''After confirming that it is deliberately slowing down older iPhones to avoid the devices from shutting down owing to old batteries, Apple is now facing two class-action lawsuits from the iPhone users in the US.
Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd, which operates as Atlas Consumer Law, is representing several plaintiffs in a class-action complaint against Apple in Illinois.
"Plaintiffs Ala Abdulla, Lance A. Raphael, Sam Mangano, Ryan Glaze, and Kirk Pedelty came forward against Apple, claiming the company purposefully and knowingly released operating system software updates to a number of generations of the iPhone in an effort to slow the CPU performance speeds of these devices," Atlas Consumer Law said in a statement late on Friday.
"These iOS updates, plaintiffs claim, were engineered with this very purpose in mind -- fraudulently forcing iPhone owners to purchase the latest model offered by Apple," Atlas Consumer Law added.
People who owned iPhone 6, 6s, and 6s Plus devices have been complaining that their devices shut down spontaneously even though they had sufficient battery.
Apple acknowledged the bug and introduced a fix in an update to its operating system software, iOS 10.2.1, which the company said would largely remedy the issue.
"Phones no longer shut down, but, according to users, they did slow down," Vox reported.
According to Atlas Consumer Law, Apple's failure to inform consumers these updates would wreak havoc on the phone's performance is being deemed purposeful, and if proven, constitutes the unlawful and decisive withholding of material information.
A report in Quartz said that a second lawsuit has been filed in California, claiming that the plaintiffs "never consented to allow Defendants [Apple] to slow their iPhones" and that they "were never given the option to bargain or choose whether they preferred to have their iPhones slower than normal."
Apple was yet to comment on the development.
It was John Poole, Founder of Canada-based Primate Labs and Geekbench developer, who analysed the data from the performance testing on a sample set of approximately 100,000 iPhone 6s and 7 devices running different versions of iOS.
He later revealed that iPhone processors did slow down after the update meant to fix the shutdown problem.
Apple responded by saying that last year it released a feature for iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE to smooth out the instantaneous peaks only when needed to prevent the device from unexpectedly shutting down during these conditions.
"We've now extended that feature to iPhone 7 with iOS 11.2, and plan to add support for other products in the future," Apple added.
According to Poole, Apple should have been more transparent with its software change.''

Sajal hails Avril

Sajal

Jannatul Nayeem Avril

''Jannatul Nayeem Avril, stripped of Miss World Bangladesh-2017 title for hiding her marital status, will be seen acting opposite Sajal in a single-episode play.
Written by Ahsan Habib, the play titled 'Emonoto Prem Hoy' will be directed by Zonayed Bin Zia.
Popular actor Sajal confirmed this to Prothom Alo on Friday.
Talking about Avril, Sajal said, ''I have come to know about her through Miss World Bangladesh contest. She seems to be a promising girl.''
''She's very courageous and a fighter. I hail her as she moves forward, leaving behind all her obstacles,'' he added.
He also said that Avril will play a double role for 'Emonoto Prem Hoy'.
Avril was named the winner of Miss World Bangladesh on 29 September.
However, the authorities stripped Avril of her title on fraud charges and Jessia Islam was crowned the new winner on 4 October.''

SSC Routine 2018 All Education Board | Ministry of Education

SSC Routine 2018 All Education Board | Ministry of Education- www.moedu.gov.bd. SSC exam is one of the largest public examinations in Bangladesh. SSC and Equivalent exam 2018 will be started from 1st February as usual. Education Board Bangladesh along with Ministry of Education will announce the schedule very soon. SSC Exam Routine 2018 will be found here.

LONDON -- Here are three thoughts on Arsenal and Liverpool's gripping 3-3 draw in Friday's Premier League clash at the Emirates.


1. Game of the season or a comedy of errors?
It was a game that perfectly summed up the appeal of the Premier League and the flaws of the two teams that shared six goals in a thriller at the Emirates. There were goals, breathtaking counterattacks, missed chances and, most of all, awful defending. Arsenal and Liverpool once again scored a perfect 10 in the entertainment stakes, but when Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp sit down to assess why their teams will not challenge for the Premier League title, they will see it in the defending that could have seen this game end as a 7-7 draw.
The problem for both clubs is that neither Wenger nor Klopp seem too concerned about the defensive naivety that continues to plague both sides. Going forward, they both have devastating quality, but the defending was nonexistent at times, with the brilliance of both teams in an attacking sense only being aided by their respective inability to sense danger in the defensive third.
Philippe Coutinho's opener for Liverpool was the result of Arsenal failing to stop the smallest man on the pitch winning a header in the 6-yard box, while Mo Salah was left to run unchecked in the middle of the pitch before curling a shot through the huge gap between Arsenal's centre-halves for the second.
Arsenal responded, with Alexis Sanchez punishing Joe Gomez for failing to spot his run at the far post before Mesut Ozil made it 2-2 with an easy chip over Simon Mignolet. Then came Granit Xhaka's 30-yard strike that put Arsenal 3-2 up, a swirling effort Mignolet should have saved but didn't. Roberto Firmino's goal for 3-3 was another example of bad defending, with Arsenal giving him time and space to shoot before beating Petr Cech.
It was great to watch, no doubt about that, but for the purists who enjoy defending? Forget it.


