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Windows 8: Our Detailed Coverage, Everything You Need To Know

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Over the past few months, there has been a lot of buzz about Windows 8, ever since Microsoft initially showcased it last year and released a developer’s preview, which we extensively covered for you. Today, at MWC 2012 in Barcelona, Microsoft is releasing the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 and as always, we will be providing you with an in-depth coverage of everything Microsoft’s latest operating system optimized for both PCs and tablets has to offer. Read More

Save & Restore Google Chrome Tabs & Location/Size Of Windows [Add-in]

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Layout Manager is an extension for Chrome that allows you to save windows layout and set up of tabs, so that you can easily restore them later. It may come useful in situations where you're dealing with a lot of opened tabs and windows, and want to quickly save all the URLs to open them later without having to manually bookmark each web page. Unlike Session Manager (an extension for Google Chrome and Firefox to save sessions of your opened tabs and windows),  it remembers the setup of all opened tabs and Google Chrome windows, including the size and location of the window.  Once the windows setup has been saved, you can restore it with a single click. Read More

Mouse Server: Turn Your Android Device Into A Mouse & Keyboard For Mac

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Earlier this month, we covered Mobile Mouse Server, a Mac app with an iOS client that lets you use your iOS device as a full fledged mouse, keyboard and trackpad. The app also has additional functionality for your browser and dock. The iOS client cost $1.99, but Retato Receiver is a free alternative. Mouse Server is a similar Mac app with an Android client Remote Mouse (both free and paid version available) that lets you turn your Android device into a mouse for your Mac. The app exists as an icon in the menu bar only; however, the Android client features both a keyboard and mouse layout. You can adjust the cursor’s sensitivity and auto connect to your system when the app is launched. A Windows client is also available for the app. Read More

HeliosPaint Is A Multiplatform, Easy-to-Use Image Editing Application

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Even though image editing is a lot of fun, applications like Photoshop, which are both very useful and powerful (of course), have a very high learning curve and one requires a lot of time and effort to master. However, to enjoy editing your favorite images, you don’t have to be a master of such massive applications. If one is creative enough, they can make use of even the simplest of applications and turn simple images into beautiful a work of creativity and art. Apparently, it all revolves around the fact that how you make the best use of a particular software (and your brain). Previously, we have covered some really great image editors for both Windows and Mac, some of which I'd like to name, for instance Artweaver Free, Pix Builder, SharpShot, PhotoFiltre and SketchBook. The only drawback (to a certain extent) I can think of is that all of these applications offer advanced image editing features such as layer, support, wide variety of brushes, effect filters, configurable editing tools, image color settings etc., which not everyone's quite familiar with. If you are looking for an even more simpler solution which can fulfill your basic image editing needs, try HeliosPaint. It is a user friendly image editor that allows you to edit image, drawings and icons. Read More

Completely Manage Google Docs From Windows Using gExplorer

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Google Docs is a web-based office suite and data storage service offered by Google, which allows you to create, edit and store documents on the web while collaborating in real time with multiple users. You are required to start the web service from your browser to access and manage your documents. gExplorer is an application for Windows that allows you to do the same without the need to login to your browser. You can access and completely manage your Google Docs account directly from your Windows, allowing you to save time. Using gExplorer, you can upload/ download files from your Google Docs account, encrypt files before uploading them to your account, manage collections complete with options to create, rename, delete, download and organize them, share files and collections etc. Moreover, owners of an Amazon Kindle can send PDF documents to their device using gExplorer. Continue reading to find out about other features provided by the application. Read More

Tilt-Shift Generator: Achieve Realistic Tilt-Shift Effect On Images

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Tilt-Shift photography is the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras, and the use of tilt for selective focus, for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes, the term is also used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital post processing. Normally, a tilt-shift lens is required to achieve the desired effect optically. This special tilting lens for simulating a macro shot or a miniature scene costs a huge sum of money, and if you don’t have that kind of extra money to spend on it, it is easy to produce the same effect digitally. The great thing about applying the tilt-shift effect using digital post processing is that, neither you lose the quality of an image, nor you gain anything if you use an expensive lens for the job. Artensoft Tilt-Shift Generator is an image editor for Windows that produces convincing, natural looking tilt-shift scenes and works as good as a real lens. Read More

clip.share: Send And Receive Clipboard Text From Mac To Any Device

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Do you rely on a Wi-Fi network to send text from your Mac to your iPhone? Or perhaps on a Bluetooth connection? What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing, if you’ve got an iPhone which is a cinch to connect to your Mac, or you know you will always have access to secure Wi-Fi for sending clipboard text over. Should either of these options ever fail and you need a simple free solution, you have clip.share, a Mac app with clients for Windows PC, Android phones and the iPhone that uses your Google email and the good ole internet to send and receive clipboard text across devices. The app is simple; you sign in and choose which links you want to send. It gives you desktop notifications when a new link is received on your Mac, and gives you Push notifications on your iPhone. Read More

