Today ends 2017, and it is a year in which we have witnessed many events and transformations for technology companies of all colors and shapes. Huge races between technology giants, everyone is obsessed with providing the new and the highest technical, if only this is limited to this, and in this article we review a quick summary of the most prominent technical events in this year.
Of course, the controlling feature of companies is always to make profits in any way, even by twisting the neck of the content, and when these tricks are revealed, they appear to be surprised and justify their actions, as happened in the case of Apple a few days ago from slowing down devices, and as happened with Google from allowing advertisements urging Extremism and Hate As a result, some of Google's major advertisers were boycotted twice this year until Google backed out.
Likewise, Facebook's reluctance to eliminate fake news, and according to what the Guardian newspaper said in a report published last May that Facebook's efforts to combat fake news are not a complete proof of its intention to eliminate this problem, and that some of the fake news received a Facebook warning flag. It became more popular because some people believed that Facebook was trying not to publish information that people believed was correct.
Several excesses of Apple, Samsung, Qualcomm, Facebook, Google and Amazon have raised fears that threaten innovation as if these companies have monopolized this industry and the field is no longer open to any new innovator. We heard about the most intense legal battles between Apple and Qualcomm, as well as between Apple and Samsung, Samsung, Qualcomm and other companies. The big whales devour small fish, in reference to the acquisition by major companies of any nascent company that could have had a promising future.
In terms of technological progress and innovation, 2017 was a big year of technology, and we can briefly review the most important events and innovations that took place in this year as follows:
January 2017
◉ Samsung announced the reasons for the explosion of the Note 7, as the company carried out an extensive and intensive investigation to find out the causes. And after testing the phones and batteries, she confirmed that the reasons for the ignition and explosion of Galaxy Note 7 phones are due to the batteries and not to the phones themselves, due to an internal electrical shortage in those batteries. The result was the withdrawal of these phones from the market in the largest device recall in history.
◉ Microsoft has filed a new patent for a foldable phone, and the default mode for it is folded. The phone can be stretched to increase the screen size and become a phablet of any large phone. You can imagine this feature that you have a phone the size of an iPhone 8 and you can increase its size whenever you want to become the size of an iPhone 8 Plus.
February 2017
◉ Nokia re-launched its old 3310 device again, similar to its old predecessor in terms of shape, except that it introduced improvements to keep pace with the technology of the era, including camera, flash, support for external memory and other medium capabilities that are widespread in most phones today, and the phone came at a price of $ 52.
◉ rise WhatsApp The launch of the two-step verification feature, which is an additional feature to raise the level of security, through which the user enters a 6-digit code that allows you to activate the account through two steps: the first is through your phone number, which you enter the first time, and the second is the six-digit code. The process of activating your phone number becomes download whatsapp Conditional on entering the hex ID that you created when using this feature.
Jan 2017
◉ Google announced its intention to launch a YouTube TV service with the participation of 40 diverse global networks, including sports, news, drama, and more, and this service allows users to watch TV in the same place where they watch all other video content, for a monthly subscription of $ 35.
◉ Samsung announced the new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus devices.
April 2017
◉ The Android system has become the most popular in the world, surpassing Windows for the first time ever.
◉ Apple offers through its stores all over the world free lessons on how to operate devices, especially the iPad, for new learners.
◉ Facebook continues its war on fake and fake news since the outbreak of the crisis last year, as it announced several initiatives aimed at promoting real journalism, and punishing people who want to make money by selling Facebook ads by publishing fake stories and false news in order to attract many visitors and followers. . Facebook has provided what it calls "confidence indicators", which is an icon that provides the user with information about publishers, verifying the validity of facts and news included in the article and the accuracy of the information and in every detail related to the article in terms of checking pictures and Internet addresses, examining dates, and verifying sources. And so on.
◉ Apple opens its latest store in the UAE, in the Dubai Mall. The store comes with a huge glass façade measuring 187 feet (57 meters) and overlooks the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain. Watch a video filmed from the side of the fountain showing the Apple Store.
May 2017
◉ Microsoft has launched a new version of Windows 10 under the name Windows 10S as a simplified version targeting the educational milieu, in order to compete with the Chrome system and the ever-expanding Chromebooks, and it also aims to acquire a market share from Google.
◉ Apple has launched a website urging Android users to switch to the iPhone. And she released various promotional videos for the occasion. You can see the full article Video: Apple launches a website to convince Android users to switch to iPhones.
