Samsung Dares Competitors to Take the Ice-Bucket Challenge

 

According to always reliable Digital Marketing Agency news, to prove its water-resistant strength and boast its popularity, the Korean electrical device giant Samsung has used the ice-bucket challenge on Galaxy S5 as its commercial video.

After the challenge, Samsung has dared its rivals such as the iPhone 5s, HTC One M8 and Nokia Lumia 930 to take the same challenge and it is obvious that those nominated smart mobiles are not made with water-resistant technology since Sony Xperia Z, which comes with water-proof system, is not included.

Though praised by many that the video is very innovative and up-to-date. Major conflicts have also emerged over this commercial advertisement since the challenge is for proposing ALS disease’s fund rather than personal gain and purpose.

Opera Mini to Become Default Browser for Microsoft Phones

 

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com) - Initially released in 1995, largest Norwegian web browser company Opera has now struck an agreement with American multinational corporation Microsoft to take over the browser building department in Nokia, meaning Opera’s Mini is to be Microsoft phones’ default browser.

"We have signed a strategic licensing deal with Microsoft. We are basically taking over the browser building department in Nokia," Opera Chief Executive Lars Boilsesen said.

"This means that Opera Mini will become the default browser for Microsoft's feature phone product lines and the Asha phones product lines."

"All the current user base will be encouraged to upgrade to Opera Mini and all the new phones will come with Opera Mini pre-installed as a default browser. This is a great deal for us. We have dreamed of this for more than 10 years."

Matter: Enlivening Smart Devices’ Images with 3D Effects

 

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Users who are enjoying photo manipulation can now experience this sensation not only in Photoshop, which only available with full access on computers, but through smart devices such as iPhones and iPads as well.

Called Matter, the app was developed by a digital studio named Pixie. Matter can enhance mediocre landscapes and other picturesque backgrounds with its 3D effects.

Ben Guerrette, creative director of Pixite said: “It is going to help people who do not have laptops or software or Photoshop. They can do this from the phone in their pocket,”

“Alter the reality of your photos by seamlessly adding unique 3D objects. Choose from 64 objects in four packs ranging from simple geometric shapes to complex, architectural structures,” quoted from the firm’s online statement.

Short videos are also available with edited options and enhanced images are available in high definitions.

KVH launches Private Cloud Type-S

Well-known Digital Marketing Agency, Based in Tokyo, service provider KVH has brought new private cloud to market in Japan. The new cloud is called Private Cloud Type-S.

Yoshiyuki Hamada, VP of technology at KVH said: “With the standard private cloud service, customers need to separately purchase the following managed IT services: a firewall, a L4 load balancer, and a L3 distributed router to complete their cloud environment.”

He added: “Considering that the average number of servers that customers use is approximately 20 to 30, the fee for these other IT managed service is proportionately high and considered expensive.
Private Cloud Type-S includes these additional elements thereby making it more economical to operate.”

Surfline Communications the First Company to Launch 4G Data Network in Ghana

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com) - French technology giant Alcatel-Lucent’s partner Surfline Communications has now become the first Ghana company to bring 4G data network to this African country, making it the sixth nation in sub-Saharan Africa to get the high speed Internet service.

Initially, the service will be available only in the capital and the nearby port city of Tema, with two-year time needed to expand it nationwide.

"We want to fill the void by providing high speed connectivity to facilitate e-education, e-commerce and facilitate long distance activities especially by people living outside the cities," said Surfline chairman John Taylor.

Sledgehammer Excludes Wii U in Call of Duty Latest Franchise

 

(Digital Marketing Agency) – following Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, tweeted message to the game’s fan, Wii U users will not be able to taste the gameplay of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare with its November release this year.

Though having been abandoned by the famous first-person shooting games, the previous "Call of duty" game series were developed for the Nintendo gaming consoles by Treyarch such as "Call of Duty: Ghosts" on the Wii U and Call of "Duty: Modern Warfare 3" on the Wii.

Sledgehammer stated that it was an "Activision decision" and wanted to pay their attention towards only PC, Xbox One and PS4.

IS’s Activities Is Diaspora’s Concern

 

Diaspora is concerned about the activities of IS, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported.

By this way IS has been believed that, it has changed its activities to Diaspora after Twitter increased its effort to block accounts. Diaspora's creators said they were "concerned" about the activities.

In the blog post wrote that, "Various newspapers have reported that members of the Islamic State (IS) have set up accounts on Diaspora to promote the group's activities.”

"In the past, they have used Twitter and other platforms, and are now migrating to free and open source software."

"There is therefore no way for the project's core team to manipulate or remove contents from a particular node in the network (which we call a "pod")," the blog post explained.

"This may be one of the reasons which attracted IS activists to our network."