Yearly Archives: 2012

Browser Swap: Set Default Browser For Wi-Fi/2G/3G & Websites [Android]

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Previously reviewed Android app, Smart Browser Chooser, provided the users with the option to set a default browser while surfing the web under a different internet connection type. Based on more or less the same concept, Browser Swap is a fresh entrant to the Android Market that provides you with the option of specifying a preferred web browser through which a specific user-defined URL would open. For instance, you can set up the app to open the desktop variant of a website with Boat Browser, and the mobile variant of the same website with UC Browser, or vice versa. This feature, when coupled with the option of easily specifying specific default browsers for browsing the internet under Wi-Fi, 2G and 3G connections, make Browser Swap a rather unique prospect in its own regard. Read More

How To Create Backup At Remote Location When PC Stops Booting [Beginner's Guide]

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Earlier we discussed a few ways to diagnose Windows problems and fix the issues when PC fails to boot up using Ubuntu Live USB, including reset Windows 7 admin and standard account password, perform disk wipe operation, repair lost partitions and recover hard disk data, and run anti-virus scan over entire hard disk to fix booting issues. If you've persistent Ubuntu USB, you could fix various kind of issues which are generally hard to identify on Windows, such as removing virus-infected read-only system files and services, but before you start repairing your PC using Ubuntu Live USB, it’s recommended to backup all the important data at remote location, so that you can fearlessly perform the system repair operations. In the past, we showed you how to clone an entire hard disk and make IMG (image file) of hard disk partition and then restore at defined location. This time around, we bring you a step-by-step guide on backing up important files and folders on network when PC fails to boot up. Read More

Convert Units & Dimensions From Browser Toolbar In Chrome

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Often, we have to deal with different dimensions and unit conversions. Converting values from one unit to another is something many of us need to do. For this purpose, you might have to visit various online unit conversion websites, and although they can be useful, wouldn't it be better if you can perform these simply conversions from within the browser? Simple Units Converter is a Chrome extension that comes with different dimensions and units, which can quickly be accessed with a click on the button in the toolbar. The Simple Units Converter is easy-to-use and comes with 36 different dimensions, acceleration, temperature, speed/velocity, volume, cooking, radiation,weight/mass, luminance etc. Each dimension has a From Unit and To Unit. The From and To Unit both consist of drop-down menus that offer users with multiple units. For instance, if you want to convert a value from mile per hour to foot per second, simply click speed/velocity and set the From and To units from the drop-down menu, enter the value, and results will be automatically displayed. Read More

SmoothDraw: Digital Painter With Adobe Photoshop Like Layers Support

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Do you like the work of great artists such as Picassa or Leonardo Da Vinci, and numerous others that would depict the whole world in their masterful work? With computer applications available today, anyone can draw beautiful looking canvases (not to the likes of those historical geniuses of course, though). Last year, we covered an open source application for digital painters called MyPaint, which provides users with various options to create a digital painting that resembles work on a real-life canvas. Today, we've stumbled upon yet another marvelous and simple drawing tool for Windows, namely SmoothDraw. The application offers a whole lot of tools that anyone would require to draw, well, anything. It contains multiple brushes and effects, and there is also layer support. Unlike MyPaint, it has a great deal of brushes such as Leaky Pen, Dry Media, Fine Spray, Water Color, Hatch Brush, Clone Brush etc. You can apply effects to entire picture or add separate layers including Brightness, Controls, Colorize, Gamma, Blur, Sharpen etc,. to make images look as you want. More details about SmoothDraw after the break. Read More

ImageGlass: Feature-Rich Alternative To Default Windows Photo Viewer

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One of the most fun things to do on your computer is to view your image collection. I have plenty of snaps stored on my PC, which i clicked from time to time, and often love to deja-vu those old memories by viewing these photos. However, personally, I feel the default Windows 7 Photo Viewer s not up to the mark and lags a bit when quickly switching between images. This can be especially annoying when you are trying to locate an image by browsing through a whole album. Other than that, the default viewer also doesn’t support GIF images ( i mean seriously?), and you need either a third party app or a browser to open a GIF image. Since i have quite a lot images in GIF extension, i was looking for some decent image viewer that suffice the job. And then i stumbled upon Image Glass, which seems to have some potential. It is an open source application that is designed as an alternative to the default Windows Photo Viewer of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The image viewer supports all popular image formats, including GIF, has slide show support, and loads images faster than Microsoft Photo Viewer, thanks to its Image Booster features which uses Random Access Memory (RAM) to boost up image loading. Moreover, it has a built-in image converter to change image extensions without using an external application. Read on to find out more about ImageGlass. Read More

