In Pics: iPhone 6S Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Now that the iPhone 6S Plus has launched in India, Samsung's Galaxy Note 5 finally has some stiff competition. That being true, there's a massive price variance. The iPhone 6S Plus starts at Rs.72,000 for the 16GB model, while the Note 5 costs much lesser at Rs.57,000 for the 32GB model.

New images show off Microsoft's next flagship phones

Now that Apple and Google have had their fun with their 2015 flagship smartphone launches, it's Microsoft's turn: the company has a special media event scheduled for Tuesday when we're expecting to see some new kit.
The event is likely to focus on the Surface Pro 4, but there's a chance we'll finally see some brand new Windows 10 Mobile phones as well - and a fresh batch of prototype photos
have found their way onto the web.


This is our best look yet at the rumoured Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL handsets. The headline news from the pictures is that both phones appear to be boasting a triple LED flash; it also looks like the 950 is going to be available with dual SIM capabilities in some parts of the world.

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There have already been plenty of leaks in the run-up to Tuesday's event: as is par for the course these days, we know just about everything there is to know about the 5.7-inch 950 XL and 5.2-inch 950.
The XL is the larger, more premium option of the two, but we're expecting 20MP cameras in both devices and USB Type-C connectivity across the board. The Lumia 950 is said to be rocking a Snapdragon 808 CPU while the Lumia 950 XL goes with a Snapdragon 810.
Perhaps most importantly these phones will give us our first look at Windows 10 Mobile - and our first indication of whether there's still hope for Microsoft's OS when it comes to smartphones.

• Everything we know about the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

8 Must Know Features Of Microsoft Office 2016

BENGALURU: For the past 15 to 20 years, we have been using Microsoft Windows at our homes and offices, as a part of our daily lives. Microsoft Windows has become an integral part of our daily life and to bring in some new surprises, Microsoft has now released Office 2016. These apps are the latest addition to Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based subscription service, their most comprehensive solution ever, according to independent.ie.

Designed For All Family Members:

There’s no doubt that Microsoft is designed for all family members but there a catch. If you sign up to Office 365 which is for one year, you have to pay €69 (5096) for one user which includes new Office 2016 apps both for PC and Mac as well as installation on your personal tablet and Smartphone. However the new Office 365 is always updated to new features as soon as they become available in the app store.

You can also pay €10 (740) on a monthly basis if you choose to and can upgrade to a family Office 365 for just €99 (7300), which means you will get all of the above features for 5 users. It is perfect for 5 working family members at home. Remember, Office 365 gets you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher and a whole lot more, each one packed with heaps of features that are constantly improving and adapting to suit your needs.

Cloud Storage And Sharing:

Cloud Storage on the new Office 365 has been made much easier than before as Microsoft is giving 1TB (1000 GB) of cloud storage space for its users. This is just perfect for your family members to store their photos, videos, movies, songs and lot more without any difficulty. This feature of Office 365 will reduce or eliminate the usage of bulky hard drives both internal and external.

Microsoft Office 2016 will enable you to share any type of file or a document with any device. This new feature of Office 2016 will save you a lot of time.

