Friday, October 17, 2014

These ten tricks in iOS 8 you should know



In Apple's new operating system iOS 8 for iPhone and iPad, there are obvious changes in addition to some hidden features that facilitate daily life. We show the best tricks. By Christoph Fr�hlich


8 iOS for iPhone and iPad is here







S ince Wednesday night is Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 8 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch available for download on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus software is already preinstalled. The software offers a completely redesigned photo index, new iCloud features, the Health Central Health, an advanced message center, and new keyboards. But besides the obvious changes, there are also a few hidden features and settings that make everyday life easier. We present the best tricks.

Discover the first battery-eater
The battery of your iPhone is always empty and you have no idea why? With iOS 8 it is possible to detect the biggest electricity guzzlers under the Apps. To do this in the settings in the section "General", then point to the tab "use" and then select "battery usage". Then a menu where the biggest energy guzzlers are listed under the installed applications appears.

2. Recover Deleted Photos
Nothing is more annoying than deleting valuable souvenir photos accidentally. With iOS 8 you can recover deleted images: by choosing in the photo app on the bottom of the screen to select "Albums", then scroll down to the album "Last Cleared". There you will find an overview of the deleted photos and you can restore them when needed.

3. Mark all messages as read
A tip for multi-Simser: all the messages in the Messages app to mark as read, go to the message list and select the top left "Edit". The button at the bottom left of the screen appears "Read All".

4. Enable Desktop view for Safari browser
Apple's Safari browser support in iOS 8 a so-called desktop mode. This allows you to not only call sites in the Mobile-optimized view, but also in Desktop View. To start the Desktop mode: Type the URL in the address bar, then wipe the underlying bookmarks down. It appears "Request desktop site" of the button.

5. DuckDuckGo instead of Google
Also new in the browser: The Google Alternative "DuckDuckGo" can be stored as the default search engine. To do this, select in the settings of the Safari browser, the tab "search engine" you can choose between Google (default), Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo choose.

6. Activate the black and white screen
In the new Mac operating system OS X Yosemite there is a new Dark Mode, the darkening menus and control bars, so the screen seems less garish in the evenings. A similar function is also available in iOS 8: go to the settings in the item "General", then "Accessibility", there is the fourth point of the "grayscale". Activate the function, the iPhone switches to a black and white mode.

7. Manage emails faster
The email app has also been revised: one wipes in the mail index finger from right to left, various options are offered. So you can delete messages with a tap, or select "More" under forward or move it to the spam folder.


iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in test

8. Adjust the exposure in the camera app
In iOS 8 can adjust the default camera app the exposure. If one focuses on image content, just get the thumbs up or pull down, accordingly, the image becomes brighter or darker.

9. Delete Music Albums on the iPhone
To delete an album in the Music app, you have to wipe in the Album list with your finger from right to left and tap "Delete" - off the album.

10. Start with Siri voice command
"Call to Tobias," "Make an appointment by 14 clock", "find a good pizzeria near" - Apple's voice assistant Siri dominated many functions. To start it, you had been holding for a short time the home button. In iOS 8 Siri can now be started by voice - at least when the iPhone is connected to a power source. Select in the settings "Allow Hey Siri" to the point "General", then "Siri", in second position, see the point. With this voice command you can then start Siri.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Champions League: Bayern Monaco Rome, Garcia: "They have not won"

Rome-Bayern in the Champions League (Photo: Reuters)

Technician: "Anything can happen. We'll try to get some points." De Rossi: "Bayern? We're not going to figure provincial"





"In a game anything can happen, is the beauty of football." Rudi Garcia believes it. On the eve of the Champions League match with Bayern Monaco, the French coach does not see a prediction for closed its Rome, recovering at the last minute also Iturbe. "Although the club is the most economically powerful in the world, with great players, this does not mean that the battle is already won for them - announces -. It will be difficult, but we will do everything to get some points. We always respect the ' opponent, but we are not afraid of anybody.

 " A concept also dear to Daniele De Rossi, not willing to play tomorrow at the Olympic Stadium role of sparring partner. "If we play a game of daring, to Rome, to his face, even a draw would not be bad, but we will not go into the field to put us all behind, to make the figure of the provincial front of the whole world in front of our fans - the message Remote midfielder training Guardiola -. For us that tomorrow will be a memorable evening, we will enter into the field to win, and if we play well even a draw would not be thrown away because we face a wonderful team.


 " That by the end of August does not lose and has not undergone networks. In short, a real battleship, Garcia dreams of breaking down: "It will be a competition of high standard, with an Olympic III & IV. After we will see, there will be the truth of the camp, we will have our moments and we must use them all. We have to be smart we have nothing to lose, rather than gain from this race. "


 "Our only goal is to disprove the predictions that already gave us removed from the group at the time of the draw - still remembers the coach -. And with a good result tomorrow, things would get interesting." The same opinion De Rossi. "We want to go through and I am convinced we can do it despite our role as outsiders. Our ambitions have changed" shows before explaining where such certainty arises: "What I'm experiencing now is the time to be higher when they are Rome, do not say it's the strongest team, but it's the moment when I feel better. I feel surrounded by the players, coach and now very strong, so I could not be happier with how they are now nowhere else.


