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How to get Google’s Inbox without an invite

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Google Inbox, as claims by Google is an app that goes beyond email to help you get back to what matters. The app although still in early beta only works with personal Gmail accounts and at the moment only accessible by invite much like Gmail was when it first came out, though invitations are fairly easy to come by. In case you’re tired of waiting for an invite and desperately need to start using Inbox, there’s a way to force Inbox access on your mobile device, as discovered by netham91.

This hack was tested on Android only and in order for it to work, you would need to find someone who has an Inbox account and who’re willing to share their credential with you. Of course, you can ask him or her to just send you an invite but this is in the case where he or she is out of invites.

Google Inbox launched for iOS, Windows Phone 8.1 and Android

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Google Inbox

On Wednesday, Google made an announcement which took the world by surprise – they launched their all new standalone application called the Google Inbox, which they claim was based on everything they learn from Gmail.

With Android 5.0 Lollipop around the corner, it seems the app was built to be more in line with the new Android OS which we can see from the UI of the app utilizing Google Material Design. It is safe to say this is how they intend all their apps to become in the near future.

What is Google Inbox

How to update Yosemite Public Beta 6 and GM 3 to Mac App Store version

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3 days ago, Apple released Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite for free which users can find in their Mac App Store. This is a major release for the Mac platform, as it brings about numbers of improvement. OS X Yosemite being a major upgrade from Apple brings on a fresh new aesthetic as well as several new features such as Notification Center widgets, and text message forwarding, iCloud Drive, Continuity, new Spotlight and more.

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Office for Mac 2011 critical patch update 14.4.5

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Microsoft has released Office for Mac 2011 version 14.4.5 patch update. This free 113MB patch includes critical bug fixes and security improvements and can be downloaded from Microsoft’s website.

According to Microsoft;

This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

For those who use Office for Mac, it is recommended for you to update to the current version as soon as possible.

How to remove your house from Google Maps Street View

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The Google Maps Street View service just been launched here in Malaysia and everyone is excited about it. It lets you virtually stand in the middle of a road just about anywhere in the world and look around.

Never been to Paris? Want to see what your mum’s old house back in kampung looks like without even setting foot there? Punch in the address into Google Maps Street View and, there you have it, exactly where you told it to go. Once in Street View mode, you can use your mouse to look up and down, spin around, fast travel, zoom in on something, just as if you were there. You can see people on the street albeit they have no faces, houses, offices, cars and everything else that you can expect to see as if you were there.

Okay, now stop for a second and think what would be the bad thing about this? Ability to look around any places on earth as if you were there, how cool is that? But, what if this technology is put to bad use? For a criminal, what could be better than being able to case a target virtually? Any criminals can go to Google Maps, punch in an address and hop into Street View mode and they can virtually start casing any house for reconnaissance before breaking in for example. You can argue the Google Street View data isn’t up to date but how often you change your house appearance? All images within Street View are time-stamped at the top left bar and bottom of the image so anyone can know exactly when the image was taken.

So, ask yourself. If you were a bad guy, what can you do with Google Maps Street View?

  • Locate entrances to buildings
  • Determine locations of security cameras, gates, etc
  • Find good hiding places such as in shrubs and other areas
  • Find holes or weak spots in perimeter fences
  • Locate utility boxes (power, water, gas, etc)
  • See what make, model, and color of vehicle a building occupant or resident drives
  • See if locks, guards, dogs, etc, are normally present
  • Measure distances between objects (using Google Earth) to determine how quickly it would take to run or drive from one point to another.

If all the above were done by a criminal physically on site, it would raise a lot of suspicion from nearby neighbors. Granted, not all buildings or homes were captured by the Google Street Camera Capture Vans, building or home that have their own private roads for instances, won’t be captured hence will not be featured in Street View. Google maps is also supposed to automatically obscure (blur) text on buildings, license plates, peoples faces, etc, but even without those data, there is still a lot of useful information that is provided via Street View.