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Saturday, 28 December 2013

Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 Released by Microsoft

Microsoft has been hard at work trying to improve Internet Explorer with each release. Internet Explorer 11 is the latest release of their popular browser, which shipped with Windows 8.1 and almost a month later, it is now available for Windows 7 in both 32 and 64 bit variants and in 95 languages.

Microsoft claims that Internet Explorer 11 is unto 30% faster than other browsers in terms of ‘real world’ websites load performance. While we are not sure what qualifies as a real world website, Microsoft has used their own websites to demonstrate this increase in speed so take their word with a grain of salt. They have also created a new HTML5 based benchmarking tool called EtchMark so you can pit it against other browsers to test.

Internet Explorer 11 also cuts down on the CPU cycles so expect better performance and battery life which only means a good thing. Other features include:

New debug tools available now for web developers, accessible via F12
Hardware accelerated 3D graphics
HTML 5 video support with battery efficient playback
Better touch support
Support for new and improved web standards including CSS, HTML5, WebGL and web performance improvements

Microsoft will be rolling out Internet Explorer 11 via automatic Windows updates in the coming weeks. If you can’t wait, you can already download it from the link below. Give out the demos at Internet Explorer Test Drive a try once you install the browser.

Download Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7

The 40 Apps That We're Most Thankful For

1.Google Chrome

Category: Web Brower

2. Dropbox
Category: Cloud Service

3. Gmail
Category: Email

4. Firefox
Category: Web Browser

5. Skype
Category: Communication

6. Pocket
Category: Bookmarker

7. Instapaper
Category: Bookmarker

8. Evernote
Category: Notes

9. Feedly
Category: NewsReading

10. QuickOffice
Category: News Reading

11. Google Maps
Category: Maps

12. Google Drive
Category: Cloud Service

13. Google Voice
Category: Communication

14.Google News
Category: News Reading

15. Spotify
Category: Music Streaming

16. Google Calender
Category: Calender

17. Google Play Music
Category: Music Streaming

18. Opera
Category: Web Browser

19. Dolphin
Category: Web Browser

20. Safari
Category: Web Browser

21. Pandora
Category: Music Streaming

22. Hangouts
Category: Communication

23. Google Play
Category: Play Store

24. Outlook
Category: Email

25. WonderList
Category: To-Do-List

26. Be Funky
Category: Photo Editing

27. PicMonkey
Category: Photo Editing

28. Pixlr
Category: Photo Editing

29. SkyDrive
Category: Cloud Service

30. Instagram
Category: Photo Editing

31. Mood Map
Category: Maps

32. Quick Note
Category: To-Do-List

33. Virtual Box
Category: Virtualization

34. Vm-Ware
Category: Virtualization

35. Transmission
Category: Bit torrent Client

36. Utorrent
Category: Bit Torrent Client

37. C-Cleaner
Category: Utilities

38. Glary Utilities

Category: Utilities

39. LibreOffice
Category: Office Suite

40. ThunderBird
Category: Email

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

How to Resize Windows on your Mac to Specific Sizes

One of my favorite Windows utility happens to be Sizer, a tiny app that can resize any window on the desktop to an exact size. For instance, when I am recording screencasts for the YouTube channel, I use the 1280×720 (HD) or 1920×1080 (1080p) preset to automatically resize the target window before hitting the Record button.

Save Web Pages as PDFs Without Installing Extensions

While there are plenty of PDF writing software and online conversion services around that can help you save web pages as PDF files, the fact is that you don’t need any of them as long as you have Google Chrome on your computer.

How To Convert your Emails to PDF through Email Itself

Google Chrome has a built-in PDF writer so you can easily convert any email message into a PDF file within the browser itself but if you are reading your emails on a mobile phone or a tablet, you would need some sort of a PDF conversion app.

How To Copy Entire Playlist of Any User on YouTube using this Web Application

We have plenty of channels and videos available on YouTube. To avoid getting bored of our old videos, we should update our playlist with interesting videos from different channels. Even though we see a lot of videos on YouTube, finding an interesting one to add to your playlist is quite tough. You might have seen some users having very good collection of videos in their playlist. Instead of manually copying those videos URLs, here is a web app to copy the entire playlist of any user on YouTube. The name of the app is “Copy YouTube Playlist”, developed by a popular Indian Blogger Mr. Amit Agarwal ofDigital Inspiration. Let’s have a look at the features and functions of the app below.

You don’t need to sign up or register for using the application. You can go to the web app using the link at the end of this post. To start using the application, first you have to log in with your YouTube account by click the “Sign-in with YouTube” button. If you have logged in already, once you click the button, YouTube will ask your permission to let the app to manage your account. Click “Accept” to connect the app with your YouTube account.

Once you connect your YouTube account, it will redirect you to an other window as shown in the screenshot above. In the window you have to paste the playlist URL from YouTube. To copy a playlist URL, go to YouTube and search for the keyword you need. Click the “Filter” button below the search box, and select “Playlist” to see different playlists created by users on that keyword. Once you find an interesting playlist, right click on the title and select “Copy link address” option in the list.

Now comeback to the application and paste the URL in that box and click “Copy Playlist to my YouTube” button. In the same window you can alsoselect the new playlist to be kept private or visible to public. Based on the number of videos in that playlist, the copying time will differ. Maximum it will be around 5 to 10 seconds. Once it completes the process, it will show a list of all the videos in that playlist. Now go and refresh the playlist in your YouTube account, it will be updated with the new videos you have copied. You can easily add or remove videos from that playlist on your account. Watch the video tutorial below to understand more about the application.

