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18 Hidden Features Of iOS 8

2014-10-14T05:45:00.002-07:00

1. iOS 8 Has New Popups To Notify Users Of Apps That Access Location Information While Running In The Background

2. Siri Now Uses Shazam To Identify Songs

3. The New Health App Has A Medical ID Which Can Be Accessed From The Lock Screen In Case Of Emergency

4. Bring Back Accidentally Deleted Photos Since Photo App Now Stores Deleted Photos For 30 Days

5. Photo App Can Add Location Of The Picture Where It Was Taken

6. New Settings Option Include Viewing The Battery Usage Of Apps

7. You Can Now Scan Credit Card Information Rather Than Entering Manually

8. You Can Hide Images In Photo App

9. Send Your Last Location To Apple Before Your Battery Dies

10. Real Time Talk To Type Option In Messages

11. Speak Screen Can Speak The Contents Of Screen Out Loud

12. Send SMS From Your Macbook Using Your IOS 8 Device

13. Apple Has Added A Timer To Its Camera App For Perfect Selfies

14. iOS 8 Can Notify And Give Tips Of All The New Features Added From Time To Time

15. iOS 8 Includes Option Of Making A Phone Call Over Wi-Fi

16. New Grayscale Mode Shifts The Entire OS To Shades Of Black And White

17. Safari Now Has The Option Of Request Desktop Site To Load the Desktop Version of Any Website

18. Create a blank home screen iOS 8 lets you go minimalist on the home screen. Just move all icons to the next home screen and you can finally create a blank home screen. This is really not useful, unless you want to make sure people can check out your cool wallpaper

Get your Google+ Plus without Invite

2011-07-02T11:33:00.000-07:00

1. Setup a Google Profile

Google “Google Profiles” and set one up. Be sure to fill it out completely, including uploading pictures and setting up a Buzz account.

2. Download Google Chrome

Make sure you’re logged into Google after you download google chrome. You can do this at www.google.com.

3. +1 a few things on Google Search

Just go to www.google.com and do a search on anything. If you’re logged in, next to each link you should see a +1 button. Try to +1 about 5 different links:

Now go to plus.google.com and sign up

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Does Anyone Want a Google Plus Invite?

2011-07-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

Want a Google+ Invite let me know your email address easy as that!

How to fully activate iOS 5 beta (the right way)

2011-06-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

This guide explains how to fully activate iOS 5 beta for non-developers without crippling your iPhone or iPod Touch. Notifications work, push works, multitasking works, sync works and iMessage works. If you've already installed iOS 5 skip to instruction 4 and if you've already installed and jailbroken skip to step 5. This tutorial is unlikely to work on iPads and since the redsn0w beta is mac only you must have a mac.
1. Download the iOS 5 beta firmware (torrent or http://imzdl.com/#)
2. On your device screen in iTunes 10.5(Download from above link) hold the shift key and click update
3. Select the beta firmware you downloaded and restore it
4. Once the update has finished use redsn0w(download) to jailbreak your device. Once its jailbroken open redsn0w again and select "just boot tethered" from the second screen

5. Once your device has finished jailbreakng and the lock screen has loaded triple tap the home button to turn on voice over
6. Tap the status bar then drag with 3 fingers from the top of the screen down to the bottom to open the notification center
7. Triple tap the home button again and click on the Yahoo logo to open the stock app then press the home button to get to the springboard
8. Open Cydia, go to the search tab, search for iFile and download it
9. In iFile navigate to the locationSystem/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist and open it in the property list editor
10. Remove the release type key and save
11. (iPhone only) Go back to Cydia, add the source "http://repo.bingner.com/" search for "SAM" and install SAMSprefs
12. (iPhone only) Go into settings, then SAM, and setup the carrier
13. Reboot your device and boot tethered with redsn0w and setup your device.
Once you've done this you'll be able to use multitasking, iCloud, syncing and iMessage along with all the other features that required activation to work!

