The much elusive next version of Apple iPhone is yet to make confirmed appearance, despite no announcement from Apple with iOS 7 there are still rumors of iPhone 6 and/or iPhone 5S in the pipeline. Apart from the usual iPhone upgrade, news of a cheaper version of the iPhone for the masses is also making it's round in the online media.

Fuelling the rumor an image of what appears to be retail casings for an ‘iPhone 5C’ have surfaced on the Internet via Chinese website WeiPhone. As shown below the retail casings appear to be made of the same plastic as the coloured plastic shell spotted earlier (images after the read more link) provided by the same website.

Combine the awesomeness of Apple's Siri voice recognition capability with ability to tap into it using SiriProxy, and our favorite hacker friendly mini Linux computer Raspberry Pi and we have an excellent voice controlled home automation system which runs 24/7 waiting for voice commands to do assigned tasks. To get this super-geeky project working we need to install and configure SiriProxy on our Raspberry Pi setup, follow the instructions shared below to install SiriProxy on the official Raspbian “wheezy” distribution.

Google Voice has been a great way to make and receive free calls to USA and Canada. We have also shared a trick which enables users to make free calls to 60+ countries using their Google Voice account. Now, Google has announced the ability to make voice calls to regular landlines and mobiles from Gmail via Google+ Hangout, and to sweeten the deal calls to the US and Canada are now free from all countries where Hangouts calling is available. So this means if you have any relative or friend in USA or Canada you can call them for free from anywhere in the world.

This is not all, the new “Hangouts calling” also supports conference calling to multiple phone numbers and video participants on the same call, as well as play sound effects with the Google Effect app like applause or laughter.

Designed with the motive of being the easiest way to enjoy online video and music on your TV, Google Chromecast costs just $35 and is almost plug-n-play. To get started a user just need to plug Chromecast into an HDMI port, connect it to WiFi (provide password of your WiFi network), and start sending videos and other content from smartphone, tablet or laptop to your TV with the press of a button. Chromecast works with devices you already own, including Android tablets and smartphones, iPhones®, iPads®, Chrome for Mac® and Chrome for Windows®. Browse for what to watch, control playback, and adjust volume using your device. You won't have to learn anything new. Do watch the introduction video posted below to know more.

Moving ahead with it's goal to converge the desktop and mobile computing environment, Canonical the developers behind the popular open-source, Linux distribution "Ubuntu" have now launched the crowd-funding for the first-phone to feature their Ubuntu Mobile OS announced earlier.

Named "Ubuntu Edge" the gadget is backed by some powerful hardware specifications like fastest available multi-core processor, at least 4GB of RAM, and massive 128GB of storage the phone will also feature elegantly finished textured amorphous metal casing made from a single sheet, a 4.5 inch screen with amazing dynamic range and color accuracy for maximum clarity protected by nothing else but a pure sapphire crystal glass which is so hard that only diamond could scratch it. On the software front the phone will feature dual-boot between Ubuntu Phone OS and Android, and will convert into a fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when attached to an external screen. Don't miss the "Ubuntu Edge" teaser and introduction videos posted below.

Imagine the fun of controlling your computer using hand-gesture's just like Jedi in the Star Wars movies, Flutter is an free application for Windows and Mac computers which enables you to do exactly that and that too without requiring any specialized hardware or sensor. The Flutter App uses your computer camera to recognize hand gestures allowing controlling of application actions from a few feet away without the need of any keyboard or mouse interaction, the utility specially comes in handy for controlling audio/video playback and presentations from a distance.

Again! Megaleecher and WonderFox together organized a giveaway campaign for WonderFox Video Watermark from today to July 31st, 2013. All our readers can get a licensed copy of this versatile all-in-one video utility featuring a video converter, video editor and video watermarking for FREE which original worth $34.95. It’s a time-limited campaign. So, don’t wait and grab your free copy now before it's late.

WonderFox Video Watermark focuses on protecting your video copyright. If you want to share your video in internet world, you need this kind of program to tell the audiences who is the video owner. And this video watermark can also help you protect your video from unauthorized using. Powerful and easy-to-use watermarking features enable you add text/image/shape watermark on your video files. Besides watermarking video files, the program supports to convert video to all popular video formats (include portable devices like PSP, PS Vita, iPad and different kinds of Smartphone) and owns the ability of editing video files.

With tagline - "Swipe in. Cash out", Locket is a brand new way for users to earn money while they unlock there smartphones. Sounds unbelievable. Well for $0.01 every time you unlock your phone (maximum 3 an hour) the company will show you highly targeted advertisements. With every swipe, a user has option to either open the ad or unlock the phone as always. No matter what you opt for, you get paid.

Available for Google Android now, the app is a big no for "privacy" concerned users as it tracks and records users location and their shopping pattern data to offer personalized, targeted advertisements. While this can be a killer for battery backup, it also can be an advantage to get highly targeted, location specific discounts/offers which might save user some money while shopping. Do watch the demonstration video posted below.

A leaked technical video demonstration showing the upcoming high-end Motorola's Moto X smartphone is now posted on YouTube. The Moto X model, which is scheduled to get launched exclusively with Rogers in Canada this August, will be featuring some impressive hardware punch, the most amazing feature and the highlight of the demo video (posted below) is not the hardware but the completely hands-free voice activated features using Google Now.

In the demo, a woman is shown interacting with the handset while she types away on a computer, never having to reach down to tap the handset. Youtube and Vimeo have already taken down the original video citing claim by Motorola, but as it is impossible to censor things on internet we managed to get it for you - do enjoy the video by clicking the image below before it gets pulled down again.

The wonderful, multi-utility, mini-computer Raspberry Pi can also be used as an web-server. While you can't expect it to handle massive traffic, it can easily handle decent amount of static web-page traffic and can also be used as an web or mobile front-end for controlling RPi connected devices, services and GPIO for home automation. We have quite a few choices of web-servers to install on Debian, amongst the contenders we have apache, nginx, lighthttpd, Monkey web-server and quite a few others suitable on limited resources of Raspberry Pi. We will be installing the light, fast and well-supported nginx webserver with PHP support on Raspberry Pi as it behaves well with the mini-computer and takes only 5 minutes to get installed and working using the tutorial shared below.