Yearly Archives: 2012

Didit! For Android Is Clear For iPhone Plus Customization & A Few More Features

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Just recently, we covered a gesture-based to-do list Android app called Koalcat’s Clear whose interface and functionality seemed to have been inspired from (or rather, were spitting image of) the popular Clear for iPhone, which displays tasks in a thermal heat map of sorts, depicting their priority. Being an exact replica of the app, Koalcat’s Clear had to face some severe criticism from users of Google’s rival mobile OS. While sticking to the app is no crime whatsoever, if you want a better, more original and slightly more customizable solution, check out Didit! – a free to-do list manager for Android that sports the same gesture-based and heat map-like UI. However, the originality of Didit! lies in a couple of its very own features. These include the option to list your tasks under multiple user-created lists, facility to have your lists and underlying tasks sorted in multiple ways, and on top of all that, the option to select from various colorful themes to make task management a little less boring. Read More

Lost Phones & Personal Information: Precautions & Recovery [Guide]

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Things were a lot simpler and safer back when the mobile phone technology was new, and in use by only a few people. Then came the SMS, which was then followed by making internet access available on these mobile handsets. Today, over 45% of the world's population is covered by a 3G mobile network, while countries, such as Norway, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States are already moving to 4G networks. Over 90% of the worlds population is covered by 2G networks, supporting GPRS and EDGE. Point being, with the rise in demand and supply of smartphones, and with these devices slowly becoming affordable as well, more and more people are increasingly connecting to the internet everyday and communicating very sensitive information at times. With this need, and at times, the urge to stay connected, our mobile phones today carry more than just our phonebook and texts. Read More

10 Mac OS X Beginner Tips For Finder, Menu Bar, Context Menu & Navigation

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We regularly cover tips for Mac, but not all of them are ones that might be handy for the average user. Their needs are simple, and they don’t often have to foray into a Terminal window. It’s precisely why you’ll often find apps that do very little but carry a price tag. Apps like this can be avoided by most people, provided they are ready to venture tweaking the Terminal occasionally. If you’re looking to start out with a few minor tweaks on your Mac, here are ten that might not only be extremely useful, but might just get you hooked to getting a few things done via the Terminal. Read More

Replace YouTube Video Comments With Those From Facebook [Chrome]

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YouTube is great for watching videos and listening to music, but the comments left on videos are often profane, impossible to understand or cat fights in the making. This is probably why so many users now hide or disable comments on videos. Facebook YouTube Comment is a Chrome extension that takes a different approach towards comments posted on YouTube videos; instead of removing them, the extension replaces them with comments from Facebook. While Facebook comments aren’t the most intellectual conversation you can find online, they are, nevertheless, better than the ones on YouTube. With this extension, you will be able to actually enjoy reading comments on YouTube videos. It adds comments from users all around the world, which connects you with the great videos talked about on Facebook, making it possible for you to see what people on Facebook are talking about. Read More

Save & Send Multiple Tabs To Any Email Address [Chrome]

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There are many extensions out there that allow you save or bookmark all your open tabs, so you can access them at a later time, but Save & Email My Tabs offers something more. This Chrome extension, as the name implies, lets you enter an email ID in a pop-up, so you can send a bunch of tabs with only a click or two. Normally, you would have to open your email in a new tab, sign in, and then copy-paste the entire list of links, which not only requires unnecessary steps, but can also be quite complex. Save & Email My Tabs is a one-click solution to what would normally take a little time to accomplish. While it may not be for everybody, it's a really great extension if you keep a lot of tabs open and often want to send large amounts of content to someone else. Read More

CapShare: Instantly Share Screenshots Or Stored Images On Facebook

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There are tons of different tools available that let you capture screenshots of your computer screen, and we have also covered quite a lot of them from time to time. The most popular ones contain plethora of features (even a few unnecessary ones, yup!) such as Greenshot, Shotty and LiveCapture etc., but they still lack one major option, i.e. sharing captured screens directly on Facebook. Well don't worry though as CapShare can do that for you. It is a lightweight screen capturing tool that aims to fill that gap by capturing screenshots and uploading on the social network giant. It not only lets you to capture any part of your screen and share it on Facebook, but you can also upload any image file which is stored on your computer, instantly. It makes it quite easy to share images with your Facebook friends. Read past the jump for more details. Read More

TweakNow HD-Analyzer: Scan Drives/Folders To Find Their Reserved Space

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Hard disk drives are getting bigger and better with time, as manufacturers are finding innovative ways to pack in more data space while maintaining compact designs. Due to this fact, drives over a terabyte have become pretty much a standard now. However, with so much given space, data files are also becoming larger in size, taking more and more space, and sooner or later you may have to delete a few files to make room for new ones. One of the most cumbersome task though is to analyze your hard drive to find which files are taking the most space and where are they located, as some people have a habit of storing files randomly on their computers. TweakNow HD-Analyzer is a free tool that lets you scan your drives or any folder to find how much space is being used by each containing folder and files. This process makes it quite easy and quick to examine your disk drives. The application has a user-friendly interface, and offers a pretty good number of options. Read More

