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Microsoft says Windows 10 will be a free upgrade, with a caveat Realizing Windows has long been losing its momentum ever since that Vista train wreck in 2005, the Redmond-based software giant surprised attendees of its press event this morning by announcing that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 7. But how on Earth is Microsoft going to make money from the forthcoming operating system? Well, in a typical Microsoft fashion Windows 10 upgrades will be free for just one year. Kicking off the press event at Microsoft headquarters, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the Operating Systems group, said that “for the first year after Windows 10 is available, we will be making available a free upgrade to Windows 10 to all devices running windows 8.1.” In addition, Microsoft will keep users’ Windows 10 devices consistently updated throughout the “supported lifetime for the device.” The new operating system will be availa

Microsoft unveils 84-inch touch display and augmented reality headset In addition to officially unveiling Windows 10 at its, Microsoft made a number of other interesting announcements at its Redmond, Washington event this morning. Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for the first year, will play a lot nicer with Xbox One, and has a new web browser on the way. But two of the most interesting announcements involved products that most people had no idea Microsoft was working on: the Surface Hub and the HoloLens. The former is an 84-inch 4K touchscreen display, and the latter is a futuristic visor that overlays holographic imagery onto your view. Surface Hub The Hub is a large 4K touchscreen display, that will be available in both 55-inch and 84-inch flavors, and is aimed strictly at the enterprise market. It runs a customized version of Windows 10, and is outfitted with a slew of cameras, microphones and “advanced sensors,” which will allow users to interact with the de

Twitter launches ‘While you were away’ to the Home timeline Twitter is no stranger to launching new features within is iOS app first, before bringing it to other apps, and that’s no different with a new feature it’s unveiling today. On Wednesday, January 21, Twitter unveiled via a public blog post a new addition to the Home timeline, called “While you were away.” As one can imagine from the title of the new feature, Twitter will now find some of the more popular or newsworthy tweets that normally would have been found in your timeline had you been sifting through it, and bring them to your attention when you return to the app at a later point. Depending on how often you’re on Twitter going through your timeline, the new feature will either show up quite a bit, or not nearly as often: “ A lot can happen while you’re on the go. To fill in some of those gaps, we will surface a few of the best Tweets you probably wouldn’t have seen otherwise, determined by engag

The best way to setup Gmail on your iPhone or iPad If you use Gmail or Google Apps for email, then there are few ways to access your email account on your iPhone or iPad. Even if you’ve already setup your Gmail account on your iPhone or iPad, I strongly recommend to read this article, as you may be doing it wrong. So what is the best way to use Gmail or Google Apps on your iPhone or iPad. Before I answer that question, let me first go through the various options. Read the entire post before you start configuring Gmail on your device. How to setup Gmail using the Google option in the Mail app (FETCH) Launch the Settings app Scroll down and tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendar Tap Add Account Then tap Google from the list of options. Enter the Name, Email, password and a description for your Gmail or Google Apps email address, and tap Next to continue. Note: If you’ve enabled two-step verification for your Gmail account then you need to use an application-

WhatsApp is now available in your web browser as long as you have Google Chrome In November 2014, WhatsApp quietly unveiled an update to its mobile app that brought read receipts to the popular messaging service. Now, in a not so quiet fashion, the company has unveiled a long-requested feature. And it has nothing to do with the mobile app. As announced by WhatsApp on Wednesday, the popular messaging service is now available as a web client, but only if you’re using Google Chrome. The web client, as WhatsApp puts it, is “an extension of your phone,” with the web-based version of the service mirroring conversations and individual messages that are present on the mobile app. To access the web client, it’s all about going to a specific web address using Google Chrome, capture the QR Code presented there within the WhatsApp on your mobile device, and that will successfully link the web-based version to your mobile variant. Interestingly enough, WhatsApp also notes that

