Friday, October 25, 2013
Drone Attacks - Death from the Sky - by Razia Fareed
Drone Attacks - Death from the Sky - by Razia Fareed (thanks Jang.com)
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Apple iOS 7 features
A comprehensive list of iOS 7 features
By , Sep 18, 2013
These new iOS 7 features are sometimes obvious, but often very subtle. Over the course of the last three months, we’ve made it our mission to build a list of features that are new to iOS 7. It is not an exhaustive list, but this is probably as comprehensive as it gets. If you want to know all iOS 7 can do for you, you’ve come to the right place…
Note that we didn’t necessarily focus on the design aspect of things in iOS 7, but rather on features. This means that we didn’t list every new design element.
These new features are sorted by application. For a complete list of what was new in every beta release, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the applicable beta release.
App Store
- A closer look at the App Store app in iOS 7
- Add apps to a Wish List
- You can search your previously purchased apps by name
- Tap the screenshot preview of an app to get a full screen screenshots of it
- Apps can be updated automatically in the background (can be turned off in Settings > iTunes & App Stores)
- You can see popular apps “Near Me”
- You are now asked if you want to download an app if it is over 59MB
- New icon animations when downloading an app
- You can now use apps while they’re updating
Camera
- Swipe left and right to choose video recording, photo, square format, or panorama
- Square photo format
- Shoot photos with live filters
- Edit your photos with filters
- You can zoom in while taking a video
- Take HDR photos on iPad
- Burst mode
Clock
- The app icon now shows the current time
- When setting a timer, remaining time appears on Lock screen
- When alarm is snoozed, remaining snooze time appears on Lock screen
- In World Clock, tap on a clock to display digital clocks
Compass
- The app has a new calibration system
- The app now features a level as well
Contacts
- When editing a contact, you can now add date, social profile, or instant message handle
- A contact now shows icons for Messages, Phone, FaceTime, FaceTime audio or email
Control Center
- iOS 7 introduces Control Center
- Control Center works in landscape mode
FaceTime
- FaceTime now has its own icon
- You can block callers
- You can make FaceTime audio calls (without video)
Lock screen
- A brand new Lock screen
- You can pull down to bring Notification Center
- You can swipe up to bring Control Center
- Charging icon is now showing up for a few seconds when first plugged in
- You can Slide to Unlock from everywhere on the Lock screen
- Lock screen fades in as you hit the Home or Power buttons
- Lock screen fades out after 10 seconds of inactivity
- Smart “send from” feature
- You can “Mark All” emails as Read, Unread, or Flag
- New smart mailboxes
- Improved Mail search
Maps
- Maps app has a night view
- Turn-by-turn walking directions
- Maps bookmark syncing
- Night mode
- Pin in Maps app now shows estimated driving time to location
Messages
- A closer look at Messages in iOS 7
- See Messages timestamps by swiping left
- Messages app now opens to conversation list instead of opening to unread message
- Double tap and hold a message to copy, delete, clear all, or select to forward
- “Contact” button at the top of a conversation now makes it easy to access additional contact info
- Long MMS support
- You can block senders
Multitasking
- Flick an app screenshot up to close
- Flick up up to three apps to close
- Multitasking works in landscape mode
Music
- Complete app redesign
- iTunes Radio
- Landscape mode now shows a tile view of your albums (no more cover flow)
- Better Lock screen controls
- You can skip up to 6 songs on iTunes Radio before hearing an ad
- Tap on album cover in Music app to rate a song
Notification Center
- A new Notification Center
- Context-based alerts
- Notification Center works in landscape mode
- NC now has 3 tabs: Today, All, and Missed
- You can now swipe between Today – All – Missed views in Notification Center
- Notification sync
Passbook
- You can share passes via email or Messages
- Scan to acquire Passbook passes
Photos
- The Map view is gone
- Screenshots aren’t pushed to Photo Stream anymore
- Photo collections
- You can now see Shared Streams activity
- A new tab for Videos has been added
Phone
- You can block callers
- Photos are showed for your Favorites
- On the keypad, pressing “Call” will call the last dialed number
Reminders
- Search bar in Reminders
- A new card-like view
Safari
- An all new mobile Safari
- Full-screen interface
- Unified smart search field
- New layout for your Favorites
- New tab view
- Swipe tabs to the left to close them
- Parental controls
- Swipe left and right to navigate back and forward
- Easy access to Private Browsing mode
- Saved Passwords for Safari now ask you want to setup an on-device password
Settings
- In Cellular, you can see cellular data used per app
- In General > Text Size, you can change text size of apps that support the feature
Siri
- Bing is Siri’s default search engine
- New male and female voices
- Siri can show you pictures (“Siri, show me pictures of a guitar”)
- Siri wants you to stay alive
- Siri learned how to pronounce names
- New Siri mic sound
Other
- AirDrop for iOS
- New parallax effect
- Activation Lock is a new security feature
- Support for third party game controlers
- Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0
- Redeem iTunes gift card using the camera
- Anti-cheating measures in Game Center
- A closer look at the iOS 7 smarter keyboard
- Smarter auto-correct
- A closer look at Frequent Locations
- Control your iOS device with head movements
- New iOS 7 wallpapers
- New ringtones and alert sounds
- You can now download additional dictionaries (select a word and tap “define” then “manage”)
- Apple logo on boot up is completely flat
- Swipe down from top of Home screen to bring up Spotlight search
- You can put Newsstand in a folder
- A grid-like design appears when waiting for an app to download
- Apps can request access to the microphone
- You now have dynamic wallpapers
- Reading List icon is a tribute to Steve (see glasses)
- View PDF annotations
- Inclinometer
- Per app VPN
- New charge sound when you plug your iPhone in
What’s new in each beta release?