Scup: Cross-Platform Batch Audio Track Uploader For SoundCloud

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Established in 2007, SoundCloud is arguably the most popular online audio distribution platform for collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio content by artists and music promoters. While the web version of the platform is a no brainer for anyone who is familiar with the service, we don’t usually come across a lot of desktop applications catering to SoundCloud. For that reason, when we stumbled across Scup (short for SoundCloud Uploader), we considered it worthy of being taken for a spin. In its essence, Scup is an Adobe AIR-based, cross-platform application that lets you upload multiple tracks to your SoundCloud account and create a set on the fly. The application supports specifying all necessary parameters, such as genre, set and track types, license, record label etc, making your sets ready for publishing in every sense. Read More

Tabs Manager: Group Tabs In Windows By Topics In Tree Structure [Chrome]

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There are many extensions out there that let you manage tabs, but Tabs Manager is a unique tool that groups tabs in windows by topics, in a tree structure. So, whenever you forget tab titles or can’t find the right tab, click the button in the toolbar and access a tree like structure of tabs in a compact pop-up. This Chrome extension also allows you to bookmark all tabs in a window and merge two separate windows by dragging one folder into another. You can easily drag & drop tabs between windows and activate, open in new tab, bookmark and close individual tabs. All these options can be accessed by right-clicking individual tabs. The extension is great for users who work with multiple tabs at the same time, and often find it difficult to remember all open tabs. Read More

History Viewer: Check Browser & Windows’ Activity Of Your PC

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All major browsers have a history pane that allow you to view all the webpages that have been opened on your computer, sometimes even up to a couple of months back. This allows you to locate and access a URL even if you did not/could not bookmark it. Windows also saves history for visited locations, recently opened documents, searched items, Run history, typed paths etc. The problem faced when trying to access the Windows history lies in the fact that there is no central location for  accessing it. History Viewer is an application that allows you to access the history of all your installed browsers and Windows components from a single interface. Moreover, you can create HTML reports of the items included in the history lists. Read on to find out more. Read More

AirForShare: Easy File And Photo Sharing Between Windows, iOS & WP7

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Most people are really put off by the fact that there is no way to easily share files among iOS devices, like Bluetooth file transfer. Same is the case with Windows Phone 7. However, there are ways, using which, you can share files among the devices on these platforms, and even across them. AirForShare provides a free and easy solution for file sharing among iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Windows, WP7 and Android, as long as the devices are on the same network. The service even has a dedicated app for iOS. One of the best things about the app is that you it does not confine you to just a few file formats. You can share photos, audio clips, music and just about any file that is present on your iPhone. There might be similar methods for jailbroken iDevices, but AirForShare is certainly the most convenient one available for users who have non-jailbroken iPhone or unrooted Windows Phone. Read More

InScribe Brings Swype-Like Keyboard To Windows Tablets

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Advancement in technology has led various inventions to emerge from nowhere. One such example is touchscreen phones and an umpteen number of apps available for them (yeah, I'm referring to iOS and Android) . One of the most exhilarating app on Android is Swype Keyboard. When Swype Keyboard came out, it took the Android world by storm. It is an innovation in keyboard technology that allows you to type on your phone’s virtual keyboard without lifting up your finger off the screen for tapping. Just move your finger across the keyboard, from one letter to the next, and the final word will automatically appear on the screen. Even though the developers have remained shy to talk about the techniques used at its back-end, it surely have contributed towards collective jaw-drops. Now with InScribe, Windows users can also enjoy the fluid typing experience that the Swype concept brings, swiping their fingers or mouse across an on-screen keyboard. Even though the application is basically meant for touch screen Windows devices, it can also be used with a mouse. It has different keyboard layouts available to choose from, such as the standard QWERTY, NumberPad only, Email etc. Visual options allow you to change transparency of keyboard, enable highlighting vowels, auto-space on lifting finger, etc. Read more about InScribe after the break. Read More

