7 Reasons Why I Won’t Buy Google Glass

Abhishek — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:28:32 +0000

Google recently launched a very innovative gadget, the Google glass, its a computer that you can wear. It has a head mounted display that displays the information in a smartphone like hands free format. You can connect it with internet and can give commands in your voice. It runs on Android 4.0 OS has dual core CPU. 16 GB storage and 1 GB memory . For connectivity it supports bluetooth, micro USB and WiFi. This wearable computer from the house of Google comes at a price of $1500. Despite all these interesting features it has lots of drawbacks. Some of them are below.

1. Difficult to focus

Disorientation is the major problem of Google Glass. It becomes difficult to focus on people and things while you are putting on Google glass. It also has lot of adverse affect on eyes. Even Google has admitted that Google Glass may be bad for eyes and it could harm vision. In the terms also Google has mentioned the children below 13 should not use it.

2. Causes headache

With these glasses you have to concentrate on every small images or text content. The disorientation problem makes it difficult to concentrate. It causes strain and many times dry eyes. Most of the users who used it, complained of headache.

3. Poor screen visibility in bright light

The screen works bad in the bright light. You can hardly view anything clearly in the bright light.

4. Poor battery life

Google glass are supposed to be on your face all day for getting notifications and alerts, for this battery backup should be strong. Google says that battery last for 5 hours but it actually works only for 3-4 hours. This is too less and you have to recharge the battery many times a day to use it.

Also Read: How to increase the battery life of your mobile device

5. Can’t customize settings

Google glass comes with default settings which you can’t change. If you try to adjust the basic things like screen brightness, volume etc you will be disappointed. Whats the use of such gadgets, which doesn’t even allows you to do basic settings. ?

6. No direct data connectivity

Google glass doesn’t have direct data connectivity, you have to pair it with your smartphone or any other device for internet connectivity. This adds to your data plan costs and drain your smartphone’s battery.

7. Voice recognition not up to the mark

You can’t type, you have to respond to the messages by speaking. Speech recognition is not up to the mark, you have to speak slowly, clearly and in proper grammar and then also it can’t recognize your words correctly many times. When glass hear you incorrectly , you have to cancel the entire message and start again. This is very annoying.

With all these drawbacks I don’t think it is right to spent $1500 on this wearable computer Google glass. What do you think? let us know in comments.

The post 7 Reasons Why I Won’t Buy Google Glass appeared first on .

App That Checks The Freshness of Fruits

Abhishek — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:38:49 +0000

We have already seen how smartphones are helping us to stay fit with Android fitness apps and iOS health & fitness apps. When we go to market to buy fruits and vegetable we always try to pick the best one. We check them by looking at their color, their looks and many times we also judge by smelling them. Even after picking the best one we get disappointed sometimes when we find the fruit we bought are rotten. This problem will soon become a thing of the past. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IMPS), Germany has developed a new technology, by which people will be able to test themselves whether the fruit are ripe and fresh or not with the help of their smartphone.

The Fraunhofer researchers have developed a special spectrometer, which is very compact and is of size of a sugar cube. This can be easily be integrated to smartphone. You will also require to install the app that will make the spectrometer functional. Scientists says you would only need to hold the smartphone next to the product, select the appropriate app or menu option – for example, for “pear” and the device will make a recommendation: if the fructose content of the pear is high, it gives the purchase a green light. If an apple is scanned with the spectrometer it can detect whether the core is rotten. This device is also capable of scanning the food item wrapped in foils

Like the health of a car engine can be estimated by the smoke emission. This technology also measures the freshness of fruits by measuring the gases and lights radiated by fruits and veggies. It can also measure the proportion of water, sugar, starch, fat and proteins in different foods. The device is successfully working with fruits researchers are also trying to develop it for meat testing also.

Smartphones with this device are expected to be launched in the next couple of years. Let us know what you think about this innovation in comment.

The post App That Checks The Freshness of Fruits appeared first on .

12 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With RealPlayer

John Moore — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:26:22 +0000

Surely you know all about RealPlayer’s excellence as a video player and organizer. But there are plenty of great capabilities you might not be aware of that make it much more than an average video player. That’s why we’ve compiled this guide of 10 things you didn’t know you could do with RealPlayer.

