The iPhone 6: Apple’s Next Best Thing?

Apr 05

Apple

Attention all Apple fans! Apple is working on its latest product. Expected to be released in late summer, or early fall. Oh wait, it’s only the iPhone 6.

If I don’t sound too excited, it’s because I’m really not. Whether it’s another smartphone from Apple, another tablet, it’s all the same. Lately, all Apple does is take an existing product, spruce it up, and claim it’s the new best thing. This time around, their next “new best thing” is a new iPhone. So, rumour has it Apple is currently working on a new iPhone. What we know for sure is that there is a new smartphone in the making. However, reports are mixed on what kind of phone it will be. Some are claiming the next iPhone will be a more affordable version. Others however are saying that the iPhone 6 is a new upgrade in technology and design.

Let’s start with the affordable iPhone. According to several reports, if iPhone were to develop a cheaper smartphone, it will be targeting developing countries. In particular, those who seek out the cheaper Android phones. This iPhone would probably ditch the powerful processor, and advanced camera and opt for lower quality specs. As for design, it will boast a smaller size, and will come in different colours.

Colours for the iPhone?

Colours for the iPhone?

How about the other rumour? This alleged iPhone 6 is said to be bigger, brighter, and bolder. For example, the screen. For a higher screen resolution, the smartphone might include a Sharp IGZO screen. Besides the inevitable upgraded processor, the new iPhone will probably be supported by Apple’s latest software (iOS 7).

The Possible Upgrade

The Possible Upgrade

An iPhone is definitely in the making. Whether Apple decides to go for the affordable model, or the high-end phone we will know soon enough. A particular release date hasn’t been announced, yet I predict that the new iPhone will be released in the early fall. Regardless of the type of iPhone it is, it has to wow!

Author Hala
Category New, Phones
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How to spend a dusty weekend

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Apr 04
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I heard yesterday while I was driving to work  that this weekend is going to be a little bit dusty, Saturday might be better than Friday but all in all it will be a dusty weekend and I think it started to show already.

In this case and if you were planing to go out but have allergy then there are other ways to enjoy your weekend other than going to closed malls.

I don’t know much about playstations, I actually never played before but I think the dusty weather will give you a chance to finish the levels you didn’t  in a certain game.

I know that this might not be so much fun to some people but you can arrange the stuff you wanted to arrange in your closet or your basement two years back or try rearranging your bed room or your living room.  Change is good and it will refresh you and change your mood.

Alright, if you are too lazy to do such stuff, you can have a no reason party at your place. Gather some friends and have some fun and if you are the type who isn’t into this, you can turn it to girls movie night or guys playstation or cards competition ! Be creative.

Of course I wouldn’t forget mentioning how important it is to spend time with your kids, your family, your parents. A dusty weekend will force you in a way to bond better with your beloved ones, would’t it ?

Finally you can do what I’m planning to do, going to the gym and live there because it has been a while and I need to get myself into the treadmill.

I know that dusty weekends won’t stop a lot of us from going out but I think that even if it does, you could do a lot of fun things without leaving your home so have a nice weekend whether it is dusty or not.

 

 

 

Author Manar
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Apple Gaming Controller: Could Apple Really Be Getting Into Gaming?

Apr 04

Since gaming has become a huge part of Apple’s App Store, a new report said that Apple is shopping around the idea of a physical game controller to developers. Could Apple really be developing this new controller? It will all be revealed in a so called “Secret Meeting” at the Game Developers Conference this month.

 

Will it look like this?

Will it look like this?

 

or like this?

or like this?

 

It will be really interesting to see how far Apple will take this Apple gaming controller, as it will be the first hardware of this kind for Apple in a long time, especially after the 1990′s failure, “Apple Pippin,” the technology platform that was designed by Apple Computer.

Could Apple also be competing with Sony‘s new Playstation 4 controller which might be shown this month or in early May? or Could Apple possibly be moving into the Gaming Console field? Only time will tell.

