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If you are undecided on which of Samsung's latest flagship phones you should buy, this might help out.

Beyond a faintly larger display & a rather boxier design, the Note 8 has kept a few features to itself when compared to the Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus.

Write on the screen




A staple of the Note line has always been a big screen & the S-Pen. The Note 8's S-Pen is waterproof, more sensitive, & has a smaller tip for easier writing.

Samsung improved 2 S-Pen features on the Note 8, including Screen Off Memo & translation using the pen.

Screen Off Memos is now capped at hundred pages of notes, reminders, sketches or whatever you want. Translate is no longer restricted to single words & can now do complete sentences.

Camera tricks



This is an obvious one, given that it would require a hardware upgrade in order for the S8 to gain an extra camera.

With the second lens on the back of the Note 8, you can take photos that contain more depth-of-field information, which leads to a bokeh effect. In other words, the subject of your photo is in focus while the background is blurry. & with the Note 8, you can actually adjust just how much bokeh is used, before or after the photo is snapped when using the Live Focus feature.

One more cool feature, Dual Capture, gives you the ability to zoom out on a photo captured with both rear cameras, showing the entire scene instead of just the original subject.

Live Messages




Similar to Apple's Digital Touch feature, Live Messages will let you draw or write a message, & then share it in animated form.

Using the S-Pen you can draw on top of a photo or handwrite a message, & the Note 8 will record every pen stroke. The shared image is a standard animated GIF & should be playable regardless of the service used to send it.

App Pair




Multiwindow apps are nothing new to Samsung devices, with the Korean company implementing the feature well before Google integrated it into Android Nougat. With the Note 8, Samsung is making it easier to repeatedly use two apps at the same time.

The feature is called App Pair & is part of the Edge screen feature. Using App Pair, you pick two apps, say Calendar & Messages, as a shortcut. Then when you tap on the pair, both apps are opened in multi-window mode.

You can set any two apps as a pair, as long as each one supports multi-window mode.

Samsung Experience

Some of these features, Live Messages & App Pair, for example, don't rely on hardware. There's nothing stopping Samsung from updating the Samsung Experience software running on all current Galaxy devices with these same features.

A Samsung representative confirmed to CNET some of the software-based features would indeed eventually make their way to the Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus, but stopped short of providing a time frame or specific list.

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Source: http://www.civdigitech.com/2017/08/samsung-galaxy-note-8-vs-galaxy-s8-4.html

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Samsung have no choice but to operate without its acting leader Lee Jae-yong for a few years, now that a South Korean court has found him guilty of bribery & embezzlement. The executive has been sentenced to 5 years in prison, much shorter than the twelve years he was facing. According to The New York Times, though, that's long enough to be considered a heavy penalty for a country that is used to doling out light sentences to major business figures.

Lee was arrested earlier this year after Samsung's involvement in President Park Geun-hye's scandals came to light.

It's worth noting that the Samsung conglomerate is involved not just in electronics, but also in shipping, medicine & many other industries.

The court said prosecution presented enough evidence to prove that the Samsung chief bribed the government to gain its support for the controversial merger.


Samsung has been doing quite well globally & frequently tops the list for smartphone shipments worldwide.

Source: http://www.civdigitech.com/2017/08/samsung-head-found-guilty-of-bribery.html

A South African model purportedly attacked by Zimbabwe's first lady has asked a court to annul the government's decision to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity.

Willie Spies, a lawyer from AfriForum - a civil rights group that has given legal backing to the alleged victim, Gabriella Engels - said on Thursday that South Africa's foreign minister "Misinterpreted the law" by "Recognizing the immunities & privileges" of Mugabe.

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Court documents seen by AFP also ask the court to declare the diplomatic immunity decision "Does not confer immunity from prosecution".

The wife of President Robert Mugabe allegedly attacked Engels as the 20-year-old model waited with two friends in a luxury hotel suite in Johannesburg to meet one of Mugabe's adult sons.

