Smart Cups Bucket Set the Drinking Temperature with Smartphone

Most people in Indonesia know the bucket as a water reservoir that is often used for washing. But what if the bucket is used for brewing and drinking hot coffee? Certainly not the usual bucket as we know it, but a clever cup named "Ember". This smart cup is produced by Ember Technologies, a company from California, United States.

Buckets made of ceramic material that is claimed to maintain the ideal temperature of drinks such as coffee or tea. Thus, the heat in the first flush will feel the same as last time, albeit in long enough pauses and in low temperatures. By connecting the cup with the smartphone via the Ember application, hot drink lovers can set their own temperature on different types of beverages.

They can also move the degree of temperature from celcius to fahrenheit with a range of degrees 120 degrees to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Users can also set their own LED color inside the mug through their smartphone. This cup can hold nearly 300 milliliters of water. Underneath, there is a lepek that also serves as a smart cup charger. In addition to cups, Ember is also available in travel mug aka where a portable drinking pot.

Aloha Smart Speaker and Fiona Will Compete with Amazon Alexa

Facebook smart speakers reportedly will slide in July 2018. Speaker who reportedly called Aloha and Fiona was originally revealed by DigiTimes some time ago.

Smart Speaker Facebook itself has a size of approximately 15 inches. This device will be a competitor Alexa, smart speakers designed by Amazon.

Reports released by DigiTimes are recorded alongside other reports. In August, Bloomberg said Facebook is working on at least two separate smart speakers with Siri voice assistant.

According to Bloomberg, one of Facebook's smart speakers has a screen as a laptop. The duo of this speaker in the report will be released after spring.

Not only that, Business Insider also stated that Facebook is working on a product called Aloha. Unfortunately, Facebook has yet to comment on its new product.

As known, Facebook CEO - Mark Zuckerberg does have an interest in smart homes. Zuck creates a smart personal assistant - Jarvis, and has a fully automated software system installed in his home.

The History of SMS is No Longer As Popular

Short Message Service (SMS) is a component of short messaging services available on mobile phones, world wide web and mobile device systems. SMS seems popular in the era of feature phones or before the advent of the smartphone era.

Wikipedia explains, SMS is the most widely used data application with an estimated approximately 3.5 billion active users or approximately 80 percent of all cellular subscribers at the end of 2010.

The SMS used on modern devices comes from telegraph radio in 'radio memo pagers' using standard telephone protocols. It was defined in 1985 as part of the standard set of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).

SMS is also used in mobile marketing, a kind of direct marketing. According to one market research report, by 2014, the global SMS messaging business is estimated to be worth over USD100 billion, accounting for nearly 50 percent of all revenue generated by mobile messaging.

The concept of SMS was developed in the Franco-German GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The first SMS was sent in 1992 from Neil Papworth, a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms.

Most GSM phones did not support the ability to send SMS. The first SMS gateway for mobile phones is network notification, which is usually to inform voicemail.

Update WhatsApp Will Add Tab Description to Group

WhatsApp has released new features for its Android and Windows applications. Through the update, WhatsApp will now add a new "Add group description" tab in the group.

That is, now WhatsApp group will have a description tab that can be filled by the user.

In this beta update, WhatsApp still allows each member of the group to change the description. But the possibility WhatsApp will only give power to the group admin only.

Reported NDTV, Thursday (22/2/2018), WhatsApp will likely release this beta update for iOS in the coming days. For Android itself is available on WhatsApp version 2.18.54 and 2.18.28 for Windows Phone.

The group description feature has limits of up to 500 characters. This description will help new users to get a brief understanding of group goals and whatever is required.

Android P Prevent Camera Hijacked Applications

Hacking mechanism via camera and microphone cameras creates a fear for the community, though rarely found. Google seems to have a solution via the Android operating system P is scheduled for release this mid-year.

The latest code found showing Android P will prevent silent apps using smartphone cameras and microphones without the user's knowledge.

If any programs are not actively trying to use the camera, Android P will stop it and send an error message to the user as a notification. This mechanism is different from the prevention of the microphone sector.

Android P can still be deceived for silent audio recording, only the data will be emptied if the application or program is inactive. In other words, the silent audio recording effort is useless.

So far is still a little leaked information about Android P, in addition to the name mentioned will refer to the name of ice cream-covered ice cream "Pistachio Ice Cream", as compiled KompasTekno, Thursday (22/2/2018), from Engadget.

Comparing Google Maps with Waze, Which is Better

Waze and Google Maps are mandatory applications for most travelers or new arrivals in a region.

Some users prefer Waze because it is thought to provide more alternative routes. Updates of traffic information are also shown faster. Some people prefer Google Maps because there are more choices of transportation routes.

Then, which one is superior between these two Google-made map apps? Before answering the question, KompasTekno has summarized the difference between the Waze app and Google Maps, as quoted from Digital Trends, Tuesday (20/2/2018).

