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B e it a simple smartphone or a tablet, if the device randomly reaches your kid’s hands, you might want to consider filtering the content that can be accessed at an early age. As you may already know, the Internet is filled with content not suitable for kids and even some of the games/apps found on Google Play can be way to violent or sexual for kids. Now, the fact that an Android device is deemed smart from the get go, that means you can actually tweak its settings or even install some applications that can enforce parental control. On newer versions of Android, there are some system features that can help parents filter content seen by their kids. Even though these options are not quite so sensitive and delicate, they are able to offer a minimum level of protection against most risks out there: applications and internet browsing. As you are about to see, some of these settings can only be done for tablets, while others work for smartphones as well. Parental Control

T oddlers, young children and even teenagers may need to be a bit overseen by their parents, when it comes to smartphone or tablet use. As you may recall for yourself, when young, you tend to invest too much time in playing games, getting lost while browsing the big bad world of internet or other stuff as such, and forget about every day duties, such as doing a proper homework. With that thought in mind, today we’re going to showcase a small but comprehensive collection of tools and applications that can enforce parental control over Android, iOS other type of devices. Some of these tools below also go beyond the scope of just limiting the time spent on browsing, or forbidding the installation of certain applications, and can actually go all the way to cutting internet access itself for the mobile device after a certain amount of time and more. Also, you will find a certain group of apps that can track the location of your kid, but we have consciously tried to stay awa

M ost of us have been using the Google Maps for navigating thanks to its simplicity and the fact that most of the landmarks and businesses have registered themselves on Google. As it happens quiet a lot of times we are forced to take deviations from the routes owning to many reasons and it is at this point that the Google Maps would go berserk, now the company wants to fix this shortcoming with a new update which will not only accept deviations but also help you make decisions based on the reason of your deviations. The latest update will let you search for and also add an extra stop to your route without the need to exit the navigation. In essence, this feature will give you the liberty to add pit stops and detours without the need to disturb the ongoing navigation. Further, Google Map will also tell you how much more time will a stop add to your trip while you are on the route. Choosing the Detour on Google Maps A use case for the same would help us understand t

A s expected, Apple has released the iOS 4.1 firmware update for iPhone and iPod Touch with loads of new features including Game Center, High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and others. You can direct download iOS 4.1 or update using iTunes 10. Note : Jailbreakers and unlockers should stay away from iOS 4.1 as there is NO jailbreak for iOS 4.1 at the moment. Also, the baseband gets updated which will nullify your carrier unlock. Download iOS 4.1 [Direct DOwnload] Download iOS 4.1 for iPhone 4 Download iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3GS Download iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3G Download iOS 4.1 for iPod Touch 4G Download iOS 4.1 for iPod Touch 3G Download iOS 4.1 for iPod Touch 2G Once you download the ipsw file, you can install it manually by going to iTunes, then hold “Shift” key and click on “update” button. Locate and select iOS 4.1 IPSW file. Now let the iOS 4.1 install complete.

T he much awaited iOS 4.2 firmware update for iPad is available for download ! The update brings multitasking and app folders to the iPad and the ability to print wirelessly (airprint) from all the devices. According to Steve Jobs, iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season. Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit. If you want to keep your jailbreak and unlock, you better not update to this latest firmware now until and unless official new jailbreak and unlock tools are available for download. You would need to have iTunes 10.1 in order to upgrade to iOS 4.2. All you need to do is to connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with your computer via USB and start iTunes 10.1. You should now see a message as shown below. Simply click on “Download and Install” button to get on to the new firmware. Download iOS 4.2 [Direct Down

A pple has just released iOS 4.0.2 firmware upgrade for iPhone & iPod Touch (and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad ) which patches the dangerous PDF exploit . Needless to say, if you have a jailbroken iPhone, refrain from updating as this patch closes the loophole used by Jailbrea kMe tool to jailbreak all iDevices on iOS 4.0.1 The update is available for the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4, iPod Touch 2G and 3G. If you have not jailbroken your iDevice and if you don’t intend to, then go right ahead and connect your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad with your computer via USB and start iTunes. As always, you will see a pop-up informing the new update being available. Direct Download Links for iOS 4.0.2 In case you wish to download the firmware update manually, here are the direct download links Download iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 4 Download iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 3GS Download iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 3G Download iOS 3.2.2 for iPad 3G and iPad WiFi Download iOS 4.0.2 for iPod touch 3G

