Abu Dhabi in satellite dish crackdown

Abu Dhabi has become the latest emirate to crackdown on satellite dishes raising fears of increased costs for property owners, UAE daily The National reported on Monday.

Under the new rules, restrictions will be imposed prohibiting more than four dishes on a building, especially if they ‘disfigure the appearance of the city’, the report added.

The rule comes a week after the northern emirate of Sharjah announced a complete ban of satellite dishes in a bid to improve the overall appearance of the city.

In Dubai some communities have similar rules and have even banned washing being hung out on driers on balconies.

Many older buildings in the UAE capital have many satellite dishes and trailing cables. But newer buildings have a centralised satellite system that provides all occupants with television, the report explained.

“In the cases where there are many dishes, the management will be responsible for centralising the system, and that can be expensive,” said Nirmal Kumar, a sales manager for Vision Electronics, told the newspaper.

The report said there had been nothing reported on fines or penalties at this stage, but the municipality told the newspaper it would ‘not tolerate the existence of a potential threat to the health and safety of occupants and tenants, as well as property management staff and passers-by’.


Source: Yahoo News

The Evolution of the Job Application

Just as it’s revolutionized everything from grocery shopping to travel, social and digital media have had an enormous effect on the job hunt. With technology moving forward every day, the job discovery and application process is constantly evolving and in flux. To embrace the future, however, we must look to the past.

The infographic below, compiled by Spark Hire, examines the evolution of applying for a job, chronicling innovations as seemingly mundane as the invention of the post office (remember snail mail?) to the development of a little thing called the Internet.

How have you applied for the jobs you’ve held?

Source: http://mashable.com

Next Twitter for iPhone Version to Bring Interactive Tweet View

Twitter is preparing a major new version of its iPhone app, which will include an interactive tweet view, enhanced notifications and more, 9to5Mac reports.

The info comes through leaked release notes which bring a detailed list of all the new features in the next Twitter for iPhone version, 4.3.

These include a more interactive tweet view experience, letting you see content previews, videos and images within tweets containing links to “partner websites,” as well as the ability to choose whether you want to receive push notifications when certain people tweet.

Other improvements include highlighted tweets about selected events, autocomplete in the Connect tab, and the ability to tap someone’s avatar and be taken to their profile pages.

The time of launch for this update is unknown, and some of the features may change when it actually hits the App Store.

Source: http://mashable.com

Pins of the Week | 30-June-2012

A Fresh Twist on a 4th of July Classic 

"Grilled corn with cilantro lime butter and feta" - Maia McDonald

Purple and Pretty
"The fairy pools on the Isle of Skye, Scotland - those colors!" - Erin Loechner

One Content Pup
"Happy place..." - Daniel Bear Hunley

Mini Sweet Tea Party
"Edible teacup treats with chocolate frosting." - Aly Juma

A Stylish Swimming Pool
Caty Mora

A Perfect View of the Eiffel Tower
"Magic Hour / Marty Portier" - Mike D, (via flickr, trixnbooze)

Wise Words to Live By from Amy Poehler
"No one looks stupid when they're having fun" - Amy Poehler, Casey Keasler

A Surreal Underwater Bedroom in the Maldives
"Cool hotel rooms" - Tony Garing (At Conrad Maldives Rangali Island)

Something to Remember
Merche Grosso

Green Headpiece
Japanese artist Takaya adorns models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers. -Etsy

Source: Mashable

Absinthe 2.0 iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak Now Available For Download!

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, we have hit that time once again in the jailbreak cycle when we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief and raise a glass to the jailbreak producers while we overload their servers attempting to download the new and shiny utility that will provide our devices with freedom. Yes, that is right, I am indeed talking about downloading Absinthe 2.0, the latest version of the Chronic Dev Team tool that brings an untethered jailbreak to the majority of our iOS 5.1.1 devices.

We have found ourselves in an all too familiar situation over the last couple of months, stuck in limbo between wanting to update to the latest official firmware, but not knowing when or indeed if a functional jailbreak would be released. Keeping history in mind, we should be able to rest easy in the fact that researchers such as Pod2g have always managed to escape the securities put in place by Apple to bring a jailbreak to the masses, but there will always remain a small part within us that has doubts each time Apple pushes a new version of iOS.

With work on the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak being finished and satisfactorily tested, the team involved have included the files and exploits in a new version of the Chronic Dev Team’s Absinthe tool that was introduced to us as a jailbreak solution for iOS 5.0.1. One of the main benefits of the tool is the extreme simplicity of the interface, with user guidance being provided all the way through and only involving a few clicks to get the job done.

As confirmed by iPhone Dev Team leader MuscleNerd, the 5.1.1 jailbreak will also be available through the use of the tried and tested Redsn0w tool as well as an updated version of the command line interface cinject binary. We already know that a large number of users prefer the familiar interface that the Redsn0w tool offers, but for those who aren’t stuck on familiarity and want to go down the route of using Absinthe for its rather cool and edgy sounding name as well as the simple and intuitive interface, then it is officially available to download now!


Compatible devices for iOS 5.1.1 untether:

• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad (3rd Gen)
• iPad 2
• iPad 1
• iPod touch 3G/4G
• Apple TV (2nd Gen)

Download Absinthe 2.0.4 for Windows
Download Absinthe 2.0.4 for Mac


Source: http://www.redmondpie.com