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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 brings Gigabit LTE, WI-Fi, Iris scanner support and more

Created for power user, It is based on 10nm transistors, thats three billion ultra-efficient transistors. CPU is an octa-core (kyro cores) 64bit chip which can be clocked at 2.45Ghz. To power the graphics side, it has an Adreno 540 GPU  with support for OpenGL_ES 3.2 , OpenCL 2.0 full , Vulkan , DX12 It supports Qualcomm quick charge 4.0 with Qualcomm WiPOwer wireless charging It supports UFS 2.1 and SD 3.0 (UHS-I). Would be exciting to see if it holds up against iphone which uses nVMe. Improved DSP and audio capabilities with 3D positional audio, superior SNR (Signal-to-Noise ratio), and native DSD format support for true high fidelity playback On the connectivity side of thing, They have updated all their modems and radios. It uses Super fast Snapdragon X16 Gigabit LTE modem and support for 802.11ad multi-gigabit, as well as integrated 2x2 11ac MU-MIMO WI-Fi, which can read peak speeds of 4.6Gbps. Also supports bluetooth 5.0. the video shows native support for Iris scan

Crash course on file systems

File system in computing means how a storage devices stores and reads data. To put that in perspective, Library would represent a storage device (say a hard drive) in that case, book shelfs will represent file system and individual books will represent data. So its easier to find data in if u know where to find it. Now lets see some most common file systems and where they are used FAT 8 bit (file allocation table) one of the oldest file systems designed for floppy disks and was adopted for use in hard drives and other storage devices. but has many limitations and not used today. FAT12/FAT16/FAT 32 (improved versions of file allocation system) It had many advantages over original one. each one is progressively improved on previous one, FAT32 being the latest one. it is widely used in flash drives but cannot accept file sizes more than 32MB for FAT 12, 2GB for FAT16 and 4GB for FAT32. This file system is soon going to be outdated as file sizes are increasing because of high resoluti

Snapchat now sucks a little less for android

A beta update (v10.xxx) to the iOS and android overhauls the UI completely and now looks more functional and somewhat snappier few noticeable changes are different colors for stories tab (purple) and chats (blue) repositioned discover icon a new persistent search bar which lets you search chats and groups you can tap on your bitmoji to access settings (swipe down action still works) also a quick share menu appears next to it however it still sucks as compared to iOS app

HTC U Ultra | latest flagship from HTC

HTC's latest premium offering is HTC U ultra which has curved glass back (very Samsung like) which they are calling "liquid surface" these look drop dead gorgeous The phone runs latest hardware as expected from a 2017 flagship snapdragon 821 RAM: 4GB storage: 64GB, expandable upto up to 2TB 3000mAh battery with quick charge 3.0 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C It has a 5.7" 1440p screen. It also adopts the best feature from LG V10, which is a secondary screen and displays info like your top contacts, app shortcuts, event notifications etc. IT has improved camera module from HTC 10 ( DXOmark 88) which has super-fast laser focus and new Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF)the phone also has four omni directional mics that lets you capture 360 degree audio camera specs - 12 MP with 1.55 micron pixel f1.8 lens and OIS They also include USonic earphone which scans your ear canal with a sonic boom and mods its sound. But they removed the 3.5mm audio jack.

WhatsApp beta adds gifs search from giphy

version 2.17.6 beta makes sending gifs easier by integrating Giphy in it. The process is fairly simple, there's another tab in the emoji drawer that lets you search gifs. Another change which is a useful, the limit for sending maximum images us now increased to 30 images (which was first only 10). To get this update sign up for beta program or grab the apk from apkmirror