30 new tweaks to check out this weekend After an incredibly prolific amount of releases last week, things seem to have calmed down again in Cydia, with 30 new tweaks released during the last 7 days. If you haven’t had time to launch Cydia lately, make sure to take a couple minutes to peruse this list of tweaks, and catch up on what’s new and interesting. BannerBuddy : allows notification banners to be lowered with Reachability (free) Better HUD : move the volume HUD around (free) BimmerNotifierPro : shows all notifications on BMW iDrive (free) CacheClearer : clear app caches from the Usage section of the stock Settings app  CircleIcons : makes all icons in the Settings app round  CleanLock : hide notifications on the Lock screen ($0.99) Cobalia : places FlipSwitch toggles in the App Switcher  Date In StatusBar : shows the date in the Status Bar (free) Deepcove : replaces battery percentage with Roman numerals (free) Disable Camera Grabber : hides the Camera grabber

How to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using Mac OS X It is now possible to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using a Mac, and this has been confirmed by iDownloadBlog. Up until this point, no Mac option existed for jailbreaking iOS 8.1.2, but that is no longer the case. A new tool entitled PP jailbreak for Mac has surfaced, allowing Mac users to enjoy what Windows users have been enjoying for some time now. Inside, we have a tutorial that shows how to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using OS X with the PP jailbreak for Mac. Disclaimer: We’ve reached out to the normal people who comment about the safety of new jailbreak tools, but have yet to hear anything official from them. With this in mind, proceed with this jailbreak at your own risk. Step 1:  Restore your iPhone to iOS 8.1.2, and disable Find My iPhone, Passcode lock, and place your device into AirPlane mode. Step 2:  Ensure that your iPhone is connected directly to your Mac via USB cable Step 3:   Download the PP jailbreak for Mac tool and save it to

Google Calendar iOS app leaks out ahead of an official launch Last year, during Google’s revamping of Android and many individual apps, the new Google Calendar was revealed with a ton of new features and a promise that, one day, it would launch for iOS. The impending launch of a new Google stand-alone app isn’t that much of a surprise by itself, considering Google has a track record that extends quite far for launching these types of apps for Apple’s mobile operating system. That continues with the incoming Google Calendar, which, at least on Android, has plenty of worthwhile features like Schedule View and Assists. Based on the leaked image, which was posted by The Next Web , it would appear that at least some of those features will make it into the new iOS app, which marks the first time a stand-alone Calendar app has launched from Google on iOS. The new calendar app will pull photos and other information from Maps to populate entries with acquired information

MagicColor lets you customize the Lock screen and Home screen on your iPhone [Jailbreak Tweak] There are tons of tweaks on Cydia that give you more control over how the Lock screen or the Home screen looks on your iPhone. MagicColor falls in that category. It allows users to bring a new look to both the screens. The tweak provides tons of customization options that it claims will set your device apart from others in terms of look. It allows you to colorize both the Lock screen and the Home screen as well as hide various UI elements. Apart from this, you can also colorize some items of the Status Bar such as the signal, battery or text color as well as configure and hide them. Once you install the tweak, you can take advantage of it by configuring the tweak from its preference pane. It is divided into two sections; one dedicated to the Status Bar and the other for both the Lock screen as well as the Home screen. In the Status Bar section, you can colorize the

AlternateControls brings Android-inspired software buttons to iOS Although it might seem a little like blasphemy, a new jailbreak tweak is taking the risk and bringing Android trademarked software controls to iOS. That means that the famed back, home, and menu buttons are now available on your iPhone. Living up to its name, AlternateControls provides a new way to control your iOS device without using the Home button. But there’s a bit more to the story than what appears on the surface. Watch our full walkthrough video to see what I mean. Once AlternateControls is installed, you’ll find a preference panel for the tweak that contains several switches. Besides the standard kill-switch toggle, you can switch up the appearance of AlternateControls via three options: Show Touches, Use Modern Icons, and Invert Colors. Though most of these options are self explanatory, the Use Modern Icons option stands out to me, because it allows you to toggle between the classic Android-i

Photego: secure the stock Photos app with Touch ID There are tweaks that exist on Cydia that allow you to secure an entire app, but to my knowledge, no tweak yet exists that allows you to secure specific aspects of the stock Photos app with Touch ID. That’s where Photego comes in, a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to prevent users from deleting photos, accessing albums, and more via Touch ID. To set up Photego, venture over to the tweak’s preference panel in the stock Settings app. Unfortunately, Photego doesn’t feature an icon next to its preference panel, which makes it feel a bit unpolished. Hopefully, the developer will take the step to add an icon in a future update. The settings for Photego consist of lots of switches. There’s a kill-switch for starters, a switch to protect the tweak’s preferences via Touch ID, and all sorts of security switches for protecting the Photos app. Users can use Photego to prevent photo deletion, recovery, album perusal, sharing,

