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New Year Giveaway: $100 PayPal Balance

Dec 312012

————-Winner Announced————–

Welcome to our New Year 2013 Giveaway.

On the occasion of New Year 2013, we are not giving away any software, Its the time for cash giveaway.

FTechBlog is giving away 100 USD as PayPal Balance on this New Year. If have PayPal id, you are most welcome to join this giveaway.

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Contest Rules:

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Know the Difference between LCD and LED TV

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Dec 302012

Thinking of buying a TV but you lost to the choices available to you. And especially ask you this question: what is the difference between LCD and LED TV?

We will try to answer, starting with understanding what the acronyms LED and LCD:

Definition LCD : from English “Liquid Crystal Display”, the acronym stands for “Liquid Crystal Display”. Historically, technology has enabled the creation of flat panel displays with low power consumption. It is used in many electronic devices.
Definition LED : from English “Light Emitting Diode”, the acronym stands for “light emitting diode”.

The difference between LCD and LED is Light Emitting Diodes (LED) emit colored light and use less energy and space than traditional bulbs. LEDs are used for backlighting LCD, LED TV is new and it is a logical consequence of the LCD TV.

Because of the novelty of the technology, LED TVs are a bit more expensive than LCD TVs, but prices are steadily declining.

20 essential software for Windows 8 PC

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Dec 292012

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The holiday season has approached and some of you may be preparing or already prepared their Christmas gifts. At the foot of the tree, between PCs, tablets and hybrids, Windows 8 may be well represented.

In this article you will find 20 essential software for windows 8 which we feel can improve your experience over Windows 8 OS. We will explain, how to get the best part of your new Windows 8 with the top 20 software and applications. We will tell you a mixture of new Windows 8 apps and also 5 best games released this year. And if we have forgotten your “blockbuster” favorite, do not hesitate to complete the article by leaving us a comment.

Must Read: Windows 8 Hardware necessities for desktops, laptop, tablets and convertibles

Our 5 favorite Windows 8 applications:

Skype : to chat and make calls easily from the Modern UI interface of Windows 8.

Wikipedia : To keep an encyclopedia at your fingertips.

Chef : Say hello to Chef, your kitchen’s new best friend.

Evernote : to find all your notes as you have left.

Fresh Paint : to paint or draw whatever comes into your head.

10 Essential Software:

VLC : for watching videos without worrying about codecs.

uTorrent : To download torrent files safely.

Google Chrome : to browse the web at high speed.

Office open : for word processing and presentations.

CCleaner : to optimize your PC in a blink of an eye.

Spotify : to listen and discover streaming music.

DropBox : for full share content with your friends in the cloud.

AntiVirus: to protect against viruses and malware.

Photoshop : For editing photos at your choice.

iTunes : for podcasts and all owners of iPhone or iPad.

Do not miss: Windows 7 or Windows 8 – Which is A Better Operating System?

5 games not to be missed:

Need for Speed Most Wanted: For all “freak” racing suit.

Call of Duty Black Ops 2: the best action game ever created.

Sky rim : ATTENTION, the early cinematic addiction.

Dishonored: to uncover a plot scale.

Angry Birds Star Wars: so far, the best album of Angry Birds.

We might have forgotten your favorite software or game of the year!! Please do not hesitate to let us know your favorites in the comments… We will love hearing from you.

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Forza Horizon – Race it Right

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Dec 262012

A racing game from Microsoft’s den! Even the cynics should confess that it is a brilliant game. Forza Horizon is a racing game and scores high on thrill front. Forza Horizon version is more improved and the players are required to get involved in a tough act but perform wise, it obviously deserves a top slot. On every front, improvement is more prominent. New car paint design creates a visual appeal and more ‘thrill’ factors have been thrown in. So, no gaming enthusiasts should give a miss to it. Let us take a look at the predecessor.

Forza Horizon feels like a top gear, provided you are Clarkson bumping into other four wheelers and sending them into a toss. As Hammond, you will drift round a top gear track in a thick cloud of smoke. When you are May, you will roll around in circular motion. But you will not go anywhere and while doing all these as May, you will keep off your assists. There is a lot of amazing features of Forza 3 version but a heavy makeover has been applied through a new mode that has been added to a mix including kinect and vista attributes.

