Pictures and Video of iPhone 5

The guys at Factory iLab have indeed got hold of several parts supposedly intended to equip the next iPhone 5. We have seen many fake picture and concepts of iphone 5 recently but this seem to be the real iphone 5.  Still we are not sure about it, we have to wait and see.

 iPhone 5 Video

Top Tips For Skype For Android

Skype for Android has all the best features of the free PC version. Here's how to use it.

Share unlimited files and photos

Install Skype for Android from Google Play and it will appear on your Share menu. Open any file, video, photo or music track, click the app's menu, choose 'Share via' and select Skype. You will be signed into Skype and your list of contacts will appear. Tick the box next to all the friends you want to share the file with and click 'Send file'. You can add an instant message as the file is sent and there is no limit on the size or number of files you can send.

You can also record and send voice messages during instant messaging (IM) conversations. Click 'Send file' from your Skype profile or from the IM menu, click Voice Recorder, record your message and press Send. You can preview the recording and delete it if you're not happy, before sending.

When you receive a file, you will get a notification. Click accept and the file is downloaded in the background.

Make Skype calls from your phonebook

You can make calls to your Skype contacts, direct from your phonebook, without opening the app. Click your friend's contact image, press the Skype logo from the list of connections and click Call. You will be signed in and it will start ringing. If you want to make a video call, click the camera icon instead. You can also instant-message people from your phonebook by clicking the IM icon.

If you haven't synced your Skype and phone contacts, they will be shown as separate entries in your phonebook, with the Skype logo next to them. To merge them, open a friend's profile, press the menu and choose 'Join contact'. Select Skype and save.

Make Skype calls from your home screen

If you have friends you call all the time, you can speed things up by calling them directly from your home screen. Start by making Skype the default call option for that contact; open their profile, press the menu button and choose 'Mark as default". Choose Skype and save the changes by pressing the tick in the top right-hand corner.

Next, create a shortcut for this contact by clicking the menu key from your home screen. Choose Add, Shortcuts, Contact and find the friend you want to add. A shortcut will appear on your homepage. When you tap your contact's shortcut, your phone will immediately sign you into Skype and make the call.

Change notification settings

You can personalise your notification options by opening the app and clicking Settings from the menu. All the boxes are ticked by default, but if you only want to be notified of a new IM or Skype call, you can untick the rest. You can turn off notifications completely by unticking the Notifications box under

'General settings'.

You can also set Skype to go offline if it isn't used after a certain amount of time, ranging from immediately to never. Under 'Voice and video calls', you can change the video quality, which is set to High by default.

Add people to group chats

To add people to an IM conversation, click Add from the app's drop-down menu and choose the people you want to include. Your IM messages will be sent to all of them.

If you've been invited to join a chat you can leave at any time. If you set up the group chat, you can also remove other people from conversations and 'Set a topic'. Group video calling and group screen sharing are not available on mobile versions.

Switch cameras during video calls

When you make a video call, the Skype app uses the front-facing camera to film your face, so the person you're talking to can see you. However, if you want to share a view of what you can see, you can switch the camera to rear-facing by double-tapping on your photo. That way you don't have to turn the phone round and you can still see their reaction. You can also swap cameras by pressing the app's menu button and clicking 'Swap camera'.

Correct typos

If you misspell a word during an IM chat, and hit send before you realise, you can correct your mistake, rather than send another message. Press and hold the message that contains the word, click Edit, make your changes and press send again. The new message will replace the old one.

Get FREE stuff by referring friends

You can earn cash, vouchers, online storage and more by recommending sites and services to your friends. Today we pick 18 of the best referral deals and points out the catches.

Get Extra Free Online Storage

Dropbox

If you've got a free 2GB Dropbox account, you can get 500MB of extra storage space for each friend you refer who signs up with the service, and they get a bonus 500MBh too. If you pay for a Dropbox Pro account, you and your friends get 1GB of space per referral. Both free and Pro Dropbox members can refer up to 32 people, up to a limit of 16GB and 32GB respectively. You can invite friends via email, Facebook and Twitter, and track the referral links on the 'bonus space' tab of your account.

What's the catch?

Your friend has to create an account and install the Dropbox Desktop application using your unique referral link. Your bonus free space is then automatically added to both accounts.

