Famous People: Oktober 2011

Senin, 31 Oktober 2011

Create own Flash website without knowing Flash

Flash can give rich multimedia presentation and interactions within a website. You may require to know flash programming if you want to design an interactive website with Adobe Flash Creative Suite.

But, if you are very new to web design, especially using Flash, there is an easy work around to design flash websites using your web browser with few drag and drops.

You can design your own websites through WiX.com. There are number of free flash templates in the related areas of e-commerce, Business, Consulting, Real Estate, Photography, Design & Art, Show Biz, Fashion, Food & Drinks, Lifestyle, Transportation, Kids, Music, Portfolios, Personal etc.

You can also use drag and drop widgets to design your own flash wedding invitation websites for free using this service.

Visit Wix.com today to create your own free flash website.

How to build digg.com like website

Digg.com is one of the most famous social voting and sharing website. Its very good platform for news sharing and promotion. Here is very simple way to create your own digg.com like website.

In order build digg.com clone website, you need to choose a content management system that would support social sharing and voting mechanism.

You can achieve same by using wordpress voting and sharing plugins. But, a better option would be using a standalone CMS that is exclusively meant for social voting, sharing and community building.

The best option would be Pligg.

Pligg provides essential utilities for creating your own digg.com like website. You can have customizable templates and many utility plug-ins.

And, of course its free, opensource and built with php and MySQL.

Download latest Pligg CMS. Also, you can get free Pligg templates from pligg2u.

Storing more data will increase weight of a memory device

You might be confused if you get a question from any of your friends or even from kids, whether the weight of a memory device like pen drive or hard drive will change if more data is stored.

When I was asked same question, I confidently replied, no the weight will not change. Basically the storage in solid state devices is accomplished using transistor memories. So storing binary zero or one doesn't constitute any change in weight.

But, I happen to read an article from Telegraph UK, which says there will be a very small change in the weight if we store some data in to Kindle. It will be one billionth of a gram if we store 4GB of data.

How to find cell phone model name

The mobile phone model name and number are essential to download your cell phone specific applications, wallpapers and games. The clear model name and number would help you get apt applications and games.

Follow the steps below to find the model name of your mobile phone

Step 1: Switch of your cell phone

Step 2: Remove the battery of your cell phone

Step 3: Search for the label that displays the mobile model name and serial numbers and even you can find the IMEI number. As shown in the below image.

Marriage quotes-Young wife

"An old man who marries a young wife grows younger - but she grows older."
- Folk saying

Philosophical quotes-Deep wounds

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
- George Gordon, Lord Byron, Child Harold's Pilgrimage

Minggu, 30 Oktober 2011

Which Media Player Can Play almost every formats

You may have a tough time playing videos in some format other than wmv or mp4, like divx, mkv, flv, real, mov as the default media player with your Operating System may not support these formats.

But, the free media player from VideoLan, the VLC player can play almost every media formats. And, VLC work well in Windows, Linux, Mac Operating Systems, thus it is regarded as the universal media player

The list of video formats supported by VLC are

MPEG-1/2
DIVX (1/2/3)
MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4
H.261
H.263 / H.263i
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
Cinepak
Theora
Dirac / VC-2
MJPEG (A/B)
WMV 1/2
WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 1
Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
DV (Digital Video)
On2 VP3/VP5/VP6
Indeo Video v3 (IV32)
Real Video 1/2
Real Video 3/4

Audio formats

MPEG Layer 1/2
MP3 - MPEG Layer 3
AAC - MPEG-4 part3
Vorbis
AC3 - A/52 (Dolby Digital)
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus)
MLP / TrueHD">3
DTS
WMA 1/2
WMA 3 1
FLAC
ALAC
Speex
Musepack / MPC
ATRAC 3
Wavpack
Mod (.s3m, .it, .mod)
TrueAudio (TTA)
APE (Monkey Audio)
Real Audio 2
Alaw/�law
AMR (3GPP)
MIDI 3
LPCM
ADPCM
QCELP
DV Audio
QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
MACE

Download VLC for your PC now.

How to get Google Music Invitation

Google is offering free Music online, by uploading your collections and help you access your favorite tunes any time, using your PC, laptop, android tablet and smartphones.