On graphic end, Forza Horizon is brilliant and beautiful. It is possible to get the car placed in the environment through the assistance of new, revamped engine. An amazing feature is the car’s reflection can be seen from the environment. At the starting of the article, it has already been mentioned that cars’ graphics are more appealing. But in addition to the look factor, the trucks too have gone overhauls, thereby making vistas more stunning. You can say it a happy marriage with new mode of auto vista. And it lets you get intimate with some most handsome four wheelers while Jeremy is simply talking or showing rants about them in some of the cases. And Halos warthog is also present there!

Inclusion of top gear is, according to both tech critics and pros, is a brilliant idea. The players hear Jeremy’s voice whether it comes to car adoring or other car-related activities. And then you will see the top gear test track. The game is really awesome and has already earned a pool of die-hard fans from all over the world.

However, all these said, it never means that this game suffers from no problems. But at the same time, it is also true that none of these problems is big enough to hamper your gaming experience even if are playing it for the first time. Only a few new tracks have been added to Forza Horizon. The number of tracks is not enough, considering a lot of games will be played out there. However, considering its other great features, the game will not stumble due to such a small problem.

If you are a car lover, Forza Horizon gives you an ample of choice to take your pick from more than hundred items. All of them are equally appealing and great looker. According to me, this is the best racing game I have ever played.

Pros and Cons of Responsive Web Design

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Dec 232012

Presentation of Responsive Web Design

If you are interested in evolution of the Web, here’s one that makes a lot of attention. It is responsive Web Design which is a clever formula to make a user-friendly site and adapted to mobile media and traditional media.

Each change brings its own set of questions. It is interesting to know if a site 3 in 1 can make savings? What are the impacts on the chain and the production time for this type of site?

The responsive design can adapt the content of a site on different media. In theory, a revolution … but in practice, a real economy?

The Responsive Design uses new rules and properties of CSS 3 such as Media Queries, micro formats … These standards are supported by most browsers. Internet Explorer still and always resists change, only the version 9 is taken into account.

Disadvantages of Responsive Internet Sites

The design is more important in responsive project sites.

The development of a responsive site is ambitious because it requires having a larger reflection upstream. Each medium has its own constraints; we must adapt the navigation and usability for each medium, to make the user experience the most interesting. Because it is important to adapt a conventional navigation with a mouse is obviously different from touch-screen navigation.

The design of the buttons, images and text blocks must move and resize perfectly as each support.

Formats for Responsive WebDesign

Greater technical knowledge

Technical knowledge to develop a mobile site responsive is important. This is the time of learning and adoption of new standards HTML 5 and css3. The adjustment time is important because it requires knowledge of the properties of new materials. This adaptability allows creating sites operational and customized by you using an iPhone, a Galaxy Tab, an iPad or any other means of new generation.

Tests and debugs are also more and more important. Tools for test sites are not suitable for responsive. It will be necessary to observe, monitor the results of each support site, which will be much winded.

Creativity limited

Often creative dislike being imposed constraints and limitations, as this reduces their creativity. The layout of the site is more binding sites tend to standardize with compositions sites grid with elements inserted in each block. However we believe that many creative, responsive to the image adapt and be more clever and ingenious surprise us.

A Radiant Future for Responsive Design

The increase in users touchpads shows that responsive is a good investment. A long-term responsive is less expensive than creating multiple versions of a website. The responsive concrete answers to the question of how to have a user-friendly site to diversity of media? However, now integrate this technique into a web marketing strategy is not without results: there are many factors to consider such as time spent for the project and by corollary the cost assigned to it.

It is therefore important to define the temporal and budget your project and identify the responsive type of your Internet, your market to determine the relevance of this strategic shift.

Statistics web browsers 2012

To achieve a responsive record the scale economy in the near future, it will improve the production process and develop more tools (creation, design, debugging, and viewing).

The use of digital tablets and smartphones increases dramatically. The France is the 4th country in the ranking world of tablet sales. These data reinforce the idea that the responsive will emerge as the new standard for any site. Evidence for the year 2012 already looks like the year of the emergence of T-commerce, T Tablet.

E-commerce fashion Responsive

Conversion rates are quite different depending on the media. According to a study the best rates of conversion are:

The tablets with 3.9% conversion rate, 5% of online sales for the world fashion, beauty and luxury are made via an iPad.
Conventional computers with 1.9% conversion rate
Mobile with 1.7% conversion rate

Tablets have become the sinews of war, because it is difficult to adapt a site for each tablet format, for information, 83% of processors ipad have consulted at least one e-commerce site or application online sales during the first quarter of 2012 by CCM Benchmark.

