Yearly Archives: 2012

Best Ways To Send Text & Share Files From Your Mac To Other Devices

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One of the most common ways people send files or text is over email or instant messengers. Messengers are excellent if you’re sending text to someone other than yourself, but if you need to send it to yourself or to another system that you might be using, a messenger might not be the best option. As far as sending files to yourself is concerned, you almost always email them. In both scenarios, you’re emailing files because you want them on a different system, but you’re achieving that at the expense of cluttering your email inbox. Here are a few methods where you can send files and text from Mac to any device, i.e., Android, iPhone, iPad, another Mac or a Windows PC. Read More

jetAudio Brings Powerful & Customizable Music Playback To Android

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When talking of some of the most feature-rich and widely-used desktop audio players, jetAudio undoubtedly ranks very high on the list. If you’re an Android user, you’d be thrilled to know that Cowon, the company behind jetAudio, has just rolled out the Android variant of jetAudio in the Google Play Store, and it looks quite a handy prospect. Laced with a rather extensive set of features, and supporting almost every known audio file format (including MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, MPC, TTA, WV, APE, MOD, SPX, AIFF), jetAudio vows to be the one-stop shop for all your audio playback needs. The main interface of the app follow a simple design, and presents you with the option to explore your music tracks by artists, albums, songs, folder and playlists. The interface of the music player itself is arguably one of the best and most user-friendly that we’ve seen on an Android device. Read More

Webmailer: Redirect All Mailto: Links To Open In Default Browser [Mac]

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A while back, we reviewed RCDefaultApp, a Mac preference pane that makes it easy to set default apps in your Mac. The only slight shortcoming with the pane was that it wasn’t developed for Lion and might act a little glitchy. Webmailer is a free Mac preference pane that helps you redirect mailto: links to your web browser or any other app that you would like to handle all your email through. This is built specifically if you aren’t a fan of Mail and would love a different way to handle emails. The preference pane handles mailto: links that originate in a third party app, and redirects them to the app you want (like your browser). Read More

DeskNotifier Forwards Notifications From All Android Apps To Your PC

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Android apps that support pushing your mobile notifications straight to your computer are a dime a dozen in the Google Play Store. However, if most of the already tried-and-tested ones left you yearning for a simple and more comprehensive solution, you should consider giving DeskNotifier a try. Developed by XDA Member greenday123, DeskNotifier is a lightweight, yet handy app that pushes almost all types of Android notifications to your PC over Wi-Fi as well as USB connections. Be it the missed calls, new next messages, updates from the Google Play Store, or any notifications from various apps, DeskNotifier supports pushing all of them straight to your Windows-based computer via translucent popup messages. In addition, it also lets you send text messages to desired contacts right from your desktop. Read More

Get A Slick New Tab Page With A News Feed & Built-In Translator [Chrome]

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Chrome has a simple yet functional new tab page; you have speed dial, the bookmarks bar and a second page dedicated to Chrome apps. Despite the presence of this basic functionality, you will often come across extensions that allow you to change how the new tab page looks and works. Most extensions make use of the information that the browser already collects and display them in a more user friendly way while others add some extra features as well. New Tab Feeder is a Chrome extension that modifies the new tab page; in addition to sprucing up the appearance of speed dial and giving you better control over which sites are saved to it; it also lets you view news feed from select sites, translate text right from the new tab, take screenshots and upload them online, and customize the new tab page background. Read More

Firewall App Blocker : Add Applications To Firewall Block List via Drag & Drop

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Windows Firewall is a vital system security and packet filtering component of Windows. This celestial feature enables users to create inbound and outbound data traffic rules to protect their PCs and network from malicious external sources, such as trojans, viruses, and hack attacks. The major function of Windows Firewall is to restrict third-party applications from sending and receiving data to unauthorized users/apps. Firewall generally automatically identifies trusted sources and adds an exceptions. Likewise, if a software seems fishy, it asks you about manually granting or blocking the permission. However, the Windows Firewall is not utilized up to its full potential by most users because it seems a bit tedious to configure and unleash its prowess. Most casual users cannot get the hang of its inbound and outbound rules. Back in 2008, we brought you a detailed guide on How to Create Exceptions in Windows 7/ Vista Firewall. Today, we have an application for Windows, which might provide an alternative and easier solution. It is called Firewall App Blocker, and allows you to add applications to the Windows Firewall block list via simple drag and drop operation. In addition, the application lets you set Windows Firewall policies by providing you with easy access to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security dialog box. Read More

Pinterest-Like Visual Search Engine For eBay, Amazon, & Shopstyle, Viewer For Instagram [Web]