TaiG Jailbreak stuck at 30%? Here’s what you should do A number of readers have complained that the TaiG jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1 and iOS 8.1.2 gets stuck at 30%. Actually there isn’t anything you should do but be patient. According to  saurik  who also faced the problem while running it in Windows in a virtual machine on a Mac, TaiG “seems to be using a race condition as its core trick to install software on the device,” so the emulator running slower can result in the issue. So if you’re running TaiG in a virtual machine then it could take time depending on how many resources you’ve allocated to it. saurik and several users have confirmed that the process restarts after waiting for 20-30 minutes so you just have to be patient. Some users have found that restarting their iOS device or even the computer seems to help resolve the problem. If TaiG is stuck and does not respond even after 30 minutes or say an hour then you want to try using it on another computer. Some o

Download the best apps and games for free for a limited time (Jan 10) We have some great apps for you today that have gone free for a short duration on the App Store, including Legend of Tell, Mujo, WriteRight and more. Free Games: Legend of Tell : Play as Switzerland’s hero William Tell, and guide him through 21 different levels.  $1.99 → Free MUJO : Stack three or more connected sword tiles by holding them down. The more tiles you stack, the more offensive power you obtain.  $1.99 → Free Line Runner 2 : Run through various tracks from easy to bone breaking, use different kind of boosts like a Shield, Head start, etc. and beat your friends scores within the integrated leader board.  $1.99 → Free Stickman Ski Racer : Perform insane jumps and stunts while skiing down the hills trying to avoid deadly avalanches, rusty weak bridges or profound abysses  $.99 → Free GREG : The main purpose of the game is to combine the numbers in the grid to match the given one. The more y

How to upload any file with Safari on your iPhone [Jailbreak Only] One of my favorite tweaks on iOS 7 was Safari Upload Enabler, which as the name suggests, provided the ability to upload any type of file on a webpage, but the tweak hasn’t been updated for iOS 8 yet. Fortunately, Safari Uploader 8 was recently released on Cydia for iOS 8 that is as good as the latter tweak. Normally, you’re only allowed to upload photos and videos using mobile Safari. Safari Uploader aims to get rid of this limitation by allowing you to upload any type of file that you wish, whether it’s a document, zip file or a photo. After installing the tweak, when you want to upload a file to a webpage, a new option labeled “Choose File” will appear. Tapping on it will open the file system browser, just like iFile, where you can search for the file you’re looking for. When you choose a file to upload, an action menu pops up where you can confirm the selection, take a look at the file before upload

Apple may release iOS 8.1.3 software update next week BGR  very briefly reports that Apple is planning to release the iOS 8 software update sometime next week. However, they are not sure if the software update will be a beta release or a public release. MacRumors  however speculates that based on the jump in traffic they are seeing from devices running iOS 8.1.3, it indicates that Apple may release iOS 8.1.3. We’re also seeing a jump in traffic from devices running iOS 8.1.3. These stats have proven to be reliable in the past, and while they can be faked easily, increasing iOS 8.1.3 traffic from Apple certainly lends authenticity to these numbers. We first started seeing hits from devices running iOS 8.1.3 in early December.  MacRumors  reports that according to their source, the recent jump in traffic is because Apple has seeded iOS 8.1.3 build 12B460 to select retail employees for testing, which is also the reason they’re are seeing hits on their servers from outsi

How to record your iPhone or iPad’s screen using your Mac While the iOS has a screenshot feature built in since its early days, an official way to record your iPhone or iPad’s screen didn’t exist until iOS 8. Sure, you could use AirPlay mirroring in combination with a tool like Reflector or AirServer, but Apple’s own solution is way better. To screen record your iPhone or iPad, you’ll need to be on iOS 8 or up, and you’ll need a Mac running OS X 10.10 Yosemite or up. Here are the step by step instructions: Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac with the Lightning cable. Open QuickTime on your Mac by searching for it in Spotlight (⌘ + Space), or opening it from the Applications folder. In QuickTime, go to File > New Movie Recording Now click on the down arrow next to the red record button to bring up all the camera sources. Here, you’ll see your iPhone or iPad listed. Click on that. You’ll now see your iPhone’s screen in the QuickTime window. Click on the r