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tips to Fill Petrol and Diesel
Tips to Fill Petrol and Diesel
Fuel at night or early morning:
It is better to buy or fill up your car or bike during early morning, when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks underground. .
The colder the ground, the more dense the fuel. When it gets warmer, petrol expands. So, buying in the afternoon or in the evening, your liter is not exactly a liter.
In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature play an important role. 1 degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Fill fuel when half tank empty:
Another most important tip is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less is the air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
Nozzle trigger should not be in the fast mode:
While filling petrol, the nozzle trigger should not be in the fast mode, instead it should be in the low stage to minimize the impacts of vapor and to have maximum economy of petrol.
If you see properly, you will find that the trigger has three stages-
Low, Medium, and High. Filling petrol at the faster rate means you have more gas with your liquid petrol.
Don''t fill petrol while tanker are unloading petrol:
It is important to notice this as when the tankers fill fuel at the fuel station all the dirt that is settled at the bottom gets disturbed and if you are fueling at the same time it can get into your vehicle tank along with fuel - it can affect your engine.
Proper Tyre pressure:
Tyre pressure must be checked once every two weeks. It helps to reduce the drag while driving thus increasing your mileage. There is a label in your car just when you open the driver seat which tells you the Tyre pressure.
Service vehicle regularly:
During car service, always get three things replaced - oil, oil filter air filter. If you can find a reliable mechanic then you can do it at low cost.
Replace spark plugs:
once every 5 years, you must replace the spark plugs, use a better quality spark plug not the ordinary one which comes with the stock car. It improves your fuel combustion thus giving more mileage and it improves your Air condition performance.
Clear of unwanted items from the car:
It is important that you remove all the unwanted items whenever you are starting to move around. Every extra kilo of weight will need additional fuel, decreasing the mileage.
Fuel at night or early morning:It is better to buy or fill up your car or bike during early morning, when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks underground. .
The colder the ground, the more dense the fuel. When it gets warmer, petrol expands. So, buying in the afternoon or in the evening, your liter is not exactly a liter.
In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature play an important role. 1 degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Fill fuel when half tank empty:
Another most important tip is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less is the air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
Nozzle trigger should not be in the fast mode:
While filling petrol, the nozzle trigger should not be in the fast mode, instead it should be in the low stage to minimize the impacts of vapor and to have maximum economy of petrol.
If you see properly, you will find that the trigger has three stages-
Low, Medium, and High. Filling petrol at the faster rate means you have more gas with your liquid petrol.
Don''t fill petrol while tanker are unloading petrol:
It is important to notice this as when the tankers fill fuel at the fuel station all the dirt that is settled at the bottom gets disturbed and if you are fueling at the same time it can get into your vehicle tank along with fuel - it can affect your engine.
Proper Tyre pressure:
Tyre pressure must be checked once every two weeks. It helps to reduce the drag while driving thus increasing your mileage. There is a label in your car just when you open the driver seat which tells you the Tyre pressure.
Service vehicle regularly:
During car service, always get three things replaced - oil, oil filter air filter. If you can find a reliable mechanic then you can do it at low cost.
Replace spark plugs:
once every 5 years, you must replace the spark plugs, use a better quality spark plug not the ordinary one which comes with the stock car. It improves your fuel combustion thus giving more mileage and it improves your Air condition performance.
