How A 17-Year-Old Impressed Zuckerberg to Become One of Facebook’s Youngest Employees

This is the story of Michael Sayman, one of Facebook’s youngest employees and how he landed his job. Getting a job at Facebook isn’t an easy task and our article on the toughest Facebook interview questions must have convinced you. You must possess some extraordinary talent to impress the nerdy brain of Mr. Zuckerberg and enter 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California.

Telling his story in a Facebook TechPrep video, Michael Sayman tells how he was able to provide for his whole family during the recession when his family lost their house.

It was just five years back when this teenage app prodigy developed an interest in programming and decided to make his own website based on WordPress to share tips and tricks for his favorite game Disney’s Club Penguin.

It had been just about one year since Steve Jobs had announced the opening of iOS app store. So, he wanted to code a mobile app to make his website more popular. Sadly, he didn’t know anybody to teach him how to write an app. “It was a horrible process of learning, absolutely the worst. My school didn’t offer computer classes so that’s what I had to do,” he said.

So, he decided to take the ultimate route of internet and figured out how to make his app. For the Apple app store registration, he needed the $100 fee. As his family was financially struggling, his mom said if he couldn’t convert the app into sales, he would have to work at the family’s Peruvian chicken restaurant.

When he launched his app, those were the pretty early days with just 1,500 apps in the iOS Store. Eventually, his app rose to the top 10. The Hustle writes, “On the first day, Michael made $40, then $120, and $179. He made $5,000 the first month. On the first day, Michael made $40, then $120, and $179. He made $5,000 the first month.”

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“After the first check arrived I was like, ‘Oh my gosh he’s earning more than me!” his mom, Cristina Sayman, said.

At the same time, due to the recession, his family was struggling and his father lost his job. It was the time when he came up with the idea of ‘4 Snaps.’ In this game, players will take 4 pictures and ask the others to guess the word.

At the time he submitted his new app to the App Store in May 2013, he failed half of his final exams.

Michael publicized the app by paying Instagrammers about $40/day, something he was struggling to afford. But, his risk paid off and his app rose the #127 position in the App store World Games list, eventually to #1.

Technology companies like Facebook are known to keep an eye on such prodigies and same was the case with Michael. A Facebook recruiter reached out to him and offered him a summer internship. Along with his mother, he was taken to the Parse dev conference and given a tour of the world of Facebook.

Unsurprisingly, Michael said, “It was like a Disney World but for tech people.” Talking about Zuckerberg, he said, “He sits down on his desk, puts his feet up, has a soccer ball, and he’s dribbling it. And I’m like, ‘Is this real life right now?”

He got an internship at Facebook for $6,000 a month and today he’s a software developer at Facebook. Here are thr famous apps written by him:

• Club Penguin Cheats app
• 4 Snaps
• Super Stickman Jump
• PokeGear
• Bubble Bounce
• GuideZilla
• The Impossible
• Doodle Town

Know his story in his words in this video by TechPrep – Facebook’s latest initiative to teach programming:

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Motorola Launches DROID Turbo 2 And It Just Won’t Break

It doesn’t matter how advanced or smart your smartphone is if it gets shattered each time it falls! The flaw isn’t fixated to Apple iPhones, which if you remember would bend inside your pockets, but to almost all the phones (except vintage Nokia) that would easily break.

Motorola has, however, come up with its own hulk version of a smartphone that just won’t break. Motorola DROID Turbo 2 is the phone which won’t bother you with the unnecessary care-taking measures while using. The DROID Turbo 2 runs on the USP of a shatterproof display along with several upgrades and is a strong contender for the people’s choice.The Turbo2 display has a five-layered structure that absorb shocks keeping your smartphone’s screen intact, claims Motorola. Also, the display is little elastic rather than being rigid to incorporate up to a certain amount force.

The Motorola DROID Turnbo 2 has a 5.4-inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440) display which comes with a four-year warranty against shattering and cracking.

Also read: Motorola Releases Moto X Style – World’s Fastest Charging Phone With “Pure” Android

After Motorola showcased its phone’s sturdiness against iPhone in an advertisement, the skeptics at CNN performed some of their own tests to check the claims of the perfect phone for the imperfect people.

Watch the official “shatterproof display” ad for DROID Turbo 2 by Motorola.

Also, watch the experiment by CNN.

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Why Android N is Going to Be the Biggest Change in Android’s History

Turning a successful service enterprise into a product company is a feat that is difficult to achieve. Microsoft has been trying hard to accomplish it and Google is moving fast on the same track from past many years.

