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This article was written on May 09, 2011 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

Sprint and Google Voice Integration Not Very Smooth
I don’t even have a Sprint account but I was still pretty excited when I saw that the Google Voice integration with the carrier was live. I was thinking that this may mean other carriers would follow down the same path, but it looks like there are some major kinks that would have to be worked out first. I’ll just stick to using Google Voice on my phone without any direct carrier integration.

LastPass Takes Precautions for Traffic Anomaly
There’s a lot of news floating around that LastPass has been hacked, but really all LastPass is trying to do is take precautions for a network traffic anomaly that they haven’t been able to explain. In an interview their CEO said that if accounts were compromised it would “be on the orders of tens of users out of millions that could be in that scenario.“

Spotify Adds iPod Syncing
The new version of Spotify will let you manage your iPod classic, iPod nano and iPod shuffle directly in Spotify. You’ll then be able to sync playlists to the devices just like you can in iTunes.

Gmail Now Stores Up to 25k Contacts
The Gmail team has increased your contact storage so that you can have up to 25k contacts (up from 10k), and each contact can contain 128KB worth of data/notes (up from 32KB).

Apple Releases New iMac with Thunderbolt
The new Apple iMacs are now equipped with Sandy Bridge processors and have Thunderbolt ports that support high-speed peripherals.

Pandora Boasts 10 Billion Thumbs Up/Down Ratings
Pandora’s method of letting users rate songs using a thumbs up/down is rather widely used. According to them 10 billion songs have been rated using their system.

Bin Laden Web Traffic Doesn’t Break Records
Akamai says that the traffic around Osama Bin Laden’s death hit 4.1 million page views per minute, but that doesn’t even put the event in the top 10.

Amazon Selling Top Songs at $0.69 Each
Amazon is getting competitive in the music market by pricing many of the most downloaded songs on the site at just $0.69, which undercuts Apple even more than Amazon’s pricing already did.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Search Cydia from Your Desktop Browser
The Cydia Search website will let you look for apps on your desktop computer to make finding your downloads a bit easier. You cannot, however, use this to download apps.

Chrome-Style Scrollbar Search Highlighting in Firefox
One of my favorite features in Chrome is whenever you perform a “find in page” search it will highlight the locations where the results appear in the scrollbar. With this extension you can get similar functionality in Firefox.

Easily Unlock Hidden Features in Windows 8 Builds
We recently wrote an article that explored the new Task Manager in Windows 8, and now someone has created a simple application that will let you unlock some of the hidden features such as the Task Manager, Ribbon UI in Windows Explorer, and more.

PDANet Hides Tethering Usage From Carriers
A new version of PDANet for both Android and iOS promises to hide data that could indicate to carriers you are tethering your device without having a plan.

Craiggers Greatly Improves the Craiglist Web Experience
Craiggers is a free site that is built on top of Craigslist, and it works the way you’d expect the official Craigslist site to work.

Opera 11.5 Available for Testing
The latest iteration of the Opera browser offers up password syncing and it also has some backend work that opens the door for extension developers to create cool add-ons for the Speed Dial screen.

–Downloads–

• BurnAware Free 3.3 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Dexpot 1.5.9.1503 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Dropbox 1.1.31 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Evernote 4.3.1.4479 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Firefox 5.0 ^{Beta 1} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Foobar2000 1.1.7 ^{Beta 1} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 12.0.742.21 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Notepad2 4.2.25 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Process Explorer 14.11 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VirtualBox 4.0.6.71416 [Homepage] [Mirror]

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An Explorer Edition of Glass is already a pricey piece of tech, and smartphone tethering plans required to give it a mobile internet connection have only made ownership that much more expensive. However, there’s good news for Google’s guinea pigs: the latest update to the headgear quietly implemented a way around the additional monthly fees. With XE9 loaded onto headsets, the companion Android app pipes data to and from the hardware, bypassing both the smartphone’s Bluetooth tethering settings and extra plan previously needed from some carriers. To match the change, the application’s notification icon sports two arrows to signify the flow of info. We doubt telcos will be fazed by this development for now, but we don’t know if that’ll hold once Glass arrives on shelves and hits the streets en masse. We’ve contacted Google to find out if the feature will make it to retail units.