◉ Microsoft announced laptops within the Surface family and comes with a 13.5-inch touch screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3. The device comes with an Intel i7 processor and a battery that lasts more than 4 hours and runs on Windows 10S. Watch the trailer:
June 2017
Amazon launches Fire TV 4K with Alexa support.
◉ Microsoft has re-designed Skype to suit the needs of the new generation and has supported it with elements from Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Instagram.
◉ Apple officially announced the end of the era of 32Bit applications and that with the release of iOS 11, these applications will not work on devices unless the developer updates the applications. It also revealed that it will start a similar procedure for Mac applications by preventing new 32Bit applications from being accepted from January and then from June rejecting any update unless it is 64Bit.
◉ For the first time, Facebook allowed the use of images with the extension of GIFs in the comments, which the company hesitated to support a lot, until it became a popular popular demand. In celebration of the XNUMXth anniversary of the invention of GIFs technology !!!
July 2017
◉ On another round of tours Conflict between Apple and Qualcomm The latter calls for preventing the sale of the iPhone in America. Where the company sent a request to the US Trade Authority to ban the iPhone and prevent it from being sold in America because Apple violates 6 of the company's patents.
◉ Microsoft announced that it will stop supporting Windows Phone 8.1, and some other products that no one has heard of, such as Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 and others.
◉ Google launched the Google Play Protect feature for all Android phones running Google Mobile Services package 11 or later, in order to maintain the security and privacy of users away from malware, and the service can be activated through Settings -> Google -> Security -> Verify Apps.
◉ Adobe announced the end of Flash Player by 2020
It is worth noting that Flash Player has lived through a period of prosperity and stardom with the increasing popularity of the Internet over the years. It was widely used for watching videos and playing various games over the Internet. But with the abundance of security flaws by the pirates, many people are moving away from it, especially large companies, led by Apple, and companies have begun to turn to the more secure HTML5 language to play the role that was played by Flash Player and much more.
August 2017
◉ Many users of the Microsoft Surface tablet device advised not to buy it due to the many defects in it, but Microsoft denied this. It seems that these users, as the reports mentioned, were accustomed to using Apple devices, and then they decided to try another, but they could not accept it. But it seems that the large number of reports from users prove that there is really a problem, and that there are approximately 25% of these devices that had problems at the end of their first year. If you are a user of these devices, tell us about their condition with you in the comments.
◉ Samsung announced the new generation of the Note family, which carries the number 8.
◉ Google launched its eighth system, which comes with the name Oreo 8.0.
◉ Mozilla called to try out the new Firefox features, and this came after Firefox's performance declined greatly due to its high consumption of RAM and device resources, and the extreme slowdown that many people suffered from, as well as the lack of serious updates that want users to use it, and many began to turn to Google Chrome “I am the first “.
◉ The grandson of Samsung founder has been convicted of bribery and imprisoned for 5 years.
September 2017
◉ IPhone 8 specification leaks Two days before its launch, codes were found indicating iPhone X, which represented a heavy blow to Apple and its secrecy system.
◉ Apple unveiled the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X, in addition to the new generation of its watch that supports phone connectivity and also an upgraded version of the TV that supports 4K.
◉ Google Chrome has announced that the feature of not automatically playing video will be launched in the upcoming 64 update, approximately, next January. Note that the current update is 63 !!!
October 2017
◉ Google unveils Pixel 2 and XL phones.
◉ Microsoft announced the death of Windows Phone 10, which it called "the Everywhere Operating System". This is due to the small number of users and the reluctance of developers to build applications for the system, despite financial incentives and programming assistance. Even the company's president, Bill Gates, abandoned his Windows Phone phone and used an Android phone.
Apple has acquired a French startup called Regaind that is developing the AI technologies represented by AI processors It aims to analyze the images and recognize their content, which helps Apple develop its recognition technologies to compete with the superior Google Photos application in this field.
◉ WhatsApp has launched the feature of the ability to delete messages after sending them from all conversations.
◉ Qualcomm fined $ 773 million due to monopoly.
◉ Launching a completely new version of the Sync app on Android devices.
The version was built from scratch with the full features of the iOS version, with the same design and ease of use, which was a big challenge to introduce in the Google system. Now fully synchronized with you, anywhere, on any device. Get the new version from this link And do not forget about the news of your friends who have Android devices, about the Sync app. Help us spread Sync, which is one of the few apps that offers respectable news.
نوفمبر 2017
Twitter decided to offer 280 characters instead of 140 last year in all languages except Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
◉ Apple acquires Vrvana, developing AR glasses.