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Pinterest has gained immense popularity over the past few months, and it seems they are actually going to bring a new trend among social media users. Only a few days ago, we covered Searchgonzo, a Pinterest-like product discovery engine. 5th village is a similar web application that is geared towards shopaholics, letting them search and explore products from popular online shopping services such as eBay, Amazon and ShopStyle. Additionally, it allows you view and filter Instagram images by tags and even lets you sign into your account. With it, you can browse thousands of pins to find the perfect style, product, image and more. The slick tool lets you choose categories from a pull down menu displayed at the top of the page. When an image is clicked, the service automatically redirects you to the product’s website, so you can purchase it or view further details, such as price, time left etc. Read More

ContLab Is A Comprehensive General-Purpose Workflow Manager

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ContLab is a free business organizer for Windows that is currently still in its beta stages. Nevertheless, it shows promise of being a reliable tool for business enthusiasts who have trouble keeping records of their projects, contacts, agendas, reports and accounts. Also, the application comes packed with networking feature, which allows you to run the application from the server, so that all connected computers can easily use different features of the application from one central location. Details to follow after the jump. Read More

Recover Lost Disk Partitions & Deleted Data Using Eassos Recovery

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It happens quite so often that we accidentally delete files from the computer that we did not mean to. For this reason, it's highly advisable to create backup of your important files. In the past, we have covered some great backup and restore tools, which allow you to easily create backups of important files and folders and recover them later in case the original ones get deleted. However, if you're not among those who regularly backup their important data, and have accidentally deleted some critical files, you can use file recovery utility. The file recovery applications are designed to recover deleted files and folders. You may know that whenever you delete a file from a storage device, only the reference to the file's data in File Allocation Table is deleted, and unless more data is written over it, the content is not erased from the disk. That's the reason why the deleted data can be recovered. Today, we have a file recovery application for Windows called Eassos Recovery, which provides you with a step by step wizard to recover files, lost partitions, disks and data deleted from the Recycle Bin. Details to follow after the break. Read More

days For iPhone & iPad Reminds You Of & Counts Down To The Days Left To Any Event

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days is a reminders app for iOS, but there are a lot of those already out there, aren't there? So, what makes it special when there are thousands of other to-do apps in the App Store, and since iDevices even have a stock Reminders app that is pretty good. days is different from all these owing to the fact that it doesn’t remind you of your tasks just at the eleventh hour, it builds up to each event, counting down the number of days to go. It is also a useful app if you want to quickly calculate the exact age of any event or person, and the app certainly has the potential of becoming your default to-do list. Read More

Mehdoh Is Arguably The Best Free Twitter & Instagram Client For WP7

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Facebook might be the most popular social network in the world, but when it comes to Windows Phone 7, developers seem to favor Twitter more than Facebook. The best thing about most of the Twitter clients available for the Mango platform is the quality of these apps. Most of them are good enough to give the official Twitter app a run for its money, and some even surpass it. Mehdoh is one such app, which comes with some pretty distinguishing features. The app has been around in the Marketplace for a long time, but its latest update might have made it the most comprehensive Twitter app out there. Not only can you use Mehdoh to tweet, the app will also let you link your Instagram account with it! Doesn’t that sound amazing? Read on for more. Read More

Soft4Boost Update Checker : Get Alerts When Installed Applications’ Updates Are Released

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Most Windows (in fact, almost all OS platforms') applications are designed to automatically update themselves to the latest available versions. This, however, isn’t true for every program, as a few of them require your utmost attention to manually install their newer versions. There are many standalone applications available out there that are specifically developed to keep an eye on all installed programs on your PC and automatically notify you if a latest version gets released, for instance the ever-popular Ninite (reviewed here). Recently, we stumbled across another such utility called Soft4Boost Update Checker. This minuscule application sits in your system tray and keeps track of the latest versions of the installed programs, albeit it doesn’t update any program rather just notifies you if an update of installed application is released. In addition, it supports a number of different applications and during testing it did notify us about the latest version release of some outdated programs. Details after the jump. Read More

Convert iOS 5.1.1 Thethered Jailbreak To Untethered With Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether [Cydia]

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It’s been a wonderful day for iOS jailbreakers across the globe, as today’s Absinthe 2.0 update brought untethered jailbreak for almost all iOS 5.1.1 devices, including the A5 iPhone 4S and iPad 2, and A5X sporting iPad 3 (the new version). You may even check our iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak guides for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S here, and here for the new iPad. However, there had been the A4 devices, too, that already had a jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, albeit a tethered one. If you have an iPhone/iPod touch that was tethered jailbroken on iOS 5.1.1 until now, good news awaits, for Chronic Dev Team has released the Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether package in Cydia to get you the untethered status right away! Read past the jump for details. Read More

Get Untethered Jailbreak On iPhone 4/4S & iPod Touch Running iOS 5.1.1 Using Absinthe 2.0

