Youtube video quality drops due to corona virus, Why ?

We are currently in a global pandemic that affects dozens of countries, including Spain. Coronavirus has spread rapidly, and users are consuming more bandwidth due to confinement. That is why some companies like YouTube have reduced their transmission quality .

Additionally, YouTube is planning to make the default setting for all videos SD (standard definition) also known as 480p in Europe. However, it can be easily changed from the application settings.

YOUTUBE REDUCES ITS VIDEO QUALITY TO 480P DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

YouTube will implement this standard in all parts of the world for a month to limit Internet bandwidth. Obviously, there is the possibility of an extension after that month passes.

This means that when you want to play any video from the Google platform, the content will start to be displayed in SD (480p), but you can still manually choose to increase the resolution if you want. You will have to do this for each video. Therefore, YouTube is betting that many people will not go through that procedure of increasing resolution and therefore this measure will ease the pressure on ISPs.

This increase in bandwidth is because millions of people now work from home, giving them plenty of time to consume their favorite content or discover new content.

Chatting without internet connection on Android and iOS

Chat offline Internet is no longer a dream or something unthinkable thanks to FireChat ,  app that is all the rage since its launch in stores. A part of WhatsApp , WeChat , LINE , Skype or Telegram still a little room for innovative and that is occupied is fantastically app that works offline.

The app has two options of chat offline  and the first one is related to a room where they can talk to people from all over the world and the truth is very disorganized, chaotic and uncomfortable. It is a kind of board where anyone can say whatever he wants and it is quite difficult to follow a conversation due to the amount of messages entering instant.

The second option is a chat that is made ​​only by persons located geographically close . From here you can send anonymous messages to nearby phones regardless of whether your number is on our agenda ( not have to register or log in via Facebook or Twitter )

FireChat application is ideal for communicating in remote locations, routes, beaches and music concerts where it is impossible to send messages. You're probably wondering as does FireChat application to send messages without being connected to the internet and I'll tell you below.

How to send instant messages without an Internet connection

The app is based on networks p2p (peer-to-peer) , therefore do not need you're connected to the Web via 3G, 4G or WiFi . That is based, or get connectivity, other users connected located in a nearby radius (to graph simple form is something like Ares messaging )

They are the same application users who extend the space where you can chat without internet connection being is the reason why you can not engage in conversations with people as far as is possible with apps that rely on connections or 3G wireless .

With these quality tool has become the most downloaded social choice in 80 countries What do you think?

Main use : I personally believe that the greatest use can give recitals or events.

Dato : works best with people who are in a close radius to 10 meters.

. FireChat Download for iOS 

. FireChat Download for Android

This will be the Home Screen of the Samsung Galaxy S5?

The account on Twitter , @ evleaks, famous for its many successes in relation to rumors published an image of technology which could be the Home Screen of Galaxy S5 . The new version of the smartphone Samsung expected by mid-year.

According to the filtered picture to be shown below, the distribution of the information is much more visual and columns.

Sound like something to Windows Phone 8, Microsoft ? Hmmm ...

The image will now follow another rumor that they @ vleaks released on the 7th of January and already showing similar features but in combination with a screen more classic.

Of course, even in cases involving actual leaks ( images certain), they themselves qualify as a pilot phase of Samsung, with clear reference to the final version of the anticipated Galaxy S5 could be very different.

We will have to wait a few more months to get safer rumors.

With Sony you can turn your tablet into a powerful camera

About five months ago, Sony we already proposed the concept of attached lenses to transform a mobile device. Remember the Xperia Z1 ? Well, this time it was his turn to tablets with the launch of the SPA-TA1 which can turn your tablet into a powerful digital camera .

But wait, the SPA-TA1 is not a camera or lens itself, but rather a kind of clip (in various sizes) which enables you to attach different types of Sony lens type cameras to your tablet.

So, the "lens" that sees the image is a complete camera and there are currently two models, the DSC-QX100 to $ 249 and the DSC-QX10 at $ 499.

The SPA-TA1 arrive in six sizes to adapt to various devices from 85mm to 190mm of the width. In other words, almost all phablets and tablets Sony Xperia Z from Ultra to Sony Vaio Tap 11.

According to the announcement on the official blog, the SPA-Ra1 will be released on April 4, 2014 in Japan for a suggested price of $ 36 dollars.