Yahoo: Astrid to Stop Working Next Month

 

A service bought by Yahoo a few months ago, Astrid, has announced that it will go dark on August 5.

Like many other companies that have been bought by Yahoo recently, the task management service will go dark in less than a month from now, TechCrunch reports.

The news comes two months after the company’s CEO and co-founder Jon Parris announced the Yahoo takeover.

At the time, he noted that Astrid will continue to work for about another 90 days, leaving users to hope that Yahoo will make an exception and let the service carry on.

As always in the case with this type of acquisitions, Yahoo is painted as the bad guy by Astrid fans who don’t want to let the service go.

Yahoo has bought three more companies this past week, namely Qwiki, Xobni and Bignoggins.

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NETGEAR's Latest R6100 WiFi Router Gets Firmware Version 1.0.0.24

NETGEAR has unveiled firmware version 1.0.0.24 targeted at its latest wireless router, namely the R6100 device, which fixes the wireless IOT issue with the A6200 WiFi adapter.

In addition to that, the newly released package resolves the WAN detection problem that would not recognize the DHCP connection in Comcast.

As for installing the firmware, log into the router’s GUI, and go to Advanced Tab → Administration → Firmware Upgrade. There, click on the “Browse” button, select the firmware file located within the downloadable archive, and click the “Upload” button.

At this point the update process starts, so make sure you don’t interrupt it in any way. The process completes when the progress bar comes to an end.

In the unlikely event that the progress bar isn’t properly displayed, the process can be tracked using the LED lights. If the LED blinks amber, this means that the update is in progress; if it changes to steady amber, it means that the upgrade is complete.

When the installation finishes, you should load the default factory settings (a good idea after any firmware update), and go verify if the current version matches the one that you’ve just installed.

That being said, follow the link below, and download the package that contains the firmware file needed in order to update the R6100 wireless router.
 

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How to Boot Directly to “All Apps” View in Windows 8.1 Preview

As you probably heard by now, Windows 8.1 Preview comes with a dedicated option that allows users to boot directly to desktop and skip the Start screen.

In addition, a separate setting gives them the possibility to launch a so-called “All Apps” view mode on the Start screen that provides one click access to all installed tools on a specific computer.

We’ve heard that many users are actually trying to keep the default boot to Start screen option turned on, but instead of the live tile interface, they want to get straight to the All Apps view.

The only thing you need to do in order to tweak the operating system in such a way that it would take you to the All Apps view after boot is to set this mode as the default style on the Start screen.

So simply right click the Taskbar, hit “Properties,” go over to the “Navigation” tab and look into the Start screen section at the bottom of the screen.

Enable the “Show the Apps view automatically when I go to Start” and you’re ready to go. Make sure you do NOT enable the “Go to desktop instead of Start when I sign in” option, as this configuration would automatically take you to the desktop instead of the Start screen.

Reboot your computer and try out the new customization.

Keep in mind that while the “All Apps” view is indeed helpful in some cases, the Start screen could easily get cluttered as you install more apps.

The live tile interface, on the other hand, was designed to be easier to manage, while also providing real-time updates on weather, mail, tweets, and any other content you might access.

If you wish to go back to the default Start screen mode, simply disable the option and reboot the computer.

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Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 Now Available in Maori Language

Microsoft has recently announced that New Zealand's Maori language is now supported by its key products, including Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10, and Outlook.com.
Even though it's spoken by only 157,000 people, Maori can now be applied to the Modern and desktop interfaces of Windows 8, while also supporting built-in Metro apps such as Mail, People, Weather, Maps, Music, and Windows Defender.

"We are thrilled to continue our support for te reo Maori," said Paul Muckleston, Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand Limited. "We are grateful for the hard work that so many people have done to make it possible to weave this taonga into the very latest of tablet, smartphone, PC, and cloud technologies."

In addition, IE10 can be configured to display menus and options in Maori on both Windows 7 and Windows 8, while Office 2013 users need to download a stand-alone language pack to set it up

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