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The New Xbox One Announced, Recreated Console And Game Controller Unveiled

Microsoft has officially introduced its next-generation Xbox console, obviously not the Xbox 720, Infinity or fusion, but announced as Xbox One. Microsoft's big Xbox Reveal event is finally here, and Don Mattrick took the stage to announce Redmond company's next-gen console: the Xbox One.

After months of speculations, Microsoft has finally revealed its redesigned consoles and game controller along with the Xbox One announcement. Laden in a glossy, black finish, Microsoft has really placed its design game with this one, and with a real focus on software innovation and interactive applications.
Microsoft called its new system as an "all in one system" for games, entertainment, and television and the general user experience with the Xbox One looks enthralling at first glance.

Microsoft's Xbox One will also support Ultra HD 4K gaming and certainly the new console is described as an amalgam of the traditional gaming portal and the modern set-top box. After a numerous rumors surrounding what the console would actually be called, it was fair to see such monikers as "Xbox 720" and "Xbox Infinity, Xbox 8, Fusion and Loop" never bore fruit.

Microsoft's accent on molding the entire entertainment experience into a singular entity is big, and lies the rationale behind the name. Recreated, and the company wants the Xbox One to replace your DVD / Blu-ray player, your preexisting console, your set-top box and any gadget that to do so.

Voice Recognition software in Windows OS is also integrated on the new Xbox One, that allows you to control almost every aspect of the Xbox console. One of which can flit between your apps and live TV stream, thanks to the new Instant Switching, and with an even deeper emphasis on Kinect than ever before, the appeal of the Xbox One cannot be amplified.

The system includes 8GB of RAM, an 8-Core CPU, a 500GB hard drive, a Blue-ray drive, HDMI in and out ports, USB 3.0, 802.11n wireless, and on. Xbox One also includes a new version of the Kinect sensor and the console will not every time require an internet connection.

Different apps/elements can run side-by-side, allowing users to, say, browse the Web on IE while watching a downloaded video, and in my thought, Microsoft has really presented the gaming and entertainment world with something to consider. SmartTV technology?
Finally, console and Kinect hardware gets a complete new look, like the game controller with redesigned d-pad. It also ends the need for the system’s long-running codename, Durango.

Ruggedized Samsung Galaxy S4 Active [Mega] Revealed In Leaked Images

Mega news surfaced! To make your smartphone life richer and more simpler, a new companion has been leaked in pictures of a ruggedized variant of Samsung's Galaxy S4. Among the many new models of the Galaxy S4, Samsung has planned to introduce the world with the new Galaxy S4 Active.

Details were floating out over the past few weeks since Samsung confirmed that the phone is being developed and for the first time Galaxy S4 Active has been revealed in the purported leaked photos.
Images of the alleged Galaxy S4 Active acquired by GSMArena, shows Samsung has significantly modified the design of the original S4, adding three front screen hardware buttons and a reinforced rear shell with four screws on the back.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active features a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor with Adreno 329 GPU and a full-HD 1080p 4.99-inch Super AMOLED display. Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S4 Active in the coming weeks. Confirmed the existence of the waterproof and dust-resistant handset, including support for "upcoming S4 Mega, S4 mini, and S4 Active" smartphones in a new version of its app.

Although the new pics purport to show water-resistant, rugged device with S4-class specs. The shot of the back also reveals a remarkably thin handset. While the Galaxy S4 Mega is likely to be an S4-branded (higher specified) version of the company's two mid-range Mega handsets the Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3.


Stay tuned to grab some more information on the rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and SGS4 Mega in the coming days.

How To Backup SMS Text Messages On iPhone And Export To PDF, HTML Or MS Excel

 Being an iPhone user many have a doubt about restoring their conversations. Unlike emails which are stored on the cloud, SMS's are saved on your smartphone and in the time being anything happens to your phone, you'll never see your SMS text messages ever again. Reason behind this is, there are certain limitations to Apple's closed iOS ecosystem that makes it a real pain to deal with at times, and not being able to do much about your SMS/iMessage conversations is one of them. But with Android, iPhone's major rival, you get tons of solutions for backing up and retrieving your SMS conversations from the device and keep them safe on your computer. However, with iOS, you aren't so lucky enough. Because, Apple never allow apps or people to play around with such sensitive data recovery in the name of security. Nevertheless, there are techies at work and found one guide, on how to backup iPhone SMS conversations to your PC and then retrieve them for later reading and safe keeping.

