Wednesday, March 22, 2017

All You Need to Know about APFS for iOS 10.3 and macOS

Short for Apple File System, APFS recently got released with the iOS 10.3 beta, and will soon replace your Apple device’s thirty year old file system. This means your Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV will all see upgrades from the HFS+ system. Bringing in new optimization for the storage technologies of today, with encryption built-in as a primary feature, Apple File System will bring a slew of new benefits to users in 2017. Let’s go over what these changes are, and what you should expect out of your favorite apps and devices.

What is Apple File System (APFS)?


Apple File System or APFS, is Apple’s new file system set to replace the current and now thirty year old HFS file system. When HFS was initially conceived, storage technology like flash drives and SSDs weren’t a norm in consumer technology. Apple believes that a smarter and more advanced file system should be implemented and APFS will become the new default file system on iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS in 2017.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Top 8 Leaked Features of Upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 8

Android fans would be happy to welcome the March 29 event, in which the long anticipated Samsung Galaxy S 8 will get released. With the approaching of the new device, more and more reports on the leaked features of Samsung Galaxy S 8 have been released on various blogs. Here are the top 8 hottest Galaxy S 8 features for you:

Two sizes

Samsung has been always providing large screen smartphones. According to a recent report from Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, there will be two sizes for the Galaxy S8, the S8 and the S8+: 5.8 inch and 6.2 inch, both of which are reported to be OLED and feature WQHD+ resolutions of 2960×2400. Obviously, the large size will result in larger screen displays of S8 than its previous models.