Powerful Android QR Scanner and Creater

QR Droid™

Change your smartphone into a powerful QR Code, Barcode, and Data Matrix scanning utility. Import, create, use, and share data in a matter of taps.

This intuitive, full-featured and multi-language QR utility will change the way you interact with QR Codes and their smart actions and activities.

Get the app PCWorld and Android Magazine awarded 5 out of 5 Stars. QR Droid allows you to digitally share just about anything. COST-FREE and AD-FREE.

THE LATEST VERSION’S FEATURES INCLUDE:

- A tap on the Menu button acts as a Home button to bring you to the top of the menu tree.
- Intuitive, more aesthetically pleasing UI added to My Profile in Zapper Technologies™.
- Updated privacy, menu and settings allow you more control over Zapper Technologies.
- Sort and group your history to help you quickly access your most-used QR Codes.
- Amazon Store location bug fixed to ensure relevant store will appear wherever you are.
- Zapper™ Profile – complete your profile once to seamlessly register, login and pay at participating websites using your Zapper profile (powered by QR Droid’s own Zapper Technologies).

ALL FEATURES

QR Droid is true to its roots: a first class scanner. All the features you would expect to have, and more, are right here!

- Create a code from a contact or bookmark and let a friend scan it to their device – no typing needed!
- Scan retail items, compare prices, read product reviews, and buy with a "zap" of your phone.
- Map where you are and where you're going to, share it with friends, colleagues and family.
- Benefit from discounts and special offers by scanning barcodes on coupons and vouchers.
- Scan a QR Code on a subway wall or from a catalog and have an item delivered directly to your doorstep.
- View websites and movie clips while you're out and about.
- Scan a QR Code in a magazine and watch a video immediately.
- Scan QR Codes from your camera, browser, SD card, or saved image.
- Create and share QR Codes in less than a second from maps, contacts, bookmarks, installed apps & more
- 'Inbox' and 'Feedback' options. Receive important updates & give feedback directly to QR Droid’s support team using the in-app messaging system.
- Create XQR Codes for massive ‘Plain Text’ and ‘Contact’ QR Codes.
- USSD codes are never opened automatically, preventing remote wipe attacks of your device.
- Add QR Droid Widgets free to help you get the most from QR Droid. Install a widget on your Android homepage to take you directly into the specific part of the app you use most: create business cards, history, bookmarks and others. Download QR Droid Widgets at http://0.qr.ai or use the pre-installed widgets in the QR Droid app.
- Zap a QR Code to gain access to private WiFi networks.

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    About QR Droid™

Change your smartphone into a powerful QR Code, Barcode, and Data Matrix scanning utility. Import, create, use, and share data in a matter of taps.

This intuitive, full-featured and multi-language QR utility will change the way you interact with QR Codes and their smart actions and activities.

Get the app PCWorld and Android Magazine awarded 5 out of 5 Stars. QR Droid allows you to digitally share just about anything. COST-FREE and AD-FREE.

THE LATEST VERSION’S FEATURES INCLUDE:

- A tap on the Menu button acts as a Home button to bring you to the top of the menu tree.
- Intuitive, more aesthetically pleasing UI added to My Profile in Zapper Technologies™.
- Updated privacy, menu and settings allow you more control over Zapper Technologies.
- Sort and group your history to help you quickly access your most-used QR Codes.
- Amazon Store location bug fixed to ensure relevant store will appear wherever you are.
- Zapper™ Profile – complete your profile once to seamlessly register, login and pay at participating websites using your Zapper profile (powered by QR Droid’s own Zapper Technologies).

ALL FEATURES

QR Droid is true to its roots: a first class scanner. All the features you would expect to have, and more, are right here!

- Create a code from a contact or bookmark and let a friend scan it to their device – no typing needed!
- Scan retail items, compare prices, read product reviews, and buy with a "zap" of your phone.
- Map where you are and where you're going to, share it with friends, colleagues and family.
- Benefit from discounts and special offers by scanning barcodes on coupons and vouchers.
- Scan a QR Code on a subway wall or from a catalog and have an item delivered directly to your doorstep.
- View websites and movie clips while you're out and about.
- Scan a QR Code in a magazine and watch a video immediately.
- Scan QR Codes from your camera, browser, SD card, or saved image.
- Create and share QR Codes in less than a second from maps, contacts, bookmarks, installed apps & more
- 'Inbox' and 'Feedback' options. Receive important updates & give feedback directly to QR Droid’s support team using the in-app messaging system.
- Create XQR Codes for massive ‘Plain Text’ and ‘Contact’ QR Codes.
- USSD codes are never opened automatically, preventing remote wipe attacks of your device.
- Add QR Droid Widgets free to help you get the most from QR Droid. Install a widget on your Android homepage to take you directly into the specific part of the app you use most: create business cards, history, bookmarks and others. Download QR Droid Widgets at http://0.qr.ai or use the pre-installed widgets in the QR Droid app.
- Zap a QR Code to gain access to private WiFi networks.

