owncloud : introduction & features

OwnCloud : ownCloud provides access to your data through a web interface or WebDAV while providing a platform to view, sync and share across devices easily—all under your control. ownCloud’s open architecture is extensible via a simple but powerful API for applications and plugins and works with any storage. Some features are given below :


NITROSHARE 0.3.0: EASILY SEND FILES TO OTHER MACHINES ON THE LOCAL NETWORK

NitroShare is a tool that can be used to easily transfer files between computers on your local network, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

NitroShare features:
  • no configuration required: each device running NitroShare broadcasts its presence to other devices on the network;
  • supports transferring files as well as directories;
  • displays desktop notifications for completed transfers or when someone on the local network starts or quits NitroShare;
  • simple, easy to use user interface.

Tails : Limitations & Warnings

Tor is about hiding your location, not about encrypting your communication.
Instead of taking a direct route from source to destination, communications using the Tor network take a random pathway through several Tor relays that cover your tracks. So no observer at any single point can tell where the data came from or where it's going.
A Tor connection usually goes through 3 relays with the last one establishing the actual connection to the final destination
The last relay on this circuit, called the exit node, is the one that establishes the actual connection to the destination server. As Tor does not, and by design cannot, encrypt the traffic between an exit node and the destination server, any exit node is in a position to capture any traffic passing through it.

Tails : Next gen operating system

Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly.
It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card independently of the computer's original operating system. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.

How to set up networking between Docker containers

As you may be aware, Docker container technology has emerged as a viable lightweight alternative to full-blown virtualization. There are a growing number of use cases of Docker that the industry adopted in different contexts, for example, enabling rapid build environment, simplifying configuration of your infrastructure, isolating applications in multi-tenant environment, and so on. While you can certainly deploy an application sandbox in a standalone Docker container, many real-world use cases of Docker in production environments may involve deploying a complex multi-tier application in an ensemble of multiple containers, where each container plays a specific role (e.g., load balancer, LAMP stack, database, UI).

TAG Heuer, Google and Intel Announce Swiss Smartwatch Collaboration


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TAG Heuer, Google and Intel announce a collaboration to launch a Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel technology and Android Wear. Pictured left to right: Guy Sémon, General Manager of TAG Heuer; Jean-Claude Biver, President of the Watch Division LVMH Group and CEO of TAG Heuer, Michael Bell, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel's New Devices Group and David Singleton, Director of Engineering for Android Wear.
TAG Heuer, Google and Intel have announced a partnership to launch a Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel® technology and Android Wear. The effort signifies a new era of collaboration between Swiss watchmakers and Silicon Valley, bringing together each company's respective expertise in luxury watchmaking, software and hardware.

The collaboration was made official at Baselworld, during a press conference held on Thursday 19th March at the TAG Heuer booth. Jean-Claude Biver, President of the Watch Division LVMH Group and CEO of TAG Heuer, David Singleton, Director of Engineering for Android Wear, and Michael Bell, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel's New Devices Group, joined each other on stage.

Together, these companies will create a product that is both luxurious and seamlessly connected to its wearer's daily life -- a culmination of innovation, creativity and design from Silicon Valley in California and the Watch Valley in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

"Swiss watchmaking and Silicon Valley is a marriage of technological innovation with watchmaking credibility. Our collaboration provides a rich host of synergies, forming a win-win partnership, and the potential for our three companies is enormous,"said Jean-Claude Biver.   

Guy Sémon, General Manager of TAG Heuer added: "The quality of Swiss watches is renowned worldwide. When this is allied with the creative technology and global power of two companies like Intel and Google, using the Android Wear platform and based on Intel technology, we can see the launch of a technological revolution in our industry, of which I am proud to be a pioneer today with TAG Heuer."

David Singleton noted,  "By fusing beauty with technology, the Swiss watch has inspired generations of artists and engineers alike -- including us at Google. So we're thrilled to be working with TAG Heuer and Intel to bring a unique blend of emotion and innovation to the luxury market. Together, and using the Android Wear platform, we can imagine a better, beautiful, smarter watch."

"As we work to enable technology experiences that provide greater utility and value to people, Intel is confident that a collective approach will inspire new innovation in wearable technology. The collaboration with TAG Heuer and Google brings us closer to realizing the vision of wearable technology with a distinctive smartwatch that elevates the category," remarked Michael Bell.

Baselworld Press Conference Replay



About TAG HEUER
TAG Heuer, the avant-garde of Swiss watchmaking since 1860. TAG Heuer has always pushed back the boundaries ever further, inventing incredible watches and chronographs for those who love to challenge conventions. This technical know-how was harnessed at a very early stage for achieving extreme precision in time control. The long standing partnerships cultivated with motor racing and elite sportsmen echo the teamwork, courage and taste for challenge and risk, which drive TAG Heuer to always gobeyond the traditions of the watchmaking industry. The brand identity is intimately linked to its founding principle of anti-conformism. Its slogan, "#Dontcrackunderpressure", is far more than a figure of speech: it is a state of mind. Additional information about TAG Heuer is available at presscorner.tagheuer.com/

About Google
Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Google's innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top internet property and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google is a trademark of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. As a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also manufactures the world's first commercially available "conflict-free" microprocessors. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com andblogs.intel.com and about Intel's conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Get on a conference call in seconds by copying in this email address

