iPhone 6 : Latest features, screen size, release date
It's just days until Apple reveal their new iPhone 6 and the rumour mill's in overdrive. Here's everything we know about your next phone
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iPhone 6: Is this picture of the new iPhone genuine?
Apple are set to unleash the iPhone 6 this week, during their biggest device launch event in years.
Fans are already camping outside the tech giant's flagship stores in the hope of being among the first to own the next-generation smartphone.
iPhone launch events are a bit like the Apple-fan equivalent of Christmas, or transfer deadline day - and discussion of this year's event is more fevered than ever.
Not only is Apple expected to launch two iPhone models - but there's widespread speculation that there'll be an iWatch and a new 'digital wallet' payment system on show.
How can I watch Apple's iPhone 6 launch event online?
Here's a round up of everything we know - or think we know - about Apple's big announcement.
Screen
Everything we've seen so far points towards Apple gearing up to release two models of iPhone - one with a 4.7" screen, and another with a 5.5" display.
While it was rumoured the devices would feature a near-scratchproof sapphire crystal display, inspection of the Apple manufacturing chain has since suggested the costly material will not be standard - at least at launch.
There's talk of a premium model, with higher specifications which would include the sapphire glass - along with a costly price tag - but at present this is speculation.
Microscope pictures claimed to be of the iPhone 6 screen suggest a much sharper display than the current model.
The Retina screen on the current iPhone 5S has a density of 10.5 pixels per mm. The 1704x960 display suggested by the photos would be a much sharper 16 pixels per mm.
Speed
The iPhone 6 will feature a new super-fast WiFi chip, improving internet speeds dramatically.
It will also feature Apple's next generation A8 processor, which should give thesmartphone a huge performance boost.
Design
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The iPhone 6 is expected to have a more rounded body than the 5S - with a design that harks back to the original first-generation iPhone.
An alleged leaked schematic suggested the new phone will be 7mm thick - and the 4.7" model has a codename of N56.
Digital payments
The tech giant are reportedly working with Visa, Mastercard and American Express to develop an 'iWallet' payment system, allowing users to pay for things with their phone.
It's thought this will use Near Field Communication (NFC) - the technology used for contactless payments.
Apple's system would allow users to link their iPhone with their credit card, using it to make purchases with a swipe of their device.
Battery Life
As well as a huge performance boost, the A8 processor is expected to improve power efficiency, and therefore increase battery life
On top of that, leaked photos supposedly showing the iPhone 6 battery suggest the charge capacity of the two models will be vastly improved.
The photos show two batteries - presumably for the 4.7" and 5.5" models - with whopping 1810 and 2915mAh capacities.
That's much bigger than the current iPhone 5s battery, which is just 1560mAh.
The high resolution screen is by far the biggest power drain on iPhone devices, which explains why the 5.5" model needs a larger battery.
Camera
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Apple's new device is also expected to have a vastly improved camera, with a 13-megapixel sensor provided by Sony .
The new design is expected to feature a camera which protrudes slightly from the iPhone 6's new slimline body.
Although the 4.7" model is thought to be slightly thinner than the 5.5" iPhone, the measurements when the camera is included are the same, pointing towards the two models having the same camera sensor and lens.
Asia Cup, 6th Match: India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Mar 2, 2014 is going on live with extreme fair play in-spite of few wrong decision by umpire.
Because of few wrong decision by Umpire that looks like favoring to Indian batsman however, and most of the people think the match is decided, however it might not be true always.
Yes, it looks like there are few flaws in umpire decision but it does not mean match is fixed always.
In my opinion, mistake can happen from anyone.
Each and every match between Indian is not just another match but one of the most rival team who are determined to win from there side as they can. People all overt the world of these two countries keep hawk eye for these match, so any mistake leads to suspicious for fixing but that might not be always true. Although people of bother country are so interest for these match and players of India and Pakistan are famous for match fixing and keep on getting caught and recently Indian captain Dhoni's name was also revealed in match fixing. In-spite of these incident, it does not mean each and every match would be fixed.
So lets enjoy the match till its last over expecting every thing is fair and game is far from fixing.
An India vs Pakistan cricket contest is never
really just another cricket match. In this bitter rivalry, both teams
will now look to get on the winning side as future in Asia Cup 2014
depends on this epic clash. Catch all the live updates here.
The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center.
The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers.
Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse.
Conspiracy theorists have argued that the third tower was brought down in a controlled demolition.