2. Klopp must solve Liverpool's goalkeeper problem
There can be no fun in being a Premier League goalkeeper nowadays. Everything is stacked in favour of the attacking players, to the extent that even the balls are more difficult to keep out of the net because of their design. The difficulties and challenges that keepers face make it even more remarkable when the likes of David de Gea produces 14 saves in a game to earn a victory, as the Manchester United keeper did against Arsenal earlier this month.
But during this pulsating clash at the Emirates, both Simon Mignolet and Petr Cech displayed their frailties as they allowed their opponents to score.
Cech should have saved Firmino's strike, which looped over him for Liverpool's third goal, after getting his hands to the shot, but the former Chelsea keeper misjudged the pace of the effort and still allowed it to beat him.
Mignolet, meanwhile, was exposed by Arsenal's second goal when he was beaten far too easily by Granit Xhaka's 30-yard strike. (Said Klopp after the match, "Mignolet saves these balls in 99.9 percent of those situations, but not tonight.") Yes, the ball dipped on its way to goal, but Mignolet's timing was all wrong, and he was pretty much waving to the ball as it flew into the net.
Mignolet could argue that ball moved in the air, but he is playing for one of England's biggest clubs and should be good enough to deal with that.
Too often he has proven himself to be unreliable, and Jurgen Klopp really must find a better solution than either Mignolet or his error-prone understudy, Lori Karius.

3. Wilshere gives Arsenal cause for optimism
Jack Wilshere's Arsenal career appeared dead and buried last season as he toiled away on loan at Bournemouth, struggling to make an impression with Eddie Howe's team before eventually losing his place. If he couldn't cut it on the south coast, what chance did he have of fighting his way back to the first team in north London?
It has certainly been a long road back for the England midfielder, with injury problems and an early season suspension not helping his prospects, but he started his third successive Premier League game against Liverpool and emerged as arguably Arsenal's best player.

Wilshere is 26 on Jan. 1, and his contract is due to expire at the end of the season, so Arsenal have a big decision to make about the homegrown player. If he can stay fit, Wilshere has the talent to be a central figure in this Arsenal team. He has tenacity, desire and the ability to pick a pass: three crucial qualities in any side. But Arsenal have allowed his contract to run dangerously close to the line, and they risk losing Wilshere as a result.
For all of his injury problems, he retains admirers at Arsenal's rivals, with Manchester City holding a long-term interest in him. Arsenal have the chance to end all the uncertainty by handing Wilshere a new deal now.

After the strong start that New Zealand got themselves off to in the second One-Day International, and the position they were at the halfway stage, they seemed like they would fall short by at least 40 runs at the end of their innings on Saturday (December 23). However, a late surge from Henry Nicholls along with Todd Astle, who added 130 runs 108 balls, saw the hosts finish on a high, setting Windies 326 to level the three-match series that they lead 1-0.

Having been sent in by Jason Holder on a pitch that was on the drier side, Windies did well to reduce New Zealand to 186 for 5 in the 33rd over at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, but they let off the sixth-wicket pair that turned the game on its head from that moment on. The pair took their time to settle in, but kept the scoreboard ticking. Nicholls got to his half-century - his third in one-dayers - at a run a ball, but let loose after, going after the Windies bowlers to finish with 83 off 62 balls - an innings that comprised of seven fours and two sixes. Astle was an able accomplice, rotating the strike effectively, and giving Nicholls the bulk of the strike in their partnership. Astle fell one short of his half-century, but Nicholls ensured he stuck around until the end.

Sheldon Cottrell was brought in as a replacement for Kesrick Williams and he provided Windies with just the perfect start with two scalps up front, when it looked like the New Zealand openers were taking the game away from them. George Worker was handed a life in the third over when the wicketkeeper, Shai Hope, spilled one with the batsman's struggle against the extra bounce continuing.

Colin Munro was going about business in usual manner by attacking from the onset with the hosts racing away to 37 in five overs. In his 25-ball stay in the middle that fetched him 30 runs, he had two sixes and a four, before Cottrell was rewarded for some sharp bowling. He maintained tight lines and length, but surprised Munro with the short ball that he ended up mis-pulling to mid-on. Neil Broom, who had come in for the rested skipper Kane Williamson, had a top-edge that flew over the ropes, which remained the only runs that came off his bat in his 13-ball stay before Cottrell induced an outside edge off his bat to first slip, where Jason Holder held on safely.

