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10 Things you need to know about Windows 10

Microsoft already shown the first look of Windows 10 operating system on Tuesday at San Francisco. Microsoft promised an OS that will be more intuitive for the millions of workers still on Windows 7 and older OSes. It will span all hardware from PCs to phones and try to address the ills that have dogged Windows 8.
Here are 10 things you need to know about Windows 10:
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1. Why Windows 10?
The natural name would have been Windows 9, but Microsoft is eager to suggest a break with the past. “We’re not building an incremental product,” said Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group.
Microsoft considered the name “Windows One,” he said, to match products like OneNote and OneDrive and its “One Microsoft” business strategy. But he noted the name was snagged a long time ago, by a young Bill Gates.
Perhaps Microsoft didn’t like the idea of being numerically one step behind Apple’s OS X. Whatever the reason, Windows 10 it will be.
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“When you see the product in its fullness, I think you’ll agree it’s an appropriate name for the breadth of the product family that’s coming,” Myerson said.
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2. What devices will it run on?
All of them. Microsoft demonstrated only the desktop version Tuesday, but Windows 10 will be for tablets, smartphones and embedded products, too.
3. Is there a start menu?
There is, and it tries to combine the familiarity of Windows 7 with the modern interface of Windows 8. That means the menu is split: On the left, apps are displayed in the familiar Windows 7 style, while on the right are more colorful “live tiles” that open the modern, Windows 8-style apps.
The start menu is customizable, so you can resize the tiles and move them around, and make the start menu tall and thin or long and flat.
4. Is there a Command Prompt?
You’re kidding, right? Well, actually there is. Microsoft showed how it now supports shortcuts like CTRL+C and CTRL+V so you can paste in a directory listing from another app, for instance. Belfiore called it a “niche, geeky feature” but said he wanted to show the diverse range of users the OS is trying to support.
5. What car does it resemble?
Microsoft came up with a car analogy. It wants you to think of Windows 10 as a Tesla.
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“Yesterday, they were driving a first-gen Prius, and when they got Windows 10 they didn’t have to learn to drive something new, but it was as if we got them a Tesla,” Myerson said.
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“It will run on the broadest types of devices ever, from the smallest ‘Internet of things’ device to enterprise data centers worldwide,” Myerson said. “Some of these devices have 4-inch screens, and some will have 80-inch screens. And some don’t have any screen at all.”
6. Will I still toggle between two distinct app environments?
Apparently not. In Windows 8, when you launch a modern-style app, it takes you into that modern UI, and when you launch a Win32-style app, it launches to the traditional desktop environment.
In Windows 10, “we don’t want that duality,” said Joe Belfiore, a corporate vice president with the OS group. “We want users on PCs with mice and keyboards to have their familiar desktop UI—a task bar and a start menu. And regardless of how an app was written or distributed to your machine, it works the way you expect.”
7. So how does it look now?
If you launched one of the new-style apps in Windows 8, it filled the whole screen and there weren’t many options to resize it. With Windows 10, the familiar “windows” metaphor is back; you’ll be able to resize the new-style apps and drag them around the screen like an old Win32 app. Conversely, if you’re using an older Win32-style app, it will be able to “snap into place” and fill all the available screen space just like the modern apps.
8. What else is new?
Some users have been confused by the Windows 8 interface and can’t figure out what’s open on their screen or how to get back to an app. Windows 10 has a feature like OS X’s Mission Control that lets you zoom out and see everything that’s open on a PC, then select any app to enter it.
You can also have multiple desktop configurations open and switch between them. So if you have two apps on the screen for a particular task, sized just how you want them, and then you change to some other apps, you’ll be able to get back to those first apps easily without having to resize them again. You can navigate through several of these desktop displays at the bottom of the screen.
9. Will it still be touch-enabled?
Yes. “We’re not giving up on touch,” Belfiore said. That means you’ll still be able to use touch to do things like scroll and pinch-to-zoom on laptops and desktops.
There’s also a new feature, tentatively called “continuum,” for people using two-in-one PCs. When you detach the keyboard from a Windows 10 hybrid, it will ask if you want to go into tablet mode. If you say yes, the UI changes to better match a tablet. The app expands to full screen, for instance, and the start menu switches into a larger-icon mode.
10. When will it be released and How will it be priced?
The OS will launch around the middle of this year, after Microsoft’s Build conference. Before that, a select group of “Windows insiders” will receive a “technical preview build” for laptops and desktops on Wednesday this week, followed “soon after” by a preview for servers.