GlassMyFox Lets You Enable Aero Glass Effects For Firefox

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The Aero Glass effect in Windows 7 and Vista makes window frames look translucent. It’s mostly a cosmetic feature aimed at making the appearance of a window more appealing but it also allows you to see a shadow of which windows are open in the background or the icons on your desktop. GlassMyFox is a Firefox add-on that enhances the Aero effect for all Firefox windows. Provided you already have Aero Glass enabled, this add-on will make menus, toolbars and windows, transparent. The add-on has multiple options for customizing how Firefox looks with the enhanced Aero effects. Summarily, you can select different Aero themes for the tabs in a window, change the appearance of the Firefox button, change what preferences, dialog and bookmarks’ windows appear, customize dropdown menus, toolbar text, the bookmarks and history sidebar text, appearance of buttons in general and set the New Tab page to be translucent. Read More

CoRD: Better Alternative To Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection [Mac]

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Yesterday, we reviewed Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (MRDC), a Mac app that allows you to remotely connect to any Windows PC and access it. One of our readers sounded off in the comments about CoRD, citing it was better than the aforementioned app, and we took a crack at it. CoRD is a free, open source Mac app that allows you to connect with any Windows PC, and is similar in functionality to Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (MRDC). It allows you to control how audio is played, lets you access files on your Mac through the Windows PC you are connected to (without breaking the connection), and control just about everything on it. With both apps being so similar, and with the exact same price (read free), the deal maker for us was how fast the changes made on the other end were reflected on the Mac, and Cord definitely performed better. Granted, there was the minor glitch or two, but the only major inconvenience we faced was that the screen never froze, which was fairly common with Microsoft’s app. Read More

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection: Remotely Access Windows PC On Mac

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Those of you who use Microsoft office on Mac are well aware of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection app that comes bundled with the package. Those of you who don’t use MS Office suite for Mac, but would like to remotely access a Windows PC, you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection is available as a free, standalone download from Microsoft. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (MRDC) allows you to remotely access a windows system on your network. You can access multiple systems at once, along with password protection. Once a remote connection has been established, the app automatically locks the other system down, so that it cannot be accessed. The app is meant only for one way access on the same network. Read More

Get Mac’s Scroll To Navigate Feature In Windows & Other OS [Chrome]

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Want similar mouse gestures for Chrome in Windows as you use to on Mac? Scroll2Navigate, a Chrome extension, allows you to easily navigate through previously viewed pages by adding Mac OS X-like mouse & track pad gestures on Windows and other OS. Once you’ve installed the extension, simply scroll your Magic mouse wheel left or right to navigate between pages, just like what you used to do on Chrome for Mac. It adds mouse gestures for much faster navigation while surfing the internet, and if you're a Mac user, you can also use the magic track pad with two-finger-swipe on Windows. Easily change the Sensitivity and Effective Range settings by accessing the Scroll2Navigate options. Moreover, disable the Scroll2Navigate temporarily by holding the Alt key. Read More

URL Opener Allows You To Open Multiple Links At Once [Web]

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When you have to view multiple pages, or go through a list of URLs for any reason, clicking each link one by one to open them can become quite frustrating, not to mention time consuming. URL Opener is a handy web app that lets you open multiple website links by simply using the copy-paste function. With one click, all links will open in new windows or tabs, decided by your choice. There is no restriction on the number of links that you can open, making it even more convenient. Once you’ve selected your links, just paste them in the box and hit the Open URLs button. Read More

Chrome Speak: Select Text From Any Webpage To Read Out Loud [Chrome]

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Ever got tired of reading long articles and need to give your eyes some rest while feeling the need to stay up-to-date at the same time? Chrome Speak can help. This Google Chrome extension has the ability to convert written text to speech. You can hear your lengthy articles read out loud when you don’t feel like exercising your eyes. Select any text on webpages and the extension will read it out for you. You can change the rate, pitch and volume of the voice. Chrome Speak supports multiple languages and can be used offline as well. Read More

Easily Change Default Browser (Portable Or Installed) In Windows

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Although browsers, like Firefox and Google Chrome, ask users to set the browser as default to open and direct all http, ftp, and other external web links, sometimes they either don’t show the prompt to set the respective browser as default or fail to make required changes to default browser registry key. Change Default Browser is an application for Windows which eliminates all the known and unknown problems related to default browser switching. Read More

Mind On Track Automatically Creates Tasks From Mind Maps You Make

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A good mind map is a good way to get started on any project, it serves as a great way for always staying on track but mind maps too go through changes as a project progresses and requirements change. What gets frustrating is when you’ve already started a project based on a mind map, specified tasks and have to go back, change the map and reallocate tasks. The problem arises mainly because mind mapping and tasking are jobs kept in isolation from each other. Mind On Track is a desktop application for Windows and Linux that combines both these jobs in to one. As you create a mind map, different ideas are automatically turned in to tasks that can be tagged and given due dates. Read More