You want to transfer some photos from your Android phone to your computer to upload it online, or may be you need to update the music library on the Android with the latest tracks you have on your desktop. The snag you encounter here is that you are not able to recall where you kept [...]
How-to/Guides
Sometime back we started publishing posts on VLC Media Player to educate our readers on its advanced features. Though most people use VLC for playing videos, they are unaware of its real anchor and cross-platform capabilities. We have already covered on how to cut videos using VLC and how to use it as a converter [...]
Recently I purchased a 42” LED TV and a gaming laptop for a more powerful video gaming and a more elegant movie watching experience. Both look (and work) like a made-for-each-other couple but what’s lacking is a wireless keyboard and mouse. I realized that later because it was becoming difficult to work on the huge [...]
I love watching movies and love to explore different genres and kinds of movies from every part of the world. Now, in order to watch movies in different languages I always have to import the associated subtitle, for obvious reasons. Even if I am watching movies in languages I understand, I prefer having the subtitle [...]
It’s your friend’s birthday today. What do you think he would love the most from you? Well, if you ask me, I do not have a craving for gifts. For me, just a warm “happy birthday” from my friend makes my day. With the advent of Facebook, it has become very easy to monitor a [...]
Google has been drawing a lot of flak lately for the degradation in the quality of its search results. A lot of times the sites that end up on the first page of Google are nowhere relevant to your search query. That being said, Google still remains the best way to search online. However, if [...]
Creating beautiful panoramic pictures by stitching two or more photos into one isn’t an easy task. It takes practice to first take those pictures, then choose the right combination of photos, and finally stitching them in a way that the person looking at the photo has a hard time making out if it was a [...]
YouTube is gradually turning into a replica of your local TV channel. With content comes the old bugbear of commercials. In fact, too many of them seem to be attacking our eyeballs these days. They remind me of the times when F.M. channels really took off in my country – uninterrupted programming and just an [...]
The Internet continued to grow by leaps and bounds in the last decade while spawning new applications and web services which cater to different user requirements. Mail services, undoubtedly, hold the most precious position on this list, and with time, has witnessed users switching between various services and moving towards more complex and user friendly [...]
From price drop alerts to tracking movies, we have covered a few alert and notification services which help you stay on top of things. Alerts are just what they sound like – they are messages that are sent to you when the alert service comes across a new result. There are specialized alert services galore, [...]
Here’s a brief tutorial to help you enable scan options in the HP Officejet 6500A Plus All-in-one printer. The steps should work for most of the latest HP web-enabled printers. Note: HP sent me a review unit of the above printer, and the steps are Windows-only. If you need help setting up the printer, refer [...]
You’ve received a PDF as an email attachment and as soon as the notification popped up on your phone you knew that you had to get a printout of that quickly. The old and conventional way: connect the phone to your computer, transfer the file (or download it from your email) and then click Print. [...]
Previously we have seen how we can block certain websites on Chrome and Internet Explorer. Now the thing is that, as long as the restrictions are browser specific, one can always download and install a different browser and open the blocked websites. A simple way to restrict a website across all browsers in Windows is [...]
If your geek quotient is anywhere on the higher side, it’s safe to assume that you install (and uninstall) quite a few programs. You also must have configured your computer to run like a silky smooth machine. These two states are often at conflict with each other when you install software that wreaks havoc on [...]
I love to play games on my Android smartphone and I use my 3G connection to download them. But some games require you to connect using Wi-Fi before you can download them. Previously, I didn’t have a Wi-Fi router in my house, and neither did my smartphone support Ad-Hoc network (until you root it and [...]
The problem with taking photos with your digital camera is that they end up being huge in size and thus you need to reduce the JPEG sizes before you could share on services like Flickr or Picasa. Reducing the sizes is also recommended because it’d help your friends easily download them or view them online.. [...]
Till date, we have discussed many cool tools to access services like Dropbox, SugarSync and Google Docs right from your Windows explorer. All the services use different tools and thus one needs to switch from one tool to another if he uses these services simultaneously. Otixo however, is one amazing web service that lets you [...]
Gmail (and as a result all your Google accounts) is going the way of Fort Knox. Okay, that’s a hyperbole, but the latest 2-step verification process is a step closer to peace of mind and better security. Stronger security is always welcome because Gmail for most of us is the centerpiece of our online existence. [...]
Suppose you are browsing through some restricted websites in your workplace or let’s say you’re in your college dorm and someone to whom you are answerable for your behavior comes looking for you. Of course, you can close your browser with a simple click to save yourself from embarrassment, but it will leave that person [...]