GIFDroid: Create HQ GIF Animations From Videos On The Go [Android]

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With the previously reviewed photo-editing app, Gifinator, we saw an extremely simple and fun method of generating quality GIF animations from captured images via your Android’s camera. Although, at the time of release, said app was amongst the very first apps of its kind in the Android Market, it lacked support for extracting GIF images from videos. This is where GIFDroid steps in. Fresh to the Market, GIFDroid lets you easily and instantly extract high quality GIF animations at your desired image preferences from existing or freshly recorded videos. All you need to follow is a couple of simplest of the steps, and bam! Your fantastic stop-motion animations are ready. Apart from storing these GIF images on your device, the app also lets you share them with your friends on the go. Read More

NBA Pro ’12: Get Live NBA Scores, Team News & Play Fantasy Prediction

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If you have a Windows Phone 7 device, and you are a sports fan, then it is likely that you are aware of the app named NFL Pro ‘12. That app brought everything related to NFL on your Windows Phone. If you loved NFL Pro, then here is the good news. The developers of that app have released a pretty similar app for basketball fans, titled NBA Pro ‘12. Now that the season is finally underway after the lockdown, this app will be all you need while you are watching your favorites team fight it out on the courts. Read More

Access Chrome’s Recent History, Closed Tabs & Bookmarks From Omnibar

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Recent History, a Chrome extension, displays your Recent History, Recently Closed Tabs, Most Visited Items and Recent Bookmarks in a one-click pop-up. Recent History provides users with a better history manager, and comes with an extensive list of options. You can change the number of items displayed in the pop-up, the pop-up icon, width and theme from options. Recent History lets you view recent history, recently closed tabs and bookmarks right in your browser, without having you to navigate to the full history page. You can also share, pin and delete individual items from this very useful pop-up. Read More

Mindful: View The Day’s iCal Events & Reminders On Desktop [Mac]

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For many Mac users, iCal is their number one to-do list manager. The native calendar app is definitely feature rich, and beats having to pay for third party apps that might actually suck. While it is great for managing events, reminders and even multiple calendars, it doesn’t give you a lot of ease when it comes to easily viewing your tasks for the day. Mindful is a Mac app available for $1.99 in the Mac app store that displays all events and reminders for the day in a simple timeline. The reminders and events are shown by the hour they are scheduled for, and an active Now line highlights the current hour of the day, so you can see which of your events have passed. Read More

HopStop: Get Directions, Nearest Bus/Subway Info & Plan Trips On WP7

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Travelling in big cities can be a nightmare for a new visitor. If you are a tourist, things sure are tough, but even if you live somewhere like New York, commuting from home to work is never easy. With the advent of smartphones, things have become a lot easier, as you can take a look at maps anywhere you want, but still, using a map isn’t as easy as getting nicely written, easily comprehensible directions. HopStop is an app for Windows Phone 7, using which, you can get all the data you need to get through your day. Read on to learn how this app can prove to be the perfect navigation tool for everyday use. Read More

TuneSync HomeStream: Stream iTunes Playlists & Songs From Desktop To Android

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Looking for a way to remotely stream iTunes music and playlists from your PC or Mac to your Android device? Try TuneSync HomeStream. The app lets you remotely stream your iTunes library from your desktop to your Android device through a desktop server application, sports an elegant interface and a nifty little built-in music player. The only requirement is that your device and computer should be sharing the same Wi-Fi network. Read More

Monitor & Export Registry Changes Made By A Process Using RegFromApp

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Windows Registry is an operating system database that stores the configuration settings in Windows. It contains settings for operating system components, as well as information about hardware. In fact, every application you install on your PC, gets registered in the registry. Just like you'd keep a written record of your finances on a physical register, Windows registry works pretty much the same. Sometimes, you need check certain changes they may have been made to the registry, such as an infected file or a malfunctioning file.  RegFromApp is a portable application for Windows that may help you in this very task. Developed by NirSoft, the application monitors the changes made to registry by any selected application. Should you unaware of NirSoft, the company originated from its original developer Nir Sofer, an active Windows developer.  RegFromApp allows you to create a standard RegEdit registration file that includes all the changes made by the chosen application. The changes are saved in a standard Window Registry File (REG), that can be used to import/export the changes to another system. Read past the jump for more details and screenshots. Read More

