How To Boost Your Affiliate Programs In This Holiday Season

Affiliate program is always a good source of income for a lot of webmasters and bloggers. So the effort should also be  prepared for the holiday season to make most of this high-traffic time.

You can follow the below mentioned rules which can be considered while working with affiliate program offerings.

1. Inform Affiliates : You can inform affiliates about promotions prior to the offer as it will be easy and also possible for affiliates to promote your brand.

2. Trusting Affiliates : If you trust your affiliate then it will be good for your online deals. Suppose the promotion is confidential, give affiliates some general information and provide specific codes and details as key dates approach.

3. Encourage Affiliates : You can encourage the affiliates to show up ads for their visitors with special sale messaging at the appropriate times and will revert back to evergreen messaging once the sale is over.

4. Offering incentives/bonuses  : You can inform your affiliates that you will provide some incentives or bonuses for hitting sales thresholds that encourage affiliates to promote your holiday offers.

5. Competitive sale offer : In holiday seasons the offers must be different from other times in the year. These offers should be competitive enough to other brands offerings.

6. Sufficient Affiliate Account Funds : let your affiliates ensure you that they have sufficient funds to project your offers for sale.

7. Online shopping : Online shopping ensures continuous offers from online stores which will never stop after Cyber Monday. There should be separate messaging to last through the whole holiday season.

8. Provide Affiliates Product Offerings : You should educate the affiliates for promoting the most important products of the season. Affiliates love hearing about best-selling products and other high converters in online market.

9. Category Based Product Promotion : Never forget to promote specific products which may bring large sales. even it is found that more specific offers are more effective at catching the eyes of specific buyers.

10. Don’t Show Site Updates : Before big shopping periods, try avoiding site updates. It will be painful if new updates turned into big glitches during a time of heavy online shopping time.

11. Track Your Affiliates :  In case it doesn’t work as it should, you could lose affiliates forever when they see that they didn’t convert as they’d expect. Its always recommended to track the affiliates.

12. Offer free shipping and free returns : You should always set yourself apart from the pack while sharing your offerings over online store. It is the season of giving, after all.

Another very important thing to remember is that while there are specific days over the course of the next few weeks set for shopping activity, your affiliate plan should last through to the New Year to ensure that it’s a holiday hit and it will continue its ongoing deals.

Facebook Releases Stickered For Messenger

Facebook has introduced a new app for Messenger to celebrate the holiday season this year.

It has named as Stickered for Messenger which enables users to add stickers to their photos before sending them to friends.

This new app offers holiday inspired sticker packs, snow globe chat heads and festive frames for New Year’s Eve selfies.

It features 52 categories of stickers to choose from, including – Minions, Pikachu, Burgerhead man and more. Users can add a sticker, and perform drag to move, pinch to resize and twist to rotate it. Stickers can be placed anywhere on the screen.

Facebook stated in a blogpost that “The holidays are an important time for people to be connected with their friends and family and Messenger is an easy way to coordinate activities and keep in touch. All of these fun features will be available over the holidays.”

Stickered for Messenger is already available in the Google Play Store and the App Store.

Google Maps Allows You To Do Window Shopping

Google announced last week that Google Maps is letting people to do some holiday shopping in New York and London as part of their festive special service. The windows are being featured on Google Maps and are those from stores in these two major cities during holiday ambience.

Google Maps blogsite stated that “So much of the fun of holiday shopping is seeing the lavish, seasonal displays in the windows of shops and department stores as you pass by. Starting today, with Google Maps Business View, you can see decked out displays… without braving the cold weather, lugging bags around or fighting for sidewalk space with fellow shoppers. Now grab your virtual reindeer because we’re off to our holiday window tour.”

A few stores in the two cities are highlighted in its website. Also as per The Telegraph reports, it’s not really anything more than an update of Google Street view in which users can, virtually, walk along streets and look at properties.

This is an eye catching  view for the people who may not be able to take in some of those impressive window displays.

Google To Introduce Child-Friendly Versions of Search, YouTube

Google has finally concentrating on the large demographic i.e. under age group 12 by introducing a filtered search. Pavni Diwanji, the vice-president of Google engineering told USA TODAY that it has plans to modify all of its most popular products — search, YouTube and Chrome and this time is for children.