WhenToTweet Tells You When Your Followers Are Active

2011-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:00

If you’re curious when the best time to tweet your interesting finds and hot links is, WhenToTweet tells you when the people following you are active on Twitter.

Plug in your Twitter handle and WhenToTweet analyzes your 300 latest followers and their 200 previous tweets to determine when they’re active (if you feel like shelling out for a “Pro” analysis you can get up to a million followers and a 1,000 tweets per follower for $20). We tested it with the free analysis and the result was 18:45 GMT was the ideal time to share something if we wanted it to be fresh in the feeds of a maximum number of followers.

Hit up the link below to try out the service.

WhenToTweet

Hello Chrome 12, good-bye Google Gears

2011-06-12T12:11:00.000-07:00

Google updated its stable browser channel today, pushing Chrome 12 to its widest base of users. Chrome 12 stable (download for Windows | Mac | Linux) doesn't contain any surprises from the Chrome 12 beta that was released a month ago, but it does bring more hardware acceleration support and better browsing security. It also marks the end of public support for Google Gears, the offline Web app tool.

The security improvements are the biggest change in version 12. In addition to 14 security holes getting patched, including five marked high priority, Google has expanded its "Safe Browsing" technology to include malicious file protection. It won't block all malicious file downloads, but it does do a better job of examining your downloads before they reach your hard drive. In the blog post announcing the new Chrome release, Google was careful to address privacy concerns and point out that the enhancements don't track which sites you've been downloading files from.

Another security change adds the user's ability to delete Flash cookies. This makes sense, given that Flash has come baked into Chrome for some time.

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iOS 5 Jailbroken with Redsnow and Tethered Boot immediately after WWDC 2011 !!!

2011-06-10T18:07:00.000-07:00

iPhone Dev Team’s key member, MuscleNerd, confirms iOS 5 jailbreak through his twitter account and posts some screenshots of jailbroken iPod Touch 4G running on iOS 5.

Apple announced iOS 5 at the WWDC 2011 conference in San Francisco and released iOS 5 beta 1 for developers immediately. The final and public version will be shipped in this fall.

iOS 5 brings more than 200 new features including 10 important ones like Notification Center, Newsstand, Twitter Integration, iMessaging, AirPlay, PC Free activation, camera and mail updates, tabbed browsing, reading list etc.

Here are the screenshots of jailbroken iOS 5 device:

iOS 5 jailbreak is made possible using ever-lasting Limera1n exploit and Tethered Boot utility, meaning you will have to connect your device with PC after every boot to get jailbroken state on it. The official jailbreak tools and procedures will be posted after Apple release iOS 5 for common users. If you are already registered with Apple’s developer program, you can get the beta copy for your device.

MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team's redsn0w 0.9.8b1 to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 tethered. However, do keep in mind that redsn0w 0.9.8b1 has only been released for Mac users at the moment, so Windows users can not jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 tethered at this time.

Download Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 for Mac.

WWDC 2011 Highlights

2011-06-10T17:56:00.000-07:00

OS X Lion is the next major update for Mac machines. It is coming with many features, improvements, enhancements and bug fixes. The new features which are demonstrated at WWDC 2011 include:

Multi-Touch Gestures
Apps in full screen
Mission Control – Unification of Expose and Spaces
Improved Build-in App Store – adding in-app purchases, push notifications, and there’s a built-in sandboxing mode to boost security
LaunchPad – make a pinch gesture and all your apps appear in big grid
Resume – resume all your apps where you left them
Auto-save – OS X Lion saves the different versions of documents automatically
AirDrop – share anything with your friend
Improved and Enhanced Email app
Other things: there’s a Windows Migration assistant, FileVault 2, FaceTime is built in, Lion Server add-on (apps you can purchase to run on top of Lion)

Newsstand: automatically downloads the new publications of newspapers and magazines which can be read offline.

Twitter – everywhere

Reminders – Keep all reminders at one place, sync across iOS apps

Camera updates – new home screen shortcut and photo editing.