Today, we'll show you how you can safely backup data on your iPhone and find the special file where all your iPhone's SMS data is stored.

The whole process relies on creating an iTunes backup and then extracting the SMS database within the backup files, later exporting them to a readable format using a third-party compatible applications. Check this on how you'd do it.



 It might also possible to backup your iPhone SMS with iCloud, but doing so will never save the file you need to extract, on your computer.

Step 1: First of all, you need to backup your iPhone to your computer. Generally, an automatic backup would be created as soon as you connect or Sync your device with iTunes, but if you're saving data to iCloud and not to the local computer, you can either change the settings altogether in iTunes, or use the Back Up Now button (image below) to create a one-time backup on your computer without changing the iCloud backup settings. Or change the setup to backup iPhone data to "This Computer" and press the Back Up Now button. Once the backup is complete, you may proceed.
Step 2: Now, you need to locate the iPhone SMS backup files on your computer's hrad drive. The path would be different, depending on the type of the operating system. iTunes stores the SMS data in a backup in this file in a long encrypted file name, as shown in the screenshot below. The location of this file would be sa follows:

* Windows XP: OS hard drive C:\Documents and Settings > [your username] > Application Data > Apple Computer > MobileSync > Backup, assuming that Windows OS is installed in C: drive.

* Windows 7 or 8: C:\Users > [your username] > AppData > Roaming > Apple Computer > MobileSync > Backup
* On OS X, the backup file is located at User> Library > Application Support > MobileSync > Backup

Step 3: Copy the SMS database file to safe location, and there you have your backup stored and secure.
Finally, this step is purely required, to find a way to decrypt the message data contained within for which there are best apps and online serives that you may turn to. With iphone-sms.com (recommended), which requires you to provide your extracted SMS database file, and web app will let you export the readable text messages as HTML, MS Excel or PDF formats. Once the file has been uploaded and exported, you will be able to view all the SMS’s you sent. I bet, most other online services that provide such functionality, this one better works.

5 Best iPad Themes For Winterboard [iOS 5.1.1]

Recently the new iPad has been jailbroken! Finally the developers came to scene and started bulding jailbreak apps for iPad 3. Theme client called Winterboard is one amongst them, one of my personal recommendation to set up a theme on your iPad 2nd/3rd-generation. Here's another theming iOS tweak called Dreamboard which can also bring the best themes to your iPad in the form of jailbeak app.

Apple has released its Retina display tablet to the world with awesome features, as you all know, but when talking about customization, there are high-profile apps available from the App Store and for a higher price tags. So many of the iOS device owners look for the third party applications which they can grab for free, so they look for a jailbreak their iOS tablet running 5.0/5.1/5.1.1. Jailbreaking any iDevice or tablet like iPad can through its warranty into garbage, but they can install Cydia on their iPads or iPhones and iPod touches with an ease features.

Apart this, when you talk about themes, launchers and skin packs for your iPad, Cydia  will bring you lots of them onto your device for free and paid as well. While Cydia is a jailbreak app store which will only be launched when your device is jailbroken on any iOS firmware version.

We are been seeing many iPad wallpapers and themes for the earlier versions of Apple's iPad 2, iPad 3 theme must be a Retina display compatible and features its screen with larger than the second-gen iPad tablet.

The theme you are now going to see is specially designed for the new iPad (3rd-gen) with high quality retina graphics and smoother icons set, UI and comes along with 4 amazing HD wallpapers to choose from. Stark iPad theme supports iOS 5.1.x with 58+ icons, lockscreen, battery, Notification Center and all App Store icons are automatically themed.


Download and install the new iPad 3 theme from here.

Top 5 Best iPad Themes for iOS 5.1.1 [Cydia]

1. iFlat HD

One of the most popular theme for iPad 2, iFlat HD comes with a classic interface and color scheme and once applied your device looks awesome and rich. The iPad theme replaces everything of your tablet's system icon matching with the UI and brings blueish feel and look to the iPad screen.

iFlat HD is available on Cydia store for $1.50 and for free at http://cydia.myrepospace.com/JayTJJ/ 
2. BlueiPad V2
With the iPad 2 theme you can get the SBSettings for your device Notification Center along with amazing theme and skins for battery, Safari browser, Mail app, Settings app. This BlueiPad v2 theme for iPad brings a new look to your device lockscreen, User Interface includes the theme sounds, renewed dock for Multitasking gestures and also adds PSD icons to you homescreen.

