6 Things You Can Do – Let Your 5G Mobile Network Startle You! 2017

Even you will have you tongue wagging on these 5G network possibilities as shown by Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum in Tokyo. Yes we know that Chinese Tech Company is behind the infrastructure delivering 5G, but the major concern here is the unexpected next generation apps coming from such pipes.

You just like us have a lot to see in 2018 – but let’s get an insight into the technologies we can look forward along with commercial 5G networks:

Intelligent Cars

Cars with artificial intelligence or simply driverless cars, they are designed to make human driving safe and smarter. For this entire purpose, the 5G network becomes even more imperative. The showfloor where 5G mobile network and its capabilities were shown also had various examples of Toshiba car talking to the driver for advice on navigation, safety and fuel stops.

Virtual Reality

Pokémon Go is the most famous example of Virtual and augmented reality and it was also mentioned at the forum. This has already been mentioned earlier that VR would be a killer app for 5G. Next generations mobile network will make the entire process smooth with rich graphics, simply because it can transmit gigabytes of data in seconds.

Video

Although this is not a surprise possibility expected from next generation mobile network, but videos will be applied in an eye-opening manner. One of the latest news from CNN’s executive stated that, cable news channel’s existence is highly dependent on the quality of the video which is essentially delivered by a 5G mobile.

Huawei Chief Executive also predicted that live video would have more popularity and will offer a a greater challenge to the traditional entertainment media.

Artificial Intelligence

The show floor had a number of robots showing practical skills as helping customers and the entertainment type which showed dance moves. These robots did not just showcase robotic technology but represented everything that 5G would make possible such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. Again, next generation mobile network makes possible the sharing of huge amount of data between devices and that’s what makes robots smarter than ever.

Better than Human Vision

5G is capable of presenting better than human eye image sensing, as presented by Sony. They say this will revolutionize the apps as transport, security, photography and manufacturing. Technology like this 5G will make machines do remarkable things as see through reflections in water and windows, view various parts of the picture through different levels of brightness, and detect freshness of vegetables and capture 960 frames per second.

Pet Tracking

Yes, even this! 5G will not only benefit humans but pets as well. Our cute furry animals will carry a smart device for themselves that will track their movements and monitor welfare.

Isn’t life looking to feel so better? The possibilities that 5G brings are worth every-ownership. If you need assistance for mobile development and need help for VR or augmented reality services, approach Abacus Consulting for expert mobile solution services.

Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge might get a glossy black option next month

After the Note7 was discontinued in October due to exploding battery issues, it left Samsung with quite a gap in its lineup. The company's last flagship before the Note7, the Galaxy S7, is eight months old, and four more months will likely pass before its successor, the Galaxy S8, is launched. 

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In the meantime, Apple launched a snazzy new iPhone, its Jet Black color so coveted that it was immediately sold out for some models (and is still unavailable in some markets). 

According to a report by The Korea Herald (caught by MacRumors), Samsung will do the the logical thing and launch a glossy black version of the S7 in early December. 

The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are already available in a number of colors including Black Onyx, Silver Titanium and Gold Platinum. The Edge was also recently launched in Blue Coral — the color originally debuted on the Note7.

It's not entirely clear how a glossy black color would be different from the already quite glossy Black Onyx, but we guess you can always go glossier. 

While it's obvious that Samsung is hurting from the discontinuation of Note7, it's not uncommon for the company to follow in Apple's footsteps when it comes to color. The S7 and S7 Edge already got an additional Pink Gold color after the world went crazy for Apple's Rose Gold iPhone in 2016. 

Tesla Model S P100D will become insanely fast after software updat

Tesla's Model S P100D is already one of the fastest production cars in the world. Announced in August 2016, it goes from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds (according to Tesla). That's in range with supercars such as the Porsche 918 Spyder, which claims the same acceleration figure. 

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Now, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the fastest Model S will become even faster after a software update due next month. 

Following the update, the Model S P100D will go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.4 seconds. And it will run a quarter mile in 10.6 seconds — pretty wild numbers that put it neck and neck with supercars that cost several times as much. 

For comparison, Rimac Concept_One, the Croatian electric supercar that beat some of the fastest cars in the world (including the Tesla Model S P90D) in a head-to-head quarter-mile race, is rated at 2.6 seconds for 0 to 60 mph and does a quarter mile in 9.9 seconds. It is, however, priced at $980,000, while the Tesla Model S P100D starts at $134,500. 

