Microsoft is always hoping to help more Android users to use advanced apps. It updated the Cortana virtual assistant recently aims at attracting more Android users to choose this service over Google Now. Its new version makes the service more viable.

The Android users can now choose the beta version of Cortana to replace Google Now as their home button service. You could get its latest update for experiencing this new feature if you are interested.

There are some detailed information of this service. This service allows Android users to activate Microsoft’s answer to Siri rather than holding down their home button for instant access when it occurs Android default.

To compare with Windows Phone counterpart, the beta version of Cortana is not fully featured that it lacks the function to always listen for ” OK Cortana” commands.

The US users can do a completing survey on Microsoft website in order to apply to participate in the Android beta trials. So it may take for a while for the users to experience it. You can visit its official website for more details.

Cortana also brought in its desktop to the public at the same time when Windows 10 was released on July 29.

There is report showing that up to 2.4 million of Carphone Warehouse customers may have had their data breached due to the company research.

According to new resource of the mobile phone retailer, indicating the data of Carphone Warehouse customer has been accessed during a cyber attack, via clicking Sky news.

The company had made the announcement for this issue. During the statement, the company reported that 90,000 customers may be in risks of data breach of their encrypted credit card details during the attack on August 5.

The ” sophisticated” cyber attack was carried out on one of Carphone Warehouse’s divisions and that a top cyber security firm has been brought in.

Sebastian Jame, chief executive of the retailer’s owner Dixons Carphone stated in a statement that they seriously protect the security of customer data. And they felt sorry for the those people who’s data have been affected by the cyber attack on their systems.

The company would acknowledge those people who may have been affected on their data. What is more, the company will make related measures to handle this issue so that to protect their customers’ data safety.

A cellphone’s batter life is important to its fully function. As we know that the smartphone’s battery life comes to be a problem for the developer and consumers. Many people criticize that it is quick to use up the battery of a smartphone. The latest handset of Asus updated its battery life for surprise.

Now the Asus Zenfone Max packs a 5,000 mAh battery. It allows this handset extending a longer runtime. Its runtime is much longer than the famous brand like iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6.

iPhone 6 Plus packs a 2,915 mAH battery, while Samsung Galaxy S6 comes with 2,550 mAh battery. It is rare to find the smartphone reaches 3,000 mAh battery.

There are more specific details of Asus Zenfone Max. The battery is powering an entry-level device with a Snapdragon processor. Ihe handset is with 2GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch screen which is made from Gorlilla Glass 4.

As for its cameras, they are not so outstanding. The camera on the rear reaches in at 13 megapixels and the one on the front is 5 megapixels.

It is fresh features comes with an f/2.0 aperture, laser auto-focus and a dual-tone LED flash.

This handset will be launched in October. But Asus has not announced its price, release countries, and how long will the battery run to keep the handset works normally.

Reports suggest that the latest version of Apple’s OS X Yosemite has a serious flaw that could lead to malware intrusion on Macs easier.

The iOS jailbreaker Stefan Esser figured out this flaw in which centers on a hidden documents called Sudoers that saves a list of system permissions.

Details reported by MalwareBytes that Esser claimed the documents are changed when Yosemite store them and Yosemite has left them wide open for hackers to embed malware under the radar.

Stefan Esser has been accused of publicly revealing the vulnerability rather than he informed Apple company about this flaw’s existence. His action was against by some members in the security community.

Esser publicized this flaw in the hope of protecting the users from attacking by this bug. And it indicated that it is risking the pc security if installing unofficial patches.

So far, the apple company doesn’t make any comment on this issue and there is no sign when they will release a modified version for this system.

It is no wonder that it has risk to challenge the new high-teach prodcuts. You could wait for a while till the modified version has been rolled out. Please draw your attention to the news about this issue.

Good news for Apple Watch users. Apple Watches have been upgraded with more features and it could be unbolted the doors from its recently report.

Of course, the Apple Watch device doesn’t work with any old door. It can open the doors that equipped with an August Smart Lock. And the August Smart Lock has been added to support the Apple Watch device.

With a light swipe and a tap of Apple Watches, the users are able to unlock the hi-tech locks. There is a dedicated app with the August Smart Lock to detect the track of who has passed through the door.

The users will receive a notification from the August app on their Apple Watches whenever somebody locks or unlocks the door. It is convenient for them to keep an eye on the house security problem.

The August Smart Lock has been applied on iOS and Android smartphones, however, here is no confirmation where those locks offer support for Android Wear Watches.

Users can place orders online for August Smart Lock for $250. Please note that the August Smart Lock is only compatible with Single-Cylinder deadbolts doors that commonly applied in North America. Think twice before placing an order.

It is expensive to use your phone abroad due to the international roam. Thanks to the development of high tech, the price for international road is cutting down a bit. There are some options to save some money across Europe.

The EE customers now benefit from its new Euro Pass scheme to use phone abroad. It is offering a new Euro Pass with unlimited calls, texts and 100mb of 4G data from £3 per day. The EE customers can save much phone fee than they did in the past.