December 2017
◉ Apple launches a YouTube channel to provide advice and explanations to iPhone users, and the company plans to ship this channel with educational lessons within days.
◉ Apple has acquired a company called Pop Up that is interested in developing podcast analysis technologies.
◉ Apple announced that Johnny Eve is back in the company as direct responsibility for system and hardware design.
◉ And Apple officially announced the acquisition of the music search engine and the famous application Shazam in a deal that Apple did not disclose its value, but sources spoke of it amounting to 400 million dollars.
◉ Facebook launches an application Messenger Kids Children are under the control of parents, and they are the ones who control everything in the app, even when choosing friends, the consent of the parents of both parties must be agreed.
◉ The launch of Android Oreo GO, the new version of Google for phones with medium specifications, and this came immediately after the launch of the Android Oreo 8.1 update on a number of high-end smart devices, designed for Android phones with simple specifications that include 512 or 1 GB RAM.
Apple admits to intentionally slowing down old iPhones. She blamed the long-lasting nature of the lithium-ion battery with extreme processor power, causing the device to stop working. You can find all the details in this article:
How do we benefit from Apple's admission of underperforming?
You ask and Islam iPhone answers the performance and battery crisis
This is definitely not all. Among the folds of this year were many events in all fields, not just technology, some of them were under the spotlight, were reported by news agencies, and everyone watched them day and night, and we dealt with them with reports, and we disclosed them to the secrets, and we presented them in your hands, and we did not hide anything from you, so some of you thanked and approved, And some of you commented and criticized, and some of you were angry and enraged, and he said we are agents, and described us as ignorant people, and he said unpleasant and mischievous, and in the end we forgive. We hope that the new year will be a good year, love and peace for everyone.
The last burqaf I liked
Oh God, make it good and peace be upon everyone. Oh God, open the doors of your mercy for us
Happy New Year, every year, and you creative title
Happy year
It was one of the worst years in the calendar that I no longer admit and rely on my decisions and calculations on the Hijri year. It is true that it was a good technical year for me. I changed some devices and added a lot to my skills by 50%, but it was a negative year.
Actually it was the worst year in the calendar and deservedly
And its conclusion is held. Nice summary and amazing words that you have finished with a series of great articles during the past calendar year.
Thanks without limits.
Happy New Year
Your effort is blessed and distinguished, may God reward you with good
Thank you effort, beautiful writer
Thank you Yvonne Islam for everything
God reward you.
Happy New Year and Yvon Aslam team, with my sincere best wishes for luck and success, God willing
If only the date would be in the Hijri calendar, for we are the nation of Islam, may God cherish us with it ..
Excuse me
But wasn't Lenovo introducing a foldable phone, and not Microsoft?
I think he was confused
May Allah reward you all the best
Every year and you are a thousand good ,, every year and you are successful and we follow you passionately ,, every year and you are always the best ,, every year and you and we are one fabric despite the criticism but we love you and we prefer you ,, every year in peace, stability and happy year to you And on us and everyone, God willing
First of all, every year and you are well, and every year you are with us, the insulting of slander will not end like this, but turn to those who love you, those who adore you, and those who called for you.
Why don't you answer the highlights of what I did in 2017 in an article such as the best articles, the most comments, the articles that need more comments, the number of visitors, and the same number of what I did in 2015
Apple has the best device
And Yvonne Islam is the best program
I no longer see such types except for the very few 😊
Hello Abu Al-Abbas
With the advent of the New Year's Day
Every year we witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Every year, we witness that Jesus, the son of Mary, peace be upon him, is the Messenger of God, and his word is to Mary and a spirit from him
He was not born in December, January, or winter
With the text of the Qur’an and the Bible
And that he did not die and what was killed and what was crucified will be revealed at the end of time, as in the Sahih of the Sunnah
So the antichrist kills, breaks the cross, kills the pig, and Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is ruled by Sharia
We like non-Muslims in social customs
It is not permissible for us to congratulate them on their own religious occasions nor celebrate with them
As long as there are in our Arab societies like you, and with this narrow thinking, we will not advance one hair, and the Islamic nation will remain in the last order of peoples.
I will not engage in quarrels with you or with others and present hundreds of evidence of your narrow thinking and your mistake.
People like you are many and they are the reason behind the backwardness of our societies
Just look around you and stay away from what was made and invented by these (infidels) in your view, and the first of them is this device in which you wrote your stupid comment. If you can live, tell me.