Diwanji, who is a mom to daughters aged eight and 13, told the publication that “The big motivator inside the company is everyone is having kids, so there’s a push to change our products to be fun and safe for children. We expect this to be controversial, but the simple truth is kids already have the technology in schools and at home. So the better approach is to simply see to it that the tech is used in a better way.”

The project is full-time and Google is eagerly planning it to get set go, Diwanji didn't confirm that when parents can see the new services to be introduced.

She added “We want to be thoughtful about what we do, giving parents the right tools to oversee their kids’ use of our products. We want kids to be safe, but ultimately it’s about helping them be more than just pure consumers of tech, but creators, too.”

Google will definitely be able to make the Internet a little more kid-friendly. What do you think?

Google Fiber Offering Free Basic Internet Service

Google has surprises for residents of Austin, Kansas City & Provo Texas. It is offering a free basic version of its broadband service to these cities. Google fiber team revealed its pricing for its coming soon Fiber services. It is reported that it will offer 1Gbps service priced at $70 per month and 1Gbps plus TV for $130.

The basic plan comes with a one-time $300 construction fee, but there is no monthly charges afterward. There is an option of paying $25 a month for one year and then receive free Internet for all the following years. It will provide download speeds up to five megabits per second and upload speeds of one megabit per second.

People signing up for the mid-tier plan and the upper-tier plan will have the $300 construction fee waived as long as they commit to one full year.

For $70 a month, users will receive up to 1,000 megabits per second upload and download speeds and 1TB of cloud storage across Google Drive, Gmail and Google+ photos.

For $130 a month, users receive 150-plus TV channels and the ability to record eight shows at once in addition to up to 1,000 megabits per second upload and download speeds and 1TB of cloud storage across Google Drive, Gmail and Google+ photos.

Google has yet to reveal when Fiber will go live. Its website says consumers to “check back in December when we open the first fiberhoods for sign up.”

In future, the company has plans to expand its Google Fiber community across the country with increasing Internet speeds. With high speed fiber-optic networks it will provide better connectivity for millions of Americans as of now.

Google fiber service is available in Kansas City and Provo, Utah. The company has plans to expand Fiber to Phoenix, Arizona and Nashville, Tennessee in near future.

Google May Lose Search Default In Apple's Safari

Google lost its opportunity for being the default main search engine in Mozilla’s Firefox and now it seems that Apple also excludes Google search from its web browser Safari too. According to online news, Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing are trying their luck for Apple to become the default search engine in Apple’s Safari browser as Google’s contract expires next year. 

Yahoo has already defeated Google by owning the default search title in Mozilla's Firefox. Mozilla’s browser is one of the biggest desktop browser used worldwide. Losing the deal with Apple would be another blow to Google.

Safari is widely used by people worldwide and is the largest share of the mobile market about 45 percent. Its mainly because of the iPhone and iPad users. It is also observed that few Android users prefer Safari over Google’s Chrome. It has already become a hot news that Apple may not renew its search engine deal with Google, which is its biggest competitor in the Smartphone market as of now.

Safari on iOS is already offering users to choose their own default search engine either Yahoo, Bing or DuckDuckGo instead of Google. Somehow it is difficult to find the setting to make the switch, so most users just use the current default: Google.

Lets see the future that Google is going to make regarding its search engine deals.

Mozilla Includes “One-Click Searches” To Firefox

Mozilla revealed the new royalty agreement with Yahoo last week regarding 5 years default search provider on Firefox beating Google. Within a week's time it has come up with another news that Firefox is adding  a feature which enables users to search with a single click. When users type a string into the Firefox search box, they will get a list of more organized search options from the default search engine. And even better, an array of buttons below these suggestions will allow users to choose which search engine or site they want to send the query to.

Lets see in the below example. Suppose, a user types "Mozilla" into the search box, they can search the term directly on Wikipedia.

Firefox is built with a set of pre-loaded search engines that are supported in different languages. Yahoo will be the new U.S. default search engine, Yandex will be the new default in Russia, and Baidu will remain the default in China.

This "one-click search engines" section in the settings helps user who can easily hide and show sites and alternate search options. Mozilla is also keep in introducing MDN, Stack Overflow, Yelp and dictionary sites are possible additions.

As per Mozilla the features are "coming soon to a Firefox near you!" but it didn't reveal when these updates will be rolling out. Hope this will help and take ahead Firefox from its closest rival Chrome.

