iOS 7′s 10 coolest hidden features

Apple rolled out iOS 7 yesterday, and with it, a number of changes to its mobile operating system. Most notably, iOS 7 looks vastly different from iOS 6, adopting flat colors and skinny text as its visual backbone. The operating system still works like it always has, but this time around there are a number of new, useful hidden features. Text timestamps Perhaps the most mind-blowing feature in iOS 7 is that text messages now have individual timestamps. Simply load a text...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Facebook teams with Red Cross to help Philippines :Donate now to emergency aid in the Philippines By Facebook

Facebook users are seeing a new item on the top of their news feeds - a button that allows them to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross to help people affected by Typhoon Haiyan. "This is the first time the Red Cross has had a large-scale donation effort through social media," said Kelly Hudson, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids. Users can donate with a credit card or through Paypal. Those who want to give more than $10 can go to the Red...

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How to upgrade the PS4 hard drive to an SSD

If you have any familiarity with today’s computer systems then you were at least somewhat disappointed that neither the Xbox One nor the PlayStation 4 shipped with an SSD. Each system opted for a mechanical hard drive, which brings sufficient storage and affordability to the consoles, even if that meant forsaking the speed and inevitability of the SSD. The good news is that PS4 owners will be able to quickly — and easily — swap out their 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive and replace it either...

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What's happening to iGoogle?

iGoogle will be retired on November 1, 2013. The mobile version was retired on July 31, 2012. How did you come to this decision?We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for something like iGoogle has eroded over time, so we’ll be winding down iGoogle on November 1, 2013. Can...

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iGoogle Is Shutting Down on November 1, Last Few Users Are Being Warned

Google announced that the customizable homepage iGoogle would be shut down a long time ago. The shutdown has been more than a year in the making, but there are now less than three weeks until the inevitable demise. Anyone still using iGoogle is now greeted with a very hard to ignore message warning them that the service is going down on November 1. The warning message directs users to Google's help page about the shutdown. The page explains why the feature is going away,...

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Build your own VoIP System

This blog post is the first part of a series of posts, which describe how VoIP works and how the Sipwise sip:provider Platform enables you to start various VoIP business models. Part 1, which is provided in this post, gives you an introduction in how VoIP works. Part 2 shows how you can set up a secure and self-hosted Skype-like VoIP system for free using the sip:provider Platform within 30 minutes. Part 3 is dedicated to the sip:provider Platform acting as an SBC in front of existing...

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Android 4.4 KitKat release date, news and rumors

Having long expected version 5.0 of Android to be given the code name Key Lime Pie, Google instead handed the 'K' release name to Android 4.4 and in a weird cross-promotional deal it called it Android KitKat. As part of the deal Nestle is running a contest to win aNexus 7 or Google Play credit through specially branded Kit Kat bars. So, apart from the fact that the chocolate bar has a space between Kit and Kat and Android 4.4 doesn't. what do we know about KitKat so...

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