Category: Tech

Categories
Crypto News Tech

Crypto Collectibles Feature Added In Opera Wallet

Opera, the famous Internet browser, announced that it is now possible to send cryptos from the Ethereum (ETH) network directly between users of its integrated crypto wallet.

“We believe that an important part of our lives is developed online, and so will be the things we collect,” said the Opera team on their blog.

Now, users will be able to make transactions with their cryptos by exchanging them with each other from the browser, without the need to enter exchange platforms or massive online markets. Opera intends to integrate a wallet that allows holding and exchanging crypto collectibles.

“We are big fans of crypto collectibles. They are unique digital objects that can be kept in the blockchain and collected in a wallet […] These digital objects are known in the crypto world as ‘collectibles,’ ‘unique tokens’ or non-fungible tokens or NIFTYs. Although they are still in an early stage of adoption, baseball cards or CryptoKitties can already be collected and stored in a wallet. We believe that this is just the beginning of a trend,” said Opera devs.

Crypto collectible adoption rates might skyrocket thanks to Opera wallet once it becomes public

Referring to the fact that the transactions in the blockchain are not instantaneous, they implemented in this version of the Opera wallet a notification system that warns when a transaction is made and when it is confirmed.

The wallet is available in its private beta version, which gives reason to think that, if it is implemented publicly, the adoption of blockchain crypto collectibles can skyrocket to never-before-seen levels. This result, on the one hand, looks positive, but on the other hand, it can evidence the network’s shortcomings. A successful mass adoption requires that the blockchain in which these smart contracts are executed has a high processing capacity to handle the subsequent volume of transactions generated.

At the moment, the Opera wallet is only available in the Opera browser for the Android, and, because it is based on the Ethereum (ETH) network, it only supports ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens.

Categories
Tech

Microsoft Extended Windows 7 Support Until 2023, But It Won’t Be Free

Are you still running Windows 7? The fact is that Windows 7 still has a large market share nowadays and it appears that Microsoft plans to expand the support for this OS even more, as part of the “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates” program. However, Microsoft will charge for security updates for Windows 7.

Microsoft extended the support for Windows 10 until 2023, but it will charge you for it

The Windows 7 official support will expire on January 14th, 2020, but because of various factors such as its large market share, Microsoft has agreed to launch a special program known as “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates.”

The new “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates” essentially means extended support for Windows 7. In other words, Windows 7 will keep getting security updates until 2023, three years after the end of its official support in 2020.

However, there is a very significant point. Namely, Microsoft will charge for this extended support for Windows 7. For “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates” you will be charged since it will be marketed for a single device and its prices, which are yet unknown, will rise year by year.

Only Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise will be eligible for “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates”

Microsoft announced they extended the support for Windows 7. However, only Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise versions of the renowned Microsoft’s OS will be eligible for the “Windows 7 Extended Security Updates.”

This program will be available for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise. Likewise, all those clients who have Office 365 Pro Plus will be free to use this suite on Windows 7 as long as they have purchased this bundle.

After 2023 there will not be much more to be done than to upgrade to Windows 10 Home or to the Pro version to get in line with the latest security updates. However, Windows 7 will remain there permanently for all users or companies that would like to keep on using it, but with no security updates.

Categories
Tech

Vidmate Vs. Instube – The Battle Between The Best Video Downloaders for Android

Anytime we get bored we pull our smartphone out of the pocket and play games, check out our favorite social network, listen to some music, or watch some videos. But, sometimes, is difficult to rely on mobile data or WiFi to get access to the Internet, especially when traveling abroad a lot and we’re on roaming which can increase the costs significantly. Luckily, we have the so-called video downloaders, and we can use those to download both videos and music whenever we want. Among the best video downloaders for Android, there are Vidmate and Instube. Let’s see which one’s better.