Everything you need to know about Windows 10 privacy settings

Microsoft's new Windows 10 system offers more personalization than before, but it also collects more data than people might be used to on PCs, from contacts and appointments to their physical location and even Wi-Fi passwords.
The information is used by Cortana, Microsoft's voice-activated digital assistant, and other new features that try to be helpful by remembering a user's likes and habits. Apple and Google have developed similar services for smartphones in recent years. Microsoft's new features are a big part of its strategy to make Windows more relevant in a world where people use multiple devices throughout the day.
Most of these features get turned on when you set up Windows 10 with the "Get going fast" option. But you can take back control and disable features in the settings. Here are some examples:
WI-FI WORRIES
A feature called Wi-Fi Sense promises to make it easy for users and their friends to connect with new Wi-Fi networks. It lets Windows 10 computers log in automatically to known networks, so your friends don't have to ask for the password when they visit.
Despite some initial reports, Wi-Fi Sense doesn't hand over your password to all your friends. Instead it stores your password online in an encrypted form. It then provides that encrypted code to your friend's Windows 10 device so it can automatically log into your network. Your friends never actually see the password, and Microsoft says your friends won't get access to other computers or files on the network.
Even so, critics say the feature shares too freely, as you can't choose which friends to share with - only with your full list of friends or contacts on Facebook, Outlook.com or Skype. To disable this, open the "Settings" menu in Windows 10, select "Network & Internet" and click on "Manage Wi-Fi Settings." You can uncheck groups you don't want to share with. You can also choose not to share access to a particular network when you log in for the first time; just uncheck the box next to "Share network with my contacts."
But if you let friends manually log into your network by giving them your password, be aware they might be able to share the password via Wi-Fi Sense with their friends. You can ask them not to, or completely block Wi-Fi Sense by changing your Wi-Fi network's name to include the underscore followed by these characters: optout.
CORTANA KNOWS YOU
Many people are used to voice-activated services like Apple's Siri or "OK Google" on smartphones and tablets. Windows 10 brings Microsoft's digital assistant, Cortana, to desktops and laptops. Cortana can answer questions, remind you of appointments and even recommend nearby restaurants. But to do that, Cortana uploads and saves information about your Web browsing, search queries and location, as well as some details from your messages, contacts and calendar.
Microsoft says it doesn't use the Cortana personalization to target ads. Nor will it use your emails, chats or personal files for advertising. But it does tailor ads to websites visited with its Edge browser and queries made on its Bing search engine, including queries through Cortana. (Google's browser and search engine do this, too.)
You can review what Cortana knows about you: Click on the search field in the lower left of your screen, then click the "Notebook" icon and select "About Me" to edit or delete individual items. If you want to turn Cortana off, open "Notebook," click on "Settings" and toggle Cortana to "Off." That clears information stored on the device, but not the data uploaded to Microsoft's servers. To get to that, open "Notebook," choose "Settings" and click "Manage what Cortana knows about me in the cloud."
MORE PRIVACY SETTINGS
Anyone concerned about privacy should take a run through the "Privacy" section of the Windows 10 "Settings" menu. This is different from the "Settings" menu for Cortana. You find it by clicking on the Windows icon in the lower left of your screen.
Windows 10 assigns each user on each device a unique "advertising ID," which lets app developers track how each person uses the device and apps. If that bothers you, you'll find the button to turn it off by going to "Settings" and opening the "Privacy" section. You might have to hit the back arrow at the top left if you're already in another section. Click on "General" in the left-hand column to turn off advertising ID. You might still get ads, but they won't be tailored to you.
Similarly, open "Privacy" and click on "Location" to turn off location-tracking or clear the history of where you've traveled with your laptop, tablet or Windows phone.
Another heading under "Privacy" has the innocuous title of "Other devices." That's where you can turn off the ability to "Sync with devices." That feature lets apps on your device share information with things like store-tracking beacons, which send you ads as you walk nearby. If that sounds creepy, turn it off.
Some critics complain that Microsoft hasn't been more up front about all the ways Windows 10 collects user information. But you can find most of them by scrolling through the nooks and crannies of the "Settings" menu. That's a good thing to do with any new software program or Internet service. It's also good to go back there from time to time to make sure the settings match your comfort level.

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Microsoft APC 2015: Women in IT Panel - Quotas, meritocracy and the diversity dividend

Companies that have a higher ratio of female leaders tend to do much better in the workplace - gender diversity quotas need not clash with meritocracy.