With Alphabet restructuring, Google is focusing more on making its operations more effective. Android is one of the biggest products of Google. And understanding the growing dominance of mobile, Google is moving ahead to combine its desktop-focused Chrome OS and the Android mobile OS.As the media reports suggest, this convergence of Chrome OS and Android was in talks from some time and Android emerged as the obvious winner. If we compare the both, Chrome OS is less flexible and more secure. It has emerged as a winner in the schools due to its focus on education.

With Android Marshmallow, Google has made progress on the security front with mandatory encryption and secure boot. With the upcoming Android N, to be announced at Google I/O, we can expect Google to make a move towards more laptop-type bigger screen devices powered by an advanced Android OS.

Last month, Google announced its Pixel C tablet taking inspiration fromMicrosoft’s Surface Pro and Apple’s iPad Pro. Deciding which OS would be suitable to run the larger screen touch devices, Microsoft invented an OS that switches smoothly between tiles and desktop mode.

With the decision to kill the Chrome OS and fold its best features in the upcoming Android Nutella (Sorry! Unable to resist, I predict this name for Android N), Google is following the footsteps of Microsoft. Talking about the name predictions, Android Nougat is another strong contender.

While Android Marshmallow focused on tightening the security hinges and making Android a corporate-suitable product, Android N will be a major change. Earlier this year, Google announced that the newer versions of Android will be free from unnecessary bloatware and Android N will the perfect platform to begin with.

Compared to Android Marshmallow, expect some bigger feature additions coming with Android N.

In the past, Google has Android-running bigger screen devices, but Android just didn’t feel right. This move to merge the Chrome OS and Android OS in Android N is Sundar Pichai’s attempt to make an OS that can run on all form factors. The Android operating system already runs on smartwatches, TV, tablets, phones – and adding the laptops in this list could be Android’s biggest step yet.

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A Low Price Smartwatch

It is a great invention of the twenty first century. The watch comes in a variety of colours and you have the opportunity to select your favourite colour. The colours range from black, white, beige and many others.

The ZGPAX S79 Bluetooth smartwatch is more than a watch. Some of its main amazing features include:-Bluetooth phone call
The watch has a dialer where you can make a call or answer call using the watch. With this incredible watch, you do not have to remove your phone from the pocket every time you want to make or receive a call. It is very easy to answer and make a call using your low price Smartwatch, ZGPAX S79 Bluetooth smartwatch.

Phone book, messaging and music player

The low price Smart watch enables you to send a message without having to type on your smart phone. You can also play the music in your smart phone by operating the wrist watch. With the watch, you can have fun with your favourite music any time and anywhere.

Inbuilt camera

The Smart watch has an excellent camera that takes very clear photos. The camera is also able to record high quality video. The videos and the photos taken using the low price Smartwatch are easily synchronized in your smart phone.

A large touch screen, (1.54 inch) The size of the screen is large enough to allow you have a wonderful experience while taking photos as well as the videos. The high definition screen makes it possible to clearly view the photos and the videos.

Sleep regulation and control

The Smartwatch has the ability to monitor and regulate the amount of sleep you have every day and or night. It will direct you on how to adjust your sleeping habits in order to ensure that you have enough quality sleep. This is one of the most amazing features of this low price Smartwatch. By helping you sleep adequately, it helps to enhance your health.

Pedometer

This low price Smartwatch has an excellent pedometer that helps you to monitor every step you take while walking. This is particularly an amazing feature for sportsmen and women. You are able to see the distance you have covered over a given period of time. This will help you to take control of your sporting activities.

Sound recorder

The Smartwatch has the ability to record sound in such a high quality that one cannot differentiate it from the original sound. The low price Smartwatch also has other features such calendar, calculator and an alarm