V arious tech blogs have been reporting like crazy about the imminent release of UltraSn0w 1.0 supporting iPhone 4 unlock ever since JailbreakMe 2.0 Star was released early this week. Well, ultrasn0w 1.0-1 has now been released and you can right away unlock your iPhone 4 once you have jailbroken it. Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 can unlock iPhone 4 with baseband 01.59 and 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08/05.11.07/05.12.01/05.13.04. Now you can use your unlocked iPhone to use SIM card of ANY carrier of your choice! Be it T-mobile or Verizon in US or Idea or BSNL in India, it is for you to decide which service to go for! Simply follow the instructions posted below to unlock your iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1 / 4.0 on 01.59.00 baseband. How to Unlock iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1 1. Jailbreak your iPhone 4 using jailbreakMe 2.0 star using the guide here . 2. Once you have jailbroken your iPhone 4, you can unlock it on any baseband using Ultrasn0w 1.0-1. 3. Start Cydia and then touch Manage and then Sourc

I f you are an iPad 2 user who was waiting patiently to jailbreak your device, here is a great news for you. Comex has just released JailbreakMe 3.0 to jailbreak iPad 2 . It is based on the famous userland jailbreak and possibly the easiest way to jailbreak your iPad2! JailbreakMe 3.0 will help you jailbreak iPad 2 on iOS 4.3 and iOS 4.3.3. Those who are familiar with previous JailbreakMe version will know that, you don’t need to download any software to jailbreak the device. For the uninitiated, here is a simple how-to guide. How to Jailbreak iPad 2 with JailbreakMe 3.0 Standard warnings apply. Jailbreaking will void your Apple warranty. Proceed only if you are sure about all the risks involved. 1. Connect your iPad 2 to your PC or Mac and back it up with the latest iTunes version. 2. Make sure you have either iOS 4.3 or iOS 4.3.3. In case you are on iOS 4.3.1 or iOS 4.3.2, download and upgrade to iOS 4.3.3 3. Connect your iPad 2 to internet through WiFi. 4. Open

G ood news for everyone who resisted upgrading to iOS 4.0 due to unavailability of unlocking tools. Ultrasn0w 0.93 has been released to unlock all iPhones on the latest 05.13.04 (on iOS 4) and 05.12.08 (on 3.1.3) basebands. At this point of time, when we are waiting for a proper jailbreaking tool to jailbreak iOS 4.0 on all iPhones and iPod Touches, the iPhone dev team has released UltraSn0w 0.9.3 which is the first iOS 4.0 unlock tool. This tool can work with basebands 05.13.04 and 05.12.08, meaning those users who upgraded iOS 4.0 preserving baseband can also unlock iOS 4.0 with Ultrasn0w 0.93. Check out our step-by-step guide to unlock iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0 using ultrasn0w. How to Unlock iOS 4.0 Baseband 05.13.04 on iPhone 3G/3GS? 1. Jailbreak iOS 4.0 on iPhone using RedSn0w (coming soon) 2. Once jailbroken, start Cydia and go to Manage section 3. Now click on sources and click on edit to add following repository Repo666.ultrasn0w.com 4. Now searc

E ver since JailbreakMe Star tool was announced by the iPhone dev team today, lot of people are busy jailbreaking their iPhones and iPod Touches. We have also posted guides to Jailbreak iPhone iOS 4.0.1 and iPod Touch iOS 4.0.1 , but then iPhone 4 users reported that Facetime and MMS applications stopped working since jailbreaking their device using JailbreakMe 2.0 Well, there is a fix released for this issue and users can follow this simple guide given below, courtesy BlogsDNA [How to] Fix FaceTime & MMS Issue on iPhone 4 After JailbreakMe 1. Restore your iPhone 4 to iOS 4.0.1 with iTunes 9.2.1 2. Downlaod iOS 4.0.1 for iPhone 4 3. Connect your iPhone 4 to PC/Mac 4. Start iTunes and click on your iPhone from the devices list 5. Now click Shift+Restore (on Windows) & Option+Restore (on Mac) 7. Now browse and select iOS 4.0.1 downloaded in step 2. 8. Once you have completed restore process, follow our guide iPhone 4 Jailbreak & re-jailbreak with Jai

H ere is a quick guide to jailbreak iPod Touch 3G/2G MC model on iOS 4/iOS 4.0.1 firmware using JailbreakMe 2.0 Star which was released just a while back by the iPhone dev team member Comex. JailbreakMe 2.0 star is a userland jailbreak tool which means that you just need to point the safari browser of your iPod Touch to http://jailbreakme.com and it will do the jailbreak for you! Guide to Jailbreak iPod Touch 3G/2G using JailbreakMe 2.0 Star 1. Backup all your data on the device using iTunes. 2. Update your iPod Touch 3G, 2G to the latest iOS 4.0.1 firmware with iTunes. Download iOS 4.0.1 here. 3. Open Safari on your iPod Touch and navigate to http://jailbreakme.com 4. “ Slide to Jailbreak ” to begin the jailbreak process. 5. JailbreakMe will download some files it requires for jailbreaking. 6. Once the download is completed, it will automatically start the jailbreak process. Wait for it to complete. 7. Once the jailbreaking completes, you will be gree