Tesla added that the update will also apply to Model X, which will also shave 0.1 seconds off its 0 to 60 mph and quarter-mile numbers. 

Musk calls this update an "easter egg," meaning it should somehow be hidden, (although it's not entirely clear how). He also didn't say what the update will mean (or whether it will even apply) to other Tesla cars. But it's impressive to see that an over-the-air update can make such an incredibly fast car even faster. 

Hermés unveils '80s fashion inspired Apple Watch band

While many were focused on Black Friday deals on electronics, one of Apple's biggest partners, Hermés, released a special holiday treat: a new Apple Watch band. 

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The new band, called the Equateur tatouage, joins the brand's Single Tour line of Apple Watch bands and is offered in 38mm ($410) and 42mm ($340) sizes. 

The mostly black and white band is covered in a jungle foliage design and features a dash of color in the form of a stalking leopard. The design, which is the first Apple Watch band from Hermés offering graphics instead of a solid color, is printed on calfskin. 

Hewing toward the current resurgence of disco-era influences in fashion, the design is actually a throwback to the '80s, recalling a scarf print by artist and Hermés illustrator Robert Dallet, who passed away in 2006. 

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Dallet's illustrations, often featuring lions and tigers, graced some of the most best known Hermés scarves in years past, and now echoes of those designs live on via the Apple Watch. 

According to WWD, the bands are currently only available at Hermés stores and at the brand's website.  

There will be three new iPhones in 2017, report claims

Apple will release three variants of its iPhone next year according to a report from the (usually reliable) analytics company KGI Securities.

One of the new iPhones will have a 5.5-inch OLED screen, the report (caught by 9to5Mac) says, while the other two will have LCD displays, just like the current iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

The dual camera will only be offered on the larger, 5.5-inch models, while the 4.7-inch iPhone will have a single camera. 

The report doesn't say much about current rumors of a radically new, bezel-less iPhone. However, KGI has reported on multiple occasions that Apple will likely switch the glass-and-metal iPhone frame with an all-glass design next year. 

This is not the first time we've heard a rumor about Apple launching three iPhone models next year. In October, a report claimed the same thing, with a crucial difference: One of the new iPhones, it said, will have a 5-inch screen. 

Rumors of Apple switching to an OLED screen for the iPhone are also not new. The company already produces a few gadgets with an OLED screen. (The Apple Watch is one, and the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is also an OLED screen.) Some of Apple's competitors, including Samsung, have switched to OLED screens on their flagship phones. 

That 'Solitaire' game for Windows is now out on Android and iOS

Solitaire has been a staple of Windows operating systems since the 3.0 edition was released in 1990, but now it's bound to Windows no more.

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For the first time, Microsoft Solitaire Collection — which includes the Klondike (i.e. classic) version, as well as Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and Tripeaks variants — is playable on Android and iOS. It's free to download and play right now, but with a few strings attached.

If you download the collection before Dec. 31, you'll enjoy a free one-month Premium Edition subscription for the game. This step-up version eliminates in-app ads, lets players earn bonus coins (for ranking up) in Daily Challenges, and gives players an extra advantage in Pyramid and Tripeaks.

Premium Edition normally carries a $1.99 monthly subscription fee. Pick up the collection after Dec. 31 and you'll have to pay if you want to see what the ad-free version looks like.

With or without Premium, Xbox users have the ability to connect Microsoft Solitaire Collection to their Xbox Live Gamertags. That means you can connect and play with friends, earn Achievements, and save progress in the cloud so you can pick up where you left off in any version of the game.

To be clear: this isn't the first time the game of Solitaire is available for Android and iOS; a quick look at either one's app marketplace reveals that's not the case. This is just the first time Microsoft's version of the game — which has plenty of street cred, thanks to its age and ubiquity — is out for that hardware.

Finding a tech job should be more like online dating, says Hired

Hired likes to compare itself with an online dating service, but for tech jobs.

Founded in 2012, the job-matching marketplace officially launched in Australia Thursday. It's not quite Tinder though. It's more similar to Raya, the notoriously choosy dating app. Hired sells itself as offering pre-assessed quality and reliability, both to job candidates and companies.