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The wait is finally over, and it's about time you stop seeing that red sign in the Cydia store, warning you against updating to iOS 5.1. The Greenpois0n team has just released the much-anticipated untethered jailbreak for all devices running iOS 5.1 or later, and that includes A5 devices as well! No matter if you have an iPod touch, the 3rd generation iPad, or the latest iPhone, Absinthe 2.0 has got you covered. The tool is truly the most convenient method of jailbreaking that has ever been released. You just have to run a program on your PC, Mac or Linux, and that’s all! Head past the break for further details. Read More

How To Jailbreak New iPad 3 (A5X) On iOS 5.1.1 via Absinthe 2.0

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All the speculation regarding the elusive iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak has finally come to an end, with the just-released update to Chronic Dev Team’s famous Absinthe tool, pushing it up to version 2.0. With the latest release of the popular jailbreak tool, support for untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak has been added for all the current devices capable of running the new OS, including the new A5X iPad (or the iPad 3, as some call it). The following post will guide you on how to jailbreak your new iPad on iOS 5.1.1 using Absinthe 2.0. Read More

How To Permanently Delete A Single File From Mac Using Terminal [Tip]

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A very basic thing to do, but still not commonly known, is how to delete a single file permanently from your Mac. Moving a file to Trash means it’s still there and can be restored any time, not to mention eating up precious space. The slight problem with Trash is that if you want to remove a particular file from it, i.e., permanently delete it, you have to remove all of them. In the event you have just a single file to remove (wipe permanently off the face of your hard drive and the earth itself), you go to the Terminal and execute the simplest of commands. Read More

inFocus.cc Lets You Share A Webpage With A Certain Portion Highlighted [Web]

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Normally, we share full website URLs with friends even when we want them to see a particular image, link or paragraph on the page. Not only do we have to send them the link, but we also have to describe the particular content in detail, so they know exactly where to look. inFocus.cc is a free web application that solves this very common problem by letting you easily highlight a certain part of a website and get a shareable URL for the resulting screenshot. The app offers users with a bookmarklet, as well as a Chrome extension. To start off, all you have to do is click the bookmarklet or the button in the toolbar and a highlight box will pop up, letting you focus on your desired content. Once you have made your selection, you can then hit the Copy URL button to get the URL address that you want to share with others.

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Remove All Windows System Tray Icons Left By Uninstalled Applications

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I'm seeing system tray area in Windows for as long as I started using Windows 95 (it may dates back to further than that). Often, when you install a new software, it adds a notification icon to the system tray. This system tray icon helps users easily select and use the program options as well as provide quick access to different application settings. When you for example uninstall the software, the icon is automatically removed from the system tray. However, sometimes Windows native application uninstaller fails to delete the past notifications. Only because you cannot see it in the system tray does not mean that it is not there anymore. System tray is set to  show the currently active icons by default, but the non-active icons are not always deleted even after uninstalling the software. To cope with that, we can use a few third party solutions to get rid of these items. Previously, we covered a tool called Tray Cleaner, which allows you to clear the extra items in the notification area. If, for some reason, Tray Cleaner does not work for you, you can use Notification Area Cleaner instead. It is a portable application for Windows that lets you delete unwanted notification icons in Windows 7. The program is very simple and does not involve playing with any sophisticated settings. Keep reading for a detailed review of the app, including a few screenshots. Read More

25Trends Provides A Visual Representation Of Twitter Trends, Top Links & Tweets [Web]

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25trends is a Twitter analytics tool that provides you with real-time information for trending topics, top links and top tweets, along with percentages for different types of moods. With it, you can quickly find out not just what people are talking about, but also how they feel about that particular topic in form of percentages for different mood types, such as Positive, Negative and Neutral. The service searches Twitter for you, analyzes and aggregates key terms, links and tags. and gives you a neat visualization with links to the related tweets. With 25Trends, you can find out about various popular places, people, products and more. The service comes with a basic-looking interface, which is quite easy-to-use; all you have to do is type a name or topic of your interest and you will be able to browse through Trending Topics, Top Tweets and Top Links for those keywords, and view the related links directly on Twitter. Read More

Conloco: Batch-Download & Install Free Software And Check For Updates

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How often do you have to reinstall your Windows OS? Being a reviewer, for me,  it’s one of those tasks that I frequently need to perform. If you're like me, who must have to go through the process of downloading and installing all your favorite applications and system utilities, from scratch, whenever Windows gets reinstalled - you must have an idea about this whole painstaking procedure. Wouldn’t it be more convenient, if you could download and install most of the frequently used applications at one go and all from a single place? Luckily Conloco is an answer. It's an open-source program, which is designed to keep an eye on latest (and most popular) free software, displaying a catalog from wherein you can download them in batch. In addition, it also keeps a check on latest software updates and notifies you if a newer version of the program is available – thus saving you the headache of manually updating each program. Details to follow after the jump. Read More