Showing posts with label chat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chat. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Xbox One Can Chat
Microsoft brings Xbox One game console as the latest generation of consoles that are adapted to future electronic devices. Although not announced when released Xbox One event in Washington a few days ago, but the Xbox One confirmed playable on TV Ultra HD or 4K.
Quoted from page Cnet, Friday (24/05/2013), it was revealed in a question and answer session in the session "Yahoo Q & A". Xbox Live director of the program that describes support 4K Ultra HD or in Xbox One. Not only 4K, 3D TV can be used to bermai Xbox One.
According to Cnet, is different from the PlayStation 4 console that can not use the Ultra HD or 4K TV for gaming. In PS4, 4K TV can only be used for open video and photos. It is never disclosed to President of Sony worldwide studios, Shuehei Yoshida.
And another some cool features possessed newest gaming console, Xbox One. One feature that is not yet disclosed the secret is the ability of users to communicate in both directions with the console. This feature seems not introduced yet by Microsoft because it is still in the development stage.
Based on two people to the website Polygon, Monday (05/27/2013), by using motion and voice recognition controller Kinect, users will be able to chat with the console.
In a possible scenario, Kinect will scan a room full of people. If there is a face he did not recognize, the console will be asked to introduce themselves. When the person to be named, Kinect will store this information into the system.
It is also said, the "chat" features will be similar to the iPhones voice control, Siri.
In the event the introduction of Xbox One, Microsoft has showcased one of the greatness of the results of the deep integration between Kinect and Xbox One. Users can control the console using voice only.
For example, just by mentioning the phrase "Xbox On", the console will automatically turn on.
This feature will reportedly not present at the premiere of Xbox One in the market. Microsoft will bring this advanced feature as a patch a few months later.
But this technology is predicted to be difficult to penetrate the mainstream market, because the price is expensive. At least the price will still be high in the coming years.
Friday, May 2, 2014
SMS Chat in Gmail – Send Free Messages Without Internet Connection
Google has silently launched their free SMS service in India. Earlier in March 2012, Google has introduced their SMS chat in Gmail, where a Google Talk widget will appear in your Gmail account. So when you chat with someone, you can save their phone numbers in address book and send a SMS if needed.
This free service will allow the user to send a instant message to his him/her friend. Its just like a instant chat messenger, where you can chat with the other person. But the person has to reply to continue the chat further more. Months ago, this service was launched all over U.S and was pretty successful. The best part of this service is, whenever you don’t have access to Internet, you can ask your friend to chat via Gmail SMS service. This will save your money, bandwidth and can also save your time by sending a direct message to their phone directly. Google has a full fledged version of SMS chat in Gmail, for the first time today.
Today we were pretty much surprised with sudden notification from Gmail. It says, Now you can send instant SMS to your friends anytime, anywhere. So digging more into details, You can find SMS chat in Gmail service restricted to only few supported handful mobile operators. Some of them are, Aircel, Idea, Loop Mobile, MTS, Reliance, Tata DoCoMo, Tata indicom, Vodafone (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal. & Assam, other North East areas)
How to Start a SMS Chat in Gmail:
You can send a message to any person you wanted to. But make sure they are already present in your Gmail chat list earlier. You can follow these simple steps to use this free SMS chat in Gmail service. So here we go,
Step 1: Login to your Gmail account and look at the Google Talk widget.
Step 2: Select a person you wanted to chat with, and click on Send Text (SMS) option.
Step 3: In this above screenshot, i have selected my friend Vishal Arya as the person whom i want to chat with. So click on Send Text (SMS) service to save his mobile number.
Step 4: Here we are saving 9000000000 as vishal arya phone number. So when ever you send him a message via SMS chat in gmail, it will directly reach his mobile phone as an SMS.
Step 5: Click on Save and now you can send a free SMS to your friend. Here we are sending a direct SMS to Arya phone, via Gmail. I have sent a SMS saying Hello, which will be replied from his mobile number. Since this number is not a valid number, you cannot expect any reply from him.
Google has mentioned few terms of conditions and guide lines for using this free SMS chat in Gmail service. They have also mentioned few tips and techniques to make the best out of this free service. Its very much important to understand these guidelines before proceeding further. Few of them are,
- You are restricted to use only 50 credits per day.
- Each message you send will burn 1 credit from your daily quota of 50 credits. And each message you receive as a reply will get you 5 credits with maximum up to 50 a day.
- You cannot buy additional credits for sending more messages, but surely you can send a message to your own mobile and reply back to get additional credits.
- You can use commands like BLOCK, UNBLOCK, START, STOP and other commands to restrict people sending you bulk messages.
- If your credits are decreased to zero, they will be charged again to 50 in next 24 hours.
- If you are sending too many messages without any reply from other side, you might be blocked due to privacy issues.
- Also sending mass messages may ban you for ever. This is to avoid abuses and hatred in chat messages.
- You can use STOP command to block all messages from any Gmail user. For this you need to send a message to mobile operator, and enter the System message number to activate the service asap.
- You can even chat with your friends who has no Internet connection.
- Limited to only few mobile operators as of now.
Guess you are now aware of all TOC mentioned by Google SMS chat in Gmail. I hope you all are ready to understand these above guidelines and send free SMS to your friends. Please drop us a line on what you think about this amazing service.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Facebook Messenger for Android updated with Chat Heads support
Just in time for the arrival of Facebook Home in Google Play, Facebook has updated the official Android app as well as Messenger app. There are not many changes in the Facebook app, as the company is just getting it ready for Facebook Home.
On the other hand, Facebook Messenger has got Chat Heads support. Yes, if you just want Chat Heads on your Android phone and not the full Facebook Home, you can grab this update for Facebook Messenger for Android.
Facebook Messenger change-log:
- Keep chatting even when you’re using other apps. Just tap the chat head to reply, drag down to close.
- Bug fixes.
Official Facebook for Android change-log:
- New permissions for Facebook Home
- Bug fixes
Download Facebook for Android and Facebook Messenger for Android from Google Play.
Even if you want the full Facebook Home on your phone, you will need these two apps.
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