SugarSync

If a friend you've referred opens a free, 5GB SugarSync account, you both get 500MB of space. If they pay from £32 a year for a 30GB or larger account, you both get a whopping 10GB of extra free space.

You can earn up to a maximum of 32GB of bonus space from free-account referrals, but there isn't a limit on paid-for accounts. If you share a folder with a friend, and they sign up with SugarSync afterwards, that also counts as a referral.

What's the catch?

When your friend signs up to a paid-for account the extra space is only added once their free trial has ended and their subscription is activated.

Mozy

Mozy gives you 256MB of extra space each time a friend you refer signs up for a ^4.99 per-month MozyHome account.

What's the catch?

Mozy only rewards you with extra space, so your friend doesn't get anything. Referrals are only available if you have a MozyHome account, and your friend also has to sign up for a MozyHome account.

Earn Commission On Shopping Sites

Have You Seen

If you spot a brilliant deal on a product at an online store, share it through Have You Seen. If anyone buys it using your link, you'll earn commission. The amount of commission varies depending on the item and how much it costs. You can choose to share the commission with the person buying the item, too.

What's the catch?

Your friend must buy the item by clicking your link. The commission payment is made 30 days after the item is bought.

Groupon

For every friend who signs up and buys something from Groupon, you get £6 credit to spend at the daily-deals site. For you to earn the referral bonus, your friend just needs to click through to the site and register using your unique link.

What's the catch?

In order for you to qualify for the credit, your friend must buy the deal within 72 hours of clicking the link for the first time. They also cannot cancel their account within the first seven days.

Get More From Cashback Sites

TopCashback

TopCashback pays you £10 for every person you invite to the site. Share the referral link by email or on Facebook and Twitter, and whenever someone signs up using the link and accumulates £10 cashback in their account, you'll get your tenner. There's no limit to the number of friends you can refer.

What's the catch?

If you're not logged into your account before you send the invite, you won't qualify forthe bonus.

Quidco

There are several easy ways to recommend friends to Quidco. You can use the email, Facebook and Twitter buttons on each deal page; post a unique link on a blog, forum or website; and download a banner to put on your site. You'll get £2.50 for each new member once they've earned £5 cashback.

What's the catch?

As with TopCashback, you have to be signed into your account when recommending deals to get the bonus.

Get Rewards From Tv Providers

Sky

When you recommend a friend to Sky TV, you can choose a £75 voucher from Marks & Spencer, Tesco. John Lewis or Boots as your reward. Once your friend is connected to the service, they'll be sent a unique reference number that lets them apply for a £75 voucher, too.

What's the catch?

You can only refer friends online and you must both remain Sky customers for at least 45 days after the subscription is set up.

Virgin Media

If someone you refer signs up to any Virgin Media cable service, £50 will be deducted from your next bill and your friend will get free installation. This applies both when you invite new people to join Virgin Media and refer existing customers who don't already have cable services.

What's the catch?

You must refer your friend online, but they have to then sign up following a call from Virgin's 'Connect a Friend' team. You must have been a Virgin customer for at least 28 days before you can refer a friend.

Get Money Off Your Broadband Bills

BE

Get a friend to sign up to BE broadband and you'll both get £40 credit added to your accounts. You can refer up to six people per year. If they all sign up, BE will give you an extra £40, for a total of £280.

What's the catch?

You must refer your friends using the Tell A Friend page and they have to sign up using the email address you put on the form.

O2

O2's referral scheme offers various rewards to you and any friends that sign up to an O2 Home Broadband and Home Phone package. You can claim a £20 voucher to spend at Amazon.co.uk, John Lewis or Marks & Spencer; a 12-month Xbox Live Gold membership; £45 to spend at Red Letter Days or you can give it to charity. You have to be an O2 customer to refer the offer, but you don't have to have O2 Home Broadband.

What's the catch?

Your friends must sign up using your unique link. You'll only receive your reward once your friend completes the '14-day Happiness or Money Back Guarantee' period and doesn't cancel their subscription.

Orange

Recommend a friend to Orange home broadband and you'll both get £50 account credit.

What's the catch?

You must sign up using the form at the above link and your friend must not cancel their subscription within the first four weeks.

Save Money On Your Mobile Bills

T-Mobile

Recommend your friends to T-Mobile on a pay-monthly or SIM-only plan, and you'll both get three months of free calls to T-Mobile numbers. You'll also receive a £25 Bonusbond gift voucher to spend at DeVere hotels, Alton Towers and high-street shops.

