Monday, 24 June 2013

Feature I would like to see back in YouTube iPhone application: Streaming through Apple Composite AV Cable

I used to have video streamed from YouTube on my iPhone to my car stereo using the Apple Composite AV Cable, this was in previous versions till the iOS 6 release, then YouTube no longer streams video through this cable :'(


Very annoying really to miss a feature through a software upgrade! 

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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Apple FaceTime versus Google Hangouts on iOS 6

In my first review for a replacement to Apple FaceTime that would be compatible on Android devices as well as Apple's, I was excessively receiving the below message using Google Hangouts, using two separate
accounts for each of my iPhone 4S and iPad Retina.


Of course, Facetime was doing so fine with both. At least it works.
After succeeding to set a connection using Google Hangouts for only two participants, the modest video quality was so apparent in comparison to FaceTime.

Hard Luck Google, my first experience with Google hangouts was far from my expectations from a released product, not even a beta!


Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Options for accessing \ reporting for SharePoint Lists

My research revealed that there is no built in feature to do it, so you have to implement your own technique. I have got into the following options, with my recommendation for the first one:

1) SSIS

2) Using the supported .NET API's for SharePoint.

3) Linked server:



Feature I would like to see in iOS: Enhanced update process

Being able to use the applications while updates are being downloaded, I can tolerate the installation time which is usually seconds while I can see no value in waiting for the download which can take much longer time!


Monday, 10 June 2013

Feature I would like to see in iOS 6: Setting the first day of the week

Setting the first day of the week:
For example, my week in Egypt starts in Sunday rather than Monday.


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