Stream & Purchase MP3 Songs On Your WP7 Using The Official 7digital App

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There aren’t many services for Windows Phone 7 that have the potential to challenge the Zune music store, as for now, it remains the the number one place to purchase music if you have a Mango phone. When you look online, or even on other smartphone platforms, there are many stores which offer MP3 purchases. Not the least popular among these stores is 7digital. The service offers MP3 songs, albums and artist collections at pretty decent prices, and thankfully, they have now released their official WP7 client. Mango users have finally got a good alternative to the Zune store (not that it isn’t good in its own right). What’s more, the 7digital app comes with a music player of its own (background play is supported, of course) and will let you stream all of the songs, so you can get a preview before spending any money. If you are already a 7digital user, the app holds even more charm, and you can find out about that by heading past the break. Read More

Lumia Highlights: Get Tips, Tricks & Tutorials For Nokia Windows Phone

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Before the Lumia series was released, many people were calling it Windows Phone 7’s last hope. Although this is something of an exaggeration, as things weren’t that bad for the Mango phone, it is still nice to see how popular Nokia Windows Phone devices have become. The increase in any platform’s popularity always means one thing - there are a lot of new WP7 users, and many of them have never used a smartphone before. If you have been using WP7 for a considerably long time, you might be used to the workings of the Mango platform, but things can seem tricky for a lot of new users. Just a few days back, I had to explain to one of our readers, in great detail, the method for transferring songs to the device via Zune. Keeping such new users in mind, Nokia has launched a help app (much like Microsoft’s official Help+How-to) named Lumia Highlights. Even for experienced WP7 users, the app holds the charm of coming up with some really cool tips every once in a while. Read on to learn more. Read More

[Giveaway] CopyLess For Mac: Manage & View Clipboard Content By App

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Clipboard managers aren’t hard to find, and they are extremely useful since they let you get a whole lot more out of your default clipboard. Most clipboard managers focus on text snippets and there are few that will allow you to copy images and more. CopyLess is a Mac app worth $4.99 in the Mac App Store that extends your clipboard up to 100 items, lets you copy items in just about every format supported by Mac OS X and filters your snippets by the app they were copied from. Additionally, the app lets you favorite snippets that can be pasted using a custom shortcut, paste the last ten snippets via keyboard shortcut and wipe any text clean of its formatting before pasting it. Read More

Mention: Monitor Web Activity For A Brand/Company Name Or Keyword

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Have you ever wondered what other people have been thinking or saying about you, your company or your favorite brand on the internet? Mention is a free online service that lets you add all types of alerts that you want to be informed about. It has been designed to gather your mentions (specified keywords) from all over the web including social networks (Facebook, Twitter etc), forums, blogs, news sites, video & image sharing platforms and whatnot, and present them in form of feeds. It automatically organizes all the gathered information into feeds, letting you easily read and navigate through the sources, where your mentions were collected from. Apart from Mention desktop client, you can also choose to configure its web application to monitor your mentions' (specified keywords) usage from your favorite browser. Read More

How To Hide Specific Windows 8 Control Panel Tools Or Applets [Tip]

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Windows 8, just like previous versions of Windows, displays all the installed system tools and default applets in Control Panel, and doesn’t provide a convenient option for system administrator to hide/remove Control Panel applets for standard users. Although Windows implements strict security policies to prevent standard and guest users from gaining access to system utilities and changing default settings, it doesn’t secure some Control Panel applets, which can be used to make system-wide level changes. For instance, Windows native uninstaller may be used to uninstall almost any application or system program. Likewise, Personalization applet can be used to modify default Window Aero theme file. In this post, we will use Local Group Policy Editor to hide some Control Panel applets from Windows 8 Control Panel. This will hide all the specified tools from Control Panel, restricting standard and guest from accessing them. Read More

LINE Camera For Android: Photo Styling App With Countless Brushes, Stickers, Fonts & Effects

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Even before photo-editing and sharing sensation Instagram hit the Google Play Store, there were plenty of other wonderful apps that allowed Android users to embellish their photos with filters, stickers, brushes, font styles, badges, borders and what not. No matter how saturated the photography genre of the Google Play Store may have become, there is always a new contender that catches the attention of users with something unique, or an insane amount of features. One fine example of photo editors that offer the latter is LINE Camera, a new addition to the store. While the purpose of LINE Camera is pretty much the same as any other app from its genre, the overwhelming number of different options that it contains is what makes it special; that and the ease with which it lets you use them to spruce up your photos. You have the choice of working on a fresh image, or importing one from your device’s gallery, and once you’re done editing, you can share the photos across a plethora of social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Cyworld and more. Update: You can now grab the app for iPhone as well. A link to its iTunes App Store page has been added at the end of this review. Read More

Ivy FM: Discover Great Music By Genre, Get Artist Info & Bio [Web]