However, it is important to note that new techniques and tools must be put in place to make sites accessible and relevant for any client. So whether it’s a web app, a mobile site or responsive, you have to change and responsive web-design it evolves according to each medium.

Press Release: HP’s New Cloud-Enabled Flow Multifunction Printers increase office efficiency

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Dec 212012

News Release

HP’s New Cloud-Enabled Flow Multifunction Printers increase office efficiency

The latest range empowers businesses by streamlining workflows

Bangalore, December 20, 2012 – Hewlett Packard India, today launched a new class of flow multifunction printers with features and workflow capabilities that enhance office efficiency and help businesses streamline their document workflows. With this latest printing innovation and solutions, HP will help enterprises and SMBs stay competitive and lean.

The new cloud-enabled printers are designed to change how businesses capture, digitize, manage, consume and share data.The high-performance, intuitive desktop MFPs feature a large touchscreen for easy task execution along with enterprise-class manageability, security features, and solution extensibility. The new features reflect HP’s commitment to offer the broadest portfolio of products, services and solutions for businesses.

Nitin Hiranandani, Director-Printing, PPS, HP India unveiling the new range of flow MFPs

The new range Flow MFP consists of:

HP LaserJet Enterprise Flow 500 MFP M525c
HP LaserJet Enterprise Color Flow MFP M575c

Also other new launches include:

HP LaserJet Enterprise 700 color MFP M775 series
HP LaserJet Pro 500 color MFP M570 series

“With cloud-led business processes, document management is taking centrestage. Our customers need innovative technology tailored to their workflow that is simple, effective and helps them conduct business,“ said Nitin Hiranandani, Director-Printing, PPS, HP India.

Product Features

The creation of vast amounts of business data means customers need to streamline the way information is managed and accessed. HP’s new range of MFPs helps achieve this.

The new HP LaserJet Enterprise flow MFP M525c and HP LaserJet Enterprise color flow MFP M575c provide new device options with high-performing document processing and sharing. These devices are part of a new line of multifunction LaserJets that can transform paper back into digital content and accelerate workflow.
These devices offer premium scanning and data entry with single-pass duplex scanning, HP EveryPage technology with ultrasonic double-feed detection, a pull-out keyboard for meta-data tagging and on-board Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to digitize scanned document.

HP’s new range of LaserJet printers add to their growing portfolio of business printing options for Enterprise and SMB customers.

The new HP LaserJet Enterprise 700 color MFP M775 series offer fast A3 printing options and high paper capacity above 4,000 pages. The color MFP M775 series comes with the Auto On/Auto Off feature that help reduce energy use.
The HP LaserJet Pro 500 color MFP M570 series offers an affordable option for high-performing, single-pass duplex scanning, as well as fast print speeds. The printer also comes with HP wireless direct technology that allows for convenient wireless printing without a network or router.

Solutions to streamline workflows and enhance security

Addressing the rising needs within businesses for secure and convenient content digitization and delivery, HP has introduced a suite of solutions for enterprise and managed SMBs this year. The combination of HP’s new printers and solutions will make it easier for customers to capture, search and print information in a secured way.

HP ePrint Enterprise 2.1⁽¹⁾, a private cloud-based service, allows employees to print business-essential documents on the go. With seamless integration into businesses’ network, employees can use their smartphone or mobile device to securely print to registered network printers without installing an additional print driver for every printer. The enhanced version now includes support for Google Apps mailbox and PaperCut accounting solution too.
Printing security is simplified with HP Access Control 12.0 that allows for server-less pull printing and dual-factor authentication. The new HP Imaging & Printing Security Center also offers the industry’s first policy-based security solution⁽²⁾for HP printing fleets and includes HP Instant-On Security, which helps secure devices as soon as they are added to the network.

The solutions are available for purchase through HP Managed Enterprise Solutions and HP Partner Document Solutions Specialists.

Industry’s Leading Printing Portfolio

HP continues to offer an industry leading portfolio of printers, solutions and services to help businesses stay competitive.

In the recent Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) Summer 2012 “Pick” Awards, HP LaserJet printers swept six awards for outstanding features and three awards for energy efficiency; the HP Web JetAdmin 10.3 solution and the HP EcoSMART Fleet also received accolades as outstanding solutions for enterprise customers.