Check this for NASA GlobalSelfie Activity

GlobalSelfie:

click on the link below and do as directed.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/globalselfie/

Top 20 Most Popular Android Smart Phones Q1 2014 – USA China & World Wide

In 2014 there have been many Smart Phones launched by manufacturers and Antutu Labs which has been a great resource for checking the benchmarks of these devices through their android app has released some information on the Top 20 Smart Phones world wide and also region wise. The most interesting part of this information is that a brand like Xiaomi is on the Top of the charts being even Samsung. Samsung has a total of 7 smart phones in the top list along with 6 devices from Xiaomi followed by brands like Sony & HTC.

There are a few more infographics and charts below which show the same data but region wise and the numbers are quite unexpected. In case of China where Xioami is leading we found that it had 50% share in the list followed by Samsung Galaxy S4 while S5 is not in the list because it was launched in the month of April and these numbers are for the Quarter one ie January to March 2014.

Its a surprise that in the USA, the results are quite different because the brand Xioami is not available in US and the markets are mainly dominated with the Nexus Series of devices primarily for the Non-Contract pricing which is very low when compared to other flagship Smart Phones. Out of the 10 devices in the list, we find 4 Nexus Phones followed by the Galaxy Note series from Samsung which has a total of 5 devices in the list. Clearly in the US, Asus and Samsung are leading the charts with these numbers as shown below.

Overall we found that Samsung is leading globally while in the Chinese markets its Xiaomi which is leading the charts. We would update these numbers for the current quarter after 3 months and check out which brand is leading or dominating the markets. Do make a note that these numbers are from Antutu Benchmarks V4 and not from any market research agency.

What is Technology???Can you answer the technologies shown i this video??

What is Technology?

Answer in Comment Box.

Sponsored App Review: ai.type Keyboard

Description: One of the biggest advantages of using Android is that we have more choice. We can better customize our devices and more important, choose key aspects of our devices such as our keyboards. ai.type is another third-party keyboard for Android that aims to be faster, more accurate and more customizable than other keyboards available for the Android platform. With lots of themes and endless customization options available, side by side with a top-notch ‘next word prediction’ capabilities, it seems that ai.type keyboard is one of the better keyboards available at the market. Take a look at the video below and read on to see what we think about ai.type:

How it Works: To start typing faster with a.i.type, you need to download the keyboard from the Play Store. When you launch the app from the app drawer, you’ll be taught how to properly enable the keyboard using a friendly installation wizard.

For those that have tried a different keyboard on their device before, this setup will be familiar. A very important step is choosing your desired theme of course.

Once you’ve done setting up the ai.type keyboard, you may use it by opening any app that uses a keyboard. It will work just like the original keyboard that was pre-installed on your device, only better.

You may change pretty much anything you want in ai.type’s look & feel with lot’s of settings available for users to tweak.

You can even change the size of the keyboard whenever you like.

For those that love Emoji, the Emoji plugin brings all the emoticons you could ever ask for.

Throughout my testing, I found the auto-correct and word suggestions features to be accurate and of genuine use. However, if for whatever reason you think these need some tweaking, you can do so in the settings menu.

Opinion: For a long time, I’ve always said that the stock Android keyboard is the best, I certainly prefer it to SwiftKey but, ai.type has perhaps changed my mind. I don’t like how the app feels like it’s designed for Gingerbread, rather than KitKat, but there’s more I like than I dislike. The keyboard’s speed for instance, is something that I particularly like and the ability to make it bigger or smaller whenever I like is a real advantage. So too is the ability to change pretty much any setting I like, allowing me to create a perfect typing experience to how I type on my phone. It works well on my tablet as well, but I do far more typing on my Nexus 5 and while I’d appreciate a KitKat theme out of the box, the Urban themes included will appeal to most users. With a lot of feedback options throughout, ai.type is a keyboard that most users will be able to get used to very fast.

See Video for Instructions..

 

Find out how long it takes a commercial printing press to print your morning paper!

INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT HACKERS, CRACKERS AND MULTICOLORED HATS 

Dear students, readers, visitors and followers of the Genius Blog, today we will talk about Hacking. Most of us guise conjure up more or less the same image in mind when we hear the word “hacker”.   We imagine badly lit rooms full of piles of electronic equipment and multiple monitors displaying illegal or highly sensitive material. We picture “hackers” with dirty clothes, thick spectacles, long unruly hair and a cigarette in hand. Of course, they also only speak broken English with a heavy Russian or European Accent No doubt there are some hackers who lived up to these awful movie clichés. Do you really know what Hacking is? What is the word “Hack” means? Is really hacking a negative word? Is hacking used for theft only? How the world of hackers works? How to understand security measurements? We will get the entire answer trough this article.

So, let’s start from the history of hacking,

History of Hacking:

Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author, traces part of the roots of the computer underground to the Yippies(Youth International Party), a 1960s counterculture movement which published the Technological Assistance Program (TAP) newsletter. TAP was a phone phreaking newsletter that taught the techniques necessary for the unauthorized exploration of the phone network. Many people from the phreaking community are also active in the hacking community even today, and vice versa.

What is a word Hacking means?

Hacking means finding out weaknesses in an established system and exploiting them. A computer hacker is a person who finds out weaknesses in the computer and exploits them. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, or challenge.  The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground but it is now an open community.  In this controversy, the term hacker is reclaimed by computer programmers who argue that someone breaking into computers is better called a cracker, not making a difference between computer criminals (black hats) and computer security experts (white hats). Some white hat hackers claim that they also deserve the title hacker, and that only black hats should be called crackers.

Hackers:

Originally, the term “hackers” meant technical enthusiasts. That included people who enjoyed fiddling about, programming, soldering and naturally even analyzing the products and systems that were emerging for the first time. These experts considered the Robin Hoods of the technology world, since they often earned nothing for their knowledge and skills.

Crackers:

As per who were technically skilled but morally lacking began using their knowledge in the field illegally, it was time for a new term “Crackers” stopped into the picture. Originally, those who removed copy protection mechanisms from pc games or devised ways of circumventing any built in restrictions in the 80s were described as Crackers.

Multicolored Hat

However in the internet age, the term cracker was also found to be inadequate for describing the activities of the time. There had to be new discussion- the term White Hat, Grey Hat and Black Hat emerged. The hat analogy comes from old cowboy films in which the villains invariably wore black hats, the noble heroes wore white and the unknown characters wore grey hat.

US State Police Hires Hackers:

The FBI has employed a large number of hackers and former cybercriminals as informants, claims Eric Corley, Editor of the American hacker magazine 2600. According to the security experts hackers forums are rumored to be patrolled regularly by FBI spices just like the chat rooms used by members of the anonymous organization.

Hackers have their principals also:

“Access to computers should be limitless and complete.” Reads the first paragraph of a hacker ethics manual that Steven Levy had published in his book “Hackers” in 1884. The sentiment is said to have been deeply absorbed by youngsters who studied at MIT in 60s. For them it meant:

“Computers can change your life for the better.”

Some Famous People you may know:

1. Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple Inc.): Steve jobs, who himself created closed computer ecosystems like no other, was once a    hacker. He, along with Steve Wozniak and John T Draper, created the Blue Box with which one could make long-distance calls free of cost. “It was illegal but we were fascinate by it and wanted to make the best gadget in the world.”

2. Ankit Fadia (Author, Computer Security Consultant): He started a website called "HackingTruths". At 15, his book on Ethical Hacking made him the youngest author to be published by Macmillan India. Fadia has also sponsored Singapore Management University's "Ankit Fadia Study Award", which consists of a $1000 cash prize and Certificate which is annually awarded to "an outstanding student" in the Information Security and Trust Course under the Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) degree.

Hackers are rated on rankmyhack.com the more popular the victim, the more points the hacker earns.

Rank	Website	Points Given
1	huffingtonpost.com	1685393
2	terra.com.br	731707
3	free.fr	731707
4	mtvyouthicon.in.com	530035
5	Attuverselivetv.att.com	414364
6	noaa.gov	327963
7	baidu.com	300000
8	altervista.com	286806
9	monster.com	280373
10	abril.com.br	268336

                                               (Data from Chip magazine February, 2012)

Reference Website and Magazine:

-          Wikipedia.org

-          Chip magazine(February,2012)

-          Ankitfadia.in