The Keon comes with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 3G and EDGE cellular connections, 3 megapixel camera and a 1.580mAh battery. It has 512MB of RAM , 4GB of onboard storage , and also offers a MicroSD card slot for capacity expansion. The Peak has 1.2GHz dual core Snapdragon S4, a 4.3-inch qHD IPS display, 2 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel rear, while other technical specs looks similar to the Keon. The back panel of Keon is orange and for Peak its white.

The price of Keon and Peak can be seen on the official website of Geeksphone. The company is claiming to produce up to 5,000 Firefox OS devices a day as there is a huge demand of these Smartphones and both the devices status has been listed as “out of stock” on the shopping link of Geeksphone website. Both the Smartphones have been designed to give developers the chance to create and test the content on the new Linux-based open-source mobile operating system before it is available for public launch in the countries like Spain, Venezuela, Brazil and Portugal this June. According to Mozilla CEO, Firefox OS phones would be available in US by 2014.

By seeing such a tremendous requirement of Firefox OS Smartphones after the first day of launch, no one can deny the fact that developers are keen to create apps for Firefox OS phones. We think that the response would be great once it is available for the general public.

This new feature allows website bloggers to see activity from direct visitors as well as discussion of the people about your content on Google+. You can have a look at Google+ commenting system.

Comments can be sorted by “newest first” options or by popularity. There is an option for nested comments but not beyond first level. The users can see replies from the people in their own Google+ circles on the site post.

The users would also be able to share their comments with Google+ circles or publicly. This means that blog readers and the owners can only see those comments which they are permitted. If you are using Blogger as your blogging platform, then you can activate Google+ comments directly from the Blogger Dashboard, and the old comments will get auto imported into the new Google+ comment widget.

As of now, this new commenting system is only available on Blogger, but we might see the worldwide release of this new feature of Google very soon.

Google has created an easy-to-use commenting system, but we still think that it might take some time to meet the standard of Facebook commenting system which is more user-friendly.

What do you think about Google+ commenting system? Would you like to see it on WordPress?

Keep A Strong Password:

If you use easy to guess passwords like “admin” or “123456″ then your site is most likely to get hacked. We recommend you to use strong passwords, which should be a combination of special symbols, numbers and upper/lower case alphabets. Anything like “WordPress!@12″ is a good example of a strong password which are tough to guess for the hackers. You can also check your password strength in the profile section of WordPress admin panel and accordingly set the password.

Change Your User Name:

The default WordPress login name is “admin” which is well known to the hackers, so it is very important to change the login name. Following are the steps to update the login name:

1) Login into the admin panel

2) Go to “Users” and click on “Add New” to set up a new user account

3) Enter the details of the new user and assign administrator role to this newly created user

4) Logout from the current user and login with the new user account

5) Select “All Users” from “Users” menu, check the box adjacent to the previous admin user by the name “admin” and press delete to remove the user.

6) When you are prompted with a message asking for deletion confirmation, select “Attribute all posts and links to” and select your newly added login name from the  drop-down to migrate all your post to your new login name. Press confirm to delete the user.

Upgrade Your WordPress:

The latest version of WordPress will  take care of all the new threats which are unable to fix by its predecessor. Hence it helps you to improve the security in order to prevent it from the hackers.

We suggest you check BlogSecurity and WordPress Development as they will keep you updated whenever any new version of WordPress is released .

Managing Users:

You should not give administrative privileges to all the users, as this will give them full control over your website. Therefore, you need to define the role of the other users with a limited authority to work on the blog.

Database Backup:

You should take the backup of entire database on a daily basis. There are free plugins like BackWPup and BackupBuddy which takes the database backup of your WordPress blog. Otherwise, ask your web hosting provider to backup your blog’s database.

Delete WordPress Version Information:

There are some themes or sites which contains the wordpress version in the meta tag. Hackers can easily retrieve this information and prepare the attack plan aiming the security vulnerability for that version of the blog. To remove the version info, see the below steps:

1) Go to your WordPress dashboard.

2) Select Theme Editor in Design.