(Our Islamic religion is not like that)
Ramy brother, the words mentioned by the brother
Abu Abbas to the phrase (as in the Sahih al-Sunnah) is a constant statement in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and there is no room for it to be denied or objected to by us as Muslims.
As for the last paragraph of his speech regarding congratulating non-Muslims on their religious occasions and celebrating with them, I do not think that you deserve all this anger, cruel attack and insults, regardless of whether they are correct or not.
Correction:
To the phrase (in social customs)
Are right. Well done. God reward you
The inability to congratulate them is a distant void in our Islamic belief does not necessarily mean that it is not permissible to coexist with them, nor does it mean denying their scientific efforts, nor does it mean the inability of Muslims to develop, as I said.
Do not mix things, God fix us and you
We respect non-Muslims
But I will not give up my beliefs for him
I think the invalidity of his beliefs
But I will not deny his scientific merit and his efforts
My dear brother, he said that Christ was not born in a winter. If these years can be classified according to the solar and hijri calendar, the lunar calendar, and the people of Babylon were their lunar calendar. Is it possible for us to contradict the people of Babylon, for example because they preceded Islam in this calendar in order to avoid quarrels. We can consider it a solar calendar and this does not harm the progress of the nation We Arabs are a violent nation, and my verbal evidence is your response to it in a way that crushes the other and we Arabs, even if we are on the religion of the West, we will suffer from violence and despondency in dealing with the other. The problem is not in the religions, but the problem is in the nature of the violent Arab personality
My friend Majid
The reason for my attack on his words is not because of its content as a whole, of course, with confusion in the content, but the biggest reason is the existence of such a comment on a technical site that cares about science and technology, and this in itself indicates the thinking of its owner. More severe
Thus a comment calls for hatred and the rejection of the other, and the author of the comment forgot that this is not from Islam, but rather it is due to some fanatic preachers
It is true, Mr. Mahmoud, but my comment came in response to the last phrase and not the beginning of a comment.
If your Christian neighbor catches you with congratulations on Eid Al-Adha, will you ignore him on his holidays, regardless of your belief in them or his belief in your holidays?
In his comment is a matter of hatred and this is the reason for my response only
Would you call your non-hostility to your Christian neighbor a coexistence even though he brings you back on your feast ??
Dear Friend
As I said, and I ask you personally, how do you feel when you return to someone on a feast that belongs to him and he does not return to you with a holiday that belongs to you ??
Is this coexistence or a call to deny and hate it?
This hatred should never be in our societies
And you must stand with me, not against me, to fight this group, unless you, like him, preach hatred
Our religion is a religion of tolerance and coexistence
I was not violent with him, but I described him with appropriate words as a response that fits his article
And the spread of hatred is the cause of the wars and crises sweeping us
Our Lord, Lord of Mercy
Nice words, my brother Rami, but by God, the personal attack and insults are good, even if we disagree with our views ...
May God make you happy, my friend Majid
Save, she wished
A topic in several lines, but of course it requires a lot of effort and fatigue. Thank you from the heart, and every year, you and your readers are a thousand good ones.
With all the great and wonderful efforts you have presented, I see that the criticism is not always correct. Your articles throughout the year have been read by all of them. Man is wrong and wrong, but you were closer to the right thing. May God bless you all, Yvonne Aslam team, and I wish you goodness always for you and your followers
Thank you for the beautiful summary of the most important news of the year, and every year, you and all the honorable members, is fine and a happy year for everyone full of success.
Every year and everyone is a thousand good 🌹🌹🌹
God willing, a whole new year of good and happiness
thank you
His image is stubborn 😢
This is definitely not all. Among the folds of this year were many events in all fields, not just technology, some of them were under the spotlight, and they were reported by news agencies, and everyone watched them day and night, and we dealt with them with reports, and we disclosed them to the secrets, and we presented them in your hands, and we did not hide anything from you, so some of you thanked and approved, And some of you commented and criticized, and some of you were angry and enraged, and he said we are agents, and described us as ignorant people, and he said unmolested and uttered, and in the end we forgive. We hope that the new year will be a good year, love and peace for everyone.
A beautiful effort in the summary of the year .. and a successful conclusion .. We do not forget that one of the most prominent events of this year is the joining of your distinguished articles, Professor Mahmoud, to the iPhone Islam ..
And, God willing, it will be a good year, health and success for all brothers and sisters in the iPhone community.
Greetings and appreciation to you
I liked the end of the article
Thank you very much to the writer for the wonderful effort, and may God reward everyone a thousand good
You forgot your efforts during a whole year !!!!