Companies that have a higher ratio of female leaders tend to do much better in the workplace - diversity need not clash with meritocracy.
That was the general consensus of Microsoft APC 2015's Women In IT Breakfast, which saw Microsoft Australia MD, Pip Marlow; MOQDigital's CEO, Nicki Page, and Gartner distinguished analyst, Tiffani Bova, joined onstage by Bill Trestrail from Springboard Australia and MC Adam Spencer.
When describing the changes the IT industry has seen in the last few years, Page told the attendees that this had a lot to do with more women being involved - rather than them being left out.
Bova added that the reason IT is now broadening into the mainstream is because of the critical engagement in collaborative and disruptive initiatives by women.
"The new market is really giving women a chance to shine," she said.
Trestrail went further: "It'd be even better if there were more women involved already," he said.
Marlow believes that diversity is important because it produces a more diverse set of solutions to the market.
Page said that startups, that had a female head, had a 67 per cent better chance of success.
Trestrail also raised some interesting statistics: 22 per cent of start ups are begun by females, but only 4 per cent of funding comes their way.
Marlow took this back further, and said a critical problem globally is getting more young women involved in STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Maths) at an early age. Biases in the education system mean that boys are favoured in these subjects - not just in terms of attendance, but unconscious bias by teachers.
"The fact is, we've got to make science and maths more exciting for women," she said.
Raising children is also another problem - many women feel that they cannot support a career and raise children simultaneously. This isn't just a cultural divide, but a structural one. For example, women that leave the workforce for long periods of time are losing out on superannuation.
Bova agrees with the cultural aspect, particularly media bias against women in power.
"When Marissa Mayer announced she was having twins, it was global news. They kept asking: 'How can she continue her career?' A man would never be asked that," she said.
Another big problem for women working their way up the career ladder is self-doubt, and 'imposter syndrome'. Page said she was uncomfortable initially in her role as Breeze CEO (now ASX listed MOQDigital), and didn't feel like she'd earned it.
"We women need to learn to back ourselves," she said.
Marlow agreed. "I had impostor syndrome for a while, i had this fear that someone would find out I couldn't do the job," she said.
"I felt like I had to earn it, but I definitely feel more comfortable about it now.
"Women generally tend to be more humble than men."
She also agreed with Page and Bova's sentiment about the media's cultural impact there, and how many times interviews had started with "as a woman..."
Trestrail said his institute has been working with coaching women in such issues, and to break down their roles and stand up for themselves as individual when making pitches.
"They struggle to talk about themselves, like men. They always talk about the team, or the company as a whole," he said. "Unfortunately, investors back the jockey, not the horse."
Bova said women don't lack the confidence. It was more about building confidence over time. "Look, men are raised by women. They raise confident men. We need to help raise confident women."
Bova believes that competitive sport, such as athletics were incredibly important when she was growing up, instilling confidence and competitiveness.
The panel agreed that the fact that most of Gen-Y have grown up on technology, especially women, means that it is a huge opportunity going missing - the application of skillsets and unique views is vital. Instead of looking at uniqueness as a negative differentiator, it should be seen as a positive.
Read more: Microsoft APC 2015: Gartner's Tiffani Bova - predicting the partner of 2020
"Whatever defines you as unique, maximise it. I got to this position because I was passionate," said Bova.
Marlow said this is not specifically a gender issue, but a merit based one.
"We need to build those environments where anyone can bring their experience to the table," she said.
Self-confidence is key, according to Page.
"You've got to ask yourself: 'What are you waiting for?' We need to do a better job of putting ourselves out there," she said.
A guest asked a question that summed it up rather succinctly - men are part of the problem. When women stand up and try to act in a similar manner they get shot down.
"I once was told I had too much confidence," she said.
Unconscious bias is a key problem. A recent Harvard Business Review study tested audience reaction to a report - identical, but swapping the name Howard to Heidi.
Both were rated as equally competent, but reviewers attributed more arrogance to the Heidi version.
Recent social media campaigns, such as "I look like an Engineer", aimed at helping break down these gender stereotypes, alongside A/NZ promotions such as offering superannuation to mothers on maternity leave, are starting to overcome the cultural and structural issues.
The final question Spencer put to the panel was related to female quotas for boards on the ASX Top 200.
"A recent report showed that there are more CEOs named Peter than there are females in total," he said.
Read more: Montech relists on ASX
Marlow was adamant that gender diversity and meritocracy are not mutually exclusive. All of the panellists agreed that quotas are a good idea to pull in the diversity dividend, and even reduce risk.
"Quotas are a good thing. Even if there are those that don't think the skill level is there, you grow into it, you're going to develop the skills. That's not to say the skills aren't there, its just to counter that argument that says we can't have quotas because we lose the skill level that we need," Trestrail said.
Marlow was more passionate. "I am tired of the conversation that says, when we have quota, we have an issue with meritocracy. It is ridiculous. There are just as many smart women in this world as there are smart men. Right now, the system, and we've already discussed a variety of different reasons why, has not supported women rising to the top," she said.
"Meritocracy is not an excuse. Sixty per cent of law graduates in this country are women. When you go to the boardroom, that is not reflected. It is not a pipeline issue. It is not a meritocracy issue. We have to drive targets and put quotas in place, in order to force changes in the system.
"As a CEO I have a quota for my contribution margin, my revenue growth, my market share, why wouldn't we do this? Because it just isn't good enough where we are. If someone wants to come to me and tell me I only got my job because of a quota, I'll prove them wrong by doing a great job.
"The rate of change is glacial and it's not right. My daughter deserves better."

