It’s time to show your iPad who’s boss – that is, your iPhone, naturally. The Tizi Remote app is presently available for free via iTunes, letting you use your iPhone to change channels, record shows and pause live TV on iPads connected to the Tizi or Tizi Go TV receivers — and if you happen to have a 4S, you can harness the power of Siri to change channels for you. Sadly, neither of the aforementioned pieces of hardware are available stateside at the moment, so for now, you’ll just have to watch TV shows on your iPad the old fashioned way.

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Remember the hotly anticipated Razer Blade gaming laptop that didn’t make it into your hands for Christmas? I’ve got good news and bad news. Bad news first of course; the laptop is getting delayed further all the way until middle to late January before you will actually be able to see it in your grubby little paws. Good news? The reason behind the delay is that Razer is swapping the 320GB HDD for a 256SSD without having to increase the US$2,799 list price. On top of that, for every Razer Blade order, Razer will be throwing in a Razer Orochi Blade Edition absolutely free. Details for that can be found on Razer’s Facebook page here.

One of the biggest problems when owning an iOS device is the phenomenon of the detrimental performance of the home button. Out of the box, every iPhone or iPad’s home button will perform perfectly, but after the months go by, you find yourself pressing it harder and harder, eventually resulting in a fit of swearing and eventually end in tears.

According to the Cult of Mac, there is a subtle trick for recalibrating your Home button and its easier than you think! After performing this trick on your iOS device, you’ll most definitely see the difference.

First thing you do is open one of the stock iOS apps like Weather, Stocks or Clock and once it’s open, hold the power button until the “slide to power off” screen appears. From that screen, press and hold the Home button until iOS force quits the stock app that you’ve opened and then you’re done!

Such a simple solution for a widespread problem! Do let us know if it worked for you and if you can feel the difference!

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Google’s been known to stick a few surprise Easter eggs into its search engine to keep users amused. This week, the company has gone for something very seasonal with the addition of the ‘Let it Snow’ Easter egg that will cover your search results in fluffy, white snowdrifts. There are also some dainty snowflakes falling gently in the background.

Now, if only there was a setting that would switch this one on for all search results. The fact that it impairs visibility on the search results page makes us think it would be the perfect holiday prank…

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Google’s Marc-Antoine Ruel, a software developer at Google, has providing some fascinating insight in the Chrome release process, an effort that he described as “upgrading 200 million users within 6 hours.” Of course, it’s not just about 6 hours and the time it takes the Chrome installed based to ping Google for updates and download and install the software. It’s about the way Google has created an extremely well-oiled browser development mention that guarantees what users perceive to be a reliable delivery of a new browser every six weeks.

Ruel’s document, which refers to a presentation he gave last month in Iceland, provides information on how Google reduces “friction” for its developers, for users, for the software and the delivery of security fixes.

Google is paranoid about the stability of its master branch. Ruel noted that most new features are directly developed on the master branch, but are disabled “just after forking a release branch if not stable worthy.” Google has all experimental features available on its Canary channel. The developer channel sees fewer features as the “features that have no chance to go to stable in their current state are disabled,” Ruel said. Developers will have to wait for the next release to get those features into the browser. He noted that the trunk of the browser is always kept in state of being “shippable” and there is “enough automated testing to continually prove that trunk is shippable.”

Google refers to its release process as “pipelining releases” which aims to take a browser branch from the developer to the beta and the stable channel in six weeks. There are secondary processes which allows Google to do “dot releases” to introduce fixes in the beta and stable channel. Ruel said that each branch lives for only 18 weeks: “We don’t care about any code that is more than 3 months old, which helps us tremendously to stay flexible on the code base refactoring.”

He also explained that rapid releases help Google to introduce “gradual, gentle” upgrades over time, which makes the browser update process easier for users. Ruel walked around the still controversial automated browser update feature, but hinted that users value convenience and don’t want to be bothered with unnecessary system messages, or system restarts after installation. As long as the software update remains convenient for the user, Google apparently believes that the automated update is seen as a benefit by users. As far as security updates are concerned, Google hopes for a “transparent” and “magical” effect for the user: “Subtle enough that most users won’t realize but power users will act upon,” Ruel said. “In both Google Chrome and ChromeOS, we decided to add a little green arrow when an update is ready to be installed.”

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Packing shoes on a vacation or trip can be quite a hassle. Their shape can make them take up quite a bit of precious space in that suitcase or backpack, but with Timberland’s nifty foldable shoes, all you have to do is zip them up and toss them in the bag. Although they’re marketed for camping or hiking trips, Timberland’s Radler Camp shoes are perfect for anyone looking to free up some space while traveling.

The Radler Trail Camp shoes come with a zipper that allows each shoe to fold in half, compacting the pair into an easily transportable form. Assuming they are comfortable as well, these shoes could definitely be worth the $65 price tag. If you’re interested in purchasing a pair of these foldable wonders, head on over to Timberland to choose from the red, black or orange colors.

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