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Google might be boasting about its latest Android Lollipop update as the company's "sweetest release yet," however the release seems to have been hit by multiple issues right from the start.

Last week, a Wi-Fi related bug was reported to be affecting some users, and now multiple reports are claiming that that Android 5.0 Lollipop removes the very useful 'silent mode' from phones. Additionally, some Nexus 7 (2013) tablet users are reporting that they are having issues in video playback after updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Android Police first pointed out (via Reddit) the missing 'silent mode' feature, saying, "Lowering the volume only offers vibrate mode, and the new priority notification system isn't going to help you."

When users turn down the volume to '0' on Android smartphones (Android 4.3 and below), it activates vibration mode, while the silent mode is usually activated by turning volume up once again. In phones running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher, it turning the volume down once again below vibrate mode activates silent mode. It appears that with Android 5.0 Lollipop, turning the volume down below '0' offers only vibration mode, and no option exists to achieve true silent mode.

While this may be a bug, Google may have introduced this as a feature, in line with its new Priority notifications introduced in Android 5.0 Lollipop. It describes Priority notifications as, "For fewer disruptions, turn on Priority mode via your device's volume button so only certain people and notifications get through. Or schedule recurring downtime like 10pm to 8am when only Priority notifications can get through."

The Priority notifications offers three modes namely - None, Priority, and All. The Priority mode will only allow a few set of notifications to go through and users will see a Star mark in the status bar when in this mode. Meanwhile, the None mode will allow the phone to receive all notifications but will not alert the user. Notably, the None mode in Priority notifications even limits set alarm functionality.

Motorola has shared a YouTube video to explain the new Priority notifications on the Moto X running the new Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The Android Police report also notes that Google Nexus 9 running Android 5.0 Lollipop still offers 'silent mode'. The tablet offers vibrate mode when the volume is lowered to zero, while hitting the up toggle offers 0 volume or silent mode, where the alarm will still work. The fact that silent mode still exists in the Nexus 9 with Lollipop lends credence to the speculation the 'silent mode' removal is actually a bug, and not a feature.

In other news, some Nexus 7 (2013) tablet users are reporting issues (via Android Police) in playing any video on the device after updating to the latest Android - http://www.agileinfoways.com/technical-expertise/mobile-applications-development/android-application-development/

Reporting the issue on the Android Open Source Project Issue Tracker site, in a post titled " Android Lollipop video issue on Nexus 7 2013", some Nexus 7 (2013) users are claiming that their updated tablets are now unable to play any videos.

One of the users tries to explain the issue, saying, "I'm also having this issue. The YouTube app keeps saying "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry." On XDA a member suggested wiping the cache partition and it worked temporarily. Another member suggested uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling but again worked only temporarily. Rebooting is again reported to work in some cases, but again only temporarily.

Another user writes, "I'm so disappointed by the lollipop update, because of this problem! Lollipop has a fresh look but you can't use any video on Nexus 7. That's nice! And now we have to wait for 5.1 or what?"

As of now, Google has not offered any update on the Nexus 7 (2013) video playback issue.

Last week, Google announced the Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA rollout for older Nexus devices (namely, the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013), and Nexus 10) alongside Motorola, which also started rolling out an OTA update for its second-generation Moto G and Moto X smartphones.

Is the Apple Watch imperfect and overpriced? Yes!... but so was the first iPhone in 2007, and in 2007 there were many bloggers that just looked at it superficially and didn't get what was really innovative about it.

Yes, there are other smartwatches out there. But this one is actually useful. It is also the first smartwatch that doesn't look like you have a huge geeky square or circle that completely overpowers your wrist. But even still, the looks should not be the major focus.
The Apple Watch’s uniqueness and strength, like other Apple products, is its “usability" and "user experience”. Sadly, these terms are meaningless to people who use products that don’t excel in these areas, and so they have no idea of their importance (and also why people love their Apple products so much).

The Apple watch has a well developed ecosystem in both current and future apps, as well as in services, sensors and other hardware features that are not available on any other smartwatch.

