Facebook to track app usage for ad targetting

Popular social networking site Facebook is launching a new type of mobile advertising that targets consumers, according to what apps they use, giving companies better options to track what people do on their phones. Facebook is tracking apps through its popular Facebook Connect, which lets users log into websites and apps, as varied as Amazon.com and LinkedIn with their Facebook accounts. The company then uses that data to target ads, said people familiar with the company’s plans. Facebook may also track what users do on the apps, but that is yet to be decided by the company.

iOS 6 vs Jelly Bean vs Windows Phone 8

First Apple released iOS 6 at WWDC, then Microsoft announced the most awaited Windows Phone 8, and recently at the Google I/O event, the newest Android iteration Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) was launched adding a new competitor to the two-horse mobile race. The new OS iterations were sheer improvements for Apple and Google to stay in the competition. On the other hand, Microsoft is here to prove its mettle and regain the ground that it has been losing on the mobile platform. It has tried hard and the feature set of the Windows Phone 8 will vouch for it. We decided to compare these three leading OSes, on the basis of what we know to be on paper, so far.

Change DNS settings to avoid DNSChanger blackout

The news, since the past couple of days has been largely about how come July 9th, systems infected with the dreaded DNSChanger virus may be pulled down. July 9, 2012 marks the end of the court order sought for by the FBI, instead of the initial March 8 deadline, in a bid to give users more time to ensure that their systems are not affected by the virus. Now, a blog post by Marco, Kaspersky Lab Expert sheds more light on how one should go about ensuring the smooth functioning of their system. He begins with explaining, "Computers in the internet have their own address – the IP-address. There are two versions:

• IPv4 which is a 32-bit address e.g. 195.122.169.23 and
• IPv6 which is a 128-bit address e.g. 2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7347

You clearly see that these addresses are not so easy to remember compared to e.g. “kaspersky.com”. Therefore the “Domain Name System” was created which translates domain-names as “kaspersky.com” to their respective IP-address to connect to the server."

iPhone 5 may feature Samsung's Exynos 4 quad-core processor

With Samsung’s Galaxy S III already launched all eyes have now turned to Cupertino to see what their new iPhone will feature. There have been a range of reports in the past which mainly surround the design of the handset, which of course is expected to be the main feature of this year’s iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5. However, the design might not be the only change to the new iPhone. A report from Digitimes claims that the iPhone 5 will feature a quad-core ARM processor that is based on Samsung’s Exynos 4 architecture.

The larger display at the front

As per the report, “Competition for quad-core smartphones will heat up in the fourth quarter of 2012, triggering by the roll-out of much speculated new iPhone and models built based on Qualcomm's quad-core chips, according to industry sources. Apple is also expected to release its next-generation iPhone built on Samsung's Exynos 4 quad-core processor in the second half, heating up competition in the segment, commented the sources.”

Top 20 Keyboard Shortcuts everyone should now

Keyboard shortcuts can speed up your productivity on a computer significantly. They usually replace multiple operations that are performed with the mouse with a set of keys that you need to press more or less simultaneously. Take the opening of the Windows Task Manager for instance. If you use the keyboard, you simply use the shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open the task manager on the system. Without the shortcut, you would have to search for the task manager (for instance in the start menu) to load it from there.

Apple pays $60m to settle iPad dispute in China

Apple has paid $60m (£38.2m) to settle a dispute in China over ownership of the iPad name, a court there announced on Monday, removing a key obstacle to sales of its tablet computer in the enormous Chinese market.

Apple's long-running dispute with Shenzhen Proview Technology, which had claimed to own the name, highlighted the possible pitfalls for global companies in China's young trademark system. But it also posed a challenge for the communist government, which wants to attract technology investors to develop China's economy.

Apple said it bought the global rights to the "iPad" name from Proview in 2009, but Chinese authorities said the rights in China were never transferred.