Improved Mail- Tons of new features (rich text formatting, indentation control, draggable addresses, search entire message, flag message, S/MIME, built-in dictionary for mail

New keyboard: grab it with your thumbs and go up and it splits.

PC free – no need of PC to activate your device.

iMessage – New messaging service for all iOS users (send, receive, delivery reports etc)(My favorite part)

AirPlay mirroring, letting you mirror your entire iPad right to the TV — wirelessly

iOS 5 will be shipped this fall but it is available for download for developers right now.

iCloud stores your content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes it to all your device. It automatically uploads it, stores it, and pushes it to all your devices.

iCloud brings many new services like Photo streaming, photo storing, photos sync across all idevices, music sync across all idevices and Mac, iTunes in the iCloud….

HP Slate 500 Tablet

2011-02-09T21:08:00.000-08:00

The new HP Slate 500 Tablet PC is a small Windows 7 slate . Its price in India is not announced. This HP slate 500 is mainly advantage to the business and industrial persons more than the common consumer.

Motherboard chipset Intel US15W
Processor number Z540 Processor speed 1.86GHz Processor Intel Atom
Amt of RAM 2GB
Hard drive 64 GB Flash-based HDD
Card Reader SD, MMC
1 x USB 2.0
Bluetooth
Wireless LAN 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Webcam
Graphics hardware Intel GMA 500 with Broadcom Crystal HD Video Accelerator
Diagonal screen size 8.9 inch
LCD technology LED-backlit multitouch screen
Screen resolution (max) 1024 x 600
Operating system Win 7 Professional
Chassis
Battery type(s) included 2-cell Lithium-ion battery Mfr-claimed battery life 5 hours

Dell to Launch a Windows 7 based 10-inch Tablet

2011-02-09T20:53:00.000-08:00

At a conference February 8, Dell announced the impending launch of its Windows 7 based tablet. This tablet, as CNETreports, is going to be 10-inches in size -- which is twice the size of a certain 5-inch "Tablet" Dell had tried to peddle consumers with before. This tab doesn't seem like a direct jab fun-filled devices like the iPad but will be focused to serve the needs of corporate users.

The Windows 7 powered "Business Tablet" will be powered by an unspecified Intel processor; we wonder whether it will be the netbook-like Intel Atom grade fitted in the HP Slate 500, or the faster Core i3/i5 ULV variety as seen on the Eee Slate EP121.

This tablet will be made available by the middle of the year. Currently, in the country, MSI's WindPad 100W is a Windows 7 powered tablet that's already officially selling.

On the note of tablets, we'll also see what HP has up their sleeves as they announce the new WebOS based devices (possibly tablets) a little after midnight today.

Revo Uninstaller Pro 2.5.1

2011-02-09T20:49:00.000-08:00

Revo Uninstaller is an easy-to-use yet very powerful program that will help you uninstall and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer even if you have problems uninstalling and cannot uninstall

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SIM Card Data Recovery 5.0.1

2011-02-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

SIM Card Data Recovery - Software that is easy to recover deleted from your SIM card phone numbers, SMS, restore data damaged due to virus infektsii.Bolee, the program retrieves the well does not read messages, corrupt phone book and other important data.
The program was created to provide a complete copy of your information with "dead" or damaged SIM - karty.Programma perform a deep analysis scan corrupt or damaged SIM card.

Information about the program:
Name: SIM Card Data Recovery
Year: 2011
Platform: Windows ® XP / Windows 7 / Vista
Developer: Micron
Medicine: Serial Number
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Set a Video as Your Desktop Wallpaper

2011-02-08T09:37:00.000-08:00

Are you tired of static desktop wallpapers and want something a bit more entertaining? Today we’ll take a look at setting a video as wallpaper in VLC media player.

Download and install VLC player. You’ll find the download link below. Open VLC and select Tools > Preferences.

On the Preferences windows, select the Video button on the left.

Under Video Settings, select DirectX video output from the Output dropdown list.

