New iOS 8

Ok, so the last update to the operating system was a bit too much to get used to and this one is going to be much more user friendly. The email mobile application will much easier and more intuitive. The infamous autocorrect that has created a lot of laughs and embarrassment for some of us. The newest update to that is QuickType which will actually learn from the things that you type to suggest some of the things that you are more likely to type. If you're less into texting, you can send audio, video or photo messages right from iMessage. Taking a cue from Snapchat, these messages will self-destruct unless you say otherwise because they take up so much space on your iPhone. To be perfectly honest I am looking forward to the new iPhone with the larger screen and if the rumors are true, it will be coming out sooner than usual. Hopefully the music app and maps will be improved as well to make it more intuitive and so that there is less scrolling.

Functions of the Home Button

Pressing the home button once wakes the phone if it’s in locked mode. That’s sometimes easier than finding the Sleep switch on the top edge. It gives you a quick glance at your missed calls and texts — or the time and date.If, once the phone is awake, you press the Home button twice quickly, the current image fades away — to reveal the new iOS 7 app switcher screen. This feature is the key to the iPhone’s multitasking feature. But the real question here is are you really multitasking? Or just wasting time and not getting anything accomplished when you should be going through the app development project and the overload of emails that are continually piling up in your inbox In Settings → General → Accessibility, you can set up a triple-press of the Home button to turn one of several accessibility features on or off: Guided Access, VoiceOver, Invert Colors (white-on-black type, Zoom, Switch Control, and AssistiveTouch.

Texting...The New Evil

Today, in news that will make you feel bad about your existence: Texting and tinkering with mobile devices, not to mention perfecting that Candy Crush score or playing on some other mobile application, for extended periods of time could make you die sooner, the doctors of the world say. As The Telegraph reports, the hunchback pose that people adopt while staring down at their devices is known to increase the risk of an early death in the elderly. Chiropractors are concerned that younger people—who spend between one and two hours on their phones a day—could be shaving years off their lives. The United Chiropractic Association say that Gollum-like posture can be just as threatening a health risk as obesity, citing studies that bad posture in older people is linked with a disease called hyperkyphosis. Colloquially known as “dowager’s hump,” this condition is often associated with heart problems. Apparently older folk with even the slightest hump are 1.4 times more likely to die than those without.

The Web Turns 25

Do you remember the first time you logged on? What was it like? We have been connected for years and the past 25 have gone by really fast. It is just hard to imagine a world before application and software development took center stage. With such a date, it is hard not to think about where the internet is headed these days. Some people are actually speculating that it might come crashing down among all the hacking and legal disputes. Although that is not likely, it is an extreme to think about that could one day be true. About two fifths of the world's population uses the internet. It goes a long way to show you how hungry man has been for information, I think it is somehow ingrained in us. Could you imagine being alive during the earlier parts of recorded history, where what was recorded was carefully constructed and informed to the masses (when they were even informed). With all this information being available, it gives humans the freedom to think critically.

Mobility and Employees

When you deploy VoIP for more than just cost savings you get something else - flexibility. This means many things, such as flexibility in location, flexibility in device, and even flexibility in communication method; between text, video, and phone. For example, think about installing a VoIP application on a smartphone, so that when using the Internet, your company’s phone network can be accessed by using the employee’s username and password. Now employees can check in with the office to see who is online, who is on the phone, whether there are any missed calls or awaiting messages. Most importantly, your mobile phone can now reach and be reached by the company’s network because of the communication applications. Once you have access to the network, you can look up co-workers in the directory and ring them right from your mobile. Since you’re calling from the company’s VoIP solution, the recipient’s caller ID will show your desk phone extension, not your mobile phone number. As such, wherever you are, callers just need to use one number to reach you.

Less Comprehension

While the reading of paper books declines, the reading of e-books is skyrocketing. Except for when people are playing Candy Crush or Word With Friends. Since this is just the beginning of the ebook era, people still do not know what types of effects the digital content has on the mind versus the paper versions of the books or textbooks. There is plenty of application development to enhance the learning and understand experience but it seems that people did just fine with paper books and highlighters. There was a recent study done that showed how comprehension goes down when things are read on a screen. Here are some things that you can do to help that. Material you'll need to really know, like school work, office work, fantasy football statistics, etc, stick to reading these things on actual paper. And if you read material on your phone that you're really going to need to know, slow down, pay extra attention & stop driving. Even better? Read the material twice.

Biohacker

Tim Cannon is a software developer from Pittsburgh and one of the developers at Grindhouse Wetware, a firm dedicated to "augmenting humanity using safe, affordable, open source technology," according to the group's website. As they explain it, "Computers are hardware. Apps are software. Humans are wetware." The device Cannon had inserted into his arm is a Circadia 1.0, a battery-powered implant that can record data from Cannon's body and transmit it to his Android mobile device. Some are referring to biohacking as the next wave in evolution. "I think that's the trend, and where we're heading," Cannon sees future refinements as being able to do more than just passively transmit information. "I think that our environment should listen more accurately and more intuitively to what's happening in our body," Cannon told Motherboard. "So if, for example, I've had a stressful day, the Circadia will communicate that to my house and will prepare a nice relaxing atmosphere for when I get home: dim the lights, draw a hot bath."