BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- A regulation on live streaming comes into effect on Thursday making it compulsory for presenters to register with their real names.

The regulation by the Cyberspace Administration of China bans use of live streams to undermine national security, destabilize society, disturb social order, infringe upon others' rights and interests, or disseminate inappropriate content, including pornography.

The regulation obliges service providers to censor content and blacklist users who break the rules, prohibiting them from registering again.

Several other regulations also come into force on Thursday.

Privately owned business will now only require one certificate, instead of the current two -- a business license and a tax certificate -- as part of latest efforts to simplify administrative procedures and encourage startups, according to Zhang Mao, chief of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

The law on asset appraisal, first drafted in 2006, will also take effect on Thursday. The new law allows certified appraisers who have passed national exams, as well as those who have expertise and hands-on experience in asset evaluation, to practice asset appraisal.

A regulation on special funds for philosophy and social science will allow more who study in these fields to be paid.

The new plan on dealing on air pollution in Beijing will be implemented on Dec. 15, further cutting the number and type of vehicles allowed on the roads when an alert is issued.

CREDIT:Xinhua   2016-11-29 17:52:58

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Internal documents related to Apple’s patent spat with Samsung sees the Cupertino company acknowledge consumers want larger screen smartphones—above the 4-inch threshold we’ve seen Apple stick to the past few years. It’s one thing to hear rumors Apple might upgrade the iPhone’s display size to 4.7 inches, and possibly even 5.5 inches. It’s another thing when you see the company straight up say strong demand is in the phablet market.

The documents, via Recode, show off Apple’s possible planning for 2014, and sees a vulnerable company outright say that “customers want what we don’t have.” That being phones with larger screens. The same document also mentions Apple’s complete lack of cheap smartphone hardware; many expected the iPhone 5c to fill in that gap, but the device is still fairly expensive off-contract, and therefore out of reach for many entry-level consumers.
Apple acknowledging these facts (not publicly, of course) seems to be a declaration that its smartphone strategy needs to change. With no really cheap handset and seemingly every Android device larger than the 4.5-inch threshold, Apple doesn’t really have much room to grow. In a separate chart, Apple even tracks the recent growth of the mobile market—the larger screen and entry-level markets have gone up, while everything outside of that has declined. Apple is in that declining camp.
So, it seems, despite data suggesting Apple’s iPhone is doing well, there seems to be concern among Apple executives about where the company is headed. However, we’re expecting Apple to make a complete shift in strategy when the next iPhone hits, so the problems of larger screens and cheaper phones could be addressed. It’s always difficult to trust a rumor regarding an unreleased handset. But seeing as Apple is acknowledging a change needs to be made, it could be our biggest hint yet that the iPhone will change in a big way later this year.

Smartphone theft, in the words of lawmakers grappling with the crime, has reached "epidemic" levels. In the last few years, the oftentimes violent act has been quickly eclipsing all other forms of robbery in the US thanks to the lucrative secondhand market for stolen smartphones.
That's precisely why carriers Verizon and US Cellular have teamed up with Samsung to ensure that the Android device maker's Find My Mobile and Reactivation Lock antitheft features are now preloaded -- in other words already installed out of the box -- on its new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone. The Korean company's flagship smartphone became available for preorder on Verizon's Web site Friday with an official launch date of April 11.

Find My Mobile -- similar to Apple's Find My iPhone service that has aided authorities in tracking down stolen iOS devices -- is an online service that can track and lock a stolen phone, wipe it clean, and alert the owner when a different SIM card is inserted. Reactivation Lock is a feature that detects abnormal attempts to reset a device to factory settings by prompting one to login even aft

In most cases, these services must be either downloaded from their respective app stores and synced up with one's account through the Web or proactively turned on in settings and kept activated to remain effective.

Lawmakers are putting pressure on handset makers and carriers to eliminate one, if not more, of these hurdles on the user end, thereby attempting to disincentivize criminals from committing smartphone theft. In this case, the features are now available on the Galaxy S5 out of the box and can be activated for free, but are still opt-in measures.

"While we are concerned that consumers will need to opt-in to the system, thereby limiting the ubiquity and effectiveness of the solution, the fact that Samsung and these carriers have agreed to work together to make Find My Mobile and Reactivation Lock available sends a strong message that all participants in this industry can indeed work together to make their customers safer," wrote San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman in a joint statement released Friday.

Gascón and Scheniderman are two of the leading state regulators aggressively pushing for more antitheft measures around the smartphone market. Smartphone theft now makes up 30 to 40 percent of robberies in the country, according to the Federal Trade Commission -- with a rate as high as 66 percent in San Francisco -- and affected 1.6 million Americans in 2012 alone, Consumer Reports said.