Click Save before exiting and then restart VLC.

Next, select a video and begin playing it with VLC. Right-click on the screen, select Video, then DirectX Wallpaper.

You can achieve the same result by selecting Video from the Menu and clicking DirectX Wallpaper.

If you’re using Windows Aero Themes, you may get the warning message below and your theme will switch automatically to a basic theme.

After the Wallpaper is enabled, minimize VLC player and enjoy the show as you work.

When you are ready to switch back to your normal wallpaper, click Video, and then close out of VLC.

Occasionally we had to manually change our wallpaper back to normal. You can do that by right clicking on the desktop and selecting your theme.

Conclusion

This might not make the most productive desktop environment, but it is pretty cool. It’s definitely not the same old boring wallpaper!

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Turn Your iPhone or iPod Touch into a Remote Control for Your PC

2011-02-08T08:58:00.000-08:00

What You’ll Need:

Windows, Mac, or Linux host computer. (Are steps below are shown in Windows 7)
HippoVNC server software installed on your host computer. (Linux users can use included VNC server software)
HippoRemote Lite app installed from the App Store.
A WiFi router.

HippoVNC Server Install

Download the HippoVNC Server file. The link can be found at the end of the article.

Open the file and select Run

Choose a folder to which you’d like to extract the file.

Run the WinVNC.exe file.

If prompted by your firewall application, choose to allow access to HippoVNC.

In the Settings window, type in a password under Authentication and select OK.

Next, if you don’t have iTunes installed on your PC, you’ll need to obtain the IP Address of your host machine. There are plenty of ways to go about this, but the easiest is to hover you mouse over the HippoRemote Lite icon in the System Tray.

Note: If iTunes is installed on the host computer, HippoRemote can automatically detect your computer, so you won’t need to enter the IP address

Running HippoVNC as a Service

If you’d like HippoVNC to run every time you start your PC, you can run it as a service. (Otherwise you’ll need to start it manually each time you want to use it.) To run HippoVNC as a service, right click on the System Tray icon and select Install Service.

Next, you’ll need to connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your WiFi network. Once you are connected, open the HippoRemote Lite App and select Add Connection.

Type in the IP Address for host and the password you entered earlier on the HippoVNC Settings window. Tap Done when finished.

You should now see your computer’s IP address appear under Saved Connections. Select it to connect to your PC.

You’ll be greeted by the HippoRemote Settings screen where can can make certain adjustments such as tracking and scrolling speed. Some options, such as setting macros, are only available in the full (commercial) version of HippoRemote. Tap the Trackpad button at the top left to switch to the trackpad.

Now you’re ready to control your computer. To move the cursor on the computer screen, flick or drag your finger across the trackpad.

The buttons at the top act as right and left mouse buttons. Simply tap them for right and left mouse clicks.

Select the Keyboard button to switch to bring up the onscreen keyboard mode enter text

The Split Screen button will give you both the keyboard and trackpad at the same time.

Conclusion
HippoRemote Lite is a slick and easy way to control your PC from your iPhone or iPod Touch. If you are interested in some of extra features available in the commercial version of HippoRemote, check out our review of HippoRemote Pro 2.2.
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BumpTop 3D Desktop

2011-02-06T20:16:00.000-08:00

Bring your desktop to real 3 Dimensional life like. Arrange icons in a pile or groups. It takes just a few clicks or your finger movements to do with all the data at your desktop to arrange it in the way you want it in a real 3D environment.

Bumptop is a fun, intuitive 3D Desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures, you will experience your desktop as never before. Your desktop doesn't have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop. Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.

Download BumpTop (Windows) (13.6 MB - Free Version)

tutorial for jailbreaking OS 4.2.1 (untethered)

2011-02-06T11:07:00.000-08:00

Device's Supported:

iPod Touch 2nd gen
iPod Touch 3rd gen
iPod Touch 4th gen
iPhone 3gs
iPhone 3g
iPhone 4
iPad 1st gen

Firmware Supported:

4.2.1

1. Restore to OS 4.2.1. If you are currently jailbroken tethered with redsnow You can safely run greenpoison over it. However this results in excess files in the file system that may slow your device down. Therefore it is ill-advised.