What's the catch?

You must be a T-Mobile customer. If you're on a SIM-only package, you only get the free calls, even if your friend signs up to a pay-monthly account The offer is not open to friends who have had a T-Mobile account any time during the three months before their application.

Giffgaff

Order a SIM from Giffgaff to access a unique order page, then share the link on Facebook and Twitter, or by putting a banner on your website. If anyone orders and activates a SIM from this page, you both get 500 payback points. Post a SIM to a friend to get 500 points when it's activated, and if a friend says you recommended them when they order a SIM, you get 200 points. Each point is worth a penny. Giffgaff sends you a statement every month and you can choose to convert your points to cash, airtime credit or donate your balance to charity.

What's the catch?

You must have an active Giffgaff SIM and a positive points balance to qualify.

Get Bonuses From Web Services

TunnelBear

If you promote the VPN (Virtual Private Networking) tool TunnelBear on Twitter, the company will give you 1GB of free data for streaming content. You have to tweet using the TunnelBear app, and ask for '1GB of free data'. It will then be automatically added to the 500MB of free data the service gives you each month.

What's the catch?

You can only tweet once a month. There isn't a limit to how many months you can apply, but TunnelBear can end the promotion at any time.

IReferYou.co.uk

Aptly enough, the referral-deal community IReferYou.co.uk has its own referral scheme. You earn three points for each person you refer to the site, and 10 points for adding another member as your referral friend, for which they get three points. This 'referral matchmaker' site is a great way to discover and share referral deals, and to find people to help you claim rewards. Categories include Technology. Leisure and Home & Garden.

What's the catch?

The points don't have any monetary value; they're just a way to encourage people to share deals and act as each other's referees.

Earn Free Betting Credit

Moon Bingo

When a friend you've recommended joins Moon Bingo and deposits money in their account, you get £15 of credit added to your account. You can refer up to 15 friends per month, which could potentially earn you £225.

What's the catch?

You'll need to have at least £30 in your Moon Bingo account before you can withdraw any money.

Betfair Refer and Earn

You earn £25 betting credit each time you recommend a friend for a Betfair account. You can refer friends by email, and on Facebook and twitter, using your unique member code.

What's the catch?

Your friend must bet £25 on any sports market, earn 500 Betfair Points on poker or wager £500 in the casino, within their first 31 days of being a member

Beginners Guide to Root Android Phone Or Tablet

After good research, rooting an Android smartphone might seem like child's play. The rooting process differs from one Android smartphone to another. So it is always advisable to read about the handset you are planning to route.

The Internet is flooded with discussions about rooting, but the most popular forum for details on rooting Android smartphones is the XDA forum. Read what people have to say about rooting a handset, the method they used and the issues they encountered afterwards. Proceed only if you are confident.

Rooting Methods for Android Phones and Tablets

While there are a plenty of methods to root an Android phone or tablet, here are few popular ones that we are listing. Please note, all the three process uses Android DeBugging.

1- One of the most popular and universal rooting procedures is using the application z4root, which has a single button to root your smartphone. This application is not available on PlayStore and you will have to download the .apk file from the web. Plug your phone to the PC using the USB cable, copy the .apk file to the root of the SD card, open the z4root apk file using file man­ager, install and select the root option. It is compatible with many phones. Do search the web for the same.

2- SuperOneClick is another simple tool for rooting. Compatible with a wide range of Android phones, it permits partial or frill rooting and can also be used for unrooting. However, it involves a few steps. Download Super One Click. Turn on USB Debugging mode on the smartphone—this can be located under settings (development). Connect the phone to the PC. Expand the Super One Click zip file and click the SuperOneClick icon to run it. The SD card should not be mounted.

3- If yon have enough knowledge about technology you can go in for this third method. This method involves turning S-OFF, installing custom recovery and then flashing Rooted ROM. For instance, the most popular S-OFF tool for HTC smartphones is the 'Revolutionary' tool.

ROOTED OR NOT?

There are a plenty of apps available on the Android market to check whether the phone is rooted or not. You can get numerous apps with the title 'Terminal' that can do this job. While the 'Android Terminal Emulator' can be used for checking the rooting status, it can be use for rooting as well But as the display size of the phone is small, we don't suggest you to use it for rooting.