1. Convert video formats

It’s well known that RealPlayer supports just about every video format available. Did you know that there’s a built-in free video converter that will easily convert your video files to any video format you choose, eliminating incompatibility issues when you want to watch videos on different devices. You can also convert videos to MP3 audio files, which is ideal for content in which the audio is more important than the visuals, such as educational videos or interviews. In essence, you’re converting video content into an audio podcast.

Don’t Miss: Online tools to convert text to audio files

2. Discover web videos

RealPlayer doesn’t just store and organize your content — you can use it to discover new videos, as well. The Web Videos feature delivers new and popular user-generated web videos directly to your RealPlayer app daily. You can download or bookmark the videos you like and save it in your RealPlayer video library with a single click. Additionally, RealPlayer Video Channels organizes content by genre, such as trending, music, travel, news, and more.

3. Create video and music playlists.

A playlist is a simple way to organize your media by any category you choose, such as genre, theme, or even mood. You can create a music playlist for a road trip featuring songs about travel, or a video playlist devoted to funny cat videos.

4. Search for videos online

If you want to find a specific video, use RealPlayer’s video search engine to scour the web for your favorite clips. These features are also available in RealPlayer Express for Windows 8, which can be downloaded from the Windows Store.

5. Transfer videos from computer to smartphone

If you have videos on your PC that you’d like to watch on your smartphone, RealPlayer makes the process simple, regardless of the video format. Simply connect the phone to your computer, open the RealPlayer library, and click on the phone icon. Hover your mouse over the video you want to move, select “Copy To,” and choose your mobile phone from the list provided. RealPlayer does the rest, and you’ll be able to watch mobile movies with the free RealPlayer for Android app.

6. Burn DVDs with RealPlayer Plus

Sometimes a DVD is the most convenient way to watch a video. You can use RealPlayer Plus to burn DVDs of your favorite online videos. You can even burn HD videos to standard DVDs, which you can then play on a Blu-ray player.

7. Burn music CDs

Digital music is the mainstream, but there are situations where a CD is the best option. RealPlayer’s built-in CD burning software lets you burn CDs of your music files with just the click of a button. You can play audio CDs created with RealPlayer on any standard CD/DVD/Blu-ray player or on a PC.

8. Play MKV files

The free RealPlayer application will play most video file formats. If you upgrade to RealPlayer Plus you’ll get support for even more file types, including the increasingly popular MKV, which has become the go-to format for anime videos because of its support of fansubs (user-generated subtitles), multiple audio tracks (such as director’s commentary), chapters, and DVD-like interactive menus.

9. Save Facebook videos in the RealPlayer library

You might have known that you can share videos in your RealPlayer library with your Facebook friends. You can also connect RealPlayer to your Facebook account to watch and save the latest videos from your Facebook news feed.

10. Bookmark videos

While it’s easy to download videos to your computer using RealPlayer, we know video can take up a lot of storage space. You can use RealPlayer to bookmark videos like you bookmark your favorite content on social bookmarking sites. With the bookmark feature you’ll be able to easily find the videos in your RealPlayer library and access them when you are online.

11. Private mode

If you have a library full of videos that you’d prefer to keep others from seeing — such as more mature content that you’d like to hide from children — RealPlayer’s Private Video Mode will keep the files hidden behind a password protected wall. You can make existing videos private or use Private Mode to download online videos to a hidden folder. In Private Mode, RealPlayer automatically gives the videos anonymous file names.

Don’t Miss: Free tools to extract music from YouTube videos

12. Free Android mobile app

We’re watching more and more video on our phones. RealPlayer’s free Android app is an all-in-one-player for videos as well as music and photos. A great option for Android phones, which often only let you access music, photos, and videos in different apps. The app includes YouTube video search and playback, and you can share content with your friends via Bluetooth, email, or text messaging. The RealPlayer Android app is available from the Google Play store.

Are you surprised about all the features found in RealPlayer? It really is more than just a video player. You can download the desktop app for free by visiting Real.com, the free Android version of RealPlayer by visiting Google’s Play Store, or RealPlayer Express from the Windows Store.

The post 12 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With RealPlayer appeared first on .

Best Android 4.0 And Above Dual SIM Phones

Abhishek — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:49:16 +0000

Android 2.3 is now an outdated operating system now. People are moving towards android 4.0 dual SIM phones because of the flexibility they offer to separate professional and personal life through multi SIM feature. Here are some recently launched Dual SIM Android phones running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1 Jelly beans operating System.