Filed under: Wearables, Mobile, Google

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At today’s 2013 summer new collection press conference, au announced the new “URBANO L01″ smartphone, to be released after late June.

Regarding the “URBANO”, au talked about its 2,700mAh battery which is able to be fully charged in only 140 minutes. Although the size of the body is about the same as the previous model, the size of the display increased from 4 inches to 4.7 inches.

It’s got some user-friendly functions, for example, you can set the “Entry home” display which displays letters and icons in a bigger size. The “Smart Sonic Receiver” function is useful as well – it makes the voice of the person who you are talking to on “URBANO L01″ clear in a noisy place.

Model: URBANO L01
Release date: After late June
OS: Android 4.2
Size: 65 x 134 x 10.8mm
Weight: 140g
Display: 4.7 inch TFT LCD HD
Battery: 2,700mAh
Color: Green, White, Blue, Black
Compliant with: Bluetooth, One-seg, Wi-Fi, Tethering, au Smart Pass, Wallet phone, 4G LTE, NFC, Infrared data communication, Waterproof, Dustproof

Popular young actress Ayame Goriki and current world-wide famous Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu joined the event, brightening up the venue…

The au 2013 summer new collection press conference took place at Shibuya Excel (Cerulean) Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo.

At today’s 2013 summer new collection press conference, au announced the new “HTC J One” smartphone, to be released around early June.

“HTC J One” is the Japanese version of Taiwanese company, HTC’s global model “HTC One”. It is slick and smooth “Full metal” aluminum and has a rounded back, making it easier to hold.

Compared with regular smartphones, its 13 million pixel camera has a 300% increased uptake of light and a 50% reduction of noise.  Its new “HTC Zoe” camera mode can take 20 photos in 4 seconds and can take 3 seconds of full HD video at the same time, allowing you to capture the best possible image.

There are Dual Front Speakers built-in in giving the “HTC J One” impressive, real sound.

As a smart phone accessory, au offers “HTC J One mini” that can be a cordless handset of the “HTC J One”, able to be paired by NFC or Bluetooth and is available for ¥9,800. You can also trigger the camera shutter or check messages with “HTC J One mini”. A 6,000mAh large capacity portable charger “HTC Battery Bar” will also be available (¥9,000).

Model: HTV J One HTL22
Release date: After early June
OS: Android 4.1
Size: 69 x 138 x 10.5mm
Weight: 157g
Display: 4.7inch Super LCD3 FHD
Battery: 2,300mAh
Color: White metal , Black metal
Compliant with: Bluetooth, One-seg, Wi-Fi, Tethering, au Smart Pass, Wallet phone, 4G LTE, NFC, Infrared data communication

Popular young actress Ayame Goriki and current world-wide famous Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu joined the event, brightening up the venue…

The au 2013 summer new collection press conference took place at Shibuya Excel (Cerulean) Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo.

This week the folks at Harman have pushed their Aha system to several vehicle communications systems including Porsche, this system being the one we’re having a peek at today. Porsche’s Communication Management System is shown here working with the newly announced Aha integrated with vehicle systems. Here we’re seeing the full 30,000 Aha internet-based stations in action, everything from internet radio to Facebook integration.

While you’re about to see this system working tethered to an iPhone 5, you’ll also be able to use it with Android. What you’re doing here is not just using your smartphone’s app to make this whole system work, you’re tethering with your smartphone for internet as well. This way you’ll only have the one internet bill rather than needing to work with another bill for your vehicle – well played.

Aha’s system allows for the display of Facebook and Twitter statuses and also allows you to interact with your friends on both of those systems in a relatively basic way. You’ll be able to get news updates and tap through to hear podcasts galore as well. This system is an extremely simple extension of the Aha app and ecosystem in a perfectly simple-to-work user interface via Porsche’s Communication Management System.

This system will be available to everyone using a vehicle equipped with the Porsche Communication Management System immediately if not soon, and Aha is pushing to several other similar car systems this week as well – Ford and Chrysler amongst them. In the near future, Aha will be integrating with Subaru, Honda, and Acura too.

Have a peek at our Porsche tag to see all the fabulous red hot vehicle action through our archives, our gigantic Car portal for vehicles of all kinds, and also be sure to catch up with everything CES 2013 through the rest of the week in our CES hub!

Porsche Communication Management System with Harman’s Aha hands-on is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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