September 2012 - FTechBlog

HCL ME U1 – a budget tablet

Sep 242012

HCL introduced itself in tablet market with the launch of two budget tablets named as HCL ME U1 and MyEdu powered with Ice Cream Sandwich which will be available from April 2012. Now let’s talk about the technical specifications and features of both tablets.

Firstly coming to HCL ME U1, it is equipped with a 7 inch capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. 1 GHz processor along with 512 MB RAM makes it faster while 4 GB internal storage memory looks quite less which may be compensated using a memory stick up to 32 GB. HCL has fixed a price tag of Rs. 7,999 for ME U1 tablet.

Specifications of HCL ME U1

7 inch capacitive touch screen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution.
Equipped with 1 GHz processor.
512 MB RAM.
4 GB internal storage capacity expandable up to 32 GB using Micro SD card.
0.3 Mega pixel front facing camera.
Mini USB port.
3 GB network using USB modem.
3600 mAh battery.

Now coming to MyEdu tablet which is mainly focused for students is available in two variants K12 and Higher Education (HE). K12 version of MyEdu tablet is equipped with a lot of educational applications such as e-books, NCERT books and videos while HE version is targeted for higher education. K12 variant is available at a price tag of Rs. 9,999 and HE available at Rs. 11,499.

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Want an iPhone 5? Let’s know about it

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Sep 132012

Apple yesterday unveiled the iPhone 5. iPhone 5 is thinner and lighter, the screen is now longer: 4 “diagonal. Appropriate applications can display more information, others will have a black band at the top and bottom of the screen. It’s processor A6 is powerful twice, with graphics that approach those of a gaming console. Gamers will appreciate it!

The main camera has been improved. We can take photos 40% faster with less iPhone 5 light (aperture f/2.4). A new mode allows you to take panoramic photos of 28 megapixels with a click. Video stabilization is superior and we can take pictures while filming. His side, the iconic white earphones are replaced by the futuristic EarPods: will they finally satisfy audiophiles?

And as it was already possible to do this with several other Android phones, you can use the LTE cellular network to download data much faster than a 3G connection in areas where the service is offered.

Two caveats: even with an adapter, plug the new smallest known Lightning (lightning) could make iPhone 5 incompatible with some accessories such as charging stations and clock radios. iPhone 5 and nano-SIM uses a new format of SIM cards: you’ll have to check with your cellular provider for you to get one.

Why the change?

We can pre-order the iPhone 5 on September 14 and will be in stores on 21. But if your current phone is the trick, why change?Especially if you have an iPhone 3GS, 4 or 4S, you can install the update from iOS 6 to September 19. Exploring the 200 new features, including maps with voice navigation and Passbook to manage your cards Fide ity, you’ll feel like a new iPhone for free.

Price: $ 699 (16 GB)

How to Synchronize music to your iPhone, iPod or iPad without iTunes

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Sep 122012

9 iTunes alternatives:

Are you using Apple products and thinking to synchronize or transfer music files or videos file without using iTunes? iTunes is the default way of synchronizing music to Apple products i.e iPod, iPad and iPhones but iTunes supports Windows and Mac only. So Linux users who use Apple products have to search another way for transferring music.

If you are also Linux user and also using Apple iPhone or iPod or iPad and reading this post then do not worry because I am here with a few alternatives for iTunes. So find software as per your requirement and enjoy synchronizing music.

1. Media Monkey

2. Gtk Pod (For Linux users)

3. Froddle Pod

4. PWN Player

5. CopyTrans Manager

6. SharePod

7. eph Pod

8. Winamp and the ml_iPod Plugin

9. Floola

How to move your Photos from Flickr or Picasa to Facebook

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Sep 122012

Are you using Flickr or Picasa for keeping your photos on Internet and want to move your photos to Facebook? Ok now tell me how you are going to do this?

Are you thinking to download all photos and then to upload them to Facebook?

Are you thinking to install a third party application to migrate your photos to Facebook?

If you are planning doing so by these methods then wait a moment and listen what I am going to tell you. Unify Photos an online free web service offers you to transfer photos from Flickr or Picasa to Facebook in three easy steps at free of cost and with minimum time.

Open UnifyPhotos and after that follow the instructions. Here are three steps with screenshots for your convenience:

1. Sign into Facebook

UnifyPhotos

2. Sign into Flicker / Picasa

3. Select your albums you want to migrate and go forward.

Hurrah!! Your photos are transferred.