Clear of unwanted items from the car:
It is important that you remove all the unwanted items whenever you are starting to move around. Every extra kilo of weight will need additional fuel, decreasing the mileage.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Indian governments orchestrated Parliament, Mumbai attacks
Indian governments orchestrated Parliament, Mumbai attacks
An Indian home ministry former officer has disclosed that a member of the secret service team had accused incumbent governments of 'orchestrating' the terror attack on Parliament and the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai. The former Indian investigator Satish Verma said that India itself was behind attack on Parliament in Delhi and Mumbai terror attacks.
According to Indian media‚ the fake encounter case involving a senior officer Under-Secretary of Interior Ministry Ishrat Jahan has submitted an affidavit in the court stating that a member of CBI and SIC investigation team Satish Verma told him that in the terrorists attacks on Parliament in Delhi and Mumbai terror attacks were pre-planned.
A key government official, R V S Mani said that Satish Verma, until recently a part of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe team, told him that both the terror attacks were set up "with the objective of strengthening the counter-terror legislation (sic).
Mani has said that Verma narrated that the 13.12. 2001(attack on Parliament) was followed by Pota (Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act) and 26/11 2008 (terrorists' siege of Mumbai) was followed by amendment to the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).
The official said Verma levelled the damaging charge while debunking IB's inputs labelling the three killed with Ishrat in the June 2004 encounter as Lashkar terrorists.
When Times of India contacted Verma, he refused to comment. "I don't know what the complaint is, made when and to whom. Nor am I interested in knowing. I cannot speak to the media on such matters. Ask the CBI," said the Gujarat cadre IPS officer who after being relieved from the SIT is working as principal of the Junagadh Police Training College.
It may be recalled that India had accused Pakistan of its involvement in both of the attacks and started a propaganda campaign maligning Pakistan based organisations and its agencies for the attacks. Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab have already been hanged by Indian government in parliament and 26/11 cases, respectively.
Thanks: Copyright News Network International, 2013
An Indian home ministry former officer has disclosed that a member of the secret service team had accused incumbent governments of 'orchestrating' the terror attack on Parliament and the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai. The former Indian investigator Satish Verma said that India itself was behind attack on Parliament in Delhi and Mumbai terror attacks.
According to Indian media‚ the fake encounter case involving a senior officer Under-Secretary of Interior Ministry Ishrat Jahan has submitted an affidavit in the court stating that a member of CBI and SIC investigation team Satish Verma told him that in the terrorists attacks on Parliament in Delhi and Mumbai terror attacks were pre-planned.
A key government official, R V S Mani said that Satish Verma, until recently a part of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe team, told him that both the terror attacks were set up "with the objective of strengthening the counter-terror legislation (sic).
Mani has said that Verma narrated that the 13.12. 2001(attack on Parliament) was followed by Pota (Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act) and 26/11 2008 (terrorists' siege of Mumbai) was followed by amendment to the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).
The official said Verma levelled the damaging charge while debunking IB's inputs labelling the three killed with Ishrat in the June 2004 encounter as Lashkar terrorists.
When Times of India contacted Verma, he refused to comment. "I don't know what the complaint is, made when and to whom. Nor am I interested in knowing. I cannot speak to the media on such matters. Ask the CBI," said the Gujarat cadre IPS officer who after being relieved from the SIT is working as principal of the Junagadh Police Training College.
It may be recalled that India had accused Pakistan of its involvement in both of the attacks and started a propaganda campaign maligning Pakistan based organisations and its agencies for the attacks. Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab have already been hanged by Indian government in parliament and 26/11 cases, respectively.
Monday, May 27, 2013
How to Put an iPhone Into DFU Mode
DFU means Device Firmware Update. If a restore using Recovery Mode doesn't work you will want to use DFU Mode as a last resort. When placing your iPhone into DFU Mode it does not load the OS before attempting the restore
Watch the Video!
For your convenience this tutorial is available in video format also. Click the Watch It button to view the tutorial!
To put the iPhone into DFU mode so you can do an iTunes firmware restore follow these steps:
Step One
Open iTunes and connect the iPhone to your Mac.
Step Two
Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.
Step Three
After exactly 10 seconds release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button until you iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
The iPhone screen will remain black like this:
NOTE***: It may take a few attempts to get your iPhone into DFU mode. Generally, I hold down both buttons then release the Home button just before I think the Apple logo would appear. If you are still holding both buttons down and you see the Apple logo you are holding them down for too long!
Watch the Video!For your convenience this tutorial is available in video format also. Click the Watch It button to view the tutorial!
