Google listens after you say 'OK Google' to your desktop Chrome

If you don't mind recordings of what you say to your PC being sent to Google, you can now let your desktop Chrome browser always listen for the command "OK Google", which triggers a hands-free voice search.

Google announced the arrival of the voice trigger in Chrome on Wednesday, bringing its standard voice-command for initiating a search on Android, Google Now, or actions on Glass, to the desktop too.

Previously, to activate a voice search in Chrome on the desktop, users would have to click on the microphone icon in the search box.

The new voice command only works on google.com and is available for Chrome users outside the US and in some other languages, so long as they're on that domain — rather than, for example, Google.com.au or Google.es. The feature is supported on Chrome for Linux, Macs and Windows

How to prevent your iMessages getting lost

Apple has said it is addressing several bugs within its iMessaging system which have caused text messages to become lost after the recipient switches to a non-Apple phone.

iMessaging allows iPhone users to send texts to other iOS devices via Apple's servers, bypassing text messaging charges. The problem arises once an iPhone user switches to an Android or Windows phone and chooses to keep their number previously recognised as an iPhone.

Users have complained that iMessages sent to them once they have changed phones have failed to be delivered as regular text messages, to the extent that a California-based woman has filed a law suit against the company.

Adrienne Moore, who now uses a Samsung phone, filed a complaint against Apple earlier this week, claiming the company failed to disclose its knowledge of the problem.

While the issue does not appear to affect all previous iPhone users, Apple issued a statement saying it recently "fixed a server-side iMessage bug which was causing an issue for some users," and was working on an additional fix for future software updates

BIRD TURNS TO OLD WOMAN!!

LAGOS -- Residents of Ajegunle area of Lagos were, yesterday, thrown into shock, after a bird was said to have transformed into an old woman who confessed to being a witch.

The dark-complexioned nonagenarian with tribal marks, who spoke in Yoruba, told a bewildered crowd that she was on her way back to Ibadan, Oyo State (as a bird) when she missed her track.

She was also said to have told the mammoth crowd that her mystical powers disappointed her because it was dawn.

Eye-witnesses told Vanguard that three black birds were seen at about 7am, flying side‑by‑side along Old Ojo Road.

Then, all of a sudden, one of them landed on a moving pick‑up van owned by Eko Electricity Distribution Company.

An eye witness who identified himself simply as Mr Okafor said: "Immediately the bird landed on the van, it transformed into an old woman.

"Everyone ran away at first but we later gathered round the woman only to discover that she had a bruise on her forehead with which she landed.

"When we asked her what her mission was, she said three of them were sent to Lagos from their coven in Ibadan but that on their way back, they missed their way.

"She said they started hovering in the area until it was morning, adding that she fell because she was tired.

"She also told us that she initially did not want to embark on the journey and that she used to restrict her witchcraft activities to Ibadan because of her age.

"She was thereafter taken to the Baale of Ajeromi, where she confessed to have killed her husband through witchcraft."

Policemen from Layeni Police Division were said to have been contacted to prevent the woman from being lynched and they came and took her away.

Police sources told Vanguard that the woman would be released to any of her relations who shows up, explaining that the law does not recognise witchcraft.

"She has not committed any crime and will, therefore, be released to any member of her family who shows up. We did not arrest her. We only prevented a likely jungle justice," the police source said.