| Samsung Galaxy Alpha specs 'confirmed' in line with the endless speculation Aug 10th 2014, 15:21, by Chris Smith 
A purported spec sheet for the the long-rumoured, but not-all-that-exciting Samsung Galaxy Alpha has emerged online showing everything to be pretty much in line with the reams of speculation so far. A picture, claimed to be from Samsung's own marketing materials, shows the 4.7-inch handset as having a 1280 x 720 Super AMOLED display. The device will also run on the homemade Exynos octo-core processor, with CPUs running at 1.8GHz and 1.3GHz, according to the picture, which also alleges 2GB of RAM and up to 32 GB of storage. There'll be a 12-megapixel rear camera and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera according to the source Tecmundo, which also claims a 64GB model will the sold in store. IFA-bound?The snap also shows the Alpha as rocking Android 4.4 KitKat, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0 connectivity and expandable storage through a MicroSD card. All of that is very much in line with recent speculation. All that really remains now is for Samsung to announce the device. It now seems likely the firm will wait until the IFA tech show kicks off in Berlin in the first week of September, where the Galaxy Note 4 will almost certainly make its bow.        |  | Windows Phone users now have 300,000 apps to choose from Aug 10th 2014, 14:23, by Chris Smith 
The number of apps in the Windows Phone store has nearly doubled in the past year, Microsoft has confirmed. The firm announced the app catalogue had swelled to 300,000 as per the end of June 2014, up 94 per cent on a year ago. That's an increase of 100,000 in the six months following December 2013, when the tally stood at 200,000. In even better news for fans of the Live Tile-powered operating system, the number of active developers has also grown by 50 per cent. High profile launchesWhile the numbers will be a boon for Microsoft and it's userbase, it's perhaps the type of apps arriving in the last few months that shows the greater promise for the third-placed OS. FitBit launched on the platform last month making wristbands FitBit Flex the first popular fitness trackers to be compatible with Windows Phone. BlackBerry's BBM app also arrived in Beta form, while the popular ride-sharing app Uber also launched on the platform. Most users would prefer quality over quantity, but it seems Microsoft could be on the way to having both.        | | YouTube for Android goes beyond HD with 1440p option for LG G3 users Aug 9th 2014, 16:53, by Chris Smith -470-75.JPG)
If you've splashed out on the brand new LG G3 smartphone, you can now enjoy YouTube streaming at beyond HD quality. The Google-made app for Android now supports 1440p streaming, making full use of the G3's impressive 2560 x 1440 QHD display resolution. The option to up the streaming resolution from the previous best of 1080p is only available on devices like the G3 that are able to support the improved quality. Right now, that pool is very limited, but the option will become much more useful as more and more mobile devices adopt QHD displays. Near-perfectionThe stunning display within the LG G3, the first QHD screen from a major manufacturer, helped the G3 to a near-perfection score of 4.5 stars in a recent TechRadar review. Is the G3 the perfect smartphone? Check out our video review below. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXlXb76f6U       | | Wiki nets surge of Bitcoin donations as Wikipedia Zero bears fruit for 350m Aug 9th 2014, 15:59, by Chris Smith 
Wikipedia has procured a sizable $140,000 (around £83,000, AU$151,000) in Bitcoin donations, just a week after it started accepting the currency. The non-profit online encyclopedia started taking the virtual currency for the first time as part of its annual donations drive, which also allows people to contribute via PayPal, credit cards and Amazon payments. The currency is being instantly converted to the more stable US dollar, rather than being retained in the often volatile Bitcoin denomination. The figure is still dwarfed by donations from other sources but, just a week in, the mark remains significant. Free access, free editingThe drive for donations comes as parent company Wikimedia this week revealed the initial successes of its Wikimedia Zero project. Inspired by Facebook Zero, Wiki is making deals with mobile carriers in the developing world to offer free read and write access to the wealth of information stored on the site. According to the latest figures, 350m people in 29 countries can now access and edit all portions of the site free of data charges.        | |
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