Google Music is currently in Beta and available only to users in US.

You can follow this link below to request for an invitation.

Request an Invitation for Google Music.

Famous philosophers quotes-Severe struggle

The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or not, performs things of which he is entirely ignorant; the latter is subordinate to no one, and only does those things which he knows to be of primary importance in his life, and which on that account he desires the most; and therefore I call the former a slave, but the latter free.
- Spinoza, Ethics, 1673

Sabtu, 29 Oktober 2011

Download Professional Brochure Templates for Publisher

Microsoft Publisher can be used to design professional quality brochures. Also, you can find professional templates for making your design job easier.

You can find the templates compatible with Publisher 2003, 2007 and 2010.

These templates can be downloaded freely from the following link. Download brochure templates for Microsoft Publisher.

Apple iPhone 4S in Pictures

You can find below various pictures of iPhone, compiled from internet to exhibit different features offered.

How to hide Facebook friends list

If you don't want to share the list of new friends you add to rest of your friends or public, Facebook provides an option to hide friends list. You can also show it only to specific friends.

Follow the steps below to hide your friends list in Facebook

Step 1: Go to you profile link and Click the drop down arrow in the right top corner of your Facebook profile. Then select "Privacy Settings" from the drop down menu.

Step 2: Once you reach the "Privacy Settings" page click the "editing profile" link under the section "Control Privacy When You Post", as shown in the below diagram.

Step 3: In the "editing profile" section, click on the "Friends and Family" menu item available on the left side.

Step 4: And now from "Friends and Family" section, click the drop down arrow on the right side of Friends section. Choose the visibility of Friends list to "Only Me" to hide from all of your friends or custom friends group as you define in your Custom section.

Now your Facebook friends list will be hidden from other friends and public.

Download official twitter app for BlackBerry

You can get many twitter client applications for your BlackBerry. But its always better to use official applications from BlackBerry, rather using apps by unknown developers.

With this app you can,

Tweet, Reply, Re-tweet and send Messages
Search for Tweets and people
Add locations to your Tweets
Receive immediate notifications of Messages and @Mentions
Select previously used hash-tagged words with #Topic Autocomplete
Browse local and worldwide trends

You need to have BlackBerry� Device Software Version 4.6 or later to use this app. You can download the twitter app either through BlackBerry Browser or through BlackBerry App World.

iPhone 4 back case and battery removal guide

Here is a video tutorial guide to remove the back case and battery of an iPhone. Remember, if you remove the cover the warranty from Apple will be void.

Watch the video below to remove back case and battery of your iPhone.

How to write on the wall of Google Plus friend

You will not find any text box to write on the wall of your Google Plus friend, even if he/she had added you in their circles.

Follow the below steps to write on the wall of your Google Plus friend(s)

Step 1: Go to your own profile and click inside the Stream text box.

Step 2: Type "+" (without double quotes) and your friend's name and then type the wall message along with that, as shown in the image below

Type your message inside the Stream text box in your profile and type the name of your friend(s) in the text box below, to add more names as shown in the following image.

Step 3: Click the share button.Done!

Your message will appear on your friend(s) wall.

How to create fake Facebook wall post screenshots

You might have seen some real looking fake wall post screenshots shared by your friends on their Facebook or Google Plus wall. Like, Facebook comments from Obama, Osama, Clinton, Gaddafi etc.

Here is an easy way to create similar fake Facebook screenshot. A sample is shown below.

You can easily get a similar fake wall post from thewallmachine.com

How to avoid common mistakes in website design

Web site design is important for the promotion of your product or business. It can help you bring in more potential users or customers. There are few common mistakes you must avoid in web site design.

Essential points to remember while designing a website are:

1. Avoid usage of inconsistent fonts and colors: Try to stick to the required font family according to the niche of website content. You must not use a comic sans font in a business website!.

2. Avoid text high lighting: Text highlighting, if not properly done will distract and may irritate the viewers.

3. Avoid Marquee, scrolling and blinking texts: Moving texts are difficult to catch up, that will create unnecessary distraction from the actual content.

4. Do not use flash animations if not necessary: Flash animations need to be done very professionally, well tailored according to your product, business and niche.