A ll the wait for that perfect jailbreaking tool is now over! Just a week after the Library of Congress made the Jailbreaking and unlocking legal , the iPhone dev team has released a Spirit like jailbreaking tool to jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G on iOS 4/iOS 4.0.1 and the tool is called JailbreakMe aka Star. JailbreakMe Star is the userland jailbreak released by Comex meaning you just need to point your iPhone & iPod Touch to one website and it will instantly jailbreak your iPhone & iPod Touch. Here is the complete list of iDev ices supported by Jailbreak Me. JailbreakMe – supported devices iPod 1G on 3.1.2 iPod 1G on 3.1.3 iPod 2G on 3.1.2 iPod 2G on 3.1.3 iPod 2G on 4.0 iPod 3G on 3.1.2 iPod 3G on 3.1.3 iPod 3G on 4.0 iPad on 3.2 iPad on 3.2.1 iPhone 3G on 3.1.2 iPhone 3G on 3.1.3 iPhone 3G on 4.0 iPhone 3G on 4.0.1 iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.2 iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.3 iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0 iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0.1 iPhone 4 on 4.0 iPhone

Y es! You can jailbreak iPad on iOS 3.2 or iOS 3.2.1 using the latest userland based jailbreaking tool – JailbreakMe 2.0 Star ! JailbreakMe is a browser based jailbreak tool which means that you just need to point the safari browser of your iPad to http://jailbreakme.com and it will do the jailbreak for you! The best part of jailbreak iPad is the possibility of enabling Flash on the device! Anyway, here is a simple guide to Jailbreak iPad 3.2/3.2.1 using JailbreakMe 2.0 Star Guide to Jailbreak iPad 3.2/3.2.1 using JailbreakMe 2.0 Star 1. Download iTunes 9.2.1 and install it to your computer if you haven’t done that already. 2. Launch iTunes and backup our data 3. Update iPad to iOS 3.2.1 4. Ensure iPad is connected to the Internet and open Safari Browser on iPad and navigate to “ http://jailbreakme.com ” or “ http://jailbreakme.modmyi.com/ “ 5. “ Slide to jailbreak ” to begin the Jailbreak process on your iPad. 6. JailbreakMe will download the necessary files to i

N ow that everyone knows that PS Jailbreak was indeed a real deal and many users did go ahead and jailbroke their PS3 , there is some unrest amongst the playstation community as it has come to know that Sony can easily patch the exploit in the next firmware update. The hack supports playing backed up games off a FAT32 external HDD when a special USB jailbreak dongle is connected to the PS3 game console. Console owners can play pirated and backed up video games. More importantly, it has now come to know that Sony will be able to monitor when jailbroken PS3 owners log into PlayStation Network using the backup game manager exploit. Many gamers are warning other jailbreakers to avoid PSN, since some of them have started to get an error code 8002A227 on Playstation 3 whenever they log on to the PSN. Sony is yet to issue an official statement on the recent PS3 hacking, may be since they are busy patching the exploit in their new firmware update. PS3Hax has a detailed d

I t took a longer time than we expected, but its here. The free open source alternative for the expensive PS Jailbreak is here which saves you $169 which you would have to pay for the PSJailbreak USB modchip . The open source alternative for PSJailbreak is named as PSGroove which effectively means that you will now be able to create your own PS3 jailbreaks to replicate what PSJailbreak can do. The software was not created to allow piracy, and instead was developed so that gamers can play unsigned third party applications as well as games. If developers can come up with some useful and LEGAL third-party homebrew applications, then I don’t see the harm in this. Though PSGroove doesn’t cost a penny, you would have to copy it over USB development board (AVR HW) of your choice which normally costs $20. That is still way below what you would have to pay for PS Jailbreak. However, we must warn the readers that Sony might ban those who jailbreak PS3 from PSN. Download PSGroov

S ony Playstation 3 is jailbroken at last! The PS3 jailbreak was long overdue and we finally have an USB based plug n play modchip which installs in seconds, keeping your valid warranty seal very much intact. But then, all we have is a video, which does look genuine, but still not a proof enough to validate the claim of PS3 being jailbroken successfully. So take this news with a pinch of salt. By jailbroken, we mean to say that PS3 has been hacked to play backed-up games without discs. Quite obviously this will result in hundreds and thousands of pirated copies flowing around the torrent sites. The system is called ‘ PS Jailbreak ‘ and is apparently capable of ‘backing-up’ games on both the older PS3 Fat and the newer PS3 Slim retail consoles. As Engadget points out, for the fact that PS3 has been seen as the toughest nut to crack all these while, it is better to wait and watch if this PS Jailbreak stuff is for real. But then, the PS-X team say that they have person

