Google+ app for iOS added a beautiful and amazing new stream and navigation experiences in the new version 2.0.0.5888.

The app is available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with at least iOS 4.3 installed. So if you have such iOS devices, you should upgrade the Google+ app to the new version. It’s very cool application. Update your Google+ app directly from your device via the App Store.

However, even Android OS is belong to Google but this update is still not available for Android devices. I think Google should immediately release an update for Google+ app for Android OS to add this such new features. I am sure all Google+ users will be happy for this update.

Skype is releasing new update for the iOS powered devices to version 4.0.1303. This version works on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad and iPod Touch with requires at least iOS 4.3 or above.

This new version comes with new features and improvements as follows:

• New feature: ability to move own video preview
• App auto restarts if unexpectedly shut down
• Improved accessibility
• Improved stability
• Updated design for contacts and messages
• New sign in screen
• Other minor UI improvements
• Bug fixes

You should be prompted about this update. Simply tap the App Store icon and follow the on-screen step to install the update.

Have fun with the new Skype 4.0 for iOS.

As usual, six months after the release of OpenBSD 5.0, the OpenBSD project officially released OpenBSD 5.1.

The new release comes with some improved hardware supports, including support for new Intel Sandy Bridge integrated graphics cards and Intel 82580, support for Synaptics touch pads,  MegaRAID 9240, Nuvoton NCT6776F, Centrino Advanced-N 6205 and more.

The generic network stacks also have been improved including the improved IPv6 fragment handling, initial rdomains support for IPv6 and improvements for CARP (common address redundancy protocol).

In the routing daemons and other user land network, traceroute and traceroute6 can now look up ASN (AS Number) for each hop, fstat and ps can now display routing table ID.

The PF (packet filtering) tool now supports NAT64 using af-to keyword. It also has been improved for IPv6 fragment handling. pfctl now can print port numbers instead of service names by default.

For detail about the what’s new in the OpenBSD 5.1 release, you can find it here.

How to upgrade to OpenBSD 5.1?

If you already have OpenBSD 5.0 installed in your server, you can upgrade it to OpenBSD 5.1.

Note that upgrades are only supported from one release to the release immediately following it. It means that if you currently have OpenBSD 4.9, you need to upgrade it first to 5.0 and then upgrade it to OpenBSD 5.1. You can not directly upgrade from version 4.9 to 5.1. Follow this guide to upgrade from OpenBSD 5.0 to 5.1.

If you already use Google Analytics to generate detailed statistics about the visitors of your websites, you may want to export the reports to PDF (portable document file) so you can share the reports to your friends, web advertisers or others.

In the new Google Analytics interface, Google just recently added new features so users can now easily export the Analytics report to PDF (still in beta version). Beside that you can also export the report to CSV (comma-separated values) file and TSV (tab-separated values) file.

To export the Google Analytics to PDF (CSV or TSV) follow the below steps:

1. Login to your Google Analytics account at http://www.google.com/analytics/

2. Select the account profile (website) that you want the report to be exported to PDF.

3. In the newly-redesigned utility bar located at the top of your favorite report, click the Export > PDF in the drop-down menu.

The report should be exported to PDF file and downloaded to your local computer. You may find the file in the Downloads folder.

The Galaxy S II owners around the world are waiting for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the device. If you are the one of ten million users who own Galaxy S II, you must be happy now that Samsung officially announced about the update to be rolling out starting from March 15.

This announcement stated officially in their Facebook fanpage of Samsung Mobile Israel that the update promised to be available on March 15. Of course, it will be only available for Israel on that date but other countries should start to get the update soon to follow. [via]

Back on December 2011, Facebook leaked a Facebook Messenger app for Windows. Since it was a leaked version, there were many bugs on it and it seemed running unstable.

After more than two months fixing the bugs and improving the performance, Facebook just released a Windows client version of Facebook Messenger app. Facebook Messenger allows you to chat while you do other stuff. You can easily see and respond to chats right from your desktop so you don’t have to click away to stay connected with your friends. When people comment or tag photos of you, you will be notified instantly.

