Checkout the speed comparison video of Apple iOS 6 Vs iOS 7 Beta 1 both running on iPhone 5S.

Amazon offers some excellent cloud computing services, but being self-managed at the basic level it can be a headache to diagnose and fix errors. I recently encountered a similar error where all my attempts to login into the EC2 instance failed with cloud-init: runcmd Caught exception reading instance data: http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/security-groups as shown in the Amazon EC2 instance console system log below.

We have seen how big companies use copyright's to win over the competition, first it was Apple suing Samsung and then Samsung replying legally with their own patents. However, it is really ironic to see a company who takes design so seriously, fiercely protecting it's slightest imitation get caught red-handed copying others work.

With announcement of Apple iOS 7 and the criticism Apple is facing for the drastic change to the design, it is also worth noting that what Apple is projecting as a new, refreshing set of features are basic functionality available across all other mobile OS platforms. Here is an worth watching video showing what and from where Apple borrowed the new features and design philosophy of Apple iOS 7. Do watch the video by clicking the Read More link below.

Continuing their direct attack on Apple tablet, Microsoft once again released a new video advertisement comparing Apple iPad with Microsoft Windows 8 tablet poking fun at limitations of the Apple tablet multitasking, SD card support and zoom. The humorous video pokes fun at these limitations using Siri voiceover, making it more enjoyable to watch.

Don't forget to enjoy the video posted below by clicking the Read More link.

"Invalid Node Structure" "The Volume Machintosh HD Could Not Be Verified Completely" is one error every Apple OS user must fear, the error is a sign of corrupt storage disk directory structure and the Mac OS X built-in Disk Utility fails to fix the problem. Most of the time a user would get stuck at the Apple Logo with the spinner, even if you are lucky to boot into the operating-system you will find missing applications and issues with your dashboard depending on which part of the directory catalog got corrupted.

Luckily, we do have quite a few tricks and tools up our sleeves to get this handled properly fixing the system making sure maximum possible data recovery. In this post, I will be sharing three possible solutions to get this issue resolved.

Mobile industry is witnessing skyrocketing boom on a daily basis. No matter you are on a train or during a summer vacation, phones and tablets are almost everywhere for, to a great extent, video entertainment. But sometimes various videos can be an impediment as mobile devices usually supports a limited video formats, making you unable to play all videos with your gadgets, to name a few, iPhone, iPad, Samsung, etc. Luckily, the advent of newly developed MacX Mobile Video Converter comes to save the day.

To celebrate the premiere of the new product, this brand-new mobile video converter for Mac will be launched in the form of a free giveaway from June 13 to June 30. Anyone who’d like to digitize videos to make them playable on iOS, Android, Microsoft mobiles and tablets, etc can grab this as a freebie.

Crammed with as many as 200 profiles for nearly all mobile phones and tablets, MacX Mobile Video Converter greatly lessens the difficulty in video conversion. No matter you have MKV, MTS, M2TS, MOD videos, or MP4, FLV, AVI, WMV videos in hands, this Mac-based mobile video converter software will help you convert the numerous videos for playback on iPhone 5, iPad Mini, Samsung Galaxy S4, The New HTC One, Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Nexus 7, Surface, WP8, Blackberry, PSP, etc with faultless compatibility.

In the past HideIPVPN has made some great promotions with us of their famous VPN service. Blog readers were able to get Free VPN accounts that allowed them to freely access sites in US and UK (Netflix, Hulu, BBC and more) or anonymously use torrents and P2P. Right now HideIPVPN has told us about brand new service they have just started – SmartDNS.

SmartDNS, unlike VPN is not hiding or changing your IP in order to get you round geo restricted sites but it is redirecting your traffic to selected sites via SmartProxy servers. This way with very simple setup (tutorials are available at HideIPVPN site) you can get the likes of Netflix, ITV, HULU, FOX, NBC, Pandora, Spotify and many, many more on almost any device. Even devices without VPN support built in can benefit from SmartDNS service.

Simply change DNS servers address on your devices and register your IP (it acts as login) with HideIPVPN and surf the web with no delays or even without thinking if site you want to open is in US or UK. HideIPVPN will do it for you! Remember, unlike VPN SmartDNS will not make you anonymous in the internet. This service is solely designed for all streaming services.

One of the major strength and a reason for Raspberry Pi success has been the General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) access offered by the mini computer, these programmable in/out pins allows a great of hackability letting users expand the system and get it interacting with other hardware devices. The GPIO pin's are confusing as they are not numbered serially, here are two nice RasPi GPIO pinout layouts for making things easier to understand.

Raspberry Pi GPIO Pin Layout (Revision 1 Board)

Drone's have been in news since quite a while for their devastating usage, however there are numerous ways these flying robots can be useful for non-military tasks like the "Japanese Home Guardian Drone" news shared few days ago.

Domino's, one of the world's leading Pizza delivery franchise has another exciting use for these drones. The company is testing their new DomiCopter flying machines to deliver pizzas in company’s heatwave bags over vast distances at high altitudes. The delivery system is Eco-friendly and can travel hundreds of meters without needing to refuel. The demonstration video released by Domino's is already gone viral with over a one million views in just 5 days. Do watch the video below (click read more).

Dubbed as the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone, Apple today announced the developer preview of Apple iOS 7 with immediate availability and final version for end-users version scheduled for fall release. The latest Apple iOS supporting iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad features an entirely revamped design with flat UI and lots of colors with "parallax" effect for the wow factor, updated apps, a new control center which gets launched by a bottom screen swipe, and a brand new WebOS card-style multitasking system.

Apple iOS 7 update will be available this fall to end-users for all device newer to iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad mini, and 5th-gen iPod touch, with few features not being available on iPhone 4 or iPad 2. Apple also launched a brand new iOS in the Car service, which is basically a trimmed down version of iOS 7 for car interface. Compatible dashboard systems in your car should now be able to sync with your iPhone 5 featuring Maps, audio-only FaceTime calls, music, Siri, or other useful nifty features. Do watch the official video of new features posted below.