We, as followers, would like to thank you for your efforts in reporting the news in a smooth and simple language and a stylish and wonderful presentation.
May God grant you all that is good and righteous, and may God make it in the balance of your good deeds
And God made 2018 a year of endeavors, goodness, affection and love for all of the nation of Muhammad
A topic in several lines, but of course it requires a lot of effort and fatigue. Thank you from the heart, and every year, you and your readers are a thousand good ones.
I ask for your help, good people. My cell phone, iPhone XNUMX Plus, yesterday I changed the battery, and today the phone is slow as it used to be and turns off suddenly and the temperature rises as soon as I use regular apps and as soon as I turn on YouTube, Snapchat or some games, the battery goes down at an abnormal speed. I am currently on the last update and have reset a million times
Try to review the institution through which you changed the battery .. If the mother company is directly, try to reconnect with it .. Perhaps there is a defect other than the battery ..
As for the jailbreak, it cannot return to a previous version that the company stopped supporting its device ..
Of course, this does not mean the lack of a method ... as there are some complex methods that require high technical software experience to return to a previous system (with an equal possibility that they will work or fail) ..
The best solution is to communicate with the parent company through technical support if you are fluent in English, or you can request support in Arabic (if it is a call) .. and they will ask for a remote examination of the device’s resources .. and thus they can inform you of the problem
We told you the problem with the system and changing the battery, what is good, but the fanatics are still stubborn
Haha .. I personally did not combine the two problems .. There is a problem in the performance of the iOS 11 system that Apple did not recognize (and will not, of course, recognize it due to the percentage of losses it may incur)
There is a problem with the battery as a result of what the company has done in terms of reducing the performance of the processor when the battery is weak, which the company admitted
The two problems are different .. and Apple itself separates them .. yesterday I contacted technical support .. and the device was examined remotely to make sure that the problem is from the battery or from the system’s performance or something else .. and then determining if the phone is compatible with the battery replacement program at the new price or not. ..
Therefore, we have to separate the two problems ... and any person who considers them to be one problem will be suspected.
greetings to you all
My brother Ismail, this analysis that Apple says and tries to convince everyone, but the experience remains the best proof .. Most of those who happened to the new system have slowness in the device after the update ((directly)) and most of those who did not update their devices are still working quickly and smoothly .. Therefore, this cannot be believed Nonsense is from Apple unless the person wants to disable his mind and surrender his thinking to Apple ☺️
It is true, my dear brother .. I do not deny that the company does not seek and will not seek to justify any error in its product or system .. But we cannot completely change the reality .. as mentioned by the brothers in a previous article on how to personally verify the subject of performance .. and reports and tests It was from international companies that revealed the cover on the subject .. when it started with a person and gradually spread until it reached companies that conducted tests .. and announced
I don’t think that Apple bought all of them in order to expose itself and create the story .. There is a problem that actually results from the battery .. There are also many problems and problems that result from a system that we do not deny ..
But the crux of the matter is that we cannot deny the battery problem and that it is a peg to cover the system’s defect in light of the reality, tests and statements that forced Apple to admit.
Greetings and appreciation to you for the elegant debate
Nice words, my dear brother, and I think a mistake in its system is most likely, as most of those who happened to the new system directly suffered from slowdowns, some of them are still new devices and have not consumed their batteries, and most of those who did not experience any slowdown, including very old devices used for four years and more, such as the iPhone 5s, I believe this is evidence Realistic and sufficient on the strength of the problem being linked to the serious system, and if the battery situation may have a limited effect, thank you for your upscale, helpful dialogue
* The new system
Thank you, my dear brother, and a final indication that the battery problem targets 6/6 +, 6s / 6s + devices, and finally 7/7 + was added, so if the device is newer and has a bug and slow performance or older, then the problem will inevitably be a system problem and not a battery .. As for this We face the possibility of either the battery or the system malfunction.
In conclusion, this remains just an analysis as a result of a follow-up of multiple sources .. Evidence may be issued over time that confirms the error or correctness of our analysis .. And the matter will not spoil the issue .. It is clear and basically that there is a specific defect that Apple is facing that was not supposed to face as we used to it previously. .
With greetings, appreciation and success 🙏
It is true, God bless you, brother Ismail, and I am happy with your discussion .. Greetings and appreciation 🌹
Firstly, thank you, may God reward you, and God is good. This article is sweet. You shorten a whole year. May God reward you well. Secondly, what are you forgetting about iOS 11 at all. Third, I like the last of words. We are forgiven.
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