3) On the right side of panel, click on Header File

4) On the left side, you see some codes, check for below line:

php bloginfo(’version’); ?>” />

5) Delete it and press update file.

Folder Protection:

The wp-admin folder contains all the website data, so it is very important to protect this folder. Use the plugin AskApache Password Protect to setup password protection to the folder and give access right only to authorized user.

Security Scan:

You can install the plugin WP Security Scan and carry out scan regularly for any security vulnerabilities. This plugin also allows you to change your database prefix from wp_ to any prefix of your choice.

Brute Force Attack:

A brute force attack is a method used to obtain information such as a user name or password by using automated software which generates a large number of consecutive guesses so as to get the desired data. Hackers can easily crack your password by this method. To prevent this from happening, you can install the login lockdown plugin. This plugin keeps the track of IP address and timestamp of every failed login attempt to your blog. Once a certain number of failed attempts are investigated, it will disable the login function for all requests from that IP range.

Hide You Plugins Folder:

Always make sure that you hide the plugin that you are using for your blog by uploading an empty html file to the plugin directory. In order to deploy blank html file, open your text editor and save the blank document as index.html. By using a ftp client, upload the index.html to the wp-content/plugins folder.

By applying all the above methods related to wordpress security, we ensure you that the chances of getting hacked will be very less to your blog.

How safe is your WordPress blog? Do share if you know more options to prevent WordPress hacking.

On Thursday the search engine giant introduced a feature called Inactive Account Manager which allows you to manage all your emails, videos and documents from your Google accounts like Gmail, YouTube, Picasa and Drive if your account is disabled for any unknown reason. This new feature is accessible from your Google account setting page

The “Timeout period” will allow you to set a time duration of your account. If you set a time period of three, six, nine or 12 months, then post that Google will delete or deactivate your account. Google in this new feature also allows you to share the data with an account of your trusted family member or friend.

If you are not accessing any of your Google accounts for couple of months or year, then Google will send an email to your secondary address or text reminder regarding account status before timeout periods are ended. According to Google, this new feature will enable you to protect your data from unauthorized access and plan your digital afterlife.

It’s a great move by Google to have an option to deactivate the account, remove all data from Google services(Youtube, Google+ profiles, Drive and Picasa) or pass it to your trusted friend or a family member, while other online services follow different approach which are a bit complicated to deal with this situation. We believe that this new feature is an easier way for the users to plan their digital life.

How you are going to manage all your Google accounts?

Reseller Hosting is adopted more by Web Designers, Web Developers or Systems Integrators since it allows them the flexibility to offer hosting as an add-on service to their primary business model. It’s also an inexpensive way to make a profit as well as provide an additional service to your clients.

Here is an example of what one can earn being an affiliate with ResellerClub:

Reseller Hosting Resources:
* 50 GB WebSpace
* 1000 GB Bandwidth
* Host 30 Domains (Based on Resources Consumed)
* Price – Rs. 1150/month

** Web Masters Cost to Host/Domain: 1150/30 Domains = Rs 40/month per Website
** Minimum Market Charge to Host/Domain/Month = Rs 170/month

*** Profit Potential: 325%

A good hosting provider will offer useful features in addition to a Reseller Hosting package such as Email Hosting, Commercial Control Panels and Support for several different programming languages. It is very important to confirm what companies offer as control panels or language support. Ideally you should look for cPanel or plesk enabled with a WHM control panel since these are the most widely used Hosting Control Panels, and support a ton of plugins. An important feature to look out for is free WHMCS. It is a powerful business automation tool that helps you handle Billing, Support, Domain & Customer Management and more.

Multiple clients globally have set up their own Hosting Business using Reseller Hosting. Billing can also be done under your own brand name since most Reseller Hosting packages are white-labeled. Server administration and management will also be handled by your Reseller Hosting provider, in effect allowing you the time to serve your clients.

The Consolidation advantage of Reseller Hosting also helps ease management related issues since all your clients can be hosted on one package.

However, a Reseller Hosting package may not be the best option for everyone. Picking up a reseller hosting package could also mean pre-purchased inventory that you need to sell off immediately. If you are not able to fill the package quickly, you will be paying for more space and bandwidth than you actually need. A Reseller Hosting Package should be your first choice only if you are expecting enough customers to at least recover your package costs.