Waze

Waze owned Google in 2013 ago after it was acquired from Waze Mobile, an Israeli company. Google's acquisition of Waze is worth 1.3 billion US dollars (Rp 17.6 trillion). When using Waze, drivers will be notified turn-by-turn, from place of origin to destination.

Like Google Maps, Waze will also display the travel time and route details to be traversed, including alternative routes, crash info, traffic jams or road closures. The difference is, Waze also provides information about traffic raids and one-way road changes, where this information is not found on Google Maps.

Beware, Character This Letter Make iPhone "Lame"

Found security gap alias new bug on Apple's iOS operating system. As always, the bug is relatively easy to exploit.

Some iPhone functions can be paralyzed when the user receives a text message, in which there is a letter character in the Telugu Indian language.

As for the bugs are disturbed is the default messaging application iMessage, as well as third-party messaging applications, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

In some cases, users do not even need to open messages or scroll notifications. Bugs work aggressively, where the iPhone screen will die. When turned on, the user will be prompted to enter the PIN code again.

In the interim, how to fix the impact of the bug is to delete the entire iMessage conversation from the browser on the desktop. Apple says this bug infects the latest operating system, iOS 11, macros High Sierra, watchOS 4, and tvOS 11, as compiled KompasTekno, Monday (19/2/2018), from Mashable.

Apple spokesman boasted a fix for this bug will be coming soon in each version of the operating system in some future time. Not mentioned in detail, when the release date.

What is clear, the spread of this bug already extends. Not just from the ignorant who sends iMessage messages containing bugs, but also via Twitter.

Gmail Users Can "Browse" Right from "Inbox"

Google announced that its e-mail service, Gmail, will be updated with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology.

AMP is a Google technology used to "lighten" the website so that it can be loaded faster through mobile devices. Thus, Gmail users will be able to browse from directly from the e-mail inbox.

In addition, because the framework AMP is open (open source), third-party developers can freely develop a variety of new functions related to the ability to browse.

By opening e-mails from Pinterest, for example, Gmail users can see the various posts and then click to see more details. Similar to what can be done on the pinterest website itself, but this is done directly from the Gmail inbox.

"Imagine if you can accomplish the tasks directly in e-mail, with AMP for e-mail (Gmail) you can make reservations at an event, or fill out a questionnaire directly from e-mail," wrote Aakash Sahney, Product Manager of Gmail, in a blog post.

Millions of Android Threatened Virtual Money Miner Malware

The process of "mining" (mining) virtual currency requires a large computing power. This is why the trend has arisen where hackers hijacked victims' computers for mining, with malware or scripts tucked into websites.

The more computers hijacked, the greater the collective resources for the process.

Later, this kind of incident widened also into the realm of mobile gadgets. Malwarebytes mobile security firm revealed a large-scale attack specifically targeting Android smartphones.

The hackers involved using the redirect advertising method to switch mobile browsers on mobile devices to multiple sites contain Monero (XMR) virtual currency monitors. The number of CPU utilization indicating the use of processor by mining process also jumped.

Surprisingly, the site of the virtual currency miner was frank about using Android device visitors alias redirect victims to do the mining. The site then asks the victim to enter a captcha to prove that the victim is not a "bot".

Android P Use Name Ice Cream Beans with Arab Beans

Google uses the name of the sweet food (cover) with the appropriate alphabetical prefix, for the name of its Android OS series. Starting from the first Android series, Cupcake (Android C) to the last Oreo (Android O).

Google's habits that bring a preoccupation for the user, they guess what sweet food that will be used Google, including for the next Android, namely Android P.

Previously, many were betting that Google would adopt "Pancake" as the name of Android P. But recent reports say Google's internal team chose the name Pistachio Ice Cream (pistachio nut ice cream).

Quoted KompasTekno from Pocket-Lint, Tuesday (13/2/2018), the name of Pistachio Ice Cream is not necessarily be used Google for Android P consumer version, when released officially later

Moreover, the name Ice Cream itself has been used on Android Version 4.0, the Ice Cream Sandwich released 2011 ago. But still leaked name Pistachio Ice Cream sounded foreign, and triggered another question in the minds of Android users. Like what about pistachio ice cream form?

The Design of Apple's Digital Pen Can Write in the Air

The digital stylus pen device is commonly used for writing or drawing on a touchscreen display such as a smartphone, laptop, or tablet.

But unlike this Apple patented stylus. The stylus is described as capable of working on a variety of surfaces, even can be used to write or draw in the air.

In addition to the pressure sensor at the end, the stylus pen in the Apple patent can be tracked by motion sensor and orientation sensor.

There are also cameras and methods of triangulation (positioning) based on "electromagnetic or sound", as summarized by KompasTekno from The Verge, Saturday (10/2/2018).

In other words, the possibility of the position of this stylus can be monitored in three-dimensional space when paired with a computer or tablet device equipped with various new sensors earlier.