How To Make Money Online [Infographic]

People do search for various ways on how to make money online. There are number of options which can be useful to make money online. As the name might imply, there are a lot of items on this list of ways to make money from the internet (over 200 to be more specific), so be prepared for a lot of scrolling because this is one seriously long infographic.

If you’re ready to make money from the internet, you’ll first need to decide on the general method you intend to use, whether that be selling your old stuff, freelancing or site flipping. Then you’ll need to find the right sites to give you the tools you need to make money from the internet, such as eBay, Elance or Sedo. Fortunately, this infographic features information on both the general logistics and the tools so you can develop a plan to make money from the internet in no time.

Source: Lifehack

Google Introduces Simplified Email Service "Inbox"

Google introduced a new email service named as "Inbox" recently. It will organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly and a better way.

Google said it was sending out invitations to selected Gmail users to try out the new service. Users can also email the company at inbox@google.com to get an invitation.

Google says "When you start using Inbox, you’ll quickly see that it doesn't feel the same as Gmail—and that’s the point. Gmail’s still there for you, but Inbox is something new. It’s a better way to get back to what matters, and we can't wait to share it with you."

Here are the highlights of Inbox :

Bundles: It will keep the promotional emails, emails regarding travel or purchase organized automatically. No need for manual labeling.

Highlights: It displays the important info at a glance. You can see order updates, flight status, reservation details, and pictures without having to open the message.

Reminders: You can get the reminders or to-do list to the top of your inbox.

Snooze: You can snooze to-do’s, messages and reminders whenever you want.

The new service is being provided alongside Gmail which was launched in 2004. It will be available on the Web as well as on Android smartphones and iPhones.

Lets see how it works along with Google's much popular Gmail service. Share  and leave your comments below.

The Future Of Mobile Application Development [Infographics]

Cell phone users are rapidly growing faster and it continues to grow and obviously the use of smart phones have also been raised a lot in recent years. 91% of the US adult population currently owns a cell phone and out of that, 61% are smartphones.

1 billion smartphones are expected to be sold out in the coming year, doubling that of the number of PCs. With over 10 billion mobile Internet devices expected to be in use by 2016, the mobile application industry will grow tremendously to match demand and keep up with ever-evolving technologies. Lets look into the below inforgraphic to know the real fact in detail.

Source : http://businessdegrees.uab.edu/

What Do People Use Smartphones For? [Infographic]

Do you have any clue what all smartphone users do with their smartphones? This is really interesting to know how people make use of their smartphones and which apps they access most. Here is the infographic that answers all your questions.

Believe it or not making phone calls is no longer priority for smartphone users. Smartphone has become one-point solution for sending email, surfing internet, playing games, watching videos etc.

Source : www.hotbargainphones.com

App Stores Statistics on iOS, Android, Windows & Blackberry [Infographic]

People are crazy for apps on different mobile operating systems like Android, iOS or BlackBerry. Everyday millions of apps are downloaded and used by billions of people. Here is an infographic which shows the statistics on how the app stores really stack up.

This cool infographic reveals interstering stats for App store and how the trend is increase over year and year. This Infographic also available in animated Version on Source URL. Have a look into this infographic and give your review in comments.

Source: Visually.

Google Facts - Every Marketer Should Know About [Infographic]

Google has a very polite and soft beginning in a small garage in 1998. It was founded by two graduate students Larry Page and Sergei Brin of Stanford University. Their hard work and ability to give search results gets wide appreciation and within a year, it gets its first multiplex office named Googleplex in Mount View, California. The brand Google was born in the world of web. Despite a long history and high public profile, there are still many unusual facts about Google that escape daily dialogue and can provide lessons for marketers. Now, let's see how marketers should be benefited with google. At a surface level, Google for Jobs doesn’t have a lot of immediate marketing applications.

However, like most things the tech giant does, this is something marketers should keep a close eye on. It could well have a surprising impact on your business and online brand. SEO and (probably to a lesser extent) SEM professionals should take a keen interest in how Google for Jobs impacts user behavior.

What would the internet be without Google? Sure, there are other search engines out there, but the world's biggest and arguably its best one serves up over one billion results everyday. Born at the genesis of the Internet revolution, Google has become the ultimate paragon for consumer research. Today, the term “Google it” is colloquially defined as “conducting a web search”. Google has changed marketing forever, and is still redefining the boundaries. Below are few Google facts that will make or break your SEO.