1. Samsung Galaxy Young

Samsung Galaxy Young is a newly launched Android 4.1 Dual SIM smartphone. It is the successor of poplar Samsung Galaxy Y duos phone that runs on android 2.3. It has better hardware specifications. It is powered by a 1GHz processor along with 768MB of RAM. The phone comes with 4GB on internal storage capacity which can be expanded up to 64GB Via microSD card. The screen size is also better and is 3.27-inch HVGA TFT display. It comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera. Battery power is 1,300mAh and the phone is available in White, Wine Red, Deep Blue, and Metallic Silver. The phone is available at the price of Rs 8,100 online.

Samsung Galaxy Young key specifications

3.27-inch HVGA TFT display
1GHz processor
768MB RAM
4GB of internal storage expandable up to 64GB via microSD
3-megapixel rear camera
Dual-SIM (GSM+GSM)
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, USB
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
1,300mAh battery
58.6×109.4×12.5 mm
112 grams

Also Read: Android Phones with Best Battery Life

2. Samsung Galaxy Y Plus

Samsung Galaxy Y Plus is an Android 4.0 Dual SIM Phone. It is powered by a 850MHz processor and has 4GB of internal storage and microSD card slot for up to 32GB expansion. It comes with a 1,200mAh battery. For connectivity it has Micro-USB port, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, AGPS and Glonass. The screen is 2.8 inch TFT QVGA (240×320 pixels). It also comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera. Price 6,200 Rs

Samsung Galaxy Y Plus key specifications

2.8 inch TFT QVGA (240×320 pixels) display
850MHz processor
4GB of internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD
2-megapixel rear camera
Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, AGPS and Glonass, Micro-USB
Dual-SIM
Android 4.0
1,200mAh battery
104.9 x 57.9 x 12.98mm
96 grams

3. Sony Xperia Tipo Dual

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is an Android 4.0 dual SIM phone. It is powered by an 800 MHz Scorpion processor and also contains 512 MB of RAM. The phone features a 3.2-inch with resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. It has a 3.2 MP camera with 4x digital zoom. The Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is powered by an adequate 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery which promises the user a talktime of up to 5 hours when used on the 2G network. On the 3G network, the phone gives a talktime of up to 6 hours. Internal memory is 2.5 GB which can be expanded up to 32 GB. Price 8900 Rs. Check out Sony Xperia Tipo Dual Vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos

Key Features

Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
3.2 MP Primary Camera
800 MHz Scorpion Processor
3.2-inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
FM Radio
Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
Wi-Fi Enabled
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB

4. Sony Xperia E Dual

Sony Xperia E Dual is an Android 4.0 dual SIM Smartphone that runs on 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with a 512 MB RAM. It has a a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 pixels resolution screen. It also has 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and 4x digital zoom. If offers great music experience with 3D surround sound. The 1530 mAh battery gives up to six hours of talk time on 2G and 3G networks, apart from a massive 530 hours on standby. This smartphone comes with an internal memory of 4 GB that can be extended up to 32 GB.

Specifications of Sony Xperia E Dual

Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor
Wi-Fi Enabled
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
3.2 MP Primary Camera
3.5-inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
FM Radio

5. Micromax Ninja A89

This is a budget android 4.0 dual sim phone having lots of features. It has a large 3.97 inch TFT screen with 480X800 pixels. Micromax Ninja A89 runs on 1 GHz, Dual Core packed with 512 MB RAM. It has 3 megapixel camera that can shoot videos in 640×480 resolution. The phone is powered by 1450 mAh battery and is prices just Rs 6400 Rs

1 GHz Dual Core Processor
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
Wi-Fi Enabled
FM Radio
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
3 MP Primary Camera
3.97-inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen

Which one is your favorite among these Dual SIM Android 4.0 Phones ? Let us know in comments

The post Best Android 4.0 And Above Dual SIM Phones appeared first on .

How to Install Google Plus Comments on WordPress and Blogger

Abhishek — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:21:14 +0000

Recently Google launched Google+ comments system for Blogger which is very easy to integrate with blogger blog. When there are already so many commenting system available like default blogger and WordPress commenting system and other third party commenting system like facebook comments, disquss, intense debate etc should you go for Google+ comment system ? My answer for this is yes, because Google+ comment system has lots SEO benefits and it has some very useful features as well.

Features of Google+ comment system

1. Commentators can directly share the post and comment with a click. If comment is shared on Google+, all replies to the comment on the Google+ stream will show up in blog as a comment replies and vice versa.