The pen styus can be used to create two-dimensional objects such as handwriting. In addition, users can also draw a three-dimensional object, such as a cylinder.

Chrome Browser Mark HTTP Sites as "Unsafe"

Google's browser, Chrome announces that it will mark an unencrypted HTTP site as an insecure site. An unsafe HTTP site will be affixed with a "Not Secure" note to the left of the address bar.

This tagging will be performed on Chrome version 68 update. It is planned that the new version of Chrome will be coming soon in July 2018.

In the last version of Chrome browser, version 64, Not Secure warning still uses neutral icons using the letter "i" to the left of the address bar.

The new insecurity information can be found by clicking on the icon. While URLs with HTTPS protocol that has been encrypted, will be marked with a green padlock as well as a description of "Secure".

Reported by KompasTekno from The Verge, Monday (2/12/2018) background of this update due to the increasing adoption of HTTPS as the default web. Chrome also records that as many as 81 of the top 100 sites have migrated to HTTPS.

Since 2015, Google has ranked unencrypted HTTP sites. A year later, Chrome version 56 embeds an insecure sign in an unencrypted HTTP site password column.

WhatsApp Are Testing Features of "Group Voice Call" and "Group Video Call"

After landing a group call feature in Messenger, Facebook is likely to do the same to the other "child," WhatsApp.

WhatsApp is reportedly testing the group voice call and group video call features in WhatsApp beta format version 2.18.39.

These experiments are being tested first on WhatsApp Android and will likely be overtaken by iOS.

The group voice call feature will accommodate a maximum of four participants including the first caller, while the group video call only accommodates a maximum of 3 participants including the first caller. The number of participants is still far less than Facebook Messenger.

In Facebook Messenger, group voice calls can accommodate a maximum of 50 participants, and a maximum of six participants for the group video call.

This feature has actually been hiding in WhatsApp beta version 2.17.437. For users who missed the quota to test the feature will get a warning that read "Can not make voice and video calls because this feature is not available in group call".

WhatsApp Notification Will Be Set By Priority

Android operating system 8.0 Oreo features notification channels where users can group and manage the way the phone gives notification alerts based on priority, such as whether it will be accompanied by sound, vibration, or not.

WhatsApp presumably is preparing an app update to support notification channels on Android Oreo. This is known from a handful of Oreo-based device users running the WhatsApp beta app starting from version 2.18.18.

According to reports, in the beta version, WhatsApp displays 10 notification channels, namely group notification, message notification, chat history backup, critical app alerts, failure notifications, media playback, sending media, silent notifications, other notifications, and uncategorized.

Each of these channels has settings that can be arranged individually based on the type of notification in question. Users can set priority notifications from available notifications.

For example, if you do not want to get notifications from group chats or chat backups, they can be made to prevent the phone from ringing or vibrating. Can also be disabled (disable) altogether so it does not appear in the notification tray.

Extraordinary! 5G Network Test Translucent Download Speed ​​2.8 Gbps

The EE mobile phone network demonstrates a 5G network, showing a 2.8 Gbps download speed. The test was in collaboration with the telecommunications company, Huawei.

Launched Computing, the test connects a 5G core virtualization to an active MIMO 64x64 Massive antenna unit that broadcasts 5G New Radio. Reportedly, the virtualization of this network technology can reduce costs, improve efficiency and help create new services.

The technology is on display at Huawei's Global Mobile Broadband Forum this week. By using Huawei's proof-of-concept baseband unit, the company connects 5G core networks with a 100MHz test spectrum of 3.5 GHz. As a result, high speed and high latency rates are delivered end-to-end.

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard body is currently working on the first official global standard that outlines how 5G will be built. The 5G EE architecture is aligned with the three Option of 3GPP Release 15, which will be completed next month.

"We use our experience in leading edge 4G technology and our special partnership approach to ensure technology leadership at 5G," said Tom Bennett, Director of Network Services and Devices at EE.

Artificial Intelligence Technology Can Now Solve Criminal Problems

The development of artificial intelligence systems (Artificial Intelligence / AI) has reached the stage for astronauts in outer space. Today, the technology of artificial intelligence is also used to solve criminal or criminal problems.

European law enforcement agencies believe that the technology has the potential to help filter data more efficiently, recreate crime scenes, and identify clues.

The earliest version of this system was developed by Space Applications Services, almost 15 years ago. The system is designed to answer questions like "What's this?" and "Where is this?" from astronout-in-training at the Columbus Space Agency (ESA) research laboratory.

The technology is growing rapidly in the following years, leading to the latest techniques of intelligent mobile crew assistant. The bot will test this year with Alexander Gerst, the next ESA astronaut sent into space.

AI's potential to reduce onshore operations and related costs, as well as the possibility of lowering risk for human personnel. Not only attract the attention of space agents, but also law enforcement agencies.