Firefox 28.0 Beta 2 is now available.
Mozilla Firefox is an Open Source and Free Web Browser, available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Four months on, Google+ Hangouts for iOS is still better than its Android counterpart.
Google+ Hangouts for iOS gained Google Voice integration back on October 18, 2013 while its Android counterpart is still without this feature.
This sure infuriated some hardcore Android users; their comments unintentionally become comedy gold.
According to Nikhyl Singhal, a Google Employee:
- Finally, we want to make Google Voice as secure as possible. There are a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice. These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your security, so we’re notifying these app developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014.
Reading between the lines, there seems to be an inherent security issue in Android Platform and/or Google Voice. If not, Google would have already deployed Google Voice integration within Hangouts for Android.
I want Google Voice integration within Hangouts on my Nexus 4; and so does my colleague with his Nexus 5. I guess we all still have to wait.
Firefox 28.0 Beta 1
Firefox 28.0 Beta 1 is now available.
Mozilla Firefox is an Open Source and Free Web Browser, available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Apple seeds OS X 10.9.2 build 13C53
Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 build 13C53 on Thursday, February 6, 2014, just one week after the release of build 13C48.
Some developers reported that they did not get the update until late Thursday night, many hours after Apple announced the update on the Developer Website.
Thunderbird 24.3.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3.0 is now available. The update includes security fixes and improved handling of reply-to.
Mozilla thunderbird is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
House of Cards Season 2, February 14, 2014
Netflix has set February 14, 2014 as the premiere date for House of Cards Season 2. Netflix subscribers in the U.S.A. should be getting the email for the announcement and preview.
On personal note, there is not a single character in House of Cards that I like. That’s why it’s so good.
By the way, the preview has the aspect ratio of 2:1. That’s pretty odd.
Sony to Sell VAIO Division, Exit PC Business.
From Sony Press Release:
Sony and Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (“JIP”) today concluded a memorandum of understanding confirming the parties’ intent for Sony to sell to JIP Sony’s PC business currently operated under the VAIO brand.
I just had the conversation about Sony VAIO computers last night. I almost bought a Sony VAIO PC as my first computer ever back in college. Throughout the years I owned two high-end Sony VAIO notebook computers, before I bought the first MacBook Pro in 2006.
In recent news, it was revealed that Steve Jobs offered Sony to run Mac OS on VAIO computers.