Archive for February 2013
YouTube "Send to TV"
YouTube app for iOS now lets us push videos to game consoles, certain TV sets, and other set-top boxes with its Send to Tv option
Google introduced this feature for Android and its Google TV devices last November and now its reaching IOS users that before only been able to push videos to the Apple TV through Apple's AirPlay.
Along with the new push feature, Google says the update improves streaming on slow Wi-Fi connections, improves stability, and pushes users over to its Capture app if they want to upload.
The future at the tip of your fingers
CrucialTec has finally made fingerprint scanning a sexy feature you’re going to want in your next phone.
CrucialTec is targeting the smartphone industry with its scanner, and it’s ready to be built right into a device’s home button.
Basic, fast fingerprint scanning is all and good, but CrucialTec’s system gets interesting with the additional security and convenience features
You can assign a different function to each of your 10 fingers. For example, the camera could be linked to your index finger, and sliding that down the home button would unlock the phone and automatically open the camera app, the scanner can also securely encrypt files.
Adding scanners to modern smartphones won’t put additional strain on the battery.
CrucialTec’s system has already been licensed by an unnamed Chinese manufacturer, and is expected to be added as a feature to a smartphone released this summer.
Apple purchased fingerprint scanner firm AuthenTec last year, its technology became an Apple exclusive. Since then, there have been rumors the next iPhone may incorporate it.
How easy is to repair your tablet?
iFixit, a company that takes apart technology products, analyzes what's inside, and determines their repairability, has launched a new platform to make it easier for folks to lean more about tablets
"Tablet Repairability" list shows all of the recently released Tablets and discusses how easy it is to repair them when needed it.
Each device is given a score on a scale of 10.
On the top of the list : Dell XPS 10, Apple and Microsoft devices have been listed as the least repair-friendly.
"We weren't able to list every single tablet, but this list is a good start," an iFixit representative.
Check how good did your tablet on the Tablet Repairability list
A Sapphire stronger than a Gorilla
Want a phone screen that really won't break?
Sapphire, the same aluminum oxide compound (AL2O3) better known for brilliant blue gemstones that dangle from ears and throats and can cost a small fortune can give it to you.
Apart from being one of the strongest compound materials there is -- second only to the diamond that cuts it -- synthetic sapphire is highly rigid and won't buckle or melt in high-temperature situations. It is also slow to corrode, conducts heat at low temperatures, and is known for its excellent light transmission for wavelengths well beyond the scope of human vision. The screen was just as responsive as regular glass on a device.
The material is more costly, about 3 or 4 times the cost of regular glass and
today there's not enough capacity to create sapphire displays en masse, but we will see an uptick in adoption at the higher end of the spectrum.
How much would you pay for a phone with a virtually indestructible screen?
Seos open the doors of the future
Seos is an ecosystem of interoperable products and services for issuing, delivering and revoking digital keys on NFC mobile devices so that they can be used to open doors to homes, hotels, offices, hospitals, universities, industries and commercial buildings.
With Yale Digital Door Locks, home owners can send temporary digital keys to visitors, handymen and babysitters from their own mobile phones. Issued keys can be revoked at any time through the same interface.
The large expected Leap Motion will ship on May 13
Leap Motion, which has developed an innovative motion-control system that's accurate to the hundredth of an inch, said today that it will begin shipping its controller on May 13.
The controller, which gives users the ability to control what's on their computers with touch-free pinch-to-zoom gestures, will sell for $80 -- though customers who have already pre-ordered it will pay $70 -- and will ship to pre-order customers on May 13, and be available to everyone else on May 19.
The device will be available in the U.S. only through Leap Motion's Web site, and at Best Buy's stores and Web site and wherever Asus computer bundles are sold. BestBuy.com will begin taking pre-orders today.
Watch this little gadget on action
New IE 10 available on Win 7
On the surface, IE10 looks just like its predecessor IE9, with the Internet bar sitting at the top of the window rather than at the bottom as it does on Windows 8 devices. Users who are familiar with the current version of Internet Explorer should be able to jump right in and start surfing with the new browser with little to no learning curve.
All the improvements made to IE10 are essentially invisible to the user, but they should make webpages load faster, up to 20 percent faster, run smoother, and provide users with more privacy
IE10 also tries to make the Internet a bit more secure for users. Just like Firefox, which announced its updated automatic cookies-blocking feature yesterday, the Do Not Track (DNT) option is turned on by default in IE10.
Download the new and free IE10
A Dell Laptop for only $100
Project Ophelia is an Android-powered device that plugs into any TV or monitor, giving access to local files, desktop remote access and any of the apps, movies and TV shows in the Google Play store. Better yet, it's as small as a USB Flash drive and will cost less than $100.
you can simply plug the dongle into the HDMI port of whatever screen you find
With the right set of tools installed, you can use it exactly as you would use your laptop.
