For those who don’t know, jailbreaking is a hacking process that lets users control more of what can and cannot run on their iOS device systems.  This is often the result of a desire to load third-party software or other hacks not authorized by Apple. It can void your warranty to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad — but if you ever need warranty work done, it’s a pretty simple procedure to restore from an old backup and all traces of the hacking you did will be destroyed, so getting rid of the evidence prior to warranty repairs is a good idea. There are two kinds of jailbreaks that can be done.  One is tethered, which means that every time you need to reboot your device, you have to have it physically plugged into your computer and iTunes.  The untethered jailbreak is one that lets the device reboot without being connected to a computer.  For this reason, untethered jailbreaks are considered superior to tethered ones, and they usually take hackers longer to develop.

Why do people jailbreak their devices?  Several reasons.  The main reason is to expand the limitations imposed on the OS by Apple and its famously difficult to breach App Store. Jailbreaking gives users access to Cydia, an alternative app store used for finding and installing software on jailbroken iOS devices like the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. Apps purchased through Cydia can allow users greater customization over the UI of their devices, permit other ways to tether their existing data plans to other devices (for free, rather than paying AT&T or Verizon $25 extra a month for the privilege,) and gain command line access to the OS.  The file system can also be accessed on jailbroken devices.  You can get the new tool here!

Still, when you first begin to experiment with a Mac, whether it be in an Apple Retail Store, your genius friend’s house, or even your own shiny new Macbook Air, there are a few things you need to be aware of.  Using a Mac is so much easier than using a PC that people tend to find themselves overwhelmed at their personal lack of involvement with rudimentary processes.  This infographic will help you see some of the fundamental things you should know about getting around on your Mac.

Cloud computing can offer many benefits to your business.  Some of those benefits include better security, the ability to have data on hand at practically any time from virtually anywhere as long as you have an internet connecting device, reduced IT costs, and even speed and efficiency increases.  There are so many reasons that cloud computing can work for your business and its needs.  Find out more about this in the infographic below.

Where do all these predictions and rumors come from, then?  Some are deliberate, thinly veiled leaks let into the wild by Apple itself. Others come from faux pas by online retailers who “accidentally” list items that don’t yet exist in their inventory systems — mistakes that are often correctly instantly, but not before an anonymous employee with access to the inventory system manages to grab a screen capture.  The truth is, nobody really knows where all the rumors originate.  Lucky for us, someone put it into illustrated form in the following infographic.  Click to see it full sized, and you can trace the iPhone 5 rumors from start to (rumored) finish!

In reality, I probably spend half as much time using my technology for school work as I do for leisure purposes.  I study, perform homework, and I even take a couple online courses.  Without that technology, I would not be able to get my work done, period.  I love this infographic that I found, because it backs up how I feel about my technology.

Infographic Key Points:

• 98% of students own a digital device
• In a study students were asked not to use media for a day, they experienced signs of withdrawal much like that of drugs and alcohol.
• Using Twitter might improve grades.
• Tablets are becoming more popular than typical textbooks.

The following infographic traces the history of location-based technology from the most ancient to the most current. Be amused. Be informed. Be pleased.

Don’t forget to look into getting yourself a good home security alarm.

Supporters of this bill acknowledge that many ISPs already store their users’ IP addresses for indefinite periods of time.  A current law requires that this information be stored securely, to protect the privacy and rights of online service subscribers — but the bill would get stragglers on board with this proposed legislation.  The lives of many children have been saved thanks to government officials accessing the IP addresses and browsing records of  adults accused in cases of their exploitation.

Some ISPs are set up so that each time a subscriber logs onto the Internet, a new IP address is issued.  This can make it difficult to keep accurate records as to what account is logged on during a period of suspicious activity, but it is something that needs to be addressed and carefully monitored by Internet Service Providers.  No step is a step too far if the result is the safety of children.

In the future, each person who logs onto the Internet will have a very personal “digital ID” that will tie that individual’s browsing and usage habits to him in a definitive and unmistakable way, so that tracking criminal behavior will be easier for law enforcement officials.  Privacy advocates are expected to stand in the way of this idea and others like it.  Most people surveyed report that they couldn’t care less if anyone knows where they browse online, because they are not doing anything wrong to begin with.  ”Nothing to hide, nothing to fear” seems to be a fitting consensus among the majority.  But for people who engage in unlawful or otherwise suspect online behavior, any movement in this direction would be the end of the party, so to speak.

