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Do you want to be treated any differently from the others? If yes then this is especially for you as Google+ is ready to fulfill this fantasy of yours. Now you can become a beta tester at Google+ easily and can get the latest features before they are made available to the public.

The credit goes to the Google+ program that has been launched recently. So now you are just a ‘page’ away from being a Google+ Beta tester. All you have to do is to go to the Google+ platform preview page, enter your email address there and submit the form. You’ll receive a confirmation email and right after you follow the link given within to confirm your subscription, you become ‘Special’.

You’ll start getting the fruit of your subscription afterwards. Each time an update is made to the Google+ social network, you’ll get to know about it before it is launched to the general public. You’ll be notified through emails when the latest updates are made available to your account. According to Google:

This preview will enable you to see how these pre-release updates will affect your site. Please note, using Google+ features across the web (such as the +1 button) will be affected, so please use an appropriate account.

The only requirement for this is that you must use an appropriate email account, as aforementioned. You can sign-up here to become a Beta tester on Google+.

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Today saw some movement in the Microsoft and Nokia debacle, with the two companies releasing an invitation to a joint event, to be held in Cologne, Germany.

The event, to be held on August 17th,  promises "exciting actions and surprises" according to TheUnwired, with three free Xbox 360s and Kinects to be given away. Interestingly three Windows Phone 7-powered Nokia handsets will also be given away, though the lucky recipients will have to wait until the latter are actually made before they can claim their freebie.

The party is expected to play host to the grand unveiling of Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 device. Codenamed ‘Sea Ray’ and expected to be similar to the Nokia N9 in design, the handset is much anticipated amongst the industry.

Microsoft’s already under-performing Windows Phone 7 is seen as something of a savior for the ailing Nokia. After flagging sales using lackluster mobile operating systems, the once proud Finnish giants struck a deal with the boys from Redmond which sees Nokia becoming a major Windows Phone 7 partner.

Nokia CEO and former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop claims that the few who have been lucky enough to spend some time with its WP7 handset have been impressed. Considering the quality of hardware which Nokia offers in its handsets, we believe that Nokia might have a chance to take off once again into the smartphone atmosphere and compete with others. Its always been the software which has hammered Nokia’s progress lately.

The first Nokia branded Windows Phone 7 smartphone will launch later this year, in six European countries with a US release to follow later on.

Nokia hasn’t had much of a presence in the United States historically, but the inclusion of a US-based operating system could see that change moving forward.

Currently, Microsoft is relying on the likes of HTC, LG and Samsung to push Windows Phone 7 up the market share ladder. However, with those manufacturers also being major players in the Android arena, Microsoft will be hoping that Nokia’s laser-like focus on WP7 will prove beneficial.

Nokia’s handset will launch with Microsoft’s latest WP7 release, Mango, which promises to right some of the issues with the initial releases of the fledgling mobile operating system.

Even with Nokia on board though, Microsoft still has some way to go in order to compete with the likes of Apple and Google.

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Along with todays release of Apple’s iCloud.com beta, Apple has also released the cost for iCloud upgrades. The pricing will be on a yearly basis, and seems fairly reasonable for storage space. Remember that your pictures don’t count against your tally. The storage would be used for media and backups of your device, or even devices. You can get a 10GB, 20GB or even a 50GB upgrade to your account, and everyone will still get 5GB free. The upgrade can be purchased in the iCloud Settings on your iOS device, if you are using iOS 5. See the screenshot below for the official image from iOS 5’s iCloud settings.

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A Guide to Taming Privacy Concerns Around Google+ â€" ZoneAlarm Blog has put together an interesting 6-step guide for new people joining Google+ and how they can protect their privacy on a social network that claims to have way more privacy controls than Facebook, yet you can’t have private profiles.

Google+ now has 20 million users worldwide in just 2-3 weeks after it’s launch in their invite-only field test. And as it grows, the concern for privacy and keeping yourself protected from cyber-criminals also increase.

Check out the various steps below to ensure your privacy is safe on Google+.

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Mobile Gaming Industry Statistics for 2011 [Inforgraphic]

By Ahsan Javed · Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 4 Comments

Geekaphone, an online resource for the mobile industry, has revealed stats about mobile gaming industry. They have been researching the mobile gaming industry and revealed figures for 2011.

