Friday 28 February 2014

How to improve the recognition of your fingerprint with Touch ID

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Have you had any problems with the recognition of Touch ID? Although this is not common, if ever this new feature of iPhone 5s do the malfunctioning; Here I am  going to share a very simple trick to improve recognition capability Touch ID so you would never ever find yourself in that annoying situation. This is especially useful in such cases when you need a quick access to the phone, usually in a situation where you are nervous and do not want to miss a single moment unlocking the device. Before starting, following are some key points to remember about Touch Id;
  •  Recognition of Touch ID works in 360 degrees so it doesn’t matter which angle you select at to put your mark
  • As you use the Touch ID function, this will continue learning and improving the recognition of your fingerprint
  • You can also use a lock code in addition to recognition by Touch Id
  • The dirty and wet hands obviously prevent proper recognition of the mark with Touch Id
  • You can save up to five fingerprints, different or the same, on the phone

Improving recognition of Touch ID
Precisely this is the last property that we will use to improve the recognition of Touch ID. Basically what you have to do is to generate multiple copies of your finger prints so that the image patterns, recognizable despite how warped they are (to some extent, of course). For this, the procedure is as simple as:
  1. Go  to Settings and select  General
  2. Look for " ID Code and Touch "and select the option" Touch ID "
  3. Now  select add a new fingerprint
  4. Keep in touch the start button with the finger  until you feel a quick vibration or until a message is displayed indicating that you can remove
  5. Repeat step# 4 as per the instruction shown at your iPhone till the process is complete.
In addition, there is no need to press, just rest your finger on the sensor gently. Once the initial scan has finished you will have to trim the edges of your fingerprint. It is essential that hands are clean and dry for recording fingerprints. Although, this is also important in recognizing Touch ID. We hope this article helped you in enrolling the best caption of your fingerprints so that you can enjoy this biometric security method without any complications.

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Official Launch of Samsung Galaxy S5 – Brand Crux Reviews
















After months of rumors and leaks, Samsung has officially unveiled the new Samsung Galaxy S5, the fifth generation of one of the most popular sagas of the smartphone market at the Mobile World Congress 2014. This is one of the most anticipated smart phones of this year.  Samsung aims to rein the Android ecosystem and the world of smart phones.

The Samsung Galaxy S5, as expected, is ahead in terms of technical specifications and hardware is concerned. This is reflected in its technical data sheet listed below, which is one of the most comprehensive towards the current smart phone market;
  •  SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
  • CPU: Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Display: 5.1-inch Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Camera: 16 megapixel (ISOCELL sensor), LED flash and video recording in 4K
  • Connectivity: 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi a / b / g / n and DLNA.
  • Battery: 2,800 mAh with wireless charging (Qi)
  • Resistance: Gorilla Glass 3 Glass and IP67 certified (dust and water)
  • Memory: 16/32/64 GB + microSD card slot
  • Sensors Fingerprint, humidity, temperature, altitude and heart rate
  • Colors: White, blue, black and gold
  • Software: Android 4.4 KitKat + Touch Wiz 
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is a step forward as compared to Samsung Galaxy S4; it seems that the Asian company has remained a bit conservative. The company has been precisely strongest in its recent hardware generations. For example, Samsung Galaxy S5 has 2,800 mAh battery and 2 GB of RAM (while smart phones like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the Sony Xperia Z2 mounted 3 GB and 3,000 mAh). However, we know that the hardware is not always important to deliver a great user experience. The clearest example to this is the Motorola Moto X. Therefore, it would be premature to judge Samsung Galaxy S5 with its hardware specifications.

There is not much changes made to the software of the Samsung Galaxy S5. The Company has redesigned Touch Wiz and has incorporated significant improvements in what relates to cosmetic appearance, but nothing close to what we expected after recent rumors and leaks, which pointed to a very similar version of Touch Wiz Android 4.4 KitKat in difference.

The camera is one of the aspects where Samsung has also taken a step forward. The company has begun assembling its own 16-megapixel sensor called ISOCELL (instead of a Sony Exmore RS as the rest of its rivals), which, in theory, should achieve a greater amount of light when it is scarce. Also, Samsung has improved things like autofocus, which enables it to focus and capture in just 0.3 seconds. The company has also added new software features like “selective focus", so that we can focus even after taking the picture.
Samsung has also incorporated some interesting features of software to save energy which is similar to Sony STAMINA power mode. It’s  a particularly mode created to save energy, in a way, when activated, turns the terminal interface to whites, blacks and grays only possible with  AMOLED screen (its consumption in dark tones is very low) this offers a  significant energy savings.