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Everything You Should Know About Android [Infographic]

Most of the people have and idea that Android is a Google’s product. But it isn't a baby of Google. It was a product of Android Inc which was founded by Andy Rubin and three of his other friends in 2003. In 2005, Google bought Android Inc for a price of 50 million dollars. Since it started it's journey there are 9 major software upgrades to Android platform.

Cupcake was the first upgrade and KitKat, the latest. Android runs on Linux Kernel which made multitasking easy. Android became so popular that almost 1.5 million devices with Android OS are activated each day across the world. Google is planning to launch its next update i.e. Android L. All these became possible because Android is Open Source Software. TechieSense has presented interesting facts, stats, history of Android in a beautiful infographic given below.

Source : TechieSense

Facebook Introduces Facebook Media To Engage More Fans

Facebook realized the fact that because of the digital publishers, celebrities, entertainment industries, politics and brands their social network has reached to a good place. Now Facebook is aiming at reaching more audience and driving more traffic to their blog or website. Facebook therefore launched Facebook Media. The main agenda will be "Engage with fans".

 

Nick Gruding, Director of Media Partnerships at Facebook said “At Facebook, we are committed to building a platform to make these connections broader, richer and more dynamic. That’s why today we are introducing Facebook Media — to highlight great examples and new trends illustrating how public figures, organizations and media are using Facebook to connect with their audiences."

Lets see how the best practices are figured out for :

Engaging More Fans on Facebook  

1. Create a Brand Page : Create your own brand page to connect with your fans. With Build Audience button at the top of the admin panel, lets fans connect to your brand.

2. Facebook Mentions Usage : Facebook Mentions is an app that enables public figures to talk with their fans.

3. Engaging Content Posting : Authentic, unique and post engaging content shpuld be their on your Page, so that fans would be connected to you with those engaging contents.

Get Referrals To Your Online Brand

1. Links sharing and content writing frequently :  Sharing links, photos, useful videos and other contents on your Facebook Page would be helpful in attracting more fans. Better you can post multiple times.

2. Page Insights Report : Page Insights report lets you uknow who your fans are and the kind of posts that will interest and engage them.

3. Facebook posts in your website : Unique and useful content on Facebook or Instagram can be embeded on your website to pass the information to your website subscribers.

4. Like and Share buttons Inclusion : Like and Share buttons are viewed multiple times daily. Like and Share are also available for your mobile apps. Like lets people share your content with one click, while Share lets them add a comment before posting to Facebook.  

Integration Of TV

Using advertising media like Facebook ads, you can build your audience and reach the right audience.

Visit Facebook Media and share your comments if it really helps you to increase fan engagement to your posts on Facebook.

Some Of The Rumoured Features Coming With Windows 9

Since a year we are hearing the news of Windows 9 launch. In between Windows upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1. A preview version of Windows 9 is now expected to be unveiled and it seems that we have a set date. Microsoft has scheduled to reveal Windows 9 on September 30, 2014.

Windows 9 - What's special?

Windows 9 is the product name for the next major Operating System from Microsoft.It is likely to be the numeric names given to the various versions of Windows according to its release.

What is meant by the word “Threshold”?

Threshold is the codename for the next version of Windows after Windows 8. Threshold is rumored as Windows 9.  Actually the codename refers to the wave of operating systems across Windows-based phones, devices and gaming consoles.

Any chance for 64 Bit platform ?

Since years, people have been saying that Microsoft should move to 64 bit platform. Once again, this is not going to be a controversial release. When a smartphone iPhone's iOS has 64 bit support then why not for Windows.

Windows 9 Release Date?

The rumor says that it will be available in April 2015 when Microsoft might release this Operating System to the public. In January 2014, Paul Thurrott, a Microsoft analyst said he believes the company plans to release Windows 9 (codenamed Threshold) in April 2015, less than three years after the release of Windows 8.

Some Rumored  Features Of Windows 9?

Here are some of the rumored improved features of Windows 9 :

1. Desktop And Modern UI :

Microsoft is planning to further merge the Desktop and Modern UI. Microsoft will allow Modern UI apps to run in the desktop. It will also allow Modern UI apps pinned to the Start Menu instead of a Start Screen. We can see it with Windows 8.1 already and may continue with subsequent updates for Windows 9 too.

2. Modified Start Button :

Windows users felt helpless when they didn't find the most popular "start button" in Windows 8. Later on, in its Windows 8.1 update they included the start button.  Windows has been doing R&D with its start menu button and it is expected that we will find some refined and better version with more categorized view of apps listings.