To put the iPhone into DFU mode so you can do an iTunes firmware restore follow these steps:
Step One
Open iTunes and connect the iPhone to your Mac.
Step Two
Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.
Step Three
After exactly 10 seconds release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button until you iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
The iPhone screen will remain black like this:
NOTE***: It may take a few attempts to get your iPhone into DFU mode. Generally, I hold down both buttons then release the Home button just before I think the Apple logo would appear. If you are still holding both buttons down and you see the Apple logo you are holding them down for too long!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Pakistan take series as India batting fails again
The Report by Abhishek Purohit
January 3, 2013
Pakistan 250 (Jamshed 106, Hafeez 76, Ishant 3-34, Jadeja 3-41) beat India 165 (Dhoni 54*, Ajmal 3-20, Junaid 3-39) by 85 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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They lost eight successive overseas Tests. They lost a home Test series. And now the ODI world champions have lost a home bilateral series for the first time in more than three years. They are in free fall, and continue to touch a newer nadir each time. The failure of the batsmen has been a common factor in all these reversals, and it was no different at Eden Gardens. Despite the bowlers taking ten wickets for 109 to keep Pakistan to 250, India crumbled without any fight, losing their top five batsmen before they had reached 100. The tail had collapsed before MS Dhoni could even think about improbables such as miracles.
Pakistan added to their record of being the only side, other than Australia, to inflict home ODI series defeats on India in the previous ten years. They also continued their impressive record at Eden Gardens, and have now won all their four ODIs against India at the ground. Nasir Jamshed, one of the finest young batsmen around, made his third successive ODI century against India, whose batsmen carried their struggles from Chennai to Kolkata.
Junaid Khan bowled his heart out in an opening spell of 7-1-18-2, taking out Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli. Umar Gul came in to remove a subdued and edgy Virender Sehwag, and followed it up with the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh. Suresh Raina was peppered with short balls before falling to Mohammad Hafeez's offspin. India went from 42 for 0 to 95 for 5. Dhoni was left battling alone, and again, he battled till the very end, refusing several singles with the last man Ishant Sharma and hitting the odd boundary, despite knowing that all of it was in vain, despite knowing that he was the only man in this line-up prepared to fight.
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Sehwag and Gambhir may have put on 42, but their partnership was full of plays-and-misses and inside edges eluding the stumps. And eight of those 42 runs came off two overthrows to the boundary, courtesy Hafeez.
The tall Mohammad Irfan continued to test India with his bounce, but Junaid's was the standout spell. Displaying superb control, Junaid beat the outside edge on numerous occasions, and also hit Sehwag on the pads a few times. It wasn't unusually good deliveries that got him his wickets, though it could be said he had persevered enough to earn some luck. Gambhir tried to drive a widish length ball, which moved in slightly for the batsman to play on. Kohli fell to an outstanding, leaping take by Kamran Akmal down the leg side.
There was nothing fortuitous about Sehwag's fall, Gul bending one back in sharply to strike the leaden-footed batsman in front of middle. The senior opener had had another poor outing, after averaging 21.70 in ODIs in 2012.
Yuvraj had a nervy stay as well, eventually edging an attempted pull off a Gul bouncer to the wicketkeeper. Raina had already been tested by the inevitable short balls, had escaped a run-out chance, and went stumped as he lunged to drive a Hafeez delivery.
The batsmen's meek capitulation meant the fightback from the bowlers, kickstarted by Ravindra Jadeja, was in vain. Pakistan had zoomed to 141 for 0 inside 24 overs before Jadeja, playing because Dhoni wanted an allrounder bowling instead of part-timers, broke the opening partnership by removing Hafeez, and later dismissed the centurion Nasir Jamshed and Kamran Akmal within three deliveries. Pakistan sputtered on a slightly uneven pitch, which seemed to get somewhat difficult for batting as the balls got older.
It all started with an ungainly sweep from Hafeez, who till then, had timed the ball beautifully in his fourth century stand with Jamshed in nine ODI innings. Suddenly, all momentum seemed to drain from the innings. Ishant gave nothing away, bowling a tight line from the other end. And things began to work for India.
In Jadeja's next over, Azhar Ali trotted out of his crease even as the bowler was appealing for lbw. MS Dhoni was alert enough to reach the ball and lob it back before Azhar could return. In the 35th over, just before the batting Powerplay was to be taken, fortune, and the sweep, struck for India. Younis Khan inside-edged Suresh Raina on to his pad, and was given leg-before. Pakistan were still strongly placed at 177 for 3, but after Misbah-ul-Haq departed lbw to R Ashwin in the first over of the batting Powerplay, they took just 26 off it.
