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uTorrent and BitTorrent beta comes to Android, available on Google Play

Earlier this year, we heard reports that BitTorrent Inc., was working on an Android version of its popular uTorrent and BitTorrent client.  Fans of the uTorrent and BitTorrent torrent clients can now rejoice!, your  favorite  desktop torrent clients are now  available  on your mobile devices, because BitTorrent Inc. has launched a beta apps of uTorrent and BitTorrent clients for any mobile or tablet running Android OS. These are fully functional, standalone clients unlike the Remote apps that were available until now.   There are many torrent clients already available on Google Play, but most of them are have limited functionality and are ad-supported unless you have a paid version but both of these apps are currently free, with features like RSS feeds for serialized downloads , unlimited upload/download speed, and running and downloading over WiFi in background, currently there are no limits on download sizes either. Both  apps suppo...

RIP Safari for Windows and older Macs

Apple has finally shipped Safari 6 with the the new  Mountain Lion , but has silently removed Safari for Windows and users of previous versions of Mac OS will get limited new features of the new browser, the reason behind this is that in order to take full advantage of new web browser, you'll need to be latest OS. As announced back in June, Safari 6 on Mountain Lion incorporates some ideas taken from Google Chrome. One big Mountain-Lion-only addition is a feature called iCloud Tabs, which lets Apple users with iCloud sync their tabs across Macs and iPhones, iPads, and iPods running iOS 6. Another cool feature is “Tab View,” which makes it easy to quickly look through all your open tabs. The new browser also includes built-in sharing to Facebook and Twitter.  While most of Safari 6′s new features are for Mountain Lion users only, users on Lion, can still take advantage of the new omnibar that combines the address bar and unified search made famous by Google Chrome, Do No...

Reset Your Firefox to gain speed without loosing important information

If you've been using Firefox for a while, you might see a lot happening in the background that can slow your browser down. It's not dangerous or even necessarily wrong, but you might notice that Firefox is a little more sluggish than it used to be. Over time, you acquire plugins that you may or may not have willingly downloaded, toolbars you don’t remember installing and more. These can slow down your browsing, cause annoying crashes and just make a big old mess. Who has time to troubleshoot these things? It’s tedious, sometimes frustrating and often doesn’t fix the problem. Firefox has a solution. It’s like hitting the reset button. Actually, it is a reset button. Go to your Firefox menu bar and select Help > Troubleshooting information. Click the “Reset Firefox” Button, confirm your action with the slide-down prompt and then click “Done” when Firefox lets you know it’s reset. How cool is that? When you reset Firefox, you don’t have to start from scratch. Here’s what you...

VLC media player for Android now available

The VideoLAN Project has finally published a VLC for Android to the Google Play Store . The player right now in beta brings most of the famed features of VLC to Android in a native UI in the Android 4.0 Holo style. It is a big news for movie buffs using Android (like me) which means, no more headache of converting a movie to a supported codec before it can play on the phone. It p lays all files, in all formats, like the classic VLC on Windows. The beta published to the Google Play Store today is only compatible with ARM systems that use the ARMv7 architecture set and support the NEON instruction set. That means that there are several devices — mostly those released before Google/HTC Nexus One in 2010 — that cannot run the current beta. The major exception here is the Nvidia Tegra platform. Nvidia’s Tegra 2 lacks NEON instruction set as a result cannot run VLC currently. The NEON instruction set is  general-purpose SIMD engine efficiently processes current and future mu...

Microsoft: Of course we don't care for Windows Phone 7 buyers

When Microsoft announced that Windows Phone 8 won't be availiable to any of the current generation phones, it clearly meant was "We accept Windows Phone 7 is a failure and we don't care for those users who bought them". This might have  upsetted a lot of its customers. But some loyal fan are still tryig to defend Microsoft with whatever means possible. Microsoft's senior product manager for Windows Phone Greg Sullivan in an interview said, "this clean break for Windows Phone 8 was by design and in fact part of the plan for the platform from the very beginning. Back when buyers were grabbing the very first Windows Phones, Microsoft was already working on Windows Phone 8 for future buyers only". Why would Microsoft's plan involve leaving early supporters in the cold? Apps, according to Sullivan, or more correctly developers building Windows Phone apps. They needed an installed base to get developers interested in creating apps, so they pushed Wi...