 

PS4 Controller

PS4 Controller

 

 

Author Sandra
Category New
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App of the Week: Climate Clock

Apr 02

So, a friend of mine is throwing a party this weekend. Every last detail of her party has been planned out. From the invitations to the catering to the centerpieces, it’s all been taken care of. She’s been working on her laptop to finalize every single detail. Except for one tiny detail; the party is outdoors! So imagine her shock when she was checking the weather and saw that it is expected to rain this weekend. Hoping to find other weather reports and prove the first one wrong, we all began to check different weather sites. That is when I stumbled on a wonderful app for my mobile phone.

App of the Week: Climate Clock

Weather Predictions..Anytime, Anywhere

Weather Predictions..Anytime, Anywhere

Available for iPhone, Climate Clock is an incredible app. Climate Clock can tell the weather from any country around the world. Not only can it tell the weather, but the app also displays the forecast hour by hour. Designed as a clock, the weather is reflected by the hour. Your personal watch in your iPhone, every hour of the dial displays either a cloud, or sun (depending on the weather).  What I love about the app is it’s so easy to read; the predictions are clearly illustrated with the upmost detail. If there are any changes, it is shown by the hour.

So far, the app has been accurate. It predicts sunny weather, and its actually sunny. When the hour shows rain, the skies are cloudy. Needles to say, my friend has been checking her phone every hour for weather updates. According to Climate Clock, Friday will be sunny skies; perfect weather for a party.

Author Hala
Category New, Phones
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Must have Speaker Docks

Mar 31

I think we can all agree that the iPod is one of the greatest inventions out there to enter the music industry. I honestly can’t imagine how I survived all these years without an iPod, it truly is an investment. With over 3000 songs in a tiny little gadget to take everywhere, I call that genius! Along with the iPod came a number of accessories or devices to make the experience even better. Besides having the perfect headphones, having the right speaker dock is essential; especially that almost everyone now a day is using an iPod to listen to their music. So throw your CD Boom boxes and stereo systems away, speaker docks are taking over fast. Besides being lightweight and affordable it has impeccable sound quality and on top of all that, you wont believe the awesome designs out there.

Unlike stereo systems speaker docks are made to be simple and minimalistic. So when buying a speaker dock you need to keep in mind before anything the sound quality. That is why I collected a little list of speaker docks you need to check out.

Promate proBalls 2 Wireless Speakers and Docking station: Besides having the coolest design ever the Promate proBalls.2 speaker dock will blow you away with its unbelievable sound. Get crystal clarity for your music when docking either your iPod, iPad and iPhone.

Promatedock

JBL OnBeat Micro Dock: JBL is known for making the best out of your music experience. Unlike other speaker docks, the JBL OnBeat Micro Dock comes with a built-in lighting connector for your iPhone 5.

JBL dock

Harman Kardon GO + PLAY II: With the Harman Kardon Go+ Play II you can take your music anywhere you go. Designed with a stainless steel handle for easy transportation, inspired by retro looking boom boxes this speaker dock will look great anywhere you choose to place it. Besides its unique design, Harmon Kardon gives you that rich thunderous bass and detailed sound just as the artist intended.

Harman Kardon Dock

Beats BeatBox Sound: When you hear the word Beats you think of two things; Dr. Dre and Headphones, well now you can put speaker docks to your list. Just like were used from Beats, this speaker dock has incredibly monstrous sound wrapped in booming bass. Plus its size makes it perfectly portable to take anywhere you want!

Beatsdock

Author Farah
Category Audio & MP3
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April fool

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Mar 30
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Today I’m going to write something different than that you used to read on our blog, to be honest I don’t even know in what category I have to put it.

Well let’s go back to the subject ( April fool ) usually this day brings joy as it brings tears ( when it comes to bad jokes) but here we are going to try to find some jokes that you can guys do.

The first and classic one ! replace shampoo with Mayonnaise ( too bold ), well if you care, so replace simply the toothpaste with the mayonnaise ( fill it with an injection ) and replace the mouthwash with water + food coloring + a lot of chilly.