Vidmate Vs. Instube – Which is the best video downloaders for Android

Vidmate video downloader for Android

Vidmate is increasingly more popular with millions of users from every corner of the world having the app installed on their Android devices. Vidmate permits users to download videos or only audio tracks whenever they want and at what quality they desire from sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Facebook, LiveLeak, Instagram, and many others, as well.

The app’s interface is straightforward to use, and the Vidmate video downloader is fast and stable and has a built-in multimedia player, video search engine, and browser to ease up the whole process of downloading videos.

 Instube for Android

Similar to Vidmate, Instube is another excellent app for downloading videos from the Internet, but it comes with something unique. The app has some unique security features that are designed to maintain the privacy of the users and help them browse for videos safely.

Additionally, Instube creates a locked folder inside the smartphone’s internal storage where users can import/export videos and soundtracks without having to worry about viruses or bugs. While it scores lower at downloading speeds, as well as in popularity, compared to Vidmate, Instube video downloader remains one great app when it comes to downloading videos.

Which is better between Vidmate and Instube?

Is not an easy task to state which is better between Vidmate and Instube. They both are among the best video downloaders for Android, but Vidmate is older and already created a positive image in the people’s minds. You can choose which one you want because they are both excellent apps, but, personally, I’d go with Vidmate.

Categories
Tech

Tubemate Video Downloader Pros and Cons

You might have heard about SnapTube and VidMate, apps that allow you to get your favorite youtube videos on your phone. Well, Tubemate is one of them, and it can easily be found on your device. It is not hard to use and offers good speed and high quality while you download your favorite youtube videos from Youtube itself.

The Pros of Tubemate YouTube Downloader, Advantages

Tubemate can only be used on Android devices, and it allows you to download video from Youtube as it is a video downloading app. It only supports the Android operating system.

You can download and browse videos from the official Youtube app using a very fast user interface provided by Tubemate.

The Tubemate YouTube Downloader uses multiple connections in order to give you the best download speeds.

The Tubemate YouTube Downloader offers you to options. Resume you video download process from anywhere you left it or merely pause.

The Tubemate YouTube Downloader offers quite a very wide variety of video resolutions to choose from. It does not support only the poor 360p or 240p but also high-definition 1080p.

Dailymotion and Vimeo are other apps you can download from.

The Tubemate YouTube Downloader offers a section where you can track all videos you download, or you downloaded.

Cons of the Tubemate YouTube Downloader, Disadvantages

Even though Tubemate is a YouTube Downloader, there are certain videos you can’t download with it.

In order to complete the task, you need to use an MP3 media converter as the app only allows the download of high-definition videos.

When the app is unstable and uncomfortable, it crashes or has hang issues.

You can’t download videos using 2G. The videos can only be downloaded using high-speed internet. Wi-fi would be the best.

Categories
News Tech

Google Play Store vs. 9Apps – Number of Apps and Security Comparison

Number of Apps

You can’t find every app you want on Google Play Store due to its strict policies. However, the 9Apps app store got your back as it has those apps beside other 30 million available for installing and downloading.

No Data Tracking

Everything you do, every website you are on and any app you use are using data which Google has access to for keeping track of their users. Contrary to that, 9Apps does not care about any of that so you can fearlessly download and install any app you want using 9Apps as your data will not be tracked.

Free to Use

You have the opportunity to use 9Apps for as long as you want for free. Most of the apps you find there does not charge anything, but a few of them do. In case you want them, you will only need to pay for those certain apps.

Modified Apps are available

It is not easy to modify apps on Windows or iOS but is easy on Android. 9Apps offers you a wide variety of modded apps due to this functionality. For example, you can get the Whatsapp plus if you like.

Less Space Required

Google Play Store uses a lot of your mobile phone’s space which you can save if you get the 9Apps app store instead. The 9Apps app store uses less space, and it is also light in size.

Website and Apps are available

There are two methods of using the 9Apps. You can either use the app or maybe if it is more convenient for you, you can use the website. There are a lot of apps you must download before using, but 9Apps is not one of them. You can use it right now.

Exit mobile version