Photo Organizer 8 adds power-user features to the stock Photos app Let’s face it; the stock Photos app in iOS 8 is severely lacking when it comes to power user features. Just to name one example, there’s no way to select a range of photos. Instead, you have to tap on each photo that you wish to select one by one. That’s really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the lack of power-user features in the stock Photos app. Fortunately for jailbreakers,  Photo Organizer 8  solves many of the stock app’s shortcomings. After installing Photo Organizer 8, you won’t find any SpringBoard icons or preference panels in the stock Settings app. The tweak is wholly contained within the Photos app, which makes it simple, intuitive, and native feeling. Photo Organizer 8 brings a whole host of new features to the table for the stock Photos app, and I’m going to run down the list and let you know some of my favorite features. First and foremost, the ability to sort photos by name,

‘ColorFill’ makes the Reachability background color match the current app Tired of the dark Reachability background color? Looking for something that matches the look and feel of the app you’re currently using? You may want to open Cydia and download a new jailbreak tweak called  ColorFill . It purposes to color the empty Reachability view space with colors based on the dominant hue of the current screen. Using ColorFill means that if you’re using an app that’s dominated by the color blue, your Reachability view will contain a blue hue. The color of the Reachability view will largely be influenced by the color of the current app. Once you install ColorFill, you’ll find a single switch in the root of the stock Settings app for activating the tweak. You can toggle ColorFill on or off without needing a respring. Since I find that many apps stick with drab neutral gray colors, your likely to find that most apps result in a boring Reachability view. But every so often, you’ll

Interactive Apple Watch demo gives a nice glimpse of the future Leading up to the launch of the Apple Watch, which is rumored to start shipping by the end of March, anticipation and excitement for Apple’s wearable will continue to rise. The biggest question on many potential buyers’ minds will be how the Watch will actually work once it’s strapped to their wrist. While Apple showcased the Watch’s features way back in September when it was initially unveiled, the end result will be much different in the real world application. Which is why a nice interactive demonstration is a nice way to get a glimpse of the future. Developers that created Pipes, a news app for iOS, have gone out of their way to build an interactive demonstration of the Apple Watch and a few of the apps that owners will be able to access on the wearable. That includes apps like the bulit-in Weather app, see what a phone call will look like, and even what a popular game might look like on the device. The Musi

Apple informing developers in Canada, EU and other countries of incoming app price changes While change can sometimes mean good things, it’s often met with some form or another of speculation. Apple has just informed developers in some countries of an impending change to some app prices. According to a report published by  9to5Mac  based on an email shown to the publication, Apple is informing developers of an incoming price change to applications within the App Store. These changes will go into effect in countries including Canada, those within the European Union, Iceland, Russia, and Norway. The prices will show up shortly, starting at the end of this week. As for the reason behind the changes, Apple says that the alteration is due to reflect changes that are hitting currency rates and exchange rates. The prices will go up in all of the aforementioned countries, except Iceland. In that select region, prices are actually going to go down. As for Russia, it’s still up in the

iPod shuffle supplies shortened for ‘unspecified period of time’ according to report While the holiday shopping season may have wrapped up a bit of time ago, for anyone looking to get their hands on a new iPod shuffle around this time may be running into some issues. According to a report published by  9to5Mac , and citing several different sources, supplies for the iPod shuffle are apparently a bit constrained for unspecified reasons. The report states that supplies for the low-cost iPod shuffle are starting to shrink at physical retail stores across the country. Indeed, Apple seems to be informing retail employees that the iPod shuffle will be facing a shortened supply list for “an unspecified period of time,” and that employees should be directing potential buyers to Apple’s online store. Unfortunately, as noted in the report, buying an iPod shuffle online is going to be just as difficult, apparently. Or, more specifically, getting the device after the purchase is made. W