Microsoft Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Microsoft has officially  removed the wraps from   Windows Phone 8 aka Apollo, the next major upgrade to its failed mobile OS and shot its entire existing user base to hell in the process. Lets start with Good things first, of Windows Phone 8.  There we have plenty of new features  Windows Phone 8 will support like Better Hardware  dual-core and quad-core CPUs, higher screen resolutions (WVGA, WXGA, 720p),  swappable   memory cards, IPv6  and native NFC. It will feature a "Wallet Hub" which will allows to use Windows Phone 8 devices for mobile payment and more, a "Company Hub" which allows companies create their own Windows Phone 8 Hub for custom employee apps.  Additionally, Office for Windows Phone is also being beefed-up for enterprises, though no specific details were shared on this aspect. It will also include Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Skype and Bing Maps replaced with much better Nokia Drive will be pre-loaded on...

Why Microsoft Surface Tablet will be dead on arrival

Microsoft recently unveiled its Surface Tablet hybrid. Its a tablet that can connect with a iPad like smart cover which has integrated keyboard and track-pad. The Surface has Magnesium chassis, vapour deposition coating, cutaway edges, ClearType HD display. It will come in two versions normal and pro. The normal version has ARM processor and comes with Windows 8 (WOA, RT or whatever they are calling it now). The pro version has x86 Intel 3rd Gen Core-i5 processor(Ivy Bridge). The ARM version has a 720p HD display and x86 version has 1080p display. Now, to actually compare the Surface to other tablets and hybrids in the market, Surface doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the market. The only revolutionary feature it has is a smart cover which has keyboard and track-pad. Seriously, it feels like Microsoft has accepted that touch can never replace physical keyboard. This strategy is a failure from the get-go. Even though, iPad has...

Why Microsoft's Windows 8 Tablets will be an utter failure

Microsoft's just released the Release Preview of Windows 8 yesterday. With Windows 8 Microsoft is trying to 'Kill two birds with one stone' i.e. its targeting both desktop PCs and Tablets. Can Microsoft succeed in this ambitious plan, we are certainly not sure. Here are some of the points that suggest Why it will be an utter failure bigger then Vista why:- Metro UI/UX- First and foremost thing users will notice when they boot up to Windows 8 will be a new interface. Gone are the traditional Windows UI elements like Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons, the gorgeous Aero glass effects, now everything is replaced with a gaudy colors that remind you of classical Windows 1x era. Instead of icons you will be greeted with big in your face tiles for each app that might remind you of Tetris or Lego building blocks or remember AOL 1996. The Start screen is your new desktop, Yes you read it right now you default d...

Sandbox and lock Android to make it safe and secure for kids with Play Safe

As a concerned parent, You must be be worried when your kids use your smartphone. Who hasn't? But, it's impossible to trust your toddler to stay within a designated app and not explore. Enter Play Safe , it is an Android app that that gives your kids a sandbox, allows you to set a predefined list of apps your child can access which ensures that they can play, well, safe. The setup process walks you through selecting approved apps for your child, along with how to unlock the app once your child is done. Right now, you press and hold on the Play Safe logo for 5 seconds to exit the app. When you want to give your young one a turn with the phone, you just run Play Safe, then rest easy in the knowledge that he or she won’t be able to do anything but run the apps you’ve sanctioned. When the time comes to exit Play Safe, you simply hold down the app’s logo for three seconds. Older kids might be able to figure this out, which is why the developers will soon be adding password...

Samsung Galaxy S3 review

Samsung just unveiled its flagship Galaxy S3. With host of software and hardware improvements. looks like HTC One X has finally got some competition. Hardware wise,it has a Quad Core Samsung's own Exynos chip @ 1.4Ghz, which is made on 32nm manufacturing process, making it more power efficient. The S3 has a bigger 4.8 inches screen and the phone is slightly longer and wider. Amazingly the S3 is thinner than the HTC One X. Here are some of the features of latest Galaxy phone- Memory The S3 comes with 16GB and 32GB of internal storage, a memory card slot as well as 50GB of free storage with DropBox. An AMOLED Screen The biggest pull of the Galaxy S III, at least initially, is its screen. At 4.8 inches, it’s huge, larger than the screen of the Galaxy S II and a tad bit smaller than that of the Galaxy Note. Wireless charging (optional) This is a optional feature announced. You can purchase a separate wireless charger and use it to charge the phone without connectin...