Play and Pause Media Player by showing your hand to PC

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Sep 112012

Do not get surprised by title of the post!

If you are Windows 7 or Mac user then you need not to get up from your bed to play or pause movies or songs playing in media player.

Flutter an application which supports on Windows 7 and Mac OS allows you to play/pause Windows Media Player with hand gesture. Now you will be thinking how it works! Let me tell you – it works on image sensing technology. However there are many applications I came through for this purpose but will suggest this application and Yes if you are user of Windows XP or other Operating System then you can move on to another applications which support these platforms.

Now let us know how Flutter works and what are requirement for this application to work:

Requirements:

1. Microsoft Windows 7 or Mac Operating System

2. A webcam

Steps to be followed to execute Flutter:

1. Download and install Flutter from their official website.

2. As soon as you finish installation part Flutter will search for the webcam so make sure your PC is connected with a Webcam.

3. An instructional guide will be opened and will let you know the further instructions. After finishing the Flutter will be minimized to the system tray and will work from behind.

4. To play and pause media player just show your hand in front of webcam and you are done.

Here is a video which will explain Flutter better:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqUidZlsG4]

If you liked this application then don’t forget to share it with your friends also.

Create Password for Pen Drive

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Sep 112012

Are you keeping your data in Pen Drive and want no one can see your data? Then don’t worry I am here with a utility using which you can protect your Pen Drive with a password means you can create a password for your Pen Drive.

Download USB Safeguard

USB Safeguard is a portable utility to encrypt and protect your data with a password on your removable Pen Drive using the AES 256 bits encryption.

How to use USB Safeguard

Download USB Safeguard here to create a password for Pen Drive and save it in the Pen Drive you wish to secure with password. Just run the utility software and create password for Pen Drive. Here are some screen shots for your better reference:

1. Enter password to lock your removable Pen Drive.

2. To unlock Pen Drive just enter password and click Unlock.

Features:

User Friendly
Installation not required

System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista/Windows7/Windows8
Intel Pentium III or later
128 MB RAM

10 WordPress plugins a blogger cannot survive without

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Sep 062012

If you are reading this post means you are also a WordPress Blogger. A WordPress Blogger must know how to optimize his blog using plugins. Today many WordPress plugins are available and almost for everything. I should not waste your time in telling what is the role of plugin and how to use it because you know better how to use them.

Wordpress Plugins

In this post I will share ten WordPress plugins which every blogger should use and believe me using these plugins will help you in a better way to optimize your blog in terms of template as well as getting visitors. So without wasting time let’s know which are these plugins:

1. Digg Digg: Everyone knows the importance of social networking. Digg Digg allows you to add social network (Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Reditt etc..) buttons to your blog and it is highly customisable.

2. WP-Cache: WP-Cache makes your blog faster. Whenever you install or uninstall a new plugin, it gives the option to empty the cache so that the plugins on your blog can respond faster.

3. Yet Another Related Post Plugin (YARPP): This plugin displays the other posts of your blog mathing to Keywords.

4. Quick Adsense: Gives you the option to add Google Ads or other Ads at various places on your blog.

5. Google Sitemaps: Automatically create and submit sitemaps to Google and Bing which helps in indexing of your blog to search engines.

6. Contact Form 7: Create a contact form for your blog so that visitors can contact you through this contact form.

7. Akismet: Removes spam comments. This plugin comes with wordpress installation.

8. WordPress Database Backup: The easiest way to create backup of your blog.

9. Fast Tube: Embed a YouTube video in a post. Just paste the URL of YouTube video in brackets[ ].

10. SEO Plugins: Here I will suggest two plugins: All in One SEO Pack and Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin. Using these plugins will help in search engine optimization.

Google offers its Chromebook for rent

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Sep 062012

Google offers its Chromebook at a monthly rental with no time commitment with a sliding scale that starts at $ 30 per month.

Google recently introduced in the United States service location for its laptops Chromebook . The system allows machines to rent monthly, no time commitment. Prices start at $ 30 per month for the first 12 months and then spend $ 25 between 12 and 24 months and then $ 20 between 24 and 36 months.

In addition to the Chromebook, the rent includes a warranty of 3 years on hardware, access to the console online user management and technical support 24/7. In addition, enterprise customers of Google Apps can now buy online Chromebook batch up to 10 units and manage their fleet via the console online.

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