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3. Redesigned UI :

A big move was there when Microsoft released Windows 8 after Windows 7.  It was a total change on how Windows looks and users were experiencing comfortability issues with the new interface.  In this case, there will be subtle changes but nothing aggressive like what they did previously.

4. Improved Integration With Bing :

Microsoft continues to run its search engine Bing along with all its OS versions. So, Windows 9 will be no exception. It is also expected that there will be some improved  and categorized integration with Bing what we see now in the next version of Windows.

5. Windows and Azure For Cloud Storage :

Microsoft has been pushing to leverage Azure for cloud storage. Microsoft may integrate parts of the Operating System into the cloud for storage purposes for string files, pictures, videos and other stuffs.

6. Balanced Power Management :

Microsoft has already improved the power management feature with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 and this was very much expected. Subsequently it is very much expected to get more efficiency with its next version of Windows.

7. Gesture Recognition Feature :

Seeing other competitors, Microsoft may also integrate the gesture recognition feature in Windows 9. You can expect that it would introduce gesture based computing.

8. Enhanced Security :

Windows 9 could be better equipped with its security features along with fingerprint recognition. Microsoft has been using a good security feature from Windows 7 onwards and it is expected that it will continue this even it will improve with its major release.

Also find the below leaked video over net that reveals new Notification center in Windows 9.

As of now we can hope that the above features would be included in Windows 9. Lets wait for any further update from Microsoft Windows team regarding its forthcoming Windows 9.

Apple Launches iOS 8 - Improved Features

Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite is the latest OS on its non-smartphone segment. With the release of iPhone 6, Apple has presented the new mobile operating system i.e. iOS 8. This amazing and modified mobile operating system added a lot of improved features over iOS 7. Out of the all features you can take the "real time sync between multiple iDevices".

iOS 8 offers multitasking and ease of access that has been iOS's all time preferred feature. It has different gestures and the swipes make navigating iOS 8 really cool. Lets check out all the improved features that "iOS 8" has.

1. Photos : This improved Photos app will be major attraction for iPhone users. Apple is introducing the same features that Google has. The feature is Google introduced Mobile Backup to Android devices and apple is introducing backup with iCloud. Easy navigation for the photo albums and the photo editing options which make iOS 8 a Photoshop tool. 

2. iMessage : iMessage app has the feature to send and receive audio and video messages. Sharing short messages is very simple, being accessible with only a few taps. Apple has transformed it much more accessible by adding support for multiple languages that are useful. Apple has also improved in Group messaging feature, which now has an option for Do Not Disturb function and also the ability to rename threads or add and remove other people.

3. Quick Access People : iOS users usually double tapped the Home button to switch between different apps. But with iOS 8, this feature has been improved by adding the user’s favourite contacts with corresponding options to send messages, call or accessing any other app.

4. Mail App : Apple introduced gestures to the mail app, allowing users to quickly mark as unread, flag or delete messages. The ability to add Calendar events directly from the Mail app is another app introduced in iOS 8.

5. Improved Notifications : Notifications feature was updated in iOS 8 totally. In iOS 8 you can see interactive Notifications that allow users to quickly access and deal with Facebook, Twitter, Email or Google apps without leaving any currently using apps.

6. QuickType : iOS 8 keyboard got some update. Apple makes it easier to type messages with an improved UI as well as the QuickType predictive dictionary that predicts proper words to the conversation.  “Share My Location” option is modified with ease of access.

7. Family Sharing : A family-oriented app that allows users to connect their iDevices with other family members' Apple devices. All their media libraries like Music, Movies, iBooks Apps etc and all will be accessible from all other devices. This feature enables to location sharing and parental approval for buying apps also.

8. iCloud Drive : iOS 8 brings an update to Apple’s cloud storage system in the form of iCloud Drive. The service allows users to organize personal files into folders as well as connect iCloud enabled third party apps which has its own folder. Files are accessible across all your devices. It includes Finder integration also.  Windows compatibility is another major feature.

9. Health : iOS 8 offers a dashboard containing the user’s information, like calories burned, sleeping postures etc. It also allows the owner to input medication, nutrition and other relevant information. It has combined multiple health apps into one and named as HealthKit. This HeathKit app is designed that integrates the Health app with other third party heath and fitness apps very easily.