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Candidates don't pay to be listed on the platform, but companies, or "clients," pay in one of two ways: If they make a hire, they can pay a success fee of 15 percent of first year salary. Alternatively, clients can pay a subscription fee, including a flat monthly fee for unlimited hires.

Hired CEO Mehul Patel told Mashable that while close to 40,000 job seekers apply to be listed on the platform globally each month, it takes only around 5 to 8 percent. 

"We look at their skill sets, we look at where they worked, we might look at their GitHub code, we look at their geography, education — a lot of that's algorithmic," Patel said. "The algorithm knows what profiles have been successful in the past." 

Likewise, Patel said Hired only takes about 10 percent of companies that apply. Hired later clarified that it accepts around 25 percent of Australian companies that apply. 

More than 6,000 companies have used the platform globally, Patel claimed, with around 500,000 applicants on the platform since founding.

Based in San Francisco, the company is still private and most recently raised $40 million (A$52 million) in a Series C funding round in early 2016. While it's not yet profitable, Patel said he expected to reach that goal in the next 12 months.

Getting started in Australia

Hired launched a beta test in Australia in February, with a team of seven across Sydney and Melbourne. 

Clients tend "to be earlier stage technology companies because they have raised some money and now they need engineers," Sascha Gray, Hired's local general manager, told Mashable.

Around 500 Australian clients (mostly startups) have signed up, she claimed, with 20,000 job seeking applicants.

Gray said they examine companies for stability before allowing them on Hired, particularly locally. "We work with a lot of startups that have just got funding," she explained. "To make sure that it's a stable environment, we ask questions in the discovery phases with the client around their growth plans, how stable they are, and what the future looks like."

Graphic design startup Canva was one of the Australian companies who used Hired during its test phase.

Mahesh Muralidhar, people operations lead at Canva, said the startup has made three hires through the platform so far, two of which were international. 

That squares with Hired's finding that 32 percent of interview requests from Australian companies were for international candidates.

To find staff, Canva typically uses distribution channels like LinkedIn, Stack Overflow and its own career page, but personal referrals are often best. "Referrals are really appreciated, but Hired puts us in touch with top talent that is outside our network," he added.

For Muralidhar, Hired is now among the top two or three of platforms used to find job candidates — a difficult task, given Canva's high talent bar. "I think given how new they are to the space, and the fact they're new to Australia, it's really impressive," he said. "The fact they've made three placements is really fantastic."

There are plenty of online job marketplaces in Australia, from Seek to Indeed.com, but tech hirers may end up persuaded by Hired's air of exclusivity and Silicon Valley stardust.

Overcoming hiring bias

In addition to finding talent, Hired thinks it can help companies find talent in better ways.

Patel said the team added an opt-in bias filter to the platform in recent months. "If you have someone's photo and you have someone's name, you're going to make some judgments about that person," he said. "We just launched ... a bias filter where you click the filter and you'll just see initials and no photo."

From what he's seen on Hired, women consistently have lower salaries at their current jobs, which feeds into lower salary expectations for future offers.

"Seventy percent of the time, women on the platform make less money than their male counterparts," he said. "The average was $14,000 (A$18,304) less."

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To help fix the issue, Hired also gives each candidate a talent advocate who acts like a "dedicated career coach."

"Our advocates work, particularly with women, to say 'hey, that's too low. I know you were making that, but you were under-market. Market is X,'" he said.

Still, only about 30 percent of the candidates on Hired are women.

The company will also diversify its candidate base internationally. While it operates in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Singapore and now Australia, Patel said they hope to reach further into central Europe and Asia.

"We want to add job categories," he added. "We think this works for all knowledge workers, not just engineers. We've launched sales and marketing in the U.S. and the UK, but there's no reason we can't do this for journalists, for nurses and for lawyers."

How To Legitimately Have Free Internet at Home

Yes, believe it or not. There is actually a way – or a loophole so to speak – to have free internet at home.

Nope, this is not a clickbait or scam article.

HOW TO HAVE FREE INTERNET AT HOME?

I recently moved to a new city and had to start all over again.

Get a new apartment, set up electricity, utilities and obviously internet.

I use internet for work, every day. So it was extremely necessary for me to have it set up at my apartment right away.

To protect the internet provider this event occurred with, I won’t be sharing the name of this internet provider.

A few days after I moved into my new apartment, I have the internet guy come over to my new apartment to set up my router.

