iphone 4S pre-order breaks the previous 24 hours pre-order record of 600,000 iPhone 4, apple announced on October 10, 2011 in a press release.The iPhone 4S will be available in the U.S. at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 14.iPhone 4S comes in either black or white .The iPhone 4S will retail for $199 for a 16 GB model and $299 for a 32 GB model.
Google+ rolling out a new option in Google+ settings called ‘Who can notify you’.
This setting controls who you’ll get notifications from, if they:
Share with you individually
Select ‘Notify about this post’ (when sharing to a circle you’re in)
+Mention your name
Invite you to a hangout
Invite you to play or send you messages from a game
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The new alert from facebook page shows that Facebook will be removing Discussions app on October 31st.
Alert says
“We’re Making Pages Better:
We want to make sure the tools you use to manage your page are as effective as possible. Here’s an update that may affect how you connect with your audience:
Discussions: The best way to encourage conversation and feedback is through posts and comments on your Wall. To focus on this, we’ll be removing the Discussions app on October 31st.”
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Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe air 3 is now available for download.
what’s new in Adobe Flash Player 11?
Stage 3D accelerated graphics rendering.
Native 64-bit support.
H.264/AVC software encoding for cameras.
Content protection support for mobile.
JPEG-XR support.
High-efficiency SWF compression support.
Enhanced high-resolution bitmap support.
TLS Secure Sockets support.
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Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the codename for Ubuntu 12.04 will be ‘Precise Pangolin‘.Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is due for release in April 2012.
A pangolin is a mammal of the order Pholidota.Pangolins have large keratin scales covering their skin and are the only mammals with this adaptation.The name “pangolin” derives from the Malay word pengguling (“something that rolls up”).
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Google Earth,the free software from google has been downloaded more than one billion times since it was first introduced in 2005.Google Earth desktop client, mobile apps and the Google Earth plug-in. Google also collected stories from people all over the world at www.OneWorldManyStories.com who use Google Earth to follow their dreams, discover new and distant places, or make the world a better place.
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Apple cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56.
The home page of Apple.com displayed Steve Jobs picture and click the picture to view the Apple’s tribute to Steve Jobs.
” Steve Jobs
1955-2011
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who’ve been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve lost a dear friend and inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.
If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email [email protected].”
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iPhone 4S will be available for pre-order on Oct 7 and to purchase on Oct 14.The iPhone 4S will retail for $199 for a 16 GB model and $299 for a 32 GB model.
what’s new in this iphone 4s?
1.Personal assistant- Siri
2.camera with an an 8 megapixel sensor, a new fifth lens, an enlarged aperture.
3.1080p HD video
4.uses A5 dual-core chip
5.8 hours of talk time and 6 hours of 3G browsing or 9 hours of WiFi browsing.
6.supports both GSM and CDMA
Fedora 16 beta is now available for download and testing.what’s new in this beta?
kernel 3.1.0
Support for USB 2.0 (EHCI) devices
includes version 15 of autojump.
autokey
calcurse version 2.9.0
added cuneiform – open source OCR system
added ease – GNOME-based presentation system
added oo2gd – export of office documents to Google Docs
Google has announced a new google+ feature that allows locking and closing of comments on posts before sharing. Google has also released a new google+ APIs for search, +1s and comments for developers. The new APIs allow developers to build apps that incorporate google+ search.