BlueiPad V2 is available on Cydia store for $2.00 for free from http://repo.insanelyi.com

3. Black’UPS Drakness

This is an awesome theme for iPad 2 and compatible to work on tablet running iOS 5.1.x firmware, but need to be jailbreak before installing this tweak. Black’UPS Drakness theme for iPad 2 is another top skin comes with the best icons, UI and sounds.

4. Buff Port theme

If you are looking for the best iPad themes, then here's that to catch it right now. With awesome icons, user interface and Notification Center comes with an awesome Lockscreen that can change your mind to develop your own theme. It's recommended for its ability of customization. This Buff theme for iPad is available from here.

5. First JX

Another Winterboard based Cydia theme for iPad brings an amazing look to your second and third generation iPads with great looking lockscreen, backgrounds and icons. This First JX iPad theme can be catched from here.

The above themes can be downloaded and installed on your iPad running iOS 5.0 or higher version IPSW firmware, but jailbreak needed.

Here's how you can install Winterboard and launch themes on your iPad 2/3.

Step 1: First of all you will need your device jailbroken, using the latest untether jailbreak tool , downloaded from here.


Step 2: After jailbreak, head over to Cydia and search for Winterboard a tweak that can change the look of your tablet.

Step 3: Reboot your device and that’s it you have successfully install Winterboard on your device.

For iPad themes installation directly from your Windows or Mac OS X systems, you can try this launcher called "iSpirit", available for free download from the link here.

With "Mini Info" Android System Monitor View Battery, Memory, CPU, RAM etc

With "Mini Info" System Monitor for easily and quickly Monitor your Android Device's Battery, CPU, RAM, SD Memory and Local Memory with a simple 2x1 Widget. Many Android Users Faced Problems with most system monitors.

Where Mini Info shows you what is important and and also allows you to customize, what you want to see everything in one 2x1 Widget. When you got a huge Memory Card, and want to check the space, or you can set Mini Info to only display the Battery Monitor or even you want to keep on eye on everything? then this Mini info which is also called an all-in-one Monitor, can display your Battery, SD Memory, Local Memory in the 2x1 small and awesome widget.You can see the screen shot for idea ow this Widget works.



With Mini Info You can also access an enhanced view by clicking on the widget, which will let you see the information for CPU and RAM, Network, Brightness and even Volume too and everything which we require from this widget view.

As this "Mini Info" Android System Monitor is now available for free for all Android Users, included me(i am an Android User too).



For this Mini info System Monitor, we are going to search in the Android Market Place or even we can scan the QR code below

GreenPois0n Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPad and iPod Touch 4G

As this GreenPois0n is a Cross-platform iBoot payload toolkit, which helps Hackers discover vulnerabilities and design super fast, low level iBoot Jailbreaks and can Exploit payloads.



The Jailbreak works well on the iPhone 4 in conjuction with GreenPoin0s Toolkit! as pod2g, who aerlier discovered the first exploit to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 has confirmed that it is possible. As SHAtter, the name which is not confirmed yet is working thorughly to Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4g and it may release at anytime.

As the Will Strfach added - “remember when we said greenpois0n would come to use later as a toolkit? using it to create this jailbreak is cutting our workload in half (or maybe more). that’s why pod mentioned it.”

Important Update: pod2g has now Confirmed that all Jailbreaks on iOS 4.1 need two exploits, 1. a tethered exploit and 2. an untethered exploit.

LG Launches Optimus Chic and Optimus One - Both Runs Android 2.2 Froyo


Both Optimus Chic and Optimus One Smartphones have been launched by the LG Electronics and these Two smartphones runs Android 2.2 Froyo. As these two Devices can Sync with Outlook Calender and can even provide portable WiFi hotspots to share easily with a single 3G connection.

As these two running Android 2.2 Froyo and as well as optimized for Google's Mobile Services, which also include Google Voice Search, Google Goggles, Google Shoper, Google Maps with Navigation, Google Voice Actions and these two LG Smartphones offers access to Android Market with more than 80,000 Applications too.

