tha lifestyle
| INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY
iPHONE GETS
THE TAMIL TOUCH
Upgrade to iOS7
Apple’s latest operating
system iOS7, could lead to a
dramatic shift in the nature
of user-generated content as
it included the two in-system
Tamil keyboards. The iPhone ,
iPod and iPad users who
upgraded to iOS7will enjoy
the new user friendly Tamil
Keyboard as they quickly
change the keyboard by
pressing the key .
Already the Tamil keyboard is
available in other smartphone
platforms, most notably
in some Android Devices.
Apple’s inclusion of Tamil input
keyboards is significant for the
developer community who
still view it as the preferred
platform for publishing ‘paid-for’
apps over others.
The Hindu notes that Apple
brought on an experienced
maker of Tamil keyboards,
Muthu Nedumaran, who’s
known for making the Sellinam
keyboard for Android and iOS.
The iOS 7 upgrade will bring to
eligible Apple mobile devices
two keyboards ; ‘Tamil 99’
which will display Tamil scripts
and ‘Anjal’ a phonetic keyboard.
Both of which are developed by
the same team as ‘Sellinam’.
This will enable users to type in
Tamil directly. One of the areas
it could improve dramatically
would be ‘News Apps’ where
users will be able to type in
Tamil keywords. This should be
a big boost for Tamil-speaking
iOS users in India, Malaysia,
Singapore and Sri Lanka.
HOW SAFE ARE YOU ON
FACEBOOK ?
Who can see your Facebook
updates ?
Everytime you post a
status update on your
Facebook page, you have the
ability to control who can see
it.If you make it “Public” then
that actually means you have
made the status update not
only viewable by everybodyon
Facebook, but also everyone
not on Facebook as well.
Who can see your future
and past posts ?
You should also use Facebook’s
privacy settings to adjust who
can view your future posts,
04
take the opportunity to review
past Facebook posts you have
made, and limit the audience
for past posts that may have
been accidentally shared with
“Friends of Friends” or “Public”
Which Apps can access your
private information?
Many Facebook users
aren’t aware that – unless
you have locked down your
privacy settings correctly – the
apps, games and websites
that your *friends* use can also
access your personal details,
photos and updates.
Why Post private stuff on
Facebook?
Facebook is going to find
it a lot harder (although
not impossible) to expose
your personal and private
information to others if you
never share it with the social
network in the first place.
Who Can Tag you on Time Line?
Facebook provides
additional privacy settings
which you should spend time
checking to better protect
yourself online.