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Here we are going to push little far, don’t be shocked but I did it once, and we laughed so badly. If one of your friends
likes  ”apple juice ” put apple vinegar in glass and make him believe that it’s an apple juice.( he will drop tears for sure )
Well, well now be ready as you are going down the jokes are getting hard.

Take two jars of mayonnaise , take the first one empty it, fill it with a tasty whipped cream, and close well the jar, and leave the 2nd jar as it is, and ask one of your friend to play for a bet, the one who can finish the jar

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will win like 100 KD or even more, give the mayonnaise jar to your friend and enjoy the whipped cream.

well , all these jokes we can make them at home or while you are in Diwaniya. But what about work ?

I’m going to be as nice and kind as possible. At work we have three main things, mobile phone, laptop, and mouse.
For mobile phones, go to any website which offers free sms, and send to some of them( make sure that you can see them to take control of the situation) make it of the kind that will scar them, like for the first guy send  ” I brought the 100000 KD you asked me about and I’m waiting in the place we fixed, what can I do next , please don’t hurt my kid ”

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… wait a while and send to his colleague, ” can you tell to your colleague -write the name- to replay to my sms

because I’m waiting since a while and he didn’t replay, What about my son ?”  wait a while and watch what’s will happen, according to what’s happening see what you can add or just stop the game.

Laptops, here you have to read a bit, but the trick is that we are going to create a shurtcut that makes the computer shut down alone, on your colleagues computer.

You have to ask your colleague to borrow you his laptop for a while, and here you are going to do your work.
In 7 steps you will be creating a scary fake virus to your colleague who gonna think that he has lost all his data.

1-Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

2. For an Instant Shut Down Computer Shortcut:

Type the location below into the location area, and click on the Next button.

shutdown -s -f -t 00 -c”Hello -name of your colleague- all your data will be distributed to all the network. Then your computer will shut down” 

5. Type Google Chrome ( or the name of the browser that your friend uses ) for the name, and click on the Finish button.

7. Go back to your shurtcut Right click on it,on the Desktop and click on Properties.

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8. Click on the Shortcut tab, then click on the Change Icon button, choose the icon of the browser you used as name for this shurtcut.

9. Click on OK.

10. Select the icon and click on OK and wait.

PS: I just fooled you guys, I wrote that you will be doing it in 7 steps, check the number mentioned on the last step ! isn’t 10 ??  now you checked, go back go back , and count them ! yeah sure they are 7 ! :P

And finally the mouses ,if your friends are using infrared mouse then switch mouses between them ( I did it once to my colleagues and believe me guys one of the girls became really mad and start clapping it against the table and start saying ” my mouse isn’t working “)

Here are all the possible jokes I can propose you, I have some bolder jokes and some really bad ones, but I can’t take responsibility of telling you all of them, even for those I just wrote above, I’m not responsible if you will be hit on :P ( kidding ) enjoy the April fool day, and don’t be too hard with your friends .

Author Meriem Laoufi
Category New
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# Facebook Hashtag

Mar 29

Here’s a question! Whether a fan of Facebook, or Twitter this question is really a no-brainer. What is the biggest difference between Facebook and Twitter? In other words, what does Twitter have that Facebook doesn’t have?

Twitter and Facebook

The first word that should come to mind is hashtag! Hashtag is one of Twitter’s famous creations. It is to categorize, unite, and annotate any idea or thought. To hashtag, all you have to do is place the “#” and type in any word. For example, #iphone5, #x-cite, #new, #school, and everything under that hashtag will be categorized under one.

Twitter introduced us to the hashtag around 5 years ago. It was a concept seen in “Tweets”, where everyone placed a hashtag before any idea they had. Whether the tweet was about a TV or a celebrity, there was a hashtag! Soon enough, the hashtag began to appear on Facebook. Those who were active on both Twitter and Facebook began to use the hashtag on Facebook. However, the hashtag didn’t apply to Facebook. Refusing to stay behind, Facebook is introducing the hashtag in order to truly compete with Twitter. Sooner or later, you will be able to hashtag on Facebook, from your phone, or laptop. According to reports, Facebook hashtag will be used  to allow members to group their conversations. Just like users promote likes of businesses or pages, Facebook hashtag will allow users to do the same. The Facebook hashtag is basically a new source to generate money.

