342f8a3e9d8e9ccdb7fa1c7e0a9405d07b8f/107c913bb332acb5d1126f7afadaa6218f3c4c499fcefc37b3e1d521d9b7d23e" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Z30 through Bitcasa <a href="https://my.bitcasa.com/send/7c043366fa0f8aa0761c2361ae7f503edaa876f1137c5d2480666bbdd9113d43/f8a29bc2dfbb2fb9dd9d3b3e5a1be16e1cc67ead77ad88d5f49a60859e90a2a3" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Z3 through Bitcasa <a href="https://my.bitcasa.com/send/f2bd0dd2d4a724e66713e6a1b556055b9c64b6f50fc0942e4f9008515eb3a18d/396ea04b65abf75dc0794d01bbbd093d3b52268adb943613b14612cfab008202" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download OS 10.3.1.821 for the BlackBerry Q10 and Q5 through Bitcasa <a href="https://my.bitcasa.com/send/26a0618976ac9a2d238a412741a3e32cd6914b412665df059128e0090e878acc/f9bef2436f89542126f4a998f134f267406266fc4f45d732a0de7c86b6a27368" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These next two links are for the BlackBerry Passport but please note <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">THEY ARE UNTESTED ON A DEVICE. They should work but don’t try unless you are okay with having to reload the OS if something does go wrong. </b>If someone does load it and has no problems please let the rest of us know.</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 26px 40px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It appears that the OS won’t work on the BlackBerry Passport. If anything for this device becomes available we will post it here. Sorry about that.</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you that are new to loading a leaked OS (or if there’s just something you aren’t sure about) don’t worry because Billy has done a very in-depth how-to, and you can find all that info <a href="http://blackberryempire.com/forum/blackberry-10-os/42179-how-to-load-a-blackberry-10-os-on-your-blackberry-10-device-windows" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa4cf; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">here.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As always make sure to backup your device before updating to the newest release just to be safe. Also remember BlackBerry Empire and/or the folks supplying this leak are not responsible for anything that may go wrong during the update process.</span></div>

Leaked OS 10.3.1.821 for most BlackBerry 10 devices

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For those of you that like to be running the latest leaked OS software on your BlackBerry 10 device then it’s time to fire up those laptops because OS 10.3.1.821 has just been released. It does appear this OS is for all devices and you will find the… Read more »

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Google Unleashes Android Lollipop, New Nexus 6, 9