A few key points that stand out are:

• The mobile gaming industry is predicted to reach $54 Billion by 2015
• 84% of tablet owners play games
• 70 â€" 80% of all mobile downloads are games
• Android is soon to overtake Apple in number of total available apps
• In-game purchases should overtake pay-per-downloads by 2013
• Angry Birds has been downloaded 140 million times
• Developers made $87 million in ad revenue in 2010 and will grow 10 fold by 2015

via DigitalBuzzBlog

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A couple of weeks back, Facebook rolled out its new chat interface. We won’t lie, it sucks big time. Its not practical in any way and is a pain in the sitter if you’re one who relies on Facebook chat for online conversations. Nevertheless, we shall show you in this tutorial how you can fix new Facebook chat and get the old chat sidebar once again.

This new chat sidebar is Facebook’s attempt to make its chat smarter. We don’t know about that, but it sure is inconvenient. First, you are displayed an assortment of your Friends with whom you are most likely to chat with and there’s no way to tell who is online or offline. Considering the scenario in which you want to avoid someone in your Friends list but also really need to send someone a message through Facebook chat. You’ll have to check Available for Chat in order to see who’s online, and in that leap of faith you’ll get caught by the very same person you were trying to avoid, because now you’re available to chat and they are online at the same time.

Also, this new chat sidebar takes up considerable space and you’ll be frustrated if you are using a small monitor. The old Facebook chat sidebar was amazing, it allowed you to see who was online and it didn’t randomly show a dozen people. We just don’t get the fact why Facebook tries to fix something that isn’t broken in the first place. Anyhow, that aside the purpose of this post is to teach you to fix new Facebook chat in order to get the old Facebook chat sidebar that and the procedure to do that is documented down below.

Note: You must be using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera on your Windows or Mac computer.

Basically, we are going to use add-ons / extensions to fix new Facebook chat. If you are using Google Chrome, an extension aptly named Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler will fix new Facebook chat and will bring back the old Facebook chat sidebar we all know and love. The extension can be downloaded from here. After installation, simply refresh the Facebook page or restart Chrome to get old Facebook chat sidebar back.

For Mozilla Firefox, another aptly named add-on called FB Chat Sidebar Disabler does the trick. Simply install it on your Windows or Mac running Mozilla Firefox and you are good to go. This add-on can be downloaded from here.

For Opera, Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler works perfectly. Download this extension from here on Opera, restart it and enjoy the old Facebook chat sidebar.

That’s it! These extensions fix new Facebook chat sidebar for good. Let’s just hope that in the next update, Facebook rolls back this change. In the meanwhile, do let us know in your comments what you think about this new chat interface and the ease these add-ons and extensions bring for you.

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While the iPad 2 comes with out-of-the-box support for video mirroring over HDMI or VGA, the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G don’t. The interesting thing is that it has been proven that video mirroring works with the latter devices; maybe not as well as the iPad 2 but the fact is, they work and Apple purposefully has left out this functionality. We’re going to get that functionality back on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G today; follow our guide after the break!

We previously published a guide on how to enable mirroring on the first-generation iPad so you may follow that guide if you’ve got one.

How To Enable Video Mirroring on iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G

Before we begin, you must ensure that your iPhone 4 or iPod touch 4G is jailbroken.

You can follow our step by step guide posted here to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on iOS 4.3.5 using Redsn0w (or PwnageTool), or on iOS 4.3.4 using Redsn0w or PwnageTool (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch), or iOS 4.3.3 using Redsn0w, PwnageTool, Sn0wbreeze & JailbreakMe (that last one being the easiest). If you’re already using iOS 5 beta, you can jailbreak it using tools like Redsn0w (for Mac and Windows), or Sn0wbreeze.

Disclaimer: Follow the following steps at your own risk only. Redmond Pie is not to be held responsible for any loss of important data or malfunctioning of your iOS device.

Step 1: Ensure you have a jailbroken iPhone 4 or iPod touch 4G.

Step 2: You will need a program to access the root filesystem. For this, you can use iFile which is available on Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Step 3: Launch iFile. Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app

Step 4: Once inside Springboard.app, you must open up one of the following .plist files with Property List Viewer depending on which iOS device you’re on:

• If you’re on an iPod touch: N81AP.plist
• If you’re on an iPhone 4: N90AP.plist

Step 5: Once the required file has been opened with Property List Viewer. Tap on capabilities and add the following by tapping on +:

Under Name, type: “display-mirroring” and choose Boolean under Type. Now tap Create.

Step 6: Once created, scroll down to display-mirroring and slide it to ON.

Step 7: Restart your iPhone 4/iPod touch 4G. Your iOS device should now be ready to mirror everything on screen using an HDMI or VGA adapter.

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