5. Avoid cluttering of the page: Cluttering will create tough time for a viewer to catch up the required content and information. So make it neat and readable.

6. Do not add surprise sounds, always disable sounds by default and give an option for the user to ON/OFF sound.

7. Avoid slow loading images or progress bar: Do not test the patience of your customers, remember they always have options.

This has been compiled from mintleaf.

Buddh International Circuit Track Details and Map

The Buddh International Circuit (BIC) is the first Formula One racing circuit in India, which is exactly located in Greater Noida in the state of Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi.

Buddh International Circuit (BIC) will be the venue of the inaugural and the first Formula One Indian Grand Prix on October 30, 2011.The track was officially inaugurated on 18 October 2011.

The BIC has a total length of 3.192 miles (5.137 kilometers). It has got 16 turns. Hermann Tilke has is the architect of this track.

The circuit map is shown below.

You can also have a view of BIC through Google Map link

Microsoft Excel 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts

Its hard to do calculation, estimation and charting without Microsoft Excel. It has become integral part of day to day office work. I have compiled a list of essential keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel 2010.

CTRL+; : Enters the current date in the cell you are in.

CTRL+Minus (-) : Displays the Delete dialog box to delete the selected cells.

CTRL+` : Jump between displaying cell values and displaying formulas in the current worksheet.

CTRL+' : Just copies a formula from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the Formula Bar.

CTRL+1 : The Format Cells dialog box will be displayed.

CTRL+2 : Enable or removes the bold formats for the selected items.

CTRL+3 : Enables or removes the italic formats for the selected items.

CTRL+4 : Enables or removes underline for the selected items.

CTRL+5 : Enables or removes strikethrough over the selected items.

CTRL+6 : Jumps between hiding and displaying objects.

CTRL+8 : Shows or hides the outline symbols.

CTRL+9 : Selected rows are hidden from the view.

CTRL+0 : Selected columns are hidden from the view.

CTRL+A : Selects the entire worksheet. If the worksheet contains data, CTRL+A selects the current region. Pressing CTRL+A a second time selects the entire worksheet. When the insertion point is to the right of a function name in a formula, displays the Function Arguments dialog box.

CTRL+SHIFT+A : Inserts the argument names and parentheses when the insertion point is to the right of a function name in a formula.

CTRL+B : Bold formatting will be applied or or removed

CTRL+C : Contents of the selected cells will be copied.

CTRL+D : Uses the Fill Down command to copy the contents and format of the topmost cell of a selected range into the cells below.

CTRL+F : Shows the Find and Replace dialog box, with the Find tab selected. SHIFT+F5 also displays this tab, while SHIFT+F4 repeats the last Find action.

CTRL+SHIFT+F : opens the Format Cells dialog box with the Font tab selected.

CTRL+G : Displays the Go To dialog box. F5 also displays this dialog box.

CTRL+H : Displays the Find and Replace dialog box, with the Replace tab selected.

CTRL+I : Italic formatting will be applied or removed .

CTRL+K : Displays the Insert Hyperlink dialog box for new hyperlinks or the Edit Hyperlink dialog box for selected existing hyperlinks.

CTRL+L : Displays the Create Table dialog box.

CTRL+N : Creates a new, blank workbook.

CTRL+O : Displays the Open dialog box to open or find a file.

CTRL+SHIFT+O : selects all cells that contain comments.

CTRL+P : Displays the Print tab in Microsoft Office Backstage view.

CTRL+SHIFT+P : opens the Format Cells dialog box with the Font tab selected.

CTRL+R : Uses the Fill Right command to copy the contents and format of the leftmost cell of a selected range into the cells to the right.

CTRL+S : Saves the active file with its current file name, location, and file format.

CTRL+T : Displays the Create Table dialog box.

CTRL+U : Applies or removes underlining.

CTRL+SHIFT+U : switches between expanding and collapsing of the formula bar.

CTRL+V : Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the insertion point and replaces any selection. Available only after you have cut or copied an object, text, or cell contents.

CTRL+ALT+V : Displays the Paste Special dialog box. Available only after you have cut or copied an object, text, or cell contents on a worksheet or in another program.

CTRL+W : Closes the selected workbook window.

CTRL+X : Cuts the selected cells.

CTRL+Y : Repeats the last command or action, if possible.

CTRL+Z : Uses the Undo command to reverse the last command or to delete the last entry that you typed.

CTRL+PgUp : This is to switch worksheet tabs, from left-to-right direction.

CTRL+PgDn : Also switches between worksheet tabs, but from right-to-left direction.

CTRL+SHIFT+( : Make any hidden rows within the selection visible.

CTRL+SHIFT+& : Apply outline border to the selected cells.

CTRL+SHIFT_ : Take out outline border from the selected cells.

CTRL+SHIFT+~ : General number format will be applied.

CTRL+SHIFT+$ : Apply the Currency format with two decimal places (keeping negative numbers in parentheses).

CTRL+SHIFT+% : Applies the Percentage format without decimal places.

CTRL+SHIFT+^ : Applies the Scientific number format with only two decimal places.

CTRL+SHIFT+# : Applies the Date in the day, month, and year format.

CTRL+SHIFT+@ : Applies the Time with the hour and minute, with AM or PM format.

CTRL+SHIFT+! : Applies the number format with two decimal places along with thousands separator and a minus sign (-) for negative numbers.

CTRL+SHIFT+* : This selects the current area around the active cell (the data area enclosed by blank rows and blank columns). And if in a PivotTable, it selects the entire PivotTable report.

CTRL+SHIFT+: : Enters the current time in the cell.

CTRL+SHIFT+" : Copies the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the Formula Bar.

CTRL+SHIFT+Plus (+) : Displays the Insert dialog box to insert blank cells.

Thought for the day-With the flow

Over prepare, then go with the flow.
- Regina Brett

Quotes-Three faithful friends

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Jumat, 28 Oktober 2011

How to uninstall an app from Google Chrome

Removing an app from Google Chrome is very simple as installing it. It provides a very simple interface for uninstalling the apps.

Step 1: Open a new tab in Google Chrome and select the "Apps" section .

Step 2: Right click on the app that need to be uninstalled, and select "Remove from Chrome" from the menu

Step 3: Confirm the removal of app from your Google Chrome browser

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How to use Google Chrome as note making software

Evernote is considered as an alternative for Microsoft OneNote in note making. Now you can use your Google Chrome web browser for instant note making with online sync.

The Evernote extension for Google chrome makes note making simple and very easy task. You need to install the Evernote extension and register an account with Evernote. Now you can use Google Chrome as a note making tool.

Add the evernote extension to your Google Chrome web browser.

Download free Guitar apps for iPad and iPhone

You don't need to buy a separate Guitar if you have an iPad or iPhone. There are few apps that can help you use the iPad and iPhone as a virtual Guitar.

The first one is Guitar Lab by Truefire, which is a free Guitar app that can be downloaded through iTunes. You can use this app in your free time playing your favorite tune and to share it with your friends!.

Guitar Lab supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and automatically adjusts to the device you are using. It requires iOS 3.1.3 or later versions of iOS. Download Guitar lab.

Another app, which is freely available to use in your iPhone and iPad as a virtual Guitar is, the Guitar World Lick of the Day by Agile Partners.

This app also supports iPhone and iPad and it requires iOS 3.0 or higher versions. Download Guitar World Lick of the Day.

How to connect to remote desktop using Chrome

Google chrome is evolving day by day. Of course, its anything more than a web browser. This evolution would eventually make the desktop and internet browser to converge.

The extension, Chrome Remote Desktop in Beta is the first of its kind which allows users to remotely access another computer through the Chrome browser or a Chromebook.

This version allows users to share with or get an access to another computer by providing a one-time authentication code. Access is given only to the specific person the user identifies for one time only, and the sharing session is fully secured.

This extension can be heavily used for remote IT helpdesk support. The helpdesk can use the Chrome Remote Desktop BETA to help another user, for resolving issues or deploying any applications remotely.

The Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is fully cross-platform, it allows to connect any two computers that have a Chrome Web browser, like Windows, Linux, Mac and Chromebooks.

Install the Google Chrome extension Chrome Remote Desktop Beta.

Images of Akash Tablet or UbiSlate

I wish to share some images of Akash Tablet/ UbiSlate which was floating in the Internet through Facebook and Twitter.

Minister Kapil Sibal displaying the Akash tablet prototype.

Features and Specifications of UbiSlate or Akash Tablet

The Akash tablet or UbiSlate is manufactured by DataWind and is expected to be available in the market by December 2011.

The Akash tablet will have Android 2.2 tablet operating system pre loaded. Introductory price will be around 35USD (around INR1800) for students and $60 (around INR 3000) for other retail customers.

The Akash tablet is powered by 366 MHz CPU from Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor. It has a RAM of 256MB and 2GB internal flash memory. The external storage is supported upto 32GB.

Akash tablet has two USB2.0 standard ports and 3.5mm audio jack. It comes with 7 inch display with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The touch screen is resistive instead of capacitive. So you can't experience multi-touch features.

UbiSlate supports Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g and GPRS. The 2100 mAh Li-Po battery can power the device for a continuous usage of 2-3hrs.

Documents in DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP formats can be viewed in UbiSlate. The Akash tablet also comes with PDF viewer and a Text editor. The image viewer can display images in PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF formats. It also supports MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA audio formats and MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV videos.

Watch the video by NDTV demonstrating the Akash tablet

Add your business in Google Map to attract more customers

Most of the people rely on Google Maps for navigation and finding restaurants, shopping and malls in specific areas. So advertising in Maps will attract real customers who need your service.

If you are doing some local business like selling flowers, or fruits or anything that is specific to a local area, you can add your business advertisement in Google map, and Google search so that the real customers who are looking for your service can reach you easily.

This is made feasible through Adwords Express from Google. You need create your campaign by specifying your business address and details. Then Google will take care of showing the ads for customers from your area, also the business location and details will be shown as a blue balloon in Google Maps. This will help you quickly find more customers!

The video below clearly explains how Adwords express works.

AdWords Express is currently available in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany only.

How to dry and fix wet cell phone

If your cell phone gets wet due to water, rain, sweat etc. there are some procedures to dry and fix the cell phone back to normal functionality. First you need to switch off your mobile phone.

Follow the steps below to dry and fix the cell phone.

Step 1: Remove the battery and SIM card from your cell phone and wipe the water with a dry towel.

Step 2: Remove the moisture by keeping the cell phone in front of a hair drier or table a fan.

Step 3: Keep your cell phone, battery and SIM card inside a dry plastic box along with 2 or 3 packets of silica gel. Keep it closed for 3 days.

Further, watch the video demonstration by howcast.com on drying the cell phone.

Deep thoughts-Important moments in life

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these."
- Susan B Anthony

Thought for the day-Credentials

Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

Kamis, 27 Oktober 2011

How to remove battery of a cell phone

When you feel that your cellphone battery charge is not lasting for long, you need to replace your cell phone battery. This article describes how to remove the battery of your cell phone.

Remember, before removing the battery make sure your cell phone is switched off.

Step 1 : Hold the cell phone with its back facing you and look for any lock or grip lines on the back side.

Step 2: Press the lock to remove the back cover or gently press the grip lines and slide the cover in towards the bottom of your cell phone. And take out the cover.

Step 3: Gently lift the battery using your nail or small screw driver or a small spoon handle. Done!.

Now you can either check the phone IMEI and model number and/or you can replace the battery.

These steps can be applied for most of the handsets manufactured by Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, LG, Blackberry, Karbonn, Micromax etc.

Watch the video demonstrate how remove and replace the BlackBerry Bold 9700.

How to find IMEI number on cellphone

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity, which is the unique identification number given to each mobile handset. There are two ways to find out the IMEI number of a mobile phone.

Method 1: The first method is to find the IMEI number of a cell phone when it is switched on.

You need to press the keys,

*#06#

on you cell phone. Once you finish press these keys, the IMEI number of your cell phone will be displayed on the mobile display.

Method 2: The second method is to find the IMEI number when your mobile phone is switched off.

You need to remove the battery of your cell phone and you can find a sticker on the battery holding of your cellphone which carries the model number and IMEI number and manufacturing details of the cell phone.

Global Web Browser Usage Statistics 2011

Year 2011 has witnessed many dramatic twist and turns in the internet usage and applications. One of the major shift observed is in the web browser users migration.

I still remember, there was time when more than 90% of the internet users were Internet Explorer users!. But time has changed, as per the website statistics service provider statcounter.com, there occurred an erosion in user base of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Resulting in remarkable increase in the user base of Google chrome web browser. The graph below trying to put the usage statistics in percentage figures.

The above statistic shows that user base of Google Chrome has almost doubled in last one year!. But the Safari and Opera didn't suffer much from the Google Chrome effect.

Mozilla Firefox courting with Microsoft Corporation

After the release of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer observed a migration of their browser users to Chrome.

To withstand the competition and to keep the existing user base & to increase the usage, Mozilla Firefox teams up with Microsoft Corporation by launching Firefox with Bing search enabled as default.

Let us hope, this team up by one of the Open Source Icon, Mozilla Foundation, and commercial software giant Microsoft Corporation will help us to witness a healthy competition among the web browsers and enrich web users experience.

Visit the firefoxwithbing.com to download the Mozilla Firefox with Bing Search configured as default search engine.

Default Wireless Router Admin Username, Password and URL

You may require to login to router administration page to modify wireless network configurations. I have compiled the default Admin URL, User Name and Password required to access router settings for different routers.

Please find the list of Admin URL, Username and Password below.

Router Brand: 3Com
Admin URL :http://192.168.1.1
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: admin

Router Brand: D-Link
Admin URL :http://192.168.0.1
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: admin

Router Brand: Linksys
Admin URL :http://192.168.1.1
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: admin

Router Brand: Microsoft Broadband
Admin URL :http://192.168.2.1
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: admin

Router Brand: Netgear
Admin URL : http://192.168.0.1
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: password

Router Brand: Actiontec
Admin URL :http://192.168.0.1
Admin Username: username
Admin Password: password

If you are unable to login or access with the details mentioned above you may directly contact the technical support team of your wireless router manufacturer.

Get Free Half Terabyte of Online Storage

When we start rely on digital data for our business and personal activities, we must be cautious on the data loss due to storage media or device failures. The best precaution to survive would be to keep multiple backup of your digital data.

In order to keep backup of all your digital data, like documents, videos, photos, music, emails etc.. we need to have a high capacity storage facility. In such a scenario an online storage supporting Terabytes of storage can be essentially chosen to keep copy of your backup data.

I found one online backup service provider, which can provide free 500GB of online storage (Equivalent to Half Terabyte of storage). You can also increase the storage capacity offered, by subscribing to premium plans. This is facility is provided by backify.com

They provide utilities to automatically backup the files you choose to backup. And, this will work on both Windows as well as Mac based client machines. You may give a try on online storage solutions provided by backify.com

Windows Phone 7.5 Features and Improvements

The latest release of Windows Phone code named "Mango" comes with lots of features and improvements from its previous releases.

The list of features and improvements in Windows Phone 7.5 are

Custom ringtones : You can create your own ringtones using Sync, Zune or iTunes, using music available in MP3 or WMA formats

Visual Voicemail: This will list your voice mails, and let you listen to them.

New Speech Commands: This adds the hands free and eyes free use of your Windows phone. Using the speech commands you can text, reply, search the web. Its a comparable feature with Siri in iPhone 4S and Voice actions in Android.

Email and Messaging Threads: This feature allows multi application threading, which can span across text, facebook message and chats.

Conversation view: Enables the conversation view in emails, grouping based on the subject.

Linked Inboxes: View emails and messages from your multiple accounts in one view.

Groups: Contact grouping for family, friends, colleagues to pin the status and updates together, and to send group mails, text messages and chats.

Easy and integrated social sharing with multiple social networking sites: You can share videos, photos and status easily through integrated applications, like internet explorer.

Improved Me Card: The better Me card includes most of the dynamic activities and updates happening in and around your profile in the social world.

History view: The contact cards are integrated with history view of calls, emails, texts and chats associated with that person.

Real multitasking: You can listen to music while composing a mail or text message or chat message, you wont feel the glitches. Also, you can switch between the applications easily.

App connect: Intelligent app suggestion, based on your search and interest.

Improved live tiles: The live tiles now captures more dynamic information and show the updates from your groups in a slideshow fashion.

Marketplace with more apps: More and more apps and games are getting added to the marketplace!

Better calendar: The calendar became more cleverer by supporting sub tasks and events. It also can integrates with Facebook events.

Four dimensional search: The search has become multi dimensional, now supports text search, voice search, music search and visual search!.

Local scout: Local Scout feature, powered by Bing, blends search and mapping to show you nearby malls, restaurants, shopping spots in a single tap.

Driving directions: Driving assistance integrated maps help you get proper directions.

Integrated video sharing: Now you can easily post or mail videos to Facebook or Windows live.

Automatic Photo Tagging: The phone can automatically detect faces when you are uploading to Facebook or Windows Live.

Persistent camera settings: This allows you to save your camera settings for next or future usage.

Redesigned picture hub: The picture hub has been redesigned to make it more personal and social.

Improved playlists: Add songs to Now Playing land then save them as a playlist on your phone.

Smart DJ: Allows you to play Smart DJ mixes, and even can be streamed from Zune.

Podcasts: Subscription of audio and video podcasts

Skydrive Sync: It can sync your Office docs between SkyDrive and your phone, and thus the documents will be available in computer which is in sync with the Skydrive.

Expanded Office Hub: The ways to view, navigate and search documents have improved through the Office Hub.

OneNote to to-do list: OneNote is integrated to to-do list to easily push the notes to a to-do list.

Excel improvements: Mobile version of Excel on your phone has easier cell selection with tap and dragging with AutoSum for quick calculations.

Revamped Games Hub: With the revamped Games Hub you can track your achievements, modify avatar and get messages from your Xbox live friends.

Internet connection sharing: This feature would help you share the phone internet connection with your PC, laptops, netbooks and tablets. The phone can be converted as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Hidden Wi-Fi connection: You can also connect to Wi-Fi routers which doesn't broadcast the network name.

Satellite view of India on Diwali Night

Deepavali or Diwali is known as a the festival of lights, celebrated by Indians all over the world. People light small oil filled clay lamps in their home to mark the victory of good on evil.

I happen to get one shared pic, which shows the scintillating satellite view of Indian subcontinent which was lit up on Diwali night.

Its really amazing to see brightness across the geographical map of India, contributed by Diwali lights, Crackers and Night lights!.

You may share it with your friends!.

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How to send messages without paying for SMS

SMS is a very conventional and costlier way of messaging your contacts. Often the cost of SMS is higher compared to data services. This app can help you send messages without really paying for an SMS.

This facility of sending messages without paying for SMS is accomplished using the WhatsApp Messenger!. WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform messaging app available for smart phones which allows you to send and receive messages without having to pay for SMS.

The WhatsApp Messenger application is available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia smartphones. Also, you can send messages between these phones which are based on different platforms.

This app makes use of the internet data plan for getting this messaging done. So you need to have a data plan activated and data charges may apply based on your plan.

You need to have WhatsApp messenger installed on both smartphones to make use of this facility.

Download WhatsApp for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia.

Positive quotes-Search for the truth

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
- Madame de Stael

Famous people quotes-Subject of marriage

I pay very little regard…to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park

Rabu, 26 Oktober 2011

How to find IP address with Google Search

Now you can easily find your public IP address visible in internet without using any command in Windows, Mac and Linux using Google Search.

All you need to is, to enter "How to find ip address" (without double quotes) in the Google search box. Done!. Google will list your public IP address visible in the internet as the first item in the search result.

How to save flash game or movie to PC from a website

Most of the flash games and movies get embedded in the web pages making it hard to download to your PC. But there is a workaround to get this done.

Follow the steps below to save flash movie or game to your computer using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browser

1. Go to the web page from which you wish to download or save the flash game or movie (the swf file)
2. Use Ctrl+U keys to enter view source of the page, which will be opened in a separate window.
3. Use ctrl+F to open the in page search/ find box of the "view source" window and type "swf" (without the double quotes)
(4) Look for the "src" attribute in the embedded section and right-click on links ending with ".swf" (For example, http://static.manu5games.com/games/big-evil-robots.swf ) and select the menu item "Save link as" to save the flash game or movie to your computer