Jamshed, struggling to time the ball now, still kept going. Jadeja was not done yet, though. First ball on his return in the 42nd over, he had Jamshed stranded way down the pitch for Dhoni to complete the stumping on the second attempt. Two balls later, he spun one away from Kamran Akmal for the thick-edged drive to fly to slip, a position Dhoni stuck to even at that late stage. Pakistan had soon lost ten wickets for 109 in 24.4 overs, scarcely believable numbers after their start.
Overcast Kolkata skies and his batsmen's capitulation in swinging Chennai conditions had made Dhoni ask Pakistan to bat. To his dismay, the promised, prodigious swing didn't show up. Dhoni's bowlers still managed to restrict Pakistan, but his batsmen proved thoroughly unreliable, for the umpteenth occasion in recent times.
Abhishek Purohit is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
Pakistan won by 85 runs
Pakistan tour of India, 2nd ODI: India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Jan 3, 2013
Presentation ceremony:
Pakistan 250 (48.3 ov)
India 165 (48.0 ov)
Pakistan won by 85 runs
- India RR 3.43
- Last 5 ovs 26/1 RR 5.20
- Required RR 43.00
- Pakistan RR (5.15) 5.00
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR | This bowler | Last 5 ovs | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | |||||||||
| MS Dhoni(rhb) | 54 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 60.67 | 20 (10b) | 21 (21b) | 213 | 7075 | 183* | 52.40 | |||||||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | This spell | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Econ | |||||||
| *Junaid Khan(lmf) | 9.0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 4.33 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2-0-21-1 | 15 | 24 | 4/12 | 4.98 | |||||||
| Umar Gul(rfm) | 7.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3.42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2-0-5-0 | 113 | 160 | 6/42 | 5.07 | |||||||
Recent overs . . . . 1wd 2 . | 6 . . . 1 . | . . 1wd . . 1 . | 4 . 4 1wd 4 1 W
Last BatI Sharma b Junaid Khan 2 (35m 12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66
Fall of wicket: 165/10 (47.6 ov); Partnership: 33 runs, 8.0 overs, RR: 4.12 (Dhoni 28, Sharma 2)
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End of over 48 (14 runs)India 165/10 (86 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 3.43, RRR: 43.00)
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Pakistan are deserved victors, with their top-class bowling unit outplaying India. Saeed Ajmal has been one of the top bowlers in all formats for several years now, Junaid Khan shows he is one of the most promising young quick bowlers in the world and Nasir Jamshed is providing the solidity Pakistan need at the top of the order.
Even the usually poker-faced Dav Whatmore is overjoyed at the victory, gets a hug from Misbah before he sets off to shake hands with the rest of the Pakistan team.
Mohammad Hafeez: "A great performance from Junaid. we are really happy with the effort of the whole team, especially the bowlers. Great feeling to win a series in India. Thanks to the crowd as well, they were supportive till the end."
Mustafa Jamal: "Fireworks has started here in Pakistan. Such a great victory for Pakistan Cricket...."
Jyoti: "Heartbreaking to see Ishant saying "sorry" to Dhoni in the end."
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Presentation ceremony:
Dhoni: "I think the bowlers brought us back in the game, I think when we went in to bat, we lost too many wickets, last 30 overs we needed 180, the key is to have wickets in hand and we never were in a position. Virat has scored runs for us, but one of the top three needs to be with the middle-order, that will make it easy, not that they aren't trying, it happens. We have got the experience in the batting, it is about them coming back to form, overall we have to grow as a team, we are a good fielding side, but we have to bowl well and develop."
Misbah: "I think the team really played well, specially the way openers started, they gavea really, really good start and then the bowlers did the job. I think the way the wicket was playing, I think 300 was on the card the way the openers were playing, otherewise it was not a wicket that was not so easy to score on. I think the bowlers are really doing a great job, especially Junaid who is moving it both ways and asking questions of the batsmen, Irfan has his height, Gul also bowled well today, and Ajmal and Hafeez always delivers for us. Fantastic crowd, I enjoy playing here, it's something you don't have in any other ground in the world."
Nasir Jamshed is the Man of the Match: "I just enjoy my batting, last time I missed the Man of the Match but lucky this time they gave it to me. I just kept a cool mind, and Hafeez played a great innings. Pitch was little bit slow, and I just played according to the ball. It was dream to play in the ground."
Here's Abhishek Purohit's match report of a thoroughly deserved win for Pakistan. The third ODI in Delhi is now a dead rubber. Perhaps the teams will experiment with their XIs there.
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