Prior to this appointment, I had set up an account with the internet provider which would allow me to have internet immediately upon instal of the router.

Half an hour into the installation, the service guy comes back to me with some bad news.

The wiring in my building was done very poorly, and my internet cable was damaged and exposed preventing me from having decent internet, and as a result would prevent the internet service provider from starting my service with them.

I immediately took to appropriate steps, contacting my leasing office, setting up an appointment to have maintenance look at the problem and hopefully get it fixed as soon as possible.

The reality is, that without internet I can not work.

So I decided to do what everyone would do, and that is log on to my computer and look for any unprotected wifi networks or free hotspots.

Unfortunately, I didn’t find any unprotected wifi hubs, but I did find one hotspot that turned out to be provided by the same internet provider I was about to start my service with.

I did what everyone else would do, which is use their free hour they provide for everyone. Afterwards I looked at their plans and decided to purchase their week plan.

I needed internet, and hoping my problem would be fixed within a week, a week plan also seemed to be their most cost effective plan.

The next day arrived, and I realized when I purchased my week plan that they would only give me access to the device I decided to purchase the plan on, which unfortunately was not my computer which I do all of my work on.

Stupid mistake!

But, then it occurred to me that there might be a grey area here. A loophole.

You see, when I logged on to their hotspot, it asked if I was an existing customer with them or not.

When I bought the week plan, I clicked I wasn’t a customer, simply because I am not a customer with them.

At that point, I actually realized I did become a customer, however due to the maintenance issue my account was set on hold by their service guy.

Even though the account was set on hold, that didn’t change the fact that I had received a login username and password.

So, I went back to their hotspot login screen and simply chose “I am an existing customer”, filled in my account info and surely I was logged in, having access to free internet.

First I thought it was too good to be true, but surely I entered the same information on another device, and that device also started having internet.

Even though I would love to have legitimate high speed internet – which I would pay for like any other person -, there is a grey area here which you could end up having internet for free.

I’m not sure how long an account could last on hold and stay unnoticed, but technically you should be able to use it indefinitely.

Simply because the internet provider maintenance guy will not come back out here until I give them notice that the hardware issue is fixed.

Leaving me with an account on hold, which gives me access to their free hotspot.

It may not sound like magic, but the reality is that I am not paying for internet, having an account on hold which allowed me to have access to their free hotspot.

It’s a grey area, but it’s still a way to have free internet.

PS: I’m still pushing to have my regular internet fixed and installed a soon as possible.

Yes, I could probably get away with this, but it wouldn’t be morally right. Yet, if you need internet, this may be a good trick for you.

You’ve Been Charging Your Phone Wrong The Entire Time 2017

What if we were to told you that there are wrong and correct ways to charge your phone.

In a way, we’ve all been charging our phones wrong.

But what does this actually mean?

It means that we haven’t been treating the phone’s battery the way we should, resulting in significantly decreasing the battery’s life, while if we were to charge it correctly we could have our phones stay charged much longer.

HOW TO ACTUALLY CHARGE YOUR PHONE CORRECTLY

According to several tech/media sites, there is a myth going around saying that if you charge your phone in small intervals, it will ruin the battery’s life.

It is advised you charge your battery when your phone is almost dead, charging it until it’s almost full.

Codex – a smart phone battery development company – explains that the ‘lithium-ion’ in your phone’s battery has its own level of ‘stress’ sort of speak.

You can increase its stress levels by simply overcharging your phone, and if this happens the batter life of your phone starts shortening immediately.

According to analysts, the best way to charge your phone is periodically, while making sure you do not over charge it.

BOTTOM LINE

As an iPhone user myself, I have seen a significant drop in battery life, and I could only wonder if it happens because of these exact reasons.

I do not know if there is a way to reverse a battery’s life span, though I think smartphone companies should shed some more light on this issue as I’ve noticed more and more people complaining about short battery life on their iPhones and certain other smartphones.

Maybe smartphones have great battery lives, but because of our bad charging habit we immediately destroy its full potential.

Have you ever heard of this? If so, have you ever bought a new smartphone and treated its battery the “right” way? What were your results?

Feel free to comment on the comment section down below!

Google’s PhotoScan App Turns Old Prints into High-Quality Digital Photos

Converting your old prints into digital ones is not a new idea. It’s done in various ways where some are difficult to perform to get quality digital photos, there are quick ways too to get pretty bad results. Google’s new app PhotoScan is supposed to do both ‘easy’ and ‘get quality photos’ by working with algorithmic scan through your smartphone.

