Google Shuts Down A Local Shopping Store Service In China

Google has been pulling it out from the search market in the region of China since 2010, and now it has shut another service as well. The shutting down of the shopping search service has been lately shut down in China.

The Google’s official blog stated that the company is to make a superior effort to ‘better optimize its resources’ as the grounds for the closure of the service. The primary objective of the service was to serve the users as a bridge between different consumers and traders and retailers, but it did not really meet the prospects. The closure becomes effective from December 12th, 2012.

Google apparently did not take note of the fact that it still remains committed to helping out the Chinese citizens considering exporting their goods internationally, and the Google Shopping service in various other markets should still be accessible to the Chinese customers.
Google’s shopping site closure even brings down the music service in the Chinese region back in September, 2012.

On the other hand, the fact cannot be denied that Google has been maintaining pretty troubling terms with the Chinese government. Back in November, only for a short period of time, accessing to nearly all the Google services such as Google.com, Google Maps, Gmail were restricted by the Chinese government.

As it becomes more predictable, Google’s move out from China has greatly impacted its current market share. The search engine service, which reroutes to servers back in the Hong Kong region, which presently stands in the 4th place and the mapping services rank at the mark of 6.

How To Protect Your Android Phone From Virus – 5 Best App On Google Play

Security issues for Android devices keep showing up in the news just about every single day, from various malicious apps making their way to the Google Play Store to mobile based malware spreading through SMS. Although, Android is an Operating System which is easy to use and flexible has now been made available a large number of devices,. This has made the mobile or the virus threat landscape more imperative for users to install additional security features on their devices.

You will get basic security features such as auto-lock or password protection on your device by default. For this you do not require any app. However, do not stop over here. To prevent viruses, you can opt for anti-virus apps that offer enhanced password protection with numerous other vital options.

Following are the 5 Best apps you will find on a Google Play Store to protect your Android phones from viruses:

AVG Anti-Virus :

This app is useful in scanning all settings, apps, media, files in real-time, blocks access to malicious portals, guards against any sorts of Phishing attacks, kills tasks that freeze or slow down the device. It also enables users to easily locate their stolen or lost device through Google Maps. Users can even lock their phones remotely with a customized lock screen message displayed and make the phone ring even if it is on the silent mode.
The AVG Antivirus application is available for free. However, the Pro version costs only $9.99 which offers some vital features such as storage and battery optimization, along with the feature to secure the apps fro being accessed by others using your device and creating backups.

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Lookout Security & Antivirus :

A great app you should opt for as soon as you buy an Android device. The Lookout security and antivirus app has been made available in two different categories, and that is a free and a Paid account.
With the free account, users can scan their devices for malware, restore their data online, create backups, use the GPS feature to locate their gadget.
The Paid version costs $3 monthly and $30 yearly, offering wiping and remote locking capabilities.

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Dr. Web Anti-Virus Light :

The Dr.Web Anti-virus Light app happens to be an exceedingly reliable and consistent approach to protecting your Android phone from several kinds of threats/viruses. The app has been integrated with the most advanced virus detection as well as neutralization technologies. Users can check their phones with the help of the implemented scanner feature and can efficiently neutralize the detected viruses.

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Anti-virus Free :

The Antivirus Free app offers users with features that come in as a complete mobile security package. It provides real-time protection against viruses and keeps your device secure from the latest viruses and threats by cross-referencing newly released apps that are installed on your device with an up-to-date database of well-known malicious apps.

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TrustGo Antivirus and Mobile Security :

The app offers users with scheduled or on-demand scans on the devices and also on the SD card to locate and remove Trojans, spyware, malware and viruses. Secured App Finder Engine feature of the app is useful in finding and downloading apps that are marked as safe. The app also offers alerts while the user browses to any malicious portal, and can easily manage and monitor their device’s usage,  memory and batter consumption.

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Twitter Released Aviary-Powered Photo Filters to iPhone & Android App

Twitter has lately declared that its iPhone and Android apps now offer the feature of Instagram-like image filters. Given the heated side by side between both Instagram and Twitter in the last few days, this was not something surprising, but it did take place a bit earlier than any of us even anticipated. This latest feature is, captivatingly, offered by Aviary, the name behind a renowned online as well as mobile image editing SDK.

Following are the prominent features of the latest mobile Twitter image sharing experience:

  • Filters: Users can easily apply any of the 8 filters, that range from black and white to vintage, adding a completely new feel and look to your images.
  • Takes Bird’s-Eye View: You can check out how each of the filers would affect your image in a grid view, or even can swipe through looks to evaluate the features.
  • Frame The Action: Users can pinch to zoom and crop photos to spotlight attention
  • Auto-enhancement: Users can make their images pop with harmonized colors and lights by tapping the baton.

One the most fascinating and appealing feature the app offers here is the grid view that enables users to have thumbnail previews of how their photos will appear once the filters are applied to them. The option is quite straight and ranges from gritty to cinematic, cool, warm, black and white. In general, this is not a revolutionized feature, nevertheless; the fact is that Twitter was considering releasing the app, and this surely clarifies why Instagram considered to bring down its Twitter integration.