Diagnosis: Monitor Real-Time Resource Usage By Individual Android Apps

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There are lots of system and activity monitoring apps in the Android Market, such as Cool Tool, Elixir 2 and Android System Info, but not all display real-time statistics pertaining to consumption of various system resources by individual apps, and that too via a customizable, persistent on-screen panel. Enter Diagnosis; developed by XDA member Dark3n, Diagnosis helps you find exactly how much system and network resources are being consumed by the operating system in general, and each running app. In addition, the app keeps a close tab on all the core components of your Android device, including battery, CPU, memory, network traffic and apps, maintains a statistical usage history of each, and provides you with a chance to customize and select from as many as ten different styles for the on-screen panel. Read More

Search Multiple Engines & Services via Context Menu & Omnibar [Chrome]

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Google is without doubt the best search engine there is but that doesn't mean bing and Yahoo can be discarded completely. For those who prefer being thorough, Multi Search, a Chrome extension, lets you search for keywords on multiple search engines via the right-click context menu and the Omnibar. It comes with an extensive list of search engines, which allows you to search for keywords with only a click or two, and you can easily customize the context menu by adding your desired search engines. Furthermore, it gives users the ability to synchronize and import/export settings to other browsers and computers. Once you're done with the settings, simply highlight keywords and choose a search engine from the context menu to carry out your search. Also, the Ominobar can be used as an alternative to the right-click context menu. Read More

No Touch: Prevent Accidental Touches While Watching Movies Or Reading [Android]

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Annoyed by those accidental touches on your Android device's screen that halt your progress while enjoying videos/movies, playing motion sensor-based games, or while wiping dust off it? If your answer is yes, then what you need is No Touch, a free Android app that allows you to block control through touch. The app sports multiple ways to help you prevent triggering controls via accidental touches, the simplest of them all being a tiny little button at the bottom-right of the screen that can be tapped to toggle between blocking and unblocking. Read More

Splashtop Remote Desktop For Android Available For Free On GetJar

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Originally priced at $9.99, and currently at $4.99 in the Android Market as a holiday gift, the official Android client of one of the best cross-platform remote desktop applications, Splashtop Remote Desktop, is now available absolutely free of cost on both GetJar and the Amazon Appstore. Using the app, you can remotely access and control your entire computer, whether PC or Mac, complete with high quality display and audio stream, right from your Android device. The remote control mechanism takes place over a commonly shared Wi-Fi connection, can be secured using an user-defined password, and involves a desktop client (Splashtop Streamer) in between, which helps establish a successful connection between your device and the computer. Read More

Shut Up: Toggle Comments On/Off On All Popular Websites [Chrome]

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Comments can be both useful or an absolute waste of the internet space. It’s mostly unmoderated forums and websites where you can see useless comments festering and no matter how much you try and keep yourself from reading the random jokes, innuendoes, or the fights, it’s often hard to stop reading. These comments, found across some very popular websites, are purposeless and can be a source of distraction, or even annoying for some users. If this is the case, and if you prefer a clutter free interface without the comments section, then Shut Up is a Google Chrome extension that can be of great help. This extension elegantly removes the comments section, and hides them by default, while letting you turn them on when you feel like reading them. Shut Up remembers all those websites where you turn on comments, and shows them the next time you visit the same site. Read More

EaseUs Todo Backup Now With Centralized Management & GPT Disk Support

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In 2009, we reviewed EaseUs Todo Backup, and later covered the updated version 3.0, which introduced differential disk and file backups. Recently, this backup tool received another update. Version 4 of EaseUs Todo Backup has come with a number of new features, including a more compact interface, support for GPT disks, and an easy management console for managing multiple installations of EaseUS Todo Backup clients. Read More

Academic Search For WP7: Find Scholarly Publications & Dissertations

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At some point in our academic or professional career, there is bound to be a need to research a particular topic and find out every useful thing written about it. It might be for a thesis you are writing for your college course, or your boss might want a presentation on something related to your business. Google might be your best friend ordinarily, but for finding something academically credible, you need something more. Google Scholar provides one such platform, and now Windows Phone 7 users have a new option for carrying out their researches. Academic Search is an app developed by the Microsoft Research studio, and it will have you covered in every step of your research. Read More