How to Try Facebook Video Calling Now
Facebook just launched the long-rumoured video calling in-collaboration with Skype. They have also announced group chat and a few other improvements to Messages.
The video call feature will roll out to users in a few weeks. You can still try out the video call feature â€" only if you would like to try.
How to Try Facebook Video Calling NowFollow the steps below to try out the new Facebook video calling feature:
- Visit this page on Facebook, and click the Get Started button.
- It will now ask you to set up for the first time.
- Install the Facebook video calling app/plug-in that will pop up. Your friend will have to install as well.
- Once it is installed you should now be ready to try out the new Facebook video calling feature with your friends!
If your friend doesn’t answer the video call or is unavailable, you can even record a video message and leave for him to see later.
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PTCL Imposes 5 % Service Charges on Vfone Reloads
Following cellular companies, PTCL has decided to impose 5 % service charges on all Vfone reloads, in addition to government taxes.
In it’s press release PTCL specifically said:
Pakistan Telecommunication Company LTD (PTCL) to exceed the expectations of the valued customers of Vfone and to ensure the continuous delivery of best services to them has imposed minimal service charges of 5% plus Government taxes on every card load.
PTCL justifies that service charges of 5 percent are 1.5 per cent lower as compared to the others telecom companies.
This change is in place since July 11, 2011.
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Confirmed: Apple Announcing iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud On Monday
It has now been confirmed that Apple is going to announce iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud on Monday. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be making these announcements in his keynote address at WWDC 2011, scheduled to start on Monday June 6th, 2011.
iOS 5 is going to be the platform on which the next generation iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is going to run on. Much has been speculated about the features that iOS 5 is likely to bring, and now, come Monday, we shall know what iOS 5 is all about. On the other hand, Apple is also going to preview Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release since the original Mac OS came out. Also, the much rumored Apple cloud service is also going to be formally announced, but now we do know that Apple was indeed behind iCloud all the time. Let’s see what services iCloud has to offer! On another note, full press release has been embedded below for your reading pleasure:
CUPERTINO, Californiaâ€"May 31, 2011â€"Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software â€" Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.
WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.
For more details, visit the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 website at developer.apple.com/wwdc.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
And oh, if you’ve suddenly gotten the urge to buy WWDC 2011 tickets, you’re out of luck as the whole event has been sold out.
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How To Hide Facebook’s Intrusive New Chat/Message Sidebar
Part of Facebook’s ‘awesome announcement‘ recently was the addition of Skype-powered video chat, adding face-to-face calling to the social network’s arsenal. As part of this update, Facebook also changed its chat layout, bringing a new sidebar to all Facebook pages.
The new sidebar contains a list of all your online contacts, as well as their chat status â€" perfect for telling when people are up for a spot of video chat.
The thing is, this new addition to an already crowded Facebook layout, isn’t entirely to everyone’s tastes. It’s large, it’s clunky, and it’s largely unnecessary. The good news though, is that it can be gotten rid of, and with great ease to boot.
In fact, getting rid of the sidebar is so trivial, we can’t help but think that perhaps the guys at Facebook knew it might not be a popular addition to their system and we thank them for making it so easy to banish.
So what do you need to do?
At the bottom-right of the aforementioned sidebar, you’ll spy a configuration ‘cog’ â€" click this and you’ll be shown a few selections to choose from. The one we’re interested in is the self-explanatory ‘hide sidebar’ button. Tap this and hey presto, you’re free of the sidebar and have just reclaimed those valuable pixels for other things â€" like having Twitter open perhaps.
Your friends are still around, so fear not. They’re just back where they always were â€" accessible, but not trying to take over your screen. But there’s one catch, whenever you go online, the bar comes back in its utmost hideousness.
With Google+ social network gaining traction, at least among the more tech-mad types, and Twitter continuing to grow, Facebook is trying to keep up with the competition. While we have to applaud the Zuck and his merry band of men, we’re not sure adding a great big waste of pixels to the side of the user experience is the way to go about it.
Of course, that might be why Mark is a very rich man, and we’re, well, not.
If you really must have a visible contact list of people you can video chat with, why not just use the real Skype?
Or for the brave amongst you, Chatroulette!
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iOS 4.3.4 released by Apple for iPhone, iPod and iPad. Jailbreakers Beware!