Like the first iPhone in 2007, it will take some time for certain people to "get it". Also, like the first iPhone, Apple’s competitors will eventually include some of those features and services into their own smartwatches… Eventually.

But this is just the first version of the Apple Watch. As has happened with all other Apple products, each year will bring even more refinements and features - http://www.agileinfoways.com/technical-expertise/mobile-applications-development/iphone/.

Most other smartwatches have been unsuccessful in sales because consumers just view them as expensive, nerdy gimmicks. But the Apple watch will sell in the millions in the first year, because it is an actually useful, useable mobile device that is worth its cost.

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He was just another slumdog on a slippery slope of self-destruction. That was seven years ago when Peter Sylvester spotted him sleeping in a dustbin. A motivational speaker who also runs a football academy for underprivileged kids, Sylvester taught him the game and, simply, in his own words, "gave him his life back."

"It began as an experiment with a few kids. Today we have more than 120 disciplined sportspersons, some of them exceptionally talented. Depriving them of a platform to showcase their talent by using iSpotTalent is injustice," says Sylvester, founder of My Angles Academy, where these kids can practice their craft for free.

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Now, football is religion for Tanjeer. The 15-year-old is a hero in his jhuggi colony: Indira Camp No. 4, Vikaspuri, home to thousands of migrant laborers from Bihar and UP. His father works as a daily wage labourer and his mother is a housemaid. Dressed in a jersey as he walks through the shabby bylanes, the young footballer gathers approving glances.

Like millions Finding Talent worldwide, Tanjeer is watching the World Cup. But unlike many, he doesn't cheer for Brazil or Argentina. "They have been the winners. I wish the underdog wins this time," he says.

In these parts of tumbledown west Delhi, Sylvester has helped hundreds of slumkids in embracing soccer for succour. But the noble-hearted venture has faced hurdles at every step. "The local playground is off-limits for the poor. We have to start very early so that we pack up before the colony residents wake up. We begin at 3.30 am and pack up at 6. It becomes an issue if they find these kids practice there," Slyvester says.

There have been other problems to deal with as well. To begin with, convincing poor parents, who would want their children to join the workforce, instead of wasting time on play, has been tough. This is a gender-friendly venture and many girls join the practice.

Hope keeps them going, Sylvester says. "Tanjeer is the reward of my persistence. So are Raj Kumar and Anand," he says.

Recently Tanjeer was selected to train at the prestigious Liverpool International Football Academy in Pune. Raj Kumar, 15, and Anand, 12, have been picked up to train in France's FC Metz Club.

For Kumar's father, a manual labourer, the idea that a game could be a life-changer, was hard to believe. "After I took my game seriously, he noticed the transformation in me. I stopped using foul language. I was more disciplined and worked hard on my studies too. Today, father says he's proud of me. No one in the family knows much of the world outside the slum. Yet I am going abroad," the young boy says.

A lot of talent from neglected backgrounds is waiting to be spotted. They are fighting hard to make inroads. Few taste success. One of those who got lucky is Homkant Surandase from Nagpur.

Homkant speaks about his journey from a runaway kid to becoming an 'Ambassador for Hope' to Brazil. He would have been 14 or so when he first kicked the ball, in a 'jhuggi-jhopdi' match. That kick got him hooked.

With farmer suicides common in the area, his landless-labourer parents wanted him to join the workforce, and not 'waste time with the ball'. Under pressure, Homkant says he escaped to Nagpur.

In the city, he did odd jobs: worked at a tea stall, washed cars, but didn't quit the game. As luck would have it, he was picked up by Slum Soccer, an organization that uses the game to reach out to homeless children, kids of sex workers among others. On Monday, Homkant, now 22, left for Brazil to represent India at the FIFA Football for Hope festival, as an 'ambassador of hope'.

Activists lament the lack of government apathy towards sports in general. "These success stories are an outcome of the efforts by a handful people who are genuinely passionate about the cause. The story will be different if sports gets significance and government puts a structure in place that also incorporates the talent pool from the underprivileged," says founder Slum Soccer, Vijay Barse.

Nonetheless, thanks to a bunch of committed individuals, hundreds of slumkids are kicking football for sheer joy and, in turn, carving success stories.