Category: Network

Google+ has a hidden feature that lets people who start a hangout evict others from the video-chat feature, raising the prospect that Google’s social network will get better moderation tools.

Programmer Mohamed Mansour, of Facebook data export fame, brought the hangout eviction feature to light late last night.

“The Google+ Hangout DOM [document object model] has an invisible kick button (just remove its visibility style) and when you click on it, you will see a nice kick bar!,” Mansour said in a Google+ post. Continue reading “Hidden Google+ feature: Evict people from chats”

Cisco Systems a acquis Versly, une start-up privée qui se spécialise dans le développement de logiciels et de solutions pour une collaboration plus efficace et la productivité.

Principal outil Versly est un plug-in applications Office onMicrosoft qui permet la collaboration sur des documents, tableurs, présentations et e-mail.
Continue reading “Cisco achète un logiciel de collaboration de démarrage Versly”

We’ve come to depend on home internet access as much as (or maybe more than) we used to depend on our land lines. If you’ve got dead patches in your house or, worse, slow or patchy connectivity, you may be able to fix up your network with an afternoon’s worth of mild effort and experimentation. If you’re willing to lay down some cash, you can make your network even sweeter. Here’s how:
Continue reading “How to speed up your home network”

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is planning to launch a new version of its 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station router.

According to the publication, citing “a person familiar with the matter,” as-yet released developer notes for the upcoming AirPort Utility 5.6 mention a new AirPort Express Base Station.

“Adds support for the AirPort Express 802.11n (second-generation) base station,” the note reportedly reads.

Related stories:
• CNET review of Apple AirPort Express Base Station
• Apple unveils new Time Capsule
• Apple AirPlay-compatible products

To further bolster its claims, AppleInsider pointed to Amazon.com’s listing of the AirPort Express, which claims the $99 device, which creates a wireless network in the home for up to 10 users, won’t ship for two to five weeks. The publication also pointed to authorized reseller, DataVision, which says the Express is discontinued. However, the device, which plugs into a wall outlet and creates a wireless network in the home, is available on Apple’s online store.

If Apple does, in fact, launch a new AirPort Express Base Station, the company would finally round out its wireless-networking products. In June, Apple updated its Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme, but notably left its AirPort Express as-is.

Even so, it’s about time the AirPort Express is updated: the current version launched in 2008.

The race to uncover the new iPhone 5 took a new twist today when accessories manufacturer Case-Mate posted a gallery of new cases promising a radical new form factor

The cases suggest that the hotly-anticipated new iPhone device will boast a curved aluminium back, very similar to the iPad 2’s design.

The gallery featuring the cases has now been taken down and replaced by a holding page.

Pinch of salt
While it’s interested to see more impressions of what the fifth generation iPhone 5 could look like, it’s important not to get too carried away.

iPhone case manufacturers have been successful in predicting designs before now (through illegal means, we might add), so it’s not out of the realms of possibility that Case-Mate has the inside scoop.

However, stories continue to emerge asserting with the same conviction that the next iPhone will or will not undergo any design overhaul.

Just today, reports of emerged that the iPhone 5 will have an “elongated home button”, which is a new one on us.

Without making any accusations, it also seems fair to assume that the publication of this story has seen Case-Mate enjoy higher than usual traffic than on a regular business day. Just saying.