To curb those rates, Gascón and Scheniderman have worked together to bolster the efforts of the Secure Our Smartphone initiative -- a nationwide coalition of lawmakers, police chiefs, and public safety activists -- that was launched earlier this year and seeks out ways to create a more secure atmosphere that would hopefully eliminate incentives to smartphone theft.

Chief among those efforts is a "kill switch" legislation in California, known formally as Senate Bill 962, that would mandate the implementation of a opt-out security feature in smartphones that would make them inoperable if stolen, a power that would be handed over to city and state governments.

Gascón said the bill was a response to push back from carriers over taking the very action -- preloading Samsung's antitheft apps -- that Verizon and US Cellular just performed. Gascón has publicly questioned these carriers' past resistance, and the continued resistance from other carriers, as an effort driven by profit and relationships with insurance companies.

"I'm not implying that the industry is solely motivated by profit, but one certainly has to ask why" there is resistance, Gascón said at San Francisco City Hall when he introduced the bill in February. In this case, however, Samsung and two of its carrier partners have taken a step to address the concerns proactively.

"More work needs to be done to ensure these solutions come standard on every device, but these companies have done the right thing by responding to our call for action. No family should lose a mother, a father, a son or a daughter for their phone. Manufacturers and carriers need to put public safety before corporate profits and stop this violent epidemic, which has put millions of smartphone users at risk," Gascón and Scheniderman concluded.

After four years with an Android phone, I switched back to iPhone this month. I liked my Android phone, but the smartphone experience is very much a matter of details, and diving into today’s iPhone makes me realize how great a job Apple AAPL -0.11% has done, and how strong its franchise truly is.

Details: I had three Android phones from January 2010 to March 2014, a NexusOne, a Galaxy Nexus, and a Galaxy S4, running Android 2.2 (Froyo) at first and 4.3 (Jelly Bean) at the end. The first two phones ran Google GOOG -49.28%-experience Android, and the S4 had Samsung’s user interface overlay. My new iPhone is a 5c running iOS 7.1. I originally moved to Android because I was professionally curious about it, and I decided to switch back when I bought a new car and discovered that the interoperability of my near-new Galaxy S4 with the car was miserable (more). Research indicated an iPhone would be much better, and in fact it is.

The switch itself was surprisingly easy. My Verizon contract ties to a phone number (a “line” in telco-think), not a phone, so I bought a good used 5c on Amazon, had Verizon substitute it on the line at no cost, and sold my S4 on eBay: round trip cost about $150. My Exchange and Google accounts downloaded to the phone, and I had a back-up of my old iPhone that restored and updated most of my apps.

The key differences I notice between iPhone and Android:

1. The iPhone user interface is much more polished. Google worked hard to make Jelly Bean quicker and smoother, making substantial improvements, but iPhone is still better. For example, when I type on the iPhone, it shows the letter I am trying to type more often, even though the screen is smaller. I’m guessing this is better software at work.

2. The iPhone app ecosystem is markedly better. Google Play and the Apple App Store both have about 1 million apps, and most major apps are available for both platforms, but, again, the devil lurks in the details. New apps and updates come out first on iPhone. iPhone apps are more feature-complete, e.g., the BMW Connect app that allows me to operate select smartphone apps from the car’s control screen supports Pandora and Stitcher on iOS and not on Android, and it just works better on iOS.

3. iOS is stronger at the technical detail level: e.g., when you use an iPhone with a car, Bluetooth streaming audio works properly, you can control which contacts get synced to the car over Bluetooth, and if you have both Bluetooth and a wired connection to the car active, the iPhone smartly sends phone audio over Bluetooth and streaming-media audio over the wire, so both work. (In fact, Google-experience Android gets this right, too, but the Samsung user interface breaks it.) This might be fixed by an upgrade, but then you have the Android update fubar: six months post release, Verizon Galaxy S4 users are waiting for Kit Kat with no news from Verizon, and the update is buggy when you get it.

4. The iPhone camera is just the best: beautiful pictures, and great features like high dynamic range, which both compensates for some limitations of simple cameras, and can create attractive images that remind me of a painting (more).

I miss some Android strengths. The Google apps have more features on Android, e.g. Google Voice can make itself the default option for international calls. Android apps can access more of the system information. This enables, for example, a great signal strength application that shows the details for the voice, data, and wifi connections separately, which I have used to diagnose problems. And a few apps are better on Android: AirWx, a nicely functional weather app that displays the FAA weather information airline pilots use, has gotten me home on a few stormy nights by telling me which connection was likely to work. iPhone has a dumbed-down free version and an expensive pro version.