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ASUS Waveface Concept

The trend is already set for the werable technology in the market. One by one the top companies are putting forward there newly conceived models and prototypes to prove their worth and grasp in the field of technology. After the recent introduction of Apple iWatch, Moto 360 and LG G Watch we can formulate the fact that this trend is going to bring more candidates into the arena. ASUS has also stepped up on the platform with its Waveface Concept and produced the concept of its bracelet watchphone. Though the prototype is ready but it will not hit the market soon as it is very expensive and not so profitable at the current stage.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and trading under that name, is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company based in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. ASUS is the world’s fifth-largest PC vendor by 2013 unit sales after Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer. ASUS appears in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100” and “Asia’s Top 10 IT Companies” rankings, and it ranked first in the IT Hardware category of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands survey with a total brand value of $1.3 billion.  Asus has lived up to the expectation of its name with its WaveFace concept.  Waveface is in fact a series of concept devices, created by ASUS and including the Waveface Casa TV, the Waveface Light, a touch tablet and the Waveface Ultra watchphone. ASUS Waveface Ultra is a wearable cellphone concept that can be worn around the wrist, just like a bracelet. This device is a pretty trendy accessory and it uses a flexible OLED display, being also based on gesture control and touch interface. There’s also a cloud system supposed to work both with the watchphone and the tablet pictured below, that also features a flexible display. All of these devices, even the Casa TV, are able to access documents and all sorts of content via the platform setup by ASUS. A brilliant idea that we’ll hopefully see turned into reality, soon!

The Waveface Casa is a large widescreen display that acts as both entertainment center and internet portal. When not in use, a flexible, decorative cover obscures most of the screen, only exposing small areas that display contextually-relevant information. Equipped with a touch-sensitive screen and backed by a soft, flexible material, the Waveface Light is an interface to the cloud that can be used in a conventional screen-keyboard configuration or as a flat, single-screen tablet. The Waveface Casa is a TV-like home computer machine, serving as an information terminal. Design-wise it is similar to Waveface LIght except for the fact that when it is opened, you can use it to watch video or handle more complex data. When closed, it would show only simple information like time and weather.

The Waveface Ultra is the most portable of the lot. It has an iPhone like design, and can be used as a hybrid phone and a portable computing device. Interesting thing about this device is that thanks to its flexible OLED design you can wrap it around your wrist but still have a single surface when handheld.

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Oh, no. Samsung's new phone bends just like an iPhone?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.

The Galaxy S6 Edge allegedly cracks under pressure. SquareTrade/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET

In the annals of great disasters, Bendgate has its place.

Surely you remember the iPhone 6 Plusbeing bent by the bare hairy hands of experts, and even by machines?

Surely you wept as you saw it disfigured like a night on the town after one too many banana daiquiris.

Naturally, competitors saw this and chuckled. Samsung even released a videothat allegedly proved its Galaxy Note 4was not for bending.

The same doesn't seem to be true with the Galaxy 6 Edge. The big brains at SquareTrade decided to put this lovely new phone to the test. What they discovered is that it became unlovely with exactly the sort of pressure that did in the iPhone 6 Plus.

The testing video shows that one leg of an offensive lineman -- I'm estimating it weighs 110 pounds -- not only bends the Edge, but also gets its glass to crack.

Moreover, the Edge broke apart at 149 pounds of pressure, whereas the iPhone 6 Plus survived until 179 pounds.

I imagine that one or two Apple fanpersons will be giggling to their Easter Bunnies at this news. They might even crow to their Edgier friends that their gadget cracks under pressure.

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Cop caught going ballistic on Uber driver apologizes on TV

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.

Detective Patrick Cherry. Did his TV appearance garner sympathy? NBC New York screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET

When you've already made a filmic appearance and earned the disdain of many, is it wise to appear on TV to try and sway opinion?

For Detective Patrick Cherry of the New York Police Department's Joint Terrorism Task Force the answer was "yes."

Cherry is the detective caught in the act of berating an Uber driver by the driver's passenger, Sanjay Seth. Seth posted the video to YouTube, where more than 3 million people have enjoyed it.

Cherry made racially tinged statements, angrily slammed the driver's door and behaved in such a nasty manner that New York Police Commissioner William Brattontook away his badge and gun and declared: "No good cop should watch that video without a wince. Because all good cops know that officer just made their jobs a little bit harder."

 

The incident occurred after the Uber driver made what Seth called a mild gesture of frustration in reaction to Cherry allegedly parking in front of him without using his blinker.

However, appearing on NBC New York,Cherry insisted that the driver had reacted angrily. Which isn't perhaps the best way to present an apology. Cherry did say: "I apologize, I sincerely apologize." He added, though, that his intention in stopping the Uber driver was to "clarify the situation."

But surely as far as the Uber driver was concerned, Cherry was an ordinary citizen. He was in an unmarked car. What needed clarification? Cherry told NBC that there was mutual hand-waving between the two. Some might think that to be an ordinary day on the streets of New York. Cherry clearly did not.

He explained: "When I walked up, I was uptight. I wanted to know what the problem was. I felt his driving actions were discourteous and impolite and when he stopped he said, 'I'm not going to give you anything.'"