It is also noteworthy, as the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor button home, as we have seen for couple of months in the iPhone 5s. However, unlike the Apple terminal in Samsung Galaxy S5 it is necessary to slide your finger on the button, while the iPhone 5s just rest your finger on the button. Moreover, Samsung has reached an exclusive agreement with PayPal for the fingerprint sensor serve as security protocol to confirm transactions on PayPal.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will hit the market on April 11, but its price is still unknown. According to the enduring flagships of the company, this will be available with a variety of operators and distributors worldwide in the coming month.

Friday 21 February 2014

Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19Bn – Brand Crux Reviews


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The giants of social networking i.e. Facebook has announced the purchase of WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a social networking app available for use on all smart phones. According to Business insider, Facebook purchased WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars. This news appears to be the biggest happening to the world of social media and smart phones users as both plays a diverse role in developing world wide communication.  Soon after to this news, Facebook also announced that WhatsApp will continue to operate independently as before without ads and paid subscription.

Facebook Becomes Smart Phones Massaging Service Provider
Facebook has a sound control over the social media activities happens to the world of personal computing whereas WhatsApp also do the same in the mobile environment. At this moment, the number of users of the social network soar over 400 million to be based on the facts for social relationships through internet. With the purchase of WhatsApp, Facebook has now command to control two major markets: first it is still the king of social network, and the second one is with the stroke of business operators in the mobile communications.

WhatsApp was timely arrived in mobile massaging in same manner as the Facebook did in the field of social network. Prior to this, arrival of both were more or less similar, but none other nearly reached to the popularity of these. There is a single fact that represents the success of both companies in their evolution.
While Facebook managed to reach users through a product that has received literally hundreds of changes over time, WhatsApp has not changed, its essence has been the same from the beginning and that has been one of the success factors which has catapulted that WhatsApp was on the right track since the launch.
No one can deny the fact that smart phones are the present and future of worldwide communication.



Wednesday 19 February 2014

Key Features of Net Beans 7.4 Official Version

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Net Beans is a free environment development and an open source platform, previously 7.4 is the official version available for download. This version allows a wide range of development technologies for desktop computing, web applications and mobile applications. The version supports various technologies like Java, PHP, Groovy, C++ and HTML5. The version can be installed on multiple operating systems: Windows, Linux and Mac.

Key Features

It has simplified management system for large and complex projects that helps wizards, visualization and structuring an orderly manner, helping in our everyday work. Once you get into a Java class, for instance, it will show different windows with the code, its location, methods and properties (in alphabetical order), there is also a view that represents your existing class hierarchies and many other options that are customizable according to your preferences.

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Tools for debugging errors: including the debugger IDE is very useful to find where things fail. You can set breakpoints in the code line that creates interest, real time monitoring of property values ​​and variables. This allows step by step and one go method execution. You can even use the debugger hot, connecting to it when you have a process running.

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Code optimization: Meanwhile the Profiler helps you to optimize your applications and attempt to make it run faster and with minimal memory usage. You can also configure it to your liking, although by default it offers enough useful options. The important thing is that you can see the behavior of the application and get informed about how few objects are created, you will also get snapshots of the state of the system at different times where you can also compare them.

Access database: From the Net Beans itself, you can connect to the different management system database, such as Oracle, MySql and others, view tables, queries, modifications, and all blending into the IDE.

Net Beans Integrates with various application servers, so that you can manage them from IDE: start, stop, start in debug mode deployments. Among others we use Apache Tomcat, Glassfish, JBoss, Web Logic, Sail fin and Sun Java System Application Server. It is easily extensible through plugins.


Monday 17 February 2014

The Most Important Changes made to Google AdWords in the year 2013



The article is a summary of the most significant changes occurred in Google AdWords in 2013. Among hundreds of others, these three changes are those which would have the greatest impact to online business marketing.

1) Improved Campaigns -Smarter & Better Suited to Mobile

The most important change was the improved transition campaigns. It offers an updated design layout for ads which can be easily implemented on mobile. The change has not only brought a great impact to the new features, but also because of its size enhanced campaigns affect to anyone provided an AdWords account.

Here's what has changed:
Smarter ads: giving a user context to Ads. This context involves the date, location and user device and by this means advertisers can deliver ads to landlines or mobiles appropriately.

New bidding options: Enhanced Campaigns becomes possible for advertisers to bid for clicks based on the date, place and the device from which a search was launched without the need for create different campaigns every time.

Switching to improved campaign has brought many changes, including the removal of tablets targeting options or adding a conversion type for mobile advertising.


2) The Update of the Positioning Algorithm AdWords

This change should attract the attention of every advertiser. The Ad Rank is not a new phenomenon, it is the formula that Google uses to determine the positioning of an advertisement and its rank on a search results page. It is also a factor that into account in your cost per click (not your maximum bid, but what you actually pay).

The Ad Rank multiplied the maximum of what you were willing to pay by your Quality Score and Ad Rank then descending obeyed to this calculation. However, Google also used the Ad Rank to determine the cost per click of your closest competitors, or vice versa, using the cost per click of your closest competitors to determine you are obeying the principle of an auction.