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Microsoft to open source more of .NET, and bring it to Linux, Mac OS X

Summary: Microsoft is porting its server-side .NET stack to Linux and Mac OS X, and is making more of that stack available as open source.

Microsoft is planning to open source the full server-side .NET core stack and to take that open-sourced .NET core to Linux and Mac OS X, alongside Windows.

Microsoft officials announced the company's latest .NET programming-model plans on the opening day of the Connect(); developer-focused event on November 12.

In April 2014, Microsoft announced plans to open source a number of its developer technologies, including ASP.NET, the Roslyn .NET compiler platform, the .NET Micro Framework, .NET Rx and the VB and C# programming languages. Microsoft officials said they planned to make these technologies available via a newly created .Net Foundation.

Today, the company is adding more pieces of .NET to its open-source list under the MIT open-source license, including the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), the just-in-time compiler, garbage collector and Base Class libraries. Microsoft also is pledging to work with partner Xamarin -- which has made .NET available on other platforms -- to "bring together the Mono runtime work and our work and converge them over time," said Soma Somasegar, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Developer Division.

Microsoft will port the core server-side .NET runtime so that it runs across Windows, Linux and the Mac. This will allow developers to build ASP.NET5.0 applications that can be deployed and run on Windows, Linux and/or Mac environments. (Microsoft is still expecting most .NET developers to deploy their server-side apps on Windows and Linux, but is providing Mac compatibility mainly for the development environment choice, officials said.)

Microsoft is using GitHub for hosting the core framework porting and open-sourcing work.

"We want to have a comprehensive and complete dev offering for folks working on any kind of application," Somasegar said.

Microsoft's next-generation server-side Web-development framework,ASP.NET 5.0, already has been shown running on Linux and OS X.

Microsoft is not planning to open source the client side .NET stack, which means it won't be open sourcing libraries specific to the client such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms, Somasegar confirmed. (Yes, WPF is back, and a new version of it will be part of Visual Studio 2015, due out next year, Microsoft officials have confirmed.)

Microsoft is kicking off work on these new open-sourcing and porting initiatives today, but the fruits of the work won't be available until some time in the coming months, officials said.

Microsoft and Xamarin are annoucing a new "streamlined experience" for installing Xamarin from Visual Studio, as well as the addition of Visual Studio support to Xamarin's free Xamarin Starter Edition product. (Starter Edition is for "indie" developers with five or fewer employees who want to build iOS or Android apps using C#.)

Microsoft is not planning to open source the client side .NET stack, which means certain pieces like the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms won't be going open source, Somasegar confirmed

