Redesigned YouTube mobile app

If you watched a YouTube video recently, chances are you did it on your phone or tablet. That’s because today, more than half the views on YouTube happen using mobile devices. So to bring you an even better mobile experience, we’re updating the official YouTube apps – making it easier than ever to find videos you love and create them, too.

The update – available now on Android, mobile web, and soon on iOS – introduces three new tabs:

• Home: Easily explore and discover videos you'll love with recommendations based on your watch history as well as playlists personalized just for you.
• Subscriptions: Find the latest videos from your favorite channels and creators on the new Subscriptions tab. And to help make sure you never miss an upload, you can now tap the bell icon on the channels you love to get a notification as soon as a new video is posted.
• Account: Check out your playlists, watch history, and the videos you’ve uploaded all in one spot.

You can also now watch full-screen vertical videos with just a single tap for the very first time.

But YouTube isn’t just about enjoying videos; it’s a place to express yourself and show the world what you love. With the redesigned app you can take your creativity to new levels using a new set of video creation tools. You’ve got an amazing camera in your phone or tablet, and now you can trim your footage, tint the image with filters, add music, and upload – all inside the app.

These are just a few of the features we’ve been working on, and you’ll see many more later this year. 

Things To Do With Old Smartphones

Are you confused what to do with the old smartphone because you bought a new one? Don’t give your old smartphone away. You can continue to use your old smartphone for some other work around in office or home or when you are on the move. Here are the 8 things you can do with your old smartphone.

1. Wireless Router: 

All Android and iOS smartphones come with built-in WiFi hotspot feature. You can easily use the old phone to use as portable router. You can simply plug-in 3G SIM card and use the phone as portable WiFi hotspot. You can use your old smartphone as a pocket internet device to provide internet connectivity to all your WiFi enabled gadgets.

2. Media Player For TV: 

Does your old smartphone has TVout? You can easily convert your old smartphone into flash based media player for Television. Get a high capacity memory card for your old smartphone and copy your favorite music and movies in it. You can connect the smartphone to TV using MHL or HDMI cable. Simply connect the phone to power outlet and enjoy constant music and movies on big screen of TV. Samsung Android phones support streaming multimedia wirelessly using DLNA or some latest phones support Miracast.

3. Test Bed: 

Are you a smartphone geek? You can keep your old smartphone to test out new apps and ROMs. With the growth of open source platforms, you can use old smartphone as test device to checkout new apps before installing them on your primary smartphone. You can even use the old smartphone to test out new custom ROMs.

4. Wireless Security Camera: 

Apps like IP Webcam for Android or iVigilo Smartcam for iOS lets you use your smartphone as wireless security camera. You can start the camera and stream the live video on any smartphone or tablet using dedicated IP. You just need to place the smartphone in some place and make sure that it is connected to your home WiFi. There are lot of webcam apps available on almost all the platforms.

5. Emulator: 

Old gaming systems have very basic hardware requirement. You can use the software emulation to run older games on current smartphone. If you are a retro game lover, you can turn your smartphone to play old system games like Nintendo and Sega system games. There are dozens of emulator apps available on app store of each platform. Nostalgia NES is the best emulator that you can use to install and play the classic retro games. You may need to flash gaming ROM on Android smartphones.

6. Navigator: 

Google Maps provides best navigation functions on Android devices. You can use your old smartphone to replace the car navigation system. Some specially designed car navigation apps like MapmyIndia are available for mobile platform. You can use a lot with your old Android smartphone than you can possibly imagine. You can keep your old smartphone permanently mounted in your car. You can install windscreen or dashboard mount for the car and use generic micro USB charger to keep the battery charged. You can also download Car Dashboard app that changes the user interface of phone when in car. The app gives simple interface and block customisable icons for easy use in car.

7. PC Remote: 

You can use your old smartphone to control your traditional desktop or micro PC that is connected with your TV. You can use the old phone as wireless mouse or keyboard to power your PC. If the main use of PC is web browsing or entertainment then using old phone as wireless keyboard or mouse for big screen is best bet. There are multiple apps available that lets you use the phone as PC remote. Mobile Mouse is popular app, it supports both Windows and Macs. You need to configure your PC to work with smartphone. The smartphone and PC both need to be connected to same WiFi network. iPhone users can try Touch Mouse by Logitech, it features number of useful functions.