IndiGo adjudged best low-cost airline in central Asia, Qatar Airways tops world ranking

Skytrax, the specialist research advisors to the air transport industry, recently declared the ranking for airlines and airports from across the world. Among the leading airlines in the world featured India's IndiGo Airlines, which was adjudged the best low-cost airline in central Asia.
The World's best airlines ranking, which was topped by the Qatar airways featured IndiGo at the 44th position. In addition to IndiGo, two other Indian airlines made the cut to the top 100 airlines list. While Jet Airways was ranked as the 76th best globally, SpiceJet featured at the 94th position in

According to a press release from Skytrax, "Indian low cost airline IndiGo was once again named as the Best Low Cost Airline in Central Asia/India at the 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards in Paris."
The release further said that it is "the sixth time the New Delhi-based airline has been voted as the top low cost airline in this expansive region".
In addition to the ranking of the airlines, Skytrax also conducted a rating of the airports across the world wherein three from India featured in the top 100 list.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital, which was ranked 58, was followed closely by the Bengaluru Airport at the 64th position. The third entry from India was the Hyderabad Airport, ranked 70 in the list. Singapore Changi airport topped the ranking.

New Google Doodle Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Spain’s La Tomatina Festival

The festival is considered the world's largest food fight

Once every year, for about an hour on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people descend on the town of Buñol in eastern Spain to pelt each other with tomatoes as part of La Tomatina festival.
The small Spanish municipality isn’t the only place being pelted with tomatoes, however — today’s Google Doodle has joined in on the act to celebrate the 70th anniversary of what is widely considered the world’s largest food fight.
The festival first began in 1945, when a man was pushed off a float during the town’s annual parade. In a fit of rage, he picked up tomatoes from a nearby vegetable stall and began throwing them at everyone in sight. A group of people repeated the act the following year, and although authorities tried to clamp down on the tomato-throwing initially, it became an official festival in 1957.
The Google Doodle, created by Nate Swinehart, features an animated depiction of the revelry that about 50,000 people are expected to engage in on Wednesday — including the ham hoisted on top of a pole that must traditionally be untied and brought down before a single tomato can be thrown.

2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe to be unveiled in Frankfurt Auto Show

Mercedes is set to present its new AMG C63 S Coupe, developed with the help of its high-performance division, AMG. It will be one of the main attractions at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, taking place from September 17-27.
This ultra-sporty take on the latest C-class version Coupe is characterised by a much more aggressive hood, enlarged car wings and 19-inch tires. The Mercedes-AMG C 63 packs in a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 AMG engine with 469 horsepower (503 horsepower for the C 63 S Coupe), equipped with a 7-speed manual or automatic transmission that will propel the car from 0 to 60 mph in under four seconds (3.9s for the C 63 Coupe) and a top speed of 155 mph.


AMG has also included suspension with a "sports" version of the electronic stability program (ESP). The hum of the engine varies according to the positioning of the flaps located near the exhaust pipes; a small button lets the driver control the flaps and adjust the volume.
The Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show alongside the C-class Coupe, revealed a few days earlier. The vehicle should be available early 2016 at an undisclosed price, though potential buyers should consider the environmental penalty, which stands at 8,000 euros.
The German manufacturer and its performance division previously created a buzz during the Paris Motor Show with the presentation of the Mercedes-AMG GT.

Google announces Android M is 6.0 Marshmallow, releases third and final developer preview

Google announced Android M back at Google I/O, and as usual, the speculation about what M could stand for was running wild. Now we know — Android M is Marshmallow, probably the most predictable choice. Much more surprising is that Marshmallow will be Android 6.0, which is a big jump in version number over 5.1 Lollipop. You can’t have the latest sweet treat from Google just yet, but there’s a new developer preview out today for select Nexus devices.
The tradition of naming Android releases after treats dates all the way back to Android 1.5, which was Cupcake. Apparently, the small Android engineering staff was prone to eating a lot of junk food during long coding sessions, and someone had the idea to name 1.5 after a dessert. The tradition stuck with subsequent releases being called Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, and finally Lollipop.
As usual, the big reveal came by way of a new statue on the lawn in front of Building 44 on the Google Campus, home of the Android team. There’s a statue for each of the named versions, though several of them (like Marshmallow) are just the green bugdroid holding the treat in question. The statues where the mascot literally becomes one with the treat are more fun. For example, the KitKat statue is a bugdroid-shaped giant KitKat bar.