2. Comments can be sorted by popularity or you can make the newest comments appear first.

3. You can view the blog and Google+ comments at one place.So you don’t need to check separately what people are commenting on the blog and on Google plus on a particular post. This will increase engagement with commentators. Bloggers can see activity from their readers and from people talking about the posts on Google+

4. It also takes good care of privacy. Commenters get the option to comment publicly or privately to their circles on Google+. It also gives users the option to see everybody’s comments or just remarks from users in their own circles.

How to Enable Google+ Comments on Blogger

Step 1 Connecting Blogger Profit to Google+

If your blogger profile is already connected to Google plus you can skip this step. To connect you profile visit your Blogger dashboard and check the Google+ tab. From there you can connect your blogger profile to Google+

Step 2 Enabling Google+ Comments Navigate to Blogger dashboard

Chose your blog. Click the Google+ tab and check the box saying “Use Google+ comments on this Blog. That’s all and you are done.

Enabling Google+ Comments on WordPress

The easiest way to install Google Plus comment on WordPress blog is through plugins. You can download Enable Google+ Comments , WordPress plugin Note that this will remove the default WordPress comment system. If you don’t like using WordPress Plugins, you can install it manually by placing the below code in the comment.php file

What are your views on Google+ commenting system. Do you think it will be successful like facebook comments ? Let us know your views in comments.

The post How to Install Google Plus Comments on WordPress and Blogger appeared first on .

Huge List of CommentLuv Enabled Technology Niche Blogs

Abhishek — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:54:21 +0000

I have seen lots of bloggers commenting on commentluv enabled blog. Commenting is a easy way to build relationship with other bloggers and to get links for your website. On commentluv enabled blogs you have the extra advantage that you get one extra backlink. One main link pointing to your domain and another link to your recent post. Most of the commentluv enabled blogs are on blogging and SEO niche and if your niche is not blogging related, then your link on such blogs won’t help you much. As we all know Google rewards backlinks from related sites, backlinks from unrelated websites doesn’t helps much.

Many bloggers are blogging on Technology niche and are writing about tips and tricks, gadgets , tech news etc . For those tech niche bloggers I have complied the list of Commentluv enabled tech blogs. Tech bloggers can use these commentluv enabled tech blogs.

For those who don’t know about communtluv, its a free WordPress plugin that displays the recent blog post of the commentator in his comments. The premium version of this plugin offers lots of extra features. Some of the advantages of commenting on commentluv enabled blogs are

You get a backlink for your blog or website
You get a backlink for your recent post
You can use the keywords in the name field
You can get refferal traffic from that blog
You can build relationship with other blogger by being regular commentator

One can also enable commentluv in his/her blog to attract more comments and traffic. Finally here is the list. I have included active blogs only with PR atleast 2, some of these blogs are dofollow also. Check out list of dofollow social bookmarking sites.

If your blog is also on Tech niche having PR2 and above and is not included in the list above, then you can comment your blog url to get it included in the list.

The post Huge List of CommentLuv Enabled Technology Niche Blogs appeared first on .

Best Caller ID App for iPhone Android BlackBerry and Nokia devices

Abhishek — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:51:42 +0000

Caller id app can help you get all the information you need about the unwanted unknown callers, who are troubling your with blank calls or unwanted spam or telemarketing calls. Lot of caller id apps are available for various Smartphone brands and platforms like Android, Apple iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia. These caller information apps can provide all the important information about the caller like its telecom service provider name, circle name, name of caller , caller’s address etc. You just need an internet connection and these apps can provide all the information about the unwanted unknown callers calling on your number.

Free Caller ID Apps

1. Indian Caller Info

This is a perfect android app for getting all caller information for Indian numbers. It works on android devices. When any one is calling you from mobile number this caller id app speaks the caller name, number, location and operator name. For a land line number it speaks the State, City, District and Operator Name. It also has some other features like

Search the STD code of any City in India.
Search the ISD code of Countries in World.
Call or Save the contact from application Logs if required.
Move application to desired location(Sdcard or Phone) as per memory usage

Also Read: Free Health and Fitness iPhone and iPad Apps

2. True Caller

True caller is the top downloaded caller information app in India, Europe, Middle East and Africa. It is available for Android Apple’s iOS and Blackberry platform. It provides the information of the caller by searching the world’s largest directory of numbers and names. The directory has over 750 million searchable contacts. It has lots of other features like

Calls blocking for unwanted telemarketers or spam callers
Quick access to number searches, call history and call contacts directly from our beautiful Truecaller widget.
Features to enhance your phone book with photos and birthday by using social integration with Facebook and Linkedin.