Providers such as ResellerClub & Hostgator have been offering such services for the past 10+ years, and we find them reliable enough to recommend. You will also find other unique promotions that can be used in sync with your Hosting. If you have considered buying Hosting, try their services out and tell us what you think.

Facebook Home app home screen is known as Cover Feed, which displays a constant stream of your uploaded pictures, friend’s status messages and stories. Cover feed will drag your friend’s photo to use as the background if he/she has posted messages without a picture. According to Facebook, the experience of tapping on Cover Feed will give you a different feeling as compare to normal Facebook home screen. On double-tapping the screen, thumbs-up icon will be displayed on the screen which allows you to like a photo with a popping sound effect. The buttons which are the bottom of the screen allow you to add comments on those pictures. The notifications are shown in the middle of the screen, and it goes away once you swipe on the screen.

Facebook Home app takes your Facebook profile picture as the lock button. On swiping a finger up from your face, an app menu for your phone will be displayed on the screen and the users will get quick-access for adding a photo or status message. To see the app which you don’t use it frequently, swipe to the right on your profile picture. If you swipe on the left side you will see Facebook Messenger.

When your friend message you from Facebook Messenger or SMS, their face shows up on your screen and you can tap on that face to initiate the conversations. Chat heads allows you to read the multiple messages, For e.g. If you get an email while reading a message, then depending upon your priorities you can move one of them to the top while you finish reading and tap on the app which is at the top once you are done with it.

We think that Chat heads feature of Facebook Home will help the users to improve their flow of communication a lot easier by allowing them to switch in between the apps.

Facebook Home app will be available on April 12th for Android Smartphone users running Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Facebook will release Home app for tablets in few months.

What are your thoughts on Facebook Home?

This new LinkedIn feature work similar to Facebook and twitter. On Facebook, once you start typing the person’s name into your status update field on the homepage, a drop-down menu appear and you can select your friend from the drop-down list, then type your comments and post it. While in twitter, you can trace the users by simply mentioning “@ABC” in compose new tweet box and tweet the comments to the relevant person.

In LinkedIn, you can simply enter the name from the connections list or company’s name in the status update box. You’ll see a drop-down with the best matches, select the name and post it. The user or company will receive your status update in their notification list. You can also mention other LinkedIn Members(excluding first-degree connections) as long as those members are involved in same conversation in the comments section of the post on LinkedIn Home Page.

We think that LinkedIn’s new feature “Mentions” will be an easiest way to initiate the conversations with your connections and allows you to respond immediately when someone begins a conversation with you.

As per LinkedIn, “Mentions” feature is available only to English-speaking users. The company is planning to roll out “Mentions” across all global members very soon.

Do you think “Mentions” is a boon for LinkedIn?

Google Nose leverages to offer the sharpest olfactory knowledge allowing users to search for smells.
Users can search for variety of aromas from Google Nose. Just search the scent of your choice(flowers, pizza, ice cream or perfume) click the “smell” button and sniff away. This new feature also includes a SafeSearch to keep the users away from the unwanted smells. As per Google Nose landing page, the aroma program of the product has a 15 million scentibyte database of smells from around the world.
Below is the video which introduces Google Nose and how to use it to search for smells.

This idea of an artificial nose from Google to navigate the users by just using its sense of smell sounds really good. But this incredible feature does not exist in this world of computers because Google as usual, pranked its users on April fool’s day by quietly announcing Google Nose which can help users to search for smell.

Have you been fooled by this Google’s prank on April fool’s day?

Click on “Search tool” and choose “animated” under “any type” dropdown menu to get the list of GIF animated images. You can also keep image background as transparent by selecting “transparent” under the color filter.

Below is one of the animated GIF image of “Google” from search results:

We think that this update from Google is a really beneficial for those who are looking for animated GIF images as per their requirement.The transparent image feature by Google can also be handy for those who still are using other image editing software which is time consuming for them.

What are your thoughts on this new feature added by Google in the image search results?