Fundamentally, the iPhone is more of a phone, and the top tier Android phones, like the S4, are a phone/tablet fusion: “phablets”. The iPhone 5 is slimmer and fits the hand a bit better, but the extra screen size has important benefits. The Android calendar has a nice “week” view that iOS lacks on the iPhone but offers on the iPad. The Android key-pad has an extra line of suggested spellings below the text that I find useful. And the map and web-browsing experience is simply better with a bigger screen area. I spend 3-4x more time looking at my phone than holding it to my ear, so the screen experience matters much more than the “talking to toast” objection some have to phablets.

So, I’m looking forward to iPhone 6 with a ~5” screen. It will bring together the strengths of iOS with the one Android phone feature I miss most.

With that gap closed, I’m struck by what a superior product the iPhone actually is. Android has developed fast, shown Apple that (screen) size matters, made the market competitive, and expanded it, particularly in Asia and at the low end, which is great. Apple has built and nurtured the advantages with which it launched the smartphone era: user experience, hardware design and performance, and its app and media ecosystem. It’s developed into a top-10 global consumer brand, and most important, it has a large set of loyal and affluent customers who pay up for phones and software, keeping its ecosystem on top.

We are early in the smartphone era. As long as Apple can stay significantly better and take care of its customers, it has a long way to run.

Laptops are very important work and fun stations. To ensure that our laptops lasts us longer, it is our duty to know the safe practices, how to, habits, acts, and behaviors that might cause us to lose our laptops.

Here are 10 common mistakes that might cause you to damage your laptop or computer.

1. Using Your Computer Without An Antivirus
Getting a good antivirus with paid license could be expensive but it’s always a wise choice to do so. Using your laptop without an antivirus software installed could cause you the following;

* Slow system performance
* Loss of important documents exposure to h*ckers through the installation of Trojan horses and tracking cookies on your system
* And finally could cause total system failure

To avoid the above consequences, get a good antivirus program for your laptop.

Note: Though Antivirus program is essential for your system safety, you should not install more than one antivirus program on your system at the same time.

2. Lifting Your Laptop By The Screen
One common mistake people often make is; lifting their laptops by the screen, therefore exerting too much pressure on the laptop hinges, and increasing the risk of losing your laptop screen. Always grab your laptop by the base and not by the screen.

3. Blocking The Air Vent
Blocking the air vents helps the system cool by serving as a means for the system to dissipate heat. If you block these vents by placing a pile of papers that block the vents for example, your laptop would overheat causing problems that could make you lose your laptop to damage.

Always ensure that you don’t block your laptop vent to prevent overheating and damage to your laptop. The air vents on your laptop.

4. Using Your Laptop Without Surge Protection
Using your laptop without surge protection could cost you your computer. Every now and then power fluctuates and spikes which could cause damage to your power pack or your laptop. Ensure you get a good surge protector to protect your laptop and accessories from power surges.

5. Eating & Drinking When Using Your Laptop
Most times we want to enjoy food and drinks while watching movies or playing games on our laptop. Sounds like fun but is probably one of the most dangerous mistakes you could make, as an accidental spill of a cup of juice or water on your keyboard could cause the system to short circuit and could cause your laptop to burn or shut down indefinitely. Always keep liquids far away from your laptop.

6. Using Your Laptop On Bed Or Soft Surfaces
Most people enjoy the comfort of working with their laptops on bed. However, this is bad practice. Using your laptop on bed could cause your laptop to overheat

7. Over Charging Your Laptop Battery
Overcharging your laptop could cause your battery to wear out. When your laptop attains 100% charge, take it off the power source. This is important because when you work with a laptop with a bad battery and there is an unexpected power cut, your system could go off immediately causing your system to shut down wihtout saving your previous session. This could cause you to lose your unsaved document and could eventually lead to the damage of your system.

8. Moving Your Laptop With Your Power Cord Aattached
When moving your laptop from one point to another, it is dangerous to do so with your power cord attached as it might get tangled up and cause the laptop to fall off your hands. Always detach the power cord first before moving your laptop

9. Using Your Power Cord To Obstruct The Way
It is dangerous to charge your laptop in a way that your power cord obstructs the way. Someone could accidentally kick your cord fit such a force that could spoil your power cord or cause your laptop to fall to the ground. Always place your cord where it doesn’t obstruct the way.

10. Never Open Your Laptop If You Are Not A Technician
Some folks might be tempted to open their laptops to see if they can try their hands on fixing a problem or two. The truth however is, no matter how small you perceive the problem to be, if you are not a technician or have concrete knowledge about your computer hardware, do no open your computer, doing so could stand you the risk of tempering with other things which could spoil your laptop totally. Always seek technical help when having issues with your computer, don’t do try and error.

#Enjoy!!!