10 . Spotlight : Spotlight has been a good feature in iOS and they improved it as well. With modification, Apple enables It to show results from the App Store, locations, news, music, restaurants and a lot according to your requirement.

Other minor updates that include Siri integration with Shazam, Enterprise features and Developer SDK app having thousands of APIs that developers can use to add more functionality to their apps. iOS 8 will be available on almost all the iPhone and iPad series.

Google Introduces Offline Mode To YouTube In India

After Google launched its low-cost fully featured Android One smartphones initiative in India, it added one more announcement and that is about YouTube. YouTube users in India will be able to save videos offline and watch them anywhere, any time, without a data connection. This announcement was made at an event in Gurgaon, India.

Ceasar Sengupta, YouTube executive announced at the event in India that "YouTube is popular here. You watch some videos again and again. How awesome would it be if you could keep watching them again and again without having to pay for data, and take the videos with you wherever you go?" said "Within the coming few weeks, much of YouTube will be available offline in India. This is huge, and our users will really, really like this. You can download a video once, save it to your phone, and watch it again and again."

It is not clear at the moment whether this new offline option is restricted to YouTube in India, or if this will be an Android only feature, but in either case, it is a big step forward for consumers here. Users will be able to save almost any video on the streaming service to their phones, tablets or computers. One interesting consideration here is to see how YouTube will be able to monetise these videos which are stored offline. Google did not mention as to when offline availability will launch in the country, nor has it stated whether the service will be available in other countries.

Hopefully it will introduce this service to other regions also. Lets wait for its official release for this offline "YouTube" mode.

Google Launches Android One Smartphones In India

Google unveiled the Android One smartphones in India. In its first launch they are launching 3 smartphones from different partners. Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President for Android, Chrome and Apps of Google announced in the Google I/O developer event earlier this year that the Android One project is to bring a rich Android experience with low cost smartphones.

What is Android One?

Android One is a project introduced by Google to provide rich Android experience with low cost smartphones. Google will push the Android updates as and when they come instead of the OEMs.

Android One Update :

The Android One devices will be automatically updated. The box of an Android One device says  'Always the latest version of Android'. The Android One devices will include support for seven additional languages including Hindi and users will not have to download any external application to access their Android One smartphones in Hindi.

Devices Available :

The smartphone partners that Google has involved with for the first series of devices in India are Micromax, Karbonn, and Spice. these are the 3 OEMs who has come up with the latest Android One devices in the market on budget segment.

The three devices announced are :

• Micromax Canvas A1
• Karbonn Sparkle V Red 
• Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 

The average specification of the above mentioned smartphones are similar or can say almost same. Here are the highlights.

• Display – 4.5-inch FWVGA
• Processor – 1.3 GHz Quad-Core Mediatek Processor
• RAM – 1GB
• Storage – 4G Expandable upto 32GB
• Camera – 5 MP Rear and 2 MP front
• SIM – Dual-SIM
• Battery – 1700 mAH
• OS – Android 4.4.4 KitKat
• Sensors – G-Sensor , Proximity sensor, Light sensor, E-Compass, Gyro Sensor
• Price Range – 6299 to 6499

Pricing and Online Retailers who offer the devices :

The Android One smartphones will be exclusively sold via online retailers immediately. The three leading online retailers are Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart. Since the devices are pretty much the same, you could also make a decision based on your preference for a particular online store.

Google's Next Move :

Google plans to expand Android One to Indonesia, Philippines, and other South Asian countries by the end of 2014. Other countries will be followed up after the second phase and mostly in 2015. Google also announced the next set of partners for the Android One second phase and they are Qualcomm, and OEMs like Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, HTC, Lenovo, Panasonic, XOLO, Lava, Intex, and Asus. Samsung and LG are excluded from the list.

Check the below video on Android One.

Lets see how the newly launched smartphones from Google's initiative make people crazy with fully loaded Android features with low cost phones.

The Evolution Of iOS [Infographic]

Apple has been launching its brand series of "i" ince years. As expected it introcued new  iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus this time. It's been 7 years since the first iPhone first changed the face of mobile technology forever. Now the next big step in the evolution of the product is soon to be in our hands and this seems like a perfect time for a bit of nostalgia. 

Anyone who owned an iPhone 2G will appreciate the journey from iOS 1 to the current version being used today. The infographic highlights the main features in each iOS release from the first version up to iOS 8. Lets see in the below infographic how it evolved from iOS 1 to iOS 8.

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