With PhotoScan by Google open on the phone, user just needs to put a desired photo print on the surface and needs to hit capture after positioning the print into PhotoScan’s reference frame. The app then provides four reference points across the frame and a circle in the middle that user needs to position over the reference points one by one in square mode.

Once the four ref-points are scanned, the app quickly performs and finishes the job to convert the image into a high-quality digital one in just a few seconds. That too without letting worry about any glares that may have caused on the photos while snapping.

The idea is simple as you might think about something like how you take panorama photos of big landscapes – it’s pretty much like that. But unlike a big real landscape, you just pan around an old print on your table. Here’s how the app does the job.

1. The app takes a single reference image when you tap on capture.
2. It produces four reference points across each corner of the frame.
3. Then it captures four separate images at each corner when you move/pan the camera around.
4. The app works with its magic to stitch the four images and make one big/quality digital image.

Standard Camera Shot

Google PhotoScan

App has some additional features that you can rotate the final image, straighten the edges, crop the image even though the app does that all pretty well automatically. My first impression was really good with it specially a shot free of reflections is exclamatory. It indeed produces high-quality photos but it’s not high-resolution. Wonder they will improve it further.

Why not single shot is better than this?

If you ask how better it could be than a single photo you take of your prints. Simple answer would be to consider the image data from four different images than one shot. Usually when you take a picture of your old prints while pointing your camera towards the middle of the print, being too closer to the print, your image mostly ends up with reflections and distortion. Four images taking separately and combined together helps avoiding the reflections occurred by angle of view. I just tried to go in simple words, if you want some more technical detail then Google and MIT have been working on this kind of stuff for over a year now – seems like they have finally got it right.

Download Google PhotoScan App

You can just head over to Google Play store to download and install the app.

Top 20 Most Expensive Cars in the World 2017

If you are fond of cars then you must glance through this article. I know everyone of you can’t buy these cars but you can appreciate their design and elegance.

Most of these cars are produced in very low numbers and are not available in every other country.

So just take a deep breath before you go through the list.

1. Mercedes-Benz Maybach Exelero for $8 Million

Maybach Exelero is the most expensive car in the world costing whopping $8 Million.

It was built in the year 2004 by Maybach-Motorenbau at the German division of Goodyear. Few limited units of Exelero were built.

This four seater car has got a twin turbo V 12 Engine that produces 700 HP.

2. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita for $4.6 Million

Koenigsegg is the successor of CCR version. CCX is the mid engine sports car that runs on 91 Octane fuel.

Koenigsegg CCR had many design faults so its manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive decided to make few alterations and it evolved into Koenigsegg CCXR.

It is the second most expensive car in the world with a price of $4.6 Million.

3. Lamborghini Veneno for $4.4 Million

Lamborghini Veneno is the successor of Aventador. This supercar was introduced in 2013 with a price of over $4.5 million. However, now the price has come down to $4.4 million.

Only 4 to 5 units of Lamborghini Veneno were built. It has got V 12 Engine that produces 740 BHP.

4. W Motors Lykan Hypersport for $3.5 Million

Lykan Hypersport is designed by a UAE based company. The car is produced indigenously by the Arab World.

It has got all power V 12 Engine that produces more than 700 HP of thrust.

The car is priced at $3.5 Million and it is only available in Middle Eastern countries and US.

5. Mansory Vivere Bugatti Veyron for $3.2 Million

Until the Lamborghini Veneno was introduced, Bugatti Veyron was the most expensive sports car in the world.

You have to pre-order the car like 6 months before then it is delivered to your home.

The Car has V 12 Engine that can produce 1000 BHP with 6000 RPM. Maximum torque can go up to 5500.

It is built in limited numbers and unit costs over $3.2 Million.

6. Pagani Huayra BC for $2.6 Million

Pagani Huayra an Italian car is a successor of Pagani Zonda. Total 21 units have being sold until now. It can cost you anything between $2.5 million to $2.7 million depending upon the country you live in.

The engine is same as Veneno or Veyron with twin V 12 Engine producing 750 HP.

7. Bugatti Chiron for $2.5 Million

Bugatti Chiron price could be $2.6 million or $2.5 million as of now. The car was introduced in the year 2016 in a motor show.