3. CIA Caller Identification App

This app is available on both Android and Apple iOS platform. CIA shows the name, address and other details right on your screen. It works well both with local and international numbers. CIA not only offers you regular caller ID, but also the caller’s social network profiles including Facebook and LinkedIN. You can also block the unwanted numbers with it. If you link your facebook account with this app then you can also see the caller’s facebook status.

Also Read: Get Recycle bin on Android

4. Caller ID App for Nokia devices

This is great caller id app for those who are using Nokia phones. It automatically identifies incoming callers not in your contacts. It searches international directories to display the name of the caller (if in a public directory) as the phone rings/after a missed call. Get this app from ovi store

Hope these caller information apps are useful for you. If you know any other better app for this , let us know in comments.

The post Best Caller ID App for iPhone Android BlackBerry and Nokia devices appeared first on .

How to Get Recycle Bin On Android Device To Retrieve Deleted Files

Abhishek — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:28:54 +0000

A smartphone is like a mini computer. Apart from making calls you can play games on it, do social networking, browse the web and can also do your office works. When you accidentally delete your files from your computer, it goes to recycle bin, from there you can recover those files easily. But no recycle bin kind of thing is available in Android smartphones or tablets. But don’t worry with some special android recycle bin apps you can have a recycle bin in your android device.

There are many recycle bin android apps but Dumpster and Recycle bin are my favorite. You can download these apps for free from Google Play. After installing these apps you will have a recycle bin on your android device similar to that you have in your Windows based desktop or laptop computer. If you delete any file accidentally from your android device, they you can retrieve those deleted files easily from the recycle bin.

Features of Dumpster

★ Restore deleted pictures.
★ Restore deleted music files.
★ Restore deleted videos.
★ Undelete files (pdf, mp3, doc, avi, jpg, txt, etc.).
★ Restore deleted files with a single tap.
★ Preview your deleted pictures before recovering.
★ Auto-clean backup files at a given period.
★ Screen lock
★ Internet connection absolutely not required.
★ No need to root your device.

Features of Recycle Bin Restore App

Simple user interface
No Backup needed
auto-registration of deleted apps
Restore deleted apps

A recycle bin apps is a must have app. Accidents can happen any time and you should not lose your important data files or apps. The above apps are very helpful.

The post How to Get Recycle Bin On Android Device To Retrieve Deleted Files appeared first on .

Blog Engage: Best Blogging Community For Bloggers

Abhishek — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:58:34 +0000

There are so many online communities for bloggers, where they share their blog posts and interact with other bloggers to grow their network. But no blogging community can beat Blog Engage, its the best blogging community for bloggers. It offers many great features that you cant find in any other blogging community.

If you are a professional blogger you must be aware of the importance of connection with other bloggers. Connection with other bloggers expands your reach. You can have regular quality visitor to your blog. A comment from another blogger on your blog add value to your blog. A tweet or facebook share from another blogger can bring hundreds or thousands of visitors to your site. A good blogging community can help you connect with like minded bloggers. If you’ve never used BlogEngage, I encourage you to get over there and set up an account right away.

Something about Blog Engage

Blog Engage is a paid community of professional bloggers. It came into existence around three years ago and by now it has 27000+ members. Most of the members are popular bloggers. Apart from being an online community it is also a dofollow social bookmarking site and we all know the importance of dofollow links. It has vote up and vote down feature like Reddit Check out my post on How to get huge traffic from Reddit When your submitted blog posts are published they are shared across several social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. Other things that you can do with its helps are

Syndicate Articles
Gain Backlinks
Earn from AdSense
Increase Social Media Awareness
Gain Insights and Support
Grow Network
Earn Money from Affiliate Sales

When you signup for blog engage, you get 3,000 JustRetweet credits that you can use to promote your contents on twitter. You also get access to Blog Engage Facebook group where you can post your questions, ask suggestions and interact with other bloggers. The main features of blog engage are.

RSS Syndication

RSS syndication means distributing your content to other networks via RSS feed. On blog engage you can connect your blog’s RSS feed to Blog Engage’s feed. This will make your post appear on every BlogEngage’s network simultaneously once you publish the post on your blog. This helps to drive traffic to your site and in building quality backlinks pointing to your posts.