Monday, 28 October 2013

Yahoo Mail Brings POP, Disposable IDs, Mail Forwarding and More to Free Users

On its 16th anniversary, Yahoo Mail got a fresh coat of paint along with several new features that is sure to entice a lot of users, especially those using Yahoo’s free email service. Among the new features that was announced a few hours ago, are POP3 access, conversation view, automatic mail forwarding, and advanced filters that were previously available only to Yahoo Mail Plus users. Above all, the storage space has been pumped up all the way to 1,000 GBs.

Mail Plus, on the other hand, has been renamed to Yahoo Ad Free Mail, whose subscription prices have been raised from $19.99 / year to a whopping $49.99 / year. For existing Mail Plus customers, however, the old price remains.

Yahoo now finally supports conversation view, a feature that allows multiple email exchanges between two parties to be viewed in a single thread as if it were a chat conversation. Actions such as searching, starring, and deleting emails can now be handled from the Actions menu that is already a part of the new Yahoo Mail for some time now.

Automatic email forwarding to non-Yahoo email addresses and POP access are two important addition that allows Yahoo Mail users to read their emails outside of the web interface. Free users can now set up their email programs to download mails to the desktop, or forward them to another email inbox.

To handle spam, users now have the ability to generate disposable email addresses. The address has the format basename-keyword@yahoo.com, where the basename remains constant and keyword keeps changing. Users get to choose both the basename and keywords and they can be different from your actual email ID. You can generate multiple disposable email addresses and these can be configured to either deliver mails to your inbox or send them to a particular folder or the trash.

The number of filters have also been increased from 100 to 200.

The new Mail now also supports background themes, taking curated photos from Flickr, which can be seen on both the desktop as well as its mobile clients.

How To View Multiple Timezones in Windows for Free

More and more people are working on a global scale — I work with people on three different continents, for example. This means that time differences are more important than ever. We need to know what the time is in other parts of the word; after all you don’t want to make a Skype call to someone on the other side of the world and wake them up at 4 in the morning!

Windows includes an easy way to keep an eye on the time in up to two other time zones. This is an extremely useful feature for anyone working on a global scale and it does not require the installation of any additional software.

To get started, click the clock in the notification area of the taskbar and then click theChange date and time link in the popup that appears.

On the first tab, Date and Time, you should make sure that your current timezone and time are set correctly.

Now you can move to the Additional Clocks tab where you can figure one or two extra clocks as required. Click the first of the Show this clock check boxes and then use the drop down menu to choose the timezone you’re interested in. You can also assign a label to the clock to make it easier to identify.

If you have a need for yet another clock, tick the second Show this clock check boxes and repeat the process of setting the timezone and label.

With everything configured, click the OK button.

There are now a couple of ways in which you can view the extra clock when you need them. The first option is to click the notification area clock and you’ll see a large popup complete with all of the clocks you have configured.

The second option does even require a click — just hover the mouse over the taskbar clock and a tooltip popup appears with a quick summary that you can take in at a glance.

Having these clocks on hand is immensely useful, and a great alternative to checking the time online.

Bring Back Google’s Black Bar Below the Omnibox using Proper Menubar

The Black bar below the Omnibox (URL bar) in Google page was very useful to navigate between different Google services. Recently Google updated its search page and added a new apps section as a replacement for the menu bar. Even though we have all the apps in that drop down box, the old menu bar was pretty convenient for all the users. Previously I wrote about a Chrome extension to bring back the Classic mail composewindow in Gmail. Today I came with an extension called “Proper Menubar” to bring back the old black menubar below the omnibox in Google search page.

Proper Menubar is available for Chrome and Firefox. You can download it using the link at the end of this post. Once you install the app, you can see the extension’s icon near to your URL bar in Chrome and in the bottom of the screen in Firefox. That icon is used to enable and disable the extension in your browser. If you click that icon you can see a button “Proper Menubar is ON”. Click that button to enable and disable the menu bar in your Google search page.

Using this extension won’t affect any of the Google updates and Google Apps on the search page. You can also customize the “Proper Menubar” application. Go to Settings -> Extensions -> Proper Menubar -> Options. There you will see a window as shown in the screenshot below. In the first section “Basics” you can edit contents on the black menu bar. Exclude the unwanted links from the menu easily. At the end of the page you have an option to display that black menu bar in all the webpages you visit.

In the designs section, you can change the background and opacity of the menu bar displayed. Also you can change the country website code of the application. This custom menu bar will restore the links from Google services and from some of the important web services. By enabling the option to show this bar in all the websites you visit, it will make the options handy and open any Google service instantly. Even you change monitors, this app will work fine. It works great on HDPI screens.

If you really miss that black menu bar on Google home page, then Proper Menubar is a must have extension in your browser. Try this app in your browsers and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download Proper Menubar for Google Chrome

Download Proper Menubar for Firefox

Friday, 25 October 2013

Create a Public Folder Where Anyone Can Add Files

Dropbox and SkyDrive allow you to have “Shared Folders” where a folder is shared between all members of the group. Any member can contribute files to the shared web folder and such a thing is ideal for collaborative efforts like for sharing photos with guests after an event. People can view photos uploaded by other users as well as upload their own to the shared folder.