Chiron has highly updated W16 engine from Veyron. The quad turbo charger engine produces over 1500 HP with a top speed of 420 Km/hr.

8. Ferrari F60 America for $2.4 Million

The Ferrari F60 is a roadster which is a modification of F12. F60 was introduced in the October 2014 only for America.

The car costs you around $2.5 Million. F60 also has V12 twin turbo engine that produces 740 HP.

Moreover this convertible has all new bodywork compared to the F12.

9. Lamborghini Centenario Roadster $2.3 Million

Lamborghini Centenario is the most expensive sports car produced by Lamborghini after Veneno.

The car was introduced this year only. Only 20 units of Centenario have being manufactured so far.

Centenario has got V12 twin turbo engine that produces 770 HP. The top speed of the car is 350 Km/hr.

10. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento for $2 Million

The car was launched in the year 2010 in Paris Motor show.

Sesto Elemento or Sixth Element is the third expensive two seater car from Lamborghini with a price tag of $2 million right after Veneno and Centenario.

The car is extensively designed with the carbon fiber.

11. Koenigsegg Regera and Koenigsegg One for $2 Million

Actually there are two cars from Koenigsegg, Regera and One. Koenigsegg One was introduced in the year 2014 and Regera in 2016.

Both of them cost $2 million each.

The HP to Kg curb weight ratio of One is 1:1. For Koenigsegg One only a prototype was built.

Regera was unveiled this year in Geneva. It is a first plug in hybrid hyper car. Only 80 units were built out of which 40 have being sold.

12. Audi A8L Security for $ 1.3 Million

Audi A8L is specially designed for security purposes. It has features like armored communication box, intercom, selective door unlocking, fresh air, emergency escape etc.

One unit can cost you around $1.1 million to $1.3 million.

13. Ferrari LaFerrari for $1.4 Million

LaFerrari was revealed in the 2013 in Geneva Auto Show. LaFerrari has got V10 Engine. Around 500 units of them were built.

Each unit can cost you around $1.4 million or less.

In 2017 the successor of LaFerrari is coming. Its name is LaFerrari Aperta with a V12 engine that produces 950 HP.

14. Rolls-Royce Phantom II for $1.2 Million

Rolls Royce Phantom II or Serenity are in the range of $1 Million to $1.3 million.

They have got 6.8 litre V12 direct injection engine with 8 speed automatic gearbox. The Drophead Coupe is one of the most luxurious cars in the world.

15. McLaren P1 for $1.15 Million

McLaren P1 is a hyper car manufactured by British McLaren Automotive. There were 370 models were built and each can cost around $1 Million.

The P1 can reach the maximum speed of 350 Km/hr. P1 successor will be P1 LM which will cost over $3 million per unit.

16. Bentley Mulsanne for $1 Million

Bentley Mulsane is second best luxurious car after Rolls Royce Phantom.

It has got 6.8 litre V8 engine that produces 505 BHP at the rate of 4200 rpm. The unit costs you over $1 million.

17. Zenvo ST1 for $1.1 Million

Zenvo ST1 has 6.8 litre V8 engine sports car that generates 1100 HP at 6900 rpm and torque of 1430 N/m.

It can reach the top speed of 375 Km/hr with an acceleration time of just 3 seconds from 0 to 100 Km/hr.

A unit can cost you around $1.1 Million.

18. Mercedes Benz S600 Guard for $1.2 Million

S600 Guard is fit for the presidents with armor and ballistic missile protection.

The car has got V 12 engine that generates 530 HP and torque of 830 NM. It has 7G TRONIC automatic transmission.

The car can cost you around $1.2 million or more.

19. Lamborghini Aventador LP-700 Spyder for $1 Million

Aventador is the fourth most expensive car by Lamborghini after Veneno, Centenario and Sesto Elemento.

The price of Aventador Spyder has dropped considerably in recent year. You can buy the car within the range of $1 Million.

It has got 6.5 litre V 12 engine with a top speed of 350 km/hr.

20. Aston Martin Vanquish for $.9 Million

The last most expensive car in our list is Aston Martin Vanquish. The car has V 12 engine that produces over 500 HP.

You can buy the car for less than a million dollar.

So these were 20 most expensive cars in the world. The list may vary depending upon which car you choose and which one you leave.