Mugabe flew out of South Africa on a pre-dawn flight on a presidential jet on Sunday.


He said the decision to grant immunity was taken in line with "Internationally recognised immunity regulations" & admitted it was "The first time we have utilised this type of convention".

Source: http://www.civdigitech.com/2017/08/grace-mugabes-immunity-challenged-by.html

"So far, a total number of 68 insurgents have denounced terrorists' activities within the last three weeks. These surrendered terrorists also reported that many of the enclaves have become untenable & life has become agonizing for the Boko Haram Terrorists owing to the cordon emplaced by troops & the sustained bombardments," said a senior army official.

Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, assured other terrorists willing to surrender of their safety & well-being & added that they can surrender to any military location nearest to them.


The Nigerian Army has urged Boko Haram insurgents to renounce their heinous acts & surrender.

Source: http://www.civdigitech.com/2017/08/boko-haram-68-terrorists-surrender-in.html

Naked images showing "50 Shades of Grey" actor Dakota Johnson & Californication's Addison Timlin posing in a shower have been published online by a website at the centre of the latest round of explicit celeb leaks, occasionally referred to as The Fappening 2.0.

The website's owner - who as noted by The Daily Beast uses the name "Durka. Durka. Mohammed." to troll people online - this week agreed to take down the images of Woods & Vonn., who were once in a relationship, after being hit with legal complaints.

"We have long suspected that heathen Hollywood is filled with these sorts of dens of vile lesbodyking., but thanks to these leaked photos we now have indisputable proof," a description read, posted under the brash headline: "Dakota Johnson's nude lesbo. photos leaked".

Some uploads to the website are clearly fake, & other posts contain X-rated scenes filmed for legitimate Hollywood movies & TV. The Fappening.


In mid-March 2017, private pictures were posted online featuring female actors, singers & wrestlers, including Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried.*

Source: http://www.civdigitech.com/2017/08/fappening-20-nude-images-of-50-shades.html

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You are no longer single so congratulations on your marriage to the new couples. Possibly you may be having a whole range of emotions from excitement to uneasiness about this new journey.

Your transition from singlehood to a ‘new couple’

From your wedding day to your first child is possibly one of the most significant stages of your life. This period sets the theater for the future of your marriage, kids and retired life.



Marriage first year can be especially tough. It is okay for new couples and of course all couple, regardless of how made for each other they may think, to have issues. These issues, if worked out, time and again contribute positively to the relationship, building deeper closeness and companionship for the future.

Some of the main tasks you and your spouse need to achieve in this stage for a steady future are:

Setting up a home, not just building a house
Creating intimacy and a deep companionship
Managing disagreement and knowing how to fight fair
Choosing a single or dual careers
Discussing interaction with each other’s families and friends
Agreeing on autonomous interests
Deciding on becoming parents


No one grew up using a manual or text book for achieving the above tasks and making a marriage work. Neither was anyone taught how to lead the “happily ever after” dream in school. So it’s natural to have issues when two different persons suddenly live and bend to each other. Below are common issues new couples and indeed all couple likely face during their transition from singlehood to a well attuned couple.

Questions/Issues experienced in the first few years of marriage by new couples

How do we build a deeper bond?
I’m struggling to adjust to this new system!
We want more intimacy – emotionally and sexually
We fight for small and big things
Don’t seem to talk as much as we did before marriage!
My dreams of an ideal marriage seem shattered
He/She is being bossy
I’m always told what to do because of my gender
How much should our extended family influence us?
We’re nervous about having children – not sure if we’d be good parents!
How do I cope with his/her habits that are so different from mine?
My in-laws interfere too much!
How to make decisions together?
Who does what at home and outside?
I’m too stressed at work, and he/she doesn’t seem to understand
I want more sex
Is it ok to want my space sometimes?
What about my career?
He/she has not yet forgotten their ex
We have different beliefs and worldviews!
When do we have children?
He/She is too attached with their parents!
A marriage may be made in heaven, but new couples (and indeed all couple) need to know that the maintenance must be done on earth. Every marriage needs maintenance, especially in the first few years.