TO PROPERLY RESTORE:

For those who are not currently Jailbroken: (Regular Restore)
Connect Your Device

Open iTunes

Open your Device's Tab

Click RESTORE

Follow the Remainder of the Restore Process.

Once Restored, You may chose to restore an old iTunes Backup as long as the Backup WAS NOT from when you were previously jailbroken.

For those who are currently Jailbroken or have attempted to jailbreak, but failed: (DFU Restore)
Connect Your Device

Turn the device completely off. Slide to Power Off.

Hold The Power/Sleep and Home buttons.

Hold both until you hear the "recognize sound" from your computer.

Release the Power/Sleep Button but continue to hold the home button.

Your computer should find your device in DFU mode.

The screen on your device should be completely black

Open iTunes

Open your Device's Tab

Follow the Remainder of the Restore Process.

Once Restored, DO NOT restore to a previous iTunes Backup.Choose to setup a new device

NOTE:At this time you should be completely restored. Close iTunes

2. Check your settings. On the ipod itself, Go to settings> general > about. You should be on OS 4.2

3. Download Greenpois0n RC5. Download it from Greenpois0n.com, or from this mirror

4. Extract. Extract the files from the compressed folder using winrar or 7zip

5. Connect. Connect your iDevice to your computer, via the USB charging cable, while the Device is powered ON. If it's already connected from the restore then just continue.

6.Close itunes. If itunes opens, close it.

NOTE: If you leave itunes open, Greenpois0n will close it. I have confirmed that Greenpois0n should be ran with iTunes closed.

7. Run. Run greenpoisOn.exe AS ADMINISTRATOR

8.Turn Off. Turn the Device completely off. Press the power/sleep button and slide to turn off.

9.Prepare. In the GreenpoisOn Program: Click prepare to jailbreak.

10. Follow the directions in GreenpoisOn.They will be as follows:

-Get ready to start. 3 seconds

-Hold the power/sleep button for 3 seconds.

-While still holding the power button, press down the home
button at the same time. Hold for 10 seconds.

-Release the Power/Sleep button but continue to hold the home
button. Hold for 20 seconds (Should not take entire 20 seconds)
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11.Jailbreak. On the next screen in GreenpoisOn, click "Jailbreak".

12. Wait. GreenpoisOn will install and add "loader" to the home screen on your ipod.

13.Install Cydia. Open loader on your Device, and install cydia, This requires wifi. If you dont have reliable wifi, then wait until you do, partial Cydia installs will force you to start this over.

CCleaner 3.0 ( cleans unwanted files and Windows Registry entries from your computer)

2011-02-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

What’s New in CCleaner 3

The First thing you’ll notice when you start it up is this dialog, which asks you if you’d like to intelligently scan for cookies to keep—a very useful feature so you don’t get logged out of your email clients when you run CCleaner.

Here’s the full change list for the curious:

New CCleaner 64-bit native EXE.
New UI graphics and icons.
New internal scanning architecture.
New Drive Wiper tool screen under Tools section.
New Intelligent cookie keeping functionality.
Improved support for IE9.
Improved support for Google Chrome.
Improved HTML5 Database Storage cleaning.
Added support to clean Microsoft Silverlight Isolated Storage.
Added support for AVG AntiVirus 10.0, Audacity, LogMeIn Hamachi, BitTorrent and Windows Game Explorer.
Improved support for Vuze.
Added new environment variables: %SystemDirectory%, %SystemDirectory32% and %SystemDirectory64%.
Improved Registry backup to address problems when saving values.
Improved cleaning Windows Log Files for 64-bit OSs.
Many UI improvements and bug fixes.

CCleaner, I believe, is the best software in its category. I am really glad that it keeps improving!

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