While checking the status, if the "$" sign appears, your phone has been successfully rooted. In case "#" appears, it indicates that the phone is not rooted.

Best iPod Touch Cases

With all the talk about iPhone and iPad cases, the iPod touch often gets overlooked. Here are some awesome iPod touch cases with a great mix of protection, usability, design, and price.

Otterbox Commuter Series

OtterBox offers a practical case for the everyday user. The case comes with two parts: a silicone interior that covers every part of the iPod touch (except for the screen and the Apple symbol on the back) and a polycarbonate shell that fits snugly. The headphone jack and charging port both have silicone stoppers that are at­tached to the case to keep out any dust particles or pocket lint. Another great feature is that the Home button is not hindered, even though it's cov­ered with silicone.The Commuter Series offers more protection than the Reflex Series at the same price, and it maintains the level of protection that OtterBox is famous for. While not nearly as protective as its sibling. Defender, Commuter still stands out among the crowd in terms of shielding. The combination of silicone, plastic, and a screen protector gives you the best of all worlds while covering a majority of the device.

Trident Aegis Series

My initial reaction when I took this case out of its box was really good. The design looks great, similar to the OtterBox Commuter Series, and it comes with a plethora of extra items, including a screen protector, a big application card, an installation guide, a cleaning cloth, and an audio jack extender. Trident has put a lot of thought into what a customer needs. The case comes in two parts: a silicone interior shell and a smooth, hard, polycarbonate outer shell. The case fits quite well, but the silicone below the Home button tends to move around. Also, the volume buttons are a little difficult to press. A great feature of this case is that the charging and headphone ports are both covered with silicone inserts, but they can be a little difficult to get open. Like OtterBox, Trident also decided to cut out a circle in the back to showcase the Apple symbol. Overall, Trident has created a case that can compete with the best, thanks to the multiple extras that come with the case and the lower price tag.

Otterbox Reflex Series

OtterBox is most well known for heavy-duty, nearly indestruc­tible cases, particularly the De­fender Series, but it has recently begun to offer simpler, yet still protective options for users who want more traditional cases.The Reflex Series case is just that: a simple slider case that is closer to most competitors' cases. The buttons are accessible and can easily be pressed. The case sits well on a tabletop without slid­ing, which can happen with a lot of other cases. The dual layered slide case has a felt pad on the interior and a molded polycar­bonate and rubber exterior. One of the most noticeable attributes of this case is the large lip that extends over the edge of the de­vice's bezel. It's much larger than most models' and offers a little more protection for the front of your iPod touch than most cases in its class. Overall, it is a great case with a good balance between looks and protection.

SwitchEasy RebelTouch

The most distinguishing feature of this case is its aesthetic design.The Rebel-Touch has a two-piece hard shell system that offers solid back protection. The back is designed like a spine and will not lay on flat surfaces comfortably. It comes with two separate port covers: one for the charging port and one for the headphone jack. It also comes with a screen protector, an appli­cation card, a cleaning cloth, and two iHome adaptors for both the iPod touch and the case. The buttons can be a little uncomfortable to press. The more aggressive spine backing is a breath of fresh air, style-wise, but the case doesn't seem to protect the front of the iPod touch as well as other competing models do.

iFrogz Fusion ($34.99)

If you prefer fashion over protection, then this snap-on Fusion case is the case for you. The combination of faux leather and polycarbonate gives this case a sleek and sophisticated look. The inte­rior of the case also sports a felt pad to prevent scratches. Unfortunately, the case is the only thing you get—no screen protector is included. iFrogz offers several cheaper cases, like the SoftGloss Se­ries ($24.99, ifrogz.com), that provide a little more protec­tion, but they're made with different materials. Overall, this case is a sophisticated and sleek design with mod­ern appeal.

Incase Slider Case ($25.00)

This remarkably thin slider case is sleek and formfitting. It is made of smooth, hard-shell plastic and features a minimal wall thickness of 1 mm. Interior rubber guardrails offer shock absorption and protection from falls and scratches. Buttons are exposed and easily accessible. As a bonus, the Slider comes with a clear stand for your iPod, so you can place it in landscape or portrait mode. At only 1mm thick, this case allows you to keep the sleekness of the iPod, but you'll sacrifice some of the protection. Overall, this case is a solid choice for those seeking a smooth design with minimal protection.