Nokia’s New Android App the ‘Z Launcher’

Nokia is trying hard to mark its place in the market today with doing different things and in a recent even Nokia has launched an Android launcher App known as the Z Launcher. Which is basically a home screen replacement for Android devices.

The app tracks how you use your device and the Apps you frequently operate it also chooses your most used contacts and keeps an account on the most visited website assembling everything at one place and making it an complete and easy experience for the users. There are five shortcuts that appear on the home screen which is the combination of all the apps, contacts and websites that you frequently use on your device.

The Z launcher completely changes the interface of the phone and makes it plain and simple for the users with all the favorite apps at one place and rest others just a swipe away. Only the alpha version of the launcher is released in few areas around the world. And currently it’s been tested on Nexus 5 and various Samsung models.

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Things you can say to Cortana:

The virtual assistant of Windows mobile can do lot of things. She can even chat with you and do things like checking your calendar, reminding you to do all kind of stuff, or getting answers on live scores, random trivia .It can answer anything and everything.

Talking to Cortana is like talking to a real person and she will understand whatever your saying and even if she isn’t sure what you mean then also she will figure out what you are commanding to her and help you out.

Here are some commands that you can give to Cortana:

Task or subject	Some ideas to get you started
Chit chat	How old are you? Tell me a joke Where are you from?
Phone	Make a call to Jesse at home Call chetan on speakerphone Call sunny Call Raina, home
Texting	Text dad Message Anna Text dheeraj Do you want to grab coffee this afternoon?
Calendar	Put swimming on my calendar for today Change my 4 PM event to 5 PM What do I have next in my day? What's happening this weekend?
Reminders	Remind me to pick up my dry cleaning today Remind me to water the plants when I get home Next time I'm at the grocery store, remind me to buy bananas When ayush calls, remind me to congratulate her on her new phone Remind me to call srikant when I leave work
Alarms	Wake me up at 7 AM Set an alarm for 8:45 AM Turn off my 4 PM alarm Wake me up in 40 minutes
Notes	Take a note Note: left my car on level 5 Take a note: find birdwatching book for Dad's birthday
Music	Play [artists] Put on [playlist] Start playing [song] Play some jazz Play [album] What song is playing?
Maps and directions	Get me directions to the nearest movieplex. Where am I? How long will it take me to get to the MG Road? Show me a map of Bangalore. How far to National Park? What's traffic like on the way to work?
Places to go	Is there a Starbucks near me? Find a cheap pizza place that's open now Show me highly rated restaurants nearby Is [place] open on weekends?
Weather	Will it rain this weekend? Is it cold out? What's the weather today? What's the forecast for next week? Is it hot in Dubai right now?
Facts	Who is the tallest woman in the world? Who is the president of Portugal? What's the capital of Qatar?
Flights	What's the status of Alaska Airlines flight 628? Is Delta Airlines flight 11 on time?
Sports	Latest NBA scores? Latest Mariner's score When was the last Indian cricket team game?
Finance	Convert 60 dollars to Rupees How many pesos in a dollar? How much is a Nokia share? How did the Asian markets do?

 

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Bad News: WhatsApp Removed from Windows phone.

WhatsApp has been No.1 application for every mobile user since its introduction and has been highly popular on all the mobile platforms.

The users who are using WhatsApp on windows know about the issues that the application gives like high battery consumption, late receipt of messages, missing notifications are some of the problems faced by the users.

The developers for the WhatsApp have removed the application from the windows store and all the new users will not be able to download and use the application for now. And there is no specific reason given by the officials for the missing application from the store.

Hopefully the developers are fixing the bugs in the application and release it soon.

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10 things ‘’Cortana’’ can do in your Windows phone 8.1. Don’t miss out the 10th feature.

Microsoft recently launched 8.1 update for windows phone 8.1 and out of many new features added the one which stands out is the virtual assistant of windows phone  ''Cortana''.

Let’s see the top 10 things that Cortana can do:

 

1.      Navigating quickly to places.

Do u visit a place often?

Then just ad that place to your favorites and ask Cortana to drive. For example you can just say ‘’drive to office’’ if office is included and that will directly take you to navigation page.

2.      Pinning Cortana to start screen:

When you launch Cortana from start screen instead of the search button then it will tell you latest news, calendar appointments and so on. The tile is transparent and the pulsating Cortana circle is awesome.

3.      Pinning websites to Home screen:

You can pin a particular website to home screen and Cortana can launch that website as an application and which makes it really user friendly and easy to use by just telling the name of the website.

4.      Music Control :

Just say ‘’change’’ while playing music and Cortana will automatically switch to other song.

5.      Appointments and Alarm :

If you have an appointment scheduled and you want to edit it then just tell Cortana to ‘’change the appointment for tomorrow at 12’’ and follow up with the time and the same can be done for alarm as well.

6.      Assign Nick names to your contacts.

You would want to say call my ‘’girlfriend’’ instead of saying ‘’first name’’ ‘’second name’’. Now Cortana can do that for you. Just assign a nick name to any of your contact and use it call them and you can assign 3 nick names per contact.

7.      Find out the details of the song :

If a song is being played around you and you don’t know the details of that song then just say ‘’which song is this’’ and Cortana will detect and tell you the details about the song.

8.      Controlling Wi-Fi on demand :

Now you can control your Wi-Fi from Cortana just give her the command ‘’turn on Wi-Fi’’ or vice versa and Wi-Fi turns on for you.

9.      Set reminder while on call :

Now you can set a reminder for the time when you will speaking to a specific person. For example you can tell Cortana to remind you to wish your girlfriend happy birthday when next time you talk to her. And when u speak to your girlfriend then Cortana will remind you to wish your girlfriend. This is an excellent feature and of great use.

10.  Location based reminders :

Do u want to be get reminded of paying the bill once you reach home or to pick up kids from school after work or to make an important call once you reach office. Now all this is possible with Cortana using location based reminders. And as soon as you reach that desired location a pop-up will flash on your device reminding of the work to be done.

Cortana can do a lot more of stuff and all the basic things are of course included it is very quirky and will also sing for you or share a joke with you. In my opinion it is the best virtual assistant in the market today.

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