Now Ad Rank will also take into account expectations by Google any positive impact from the use of Ad Extensions and their format. This is a very significant change for advertisers since the use of Ad Extensions can now help to improve the positioning of their ads, and lower cost per click. Also, if your competitors are using the Extensions, hence this benefit disappears completely.

Therefore, it is strongly recommended to take advantage of these extensions and study your Quality Scores to enjoy the benefits of this new formula.

3) Improvement of Ads with the "Site Links"
Changes to the Ad Extensions included the expansion of links to sites, which facilitates advertisers to get more control over the appearance of their ads. Google said that Ads containing links have a 30% CTR and furthermore, demonstrating that this update can have a big impact on you.

Links to websites can give you greater on the search results page surface, but they can also help users find relevant content and interesting business on your site. Now they can be set at the ad group, which means that there is need to create a new campaign for each optimization links.

The most effective links can be re-used for campaigns or Ad groups as they are associated with different URLs.

Thursday 13 February 2014

Paying Through Smartphones Will Become a Global Trend


According to the research conducted by Gartner, payments through smartphones have increased the user base to over 141 million users. There are four main models of payment system through mobile. Premium SMS - transaction-based payments, Direct Mobile Billing - this system represents 70% of digital content purchased online in some sectors in Asia, WAP mobile Internet payments - as Amazon Payments, PayPal or Google Checkout NFC (Near Field Communication) - many of the big banks and credit cards already have their own mobile applications that allows you to check your balance and also transfer funds. Visa and Bank of America are using this service for payment system based on the Visa payWave technology and In2Pay some of the best known mobile payment services are:

PayPal: offers the service of PayPal Mobile Express solution as the mobile company that works as application or through internet. According to research by LeWeb, this year the company will manage $700 million through mobile payments.

Dwolla: is a service that combines dollar, web development through P2P payment and inexpensive exchange. The person can register through Facebook or Twitter account, and thus send money to its contacts via DM on Twitter, or a personal message on Facebook.

Venmo: is free and easy to use. It is a service based payment SMS on every transaction made ​​through Venmo, each party automatically receives a Venmo account in which the balance of your account resides. The transaction process is through SMS, the actual payment online has all the security measures to ensure customer satisfaction.

Square: is a mobile payment service founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. It is a service that turns any smart phone into a credit card reader.

TabbedOut: is an application that allows linking a credit card to pay through a smartphone.

ZMAZZ: is a mobile banking application platform and totally independent on traditional banks mobile payments that scan and keep receipts in a personal online safe ZMAZZ. This service is owned by Euro-Wallet.

Bitcon for Android: is an application that works like Bitcoin wallet. It is functional and supports scanning QR codes for transactions. It also allows users to receive bills by mail purchases.
Use of mobile payment system is a strong trend in Asia and is gradually becoming a trend in the United States and Europe. However, it is not yet ready for the mass market; it will take about four years to take off. The main obstacle is the adaptability of consumers. It will take time to convince them with all the security measures, and then only they will pay with mobile phones instead of cash or credit cards.


Tuesday 11 February 2014

Facebook's Path to Social Media Tycoon

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On 4 February 2004, Facebook went online for the first time. Since then, much has happened: There was tremendous user growth, new services, acquisitions and alliances, but also a lot of controversy and Scandals. BrandCrux will take you through the journey of the largest social media network, and let you know how it has developed over the last ten years.

Patience was never being the strength of Mark Zuckerberg: On 4 February 2004, he launched The Facebook and from then on it went with the former student network rapidly onwards. Back in December the same year, The Facebook had a million members, a few months later the company had a value of $100 million. In the autumn of 2006 Facebook opened to all Internet users, there was no holding back. There was a very minor gab between each and every milestone after Facebook launched in English version, the platform was upgraded with an instant messaging feature, a little later Facebook launched its first mobile app on the market.

An Impressive Record
Undeterred by minor setbacks, Facebook continues to its run of success. The social network currently has 1.23 billion registered users who have shared more than 400 billion photos since October 2005. Each user makes per day on average five "likes", some of which will go to the 25 million small businesses that have already created a fan page. But Facebook is not satisfied with these figures: Currently 6,337 employees worldwide feel to worry about making the social network more attractive. Facebook has a very high hope with it new app named as ‘Paper’. The app is digital newspaper that combines contributions in the news feed of Facebook users with journalistic content from different themed areas. User of the News App can adjust the mix of their interests, share exciting articles and post their own messages, photos and videos.

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has showed loyalty to its users by creating a look back video for all. The video contains short glimpses of their memories with this social media tycoon. Brand Crux the world leading apps & game development congratulates Facebook for achieving this mile stone and appreciates its effort to keep the people socially connected worldwide.