Top 50 Lollipop Features

1. Unlock Your Chromebook automatically when your Android 5.0 Phone is Near .
2.Android Beam takes its place in the system-level sharing menu.
3.Android Beam Now Allows You To Share Any File With A Tap
4.The screen off animation is a gentle fade out to black and white
5.New set of emojis in the refreshed keyboard
6.The all new Trusted Face lock mode
7.Smart lock mode using trusted devices
8.Chrome's Tabs Are Now Treated As Separate Recent Tasks In The App Switcher, But It's Optional
9.The Quick Settings Menu Includes Battery Percentage And A Flashlight Toggle
10.WebView Is Now (chromium) Unbundled From Android And Free To Auto-Update From Google Play
11.Android Now Defaults To Mobile Data When Wi-Fi Has No Internet Access, Signal Icon Adds A '!' For No Connection
12.The Clock's Background Now Adjusts With The Time Of Day
13.Multi-User Support Arrives On Phones
14. You Can Now Allow Just Priority Notifications When You Don't Want
To Be Disturbed, Or Avoid Getting Interrupted Altogether
15.Battery Saver Now Turns The Status Bar And Nav Bar Bright Orange
16.Screen Pinning Allows You To Lock Your Device To A Single App Before Handing It To A Friend (Or A Kid)
17.Improved Sharing Menu Now Prioritizes Frequently Used Destinations
18.The Recent Apps List Now Persists Through Reboot
19.A Long-Press On Notifications Shows You The App That Produced Them (With An Awesome Animation)
20.Google Search Is Now Accessible From The Recents Screen
21.Lollipop's Easter Egg Is A Hidden Flappy Bird Clone
22.You Can Now Interact With Notifications When Quick Settings Is Open
23.Restoring Homescreen Apps From Another Device Brings Along Gray Placeholder Icons
24.Two-Factor Authentication Is Finally Built In To The Setup Process
25.The Dismiss All Notifications Button Is Back
26.New Device Setup Process Finally Lets Users Copy Data From Specific Devices
27.Single os to run on phone,tablet,watch,tv and auto.
28.Material Design: A bold, colorful, and responsive UI design for consistent, intuitive experiences across all your devices Responsive, natural motion, realistic lighting and shadows, and familiar visual elements make it easier to navigate your device Vivid new colors, typography, and edge-to-edge imagery help to focus your attention
29. Notifications: New ways to control when and how you receive messages - only get interrupted when you want to be View and respond to messages directly from your lock screen. Includes the ability to hide sensitive content for these notifications For fewer disruptions, turn on Priority mode via your device’s volume button so only certain people and notifications get through. Or schedule recurring downtime like 10pm to 8am when only Priority notifications can get through With Lollipop, incoming phone calls won’t interrupt what you’re watching or playing. You can choose to answer the call or just keep doing what you’re doing Control the notifications triggered by your apps; hide sensitive content and prioritize or turn off the app’s notifications entirely More intelligent ranking of notifications based on who they’re from and the type of communication. See all your notifications in one place by tapping the top of the screen.
30.Battery: Power for the long haul A battery saver feature which extends device use by up to 90 mins Estimated time left to fully charge is displayed when your device is plugged in Estimated time left on your device before you need to charge again can now be found in battery settings
31.Security: Keep your stuff safe and sound New devices come with encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices SELinux enforcing for all applications means even better protection against vulnerabilities and malware Use Android Smart Lock to secure your phone or tablet by pairing it with a trusted device like your wearable or even your car
32.Device Sharing: More flexible sharing with family and friends Multiple users for phones. If you forget your phone, you still can call any of your friends (or access any of your messages, photos etc.) by simply logging into another Android phone running Lollipop. Also perfect for families who want to share a phone, but not their stuff Guest user for phones and tablets means you can lend your device and not your stuff Screen pinning: pin your screen so another user can access just that content without messing with your other stuff
33.New Quick Settings: Get to the most frequently used settings with just two swipes down from the top of the screen New handy controls like flashlight, hotspot, screen rotation and cast screen controls Easier on/off toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and location Manually adjust your brightness for certain conditions. Then, adaptive brightness will kick in based on ambient lighting
34.Connectivity: A better internet connection everywhere and more powerful Bluetooth low energy capabilities Improved network handoffs resulting in limited interruption in connectivity. For example, continue your video chat or VoIP calls without interruption as you leave the house and switch from your home Wi-Fi back to cellular Improved network selection logic so that your device connects only if there is a verified internet connection on Wi-Fi Power-efficient scanning for nearby Bluetooth low energy (“BLE”) devices like wearables or beacons New BLE peripheral mode
35.Runtime and Performance: A faster, smoother and more powerful computing experience ART, an entirely new Android runtime, improves application performance and responsiveness Up to 4x performance improvements Smoother UI for complex, visually rich applications Compacting backgrounded apps and services so you can do more at once Support for 64 bit devices, like the Nexus 9, brings desktop class CPUs to Android Support for 64-bit SoCs using ARM, x86, and MIPS-based cores Shipping 64-bit native apps like Chrome, Gmail, Calendar, Google Play Music, and more Pure Java language apps run as 64-bit apps automatically
36.Media: Bolder graphics and improved audio, video, and camera capabilities Lower latency audio input ensuring that music and communication applications that have strict delay requirements provide an amazing realtime experience Multi-channel audio stream mixing means professional audio applications can now mix up to eight channels including 5.1 and 7.1 channels USB Audio support means you can plug USB microphones, speakers, and a myriad of other USB audio devices like amplifiers and mixers into your Android device OpenGL ES 3.1 and Android extension pack brings Android to the forefront of mobile graphics putting it on par with desktop and console class performance A range of new professional photography features for Android Lollipop that let you Capture full resolution frames around 30 fps Support raw formats like YUV and Bayer RAW Control capture settings for the sensor, lens, and flash per individual frame Capture metadata like noise models and optical information State of the art video technology with support for HEVC to allow for UHD 4K video playback, tunneled video for high quality video playback on Android TV and improved HLS support for streaming
37.OK Google: Easy access to information and performing tasks Even if your screen is off, you can say "OK Google" on devices with digital signal processing support such as Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Talk to Google on the go to get quick answers, send a text, get directions and more
38.Android TV: Support for living room devices User interface adapted for the living room Less browsing, more watching with personalized recommendations for content like movies and TV shows Voice search for Google Play, YouTube and supported apps so you can just say what you want to see Console-style Android gaming on your TV with a gamepad Cast your favorite entertainment apps to your big screen with Google Cast support for Android TV devices
39. Accessibility: Enhanced low vision and color blind capabilities Boost text contrast or invert colors to improve legibility Adjust display to improve color differentiation
40. Now in 68+ languages 15 new additions Basque, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Galician, Icelandic, Kannada, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu
41.Device set up: Get up and running in no-time Tap & go: instant set up of your new Android phone or tablet by simply tapping it to your old one (requires NFC) Whenever you get a new Android phone or tablet, you can bring over your apps from Google Play automatically from any of your old Android devices
42.Tap & pay: easily manage multiple payment apps by quickly switching between them
43. Print preview and page range support
44. Revamped display for battery, Bluetooth, data usage, and Wi-Fi settings and new search functionality in settings
45.New device level feedback for Nexus devices in Settings > about phone > send feedback
46.Where supported by the hardware, your device will wake up as soon as you pick it up or tap the screen twice
47.Improved hardware keyboard accessory support including support for multilingual, emoji input, search key, and improved app and system key chords
48. An opt-in kill switch dubbed 'Factory Reset Protection', which will allow users to wipe out the device's data on will. If a user activates this feature, they will be required to enter their Google login to factory reset the device and it will only work when the phone passcode is enabled.
49.New Messenger App,specially designed to be a quick and easy way to send and receive SMS and MMS messages on Android;
50.App pinning, and you can use it to lock the phone to a single app