Ophelia has 8GB of internal storage for your files, but you can expand that with the microSD card slot,
1.6GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor powers the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean software, built-in Wi-Fi.
You'll need to connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to navigate around Android.
fully Google-accredited too, so you'll have access to the hundreds of thousands of apps available on the Google Play store.
Update IOS 6.1.3 patches jailbreak
Evasi0n wont work on the new update from Apple 6.1.3
At least is what one of the developers from Evad3rs team said.
David Wang confirmed that Apple fixed one of the exploits used in the jailbreak and if one exploits its broken the jailbreak simply doesnt work.
According to Evad3rs team there is enough bugs on the IOS, that they could build a new jailbreak from scratch but they dont know if this bugs have been fixed as well and they wanto keep some ammo for the new IOS 7.
Evad3rs Team said that if they have to start from scratch, the'll do so.
Welcome to the new normal
The escalating number of reported attacks keeps getting bigger and bigger, adding now Microsoft to the list of companies breached.
Microsoft confirmed that computers on his Mac development unit were infected,
but non user or important data have left Microsoft.
McAfee reported that the number of trojans created to steal passwords rose about 72 percent in the last quarter.
Tumblr, Pinterest and Twitter on the spot due a Zendesk
Tumblr has sent out emails to its users notifying them of a security breach. However, the issue isn’t Tumblr’s system’s fault, as the hack can be traced back to Zendesk, the email and contact support client that Tumblr and a handful of other social applications use. Pinterest and Twitter are also suffering at the Zendesk security failure.
The security vulnerability has been patched up already, Zendesk wrote in a blog post. But the damage has been done already: The hacker downloaded the email addresses of people who emailed Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest support. The only silver lining is that users’ passwords are safe and sound.
If you’re a Tumblr user and ever contacted its support team via email in the past 2.5 years since Tumblr has been using Zendesk Tumblr says that there’s a good chance that you’ve been affected. These are the warning words Tumblr had for users.
Google makes it easy...
The app laucher found on Google's Chromebook could jump to the famous web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux pretty soon.
This is what The Verge is reporting as the latest developers version of the browser includes this functionality.
This app launcher will do more than shortcuts, using more APIs than the full browser, developers will be able to tweak it and create additionals fonctions.
Google said that this app launcher will give users a nearly experience of using a Chromebook.
Adding this to the announcement of the new premium Chromebook Pixel,
Google is trying to charm users to go and buy one.
New iPad Mini Spotted
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The rumours around the 2nd generation of iPad Mini have been buzzing louder and louder since pictures of the device's shell case have been appear on the web thanks to WeiPhone.com.
This new version of the mini tablet that should include a Retina Display among another features.On the pics the new device looks thicker than its predecesor which can confirm the new display, besides that everything looks pretty much the same.
If you were wonder about the blue logo, this may be part of the process to create the mirrored logo.
As always the legitimacy of the pics still unclear but in some of the pics boxes with 'Catcher' label are spoted which can suggest that these pics are legit
-Catcher is one of Apple's casing supplier-
iBook Future Features
Apple may be working on some new search and highlight features for reading e-books on iPads.
The company filed a patent application for "creating and viewing digital note cards," according to the application published today. The patent outlines technology for a new floating toolbar that allows users to do quick searches of text and enable highlighting and note-taking.
Users would be able to highlight text with various colors or by applying different fonts -- like strike-through font -- and add notes. In addition to text, these notes could include other media such as embedded audio, video, HTML, and hypertext
iWatch on the horizon
Another patent application filed up by Apple make people talk.
This time a flexible display smartwatch...
It was filed up on 201, titled as 'BI-STABLE SPRING WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY'
and it describes a flexible touch-screen device.
"With a touch screen user input a user can accomplish a number of different tasks including adjusting the order of a current playlist, and reviewing a list of recent phone calls," the patent said. "With a touch screen user input a user can accomplish a number of different tasks including adjusting the order of a current playlist, and reviewing a list of recent phone calls,"
Wifi and Bluetooth capable making it able to communicate with other portable devices.
The rumors around Apple prepping an iWatch are getting hotter
Adobe patches Reader due to vulnerabilities
Adobe has released a new update to patch Critical Security vulnerabilities.
This flaws on the software could make application to crush and let attackers gain control of an infected computer.
Adobe confirmed that this exploit already cause some victims.
The patches are directed toward the following products and versions:
Adobe Reader XI (11.0.01 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Reader X (10.1.5 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Reader 9.5.3 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
Adobe Acrobat XI (11.0.01 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.5 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat 9.5.3 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
The company gave virtually all of the security updates a priority number of 1, which in this case means the vulnerabilites have already been targeted in the wild.