However top 20 cars in the list will remain same even if you refer to other sources.

Samsung's revenue and profit are down thanks to Note7 recall

As expected, Samsung's revenue and profit have fallen sharply in the third quarter of 2016, due to a painful recall of the company's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7, due to combusting battery issues. 

The company's revenue for the quarter was 47.82 trillion won ($41.9 billion), a year-over-year decrease of 3.87 trillion won ($3.39 billion), the company announced Thursday. Operating profit for the quarter has also declined sharply compared to last year — 5.2 trillion won ($4.55 billion), a decrease of 2.19 trillion won ($1.91 billion). 

Samsung points out that, while its IT & Mobile Communications Division suffered due to the Note7 discontinuation, the Consumer Electronics Division achieved solid year-over-year earnings growth due to strong sales of SUHD TV sets and premium home appliances. 

And while Samsung will still feel the burn from the Note7 fiasco in the next quarter, it expects to see a lot of improvement next year. 

"Looking to 2017, the company will focus on achieving solid earnings growth through normalization of the mobile business while improving earnings for the components businesses through expansion of V-NAND and OLED panels," the earnings report says. 

One of Samsung's key missions for next year when it comes to mobile is "regaining consumers’ confidence," and it will be interesting to see how, exactly, the company plans to go about that. 

Samsung has recently started offering discounts on next year's Note8 and Galaxy S8 devices for customers who return their Note7 and replace it with a Samsung phone. Neither phone has been officially announced yet, but the move means Samsung is not ready to give up on the Note brand. 

Microsoft announces a super sleek and powerful all-in-one PC

And now you can add desktop PCs to the portfolio of devices Microsoft makes.

Joining the Surface family is the new Surface Studio, the company's first all-in-one Windows 10 PC. It'll start at $2,999 and will be available in limited quantities this holiday season.

The computer is made of aluminum and has a 28-inch PixelSense Display touchscreen that measures 12.5mm thick, the thinnest LCD screen on an all-in-one PC (AIO) ever created, according to Microsoft. 

The optically-bonded screen is made of Gorilla Glass and has a 3:2 aspect ratio and with a 4,500 x 3,000 resolution. Microsoft's Panos Panay spent a good few minutes talking up the screen's True Scale capabilities; he showed how a single sheet of paper is exactly the same size as in real life. 

"An inch on the screen is an inch in real life," he said.

In addition to gorgeous looks, the Surface Studio is crazy powerful. The AIO comes in three configs:

Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 965M GPU, 1TB storage ($2,999)

Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 965M GPU, 1TB storage ($3,499)

Intel Corei i7, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 980M GPU, 2TB storage ($4,199)

For graphics, the AIO has NVIDIA GeForce 980M GPUs. The Surface Studio also has stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby audio tuning and a mic array so users can activate the Cortana digital assistant from afar.

A new accessory that comes with the Surface Studio along with the included keyboard and mouse is the Surface Dial:

Studio users can use the Dial to manipulate onscreen elements in more precise ways. For example, you could used it as volume control knob for music apps like Spotify and Pandora, scrolling through articles on websites, as a rotate tool in design apps, or as a button to access shortcuts.

Anyone who pre-orders a Surface Studio by Dec. 1 gets the Dial for free. Otherwise, it's $99.99

Cylinder thingie is the "Surface Dial": let's you interact with onscreen content in new and precise ways. #MicrosoftEvent

— Pete Pachal (@petepachal) October 26, 2016

And of course, because Studio is a Surface device, the AIO includes a Surface Pen stylus — essential for artists and annotating in Windows 10:

More looks at the Surface Studio that Panay says is made for creators. The screen is 12.5mm thick. #MicrosoftEvent pic.twitter.com/dbgf1PRymQ

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) October 26, 2016

Nice top view of the Surface Studio. #MicrosoftEvent pic.twitter.com/qE2ahso6fH

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) October 26, 2016

"It's not just another beautiful PC," Panay said. "It is a product that is made to help you get to your most creative point."

The base, where most of the the computer's guts are stuffed into has a number of ports including four USB 3.0 ports, SDXC, Mini DisplayPort, 3.5mm headphone jack, and Ethernet port.

For a desktop, the Surface Studio has not one but two cameras: A 5-megapixel 1080p resolution webcam on the front that supports Windows Hello sign-in and an "autofocus camera with 1080p HD video" on the back.