Blog Engage Groups

Groups are one of the super features of Blog Engage. There are so many groups belonging to various niches. They are very helpful is getting targeted traffic to your site. When you submit your article to a group your article will get engaged and your blog will get more traffic. When your group become popular it will be display on home page and you will get more members, votes, and traffic. You can also create your own groups.

Adsense Revenue Sharing

Blog Engage allows revenue sharing. You can display ads from your adsense account on your posts. You can soon recover the subscription fee of joining BlogEngage by using this adsense revenue feature. The more articles you feed into BlogEngage the higher your AdSense earnings

Guest Post

On Blog engage you can also publish your guest post. Guest post is popular technique to build backlinks. There are also time to time guest post contest from where you can earn cash prizes.

Affiliate Program

Blog Engage members can also make money through affiliate program. They pay 25% commission and the minimum payout is $50.

Reward Points

There is also a rewarding system for members. You can earn reward points just for logging in or tweeting a link. These reward points can later earn you free WordPress theme, Platinum Membership for a month, cash and more!

In short with Blog Engage you can build network, get traffic, build backlinks , earn money with affiliate program, can do guest post and can have lots of other benefits. You’ll have to stop by and join to see for yourself

How to get most out of Blog Engage

1. Connect with Active Users

The sidebar of BlogEngage displays the top users. They are the ones who are very active. Active users have good influence in social media. A tweet or facebook share of your posts from such users can get you good traffic. So connect with maximum active users.

2. Vote for others

Many people have the tendency not to vote on others posts. If you don’t vote for others, why others will vote for you. Make it a habit of voting other’s post and most probably they will thank you by voting on your posts. The more votes you get, more of the chance of your post hitting the front page.

3. Join Groups

BlogEngage has many groups, try to join maximum groups relating to the content of your blog. You can share your blog post on those groups to get traffic and it also helps in building the network. If you can’t any group relating to your content, then you can create your own group.

For me Blog Engage is working good. You get multiple times more benefit than what you pay for joining it. I would recommend every blogger to join Blog Engage

The post Blog Engage: Best Blogging Community For Bloggers appeared first on .

How to Setup Bootable Windows 8 To Go USB Flash Drive

Abhishek — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:39:03 +0000

How nice it would be if you can carry your own Windows 8 in your pocket ? That Windows can have your own exact custom settings and software that you use in your laptop or desktop computer. This can be greatly useful if you have to conduct some data recovery operation on any infected computer.

Microsoft has added a new feature to Windows 8 Enterprise edition, called Windows To Go. With Windows to go you can create Windows 8 system image and can run it form any USB flash drive. You can insert the USB drive into any Windows 7 or Windows 8 host computer to boot and run a managed Windows 8 system without installing any software on the host computer. This works like a portable OS in a USB drive. It can be launched on desktops, laptops and even some tablets.

Requirements for Windows To Go

To create Windows to go USB drive you need Windows 8 Enterprise edition on your system . Unfortunately other versions of Windows 8 doesn’t have the Windows To Go feature. If you don’t have Enterprise edition and you don’t want to buy it then you can download a 90 day evaluation version of Windows 8.

You also need a USB drive of minimum capacity 16 GB, though Microsoft recommends using a 32 GB USB 3.0 disk, and has a list of certified devices, but many non certified drives also works well.

Creating Windows To Go in USB Flash Drive

Step 1. Insert Windows 8 Enterprise DVD in the drive. Insert the USB drive

Step 2. Press the Windows key + W to search the system Settings, then type “Windows to Go,” and press Enter to launch the Create a Windows To Go workspace wizard.Select the dive that you want to use and click Next.

If the next button is not highlighted, it means your drive is not compatible, try with any other drive.

Step 3. The wizard will locate the Windows 8 image file on your OS disc. You will then get the option use BitLocker to encrypt the Windows To Go workspace. You can skip this if you want to make the process faster. The Windows 8 image will be created on the USB device.

Step 4. In the last step you have to select the boot option. Select it as per your choice and save it. You are done!

Once a USB drive has been made you can choose whether to set up the host PC to boot from USB devices, or leave it as it is. You can also download the Windows To Go USB setup utility that does the same thing

The post How to Setup Bootable Windows 8 To Go USB Flash Drive appeared first on .

