Icon Ambulance - Title of the email from Steve Jobs to Vic Gundotra (Google)

I am browsing the net and I found one story about Steve Jobs being keen on the details of Google logo in iPhone. So I post it im my blog. One Sunday morning, January 6th, 2008 I was attending religious services when my cell phone vibrated. As discreetly as possible, I checked the phone and noticed that my phone said "Caller ID unknown". I choose to ignore. After services, as I was walking to my car with my family, I checked my cell phone messages. The message left was from Steve Jobs. "Vic, can you call me at home? I have something urgent to discuss" it said. Before I even reached my car, I called Steve Jobs back. I was responsible for all...

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Inspirational Steve Jobs Quotes About Life, Design and Apple

By the time I heard the news about Steve Jobs resignation as a CEO of Apple Inc., I reviewed most of his keynotes and videos. Reads articles about him and and to think to sort some of his quotes. So here are those: “Click. Boom. Amazing!” “The products suck! There’s no sex in them anymore!” “I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.” Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” “Almost everything–all...

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Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple

A major development out of Cupertino: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has stepped down, the board naming Tim Cook as his replacement. The company said "Steve's extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world's most innovative and valuable technology company." Steve himself published the following letter: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CUO,)I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple...

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Facebook Made Big Privacy Changes

Facebook has announced major changes to privacy on Tuesday. This is one of the largest revisions of privacy in company history, which includes more than a dozen changes to the profiles, status updates, locations and codes. In fact, there are so many changes it is easy to get confused about what the changes Facebook made and what impact they have on your privacy. The updates are significant enough that Facebook will make each of its 750 + million users through a tutorial on the privacy settings updated. That's why we wrote this short guide to all the changes Facebook has implemented. See this page for a quick rundown of all the new privacy...

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East Coasters Turn to Twitter During Virginia Earthquake

It remains unclear to what extent the spread of the earthquake, although a former user-generated map gives an idea of ​​where he felt. Twitter, witnesses say the tremors have occurred as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, and as far north as Toronto, Canada. An earthquake measuring 5.9 started from Mineral, Virginia, Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pentagon, USA Capitol and the City of New York were evacuated temporarily. (UPDATE:. Contrary to previous reports, the Pentagon was not evacuated, according to the Washington Post) call the service will be in Washington DC, who are experiencing the same problems with...

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How To Protect Your Laptop Against Theft

Our laptops often contain a large amount of confidential business information and personal use, and for most people, the thought of losing all that information is more than a little scary. The sudden and unexpected loss (or worse, theft) of expensive equipment and sensitive documents are not required to have a negative effect, however. Here are some tips to outline the steps you should take your laptop will be lost. We also added some useful precautions, you can do in advance, so that the laptop has a better chance of getting home safely, if the two of you to stand out. 1. File a police report Although it may seem obvious, many people do...

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Skype to Buy GroupMe Group Messaging Service

Mail Group heated just struggle with the announcement Sunday that Skype has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GroupM, a group messaging service that will boost Skype's ability to facilitate text and picture messaging. With this acquisition, Skype said in a press release that gives GroupM "features best-in-class text-based communication and innovative products that allow users to connect, share locations, pictures and make plans for their closer ties". Since the hyper-competitive against the backdrop of this thriving group of field posts, it's no surprise that the CEO of Skype, Tony Bates, told the Wall Street Journal thinks it is important...

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Google+ Begins Verification Badge Program

Google launched a new program for monitoring badges Saturday, making it so celebrities, public figures and those who have served a large number of people in their community to reconfirm their identity with a check and a small banner that spell their names . According to a Google+ post from Google+ team member Wen-Ai Yu, “We’re working on expanding this to more folks.” As you can see in the video, she doesn’t describe exactly how these verifications work. The program, along with Google‘s insistence that user accounts be opened under a real name, aims to assure people that “the person you’re adding to a circle is really who they claim to be.” Google’s...