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhuyTJOsq-Vl1IL1hw8tqXxDXyzL2eY5AnDRcMfJOWo0LtVG_45nz-Rg8JnYBsJaSe-IWPyzxodYP05nQXrvv2Pn3zOPuubRT_HyF6VPQp-IyjJSzdfmFryZ49odCibBvySlbaySQwnk/s1600/444831-nexus-6-nexus-9-nexus-player-lollipop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhuyTJOsq-Vl1IL1hw8tqXxDXyzL2eY5AnDRcMfJOWo0LtVG_45nz-Rg8JnYBsJaSe-IWPyzxodYP05nQXrvv2Pn3zOPuubRT_HyF6VPQp-IyjJSzdfmFryZ49odCibBvySlbaySQwnk/s1600/444831-nexus-6-nexus-9-nexus-player-lollipop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Following months of speculation, Google today announced that the next version of its mobile operating system will be known as <a href="http://www.android.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Android 5.0 Lollipop</a>, and the first devices to sport it will include the new Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next-gen OS, first teased at Google I/O as "Android L," will also roll out to existing Nexus 5, 7, 10, and Google Play-edition devices over the next few weeks.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Google Nexus 6" border="0" class="right" src="http://www4.pcmag.com/media/images/444834-google-nexus-6.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a>The 6-inch Nexus 6, made <a href="http://www.motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/nexus-6-from-google-and-motorola-more.html" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">by Motorola</a>, sports a Quad HD display, a 13-megapixel camera (with Optical Image Stabilization and HDR+), and dual front-facing stereo speakers. It also comes with a 3,220mAh battery, plus a Turbo Charger for up to six hours of use with only 15 minutes of charge.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nexus 6 will be available to pre-order through the Google Play Store later this month. It comes in Midnight Blue or Cloud White, with the option for 32GB or 64GB of storage, starting at $649.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The massive handset will also go on sale via Motorola.com and carrier partners starting in November. It will eventually make its way to 28 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America early next year.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Motorola <a href="http://www.motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-official-android-50-lollipop-coming.html" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">also plans</a> to bring the upgraded Android OS to its first- and second-generation Moto X and Moto G handsets, as well as the Moto G with 4G LTE, Moto E, and Droid lineup—the Ultra, Maxx, and Mini.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those looking to replace an old Nexus tablet, meanwhile, can pick up an HTC-developed Nexus 9, with brushed-metal sides and an 8.9-inch screen. Whether you're using the slate for work or play, Google has designed a separate keyboard folio to magnetically attach to the Nexus 9; it folds into two angles and rests securely on your lap like a laptop.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google also unveiled the first device running Android TV—the Nexus Player. In collaboration with Asus, the streaming media player offers access to movies, music, and videos, and serves as a first-of-its-kind Android gaming device.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Google Android 5.0 Lollipop" border="0" class="right" src="http://www9.pcmag.com/media/images/444833-google-android-5-0-lollipop.jpg?thumb=y" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a>"With Nexus Player you can play Android games on your HDTV with a gamepad, then keep playing on your phone while you're on the road," Pichai boasted. The round device can also cast entertainment from any Chromebook or Android or iOS phone or tablet to your TV.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fans can pre-order the Nexus 9 tablet and Nexus Player starting Friday, before they hit stores on Nov. 3. Pricing was not revealed.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lollipop, meanwhile, sports Material Design, which promises the same user interface across devices.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Lollipop is made for a world where moving throughout the day means interacting with a bunch of different screens—from phones and tablets to TVs," Android Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai said in <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/android-be-together-not-same.html" style="border: 0px; color: #0064a0; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a blog post</a>. "With more devices connecting together, your expectation is that things just work."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google's new cross-device system makes it easier to pick up where you left off, whether listening to music, scrolling through photos, or utilizing your favorite apps. You can even continue a search query from one gadget to another.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The latest Android update comes with multiple user accounts and guest user mode, as well as default encryption. You can also secure your device with a PIN, password, pattern, or via Smart Lock, which pairs it with another gadget—say your compatible car or smartwatch.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Additional controls include the ability to mute contacts and notifications at particular times—an important meeting, a romantic dinner—so only certain messages or calls appear.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Perhaps the most consumer-friendly feature, though, is Lollipop's new battery-saver feature, which promises to extend the life of your device by up to 90 minutes.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google teased its new operating system on Tuesday, releasing a video featuring auditions for various L-titled desserts, including lemon meringue pie, lava cake, lady fingers, and lemon drops. And while one-time contender licorice made two blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearances, no one dressed as a lollipop showed up for the casting call.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"With the latest release of Android Lollipop, we're excited to continue working with our developer community, hardware partners, and all of you," Pichai said in a blog entry. "More ideas and more creators is what gets us all to better ideas faster."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google this week also released three animated ads, featuring Androidified characters jamming out to the new slogan: "be together. not the same." The leaked videos showcase the new Nexus 6 phablet and the Google Wear smartwatch OS.</span></div>

Google Unleashes Android Lollipop, New Nexus 6, 9

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Following months of speculation, Google today announced that the next version of its mobile operating system will be known as Android 5.0 Lollipop, and the first devices to sport it will include the new Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet. The nex… Read more »

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US Authorities May Pretend To Be You On Facebook

<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">American government claimed that it can take your pictures and pretend to be you on social networks in attempt to trick your friends into admitting some illegal deeds. According to the Justice Department, a federal agent legitimately impersonated a young woman on the Internet by creating a Facebook page in her name without her knowledge. This was done by stealing photos from the woman’s seized mobile phone and sticking racy pictures of her and her son and niece to a fake social media account.</span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQm3RMVAFvMWTQrNEdT9NDO_wB3A8FVj7egdttjdpjmwm-mPSupPsPIE4WeJLEiwp5hw0zKc11-cW3W9OVdDF6I7GJ7E86X1kBRdQWS9m-8W40azc40dRvnoqm6ds2QfzjyWiGFczAKY/s1600/Screen_Hunter_02_Oct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQm3RMVAFvMWTQrNEdT9NDO_wB3A8FVj7egdttjdpjmwm-mPSupPsPIE4WeJLEiwp5hw0zKc11-cW3W9OVdDF6I7GJ7E86X1kBRdQWS9m-8W40azc40dRvnoqm6ds2QfzjyWiGFczAKY/s1600/Screen_Hunter_02_Oct.jpg" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The woman in question, Sondra Arquiett (who then went by the name Sondra Prince) found out that the agents had stolen her ID four years ago, when a friend asked her about the photos she was allegedly posting on her Facebook timeline. There were risque pictures of the woman posing on the hood of a BMW with her legs spread, and photos of her in underwear.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">It turned out that the account was created by special agent of the US Drug Enforcement Administration named Timothy Sinnigen. He had arrested Arquiett and accused her of participating in a drug ring. Later, the judge decided that the single mom was a bit player who took responsibility and sentenced her to probation. When Sondra was awaiting trial, the agent created the fake Facebook page with her real name, published pictures from her seized mobile, and was talking to at least one wanted fugitive. Of course, everything was done without Arquiett’s knowledge.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">In the meantime, Facebook’s Community Standards clearly read that pretending to be someone else, creating a false presence for a company, or creating multiple accounts undermines community and violates the website’s terms. Nothing is said about any exceptions for police and spooks. Nevertheless, the fake Facebook page is still there.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Apparently, the actions of the US Drug Enforcement Administration might have never been discovered if Arquiett, now 28, hadn’t sued back the agent, accusing him of violating her privacy and placing her in danger. The response of the authorities was the following: the agent admitted that Sondra didn’t give express permission for the use of pictures stored on her phone on the fake Facebook page. At the same time, the DEA claimed that Arquiett implicitly consented by granting access to data stored in her mobile and by consenting to use it in order to help an ongoing criminal investigations.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This means that the American authorities can just walk into your house, steal your pictures and publish them on the Internet if they have a reason to believe that it can help arrest your friends. Of course, when the woman gave permission for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to look at her phone, she could never imagine that she would have consented to her pictures being used in like that. Unfortunately, the US Justice Department believes that it is just fine.</span></span>