 " A feeling that certainly agrees with Francesco Totti, captain of a thousand battles called tomorrow night maybe write another page in the history of red and yellow. And who knows that the last chapter can not coincide with a trophy on the pitch mainland. The first is just to hope so Rudi Garcia: "The plan is to lead the Roma elite European and even better to win the Champions League with Francis, it really deserves with his fantastic career - the words of the French magazine 'Kicker' -. Already this year? No, it's definitely too soon. It would be a huge success through the difficult group in which we came, but the two challenges with Bayern are a good test to see where we stand. "

Alert Olympic, over 1100 agents 
 Utmost attention on the security front for the Champions League match between Roma and Bayern Monaco that will take place tomorrow night at the Olimpico. 0ltre 1100 the law enforcement officers that will be used to ensure the safety not only on the outside of the stadium, but also in railway stations, airports, parking lots and exchange to escort the buses that will accompany the visiting fans from the point of collection Villa Borghese to the Olimpico. No special controls is in the vicinity of the stadium is in the city center and to ensure that the two sides can come into contact.

 For tomorrow's match is expected to be about five thousand supporters who joined the German capital by plane, by train and by car. This morning there was a technical committee chaired by the new superintendent Nicholas D'Angelo in which they were decided measures for their facilities and services. In particular, it was identified as a collection point for foreign fans of Canestre square, Villa Borghese. From there you will be transported to the stage with ATAC buses, escorted by the police. 


The plan has been developed states that are fed there and those traveling by train, by plane, or by car. For cars there is an interchange at Saxa Rubra, where supporters can leave German vehicles and where they will be then taken by bus to the square of the Canestre, waiting to be escorted to the Olympic Stadium. Same thing for the bus that will stop the service area Feronia and for those who come by train to Termini. It will be made ??available to the visiting fans a brochure in German Police in Rome that contains the information on the reception measures taken.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Israel plans to build their angry Palestinians Yarusalem

pledged Monday to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in Arab east Jerusalem, in a move the Palestinians warned was likely to trigger an "explosion" of violence.
The announcement by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered the Palestinians who said it would inflame tensions in the eastern sector of the city which has been plagued by almost daily clashes for the past four months.

"The government has decided to advance the planning of more than 1,000 units in Jerusalem -- roughly 400 in Har Homa and about 600 in Ramat Shlomo," a source in Netanyahu's office told AFP.
The source also confirmed Israel was to advance plans "for infrastructure projects in the West Bank," without giving further details.
The news emerged just weeks after hardline settlers took over 35 homes in Silwan, a densely populated Palestinian neighbourhood on the southern edge of the Old City, sparking fury in the West Bank city of Ramallah and condemnation from Washington.

Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, said the move was a "dangerous escalation" that could create an "earthquake" in the region.
And Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of Abbas's Fatah faction, warned it would likely fuel further violence.
"Such unilateral acts will lead to an explosion," he said just days after a 21-year-old Palestinian from Silwan rammed his car into a crowd of Israelis, killing an infant and a young woman.
"The Israelification of east Jerusalem is the most provocative act for us as Palestinians, as Muslims, as Christians, as Arabs," he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington was "deeply concerned" by Israeli settlement plans.
"Israel's leaders have said they would support a pathway to a two-state solution, but moving forward with this type of action would be incompatible with the pursuit of peace," she said.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Abbas had called for an emergency UN Security Council session over the east Jerusalem violence, as well as what he termed Israeli "aggression" at the nearby Al-Aqsa compound.

- The root cause -
"The root cause (of the ongoing unrest) is the Israeli occupation -- the frustration, the disappointment, losing hope in the future are all symptoms of what is going on on the ground," Rajoub said.
"Even the Americans have started to understand that Mr Netanyahu is responsible for what's going on."
Netanyahu denied Israel's actions in east Jerusalem had fuelled anger on the Palestinian street.
"The violence against us is not the result of construction in Jerusalem... it is because of our enemies' desire that we not be here at all," he said, pledging to crack down on the unrest until calm was restored to the city.
"You cannot build peace on a foundation of lies and illusions. And the root of this conflict always has been and always will be the refusal to recognise the Jewish state in any borders at all."
Over the weekend, police fired tear gas at hundreds of Palestinians at a "symbolic funeral" for the perpetrator of Wednesday's car attack, Abdelrahman Shaludi, who was shot by police as he fled and later died of his wounds.
The car attack sparked clashes between stone-throwers and police in Palestinian neighbourhoods which continued until Shaludi was buried late Sunday night under tight security restrictions, with the number of mourners restricted to 50.