This is all quite controversial subject matter, but nothing we haven’t been through in some form before.  Tracking down suspects in child pornography cases has got be given the highest priority, regardless of whining people complaining about their “privacy”, even when dealing with direct tv info.  Honestly:  if you want privacy — stay off the Internet.  No one every promised you it was private.  On the contrary, the Internet is a very public place, and anything you do there can be tracked.  So use common sense and go around doing things “privately” online that you wouldn’t do if people were looking over your shoulder, then you will be guaranteed to have no problems at all.

The other thing you can do if you are concerned with being falsely blamed for another’s online behavior is to lock down your home wireless network.  If you have an open wifi hot spot, anyone within range is going to get one of your IP addresses to use.  If that person buys illegal drugs online or interacts with material that is exploitative of children, to authorities, it will appear that you have done so.  So lock it down with encryption security and only let people you trust log on.

When we talk about cloud storage, all we are really saying is that the data and files reside on a piece of hardware, (a server) located somewhere besides your house and all of its hardware.  For example:  back when the first BBS emerged, it provided a forum or message board system for people to type to one another via modems connected to the early Internet.  That BBS was installed on a server somewhere, not on each participant’s PCs or Macs.  It was, essentially, “in the cloud.”  All that means is that the physical location of something is not right there with you.

If you have web hosting accounts and domain names, you are already computing in the cloud.  You store files, images, videos, music, and email messages on the server where your domain is hosted, and you don’t have to store all of that stuff on your own hard drive.  That’s cloud computing.

If you have a web based email account such as Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, or Live Hotmail — and you only access your messages via a web browser or an Internet connected App, then you, too, are cloud computing.  Your email messages do not have to be downloaded and permanently stored on your own computer or smart phone or PDA, so they live in the cloud.

Again, this does not imply that data, files, and email messages just magically float around nowhere up in the sky.  They do have a physical location:  just not where you physically are.  That is what it means to be computing in the cloud.  It means that you are relying on someone else’s servers to store your stuff, saving you from having to perform hard data backups of your own and from having to maintain a machine for storing it all.

Some people object to the idea of cloud storage because they do not trust those operating cloud servers to be vigilant stewards of their precious files and data.  They may use the cloud as an afterthought, but they do not relent in their own persistent backups for fear of losing what is being stored.  They will pretty much keep hard data backups, even after years of reliable service from a cloud storage vendor.

Next month, Apple is expected to release a true Cloud storage product that will also serve as a  music locker, allowing users to keep all their iTunes music in the cloud rather than on their iPods, iPads, iMacs, Macbooks, Macbook Pros, or Power Macs.  Or PCs, if you’re into that.

Amazon.com recently launched a music and file storage service, giving everyone who signs up 5 GB of free storage for files and pictures, and yes, music.

So, the cloud is real. It’s here to stay.  It’s more reliable than ever and people are warming up to it as an idea whose time has come — but remember, it is not new.  You’ve been using the cloud for a long time now.  Relax.

 
Computers have software on which all their functions are operated and run on. This type of software is known as an Operating System or commonly known as OS. There are several OS currently and they keep on being advanced day after day to offer maximum functions to the ever increasing need of the consumers. They make it possible for electronic devices that have computers like the mobile phones function or perform many functions that the end user needs like; give weather predictions or forecast, play music files and or video files, edit documents and create documents. Examples of popular PC OS include Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD and UNIX.

 
One of the most common new kinds of OS is Android which is developed by Google Corporation in the US. This operating system is quite popular and many mobile phone manufacturers are increasingly using it in their devices. It is an open source OS which has so many applications that have been developed for Android running devices. Many consumers who buy mobile devices wish that their digital friends would be able to perform almost all functions that they need them to. Some applications are designed to provide even the most interesting functions such as awarding people “hot points” mostly in social media platforms like Facebook and other important functions as creating PDF documents and editing them. Android has developed an online market where you can download applications for your device that uses Android. Currently there are over 60, 000 applications available and more keep to be developed day after day. The applications or Apps as they are commonly referred to as increase the functions of your digital device and make it more user-friendly and relevant in your life as the end user. – cableinternetbundles.com

 
For people who love music, there are several apps that open and play music files, connect to FM radio airwaves and you can catch your favorite songs while you are on the move. Other apps give weather forecast to allow you know how the weather will be at a certain particular day. Mobile phones are common with these apps since the phones are carried everywhere by the consumers and for that reason form a very integral part of their lives. Other operating systems that are common include Symbian which is used by Nokia Corporation in the Nokia handsets and Research In Motion used in BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry is common with professionals and hence the applications in them are designed to offer office related functions and even Microsoft Windows OS is also common with professionals. Lets admit that without the so many apps being developed worldwide, our mobile phones would be limited in their functions to just calling and receiving short message services.