Still, countering alleged discourtesy with ranting, questioning how long the Uber driver has been in the US, mocking his accent and slamming the driver's car door might not be the ideal police-manual etiquette.

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SASA UNAWEZA KUPIGA SIMU KWA KUTUMIA WHATSAPP

Well, WhatsApp Inc. is releasing new exciting updates in interval of every 2-3 months. Recently, the company released Web-Client feature, known as WhatsApp Web which is highly encouraged by users worldwide and is technically easiest way to use WhatsApp on Home PCs, rather than opting much slower Android Emulators.
Now, the company is slowly rolling out the much anticipated WhatsApp Voice Calling feature (only for Android users now).
Also Read: Android became first Smartphone OS ever to ship more than 1 billion devices.

The upgraded version of the app — v2.11.508 — alone won’t enable this feature on the handset.
Reddit user pradnesh07  claims (via gadgets.ndtv) users who are running the aforementioned combination of WhatsApp app version, Android OS version, and device make will not be able to activate the voice calling feature until they receive a call from someone else with the feature already activated – hinting at a slow, almost invite-based roll-out.
Even with feature enabled on the app on the phone, one cannot place the call until unless he/she receives a call from the person who has the feature enabled. User pradnesh07 claims that he wasn’t able to make calls himself; he got the calling feature activated after receiving a call from WhatsApp.

The way the update is available to only limited users, we can infer that the company is still testing the feature. Also, the way UI is described in the screenshot, it needs more improvements.
The changes are as follows:

• Introduction of “Call” tab , alongside Chats and Contacts tab.
• The call screen include basic call features – disconnect, mute, loudspeaker mode and message access.

Although, the feature was awaited and is expected whenever out cell phones pops out a notification for WhatsApp update, but now, we’ll soon be having the feature enabled on our phones. The current update is available only for Android phones, we expect the later updates for iOS, Windows and Blackberry too.

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 NA GALAXY S EDGE KUJA MWEZI MARCH

It's official - Samsung is holding its Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event on March 1. The company's press event is going to focus primarily on its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6. In the teaser image below, however, you can see the company will also introduce a product with a distinctive curve in its design. Could we be looking at a Galaxy S Edge?


The latest pieces of evidence point that the Galaxy S6 will feature a 5" QHD Super AMOLED display and draw power from the Exynos 7420 chipset with octa-core CPU and 3GB of RAM. At the back, the flagship will feature a heart rate monitor and a 20MP snapper. You can check out the design of the phone's back in a set of case photos from Spigen.
Additionally, the phone will likely pack a metal frame, just as the teaser image hints. Akin to the Galaxy Alpha, this will benefit the phone's profile making it measure 143.5 x 70.7 x 7.2mm as per leaked schematics of the device.
The curved variant of the Galaxy S6 might be called simply Galaxy S Edge. It remains unclear at this point if two of the screen's sides will be curved or just one. A patent showcases that Samsung has figured the technology out on making double edge happen.

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Sony Xperia Z4 tablet Ultra

A New report on the Taiwanese publication Digitimes claims that the known mobile phones manufacturer Sony is looking at launching a new 12.9 inch display tablet device in the first half of next year. When we first heard about the rumored Sony Xperia Z4 tablet Ultra in mid-December, we thought that it is fake in all senses of the word and yet there is another rumor that give credence to the past claims.

According to this report, Sony might be joining Apple in Producing Large-sized tablets, by manufacturing the Z4 Tablet in 2015. This report tells that Sony starts the manufacture of this tablet in large quantity and this mass production tablet will be released in the first half of 2015.

The Company doesn’t name it as Xperia Z4 ultra especially, but the specifications that it has listed for this rumor is provided by the Digitimes Publications. The Tablet is said to come with a 12.9 inch Display with 3840 x 2400 resolution. It is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with a max CPU clock speed of 2.86GHz which will provide the oomph. It can run on Android OS.
It has 8 Megapixel Camera which is most likely the Superior Auto resolution as the rest sounds like a change over the Xperia Z3 camera with a finer lens. The thickness of the body is 8.6mm which is thin as compared to some of the other tablets. It has 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage capacity with Play Station 4 Remote play support, which sound more believable. The battery attached is of 12,100 mAh capacity. Its design is similar to the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact.

