Samsung Extends HomeSync Compatibility to More Android Devices

Samsung provides more users with personal private cloud and connected entertainment experiences by extending HomeSync compatibility. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leader in mobile technology and digital solutions, today announced it will extend compatibility of HomeSync to more Android devices. Through the Google Play app store, more Android devices – including non-Samsung devices – will be able to enjoy the benefits of HomeSync. 

HomeSync is a home hub solution that provides enough storage space to protect the whole family’s digital content, delivers an immersive big screen TV entertainment experience, and brings users a whole new way of enjoying HDTV through a familiar and smarter Android user experience.
HomeSync provides one terabyte of private cloud storage, which is enough room to upload 10 photos daily for 82 years, or five minutes of home video for 10 years. The device supports up to eight users with five devices each, so that the whole family can save and share images, music, videos, documents and files from any registered device. Easily enjoy content in HomeSync through a variety of multimedia devices by mirroring content from your device on your TV in full HD using an HDMI cable, or connecting to your music player through an optical audio port.

YouTube.com.pk will soon be accessible in Pakistan

YouTube.com.pk  will soon be accessible in Pakistan. There is a good news for Pakistanis that the YouTube.com.pk soon be accessible in Pakistan as Google is planning to localize the Video sharing website. Some Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) officials related to this matter have told  to media that YouTube is going to launch his sub-domain in Pakistan soon.
The Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Anusha Rehman said if they met the Google management requirements the chances of YouTube restoration in the country are bright. She told this at the Senate Standing Committee on Tuesday. She told that committee that the government had succeeded in convincing the Google management about religious sensitivities of Pakistanis and in this come into practice it would also be easier for the local search engine to block any blasphemous or objectionable content from the website.
She said that the Google management of YouTube is willing to localize the video sharing website in the country but will not be responsible if any objectionable content uploaded on the website as this will be a personal action of the individual.
She added that the PTA is working on a draft ordinance which will be practiced by the ministry for enactment as law. If the YouTube be localized in Pakistan to remove the objectionable content from the website would be easier, instead of installing expensive filtration softwares.
Google removed the Anti-Islamic content from the website at the request of different Islamic countries including Saudi Arabi,  Libya, Egypt and Iraq by allocating them special subdomain for their countries because they met the Google requirements. By Localizing the video sharing website Google would not be infringing its own company law of encumbering freedom of expression.  The officials of ministry of IT are demanding to eradicate profanity content first and also the endorsement of draft from both national assembly and senate for launching the youtube.com.pk in the country.

Gfive launches Bravo A2 Mobile phone with Dual-core Processor

Gfive launches Bravo A2 Mobile phone with Dual-core Processor. Gfive has launched a new sleek and stylish handset called Bravo A2 with a high-end features. It's a very stunning device and has the capability of trio SIMs active simultaneously. Gfive Bravo A2 is an exciting device which features a 3.5 Inches HVGA HD Capacitive Touch Screen display and is powered by a 1. GHz dual-core processor. The handset runs on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which is quite old. Google had launched Android Jelly Bean after ICS OS and a number of handsets accessible in Pakistan run on the Jelly Bean OS. Recently, Google has unveiled the latest version of Android that is KitKat, which is coming with high quality features and enhanced performance.
Anyhow, the Android 4.0 ICS OS is not bad at all. Other features of the Gfive Bravo A2 are a 2 megapixels rare-facing camera with LED flash and GEO-tagging, a 0.3 megapixels VGA front-facing camera for video calling, a 256 MB of RAM and 256 MB of ROM.  It also comprises a 5.5 GB of G-Cloud storage capacity. It also has a MicroSD card slot and expandable memory up to 32 GB. Gfive Bravo A2 has a 1500 mAh battery that has enough juice to offer approximately 5 hours of talk time and 78 hours of standby time. 
In terms of connectivity the Bravo A2 includes a Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n; Wifi hotspot, GPRS, GPS and MicroUSB (v 2.0). It is coming preloaded with social networking applications including Facebook, Skype, Viber, Whatsapp, Gmail, Google search, YouTube, Google +, etc. In terms of entertainment the handset has an Audio, Video player and FM Radio. The dimensions and the weight of the Bravo A2 is not known yet.
Price of the Gfive Bravo A2 handset:
Available in white color option the Bravo A2 contains the very much affordable price tag f Rs.5, 499 PKR, 51 US dollars, £32. It contains a 1 one year warranty.
The Package contains:

• Handset
• Battery
• Charger
• Headset
• User Manual

Have a look at the specifications of the Bravo A2 handset:

• A 3.5 Inches HVGA HD Capacitive Touch Screen display
• A 1. GHz dual-core processor
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system
• A 2 megapixels rare-facing camera with LED flash and GEO-tagging
• A 0.3 megapixels VGA front-facing camera
• A 256 MB of RAM
• A 256 MB of ROM
• 5.5 GB of G-Cloud storage
• MicroSD card slot
• Expandable memory up to 32 GB
• A 1500 mAh battery
• A Bluetooth
• WI-Fi
• GPRS
• GPS
• MicroUSB (v 2.0)
• FM Radio

Crack Down of Google and Microsoft against Child Abuse imagery

Crack Down of Google and Microsoft against Child Abuse imagery. The Google and Microsoft, the two leading search engine companies in the world, have started a crackdown against child abuse imagery over the internet. Both the companies have joined hands to clean up the internet searches related to child abuse images. It’s a vital step of the companies to make internet searches more safe and effective.
To overcome the issue both the companies have blocked approximately 100,000 search results over the internet related to illicit child abuse. The companies also warned that the child abuse imagery is illegal. After the blockage of the illicit content online no one is any more able to search those keywords related to child abuse rather they will be told that the sexual abuse of children is illegal.
This step of tech giants is regarded by the Prime Minister of U.K. David Cameron, who appreciated the new move by Google and Microsoft, but to do more to prevent people getting access to illegal images are also the words of the PM.
The executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt said that his company has cleanup the google searches and block approximately 100,000 search terms that might be related to the sexual abuse of children.He said of the people looking for such type of abusive queries they they will find no results that link to illegal content.
The present step of cleanup abusive child imagery is limited to English countries only, but the companies will move further by blocking it on the global scale and 158 other languages in the next six months. Similar changes are also happening with Microsoft’s Bing. The company said that they are closely related with google to solve the issue and their Bing search engine will also produce effective results.
The two companies have introduced new algorithms (software instructions ) that will put a stop to searches for child abuse imagery and Google is also testing technology to recognize and remove illegitimate videos. In a groundbreaking move, YouTube engineers have created new technology to identify videos made by paedophiles. The tech giants also have asked the help of UK’s National Crime Agency and Internet Watch Foundation in this regard.
The communications director of Google, Peter Barron said that the cleanup system is extremely effective and it would make the searches much more difficult to find  content related to sexual abuse of children online. The company is also showing warnings at the top of its search results for 13,000 queries.
The blockage or removal of the illicit child abusive content by Google and Microsoft is criticized by the different online rights campaigners, who said these precautionary  measures were more about preventing damage to the companies' reputations, and would not be very effectual in protecting children.
Despite criticism the step of  Google is significantly better. The company is doing its utmost to make the internet a safer and more accessible place for the people. I think it is a good move of the governments and tech giants to work together to eradicate child abuse content from the internet.

Information Technology trying to solve YouTube issue: Anusha Rehamn

Information Technology trying to solve YouTube issue: Anusha Rehamn. The minister of Information Technology (IT) Anusha Rehman Khan said that they are trying to solve the YouTube issue in the country. In order to restore the access of video sharing website in the country they are trying hard and are developing software for blocking blasphemous material from YouTube. She said, while talking to the media, that they are making efforts for YouTube restoration but is unable to give any timeline.

Restoration of YouTube: IT committee to Find Solution

Restoration of YouTube: IT committee to Find Solution. The newly appointed Minister of Information and Technology, Anush Rehman Khan has taken a step to solve the issue of the ban on YouTube in Pakistan.The 4 member committee of information Technology headed by Amir Malik will try to find solutions for the restoration of video sharing website YouTube.  The reports of a local TV channel said that the committee of IT will ensure the
non-accessibility of blasphemous content in the country by analyzing

YouTube to stay banned

The ban on the Google’s video sharing website YouTube will remain continue till the removal of Anti-Islamic content from the website, said the interim setup. An official was quoted by the Express Tribune as saying that the negotiations are underway with Google Inc, and hope a breakthrough soon. The official further added that the video sharing website YouTube was being urged to at least
block the video in Pakistan if they could not overall remove it from the website.