These Optimus One and Optimus Chic handsets feature a 600MHz processor anda 3.2-inch HVGA capactive Touchscreen at 320x480 Resolution. Where Optimus One comes with a 3-megapixel Camera and Optimus Chic comes with a 5-megapixel Camera, and both comes to us with a sleek design and touch sensitive buttons. You can see the Screenshot below:

This LG Optimus One Camera with facetracking and smile shot, and long-lasting 1500mAh capcity of Battery and this Optimus One will be available in Europe from October and i have no idea about the Price.

about LG Optimus Chic, which allows users to remotely control the device from the PCs and with LG Sync, it can keep users upto date with its ablity to wirelessly Sync Contacts, Photos, and many other vital information with Computers and Cloud Databases. With other DLNA certified devices like TVs, Audio visual Systems and Laptop Computer, all Multimedia Content can be Shared, easily.

That's it, here are the two Lag Optimus One and Optimus Chic Smartphone, which will run Android 2.2 "Froyo". Now you are the cooser and select the best fits for you! and my opinion, i choose LG Optimus Chic, because it has many best features than Optimus One.


Parallels 6 Desktop Mac Released with 80 new Features and VMWare dropped Price to $10

With the release of Parallels 6 Desktop for Mac, the Mac Virtual Machine Market today heats up. This Parallels, which is the biggest Virtual Machine Maker for the Mac Platform added 80 new features. As we all know, running Windows applications on our Mac, this Parallels Desktop for Mac is only the world's bestselling, and most trusted solution. With Parallels 6 Desktop for Mac, we can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications in the same time in a faster way, controled and confident.

After the release of this Parallels 6 Desktop for Mac, as a compatitor VMWare has dropped their price to $10. This Parallels 6 comes with 80 new features, some of them you already know and now you can check the most impressive and awesome new features from this new release.



Seamless Simplicity

We can run Windows Programs like they were native to our Mac. It is simple and quick, setting up Parallels 6 Desktop for Mac. Now enjoy the best of Both Worlds as Windows and Mac OS X on one seamless Desktop.

Simple and Quick to Get Started

Just a few quick steps and we can start our Windows applications running in a lightning speed and setting up Parallels Desktop for Mac is simple and quick.

Instant Access

With SmartX Technologies, we can get access to our files, data,and folders across Mac OS X and Windows.

Seamless Integration

As we all know, we can run both Mac OS X and Windows at the same time and side-by-side, to enjoy the best of the both Worlds - Windows and Mac OS X on one seamless Parallel 6 Desktop. Run Multiple Operating Systems and Programs simultaniously.

Intuitive Innovation - We can easily drag and drop Docs, music, pictures between Windows and Mac Apps. Either we can launch our Favorite Windows Program right from our Mac Dock.



What the users are saying about this new Upgraded Parallels 6 Desktop for Mac:

"parallels to 6. Fantastic! Smooth upgrade, fast start-up time and Coherence is now blazing fast. Great job team!".

"Parallels 6 is booting Windoz like 3x faster than before!".

"Parallels 6 feels much faster than 5 on my boot camp VM".

"ParallelsMac gotta say parallels is gr8 as a vm, windows xp has never worked so fast, even got mac webcam workin on xp live messenger"

"Loving new Parallels 6, so fast"

Google Voice(GV) Mobile App to App Store Coming Soon


This Google Voice (GV) Mobile app was removed from the App store earlier in this year. As several sites reported earlier that Sean Kovacs popular app GV Mobile would be re-approved to the App Store. Good news for users iPhone users, now it looks like this Google Voice (GV) Mobile app has officially been submitted to the App Store and with in a few weeks, all iDevice users get this GV Mobile App available to Download.

As this New app will be known as "GV Mobile +" and will support iPhone 4, which have Retina Display, Multitasking and quick app switching, and this will also support push notifications too. This "GV Mobile +" wiil be available for free for 12 hours and after that sells for $2.99.



Updates will be available on this Topic, when become available. Till then you can check some of the screenshots of this new GV Mobile + App:




"Express Lane" Online Tech Support Service Introduced by Apple

"Express Lane", which is a new Online Tech Support Service for Apple Warranty holders. The new Interface of this Express Lane is very easy to use, which allows us to tick boxes related to our Product and problem in order to narrow down the issue and offering assistance right after filling in the multiple choice selections, most of the time.



Apple has introduced this Express Lane Online Tech Service and it is now available to use from Apple's Officuial Website. Without having to interact with a support Tech, we can also lodge a question, which will require our serial key, and most of the time we will be able to get assistance directly from the new service.