Evasi0n version 1.4
IPhone and iPad owners who jump to iOS version 6.1.2 can still jailbreak their devices courtesy of Evasi0n.
Just a few hours after Apple released its latest iOS update, the evad3rs team was out with evasi0n version 1.4 designed to work with iOS 6.1.2 devices. A team member tweeted the news late yesterday.
Even the prior version of evasi0n seemed unaffected by the iOS 6.1.2 update, at least according to preliminary testing. But evasi0n version 1.4 makes it official.
IDownloadBlog has posted a Page with step-by-step directions on how to jailbreak your iOS 6.1.2 device with evasi0n.
Get Photoshop 1.0
You can get your hands on the original code of Photoshop 1.0 for free.
This world known software that even has its own verb its being introduce to the Computer History Museum.
Photoshop’s roots date back to the late 1980s when it was written by Thomas Knolland and his brother John , it was made up of 179 files and about 128,000 lines of code
it only sold about 200 copies..no much now days but back then it was enough for Adobe to take notice, license the rights from the Knoll brothers, and release Photoshop 1.0
Museum has most of the code for Photoshop 1.0.1 available Here but it's missing the MacApp framework that was licensed from Apple, Unless you’ve got an original Macintosh hanging out in your basement, I dont think you are going to download it
'OK...GLASS..'
These are the words you use to: record a video, send a message, take a picture, strart a video-chat, check the weather among other commands with the new Google Glasses.This is what Google shows on the 'How it feels' video and explain on a personal point of view on 'What it does'
This shows the evolution of Google, from a simple search engine to a giant on inovation.
The Glass eyewear perches a screen just above a person's ordinary field of view; the device itself is equipped with a processor, camera, head-tracking orientation sensors, and other electronics drawn from the smartphone industry.
Google started selling glasses to developpers ($1500) last year and they are due to ship this year, the comercial version should hit the public on 2014, but you can try to get your hands on one before that on 'How to get one'.
Facebook, New York Times and now Apple...
Today the iPhone maker confirmed being targeted as part of hacking efforts on differents companies.
Apple released this statement:
'Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers. The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers. We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple. We are working closely with law enforcement to find the source of the malware.
Since OS X Lion, Macs have shipped without Java installed, and as an added security measure OS X automatically disables Java if it has been unused for 35 days. To protect Mac users that have installed Java, today we are releasing an updated Java malware removal tool that will check Mac systems and remove this malware if found.'
Hackers targeted computer used by this employees but they confirmed that no data left Apple.
Apple blocked Java from its Mac's citing security vulnerabilities last month and the announces the release of an update in the coming days to protect users.
The N.Y Times reported that the cyberattacks came from offices on Shangai.
Twitter account hack pandemic
Big brand's Twitter accounts are suffering a hack pandemic..
Monday Burger King's account got hacked,
today's turn...Jeep..
Hackers broked into the accounts to change logos, background pictures and info,including messages saying that both brands were sold to their competitors..
Hacker collective Anonymous is taking credit for the hacks.
The only statement from Twitter representatives was that
'We dont comment on individuals accounts'
Magic Keyboard
Tactus technology creates a physical keyboard for touch screen devices that appears when need it and it disappears when done.
They use microfluidics -just like inkjet printer- to make the keyboard bubble up from the screen. This fluidics fill up builded in channels on the screen to make the keyboard appear.The fluidics pressure can be adjustable so the key can be squishy like a gel pack or harder.
Right now Tactus Tech is working on polishing the technology, like a little sound that the keyboard makes when it pops up it should be silent on the final version, among other details and they hope to start production by beginning of 2014.
Charge you iPhone with your coffee cup
The Epiphany onE Puck allows you to charge your device either with your hot coffee cup or your cold ice tea.
How does it work..? onE Puck integrates the concept of Stirling Engine, power is genetrated by applying a hot surface on the red side of the puck or a cold one on the blue.
onE Puck will charge any mobile device that requires less than 1000mA -most of the todays phones-.
Check-out kickstarter website for more info
New Update for Evasi0n 1.3
A new version of the world wide famous jailbreak Evasi0n was released yesterday.
Main porpuse of the update..support iPhone 4S running IOS 6.1.1
The update itself doesnt contain any bug fix or changes other than support for iPhone 4S.
By now everytime team Evad3rs promised a update or fix they have delivered.
Java is not the only one
A new update from Flash was released yesterday, the raison : fix 2 zero-day exploits in the most popular web plug-in.
These 2 vulnerabilities affect both Windows and OS X allowing malicious content to be delivered via Firefox and Safari on the Mac side and tricking Windows user to open an e-mail attachement that contains the based exploit.
These issues are considered CRITICAL.
So if you have Flash enable -as everyone does- make sure is up to date by downloading only via Adobe official Web Site the update.