Apple has released its newest version of iOS today, fixes the PDF exploit that is used with Comex’s jailbreak. This was obviously also a security fix for Apple as it would allow users to view malicious PDF files on their iOS device. This update is compatible with the iPhone 4 (GSM), iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPad 2, iPod Touch (3G & 4G).
If you jailbroke your device using JailbreakMe, then you should stay away from this update. Until Comex is able to fix the jailbreak, this update is not advised for jailbroken users.
Here are the direct links for the new version of iOS 4.3.4:
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4 (GSM)
iPad
iPad 2
iPod Touch 3G
iPod Touch 4G
Apple also released iOS 4.2.9 for the Verizon iPhone, containing the new fix as well. Download that fix here.
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How to Try Facebook Video Calling Now
Facebook just launched the long-rumoured video calling in-collaboration with Skype. They have also announced group chat and a few other improvements to Messages.
The video call feature will roll out to users in a few weeks. You can still try out the video call feature â€" only if you would like to try.
How to Try Facebook Video Calling NowFollow the steps below to try out the new Facebook video calling feature:
- Visit this page on Facebook, and click the Get Started button.
- It will now ask you to set up for the first time.
- Install the Facebook video calling app/plug-in that will pop up. Your friend will have to install as well.
- Once it is installed you should now be ready to try out the new Facebook video calling feature with your friends!
If your friend doesn’t answer the video call or is unavailable, you can even record a video message and leave for him to see later.
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PTA Requires List of Po*n Sites to Get Them Blocked!
In response to an open letter that was sent to PTA, Ministry of IT and Supreme Court, regarding the free and easy access of po*n websites in Pakistan, PTA has asked the complainant to send the list of po*n websites that are supposed to get blocked, said a news report published today in ‘The News’.
Citing the Director General, Law and Regulations, newspaper writes:
PTA is aware of its responsibilities in controlling the spread of adult material on the Internet. It added that the PTA, as the telecom sector regulator, has been directing the country’s internet service providers to block several hundreds of websites showing offensive and anti-Islamic material and in this regard the PTA is committed to achieving the desired objectives.
If there is any specific website that you wish to bring into the knowledge of PTA, it is requested that PTA may be informed of the same accordingly for further necessary action at our end.
It merits mentioning here that Ghazi Muhammad Abdullah, a 15-year-old 9th grader, had written to the Chief Justice to take notice of the po*n websites, which are easily and freely accessible in Pakistan.
Abdullah had approached Chief Justice after failed attempt of convincing IT Ministry and PTA for blocking these objectionable websites.
What is Current Process of Blocking Websites?
Just in case you don’t know, PTA can’t taken decision of blocking any website, instead there’s this Inter-Ministerial Committee which has been given the specific mandate to evaluate/examine all such requests for blocking of offensive and objectionable/obnoxious websites (URLs) forwarded by agencies, Ministries, or individuals.
The Sub-Committee sends its recommendations (either to block or not to block a url) to Ministry of Information Technology for issuance of necessary directives.
Then upon the directives of Ministry of Information Technology, PTA asks the ISPs to get website or URLs blocked.
Are ISPs Capable of Blocking Websites/URLs?
Local ISPs said that 90% access to such websites can easily be blocked by them at technical level. Though it will increase the overhead, but ISPAK said that they are ready to pursue any directive given by PTA in this regard.
And it is said that ISPs on their own are in process to block such websites.
Who is Responsible then?
It’s the Inter-Ministerial Committee, which has got the mandate of deciding the fate of any website.
What’s the Hurdle?
Seemingly, our government doesn’t know the websites that contain po*n. Hence, they require a list of websites to get them blocked.
Though the question remains un-answered, even after getting the list of websites, will they block them indeed or they are just delaying the process?
Tip for PTA and Concerned Authorities:
- Hire a guy of average qualification, with salary package of around PKR 10,000
- Ask him to go to this URL: www.google.com
- There will be a prominent search bar there in the middle of the page (with a mic on right side â€" check below image for details)
- Enter search queries in search bar, for instance: Se* sites, Pakistan Se* sites, Pakistani Po*n and so on.
- Hit the enter button, or you press the “Search†button available on the page
- it will give you a good list of website that you may want to block
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