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Saturday, 4 January 2014

Use Autodesk Homestyler(Chrome App) To Design

Chrome introduced a new app to design a 3D houses, buildings etc... called AutoDesk HomeStyler. It also designing learners to develop their skills. It allows you to upload an image, build up a project or just see their gallery and edit it to study.

5 Best Chrome Extensions for Distraction Free Writing

For people who see from outside, the job of a writer looks pretty simple but for to become a good writer you need a lot of practice and concentration. Even though writing is a creative job, you have to sit and work in a single place for a long time. So, there are lots of chances to get distracted. We’ve web apps and browser extensions available to avoid distractions while writing. Also we have discussed a set of apps for writers to avoid grammar and spelling mistakes and tools to improve their productivity. Today I came with another set of text editing apps for Chrome to avoid distractions while writing. Lets have a look at the apps below.

Quick Write Text Editor

Quick Write is a simple text editing application for Chrome. The interface of this extension is very simple and easy to understand. After installation, you can see the Quick write icon near to your URL bar. Click that to start writing from your browser. It will give you a clean interface for a distraction free writing. The extension is completely customizable and the “Settings” will be available at the bottom of the window. You can change margins, background and font colors and size in the Settings. The application will save your documents automatically.

Write Space

Write Space is a full screen text editor for Chrome. Similar to other text editors it offers a clutter free interface to focus on writing. You can customize the extension in the “Settings” of the application. To access Settings, right click on the Write Space icon near to your URL bar and select “Options” in the list. It will open a new window, where you have “Editor” and “Data” options. The “Editor Options” will let you change the Width of the Editor, Background Color, Font Color, Size and line spacing . There is an inbuilt spell checker for the extension. Data Options will let you import “.txt files” to the app and edit it.

Writeulus

Writeulus is yet another distraction free text editing app for Chrome. It is a very simple application, where you don’t get many options to customize your editor. If you have installed chrome desktop apps on your PC or Mac, Writeulus will install automatically on your PC. So, you can access the app from your desktop and start writing. By default, the background will be black and the font will be white. You can change the background and font color by moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen. There is no auto save option, you have to manually copy and paste the text after you complete writing.

Write box

Writebox is one of the popular and the best text editors for Chrome. It will automatically install with your chrome desktop apps, so you can access the app from your PC. When you open the app, you can see a menu bar on top of the application. It lets you open a new document or existing document in the editor. Next you have document “Preview” option and there will be a “Menu” button near to that. In “Menu” you have different File Saving options and settings available to change the color, font and much more option in the editor. Another important option in the application is, you can connect the app with Dropbox and Google drive accounts.

Wabisabi

Wabisabi is an interesting text editor for Chrome. After completing the installation, press “F11″ function key to start writing. It will take you to the Full Screen mode. There you can start writing and all the words, characters and file name details will be available at the top bottom corner. If you don’t want the full screen mode press F11 again and it will take you back to the normal window. Even the app is accidentally closed in the middle of writing, your document will save automatically and available on the front page. Also you have options to email, download and delete the document in the front page.

Instead of working in same text editors all the day, these browser extensions will give you a different work environment. Also the clutter free interface will help you write without getting distracted. Try your favorite apps on Chrome and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

A Better Way to Share Web Pages by Email

When you include an hyperlink in your email message, the recipients will have no idea where that link is pointing to unless they actually click on it.

Clip Better offers a better approach that your email recipients will appreciate as well since it removes the guess work.

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.