5 Best Websites To Convert Text to Speech Online

Abhishek — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:06:09 +0000

You might have felt, how nice it would be if you can have your text content in the form of audio. You can keep those audio files in your mobile phone or iPod and listen to it anywhere anytime. There are many text to speech converting online websites that can easily covert your text files to audio files. You can carry these audio files with you in your any mobile device. You can covert your homework, assignments, office related digital document files or any text to speech. You can then listen it in your car or on your MP3 player. You can use them while walking, exercising or doing anything else. It is very useful for those who likes reading ebooks. You can covert your ebook into audio books. If you are a blogger you can also use it for podcasting.

Websites to convert text to speech online

1. iSpeech

Just paste your text and iSpeech will convert it into an audio file with a click. You need to signup before you can use this website. A free user can convert unlimited text to audio files, but the maximum length of the audio cannot be more than 1 minute. It also provides a web widget that lets you embed the voice file to your webpage. Its app is also available on iOS, Android and Blackberry platform.

2. SpokenText

SpokenText is a handy online text to audio converter. It supports PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages. You can download your converted audio book in mp3 and mp4 format. It supports English, French, Spanish and German. It also has Firefox Extension or Chrome Extension that lets you turn any text on the web into voice.

3. ImTranslator

With this website you can convert text from 52 languages into an audio file. You can also convert Hindi text to voice. It has features like dictionary, spell check, and TTS voice.

4. ReadtheWords

Readthewords.com was started in 2008 for those students who cannot read and can only listen. But today it is poplar among everyone. It supports English, Spanish and French. You can convert any type of document into speech recording. You can also add images and music to the audio for creating videos. For bloggers and webmasters it offers the service to convert rss feeds into iTune compatible podcast.

5. Odiogo

Odiogo, transforming textual content into audio formats downloadable directly to the PC, iPods/MP3 players and mobile phones! Odiogo has some very useful features for bloggers. It offers human quality text to speech conversion of blog posts. Odiogo is compatible with all blog engines that publish RSS feeds such as Typepad, Blogger, WordPress and Overblog. You can also make money from it, they share revenue after your listenership reaches a significant level.

The post 5 Best Websites To Convert Text to Speech Online appeared first on .

Implementing Advance GTMetrix Recommended Techniques on WordPress

Abhishek — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:22:12 +0000

If you are using WordPress as a blogging platform on your website, then you may have used GTmetrix sometimes to scan your WordPress blog for speed and optimization. GTmetrix uses Google page speed and Yahoo Y slow tools to scan the website. After the scan it gives some recommendation to optimize your WordPress website.

Few recommendation are common like caching, compressing images and minifying css and javascript which can be implemented easily with WordPress plugins. But many GTmetrix recommendations like optimizing the order of styles and scripts, combining images using CSS sprites, leveraging browser cache, enabling gzip compression etc are not easy to implement as plugins for them are not available. In this post we will discuss on implementing some advance optimizing techniques. Make sure you back up everything, in case if anything went wrong you can get your site to previous state.

1. Implementing Leverage Browser Caching in WordPress

In browser caching static resources of a website like images, css, javascript etc are stored in user’s browser. This means whenever the user access other pages of your websites his browser wont have to load those static things of your website again. The end result of this is that your pages load much faster. To enable browser caching we have set an expiry date to maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources so that the static resources of your websites remains in the users browser for the maximum time.

You can enable leverage browser caching via .htaccess file. Add the below code in the .htaccess file

Header unset Pragma
FileETag None
Header unset ETag
## Leverage Browser Caching ##

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/pdf “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresDefault “access plus 2 days”

## Leverage Browser Caching ##

2. Optimizing the order of Styles and scripts

Correct ordering of the stylesheets and scripts enables better parallelization of downloads of those stylesheets and scripts files. To ensure CSS files are downloaded in parallel, external CSS should be included before Javascript. This thing is complicated to implement manually. You can use the order styles and Javascript plugin for this taks.

Also Read: Build YouTube like website on WordPress

3. Combine Images using CSS Sprite

More images on a page means more http requests and this ultimately results in increase in load time of the webpage. There are so many images like page background image, social icons images etc that are displayed in every page. Each of such image make seperate http request. With CSS sprites you can combine all those images in to a single image, this will reduce the number of http requests and will ultimately improve the load time. To Combine images using css sprite you can try this CSS Sprites WordPress plugin . This plugins is quite outdated and may not work with every theme. You can also generate css sprites manually using spriteme and follow the implementation instruction there.

Few more things that you can do to optimize WordPress blog further are

The post Implementing Advance GTMetrix Recommended Techniques on WordPress appeared first on .