Source: https://womenandmarriages.com/280-2/

We all know couples who are deeply dissatisfied with their marriages but stay together anyway. Certainly there are many reasons why these unhappy couples don’t simply cut their losses, end the relationship, and move on with their lives. But psychologists are still struggling to understand why some unhappy couples call it quits while others stick it out.

According to interdependence theory, each partner evaluates their satisfaction with the relationship by assessing costs and benefits. As long as perceived benefits outweigh perceived costs, you’re happy with your relationship.



For instance, your spouse may make a lot of demands on your time and resources but also gives back a lot in terms of meeting your needs. Or maybe your partner gives little but demands even less. Interdependence theory predicts you’ll be satisfied in either case. It’s only when perceived costs outweigh perceived benefits that your attitude toward your relationship sours.

We also need to keep in mind that relationships aren’t zero-sum games. If I only have apples and you only have oranges, one of my apples is worth far more to you than it is to me, and vice versa with your oranges. In the same way, we give our partners what they want, and in exchange they meet our needs. If we negotiate these exchanges well, we should both feel that we’ve gained more than we’ve given.

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Relationship satisfaction then leads to commitment, according to interdependence theory. More specifically, partners feel committed to their relation under the following conditions:

They’ve already invested heavily in the relationship, giving them the sense that the marriage must have some value.
They see no viable alternatives that are better than the current relationship.
They currently feel satisfied with the marriage.
Satisfaction with the relationship depends on a perception of net benefit, but more recent researchers have also begun to emphasize the role of personal standards. In modern Western culture, we want our partner to be both our lover and our best friend.

Not all societies view marriage this way. For example, Japanese wives often say they want their husbands to be “healthy and out of the house.” As long as he brings home a paycheck each month, Mrs. Tanaka doesn’t care what Mr. Tanaka does. Instead, she wants freedom to live her own life without her husband getting in the way. When marriages are arranged by parents, they’re viewed as strictly economic relationships, not affairs of the heart.

In a similar vein, couples in dysfunctional relationships may stick it out simply because their standards for marriage are low. For example, if you grew up in a family where abuse and neglect were the norm, you might just assume that’s the way all marriages are. And if you suffer from low self-esteem, you might even think you deserve the mistreatment your partner heaps on you.

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According to these researchers, commitment isn’t based on current level of satisfaction with the relationship, as interdependence theory predicts. Rather, it depends on the partner’s expected relationship satisfaction in the future. In other words, partners remain committed to their marriage because they believe the quality of the relationship will improve over time.

Take for instance the birth of the first child. Although it’s a time of joy for both parents, this positive experience is marred by negative outcomes such as reduction in intimacy and increased demands for time and resources. But couples remain committed to each other, not because they’re getting their needs met now but because they believe the relationship will be more satisfying later.

That dissatisfied feeling tells you to put more work into your marriage, not to find a way to leave your lover. In fact, just doing something to improve your relationship, such as devoting more time for your spouse or seeking marital therapy, can boost your expectation for happier marriage in the future, thus bolstering your commitment to work things out.

In hindsight, the idea that commitment is based on expectations for future happiness makes perfect sense. After all, we’re talking about long-term relationships, in which commitment is part of the bargain. A friends-with-benefits arrangement ends when the benefits stop. But we commit to a long-term relationship because we believe the good will outweigh the bad over the long haul.

Taking expectations into account, and not just current level of satisfaction, can help us understand why some people stay in unhappy marriages while others cut themselves free. The data that Baker and colleagues have collected seems to suggest the following trends:

People tend to leave unhappy marriages when (a) they expect the relationship will not improve, and (b)...
Continue reading: https://womenandmarriages.com/reasons-unhappy-couples-stay-together/

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