What's App New Feature Update

"Whatsapp web Mirror" a new feature added to latest update
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After the acquirement by facebook lots of interesting features are added to the whatapp. before few days whtsapp came up with a very interesting feature which allows user to see if the message is read by the reciver or not..
Now Once again whatsapp comes with a very interesting feature called whtsapp web mirror. it allows user to operate whatsapp from their pc/laptop browsers. but still u will require internet connection in ur smartphone bcoz ultimately it is just a mirror. all the thing which u r doing on ur computer browser will affect ur phone....

Turn Your Windows 8.1 Device Into A WiFi Access Point

Previous editions of Windows allowed users to create ad hoc wireless connections between computers. You could use those connections to create a wireless network between multiple computers or to share the Internet connection that was available on one of them. This can no longer be done in Windows 8.1, at least not using a visual interface and the mouse. However, with the help of the Command Prompt and a few commands, you too can turn your Windows 8.1 laptop or hybrid device into a WiFi access point. Here's how:

NOTE: Lots of readers have asked us for a way to automate the steps described in this tutorial. That is why we have updated the tutorial and created a small program, which aims to automate the steps involved in this process, as much as possible. You can find more information and the download link at the end of the article. However, we do recommend that you read the whole article before using our program, so that you understand how to use it.

What You Need in Order for This to Work

In order to use your Windows 8.1 laptop or hybrid device as an WiFi access point for other devices, it must have at least 2 network cards installed and one of them must be a wireless network card. One of them must be connected to the Internet.

Setup scenarios we tested and worked great include:

• One laptop using its Ethernet connection for Internet access and its WiFi adapter to broadcast - use a network cable to connect your Windows 8.1 laptop to the Internet and the wireless network card for the access point that's sharing the Internet access with other devices.
• One laptop that is connected to the Internet through a USB mobile modem and broadcasts the wireless network through its WiFi adapter - many users will have a USB mobile modem available with 3G or 4G connectivity. They can use it for Internet access and use the wireless network adapter for creating the access point and sharing the Internet access with others.
• One laptop and two wireless network adapters, one connected to the Internet and the other acting as an access point - this scenario won't be encountered too often as laptops and hybrid devices don't come with two wireless network cards installed. However, you can install a USB wireless adapter and use it for creating the access point.

Step 1. Create a Virtual WiFi Network in Windows 8 & 8.1

To begin, we'll need to open the Command Prompt with administrative privileges and use a command to create a virtual wireless network that is broadcasted by your Windows 8.1 device.

To show you how this is done, we will create a wireless network called Hotspot. The password for this network will be "7Tutorials".

Inside the Command Prompt window, type the following command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=7Tutorials

Notice that the name of the network is set using the SSID parameter and the password is set using the KEY parameter. Obviously, you can set your own values for them.

To create the access point, press Enter. If all goes well, you should see that the hosted network has been set.

Now you have created a virtual adapter that can function as a wireless access point for other computers and devices in your area. However, in order for it to work, you need to make one more step: turn on this virtual adapter.