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Gmail Login New Look

After the arrival of Google +, Google is focusing on the aspect of all Google services. Already Google.com and Gmail interface looks like: Google, now the Gmail login page has the new look of Google +. See below The new registration page is clearly defined as the new mail interface, and combinations of white and gray gives new look perfect. Subscription button is now in the top right with a good color. I like the new look and feel. This new sign in page shows all the users one by one. Users will notice a small text link at the bottom who are viewing the new access and the option to comment as well. Footer has the same link to go to the old...

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Firefox Taking out the Versions

Mozilla has created a stir in the community by suggesting that the Firefox version number should be eliminated. The version number currently displayed in Firefox "About" dialog was administered as an error. Instead of a version number of Mozilla just want the box to read something like "check for updates to Firefox 20 minutes ago, you're the latest version." Mozilla estimates that the elimination of the version number will reduce confusion for users. So why the Mozilla wants to ditch the version number? I said Asa Dotzler director for Firefox, "we are moving into more Web-based, such as the Convention, if it is not simply important, what version...

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iPhone 5 To Arrive in Early October, Says AT&T Exec

iPhone 5 release date rumors are swirling again as a new report says an AT&T vice president has confirmed plans to launch the phone in early October. On Friday, a post from Boy Genius Report said one of its high-level AT&T sources had confirmed that a company vice president had told several employees the device would be out in early October. In addition, the executive told a group of managers to expect things to get busy during the next 35 to 50 days, asking them to prepare their teams accordingly. Our own sources within Apple suggest the next two months are going to be extremely busy, but can’t be more specific. The device’s release...

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iPad 3 Coming in Early 2012 [REPORT]

Apple has reportedly begun trial production on its next-generation iPad tablet device and it’s scheduled to launch in early 2012. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has begun ordering chips, display panels and other key components for the iPad 3. It is reportedly expected to feature a high resolution (2048×1536), 9.7-inch display, up from the iPad 2′s 9.5-inch, 1024×768 display. (The report didn’t say anything about the iPad 3′s rumored OLED screen, however.) One supplier claimed that Apple has already placed orders to develop 1.5 million iPad 3s in the fourth quarter. Apple announced the iPad 2 in March, just 15 months after the...

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FA Cup Football Game Will Air Live On Facebook

Football fans will be able to catch live video of Friday’s “first kick” extra-preliminary match of the FA Cup on Facebook. The match between non-league teams Ascot United and Wembley FC will be livestreamed on Budweiser’s Facebook page. Budweiser recently signed a three-year sponsorship with the English knockout cup competition worth about $40 million. This 90-minute live stream of the game will increase its potential audience from a handful of local fans to 700 million Facebook users worldwide. Both of the relatively unknown teams will be paid nominal broadcast fees, Reuters reports. “To be involved in the first game of The FA Cup this season...

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Mobile application trends for 2012: the top ten applications

Market researcher Gartner has pinpointed the top ten consumer mobile applications consumers will be using and downloading in the year 2012. The most popularly used applications will include those designed to facilitate mobile money transfers, location-based services and mobile search said Gartner in its November 18 report. In the past, consumers purchased mobile phones based on the built-in features that came standard with the handset. With the arrival of smartphone operating systems capable of running third-party applications, consumers were freed from the phone maker's confines and were able to customize their devices with powerful applications...

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Men Sentenced to 4 Years for Inciting Riots on Facebook

Two men have been sentenced to four years in jail for attempting to use Facebook to “organize and orchestrate” disorder. Twenty-year-old Jordan Blackshaw and 22-year-old Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan (pictured) were sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday. The two were arrested last week following days of rioting in London and surrounding areas, beginning August 6. According to the Guardian, Blackshaw created a Facebook event called Smash Down Northwich Town. Sutcliffe-Keenan also set up a page encouraging rioting in Warrington. Neither post appears to have resulted in an actual disturbance, however. “The sentences passed down today recognize...

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Hacker Traces Laptop Thief Using Facebook Information

If you’re going to steal a laptop, make sure you know who you’re dealing with — one London teenager accused of stealing a laptop during the recent London riots certainly didn’t do his homework on who he was robbing. Greg Martin, an IT security specialist and former FBI and NASA employee, came home to his West Kensington apartment last Wednesday to find that his place had been ransacked and his MacBook Pro was stolen. Martin, who runs a blog called InfoSecurity 2.0, was obviously the wrong person to be stealing a laptop from — he had previously installed an open source tracking software called Prey on his computer. The free software “lets...