Worker, however, was unperturbed at the other end and a top-edge for six brought up his successive half-century - his third in ODIs. But it was the story of the innings for New Zealand: those who got starts, failed to press on and consolidate on them. First was Worker, followed by Ross Taylor later on in the innings. Another short ball did the trick for Holder as Worker miscued a pull to long leg for 58. Holder brought Windies into the game with the wicket of Tom Latham in his next over with the New Zealand skipper departing for 20.

Latham's stay wasn't the most comfortable of ones with Holder causing him trouble him with the delivery that failed to rise. This one did, and Latham couldn't negotiate the extra bounce and ended up gloving it to the keeper. Taylor carried on and got to his 39th half-century soon after, but fell just as immediately after hanging his bat out for a nothing shot. New Zealand found themselves in a bit of strife with half their side back in the shed, squandering the position of strength they were in.

Brief scores: New Zealand 325/6 in 50 overs (Henry Nicholls 83*, George Worker 58; Sheldon Cottrell 3-62, Jason Holder 2-52) vs West Indies

A Taylor Swift superfan got the surprise of her life after a concert in England. The fan, named Stephanie, just gushed on the singer's new app The Swift Life about a touching gift that the singer gave her. It turns out that the Grammy-winning singer didn't merely gift the down-on-her-luck pregnant mom-to-be a backstage pass or a cool tour t-shirt, it appears as though the 28-year-old actually helped the concert-goer buy a house. It's a Christmas miracle!
E! News has learned Taylor donated money and helped Stephanie buy a house. Stephanie met Taylor at her show in Manchester, England and the pop star told her she wanted to help.
The fan wrote a lengthy post telling the story of how the superstar singer, who is known for going above and beyond for her loyal fans, helped her during a very rough time.
Stephanie began, "I've been contemplating posting this story for a while. I've finally decided to tell you all what Taylor did for me. What many of you don't know is that for 8 months of my pregnancy I was homeless."
The story continued, "Long story short our first flat was condemned for health and safety reasons and we lost everything. To add to the stress, during this time Matthew [boyfriend] lost his job. 'My mum told Taylor and just asked her to make me feel special at her show I was attending in Manchester. After the show Taylor took us back to her dressing room where she told me, 'Stephanie, You've been in my life for a long time and you've never asked me for anything. You could have reached out and I would have helped you. But you didn't. Your mum told me..."

Featuring Streaming Music, Faster Dual-Core Processor and watchOS 4



 Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced Apple Watch Series 3, adding built-in cellular to the world’s number one watch. Whether users are out for a run, at the pool or just trying to be more active throughout their day, Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular allows them to stay connected, make calls, receive texts and more, even without iPhone nearby. The third-generation Apple Watch is an amazing health and fitness companion with intelligent coaching features, water resistance 50 meters¹ and a new barometric altimeter that measures relative elevation. Apple Watch Series 3 comes in two models, one with GPS and cellular, and one with GPS, both featuring a 70 percent faster dual-core processor and new wireless chip.

	Network            2G / 3G / 4G Announce          September, 2017 Release             Available Release,September 2017
	Colors               Space Grey, White
	Dimension        42.60 x 36.50 x 11.40 mm (LxWxH) Thick                11.40 mm thick Weight             46.40 gram Sim                  Electronic Sim card Support (Apple E-Sim)
	Touch               AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors Display             1.65 inches Display,3D Touch Display,Home Button,Waterproof Body-Ratio        ~55.60 Screen to Body Ratio Resolution         390 x 312 Pixels, Display Zoom Support PPI                   ~301 PPI Pixel density Multitouch         Yes, Force Touch input, Up to 2 fingers Protection         Yes, Sapphire Crystal Glass
	RAM                  768MB RAM Internal             Internal Memory 16GB Card Slot           No
	Primary             No Features               No Video                No Secondary         No Video                No
	System              Watch OS v4.0 Chipset              Apple S3 Processor           Dual Core Processor GPU                   PowerVR
	Wi-Fi                  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac,Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth           v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE GPS                   Yes, With A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou USB                   No Radio                 No 4G/LTE               Yes
	Sensors             Accelerometer,Proximity,Gyro,Heart Rate Browser             No MP3                   MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC Player MP4                   No Editor                No Features            40 Million Songs Storage
	Battery              Non-removable Li-ion Battery, Talktime            Up to 8 hour Stand-by           Up to 200 hour
	Design               8/10 Display              8/10 Camera             8/10 Features            8/10 Performance      8/10 Overall              8/10
	BDT                  35,000/- Rupee               Rs. 24,999 (Average Price) US                    $ 399 (Average Price) EURO                € 359 (Average Price)