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Friday, June 21, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Why you should ditch other messaging apps and use iMessage
Messaging apps like whats app , Viber , Message me and audio and video calling apps like skype ,IM dont care much about your privacy. When you start a conversation with these apps,your data are stored on one of their servers and chances are you can being watched by Big Brothers. They can pretty much see all your text ,video and audio conversations you had .They might be secured by Secure shell protocols ,Which may prevent hijacking from hackers but thats least of a problem.
So , Its a pretty big problem we have got. How do we fix it?
I dont have any plans to tell you how to fix it but you can avoid being watched by using some best alternative methods available. I personally recommend to use apple's iMessage and facetime, well if you have one of the apple devices and iCloud ID. Because they are protected by end to end encryption they cannot be read even by the apple and the data are not stored on apple servers.The message you send directly reaches the end device. So there is no chance of MITM attacks , Data snooping , Government data request etc,etc.And many of us know that this very problem has angered even NSA for long time. So my personal recommendation : Use imessage and facetime. Although iMessage on iOs6 is little buggy and little cocky , i hope it will be fixed after the final release of iOs7.
So , Its a pretty big problem we have got. How do we fix it?
I dont have any plans to tell you how to fix it but you can avoid being watched by using some best alternative methods available. I personally recommend to use apple's iMessage and facetime, well if you have one of the apple devices and iCloud ID. Because they are protected by end to end encryption they cannot be read even by the apple and the data are not stored on apple servers.The message you send directly reaches the end device. So there is no chance of MITM attacks , Data snooping , Government data request etc,etc.And many of us know that this very problem has angered even NSA for long time. So my personal recommendation : Use imessage and facetime. Although iMessage on iOs6 is little buggy and little cocky , i hope it will be fixed after the final release of iOs7.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
How to show hidden files on Mac using Terminal
Open up terminal and then copy pase or simply type in
To show all hidden files
>> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True
>> killall Finder
To un show hidden files
>>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False
>>Killall Finder
Note: The command and arguments are case sensitive so type in the same way i did without missing the capitalisation.(">>" Dont include this while typing command, i typed this for showing purposes only)
To show all hidden files
>> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True
>> killall Finder
To un show hidden files
>>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False
>>Killall Finder
Note: The command and arguments are case sensitive so type in the same way i did without missing the capitalisation.(">>" Dont include this while typing command, i typed this for showing purposes only)
Must have iphone apps 2013
Below are the apps i often use and i recommend you to use for better iphone experience.
Flip board
It lets you view news on technology ,science , space, health within an app from many news website like Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Enadget , Tech crunch , NY Times etc. Also it lets you access your twitter and facebook feed within an single application.
Facebook
Social networking that i dont have to describe this to you.
Camera+
It is the most downloaded alternative camera application , It lets you shoot in brust mode , offers better stabilization , lets focus and control exposures.Also you can edit photos on this application with some awesome filters and save them on the cloud.
Bump
IT lets you share contacts , photos music between iphone users via bluetooth.
Catch
It is the best alternative note taking app for ios , it let you use 6 space for free and every additional extra space cost 0.99$ which is pretty expensive for taking notes i think.
Omvana
Its the best Meditating app available on the app store , You can get some calming and soothing music for free and some you have to pay for it ,It has a growing number of users and community. It's worth downloading .
Uc browser
It's the best alternative available for safari , It lets you download files , store you files on cloud and access on all of your devices , It has a intuitive interface. You should download right now to find out how awesome this stuff is.
QuikIo
It is the media streaming app for iphone and ipad , You can stream literally all video formats from your mac or PC to your iOS devices.It's the best available on the app store.
Pocket
It is an app that lets you save articles for offline reading from the web , You can save any page on the internet for offline reading , This app is available on multiple platforms . Once you save an webpage in one of your devices , it makes available in all of your devices. Download pocket for chrome here.
Flickr
It is a photo sharing platfrom , It lets you store photos upto 1 Tb for free in full resolution , Free and Paid services are available.
Viber
It lets you send text messages and make a voice call from smartphones using internet . Call quality is awesome and messages are sent pretty quick.
Msecure
It is an password storing app, Pretty damn secure having a good user interface. It lets you store password using a master password , You can save your personal logins and passwords of any type.
Its the best and may the most awesome password manager on the app store.
Fruit ninja
It an awesome game where you can slice up fruits like a pro ninja to gain points.
123D catch
Its an application which turns photo into a 3D object using your device camera , Where you should take 360 shots of an object to turn it into a 3D object .
Flip board
It lets you view news on technology ,science , space, health within an app from many news website like Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Enadget , Tech crunch , NY Times etc. Also it lets you access your twitter and facebook feed within an single application.
Social networking that i dont have to describe this to you.
Camera+
It is the most downloaded alternative camera application , It lets you shoot in brust mode , offers better stabilization , lets focus and control exposures.Also you can edit photos on this application with some awesome filters and save them on the cloud.
Bump
IT lets you share contacts , photos music between iphone users via bluetooth.
Catch
It is the best alternative note taking app for ios , it let you use 6 space for free and every additional extra space cost 0.99$ which is pretty expensive for taking notes i think.
Omvana
Its the best Meditating app available on the app store , You can get some calming and soothing music for free and some you have to pay for it ,It has a growing number of users and community. It's worth downloading .
Uc browser
It's the best alternative available for safari , It lets you download files , store you files on cloud and access on all of your devices , It has a intuitive interface. You should download right now to find out how awesome this stuff is.
QuikIo
It is the media streaming app for iphone and ipad , You can stream literally all video formats from your mac or PC to your iOS devices.It's the best available on the app store.
It is an app that lets you save articles for offline reading from the web , You can save any page on the internet for offline reading , This app is available on multiple platforms . Once you save an webpage in one of your devices , it makes available in all of your devices. Download pocket for chrome here.
Flickr
It is a photo sharing platfrom , It lets you store photos upto 1 Tb for free in full resolution , Free and Paid services are available.
Viber
It lets you send text messages and make a voice call from smartphones using internet . Call quality is awesome and messages are sent pretty quick.
Msecure
It is an password storing app, Pretty damn secure having a good user interface. It lets you store password using a master password , You can save your personal logins and passwords of any type.
Its the best and may the most awesome password manager on the app store.
Fruit ninja
It an awesome game where you can slice up fruits like a pro ninja to gain points.
123D catch
Its an application which turns photo into a 3D object using your device camera , Where you should take 360 shots of an object to turn it into a 3D object .
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