Monday, 15 April 2013

Guide to Buy a Mobile Phone.




     Looking for a Mobile Phone? If yes, you have reached a right place. Even if you ain't, these think that I'm about to tell you might help you in future.       Phone shopping is more complicated than it ever was, because today’s devices are multifaceted communication tools that do far more than simply make and receive calls. So how do you know which one to buy? Which is better suited to your needs?
     Well here is step to step guide to buy a mobile phone.

1. Plan your Budget.

2. Decide what features do you really need.

3. Choose a type of mobile phone. (between)

  • Entry-level phones

           

  • Feature phones


         
  • Smartphones
    
4. Focus on your top features while choosing a phone.

5. Check reviews (form Youtube or any other site) of mobile phone that you have choose.

6. Try before you buy.

7. Finally go and get your Mobile phone.
   
What other important thing do you think one should look out for when buying a mobile phone?

Monday, 8 April 2013

The cellphone turns 40


On April 3, 1973, the first cellphone call was made, launching an era of innovation and new levels of consumerism.

Thursday, 28 March 2013

Egypt Captures Divers Trying to Sever Undersea Internet Cables


Internet access in Egypt has been spotty in recent days, and officials may have just discovered why. As Reuters first reported, Egyptian Coast Guard officials caught three divers who were in the midst of cutting undersea Internet cables.
The cables belonged to Telecom Egypt, Reuters said. It does not appear that the company has addressed the incident; at this point, it has only posted on its Facebook page a link to a news story about the capture of the divers.
The report comes several days after cable operator Seacom experienced an outage in Southern and Eastern Africa.
Seacom said in a Wednesday statement that its SW4 cable system "suffered a cable cut off the coast of Egypt," prompting the service disruption, but "all services on both SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems" have since been restored.
In an updated statement this morning, Seacom said it had received multiple queries about the divers captured by Egyptian authorities. At this point, however, "the investigation is in its early stages and nothing is as yet confirmed in regard to the cause of the damage to SMW-4."
Still, Seacom said that sabotage is an unlikely reason for its recent outage, due to "the specific location [of the affected cable], distance from shore, much greater depth, the presence of a large anchored vessel on the fault site which appears to be the cause of the damage, and other characteristics of the event."
"The final cause of the cable cut will be determined once the cable is repaired in the coming weeks and the damaged section is recovered from the seabed and inspected," Seacom concluded.
More than two years ago, Internet access in Egypt was cut off a midst the Arab Spring uprising. Other governments in the region have used the same tactic in order to stop citizens from organizing via social networks like Facebook or Twitter or communicating with the outside world.

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

With Windows Blue comes fear of desktop's decease

Windows Blue portends the end of the desktop. That's what doomsayers are claiming today. Are they right?

Windows Blue rumored shutdown screen.
Windows Blue rumored shutdown screen.
Windows Blue has triggered a spate of doomsaying about the end of the Windows desktop.
Today there has been no shortage of articles claiming that Blue portends the end of Windows 8desktop mode. You know, the mode that most Windows 8 users spend their time in.
Rumored changes for Metro -- the Windows 8 touch-centric tablet mode -- include a different way to handle multitasking in side-by-side snap view. Possibly providing less reason to drop to the desktop for multitasking.
But what seems to have most observers worried is the changes to Control Panel.
Here's what Information Week said.
Build 9364's (Windows Blue) tablet-centricism is so pervasive...the ability to modify Control Panel settings -- which previously required that users shift to the desktop side of the OS -- from within the Modern UI. Indeed, with a Modern-flavored File Manager rumored to be in the cards, Microsoft seems keen to translate many legacy activities to its new touch-centered world. The changes can certainly be justified in the name of convenience but they will also wean users off the more familiar Explorer environment by encouraging them to conduct more of their business in the tablet UI.
And Extreme Tech, commenting on the tweaks to the Metro Control Panel said: "If you had any lingering doubts about whether Microsoft was trying to kill off the Desktop, here's confirmation."
Another plausible scenario is that Blue is just a set of necessary tweaks to make Windows 8 easier to use.
And what does Microsoft have to say about all of this? Very little at this point. "Product leaders across Microsoft are working together on plans to advance our devices and services,a set of plans referred to internally as "Blue," Microsoft said today in its official blog.
That is the first time that Microsoft has officially mentioned Blue. But you can expect a lot more about Blue at the upcoming Build Conference in June -- also announced today.
Maybe we'll know more by then whether Microsoft is getting ready to consign the beloved, time-tested Windows desktop to oblivion -- or not.
The Windows 8 desktop we know and love.
The Windows 8 desktop we know and love.
(Credit: Microsoft)

iOS 6.1.3 battery drain and Wi-Fi issues



The latest iOS update seems to be creating trouble for a number of users chiming in on Apple's support forums.
Another iOS update, another round of complaints.
Released last week, Apple's iOS 6.1.3 was designed to fix a security hole that let someone access the iPhone by sneaking past the lock screen. But the update also seems to haveplagued some users with other problems, according to blog site Gotta Be Mobile.
The persistent battery drain rears its ugly head again with iOS 6.1.3. Several people posting on Apple's Support Communities forum say the battery drains faster after installing the new update. Some have tried the usual fixes, such as turning off notifications and restoring the device to factory settings, but say their battery charge still doesn't last long.
Battery drain seems to be a constant complaint with every new iOS update. Just how pervasive a problem is it?
A significant number of people ran into battery drain woes with iOS 5.0, forcing Apple to release several subsequent updates to try to resolve the problem. Even after those updates, several users said they continued to experience battery drain with each new update.
Another iOS 6.1.3 glitch affecting some users is Wi-Fi connectivity. Several Apple forum commenters say their Wi-Fi connections are grayed out or inoperative. This particular issue has been around since iOS 6.0. Some say the problem was fixed with iOS 6.1.2 but came back with 6.1.3, while some say it was resolved with 6.1.3.
Apple has acknowledged the problem in the past and offers a support page with suggestions on resolving it.
Still one more issue affecting a few people is a battery drain that occurs when connecting to Microsoft Exchange -- another problem that's been around awhile. This one was supposedly fixed with iOS 6.1.2 but still seems to trouble a certain number of people.

PTCL Blocking the Torrents

PTCL is said to be blocking torrent trackers or throttling the torrent speeds in Pakistan for last few days, which has resulted into a blackout of torrent downloads/uploads in the country for customers who are using PTCL DSL and wireless broadband services.