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Bored of listening to the same kind of music everyday, and want to experience something new and different? Ivy FM is a cool web application that lets you sit back, relax and enjoy non-stop music from popular artists from all over the world, without any ads or commercials. The service allows you to switch between different genres and skip through unlimited tracks. You will notice that Ivy FM does not have the usual list of artists or tracks, but offers you with something unique and interesting. Not only does the service let you listen to music and watch videos, but also learn about artists by displaying info and Top albums for each. With it, you will be able to discover and enjoy new music every day. Read More

CloudMagic: Unified Real-Time Search For Twitter, Gmail, Contacts, Google Docs & More [Extension]

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CloudMagic is a Chrome and Firefox extension that lets you search across multiple services, such as Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Docs, Twitter and more. The extension lets you speedily search all your registered services and presents unified results. It also offers instant email message previews, as well as drag-and-drop feature for search results. CloudMagic lists relevant tweets, emails, docs, calendar events and contacts instantly as you type, and works across multiple services. Moreover, the Quick Preview feature allows you to quickly view and copy data from existing emails while composing new ones. The extension is easy-to-use and integrates seamlessly with your Gmail and Twitter interface. Read More

Birthday Calendar: Get Alerts For Facebook Friends’ Birthdays & Schedule Wishes For Them [Android]

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If you belong to a social circle where forgetting your friends’ birthdays is considered to be no less than an unforgivable crime, and yet, you repeatedly fail to keep track of all those dates, then you should try Birthday Calendar for Android . Birthday Calendar focuses solely on helping you with staying in touch with your Facebook friends’ birthdays. Once configured, the app lists all your Facebook friends’ birthdays that are falling anywhere within the next 30 days on the calendar. Apart from that, the app displays the exact age that a friend will turn on his/her birthday, and the number of days/hours left before you can start congratulating and celebrating with them. That’s not all; there is also an option to create a custom birthday greeting that the app automatically posts to your friends’ Facebook Timelines at midnight on their birthdays. Read More

View Track & Artist Notification On iTunes Dock Icon In Mac [Tip]

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You would have undoubtedly come across a lot of apps that allow you to control iTunes from the Menu bar, and we’ve certainly covered our fair share of them. What most of these apps have in common, is that the ones displaying the song & artist name on the menu bar either do so as ticker, or take up a lot of space on the bar itself. As far as seeing the which song is playing goes, this simple tip lets you view the name of the song and the artist on the iTunes Dock icon. Somewhat similar to viewing the number of unread messages on the Mail icon, this little tweak will show a small popup whenever the song changes, and splash the name of the one that is currently playing. Read More

Flashify: Quickly Switch From Chrome To Another Browser To View Flash Content [Android]

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Chrome for Android debuted in February this year, and has since been lauded by many as the best Android web browser in the Google Play Store courtesy of its highly innovative and extensive set of features. True, it is still only available to the tiny portion of Android users rocking Ice Cream Sandwich or higher on their devices, but as Google’s latest OS expands its reach to more and more devices, and developers strive harder to create ICS-based custom ROMs, the browser might grow to become the default web browser for a vast majority of users. Though, when that happens, one gripe that we are most certain to hear is the browser’s lack of support for Flash. This brings us to the question at hand: how to enjoy Flash content on your Android phone while using Chrome as your default web browser? Nightshade Labs seem to have come up with a rather effective solution in the form of Flashify. Read More

Bing Desktop: Daily Change Your Desktop Wallpaper To Bing Homepage

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While some people like to keep a single wallpaper or a set of wallpapers as their desktop background, others like to keep changing their wallpaper to new, unseen ones. Wallpapers help you in two simply ways. First, they provide aesthetics and secondly, they set your mood according to whats you're doing. I have always emphasized on the importance of wallpapers to one's everyday computer work. While Windows stock wallpaper application pretty much does the job in changing (and even automating) wallpapers, there are various third-party tools that offer much more. Previously, we have covered some good wallpaper changing applications that automatically decorate your desktop background everyday, or after a specified time, such as Kuvva, an application that automates the process of searching for wallpapers and changing them each day on your computer as well as your Twitter account, and Color Desker, that refreshes your desktop background after a specified time interval. Recently, Microsoft released a similar application called Bing Desktop based on their Bing search engine. This miniscule tool automatically applies the Bing homepage image to your desktop background each day. Moreover, it provides you with easy access to the Bing search box, letting you search directly from your desktop. Read More

Beem For WP7: Stream Dance, Trance & Techno Music From DI.FM Radio

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A lot of people might disagree, but in my humble opinion Windows Phone 7 has got the best stock music player when it comes to smartphone platforms. However, Android and iOS have the advantage of having a host of third-party apps to replace the stock player, whereas the apps for Mango aren’t as good. Fortunately, WP7’s lack of good apps is being rectified gradually, and the Marketplace has become home to a number of well-developed apps. Beem is one such app that is not a music player, but rather a client for a radio broadcaster, DI.FM. Having said that, the app will let you listen to your favorite music, specially if you are a fan of trance or fast-paced music genres. The interface of the app is really good, and streams songs at a pretty efficient rate. Read More