US Authorities May Pretend To Be You On Facebook

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American government claimed that it can take your pictures and pretend to be you on social networks in attempt to trick your friends into admitting some illegal deeds. According to the Justice Department, a federal agent legitimately impersonated a y… Read more »

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30% of Children under 15 Own a Tablet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTZQf68ys6M0dog0agZTAGP3QtgdfZhmHguVeTpX3MxrvvFUXluuC-_OcWsZzK5Aoklhr7aD-GFXJKGsW2D2pzkflBZUEIpuuIk7FlMP5Ww6PGA1AySvfYME_NsD6e2QdXVdV0innxHo/s1600/Screen_Hunter_01_Oct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTZQf68ys6M0dog0agZTAGP3QtgdfZhmHguVeTpX3MxrvvFUXluuC-_OcWsZzK5Aoklhr7aD-GFXJKGsW2D2pzkflBZUEIpuuIk7FlMP5Ww6PGA1AySvfYME_NsD6e2QdXVdV0innxHo/s1600/Screen_Hunter_01_Oct.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The UK watchdog pointed out that tablet computers have replaced the TV-set in the bedroom as the must-have gadget for kids. According to Ofcom, more than 30% of children aged from 5 to 15 own a personal tablet.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The statistics collected by the local media and telecoms regulator found out that the number of children owning a tablet instead of using parent’s device rose from 19% to 34% within a year. More than 60% of children use a tablet at home in 2014, while this number was only 50% last year. At the same time, the number of children with TV sets in their bedrooms has dropped by 1/3 in 5 years.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Some experts admit that tablets are just an affordable alternative. Indeed, we can see that tablet use has expanded for all age groups over the last few years, because they turned out to be an affordable alternative to a personal computer, as they cost under $150 at major retailers.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">For example, in the United Kingdom, Tesco and Argos spotted the trend last year and introduced their own brand tablets that are available for under $150. Tesco revealed that 750,000 of its Hudl tablets have been sold in the past 12 months.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">According to the research firm eMarketer, over 24.5 million tablet users are expected to be in Britain in 2014. As for the popular brands, Apple’s iPad dominates, making up half of the tablets sold. The statistics also revealed that the number of children aged from 5 to 15 using a tablet to go on the Internet has doubled within the last 12 months and now accounts for 42%. At the same time, use of personal computers for Internet access has dropped by 3% to 88%. It is also known that PC sales have steadily decreased over the last 3 years, with tablets and other mobile devices gaining popularity.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The tablets are not only used for going online. Children use them for a range of other activities: for example, 30% of them play games, 20% watch live TV, and 33% watch on-demand TV on them.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Other experts point out that social media also plays a large part in Internet use for teenagers. At the moment, 71% of children aged from 12 to 15 have a social media profile on Facebook, Twitter or another social network. The interesting fact is that girls are more likely to have an Instagram, SnapChat or Tumblr account than boys in that age range, while boys mostly prefer YouTube – the statistics says that boys are more than twice as likely to use the popular streaming service.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The UK regulator also discovered that almost 85% of parents directly supervise activities of their children on the Internet and 82% have set rules regarding Internet access by children. More than 50% of parents also use various instruments to manage their children’s online behavior on tablets and other devices: they include Internet filters, password protection and anti-virus software.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">More than 75% of adults believe they know enough about the worldwide web and how it works to protect their children. However, almost half of parents admit that their children (especially teenagers) know more about the Internet than they do.</span></span>

30% of Children under 15 Own a Tablet

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The UK watchdog pointed out that tablet computers have replaced the TV-set in the bedroom as the must-have gadget for kids. According to Ofcom, more than 30% of children aged from 5 to 15 own a personal tablet. The statistics collected by the local … Read more »

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