Yearly Archives: 2010

Top 10 Windows Phone 7 Tips And Tricks

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With Microsoft’s new wonder toy, the Windows Phone 7, in town, things are definitely going to change. For starters, new application development platform, new user interface, new shiny tow to compete with. While all that is good, healthy progress in mobile phone arena, another thing is also for sure – questions! With a new OS, new user queries, confusions and issues are bound to arise, with people trying to find what gets done how and where. Find below AddictiveTips’ collection of 10 most essential Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks, right after the jump. Read More

How To Change Default iPhone Browser With Browser Changer

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So you've got an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad on which you do a lot of web browsing, but you aren't much of a Safari fan, and have another favourite web browser. Would you prefer using any third-party browser of your choice as the default browser on your iOS device? We've got good news for you! While Apple doesn't provide such an option in iOS by default, you can easily get it with the Browser Changer Cydia tweak, as long as your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is jailbroken. Read on for more details and installation instructions. Read More

Take Instant Screenshots, Annotate And Edit In Google Chrome [Extension]

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At AddictiveTips, we are huge fans of screenshots. We pride ourselves in taking high-quality screenshots, so naturally, we favor applications that smoothen this process. Google Chrome has quite a few great applications that allow a user to take nice screenshots, annotate and modify them and then share with others. However, one feature where Awesome Screenshot takes the prize is the ability to blur areas within images. This handy little extension for Google Chrome can capture, annotate and edit and share/save the screenshots with ease. Read More

Min.us Is A Fresh Approach To Online Photo Sharing

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From online photo sharing services like Flickr and Shutterfly to Facebook and Picasa Web Albums, showing-off your creativity has never been easier. However, despite differences in their offerings, all these websites have one thing in common: the approach to using them. To use any of these free services, you need to sign-up with them, go through the process of uploading photos to your account and finally, share them with the people you know so that they can view (or comment, in some cases) on them. This can be a long procedure and some people need a faster way to share photos. While a lot of services exist that cater to this need, few turn out as impressive and functional as my personal favorite in that area, a fresh entrant labelled Minus (yes, the subtraction sign, literally!) Read More

Ainvo Copy Is Distraction-Free Backup Software

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Ainvo Copy is data protection and backup utility which is based on Windows native VSS (Volume Shadow Copy technology. Shadow copy service working involves creating consistent backup of data or taking data snapshots to deal with any catastrophes that may erupt in future. VSS technology is based on similar plane, instead of capitalizing on data, volumes are consistently backed up to always keep a user on a safe side. Not only does it offer creating data backups, it is also suitable for checking system against widely common system vulnerabilities, application bugs, malwares, viruses, data loss, etc. Read More

fre:ac – Super Fast Free Audio Converter And Encoder

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fre:ac is a feature-rich portable audio converter & ripper that use multi-core optimized encoders to provide blazing fast conversions. The application offers on the fly encoding while some generic conversion options are available to convert and create playlists. Despite being merely a converter, it lets you play the selected audio file and edit respective ID3 V1 & V2 meta tags information. The application working is based on creating a job list, the jobs can be further handled in numerous ways, you can either import song list from CD/DVD to rip, select files from local drive and start conversion, or simply feed it your playlist to convert all the songs in one go. It supports a long list of audio file formats, such as, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP3, MP4/M4A, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats. Read More

Log And Track Project Timelines With d-jon

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d-jon is an productivity enhancement application which is developed to measure the time you spend on finishing task or one phase of a big project. Generally bifurcation of tasks/projects into modules/phases is needed, as it helps user in achieving the short-term goals and eventually in meeting the deadlines on time, d-jon assists you in the very same way, letting you distribute the time you will be spending on a project/task to enhance your work productivity. It prompts you at scheduled intervals to keep you focused on defined task/project, so you can achieve the results in timely manner. Since keeping a track of activities you are performing on a project is crucial, it offers an intuitive reporting system which is responsible to log each & every activity you have performed on project as per defined schedule. Read More

Automatically Change Windows 7 Aero Colors According To Weather Conditions In Your City

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AeroWeather is an interesting application which looks for temperature or weather condition of your city and change the Windows Aero theme color according to it. The application sits silently in the system tray, retrieving the temperature in real-time. Overall, it makes an appealing connection with the temperature of your location with Windows Interface to give the real-life experience of knowing the weather conditions. With AeroWeather up and running, you can just look at the Windows current color scheme to know the temperature of your current location. Read More

Launch System Admin & Windows Tools From System Tray With All-In-One Tray

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All-In-One Tray is a portable application to launch Windows build-in tools and functions right from the system tray. It is built on very simple yet interesting idea of having all the shortcuts of important system elements - catering to generic system management and administration along with Windows build-in network tools, system controls, etc., in system tray, so users can launch them anytime without having to roam around and search through different locations. The application encompasses more 50 different Windows tools and functions which can be accessed from their respective menus and sub-menus, be it system tools & security tools, Maintenance tools, Device controls, utility manager, anything which you possibly need can be brought up through its application’s menu. Read More