While it is currently only available for Windows, Facebook is busy working on Messenger for Mac now.

Interested in this app? You can grab the app from here. You can also read the press release here.

If you are waiting for an official update of your BlackBerry device software, today may be your day as BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.267 is officially available for several BlackBerry models. The BlackBerry models which are getting this official OS are BlackBerry Bold 9900 (available from SK Telecom), Bold 9930, Torch 9850, and Curve 9350 (available from Element Mobile).

While we are not quite sure about the change log on this version, a new update usually comes with new features or improvements. If you want to upgrade your BlackBerry device software, it is a good idea to back up all data before upgrading.

You can download the BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.267 from the links below:

BlackBerry Bold 9900 OS 7.1.0.267 from SK Telecom

BlackBerry Bold 9930 OS 7.1.0.267 from Element Mobile

BlackBerry Torch 9850 OS 7.1.0.267 from Element Mobile

BlackBerry Curve 9350 OS 7.1.0.267 from Element Mobile

Follow my tutorial on how to upgrade to BlackBerry OS 7.1 [via]

Sony has just recently announced a new Xperia line-up smartphone, the Xperia U, which has a small palm-friendly size and compaq design.

The Xperia U is equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 3.5 inch reality display, and a 5-MP camera running a skinned version of Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread (upgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich). If you love listening to music, this phone should be great for you because it comes with ‘xLoad’ for sound processing.

It has Xperia transparent element which is able to illuminate with different colors for notifications. The Xperia U will come to the market globally in the middle of Q2 2012. [via the verge and engadget]

If you have BlackBerry OS 7.0 powered device such as BlackBerry Bold 9900 Dakota, Bold 9790 Bellagio or Curve 9360 Apollo you may want to upgrade the BlackBerry device software to OS 7.1.

BlackBerry OS 7.1 is a major update for BlackBerry devices which comes with new features such as Mobile Hotspot, BlackBerry Tag, Wifi Calling, FM Radio and Auto Suggest. You can read further about the BlackBerry 7.1 OS at here.

In this post I want to show you how to update BlackBerry 7.0 OS powered device to BlackBerry 7.1 OS. This should be applicable for all BlackBerry models running OS 7.0 such as Bold 9900/9930/9790 and Curve 9350/9360/9370 and Torch 9810/9850/9860. I used my BlackBerry Curve 9360 Apollo for example and leaked BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.258. You can download the leaked BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.258 from here.

UPDATE1: Official BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.336 is now available for Curve 9360 and Bold 9790 from Telenor Norway and for Curve 9380 from Trigcom.

UPDATE2: Official BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.342 is now available for Bold 9900 from Cellcom Wireless Israel.

Let’s go to the updating process:

1. Download and install the latest BlackBerry Desktop Software (BDS). At the time of this writing the latest version is BDS 7.0 B44. If you have the previous version installed, just check the update to download and install it.

2. Install the BlackBerry 7.1 OS.

3. Run the BlackBerry Desktop Software and connect your device to the computer via USB cable. You should be prompted that a new software update is available. Click Get update button.

4. In the next step, it is recommended to back up your data and applications before updating. Then click Install update to start updating.

5. Your device is now updating. During this step, don’t disconnect or interrupt your device. It can take up to an hour while updating the software. Please be patient.

6. After waiting for around 30 minutes or more, your device should be completely updated.

Now you can disconnect your device from the computer and enjoying the new experience of BlackBerry 7.1 OS such as Mobile Hotspot, WiFi Calling and FM Radio.

Screenshots of BlackBerry Curve 9360 running OS 7.1

Mobile Hotspot feature available in BlackBerry 7.1 OS

A new version of BlackBerry Messenger is available for update now. Just now I got a notification in my BlackBerry Curve 9360 Apollo that the BlackBerry Messenger version 6.1.0.70 is available for download.

The new version comes with new features including: double the space to update your personal messages, support for animated avatars (display pictures can now be animated), a new selection of emoticons, customize the color of chat bubbles for your contacts, and simpler display picture update from camera app.

You can download the BlackBerry Messenger 6.1.0.70 directly from your device via App World application or via App World webstore.