In addition to award-winning products and solutions, HP also offers world-class managed print services to help businesses manage, optimize and improve their print environment. Consistently recognized by leading analyst firms, HP is committed to delivering value to business customers through robust managed print services offerings.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

(1) HP ePrint Enterprise requires HP ePrint Enterprise server software. App-based option requires internet- and email-capable BlackBerry smartphone OS 4.5 or newer; iPhone^® 3G or newer, iPad^® and iPod Touch^® (2^nd generation) devices running iOS 4.2 or later; or Android^® devices running version 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, with separately purchased wireless internet service and the HP ePrint service app. Email-based option requires any email-capable device and authorized email address. Solution works with PCL5/6, PCL3, and PCL3GUI printers (HP and non-HP).

(2) Based on an HP assessment of printer manufacturer security offerings in market as of November 1, 2011.

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Why we should never ignore Google+?

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Dec 202012

Recently doubted the importance to many Web sites actually had integration with social networking site Google+, especially for the few users who used daily depending on the time they spent in the network (compared to other networks such as Facebook or Twitter).

To give just one example, in March knew that Google+ users spent an average of just 3 minutes a month on the network , unlike the seven hours they spent on Facebook monthly or hour and a half or passing on Tumblr the new Pinterest.

In fact, at the moment there are still many Webmasters and SEO experts who doubt many wondered what the arrival of this network, and if the volume is +1 on pages or sites do not influence the positioning.

Be that as it may, the fact is that Google+ is a social network, that rather than being one more, should become one of our top priorities when to share the contents of our Internet sites. Why? We give several reasons.

From 0 to 250 million users in a short time

The Google+ statistics undoubtedly are quite clear:

150 million monthly users.

75 million daily users.

The most active users spend more than one hour a day using Google products.

Users spend an average of 12 minutes a day on Google+.

Google+ and events

Google has renewed the creation and marketing of events through its social network, allowing:

Invite anyone even if it is within the social network. They can upload photos of the event by email.

Events are automatically integrated into the Google calendar.

Google+ can create a special page on the event by adding all the photos on it.

Google+ for iPad

No doubt if something many users are looking forward to have an iPad and also have a Google+ account is the arrival of an application that allows the use of the social network more easily without having to use the Web browser .

It is expected the arrival of this application for the coming months, supposedly.

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Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch Retina – Too Expensive?

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Dec 192012

Apple’s MacBook Pro quickly became the must have laptop for people who wanted a laptop that was built for people on the go. Apple made it happen by giving the MacBook Pro a uni-body design and high performance that was unmatched by its competitors especially in the size and weight in which Apple was offering.

The MacBook Pro is made as a baby with a 13 inch model. Its small size made it possible to be making it thinner with a lighter chassis. However, its small size and lighter weight is not the only thing that draws people towards it because the real attention grabber in the MacBook Pro 13 inch is its super high resolution retina display that offers users an ultra crisp photo and text.

However, since the MacBook Pro is an Apple product, so it follows the Apple fashion of not being cheap. For a new MacBook Pro 13 inch retina display, you are looking at a price that starts from $1,699. It comes with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. However, if you are looking for some more power in the processor and / or more storage then the cost can kick up on the MacBook Pro easily.

Now, the question that will be popping in everyone’s mind right now, would be that, is the new design and the sharper screen really worth the price?

The price of the new Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch with retina display, puts it firmly in the realms of people such as highly paid sports persons. If you look at the older version of the MacBook Pro 13 inch model, it is not as slim as the latest version and neither does it have the retina display. However, what the older version does have is faster components, more storage space, and a price that is fairly less than what the new MacBook Pro is tagged with. So, for people who want to step into the Mac world without going bankrupt, they should buy the previous version of the MacBook Pro 13 inch.

Most of the people who already own the older version of the MacBook Pro, know that it is not worth upgrading, unless they really crave the best display in the business. For instance, people who are classified as professional video users – the high resolution screen with retina display will come in very handy for them. However, for that they might have to opt for a larger, 15 inch screen as well.

However, if you are looking for power, packed in the smallest possible chassis, without having to pay a fortune for it, then the Samsun Series 9 ultrabook will be the best option for you. The MacBook Pro is without a doubt a very stunning laptop, but unfortunately, most users cannot think about buying it unless they find an oil well in their backyard.

If you are interested in the Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch, you can find it on Apple’s store. But if you are having second thoughts about investing that amount of money in a laptop, then you should look at other options before making a final decision.

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