8. Data Backup or Extra Storage: 

You can use your old smartphone to use as extra data backup device while traveling. You can simply transfer the data to old smartphone and make some space in your new primary device. You can upgrade the microSD card in your old smartphone to increase the storage space in the device. In today’s world, you can even get 128 GB SD card. You can also use your old smartphone to explore the files. 

Best Android Apps For Electronics Students

1. ElectroDroid

ElectroDroid is a simple and powerful collection of electronics tools and references. It is available for free, but you can buy the ad-free version too.

2. EveryCircuit

Build any circuit, tap play button, and watch dynamic voltage, current, and charge animations. This gives you insight into circuit operation like no equation does. While simulation is running, adjust circuit parameters with analog knob, and the circuit responds to your actions in real time. You can even generate an arbitrary input signal with your finger!

3. Lessons In Electric Circuits

This is a good one for students. It covers 5 volumes with the following topics,

Volume. 1 -- DC
Volume. 2 -- AC
Volume. 3 -- Semiconductors
Volume. 4 -- Digital
Volume. 5 -- Reference
Volume. 6 – Experiments

4. DroidTesla

DroidTesla is a simple and powerful SPICE engine. SPICE is an acronym for Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis

5. Electronics Toolkit

Provides a useful interface for calculating unknown quantities in the fields of electronics and electrical engineering.

6. Electrical Pro

This app is a compilation of five sub apps that use the 2008/2011/2014 National Electric Code (NEC).

7. Electrical Engineering Pack

Electrical Engineering Pack consists of 39 Electrical Calculators and 16 Electrical Converters. A complete guide for Electrical Engineers, Technicians and Students.

8. Electrical Wiring

This is another calculator that lets you find various results that are useful in electrical and eletronic engineering.

9. Electrical Calculations

This is a very useful app for electrical and electronic engineering students. It performs a variety of activities and is available in an array of languages.

10. Electrical LV Calculator

Quick Reference Implementation for the main calculations requested by the Low Voltage Electrotechnical Regulations. 

Top 10 Smartphone To Buy This Festival Season

Dussara and Diwali Festival season is starting in India, No festival feels complete without gifts and shopping for yourself. Considering this nature of Indians, shops have sale, discount offers going during festival season.

1. LG G3

13.97-cm (5.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 1440x2560 px
Quad core 2500 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
13 MP Primary Camera, 2.1 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3000 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 43,899

2. Sony Xperia Z2

13.20-cm (5.2-inch) IPS LCD display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 2300 MHz processor, 3 GB RAM
20.7 MP Primary Camera, 2.2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, DLNA
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3200 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 41,392

3. Samsung Galaxy S5

12.95-cm (5.1-inch) Super AMOLED display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 1900 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
16 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2800 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 36,999

4. HTC One E8

12.7-cm (5-inch) S-LCD 3 display of 1080x1920 px
Quad core 2500 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2600 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 33,439

5. Sony Xperia T3

13.46-cm (5.3-inch) IPS LCD display of 720x1080 px
Quad core 1400 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 1.1 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, DLNA , NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
Android v4.4 (KitKat)
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 26,399

6. Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290

11.93-cm (4.7-inch) IPS LCD display of 720x1280 px
Quad core 1400 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2000 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 11,799

7. Lenovo S660

11.93-cm (4.7-inch) IPS LCD display of 540X960 px
Quad core 1300 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
8 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
3000 mAh, Li-Polymer battery
Rs 10,999


8. Micromax Canvas XL2 A109

13.97-cm (5.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 540X960 px
Quad core 1200 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
4 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 9,649

9. LG L60 Dual

10.92-cm (4.3-inch) LCD display of 480x800 px
Dual core 1300 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
4 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
1700 mAh, Li-Ion battery
Rs 7,899

10. Xolo Q610S

11.43-cm (4.5-inch) IPS LCD display of 480X854 px
Quad core 1300 MHz processor, 1 GB RAM
5 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
Android v4.4 (KitKat)
1700 mAh, Li-Polymer battery
Rs 7,499