The customers can use their phone more frequently regardless of their phone fee with this Euro pass offer. They don’t have to worry too much about the bill they need to pay.

If you are going to use up the 4G data comes with the offer, then you will be offered another 400mb of 3G data to keep you to access the internet for the rest of the day. There is not extra charge if you have used up all the data as you won’t have able to access the internet again once the limit of data is reached.

It costs the EE customers for Euro Pass at £3 on a 4GEE Extra plan, while it costs £4 at ordinary times.

The customers have to text EUROPASS OR EURODATE to 150 to get Euro Pass. The server provider will deduct the charges automatically.

Amazon works hard to deliver goods to the consumers quicker all the time. Now it is making the delivery easier to order everyday essentials by launching its press-to-buy Dash buttons in the US.

The Dash buttons connect to WiFi and stick to any surface with an adhesive that allowing consumers to make install re-orders with a single press. Then the items will be delivered to them.

The items available for the Dash buttons app vary from Huggies to Gillette blades and replacement Tassimo coffee T-Discs. It also offers daily necessaries such as toilet paper and washing powder.

This solution is made to extend the Amazon’s previous shopping list scanner device Dash. With this press-to-buy Dash buttons, the consumers can overlook the items they chose or add some more items to a shopping list.

After four trail of Amazon first announced Dash, the press-to-buy Dash buttons has been launched and available all US Prime members to shop.

This new device is not available in the UK store yet. There is no official announcement to indicate when Amazon brings this device to Europe countries. It is pretty sure that the Amazon could apply this device in more places in the near future.

Motorola had released a series of new handsets on Tuesday. It surprised us with the high-end Moto X Style that a handset boasts the accolade of world’s fastest-charging smartphone.

It would be completed full charge quicker than other devices we have on the market. The Moto X Style is set by a new Turbo Charge tech to compete quick-charge handsets like Samsung Galaxy S6.

What if your handset runs lower battery and you are in a rush to go out? Well, the Moto X Style will add 8 hours of staying power to the handset after 15 minutes insert to the power supply. In terms of getting back full power, Moto X Style works as it suggested.

The Moto X Style is compatible with Motorola’s Moto Maker tool, and it can be customized with all manner of framing and casing options such as seven metallic accent options and a trio of metal frames.

The back of handsome is made either a colorful silicone rear, or LG G4 echoing leather, or a smooth wood finish.

There is a 21-megapixel primary camera feature coming with a stunning 5.7-inch QHD display with a 2560×1440 pixel resolution under the hood.

Moto X Style is paired with an octo-core Snapdragon processor, 3GB of RAM and a secondary camera in the front.

The Moto X Style will come to UK market in September, but there is no exactly date for debut confirmed yet.

It did not make the precise price for Moto X Style yet. But the manufacturer suggested this handset should be 200-300 dollars cheaper than iPhone6. Please keep an eye on its upcoming news for more details.

There were previously news reported that Selfie stick is banned in Disneyland resorts. You have to be checked by the staff before you go into the theme park. When you prepare for a holiday, a selfie stick should not come into your consideration. You may think that it could help you to take many amazing photos with is aid.

As selfie sticks are forbidden to use at many of the world’s biggest tourist resorts and conference places, you can see that it is not much help to take a selfie stick for holiday. Thanks to a survey on a website that you can figure out where you can and cant use this selfie stick.

This survey is made by ticketing site Attraction Tix. You can learn from the website catalogues that where you could and could not use the selfie stick.

You can not take the selfie stick into those tourist resorts including Disneyland, the Emirates Stadium, the Guggenheim museum and the Hammersmith Apollo as you could find them from the selfie stick no-go list.

If you really reply on the selfie stick to take photos, then you can visit the tourist destinations on the London Eye, Alton Towers, and inside the Grand Canyon with the selfie stick.

BBC faced another problem with iPlayer after the debate about the license fee raise.

According to GlobalWebIndex, there are around 65 million people abroad have access to this service for free by using VPNs.

It requires license fee to use iPlayer, however, anyone can watch its non-live content without having one in the UK. This loophole came to an end.

Over half of those people watching iPlayer for free are from China, it accounts to 38.5 million.

An online research revealed that 75% of 45,000 internet users across 34 countries have paid for Netflix or Hulu. It means that there are potential clients for BBC to explore. It may be a good news to BBC as those people could turn into subscribers. Even though a small proportion of the users would like to buy the service, it could also make additional revenue for the BBC.

A BBC spokesperson said: “the subscribers can watch and download the content from BBC iPlayer. But there could not control their personal usage.”

He added: “the company do not comment on individual cases regarding the loophole of BBC iPlayer’s terms of use. They would take measures to protect the intellectual property for right holders.”

European Commission made a new proposal”digital single market” to help to loosen restrictions when someone visiting home surf.

A global subscription-based iPlayer providing for Europeans, Australians and Canadians ended last month.