Setting up conference calls can be a pain, but with this new service, it doesn’t have to be. All you need to do to set up your next meeting is copy in this email address: talk@anymeeting.com.
Anymeeting, the company behind the new service, launched it today to help reduce the friction to actually getting on a call. Once you copy in the email address, all attendees get a reply from Anymeeting with the conference call details.
Screen Shot 2015 03 18 at 4.44.17 pm Get on a conference call in seconds by copying in this email address
The service doesn’t require an account to get on a conference call and the only limitation is you can’t have more than 200 attendees. This makes it great for a quick work phone call, setting up the football team or even a family call.
The only drawback I found when trying the service was that it signed me up to their newsletter once I’d used it, but it was easy enough to unsubscribe. There are paid plans available for Anymeeting’s more advanced service if you need fully-fledged phone conferencing.
If you need a quick, free, no frills service for getting on a conference call, Anymeeting’s new service might just do the trick.
Source : www.thenextweb.com

Send money to friend using FB Messanger

Today facebook adding a new feature in Messenger that gives people a more convenient and secure way to send or receive money between friends. This feature will be rolling out over the coming months in the US.
It’s easy and free.
Messenger Payments
To send money:
  1. Start a message with a friend
  2. Tap the $ icon and enter the amount you want to send
  3. Tap Pay in the top right and add your debit card to send money
To receive money:
  1. Open the conversation from your friend
  2. Tap Add Card in the message and add your debit card to accept money for the first time
The money you send is transferred right away. It may take one to three business days to make the money available to you depending on your bank, just as it does with other deposits.
Secure Network
A dependable and trusted payments processor for game players and advertisers since 2007, Facebook processes more than one million transactions daily on the site and also handles all the payments processed on Messenger.
Incorporating security best practices into our payments business has always been a top priority. We use secure systems that encrypt the connection between you and Facebook as well as your card information when you ask us to store it for you. We use layers of software and hardware protection that meet the highest industry standards. These payment systems are kept in a secured environment that is separate from other parts of the Facebook network and that receive additional monitoring and control. A team of anti-fraud specialists monitor for suspicious purchase activity to help keep accounts safe.
The first time you send or receive money in Messenger, you’ll need to add a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a US bank to your account. Once you add a debit card, you can create a PIN to provide additional security the next time you send money. On iOS devices you can also enable Touch ID. As always, you can add another layer of authentication to your account at any time.
The new payments feature is rolling out in the coming months in the US across Android, iOS, and desktop.

Source : www.newsroom.fb.com

Activate WhatsApp Calling Feature


WhatsApp's latest voice calling feature that had been under testing is finally available. The WhatsApp voice calling feature is enabled in the latest version of the WhatsApp Messenger that is now available for download for Android devices on Google Play (version 2.11.561).
However, the feature doesn't come right away to the users. Those who want to have the voice calling feature will need an invite, in the form of a WhatsApp call from any other WhatsApp user who has the feature activated on his/her app.
The steps involved are fairly simple:
1. Go to Google Play and download/update the free WhatsApp Messenger app.
2. Ask any other WhatsApp user you know with the voice calling feature activated to call you via WhatsApp.
Post the call, a user can find the WhatsApp voice calling feature activated on their phones and a new 'Calls' tab to the left of the Chats and Contacts tab on the WhatsApp home screen.
While there have been unofficial APKs floating around promising the feature, but it is advisable that users install the app from Google Play or the official WhatsApp website.

How to enable WhatsApp voice calls (with root)

In case none of this is still working for you, there is another way for rooted users to force the feature onto their phones, but it is a bit of a pain, as you’ll need to be connected to your PC and open a terminal every time you want to WhatsApp call someone (until it is enabled permanently for you).
Just open a terminal emulator and enter the following command:

su -c am start -n com.whatsapp/com.whatsapp.HomeActivity

Coinbase PHP Client Library Tutorials




An easy way to buy, send, and accept bitcoin through the Coinbase API.

This library supports both the API key authentication method and OAuth. The below examples use an API key.

Way2SMS PHP integration

Way2SMS PHP Integration 


Way2Sms is free SMS provider in India as well as abroad, It is best in class service provider. We need SMS verification like OTP (One Time Password ), Notification and information for our website/applications. I also have same requirement for my web application where I need to send OTP for user authentication. I search a lot for free services but  now days, everyone busy to make money so There is no free service for SMS Gateway than I found a way to right a script in PHP which communicate with way2sms and send a message. Hope so it is also work for you.

Requirement : 
PHP 5.5 + 
support for PHP curl
valid way2sms account.
create cookie.txt and temporary.txt in same directory.

HAProxy (High Availability Proxy)

HAProxy(High Availability Proxy) is an open source load balancer which can load balance any TCP service. It is particularly suited for HTTP load balancing as it supports session persistence and layer 7 processing.





HA Proxy Setup  :

I was working with Apache Webserver from very long but when I jumped into the world of NodeJS I started loving websockets. Soon I was planning to integrate my PHP applications with NodeJS. I was happy to use both, till I was not running both the applications on default web service port 80. But when I tried to configure Apache virtual hosting for proxying my request to NodeJS server port, it was not allowing my websocket communication to happen. I tried alot of modules but didn’t got success. And after alot of googling I found something which helped me to achieve what I need. Once I configured HAProxy on my system I was able to serve both applications, PHP and NodeJS through port 80 just by virtual hosting of HAProxy.