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Open Source CMS No Stranger on IBM i

There are a lot of options available to IBM i shops looking for a software package that allows them to run a website on their favorite box. But one class of tools that seems to be gaining lots of traction these days is the group of open source, PHP-based content management systems (CMS). The big three in this category include Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, and you might be surprised to learn about some of the prominent IBM i industry websites that are using these systems. The rise of the open source CMS on the IBM i server is directly tied to the increasing prominence of PHP as a Web application programming language, and the hard work that...

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Supply Line Troubles To Delay iPad 3 Launch?

Analysts and pundits have been predicting an iPad 3 with a late 2011 launch for some time now, but if accounts from suppliers in Asia are to be believed, there just is no way that’s going to happen — if the rumors of the high-DPI screen are correct in the first place (and we think they are). A 9.7″ display sporting 2048×1536 pixels, four times more than the current iPad and three times more than the HD displays on many Android tablets, is quite simply at the very limit of LCD panel manufacturing capability. Apple previously had hoped to have at least five or six million units by the end of the year and placed orders to that effect, but Digitimes...

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Facebook data used to steal £35,000 from online bank accounts

Hacker gathered personal details to break account security A man has been sentenced to prison for 15 months for using personal data gathered from neighbours’ Facebook and Friends Reunited postings to hack their bank accounts and steal more than £35,000. Iain Wood, who owns a carpet-fitting business, befriended people who lived in his block of flats in Newcastle on social networking sites such as Facebook, and used the sites to find out as much personal information about them as possible. With this data, Wood was able to access victims’ bank accounts and ordered replacement bank cards to be delivered to his address. He then used these to...

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The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions

Global search corporation Google, Inc. added to its already hefty empire when it announced its planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility the morning of August 15. The purchase marked Google’s most expensive acquisition to-date at a staggering $12.5 billion. Google has acquired more than 100 companies over the past ten years. Curious about its most expensive acquisitions thus far? Flip through the gallery below to discover how Google has integrated its top ten priciest purchases: 1. dMarc Broadcasting In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. Google integrated dMarc into its AdSense app. 2....

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Google Buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion [Breaking]

Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating system. Buying a hardware company is an unusual move for Google. The acquisition, Google said in a statement, “will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem.” Google CEO Larry Page expanded on what that might mean in a blog post. In addition to citing Motorola’s home devices and video solutions business, Page references recent patent wars that Google believes to be anti-competitive. “The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent...

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Firefox 6 Released Early

Firefox 6 isn’t scheduled to be released until Tuesday, but Mozilla has uploaded installation files to a FTP server for those who want to get their hands on the upgraded browser early. Although the new version doesn’t sport any major UI changes, the browser is reportedly 20% faster than Firefox 5. Startup time has been improved, especially for those with lots of tabs and groups. Users can now determine whether they want to load their tab groups when launching the browser, or load them within the Panorama grouping tool. Other improvements include a new permissions feature that allows users to set site-specific permissions for a number of variables,...

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8 Excellent WordPress Caching Plugins to Speed Up Your Site

If you use WordPress as your publishing platform and are concerned about speeding up your website, caching will help you. The faster a web page loads, the better the user experience is. This is how WordPress caching works: it generates a copy of your web pages and stores them in your server as static files (i.e. as HTML documents) and/or cached database queries. Afterwards, when a site visitor arrives at a particular page, the server gives them the cached page rather than re-querying your database and dynamically generating it, thus speeding up page response times and potentially reducing the server resources required for generating and serving...

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Anonymous hacks SF’s myBART website. Thousands of names, addresses & numbers released.

Anonymous, the online hacktivist group, has released thousands of names, email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers believed to be from myBart.org, an independent site that uses BART’s (San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit) open data services. The hacking is part of a carefully planned effort by Anonymous to bring BART to its knees in retaliation for its shutdown of cell phone service Thursday night at some of its stations to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting. A notice on BART’s website says the following: BART’s online services including web, mobile web, email and SMS are used by nearly 2 million customers every...

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