Hashtag Facebook

If and when Facebook introduces hashtag, the competition between Twitter will only heat up. Right now, all that stands between Facebook and Twitter is the famous hashtag.

Author Hala
Category New
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Sleep If U Can: The Most Annoying Alarm Clock App

Mar 28

Every morning, it is so hard to get out of bed, especially after a long tiring day at work the day before and sometimes you will feel like you just want to shatter your iPhone into pieces, because of the same daily alarm tone you always hear.  However, Geekologie’s new app ” The Sleep If U Can alarm clock” is the perfect obnoxious alarm clock to wake up to.

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With the “Sleep If U Can” app, you will be forced to take a picture before you make your alarm shut up! And not just any normal picture, but a picture you took the night before you dozed off.

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The bad thing is, you will have to get out of bed to take that picture and you have to make sure its the exact same as the previous night’s picture. The good thing is, you can select your favourite song to run in the background while taking that step and hopefully this is what will stop you from bashing your iPhone!

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Don’t defeat the purpose of the app though, if your going to take a picture of yourself, and sleep again, then you might as well just save those $2 you’ll be spending on buying that app from the App Store :P If you really want to start getting out of bed on time though, set that picture to somewhere far away from your bed. Thanks to Apple for always inventing apps that help make our lifestyle easier.

 

 

Author Sandra
Category New
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Recipe of the Week: Chilled Creamy Pineapple

Mar 27

The weather is warming up, and we have all moved our gatherings from indoors to outdoors. Out with the hot drinks, hot recipes, and in with the cool summer dishes. Sooner than you know it, you will be looking for an ice cold dish, whatever it may be. Before we all run inside looking for that AC, I suggest you enjoy the weather a delicious recipe. I bring you an easy and refreshing recipe that is exactly what you will be looking for soon. All you need are a few kitchen appliances to enjoy a delicious refreshing dessert.

Recipe of the Week: Chilled Creamy Pineapple 

Recipe of the Week

Recipe of the Week

Ingredients

  1. 1 fresh Pineapple or 2 cans of sliced Pineapple
  2. 1 cup of thick fresh cream
  3. 2 packets of Marie biscuit
  4. 1 teaspoon of Sugar
  5. Coconut powder for garnish

Directions

  1. Beat the chilled cream with a hand mixer or stand mixer with sugar until fluffy
  2. Cut Pineapple slices
  3. In a flat serving dish, add a layer of Marie biscuit pieces, cream and the pineapple. Repeat this layer until the dessert covers the dish
  4. On the top layer, garnish with coconut powder to add flavor
  5. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour
  6. Serve and enjoy!

 

Author Hala
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App of the Week: Flipboard

Mar 26

World news, social news, photos, all in one! Imagine what that magazine will look like. I picture a booklet so heavy to carry that I wouldn’t even bother to look through it. Recently, a friend introduced me to this new app. In a few seconds, the image of the heavy booklet I had disappeared. The dense magazine, instead, became an interesting app on my smartphone. I have recently been introduced to an app compatible with both phones and tablets; an app that can keep me up to date with everything going around.

App of the Week: Flipboard

Up to date with Flipboard

Stay up to date with Flipboard

Flipboard brings all your interests together. Whether world news from BBC, or CNN, social updates from Facebook or Instagram, Flipboard has it all. Available for any Apple or Android device, Flipboard allows you to view all your news from your smartphone and tablet. All you have to do is select your favorite topics whether form world news (BBC, CNN, USA Today) or social updates (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Once your topics are selected, watch Flipboard turn your phone into a magazine. The app allows you to check up on all your favorite topics as if flipping pages of a book. So instead of checking your laptop, or TV for the latest news, just check Flipboard.

Flipboard is not your ordinary app. It combines all your interests into one. Make your life that much easier and download Flipboard today!

Author Hala
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