Day: October 22, 2014

Solve Math problems using your smartphone’s camera

Louie Diangson Leave a comment

Now this gives your teacher or professor another reason to ban smartphones inside the classroom as the app PhotoMath, also known as the “smart camera calculator”, can help you solve math problems using your smartphone’s camera and some real-time text recognition.

PhotoMath is simple and easy to use. Just fire up the app, point your smartphone’s camera to the math problem and it will give you the answer in a matter of seconds. In addition, it can also show you step by step solving so you can see how the math expressions and equations were solved. Watch the video below to see it in action.

PhotoMath from MicroBLINK on Vimeo.

For now, PhotoMath can solve basic arithmetic expressions, fractions and decimals, powers and roots, and simple linear equations. The makers of the app, Microblink, are planning to add more features in the future so this should be exciting.

PhotoMath is currently available for iOS and Windows Phone as a free download. The Android version will arrive in early 2015.

via: PetaPixel
source: PhotoMath

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HERE Maps now available for non-Samsung phones

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

Microsoft may have totally eradicated the Nokia brand from their smartphone lineup, but the Finnish company is far from dead. In fact they’ve announced that the Android-friendly version of their popular navigation app, HERE for Android, is now available for broader range of Android smartphones.

Here For Android

HERE for Android was initially launched alongside the Samsung Galaxy Gear S and was made available to Samsung Galaxy smartphone users through Samsung’s own app store. Fast-forward to today and Nokia seems ready enough to venture outside of Samsung devices as they release the software in public for other Android smartphone users to enjoy.

Nokia’s highly-regarded navigation app can be downloaded from this link. Meanwhile, instructions on how to side-load the app to your device can be found here.

NOKIA Here

Do note though that the downloadable APK of HERE for Android is still in its Beta stage. As such, users are most likely to encounter bugs and errors in the current version of the app.

Another thing to bear in mind is that not all Android smartphones are supported at the moment, and the company has not provided a list of all devices that are compatible with it. Nokia did, however, say that HERE for Android should be compatible with Android devices with at least 1GB of RAM and are running on Jellybean (4.1) and up.

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Google launches Security Key, aims for a safer Internet

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Google has recently announced that it’s intensifying its security measures against phishing or unauthorized access to one’s account with the help of a device called Security Key.

Security Key is, in a nutshell, a physical device that can be used to add another layer of protection against malicious websites that phishes for sensitive information such as password and financial information.

It works similarly to Google’s two-step verification process, only this time users would only have to use the device instead of typing a system-generated keycode that was sent to their phone.

The Security Key works hand-in-hand with the new security protocol called Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) which was developed by Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance. The protocol will allow users to also use the U2F-certified device in other websites that require login provided that they are using Google Chrome.

FIDO Alliance was also keen to point out that although USB drives are suitable candidates to become a Security Key, the technology will not be limited to it. As such, other forms of devices such NFC tokens and Smart Cards can be used in the future.

Further information about Security Key and its key benefits can be found on this link, as well as the source links below.

Sources: 1 & 2

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Google launches Security Key, aims for a safer Internet

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

Google has recently announced that it’s intensifying its security measures against phishing or unauthorized access to one’s account with the help of a device called Security Key.

Security Key is, in a nutshell, a physical device that can be used to add another layer of protection against malicious websites that phishes for sensitive information such as password and financial information.

It works similarly to Google’s two-step verification process, only this time users would only have to use the device instead of typing a system-generated keycode that was sent to their phone.

The Security Key works hand-in-hand with the new security protocol called Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) which was developed by Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance. The protocol will allow users to also use the U2F-certified device in other websites that require login provided that they are using Google Chrome.

FIDO Alliance was also keen to point out that although USB drives are suitable candidates to become a Security Key, the technology will not be limited to it. As such, other forms of devices such NFC tokens and Smart Cards can be used in the future.

Further information about Security Key and its key benefits can be found on this link, as well as the source links below.

Sources: 1 & 2

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