New build of Windows 10 Mobile brings fixes and some massive bugs

After a month-long hiatus, Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 Mobile to testers Wednesday, fixing a bunch of bugs and adding a few new features as the company gets closer to releasing its mobile operating system.

After a month-long hiatus, Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 Mobile to testers Wednesday, fixing a bunch of bugs and adding a few new features as the company gets closer to releasing its mobile operating system.

Build 10512 isn't much for whiz-bang new features. Microsoft focused instead on minor fixes and improvements, including a general improvement in overall stability. More specifically, the update also fixes an issue that caused apps installed on a phone's SD card to stop working after a reboot. Notifications for text messages and Windows 10's bandwidth-tracking Data Sense feature will also show up more reliably.

Text input improvements were another area of focus for the release. People writing in Latvian and Chinese will have an enhanced experience. The Swype-esque Shape Writing feature that lets users type by dragging a finger across the keyboard is now more likely to suggest common words over names of contacts on the phone.
While the new build brings some welcome new fixes, there are also some killer bugs included with the latest release. First and foremost, the Mobile Hotspot functionality that allows users to share their phone's Internet connection with other devices doesn't work in this build. Users who pinned a "large number of tiles" to their phone's Start screen may get their device stuck in a state where it just shows a loading screen. In the event that happens, users will have to reset the device or roll it back to Windows Phone 8.1.

Windows 10 FUD Fades Fast

Complaints about Windows 10 keep rolling in, but so far none appears to have stuck.

The latest brouhaha is over certain privacy settings. Windows 10 gives users many options to disable certain data-gathering and reporting features, but it appears that some communications to Microsoft servers still slip through.
So far, there doesn't seem to be anything shifty or harmful about those interactions -- but to some users, they're unsettling. Why is Microsoft doing that?

Wi-Fi Sense and Sensibility

Another thing that just didn't seem to make sense to some early adopters was Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense feature. The controversy over it already seems to have died down, but just a few weeks ago it was the subject of a raging debate.
Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects users to open WiFi networks and can grant their friends access to their own password-protected networks.
Users who want to provide friends access to their password-protected WiFi networks send their passwords through an encrypted link to a Microsoft server, which stores it in encrypted form before sharing it with those friends.
Concerns were raised that hackers might be able to find and extract the passwords, or that someone could "friend" potential victims to get access to their networks.
Another scenario envisioned users being stalked by contacts who'd been given their passwords.
Wi-Fi Sense requires that users give access to all of their contacts or none of them. It doesn't allow them to be selective about who gets access.
Another fear was that people given access to users' WiFi networks might be able to hack into other devices connected to those networks in order to steal data and personal information.
"You're providing access to your network and getting access to networks you may not be sure are secure," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
"It's a neat feature, but it could be used against you if you aren't careful," he told TechNewsWorld. "You want to be sure you're giving access to, and getting access from, people you trust."

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AngularJS

What is AngularJS?

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework for organizing HTML code in a more structural, clear and succinct mode. This client-side technology provides easy and light code in order to make developing and even designing as a simple task. AngularJS eliminates most of redundant code specially in CRUD web application. It is a MV(Whatever you like) pattern and not just a MVC.
There are two kinds of accessories which help us to make a bridge between user interface and the core of business and data layer.
Library: These types are set of functions such as JQuery and whenever you use some of them ($.ajax) it will call related function to handle functions.
Frameworks: These types are specific structure for implementation application and developer have to follow these structure. Such as durandal and ember.
AngularJS has different approach to work out our needs, angular embeds new properties inside HTML tags such as “ng-model”, “ng-repeat” which are known as Directives in order to fade our barriers to match and transform data.
On the other hand AngularJS has mingled Ajax and HTML DOM in a good structure which I will describe it more as follow:

Angular Advantages:

1. It is very good for CRUD web application
2. It makes testing easy in CRUD web application
3. You need to write less code
4. You can run your code more quickly
5. One of the most popular and famous features in the AngularJS is two way and simple binding

    <input type="text" ng-model="simpleBinding" /><span>{{simpleBinding}}</span>

6. You do not need to modify HTML DOM
7. By the aid of directives your tasks are more easy and time saving
8. By its architecture in MVC or in the better word MVW, decoupling is real and excellent