You can also limit the amount of Flash content allowed on you system to insure protection.
Even do Abobe works hard to keep his plug-in as safe as possible with updates it still a runtime that it has vulnerabilities.
New iPhones spotted
Acourding to Chinese sources the new versions of the iPhone -5S and 6- have been spotted on Apple's suppliers.
The source pointed that iPhone 5S looks just like his brother iPhone 5 and the iPhone 6 displays a 5-inch screen also being lighter and thinner.
Mr Cook was asked about screen sizes many time and he said that Apple found the right size on the 4-inch screen.
Its normal for this kind of companies having different sizes prototypes. But
rumours has it that these new iDevices could see the light this year.
IOS 6.1.1 Won't Fix Jailbreak
The new version of IOS won't affect your jailbraek...at least is what 'pod2g' hacker tweet said.
Even do the hacker suggest that the Evasi0n JB is far safe from clutches of IOS 6.1.1
he recommended to stick to version 6.1.
''6.1.1 Beta (10B311) doen not fix the jailbreak. It'll probably happen in the a future revision.
Don't upgrade though, evasi0n won't let you JB.''
Ubuntu SmartPhone
the rumours about Ubuntu OS would be available on SmartPhones at the end of the year are now confirmed with a date 'October'.
Mark Shuttleworth CEO of Ubuntu confirmed the date and also said that developers can get their hands on the OS late this month.
Still no clear which phones will run the new OS but developers will be able to work on the Samsung Nexus.
The fact that Ubuntu will run native apps means developers can create single apps for SmartPhone and PC making easier moving between devices.
Evasi0n Jailbreak version 1.1
The new Evasi0n Jailbreak its already at his version 1.1.This new version attacks reported bugs such as crashing of the weather app or long reboot times.
Evasi0n team said that users that already had jailbroken their devices with the 1st version can grab the fixes from Cydia Store instead of installing the new version from scratch.
Evasi0n was release on Monday by Tuesday morning it was downloaded 1.7 millions times.
Siri for OSX...?
The rumour that Apple is looking into integrating Siri on his OSX is taking bigger space as recently a new job posting from Apple website under the category ' Siri UX Engineer with experience on Mac OS' appear. In fact the post itself never mentioned the platform on which Siri make 1st appearance IOS instead it went all about integrating Siri to other programs.
It seems that the chances of listening the 'What can i help you with.' on your Mac Pro are getting real.
Apple filed up patent for solar powered iPhone
The U.S Patent and Trademark office publish a patent application from Apple for a solar-powered technology for devices.
This 'integrated touch sensor/solar assembly' involve integrating cells into the screen that can pull a doble task..solar cell/touch sensor.
This is one of four other solar powered related patents that the company has applied for.
If done -and it doesnt look like it will happen any time soon-
iDevices owners could benefit of solar power to charge their devices.
Galaxy S4 on sale since early april
According to fan site SamMobile the new generation of the Galaxy suite will be presented on an event -march 15th- and it will hit stores on early april. Samsung on other hand remained mum on this subject "We don't comment on rumours said Samsung representatives" but they didn't denied it either.
The interest on the launching date and details of the next 'S' phone has built up as Samsung consider his new babe a worthy opponent to Apple's iPhone.
Apple warns about Evasi0n
Apple has redacted an online article warning iDevices users about the danger of jailbreaking following the release of Evasi0n and the over 270,000 downloads of the tool on 1hr.
In the statement Apple talked about instability, battery life, network and data connections among other points.
U.S Copyrights office still considering jailbreaking as legal but apple consider the practice on violation of the end-user agreement.
Here is Apple's Article
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743
Here is Apple's Article
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743
Evasion jailbreak all your devices
Yesterday the so anticipated Evasi0n jailbreak was released, freeing all device from apple's little cage.
The jailbreaking process is very simple and it takes a couple of minutes, we hardly suggest you to back up your device before trying it as the worst possible out come you may need to restore you iDevice.
Here is a little tutorial on how to use Evasi0n....
Before we start, make sure you disable the passcode lock on your device by going into
Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
Before we start, make sure you disable the passcode lock on your device by going into
Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
- Download the Evasi0n software and open it on you computer. You should see this:
2. Connect you iDevice(Evasi0n should reconized automatically).
3. Click jailbreak and let the process begin.
4. Partway through Evasi0n wiil notify you to tap a new icon on your device, unlock the screen and find the new application called 'Jailbreak'. Tap it and your jailbreak will continue.
5. Wait for Evasi0n to finish, and your device will reboot, showing the Evasi0n logo and various status messages
6. When the device reboots, Cydia will be installed and you device will be jailbroken!
That's it...As with all untethered jailbreaks, there is no danger on rebooting your device, so there is no final step to boot tethered.
watch the video: