How to Sync Subtitles of Movies in KMPlayer

KMPlayer is one of my favorite video players since it has the simple user interface as well as 3D capabilities.  It supports almost all media formats. Most of us require subtitles while watching movies in other languages. However most media player support subtitles, I use VLC media player and KMPlayer for watching videos with subtitles. In either case, some subtitles that you've downloaded from internet may not be synchronized with the video file. This makes audio either lagging or leading the subtitle making it no use. to correct this issue we have options in re-syncing the subtitle texts to audio in both VLC and KMPlayer.

GTA 5 - New Screenshots and Trailer from Rockstar Games

After the success of grand theft Auto 4, Rockstar Games is planning to launch  Grand Theft Auto 5 perhaps the biggest release of next year in the gaming market. The company has released five new screenshots of the developing game, some of them allows a closer look to game objects and characters. The underwater game-play will be firstly introduced in the series. look below for the new screenshots of GTA 5. Click them to enlarge.

Buy Samsung Galaxy Camera Online at Rs. 29200 With 16GB Memory Card

The Google's android OS has now a major impact on almost all our electronic smart products. The word now becomes much popular among digital cameras too. The Samsung galaxy camera is now become more popular because of its ability to integrate advantages of using an enhanced operating system for taking pictures and managing them with ease. This was not the first camera device that uses Android operating system. Nikon Coolpix S800c was the fist android camera out in the market, which runs on android 2.3 gingerbread OS and got 16MP resolution. The new Samsung Galaxy camera has better looks as well as zooming capability. 

Run Debug & MASM in Windows 7 , 64Bit (x64)

MASM and debug are great tools for students to assemble 8086 based codes using a windows based system. usually debug can be accessed in a windows computer simply typing 'DEBUG'in command prompt and MASM needs to be installed separately. But the story is different for Windows 7 x64 or 64 bit version. These programs are not available for this windows version. But using a simple technique using a software called DOSBox, you can run these Debugging tools in 64 bit versions of Windows.

Pre-order LG Optimus L9 On Flipkart for Rs.19,990

LG mobiles is all set to launch the optimus L9 android smartphone in the Indian market. Besides the known configurations of the new optimus, the new phone is now available in Flipkart.com to pre-order for Rs. 19990. The expected delivery date is the first week of december. LG Optimus L9 P760 is same as  LG Optimus L9 P768 for MEA, South & Central America & some Asian regions with 8 MP camera. looking on to the specifications of the new optimus device, this one includes a 1 GHz Cortex -A9 dual core processor with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

Samsung Galaxy Camera - Quick Review and Price in India

According to the official from Samsung, Mr. Asim Warsi, in india, they've launched the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which is new innovative product from the Korean company. The Galaxy camera is based on the Galaxy S3 android smartphone core and it will be available in Indian shops soon at a price of Rs. 29,990.

LG Optimus L7 Now at Rs. 15,990 in India

The Optimus L7 was announced at he Mobile World Congress and was launched in India at at a price of Rs. 19,900 . Aiming the market in festival season in India  Lg dropped the price of this smartphone to Rs. 15990 which can be grabbed through online shopping sites such as Flipkart.

How to Add a Bluetooth Device In Windows7 Laptop

Most of the laptops's nowadays have the Bluetooth connectivity module which can be used to transfer files between your computer and other devices like mobile phones. But in a PC or laptop, you cant sent or receive files like between two mobile phones. Instead the device should be added/pair with the system before sending the file. Here's how to add a Bluetooth device like mobile phone to your windows7 laptop.

Good Things About Apple Maps

On launching the new Apple iPhone 5, the company replaced the Google maps application that were previously was the default Maps application on iPhone, with the Maps developed by the company. Many bad reviews have came so far about Apple maps but it doesn't mean that the Apple Maps are entirely useless. There are some good points about the maps application on iOS 6.

Micromax Funbook Talk P350 Specifications and Price

After the fairly hit tablet 'Funbook', micromax introduces a new tablet Funbook Talk P350 which is again turns out to be a budget android tablet. The Funbook talk runs on the  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. It has a built in 2G connectivity feature by which you can access GPRS for instant data connectivity and it supports voice calls. Here's some of the important specification of the Micromax Funbook talk.

4G speed test - Samsung Galaxy S3 is better than iphone 5

The new era of smartphones has the capability of receiving 4G cellular signals which allows us to access internet upto 10 times faster than  by using 3G service. Recently,  Matt Warman from telegraph.co.uk tested out the 4G network performance of the galaxy s3 and the newly launched Apple iphone 5.

He did the test simultaneously on both phones and GS3 performed slightly better than iPhone 5. The  iphone 5 showed a speed of 21+Mbits/sec while GS3 touched 30Mbits/sec while communicating with the servers. The test was carried out on the EE network in UK owned by Orange.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Launched at IFA 2012

Samsung has bounced back after losing the fight on court with Apple a few days ago, with  new much-awaited Galaxy Note II.  According to the tech websites, the latest edition in the Samsung's Note category is brilliant in design and it is the best device in the planet for texting, emailing watching movies etc. The 5.7 inches touch screen Android phone is one with larger, sharper and brighter screen. Unlike many other smartphone's, this seems to be very original design and better specifications.

Download Free Desktop Backgrounds For MacBook Pro Retina Display

The Apple new MacBook Pro comes with retina display technology so the laptop screen is more vivid and crisper than ever. MacBook Pro with retina display has a resolution of 2880x1800 for 15.4 inches while the most advanced HD TVs out there has only 1920x1080 resolution for 60 inches which means the new MacBook Pro has 3 million more pixels than an HDTV. While the 5 million pixels are packed into a small screen, pixel-for-pixel accuracy is obtained as Apple called it as retina display.

How to Root Galaxy S2 ICS 4.0.3 Using ODIN and SuperOneClick

This blog post and the associated video shows you how to root your Samsung Galaxy S2 Android smartphone which has loaded with ICS 4.0.3 using ODIN and a useful software called SuperOneClick. To satrt the rooting process, you've to download these three files from the links provided.

Associate a File Type Extension with a Certain Program

In this fast life, we all want to reduce the time we've spending in front of computers for unnecessary things such as opening certain video files in a particular media player etc. It can be better customize Windows 7 to work the way we want rather than let us choose each time. Its a very basic thing for a computer user to associate file types with certain programs so that they should open up without having to right click and go for "open With" . 

Free SMS Apps on Android to Overcome SMS Limit

It's almost known to everyone that, ministry of communication India has decided to put restrictions on sending bulk SMS for 15 days. They've put a limit of five txt messages per day per user but now Govt ups SMS limit  to 20 a day. It very hard to keep our companies in touch with this numbers so we need to find out other ways to send free messages. Most people now uses android mobile platform and internet connection in mobiles is not rare these days. Then why don't you try these fee messaging apps to chat with your buddies. Here's some of the free messaging apps that are very popular.

CyanogenMod 7.2 - Some Noticeable Changes From Stock Android

A few days ago, I've flashed my Samsung galaxy ace GT-5830 and now I'm  running the CyanogenMod 7.2.0 - RC0-GalaxyAce-KANG. This CyanogenMod version includes Android version 2.3.7. There are many later versions of CyanogenMod available for Ace(CM 9) which includes android 4 but the fact is that there's no stable version I found which got all the phone functions working. The main reason to flash my device to CyanogenMod is that it slowed down much before while running the stock android version. The RAM usage was on its peak (above 230MB using on running no apps) and even simple phone features took long time to load.   

First 3D tablet in India Swipe Tab X74

Swipe Telecommunication, another company from India launched the first 3d tablet in the country. The Swipe Tab X74 3D is a 7 inch screen device with a price tag under 10K. As an introductory offer, the company gives  Premium 3D Goggle to customers. The company called the device as "3D life" which is loaded with a lot of multimedia features, definitely a tablet under this price range can give. 

The device runs on  Android 4.0.3 ICS - Ice Cream Sandwich and powered with a 1.5 GHz Allwinner Boxchip A13 processor which is fast enough to handle all the multimedia and multi-tasking operations on the devices and of course fully supports the ICS interface without much lag. The tablet got 512 MB of RAM and same amount of internal storage which is not very impressive but good. You can insert memory card with capacity upto 32 Gb as external storage. 

The capacitive TFT 800X480 pixels touch display is good for watching media content as well as reading text contents while browsing web.  Other specifications are:

• Wifi - 802.11 b/g/n
• 1.3 MP Front Facing Camera
• 3400 mAh battery.
• Supports 3G usb dongles.
• Supports Full HD videos  1080p.
• Weight : 325 gms.
• G - sensor
• Supports adobe flash player 11.1

Swipe Tab X74 3D Life price in India : Rs. 5999 Buy Now

Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector Smartphone - Rs. 30000

One of the major attractions of  mobile world congress held in Barcelona in Feb 2012 was the Samsung's new approach to smartphone - The Galaxy Beam Android projector smartphone. The new member is termed as the first android phone with a projector feature. Now it reached the Indian market with a price tag of Rs. 30000/-

CyanogenMod CM7.2 Best For Samsung Galaxy Ace

For about a month I was searching for a decent cyanogen mod custom rom for my Samsung galaxy ace GT-5830. I tried many forums and websites, all suggesting even cyanogenmod 9 with android 4 ice-cream sandwich (ICS) but people complains about it as those were buggy in nature. Finally I found a good make for my Ace which is CM 7.2 KANG-signed ROM release from Xda-developers. I applied the file to my ace and it worked like a charm. No lags or installation problems was there and the process was smooth.

How to Play NFS Carbon Fullscreen

Many old games on our new modern laptops may seem wasting the sides of the screen as they're not capable of running in higher resolutions. Need for speed Carbon is one of such game which refuses to play resolutions beyond 1024x768. We already discussed how to play NFS most wanted widescreen using a resolution changer patch. Here we gonna checkout how to run Carbon game in full screen probably on a laptop.

How to Unlock a Blocked Hotmail Account

It may be happen to you when you lost the password of your account and the secondary email address is no longer accessible. You should have to enter the verification code, but you've no option to access the email ID that the code was actually sent. Here's the solution to recover the lost password so that you can unlock your Hotmail account. 

Password Protect Messages On Android

Do you ever want to keep your text messages secret on your android phone?. The free application 'Perfect App Protector ' keeps any application in your android phone password protected. It can protect installed applications as well as native apps such as contacts, messages, file explorer (My Files) etc. The app also supports password lock as well as pattern lock which seems very convenient for a smartphone.

Best 6 PDF Readers for Windows 7

Nowadays documents are more often being sent using emails as well as flash drives and other transferring medias. The Portable document Format or PDF is one of the most widely used document formats which is optimized document file format especially for transferring documents from computers to other devices. Other major advantage of using PDF format is the availability of PDF readers. The PDF reader software is available in almost all operating systems for mobile such as Android, IOS, Symbian etc as well as PC(Windows, Linux, Mac).  

Tata DOCOMO Photon Plus reduced Tariff upto 60%

Tata Docomo Photon Plus internet service is one of the best 3G based mobile internet service in India. It offers you upto 3.1 Mbps (mega bits per second) downloading speed and upto 1.8 Mbps uplink speeds. Now Tata Teleservices has reduced their data tariff plans upto 60% for Photon plus post paid and pre-paid users. 

How to Hide Specific Drives From My Computer

Usually you hard disk drive contains certain partitions such as system reserved one's or back up partition that you may not want to display in my computer. For example my dell laptop includes partitions reserved 39 MB. There's no need to display such partitions as drives in my computer because you're not going to store any data on those kind of drives. Here's the simple tip that allows you to hide such drives from my computer.

Download Max Payne Apk For Android

Mobile game lover's all gotta good news this June 14th. The Max Payne, which was released in 2001 as a good quality PC game is now available for all android based devices. For your information, this game is not a new one but its a pretty good re-creation of the original PC game. We know Max Payne introduces its slow-motion gunplay by Bullet Time® in video games.

Sync Apple iPhone data to Galaxy phones - Free App

The Korean mobile manufacturer Samsung has offered the Galxy series mobile phone users, a free android app that allows you to sync  iTunes content from an iPhone to the Android device. Most people in america are reluctant to use Android phones because of the difficulty involved in transferring the iTunes content. However this free application will be included in upcoming Galaxy series android phones.

Chrome Plugin to Block Unwanted Websites

It's more often happens to me that I come in front of computer to write a blog-post, or read some articles, I open Chrome probably Facebook is my homepage and few hours gets killed!. So I've decided to check for a plugin that allow you to block certain websites. I found two of these plug-in for chrome gets handy while you wanted to stay focused on your work. You can use the simple Google Chrome Addons to block time killing websites like Facebook, Google Plus or even porn sites. It simply helps stopping yourself being distracted.

Force All Android Apps to SD Memory Card [Root]

App2SD is a great application with millions of downloads that can be used to easily find and move applications to external storage such as SD card. But there's limitations to this application that it only allows some application to move to SD card and denies to access other apps because of some developer restrictions. For example, If an application has a home screen widget associated with it, even if you don't use that widget - App2SD still rejects to move that application to external storage. Here's an application which forces almost all applications to SD card. note that, in order to work this application, you must root your android device.Thanks Chetan shetty, who mentioned this app in a comment within this blog.

Download Google Chrome Dev 21.0.1180.0 Offline Standalone Installer

Recently the very popular google chrome web browser has been updated to Development Channel  21.0.1180.0 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome platforms. We're not able to see any changes in the interface or big new features but some bug fixes has been added in this version which would definitely improve the stability which result in less number of crashes and more security. The software version has been updated to  V8 - 3.11.10.10 (Java script Engine)

Things to Try If the Laptop Screen Turns Black

This post covers the solution of getting the laptop screen blank when we switched on the system. If you're failed to get the display as usual even when all other things such as cooling fans are running and other indicators are in proper, you can try these steps to figure out what the problem is or fixing it.

Top List of Android Malware Threats

Among mobile software platforms, Android is a strong runner. Sophos Labs, a company mobile security software's revealed a list of top malware codes attacking android smartphones as well as other devices like tablets. The company made this analytic based on data collected from  mobile phones installed with Sophos Mobile Security (It's a free anti-virus software for android) about 10K smart devices among 118 countries. Here's the list of those 5 top malwares attacking android.

Five Free Healthcare Apps for Android

As you're now experiencing, Android is a pool of apps that ranges from simple funny games to what controlling your PC/laptop remotely or streaming a media off your computer and much more. The app development is much more grown over several categories and medical apps in android are gaining popularity over medical students as well as normal people. Here's few free medical/healthcare apps that you'd like to have on your smartphone.

Ubislate7+ Delivery Information - Datawind Support

Recently I saw a thread on a popular forum that deals with the delivery of Akash tablet/Ubislate tablet. As a response to a query, a thread reply has found with Datawind Support Team footer. It says that

Ubislate7+ has been launched and deliveries have been started . Your order is in process and you will receive your device in 10-15 working days.

Regards, 

Datawind Support Team

The thread reply is made on 06th June 2012.(view thread)  However apart from this forum thread, there is no confirmation of delivery date of the device from Datawind. Obviously there are complaints from users those who made the advance payment and waiting for the delivery.

If anyone got their courier already, please mention in comments which'll surely help other people. 

Top New Features of iOS 6

Apple announced iOS 6 at World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 2012 so the products like iPhone, iPad and iPod will get the new operating system this fall. Well, everyone looks into new software releases  for new features and less bugs, the new iOS 6 brings you a bunch of unique features that would help Apple to step over against Android in the mobile phone as well as tablet market.

No Sound While Browsing Internet - Solution

Recently I saw a thread in a popular computing forum about missing the sound while on internet. Some people not getting sound on web videos and other interactive content while others failed to hear sounds played from hard disk too. Here's some tips that might solve your issue permanently.

How to compress pictures taken using digital camera

This post is nothing but a step by step guide to easily batch compress your images taken using digital camera. Usually, pictures taken using digital camera's are large in size may go upto 6-7 Megabytes depending on the camera pixel clarity (more megapixel's means more bytes). Usually if you're planning to upload all photos you taken using the camera to Facebook, Google plus or blogger, it'll take years to complete if your internet plan is a slower one. Microsoft Office Picture Manager allows you to reduce the size of selected pictures to less than 350KB or even less very easily & fast. This software is included in MS office suite so most computers have it installed.

Run NFS Most Wanted Full Screen

Generally when you tries to run Need For Speed Most Wanted on a widescreen laptop or PC which has a screen resolution above 1024 x 768 , it'll not display full screen rather some blank spaces on either soide of the screen like shown in the screenshot. The problem is NFS most Wanted game is a bit old and it does not support wide screen resolutions. Maximum native resolution support for NFSMW is 1024 x 768. Even if you have a wider display resolution, the program doesn't recognize it and it continues to run square. 

Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3200 Priced at Rs.32,250

Now, its turning out to be an era of digital SLR camera's.The Nikon India has announced the launch of its digital SLR camera-Nikon D3200. According to the specs, the camera does not seems to be revolutionary but, its still a god choice for a beginner who can spent around 30K gets a decent DSLR. The 24MP CMOS sensor isn't bad at this price range and  EXPEED 3 image-processing engine delivers good quality images with less noise and blur.

Steps to Use Your Android Phone as a Remote Control

Here's an Android app that lets you to control entire windows computer from your phone. Sounds interesting?. I personally use this kind of applications as a media remote control while listening to songs on my laptop/PC. However you can not only change the songs but it control almost all your functions of your PC. All you need is an Android phone in Froyo or newer OS and a PC/Laptop with WiFi router /Bluetooth. The following steps will let you to control your notebook using the Unified Remote application which is a very simple but  feature-filled Android-PC remote.

Show Task Bar Labels In Windows 7

In the earlier versions of windows, the programs or folders you opened were show up in the taskbar with a label exhibiting the name of the program or the folder etc. But in Windows 7, the taskbar is set to hide labels of opened threads and they're set to combine windows of same type. However the new system is opt for users who opens many programs and folders such that they wont clutter to make it difficult to pick the desired one. ie, more buttons can be placed in the taskbar simultaneously.

How to Update Galaxy S3 to Android Ice cream Sandwich

Finally, SAMSUNG Galaxy S2 GT I9100 users has something big from Samsung. They can now update their smartphone to the official Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 via KIES as well as  over-the-air (OTA). Currently, the phone is running on Gingerbread which seems to be outdated by the arrival of newer phones in the market with latest Android OS. The update download size is obviously bigger size (220.31 MB) so do not attempt to upgrade if the internet connection is too slow. 

Chrome Adsense Toolbar - View Statistics Without Logging into Adsense Website

How many times in a day , do you log in to your adsense account to see how your earning going?. I am pretty sure it may reach a 100 times if you are a beginner. As you know, with slower internet connections, the adsense website will take a little time to open and load statistics, but the newly released 'Google Publisher Toolbar'(official) is very fast in bringing the necessary adsense stats in front of you by single click. 

How to Increase Browsing Speed While Downloading

When it comes to downloading large files from internet, you may leave them to download it using some download managers or torrent clients other than your web browser. The problem get notices when you tries to browse web pages while downloading files from internet. The browsing 'll get slow down as the download manager or torrent downloader consumes greater part of your internet bandwidth. The case is even worse if your connection speed is low. There's not much we can do to increase browsing speed while downloading files as it totally depends on internet connection speed but here's some tips that might help to browse without much delay.

Play Flash Games Full Screen In Google Chrome

By the introduction of social networking sites like Facebook and Google plus, Flash games are gaining popularity day by day  and many people likes to spent their time playing simple games such as castleville or howzat cricket etc. But have your ever think of the flash games runs in full screen rather than staying the game like a small ad on a giant monitor. It is possible to scale the flash games to fullscreen by using the Google chrome extension SwiffOut Fullscreen Games. 

Like many other graphic games, it can hide the browser, Windows UI and other elements in the display and only shows you the game area. Another advantage of using this extension is that it avoids deselecting the page element (Flash game) by clicking other part of the browser so that the keyboard may not work while running the game. The Google chrome extension is very easy to install as like the normal addons. To run a flash game in full screen, just load the page and click the extension button in the tool bar. 

Download SwiffOut Fullscreen Games from chrome Web store.

The extension automatically adjusts for lag-free game play and it works with almost all flash games in various websites. You can the quit full screen by pressing Esc . 

Top 10 Mac Security Tips

Considering over 100 million Mac OS X users world-wide, primarily in US, security measures for Mac has importance.  Since as a popular one, it also becomes a target for threats. There are some Apple specific malwares like Mac Trojan Flashback which shows that even Mac is not 100% risk free. Here's some security tips for Apple Mac OS X users to protects their system from malwares, viruses and Trojans.

BSNL Teracom Modem Port Forwarding

Many of us using Bittorrent clients for downloading torrent files from internet. For optimum speeds the software's like uTorrent must allow incoming connections to your computer. Port forwarding technique simply takes the data from the external ip address at a specified port to an internal ip address @ port. Here's how to setup port forwarding for Teracom T2-B-Gawv1.4U10Y-BI router provided by BSNL.

Turn Off Laptop Battery Charging While Gaming

High end laptops like Dell XPS has dedicated graphic cards that tend to drain the battery quickly while doing heavy multi-tasking or gaming. In this post we're talking about Dell XPS notebook which is a very good gaming machine with 2GB NVIDIA GPU. During normal operation, the NVIDIA optimus technology keeps the GPU in off state so that the battery will be saved. However the XPS holds a good battery, its not up to mark for gaming as the battery will quickly discharge when high end games are running.

Sony Xperia S Specifications and Price

The Xperia S is the first smartphone from individual SONY since it acquired Ericsson. Sony is tried to travel through some variant routes in terms design of this android device. It's also powerful in papers since the it has HD display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core processor. There are too some orthodox drawbacks from Sony. 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor never let you down in terms of performance and gaming and the HD capacitive touch scree is very responsive. The camera department is also great even if the pictures taken has some noise and sharpening problems.

IPhone 4S Vs Galaxy S3: Digital Camera Comparison

By the launch of Samsung galaxy s3, the Apple IPhone 4s got a pretty new and smarter rival in terms of hardware specifications. One of the main features for both most talked is the features about its camera. Since the Galaxy S3 is newer in technology, the camera segment of this phone is improved a lot by Samsung.

Download K9 Protection Browser For Android

Have you ever find anything wrong in kids using your smartphone especially for surfing internet?. If there's enough protection for unwanted contents, tablets and smartphones are always suitable for kids too. All you want to do is block the adult/violence contents on your phone. Is it sounds too difficult, then the K9 Protection Browser will do it for you. Web security company Blue Coat Systems announced that its K9 web protection browser is now available for download from Google play.

Play Subtitle .srt Files With Movie File

Most of us choose watching movies with subtitles. Many movies that we download from internet has subtitles merged with movie file (.avi, mkv, mpg, divx, mp4) so that no need for another subtitle files to be inserted. But in most cases, the movie may not have, subtitles included. so we should download appropriate subtitle file (generally with extension .srt) separately. You can get subtitle for any movies by simply a Google search {MOVIE NAME<space>srt subtitle}. You''ll get better results if the MOVIE NAME is replaced with the file name of the video file. 

Micromax Funbook: Another tablet below Rs.10000

The tablets in the entry level market are now giving the best hardware stuff with very low price tag. The Micromax funbook is not an exception. Like Akash tab, Micromax also aims at the large proportion of students in India. According to the major reviewers, Micromax is done well with funbook and it compensates the disadvantages of the elder low cost tablets like Aakash tab and BSNL low cost tablets. One of the major advantage of this tablet is that it runs on the latest android operating system ICE CREAM SANDWICH (Android 4.0). It really is a big plus for this device since most of the tablets even high end tablets like galaxy tab runs on lower version s of android OS. ICS provides greater flexibility, more speed, better utilization of resources with less no. of bugs.

Download Firefox 12 for Windows

As always,Mozilla is a step ahead in delivering the updates to windows users as they've released Firefox 12 web browser. The opt-in system for plug-ins is not yet available but the version 12 includes a little more features and new tools for developers. ( opt-in plugin system is a new feature that lets users turn off all plug-ins by default and enable them manually when required) 

Samsung Galaxy S3 Specifications and Price in India

Yes it happened. Samsung announced their latest smartphone powerhouse Galaxy S3 on may 2nd to stay in top of the smartphone market. The galaxy s3 is not just a high end smartphone but it introduces some new features and trends in mobile phone technology. It also have the latest available version of the Google Android OS. Samsung bundles this super phone with some intelligent and unique features like S-voice, Smart Stay and S-Beam which'll definitely a good move from  Korean manufacturer as most company's focusing on hardware features rather than utilizing it effectively.

Instagram Alternatives for PC - Free Download

Instagram is an amazing photo sharing application introduced on iphone in 2010 but recently it's available for android users. There are plenty of photo sharing applications both for iPhone but there's something unique in instagram which makes it very handy app. Instagram is not just about sharing the photos but it allows users to apply a digital filter to it. Even if photo sharing application are popular in mobile devices, many people likes the way instagram filters the images. So its useful to have an application software like instagram on your PC so that you can edit  photos much easily.

Gmail Introducing Email Translation

It a happy news for all Gmail users. Google introducing email translation feature into gmail which will bee soon become a part of your Gmail user interface. According to the Google's official blog, you'll be able to translate email messages in foreign languages into your own and the new 'Translate Email' header will be soon integrated to Gmail.

Root Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.6 DDKQ8

Many Samsung Galaxy ace users had complaints about rooting their phone after upgrading to android 2.3.6 Gingerbread DDKQQ8 firmware as their phone is not being rooted applying the normal update zip file for ace. but here's anew update that should root your device without any problems. I tried it myself on my ace and it worked properly. 

Samsung is now the Handset Leader in the World

As per the latest report from Strategy Analytics, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, Samsung ousts Nokia as the leader in selling most number of handsets in India. The domination of Nokia in the mobile handset market for over 14 years is came to to an end. According to their reports, Samsung sold over 935 lakh mobile handsets worldwide only in the first quarter of 2012 while Nokia are about 827 lakh . Out of this Samsung sold 445 lakh  smartphone. Samsung got their record profit $520 crore during this business period. 

Tips to Speed Up Galaxy Ace UI

Samsung Galaxy Ace is one of the popular phone in galaxy series. But this mid-range android smartphone lacks RAM as it only holds 278 MB of usable memory. 

After upgrading my galaxy ace to its newest android version 2.3.6, the RAM usage is at its highest and it started slowing down and lags a lot. But I found some tips to improve the speed of user interface (UI) at least the file manager. ( For NON ROOT users.)

Eset NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be Discontinued by May 2012

All Nod 32 antivirus users including me,  might not like this news. Eset, a well known global provider of some fine security solution announced that the'll be discontinue the support for its obsolete version 2.7 and its all earlier releases of NOD32 Antivirus. Its website says what is meant by discontinuing a security product.

How to update Galaxy Ace to Android 2.3.6 Official

Yes, our Samsung galaxy ace GT 5830 is getting another android update. This time the update lets your phone to have Android 2.3.6 Official Indian version DDKQ8. If your phone is already updated to  2.3.4 DDKQ6, you should have an option under about phone in settings to update your galaxy ace to android 2.3.6 over your phone itself. if you still have froyo or basic gingerbread, use kies PC software to update your phone to latest firmware. As most of the ace users, updated to 2.3.4 DDKQ6, here's how to update your phone from Samsung software update option.

LG A290 Triple SIM Mobile Phone - Review & Price

Dual SIM mobile phones are very obvious in these days as branded and non branded even android phones are available in the market with dual SIM capability. But technology is not going to stop with just 2 SIM cards in a cell phone as many non branded handsets are available that allows you to put 3 SIMs. The LG A290 is such a mobile with triple SIM capability which is seems to be the first branded mobile of that kind.

Instagram Free App for Android Coming Soon

Instagram is an application on iPhone lets people to give a classic touch to square images using "filters" and allows to share them on social networking sites like Facebook, twitter etc. The Instagram developers say that the application they've been developing for android is better than one already there for iOS. There are some pretty good similar apps in the android market like picplz and World of Photo, but considering the fact that  Instagram iOS app is doing well with over 27 million registered users.

Change Windows7 Default Downloads Folder

Here's a simple windows 7 tip that might useful if your very new to this version of windows. For a new user, the windows 7 might look very complicated to configure things as in XP. You can change the windows 7 default download folder from C:\Users\username\Downloads to any folder in any of the drives.After doing this you can access this folder easily from the Downloads shortcut that is provided in Mycomputer sidebar andother windows.

Best 5 Note Taking Extensions For Chrome

For an average internet user, it is very usual to take notes while surfing the web. Some of us keep desktop applications  like 'notepad' for taking notes such as link addresses, emails, contact info etc. But it should be good if have a note taking app right on your browser itself just like Opera browser as it has the feature default in it. Here's some useful extensions which are armed enough to take notes without minimizing and opening any desktop applications. All of them are very simple and stylish and can be easily downloaded from Chrome web store.

Pre-Book BSNL Low Cost Android Tablets

By giving a tough competition to the well-known akash tablet which was aimed at students across India, BSNL has entered the new low cost tablet segment by announcing three tablets Tablet Penta T-Pad IS701R, T-Pad WS704C and T-Pad WS802C. The three devices costs RS. 3200, Rs. 10999 and Rs. 13500 respectively. The tablets are available for pre-booking online. Let's have a quick look on to the features of these tablets.

Download Google Chrome 19.0 Dev / 17.0 Stable Offline Installer

The Google own chrome browser released its compact web browser Google chrome version 9.0.1041.0 Dev / 18.0.1025.33 Beta / 17.0.963.56 Stable. Checkout web browser usage statistics for trickswindows.com. Chrome gains upper hand over other browsers like Mozilla Firefox. This Shows the popularity gained by chrome, over a short period of time. 

Android 5.0 Jelly Bean Release Expected in 2012 Q2

As we all knows, Android is a fast developing mobile operating system platform and they've been issuing vibrant updates after Google purchased the company in 2005.  It offered a series of new versions such as froyo, gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and the news came from tech world are pointing to release of the  Jelly Bean which is going to be the Android version 5.0.

Games not Detecting NVIDIA in Dell XPS - Solution

Few games like GTA IV, may not detect the installed drivers of your NVIDIA graphics card. When you start the game, it'll show the intel integrated graphics as the only resource with 59MB video memory while actually you have the NVIDIA GT -540M /525 M with dedicated 2 GB/ 1GB video memory . I've faced this problem on my dell XPS 15, while playing GTA 4, certainly it's very disappointing to stay with crappy graphics in a gaming laptop like XPS.

Akash Tab/Ubislate Delivery - Response from Datawind

The most awaited akash tab/ubislate 7 was available for sale online on the mid December 2011 and expected to deliver in the late January.But as per the latest update from the tablet manufacturer datawind, all people who booked the tablet has to wait a few more weeks.Look at the reply from datawind to my friend asking about the delivery of  akash tab on their website.

Steps To Buy a Dell Laptop Online

Many people in India are used to buy laptops online because they have the flexibility of customizing the system rather than if they go to a local computer shop. In my case, I was looking for a Dell XPS 15 laptop but the local stores had an XPS 15 version without having the backlit keyboard, with a low 2nd generation i5 model. more importantly, the system they offered me only had 1GB NVIDIA GT -525 M and 5400 rpm HDD, where the online dell shop has a 2 GB NVIDIA GT -540M and 7200 rpm HDD. The prices are almost same whether you buy from local dealer or from Online. But amazingly, when I went to the dell India website, there was much easier options to select and customize laptop you want. For the sake of people who're new to buy a dell laptop, I'll explain the procedure to purchase one online. 

Clear YouTube Search History From PC, Android App

Whenever you perform searches on YouTube, it'ill be recorded in Google's user logs if you are signed in to your account. With Google's new policy update, they've started storing all searches and activities on all their services. According to Google, it may be due to security threats but their intention is clear that this data is enough to enhance social networking advertisements. But as a YouTube user, you have left with an option to delete the search history from your eyes. You can follow the below steps to delete search history from your PC or YouTube android application.

Download Firefox 10 Windows, Mac, Linux and Android

After releasing the Firefox 9 six weeks ago, Mozilla corporation now makes the popular opens source web browser in a brand new version 10. yes its time to download Firefox 10 that has some unique features especially very useful for professionals. In this version, a new way of updating the whole components stuffed with the browser such as addons and other tools called "rapid release" program. Along with some major bug fixes, it has some new features makes it handy if your'e a web designer or a similar professional. Here's some major features that comes out with the new Firefox release.

Top 10 Windows 8 Features - List

The newest windows version called "Windows 8" is coming with a touchscreen-optimized interface "Metro" which is more welcoming mobile gadget market. Windows 8 also has characteristics of Windows 7 but it adds more features to make it mobile friendly. However the release date hasn't announced yet but we can expect Windows 8 available for users by this year. Here's the key features that stand-out  Windows 8 OS from Microsoft.

8 Rumors about iPhone 5 Specifications

The rumors surrounding the Apple's most anticipated gadget is getting more momentum. The new iPhone is expected to have better features than any other smartphones presently in the market including iPhone 4S, Samsung galaxy S2, Note etc. Some sources giving believable information about its specifications are to be called as iPhone 5 rumors. Here's the top 8 rumors surrounding the iPhone 5 specifications such as processor, display, memory, camera, OS etc

Nokia Asha 200 Specifications and Price

Nokia is revamping their base mobile models through Asha series, aiming at ordinary people in India and Africa. Definitely these are not smartphones but  Nokia is heading with their accelerating competitors like Samsung and LG to stay on the top for the mid-order mobiles in the market. 

Adam Tab 2 Coming soon With TI Chips

Notion Ink Design Labs announced their second version of their Adam tablet earlier in this week. The previous version released in 2010 was not a successful one but the company is going to launch Adam II by completely redesigning the hardware and software of Adam 1.

8 Reasons Why You Should not Buy Aakash Tab

After launching the Aakash tablet, which is the lowest priced tablet computer ever, doublts about its reliability are being arised. Sadly, the sales reports shows Aakash tab was disappointing for those who got Aakah on their hands. According to tech guru's around the web, the newer version of akash - Ubislate 7 plus  will be similar to Chinese gadgets and have a SIM card option. Here's the top ten drawbacks of Aaksh tablet or this could be the reasons why this tab is a failure.

Nokia Lumia 900 Vs Nokia Lumia 800 Quick Comparison

The First Windows phone with 4G network technology from Nokia is unveiled at press conference on  International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Of course this phone will be an answer to all allegations about windows OS, and will arrive in the United States in March, according to a Nokia Developer Website. The former device from the Nokia lumia series family was the Nokia Lumia 800 a.k.a  Nokia Sea Ray which misses the 4G LTE network capability. Here's the quick comparison between these two smartphones about subtle features of both.

Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Review and Testing

Mobile phone display's are getting bigger and bigger manufacturer's need them to protect from scratch and accidental damage as bigger sizes costs big. Corning Gorilla Glass is used by 500 plus manufacturers to protect more than 500 million sophisticated electronic devices such as Smartphones, Laptops, Tablets,  portable media players etc from damage. For your information,Gorilla glass is a special kind of alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass processed to be thinner than usual glasses and damage resistant. Corning demonstrated and tested the latest Gorilla Glass 2 at Consumer Electronic Show 2012, showing that it is 20% more thinner but can withstand more stress than the older.

Top 5 Smartphones in 2012

If your're going to buy a smartphone, wait for the new set of smartphones that are going to be released by smartphone makers in 2012. The upcoming smartphone models in 2012 includes the most awaited HTC Titan II and many more sleek devices. Here's the list of 5 hot smartphones that are going to make the market active in 2012. 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Tab 620 Features and Price

After iPad,  the most popular tablets are from Samsung, the Galaxy tab series. Samsung has quietly released a new tablet called Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Now available in India. This tablet is also known as Tab 620. As the name suggests, it's a 7 inch tablet PC, with some stunning features. It is also the lightweight version and holds the latest available Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS. It sports more faster internet, the latest version of Touchwiz rounded out by rich multimedia functions. The design of this new affordable 7" tablet makes it much easier to handle since it is very slim but never compensates on processing power. Of course the adobe flash player is supported and you can have the full experience of watching your shared videos from Facebook etc. It can play Full HD 1080p videos without any problems or lag.

Nokia Lumia 710 Review, Price and Specifications

Nokia Lumia 710 is a windows based smartphone with an affordable price tag. Dont confuse the Lumia 710 with the Nokia's flagship phone Lumia 800 which is a top priced windows smartphone. The key features of the Lumia 710 includes the replaceable back covers, 7.5 Mango OS,affordable price, 3.7-inch touchscreen smartphone, 5 Mp Camera. The phone was announced in October 20111 and released in India in late December 2011. The Nokia 710 may be called as  a refreshed affordable version of Lumia 800.

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 vs Galaxy Ace plus S7500

Samsung has refreshed its one of the most popular smartphone Galaxy Ace S5830 with the announcement of releasing Galaxy Ace Plus S7500. The elder brother sold over millions of pieces world wide, now its time to figure out what this new kid in town has to offer. The galaxy ace wasn't a high end Smartphone but the good build quality and features made it one of the top selling models in the galaxy series.

Classpad Tablet Specifications and Price in India

Classteacher Learning System, an educational solutions provider, specifically by IIT graduate Rohit Pande develops a new range of tablets called classpad series which are competing with some eye caching features. This low cost tablet also aiming students across India, but have better hardware specification compared to Aakash. By looking into the specifications and prices of both Aakash tab and Classpad tablets, we must have to say that the latter surely will  set-up some fight for Akash in the low cost tablet PC market 2012.

2 Fixes for iPhone Wi-Fi Not Working

It's pretty easy to connect to a WiFi network using iPhone as well as Android phones. However several users have problems in getting connected to Wi-Fi networks. From apple's support forums and discussions, I've figured out  two common problems, and here's the troubleshooting tips to avoid those.