Unlike the twin towers, Tower Seven was not hit by a plane.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, based near Washington DC, is expected to conclude in its long-awaited report this month that ordinary fires caused the building to collapse.
That would make it the first and only steel skyscraper in the world to collapse because of fire.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's lead investigator, Dr Shyam Sunder, spoke to BBC Two's "The Conspiracy Files":
"Our working hypothesis now actually suggests that it was normal building fires that were growing and spreading throughout the multiple floors that may have caused the ultimate collapse of the buildings."
'Smoking gun'
However, a group of architects, engineers and scientists say the official explanation that fires caused the collapse is impossible. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth argue there must have been a controlled demolition.
"Building Seven is the smoking gun of 9/11. A sixth grader can look at this building falling at virtually freefall speed, symmetrically and smoothly, and see that it is not a natural process.The founder of the group, Richard Gage, says the collapse of the third tower is an obvious example of a controlled demolition using explosives.
"Buildings that fall in natural processes fall to the path of least resistance", says Gage, "they don't go straight down through themselves."
Conspiracy theories
There are a number of facts that have encouraged conspiracy theories about Tower Seven.
Although its collapse potentially made architectural history, all of the thousands of tonnes of steel from the skyscraper were taken away to be melted down.
The third tower was occupied by the Secret Service, the CIA, the Department of Defense and the Office of Emergency Management, which would co-ordinate any response to a disaster or a terrorist attack.
The destruction of the third tower was never mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report. The first official inquiry into Tower Seven by the Federal Emergency Management Agency was unable to be definitive about what caused its collapse.
In May 2002 FEMA concluded that the building collapsed because intense fires had burned for hours, fed by thousands of gallons of diesel stored in the building. But it said this had "only a low probability of occurrence" and more work was needed.
But now nearly seven years after 9/11 the definitive official explanation of what happened to Tower Seven is finally about to be published in America.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has spent more than two years investigating Tower Seven but lead investigator Dr Shyam Sunder rejects criticism that it has been slow.
The collapse of Tower 7
"We've been at this for a little over two years and doing a two or two and a half year investigation is not at all unusual. That's the same kind of time frame that takes place when we do aeroplane crash investigations, it takes a few years."
With no steel from Tower 7 to study, investigators have instead made four extremely complex computer models worked out to the finest detail. They're confident their approach can now provide the answers. Dr Sunder says the investigation is moving as fast as possible.
"It's a very complex problem. It requires a level of fidelity in the modelling and rigour in the analysis that has never been done before."
Other skyscrapers haven't fully collapsed before because of fire. But NIST argues that what happened on 9/11 was unique.
Steel structure weakened
It says Tower Seven had an unusual design, built over an electricity substation and a subway; there were many fires that burnt for hours; and crucially, fire fighters could not fight the fires in Tower 7, because they didn't have enough water and focused on saving lives.
Investigators have focused on the east side where the long floor spans were under most stress.
They think fires burnt long enough to weaken and break many of the connections that held the steel structure together.
Most susceptible were the thinner floor beams which required less fireproofing, and the connections between the beams and the columns. As they heated up the connections failed and the beams sagged and failed, investigators say.
The collapse of the first of the Twin Towers does not seem to have caused any serious damage to Tower Seven, but the second collapse of the 1,368ft (417m) North Tower threw debris at Tower Seven, just 350ft (106m) away.
Tower Seven came down at 5.21pm. Until now most of the photographs have been of the three sides of the building that did not show much obvious physical damage. Now new photos of the south side of the building, which crucially faced the North Tower, show that whole side damaged and engulfed in smoke.
The adopted daughter of Woody Allen has renewed claims the filmmaker "sexually abused" her as a child in 1992.
In an open letter, Dylan Farrow accuses Allen of molesting her in a "dim, closet-like attic" at the age of seven.
Ms Farrow, now 28, also criticises Hollywood's continued celebration of "a predator [who] brought chaos into our home".
Allen was investigated over the abuse allegations at the time of the incident, but was not charged.
A panel of psychologists, appointed by US prosecutors and the police, concluded that Dylan had not been molested.
The case caused controversy when a prosecutor later said there had been "probably cause" to charge Allen, but he had chosen not to, in order to protect the child.
The movie director has always maintained his innocence. He has previously accused Dylan's mother, Mia Farrow, of fabricating the claims after their highly publicised break-up in 1992.