It’s good to see Twitter partnering to release an app. The photo filters are certainly not rocket science, in the end.  The photo-editing experiences are powered by Aviary for numerous apps, including some big names such as Walgreens, Box, Flickr, and as a result perhaps Twitter also decided to join hands with a group that holds a sound base in the industry. Either that or it required to get the feature released out quickly, Twitter considering partnering rather than in-house development.

Apparently, both the companies have worked for past few months and now together they have been able to come up with something that will offer its users with a unique and exceptional experience.

The Story Behind Apple’s Blocking Of Microsoft’s SkyDrive Updates On iOS

Apple and Microsoft have mutually shared success and together they have set an example of flourishing business partners. They both have contributed a lot to the advancement of technology in the world. But recently they seem to have broken ties with each other after the dispute and difference of opinions that were raised among them. According to the report by Next Web, the issue was raised after Microsoft refused to give 30% revenue to Apple on SkyDrive subscription by users on IOS as they had demanded. As a result, Apple has blocked and rejected the Skydrive updates on IOS. Apple has this policy according to which they receive the same amount of revenue on all the other applications on IOS as well.

It is to be noted here that iOS is a mobile operating system by Apple and Skydrive is a windows application by Microsoft that allows you to transfer your files to any of your devices and easily access your data from anywhere. It offers you 7 GB of free storage and sharing of data but once it reaches its limits, the user has to subscribe to it in order to use it further. The annual subscription option is recently offered by Microsoft to its users and Microsoft has updated it to all their mobile applications but they are unable to update it on iOS as Apple has not allowed them as they want their demand to be fulfilled. But neither of the two seems to compromise on it and they both stand firm on their decision and the issue remains unsolved. According to the Microsoft, the reason that they are not agreeing upon the Apple’s demand is that Apple will get the revenue each time the user will subscribe to get more space and it will not be just a single time payment of the revenue. Moreover, Microsoft also offered to remove the subscription option to the Skydrive from iOS, still Apple remains firm on its demand to get revenue because according to them the application will still run from their device.

Both Apple and Microsoft stand firm on their resolution and in turn this is only affecting their own users and their fans. Apparently there seems to be no solution to the problem but only if the public shows their response and protest against this, only then the issue could be resolved.

Guide Interface Is Now a Feature Added To YouTube Android App & Mobile Web

YouTube, a Google product and the most popular video website in the world, has been working since its inception on improving the website’s features for giving a more enhanced performance and video experience to the users. Recently the website was revamped into a whole new look and the most important change was made to the YouTube’s homepage making it more user friendly and much more attractive in appearance. A major focus was given to the subscriptions that were placed on the left side of the website’s homepage giving an instant access to your favorite videos and subscribed channels.

The latest update by YouTube is made today on the YouTube android application and mobile website which has provided the same features to the YouTube on mobile devices that were recently added to the homepage. Now, YouTube users can enjoy those features on their mobile devices and tablets as well. The major change includes the Guide Interface that helps you to access your favorite videos in an easier way, it also recommends you the videos and channels that might interest you and your subscribed channels can now be accessed in a simpler way. In addition to this, the YouTube Company is also working on another aspect that is about improving the quality of videos and adding more formal videos in order to raise its standards. The ultimate aim of the YouTube is to provide the people with the television like video experience that will include their spending more time on the website, streaming videos online whenever they want and whatever they like to see. So it will be a more flexible replacement to the TV and a unique experience to the people all around the world. The good news here is that this all will be available right on your mobile devices and tablets. You will definitely get hooked on to their videos now.

The Google YouTube considers and values the feedback given by people and make changes and updates according to the people’s opinions. They have a lot more exciting features to offer in the future.

Instagram Photos No More Accessible On Twitter Streams

Instagram was released in 2010 and by now it has a huge fan following. The mobile application allows you to upload and share your photos with the people you want in the most unique way. It lets you to enhance and transform your pictures by the use of various features that it offers like filter. Instagram, since its inception, allowed its users to share these amazingly filtered pictures on Twitter very easily. According to the latest update, Instagram and Twitterhave now broken ties with each other after Facebook got Instagram’s possession recently and people are now unable to share Instagram photos on Twitter like they could do before. It is to be mentioned here that Instagram (a mobile application) had this feature previously that allowed you to share photos on twitter instantly.

People now have to face some issues regarding this recently that when they tried to share pictures on Twitter, an Instagram link to their photos appeared and that their photos became cropped when they shared them on twitter through Instagram. Actually what happens is that only the link shows up and when people tries to open the link, the cropped photos appears. The news is also now verified from Facebook and Twitter that Instagram has now officially halt this feature of sharing photos to a social networking website named twitter.

The co-creator of Instagram named Kevin Systrom has reported that this change was made so as to attract more users towards this application, to give their users a complete Instagram experience and also to grow their market. We are not sure on whether his statement will prove to be beneficial for him in the future or they will end up losing their own followers. But many people seem not to like this change and they seem to be disappointed with it. There is one good news for the twitter fans. According to the sources, twitter has already planned to come up with an alternative for its fans that it’s now going to release their own photo mobile application for their users.