Do not close the Command Prompt. Keep it open and enter the following command:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Then, press Enter.

The virtual wireless adapter is now started and shown in the Network and Sharing Center.

You can connect all your devices to the newly created wireless network. However, it has no Internet access. If you stop at this point, when you connect other devices and computers to the newly created access point, you can create a network between them and use it to share files and resources.

Step 2. Allow Internet Access for the Devices that are Connected to the Virtual WiFi Network

Open the Network and Sharing Center. Notice that the virtual network adapter you just created is displayed as active, but it has no Internet access at this time.

Click or tap the connection of the physical network adapter that currently has Internet access. In our case, it is an Ethernet connection.

This opens the Status window for the selected network adapter. Click or tap Properties.

In the Properties window, go to the Sharing tab.

In order to give Internet access to the virtual WiFi adapter that was created earlier, check the box near "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection".

Then, select the virtual adapter that was created earlier.

Click or tap OK and Close to save the settings you've made.

Go back to the Network and Sharing Center and you will notice that the virtual network adapter now has Internet access.

The virtual adapter now gives Internet access to all the devices that are connected to it.

Step 3. Connect Your Wireless Devices to the Access Point

The next step is to connect your wireless devices to the virtual WiFi access point and use them to access the Internet. Also, the devices that are connected to your laptop or hybrid PC, are placed in the same network with the access point. You can use that network to share files and folders between devices.

Make Your PC WIFI Hotspot

You’ve got an Internet connection via a network cable, but you want to have your other computers and devices get Internet connections wirelessly. Can you do this? Can you make your Windows computer run like a WiFi router?

The short answer is a qualified, ‘Yes.’ The key component in this process is making sure that your Windows computer has a wireless network card. If you have that installed properly, then you can turn your Windows computer into a WiFi hotspot and share your Internet connection.

How Does This All Work?

Most WiFi cards for PCs can be used to share wired Internet connections, wirelessly. Mind you, it does take some software, or special configuring, to use that capability. Essentially, the software or configuration is what will act as the ‘virtual router’ to enable your computer to share that Internet connection. We’re going to look at a few different ways that you can do this on a Windows computer, as well as the positives and negatives of each method.

Ad-Hoc Wireless Connection via Windows Menus

Ad-hoc is a Latin phrase meaning ‘for this’. It is meant to describe something that is set up for this particular purpose only. Often it is something of a temporary nature with minimal setup, planning, or support. There are two ways to set up an ad-hoc wireless network in Windows: one is through the graphical menus, and the other is through the command line interface. Let’s take a look at the graphical menus first.

Click on your Start Menu, then Control Panel, then Network and Sharing Center. You’ll see the following window:

Now click on  Set up a new connection or network. When the new window opens, scroll down until you see Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network. Highlight that option by clicking once on it, then click the Next button.

You’ll now see a window that explains what an ad-hoc wireless network is and it tells you a few things about it. The most important thing to note is that any devices using the ad-hoc wireless network must be within 30 feet of each other, in any direction. Consider that as a maximum upper limit, as so many other things can affect the range of a wireless signal. Expect maybe half of that. You can optimize the range by following a few tips on what we’ve come to call wireless feng shui.

The second most important thing to note is that if you create an ad-hoc wireless connection, any wireless connection you have to a device right now will be dropped. So, if you think you can connect wirelessly to one network and share that network wirelessly with others – you can’t. It’s one or the other. Click the Next  button to move on to the next window.

This window is where you set the name of your network and what kind of security it has on it. It is recommended to use the WPA2-Personal choice for Security type.This gives you the best security you can get with an ad-hoc connection like this. Use a password that you don’t mind giving to other people. Don’t recycle a passwordyou use for other things like Facebook or banking. You’ll soon regret that, if you do. If you intend to set up an ad-hoc wireless network again in the future, you can check the box that reads Save this network and click the Next button.

Congratulations! You’ve just created an ad-hoc wireless network! Share it with your friends and family as you see fit.

The problems with this kind of connection aren’t many, but it isn’t the most universal solution. People with Windows 7 or earlier trying to connect with non-Windows devices have had some difficulties and have had to investigate deeply to find out how to configure their non-Windows devices in order to connect.

Sometimes, the issue is that the device isn’t compatible with the type of security or encryption that your ad-hoc wireless network is set up to use. Sometimes, it’s a matter of the firewall on the host computer blocking the devices from connecting. Sometimes, you can solve the problem by assigning static IP addresses to your connecting devices. Sometimes, it doesn’t seem like there’s a good reason at all why it won’t work.