W orld’s first ever working PS3 Jailbreak modchip named PS jailbreak was announced just a couple of days back. Fortunately enough, it has been proved to be genuine and actually working by several gamers from different parts of the world. Jailbreaking the Playstation 3 will let you play copied games and let you free from using the original discs all the time. Now you do no need to worry much about your original disc getting corrupted or getting scratched. Thanks to the Spanish site, Elotrolado we now have a detailed guide on how to Jailbreak/Mod PS3 using PS Jailbreak modchip tool. Things you need before Modding PS3 A PS3 console with firmware 3.41 and above. PS Jailbreak USB Modchip (need to buy from OzModChip ) An external USB drive formatted to FAT32 with the “ Backup Manager ” file on it. Original disc of any PS3 game which you want to backup. Guide to Jailbreak/Mod PS3 using PS Jailbreak 1. Power off your console and make sure that there isn’t any disc in the B

A s you all know, Microsoft, the well known software developer and world leader in Operating Systems, offers users solutions for servers in the form of the dedicated OS called Windows Server . A few months back, when Microsoft unveiled Windows 8, we also saw the server version of this OS, Windows 8 Server. Although Microsoft offers very useful tools for server management , their products sometimes cost quite a lot, and therefore, administrators are looking for cheaper solutions to run their servers. These alternatives are open source operating systems designed for servers and they are free or cost less than a Windows based server OS, thus, making them a very profitable solution. The world’s best known open source software (although not a server OS) is the already well known Android OS. The Android OS has its roots the Linux OS and it’s free for anyone to download and install or develop other versions (we know these as custom ROMs). What is a open source server OS?

T he word “big” becomes relative when it’s used for describing the storage space on a device, especially those produced by Apple. Although products like the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch have more than enough to supply a decent use, some applications usually take too much advantage of this space and create temporary files that may be stored too long. This situation is mostly seen on desktop computers, but when the total amount of memory is a number around 16GB, every detail must be taken care of. In order to fix this flaw we are going to make use of PhoneClean , a desktop application that can be installed on any Windows running terminal and then configured with every iOS device launched until the moment, including the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, every edition of the iPod Touch and of course, the iPad/iPad 2 and the new model. PhoneClean – deletes unnecessary files on iOS The phenomenon is simple and it mostly affects devices with 16GB of storage space or lower,

L ike all other smartphones and mobile devices, the iPhone does eventually run out of space for storing user files. While this problem is just as common as with any other mobile device, Apple users do not have the same tools for clearing space that Android smartphones have . Although the process is different, the big picture is still the same, and we’ll be taking a look at some methods to free up some space on iOS devices. As I’ve said before, Android users have some variety when trying to deal with this problem, and for them, we’ve put together a top of some of the best apps to free up space . However, on iOS devices, the number of apps that one could use is significantly reduced, but fear not, there are some ways you can accomplish this. How to free up space on iOS Although there are a few methods that users could enable to squeeze some space out of their phones, one thing to keep in mind is this: none of these solutions will make miracles, and although t

T he word “big” becomes relative when it’s used for describing the storage space (or battery life ) on a device, especially those produced by Apple. Although products like the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch have more than enough to supply a decent use, some applications usually take too much advantage of this space and create temporary files that may be stored too long. This situation is mostly seen on desktop computers, but when the total amount of memory is a number around 16GB, every detail must be taken care of. In order to fix this flaw we are going to make use of PhoneClean , a desktop application that can be installed on any Windows running terminal and then configured with every iOS device launched until the moment, including the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, every edition of the iPod Touch and of course, the iPad/iPad 2 and the new model. PhoneClean – deletes unnecessary files on iOS The phenomenon is simple and it mostly affects devices with 16GB of

I f you’ve been living under a rock or hidden inside a cave or just not giving a damn on where technology is heading, then cloud storage may sound to you like some noisy brouhaha. Who am I to talk? I am regarded by relatives, friends like the “computer guy”, but I’ll admit that I am not an avid user of the cloud, not that it isn’t a great tool for the safety and comfort of your files, but because I was just too lazy to use such an user-friendly product. Cloud Storage – An Useful Tool in this Digital Era Everything changed in the past 6 months when I realized that I no longer can rely only on my laptop and various storage devices. My gmail account got hacked and I could have lost access to important documents that I used to keep on my free email account. And my troubles didn’t stop there. After a nice trip in Italy, I discovered that I accidentally deleted very important pictures (they were more important to my girlfriend than me) and I panicked for a moment. Yes, I kn