Archive for September 2013

iPhone5C

Apple launches iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S and the iOS7

In the end it worked out on predictable lines. Apple Inc on Tuesday unveiled the next-generation of iPhones at its Cupertino, California, USA headquarters. First, it was the iOS 7 that was announced followed by the iPhone 5C, positioned as a low-cost model, & then the iPhone 5S.

Calling it the most “forward-looking” iPhone it’s ever launched, Apple’s top honchos said the iPhone 5S was fitted with a new, faster processor called the Apple A7, that would now help run 64-bit apps. Apple has re-engineered all the built-in apps — such as the Email, Calendar and iPod — for 64-bit architectures.

iOS7 launchedApple said the new chip would make the iPhone 5S five times faster than the iPhone 5. New game Infinity Blade 3 will be one of the first games to be released with this new set-up.

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook first took the stage at the gala launch. He announced the company planned on shipping its 700 millionth iOS device soon. The iOS 7 will be out on September 18. It can be downloaded for free from iPhone 4 onwards, iPad 2 & the 5th generation iPod Touch.

The iPhone 5C is selling at US $99 for 16 GB, in order to pull in more customers. The 5C will come with a polycarbonate shell & the option of a green, white, blue, pink, or yellow “soft-feel” silicon rubber surround.

The iPhone 5S, on the other hand, will also come in Grey Space and Gold colors.

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Mitro

Here’s how to remember passwords the Mitro way

So tell us, what’s the biggest bane of digital life? Can’t guess? Passwords! Remembering passwords can really become a pain in the a@#$. Here’s one way on how to remember passwords – a startup called Mitro.

Mitro is a company set up by 3 former Googlers. It claims to lick the problem on how to remember passwords in 2 ways – for personal use & for common use between colleagues, friends & families.

MitroLet’s tackle the personal password problem, first. Most of us while logging into websites or bank accounts Online are prompted for passwords? So how does one keep track of passwords? Once you have downloaded the Mitro web browser extension, you are set. Except the 1st time you log into anything, the rest of the time the Mitro extension remembers your password, everytime. And it does this across all computing devices. So no need for keeping a safe list of all your passwords or putting up some sticky notes as a reminder. Mitro does it for you.

For the Enterprise or business, you can use this new startup to share accounts with colleague, teammates, friends, roommates, or co-workers. To remember passwords within a group, you may add individuals using their email address, & create teams to add groups of people at once.

The New York-based Mitro has got itself a US $1.2 million in seed funding from Google Ventures & Matrix Partners. For now, there’s only a Chrome browser extension but we are told there’s one coming for Firefox & Android, too (they are in beta).

Mitro also shows you what applications people are using, who has access, & who logged in last. For now, the extension is free. So, here perhaps lies the answer to one oft asked question Online – How to remember passwords?

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