Specifications:

• Display- 12.9-inch TRILUMINOS IPS display
• Processor- Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset 2.86GHz processor
• RAM- 6GB
• Camera- 8MP 1/2.3” Exmor RS rear camera with Carl Zeiss f1.8 lens
• Connectivity- HDMI 1.4 Input, Micro USB, 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth v4.1
• Memory storage- 64GB onboard memory
• Battery Capacity- 12100mAh battery

Other Features:

• PlayStation 4 Remote Play
• S-Force Front Surround speakers
• Hi-Res Audio support
• Digital Noise Cancellation

All things considered it sounds excessively great to be valid. I’m readily concede on the off chance that I am wrong and Sony does haul this out creature at CES or MWC 2015, however for the time being I’m doubtful without a doubt

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DEVICES THAT WILL RECEIVE THE UPDATE OF THE NEW ANDROID OS "ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP"

 

The arrival of a new Android OS version leaves us all asking one big question – will my device receive the update?
To help narrow down your search we have put together a master list of all the devices which will be receiving Android Lollipop at some point in the future. We’ll be updating the list regularly, so if you find a source that confirms another handset will be lucky enough to receive Lollipop, please do let us know.
Without further delay:

HTC

HTC has been pretty open about its update policy and announced that it would be bringing Android Lollipop to its HTC One range within 90 days of the OS’ launch. A leaked roadmap and unconfirmed sources also suggests that Lollipop will be heading to a number of other handsets.

• One (M8) – confirmed by HTC
• One (M7) – confirmed by HTC
• One (M7) Dual SIM
• One (M8) Dual SIM
• One Mini 2
• One Mini – confirmed by HTC
• One E8
• One E8 Dual SIM
• One Max
• Butterfly S
• Butterfly 2
• Desire EYE
• Desire 816
• Desire 610

LG

A Facebook post on the company’s official German account has stated that the LG G3 will receive Lollipop this year, with the G2 to follow shortly afterwards. Other devices have not been mentioned so far.

• G3 – confirmed, scheduled for Q4 2014
• G2 – confirmed

Motorola

Following the announcement of the Nexus 6, Motorola confirmed that its recent range of handsets would all recieve an update to Lollipop. The following have all been confirmed directly by Motorola.

• Moto X (1st Gen. & 2nd Gen.)
• Moto G (1st Gen. & 2nd Gen.)
• Moto G with 4G LTE
• Moto E
• Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini

Nexus

After releasing details on its new Nexus devices, Google confirmed that handsets and tablets going back to the Nexus 4 would be receiving Lollipop. The latest reports suggest that an OTA update is scheduled for November 3rd 2014.
The Nexus 4, 5, 7 (WiFi & LTE), and Nexus 10 have all been confirmed by Google and the Nexus 6 and 9 will ship with the latest OS. Google mentioned that GPE handsets would also be among the first to receive an update.

OnePlus

With just one handset to maintain, the OnePlus One will see Lollipop within 3 months of the OS’ release.

• OnePlus One – confirmed by OnePlus

Samsung

Just like LG, Samsung hasn’t given out any official information regarding handset updates. The only hint we’ve seen of Android 5.0 on a Samsung device comes from a leaked preview build running on the Galaxy S5.

• Galaxy S5 – leaked preview, rumored December rollout

Sony

Sony has announced that it will be bringing Android 5.0 to all Xperia Z devices, not just its flagships. All of the following have been confirmed by Sony, although a timeframe has not been listed.

• Xperia Z3
• Xperia Z3 Compact
• Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
• Xperia Z3v
• Xperia Z2
• Xperia Z1
• Xperia Z1 Compact
• Xperia Z
• Xperia Tablet Z
• Xperia Z Ultra
• Xperia ZL
• Xperia ZR

Android One

The Karbonn Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1, and Spice Dream Uno will receive Android Lollipop “soon” after the full launch of the new version.

• Karbonn Sparkle V – guaranteed by Google
• Micromax Canvas A1 – guaranteed by Google
• Spice Dream Uno – guaranteed by Google

Asus

Asus has detailed an update timetable on its official forum for its ZenFone series and a couple of PadFone devices. The ZenFone and PadFone S updates are scheduled for April 2015, with the PadFone Infinity to follow a couple of months later.

Nvidia

The Nvidia Shield Tablet will receive an update to Lollipop in November, according to a video posted to the company’s official Youtube channel.

• SHIELD Tablet – confirmed by Nvidia for November

We’ll be updating the list with the latest news when we hear it, so stick this page in your bookmarks. If you have any questions or want to send us a tip about Lollipop updates, head on over to our forums and drop us a line.

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