TeamViewer v6.0 Brings QuickJoin, Custom Host Module, And Better Security

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When it comes to choosing an application which offers seamless remote sharing, remote control and file sharing for collaboration purposes, TeamViewer always stands out among the list of freely available tools. It has come a long way since its first release in 2005, now offering a great deal of new and improved features in its latest iteration – Version 6.0.9 beta. The latest version brings many new options and improved features which will take yours team’s synergy level up to acme. Read More

How To Change LCD Density For Rooted HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2

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Got an HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2 and want to do something interesting with it? In case you successfully gained permanent root on your device, you can easily change its LCD density. What would that do, you might ask? It'll give your screen the appearance of a higher resolution by making all the interface elements appear smaller on it, thus giving you the ability to fit more on the screen while not cutting off or overlapping icons, widgets etc. We have come across some apps in the Market that tend to alter the LCD density of several Android phones, but hardly any app changed anything on HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2, but that doesn't mean we can't do it manually. Ready to do it? Continue reading after the break for our step-by-step instructions. Read More

How To Install Ubuntu On Samsung Galaxy Tab

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There is some good news for all Ubuntu fans owning a Samsung Galaxy Tab. You can now install Ubuntu on your Samsung Galaxy Tab using the same method utilized to plant Ubuntu image on Samsung Galaxy S. Although the Ubuntu interface is still not optimized to run on the Tab, but user reviews and ratings show that it’s not that bad of a deal at all. Read More

Disable HSPA HSDPA HSUPA For Better Battery Life On Samsung Galaxy S

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For Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 Android phone, one of the biggest drawbacks is the poor battery life. While there are many tips for improving that, one of the best ones is lessening the load on data consumption. Battery gets hit the most when using a data connection, and the stronger the data connection, the more the battery drain. Hence, one of the methods can be disabling HSPA/HSDPA/HSUPA and use 3G instead, which may not be as speedy but certainly consumes a lot less battery. Read More

Doc Backup – Small Backup Utility With Email Notifications, FTP, And Logging

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Doc Backup is a handy opensource backup application to backup/copy your important documents, media files, project files on the disk, network drive, and on live server via FTP. The developer wrote this application to fill the voids he found in Cobian Backup (which he was using before for data backup). According to the developer, the reason behind developing this application was to provide user with incremental backup without compromising the FTP workability. Moreover, it comes with detailed log reporting system, you can verify and analyze the number of backup copies and problems respectively in real-time. If you’re planning to backup an enormous data, it offers you email notification feature to keep you informed about the backup process. The most interesting feature is document backup to disk and to FTP site, hence the name, Doc Backup. Read More

OOo4kids Is Office Suite Designed For Kids In 7-12 Age Bracket

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These days kids mostly use computers for gaming, or in some instances, browsing. When it comes to kids’ usage of computers, special care and attention is needed, in that determining what they see, who they interact with, how they spend their time and quite a lot more. Various services and programs have been developed to help kids interact with computers more productively and learn while having fun. Amongst such programs and services comes a contribution from the open source community, in the form of OOo4kids. Derived from OpenOffice, this is a version of OpenOffice especially designed for 7 to 12 year olds. It comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet program and a graphics application. The interface is colorful and attractive, designed with young minds in view. Read More

Use Windows Send To Menu To Push Files Over ADB

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Pushing files to your Android phone via ADB has always been considered a pretty tech savvy job, but now you can use Windows right-click Send To menu to push these files. With this technique, you can push files to ADB very easily and bypassing any ADB command line interface. Previously we have seen couple of ADB tools that are transformed for user convenience, but this one is perhaps the first tweak that acts as a Windows native / integrated tool to push ADB files. The only backdrop of this tweak, so far, is that it can only be used when your phone is connected over a Wi-Fi connection. Read More

Top 40 Must Have Windows Phone 7 Apps [Marketplace]

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Now that Windows Phone 7 is out, it is time to look at some of the best apps available in the Marketplace. The first thing users do after configuration their new phones is to search for useful apps. In this article we have listed the top 40 must-have apps from both startups and independent developers.

Unlike Android apps which can be installed using QR codes, there is currently no way to quickly install these WP7 apps. The only way would be to search for them in the Marketplace using your Windows Phone 7.

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How To Take Screenshots On Samsung Galaxy Tab

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As the story of Samsung Galaxy Tab evolves, folks over at Android Community have successfully found a method through which you can take screenshots of your tab. The best thing about this tiny but extremely userful tip is that you don’t need to have your tab rooted. Read on for detailed instructions. Read More

Fix Not Enough Space for Music DB Error On Android Phone

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In case you are facing Not Enough Space For Music Db. Del error on your rooted Android phone, then there is a method available to fix this. This error usually occurs when you flash too many custom ROMs, modded kernels and apply some hardware level tweaks, such as lag fixes, on your phone. At times there custom tweaks and mods corrupt the music player DB files which results in this error. Read More