Google's devices & activity monitoring dashboard

Google increased it's dashboard lost by one, a new Device & Activity monitoring dashboard has been introduced by Google today. The basic concept is, we may be using google's services on multiple devices right from smartphones to desktops, this monitoring dashboard will list all these devices so that user can check and verify that whether his account is secure or not.

Devices and Activity dashboard can be viewed from your Google account's security settings. This monitoring dashboard will show the activity of your account on all devices which is being accessed from last 28 days.

Apple updated its app store apps label from FREE to GET

Apple has updated it’s app store free apps label to Get in both MAC and iOS. Many users are feeling awkward with the app saying it’s free but offering in-app purchases, now with this label change solves this issue.

Standalone Groups app from Facebook

It seems Facebook is following divide and rule policy, the release of it's new Groups app is conveying the message. Already Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released one video message regarding its strategy behind isolating messenger app from the main Facebook app. Now it's turn for Groups app, users can access and enjoy ease access with it's standalone groups app.

According to the stats more than 700 million users use Facebook groups feature to stay in touch with family, collaborate on projects, plan trips and offer support to friends. With the newly introduced Facebook Groups app that helps people share faster and more easily with all the groups in their life.

According to the statement given by Facebook they built this app with the people who use Groups the most in mind, like:

Use SIRI as calculator++

Are you got bored of retyping the entire calculation in the regular calculator of IOS when you have done any typo? There is a nice alternative for this situation. Use SIRI to solve these mathematical calculations, this will give more precise answer and if you can recheck whether there is any typo in the calculation, if you have done any typo then you can use the tap to edit option to correct the typo.

Disable Google Maps Location history

Most of the readers are aware of the fact that many of the Google services will be storing all of the user activity in their servers. Out of the many Google maps is one of the service which is not only storing the location search history but also the actual Location history.

Apple may be releasing Reversible USB with iPhone 6

Recently a rumoured feature from Apple relating to iPhone 6 is being rolled out on the internet. A patent by Apple is suggesting an reversible USB which can be plugged into the USB connectors from the both sides like the Apple’s lightning connector. And this is compatible with the existing USB ports as well.

Understand how you share your information on your LinkedIn Profile

Most of the people want to showcase their profile neat. Some of their updates may break that point, we have to take care of our privacy settings so that others will not see our updates while preparing your profile. The most annoying part of this is there is no remove option for the activity in LinkedIn profile. So, we have to remember this while editing.

Few tips for all of you who need this data privacy.

Erase search history from Facebook

Most of the users on Facebook used to chat and search for something. They know that their chat history is being saved and they know how to remove the old chat history as well. Do you know that search history is also being logged ?

Yes, not only chat history Facebook will log all the search history, like, comment, .. they log everything whatever you do on Facebook. One good thing is it is by default visible to you. If you need to show any thing to specific people it is configurable.

Facebook succeeded with Paper

Welcome to the smart world where every possible thing is being done from your mobiles and tablets. Think if any site which is used by you daily is looking same from years and no differentiation between mobile client and desktop client and seems boring ? !!! .

Microsoft Windows may allow android apps to run in their platform

Windows phones are not getting sale because of the app deficit in windows store even though they are providing best cameras. On the other side Android became more popular because of its open source strategy and the majority of manufacturers opting the software platform. Of-course more rumors are  going on in this tech world saying Nokia is going to release its first Android powered mobile and is going to demonstrate in the next World mobile congress. These rumors are not correct for a company like Microsoft, they  can't step into two platforms at a same time (that too opting a rivalry platform is not good for such a reputed organization).

Multi factor authentication now secures office 365 users

Microsoft announced a recent update which secures all the office 365 user accounts with a secure login with multi factor authentication.

Multi factor authentication is similar to that of the 2-step verification of Google and 2 factor authentication of Facebook. Microsoft’s rivals already provided this type of security to all its users and now Microsoft is into it and provided a free update to all office 2013 users.

Apple slashed the price of Iphone 5c by 5000/-

Apple moving one step ahead by delivering a cheaper iphone by reducing the price of iphone 5c by Rs. 5000 targeting the Indian market. The iPhone 5c initially launched at a market price of 43,500 and is now costing around 38,500.

Customize on screen game controls using GestureWorks Gameplay

Are you tired of using the same routine gestures and touch controls while playing games in your touch-pc, tablet or mobile. Have you ever thought of creating your own controls on the screen and assign your own functionality for that controls and play games as your wish.

Reason behind 64 bit processor in iphone 5s

Moving from 32 bit processor to 64 bit processor in the mobile industry is the remarkable achievement. Apple is the first smartphone vendor who moved from 32 bit to 64 bit.

The reasons behind this remarkable and massive upgrade are:

Calls are back in Gmail hangouts

Good news for those who are using Hangouts in Gmail, Google+, and the Chrome extension.
Recently Google conducted a feedback program on the new feature in Gmail i.e., Hangout replacing GTalk. In most of the feedback's, users stretched and mentioned about a missing feature ( which is degraded ) i.e., calling from google talk. 

Now Gmail group announced that the feature is back and it's better than before. And the most important thing is calls to the US and Canada are now free from all the countries where Hangouts calling is available. This is very good feature not only in US and Canada but also across the whole world as directly you can call to friends, family who are staying in the two places without spending a penny. International calling rates remain super, super low.

Curved OLED TV gets released in South Korea

Samsung officially launched it's curved OLED TV in  south korea. Even though both samsung and lg displayed their product at CES, samsung is the first to launch it.

The Curved OLED TV has a 1920 x 1080 resolution display panel with a built-in face- and motion-detecting camera in the top bezel, and comes with a host of Smart TV features such as Samsung Smart View and Smart Hub. Samsung says that by keeping the distance between viewer and TV the same from almost any angle or vantage point, users benefit from a true-to-life, flawless watching experience.

Iphone 5s/6 rumours

The most awaited mobile in the world now is iphone 6. Even we have no confirmation about the name. According to the iphone naming strategy which apple is following now some guys are thinking it as ‘Iphone 5s’ some are saying apple is trying to skip ‘Iphone 5s’ as it didn’t announce it in WWDC which was finished recently.

Mail filters in gmail

Most of the mail accounts are now with google ( gmail ), even the corporate users are migrating to gmail, as all the google services are easily pluggable and useful via gmail.Now we will find how to use custom filters ( searching mechanism simply 'Advanced Search' ) for searching the mails.

Firefox OS usage tips and tricks

In the previous post ( Overview of Firefox OS ) we mentioned about a brief overview on firefox os. Now we are going to have some tips and tricks which are very useful for using a smartphone with firefox os more handy than others.

Overview on Firefox OS

Most of the 'Tech' lovers are waiting for firefox mobile operating system and ubuntu mobile operating system. Now, its the turn of firefox os. Let's have a brief overview about this smartphone operating system.

Firefox OS (also referred to by its codename "Boot to Gecko" or "B2G") is Mozilla's open source mobile operating system based on Linux and Mozilla's Gecko technology. Firefox OS is a mobile operating system that's free from proprietary technology while still a powerful platform that provides application developers an opportunity to create excellent products. In addition, it's flexible and capable enough to make the end user happy.