- 'Jerusalem is burning' -
Lior Amichai of Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now also said the announcement on construction in Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo was likely to stir tensions.
"There is never a good time to do such things, now more than ever as Jerusalem is burning," he told AFP.
Israel seized east Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognised by the international community. It views the city as its undivided capital and does not consider construction in the east as settlement building.
But for the Palestinians, who want east Jerusalem as capital of their future state, Israel's ongoing construction there is a major issue.
Israel's settlement policy was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the latest US-led round of peace talks in April, prompting the Palestinians to push ahead with diplomatic plans to seek international recognition.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

FIVE Tips In Finding Hotel

You are planning a holiday abroad for your family, and want everyone to have a good time. You surf the internet for hotel descriptions, but from the pictures you see and what you read, all hotels project a perfect image of themselves. How can you know which one is better? You have never been there and knows nothing of your destination. At the same time, you do not want a hotel room to spend your budget. How do you choose?



Check Independent Hotel Rating



Well, the first step you can take is to visit the hotel to see the search engine ratings from previous visitors. In order assessments for every hotel, most agents ask for an assessment of previous guests. Reading their comments will give you a fair idea of ??what to expect from the hotel which is located in your destination. Make sure to read some of the comments in order to get a fair picture. Certain incidents described only a rare occurrence that may have been corrected.



Hotel Chains and Facilities

Are they part of an international hotel chain? Most international chains have strict standards attached and the default theme in all of the chain. They may have the same amenities (health club, spa, business center, etc.) are essential to maintain a high standard of hotel. Other things you can look out for shuttle services including concierge, to the city, airport transfers and laundry service is good.




Location


Perhaps one of the most important things when choosing a hotel is the location. Hotels close to shopping center, train station or city center level higher charge than those located elsewhere. Analyzing maps of the area before you order to determine the nearest shopping center or access to the train station that will provide you with a lot of ease in moving around. Also, check with the hotel if they have a large tour groups arrive at the same time. Hotel costs are higher during periods of high occupancy, and do not have the flexibility of late check-out. This is an important aspect that, if ignored, can affect your tour itinerary and your impression of the level of hotel hospitality.


Prices and Discounts


The hotel rates are a huge factor when it comes to choosing a hotel. However, paying more does not always mean that you will receive an equivalent level of service and standards. One way to maximize the price will check if they are part of an alliance with airlines or car rental companies, offering customers a discount for their allies. Sometimes, credit card companies offer their cardholders exclusive rate for special which can be very interesting. In addition, if it is possible to use your frequent flyer points to redeem hotel discounts, this could help reduce the cost of the hotel as well.


Boutique Hotel


Finally, apart from chain hotels, boutique hotels may be a good alternative for a romantic place for couples or families looking for a more typical of the theme. Many boutique hotels have less space but offer value added services such as in-room spa bed, breakfast in bed or even in-room massages. In the end, your choice of hotel really depends on what you want from your holiday.

Monday, October 13, 2014

The future of Aston Martin

Former Aston Martin chairman David Richards on hybrids, turbocharging and the future of the 101-year-old brand

David Richards stepped down as chairman of Aston Martin at the end of last year, but he remains both a shareholder and a vocal champion for the brand. Speaking to Telegraph Cars at one of two hotels he owns in the picturesque seaside village of St Mawes in Cornwall, talk was of little other than the 101-year-old British sports car maker.

One thing that quickly becomes clear is that anyone hoping for a plug-in hybrid DB9 when the replacement is unveiled in 2016 is going to be disappointed. While Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche have all recently launched petrol-electric supercars, Richards describes hybrids as merely a piece of �transitionary� technology.

�Why would you carry two engines around,� he says with no verbal question mark at the end of the sentence. �I certainly can�t see that in a performance brand. I can�t see the justification for a hybrid version at all.� So does this mean a continuation of the big, thirsty petrol engines?

�The link with Mercedes [announced last year] is going to offer Aston Martin access to all the new technology,� he stresses. �The main thing now is the economy we can get from the conventional combustion engine, and I think our next generation of cars will prove that. They�ll still have the luxury, the real values of an Aston Martin, but I�m sure you�ll see another step change in that direction.�

Asked whether this means smaller, turbocharged engines in the company�s cars, he tries to divert talk to more general terms, saying: �There�s a tendency now � you can see it already � for smaller capacity turbocharged engines, and the high performance vehicles of the future I�m sure will be of that nature.�

On hydrogen-powered cars he is enthusiastic but says they are not yet a realistic alternative, in part because of the technology, but mainly because of the infrastructure needed to support them. �We had an Aston Martin Rapide that did a full lap at the Nurburgring 24-Hour race on hydrogen, absolutely zero emissions,� he said. �We try all these things, with all sorts of things going on in the background. Are they practical today? Probably not, but we�re still experimenting, trying them out.�

Aside from his connection with Aston Martin, Richards is most famous for founding the motorsport company Prodrive, which has won six World Rally titles with Subaru, four British Touring Car championships with BMW and Ford and had a stint running the BAR Honda F1 team. Today, Prodrive runs Aston Martin�s motorsport arm.

Richards explains how the V12 Vantage S has essentially the same engine and chassis as the GT3 racer, and that the feedback from the racers helps develop the road cars. �You�ll see a product next year from Aston Martin that has a lot of those attributes that we�ve developed at Le Mans," he says, before the Aston Martin press officer interrupts and adds: �But we can�t talk about that now.