Archive for January, 2012

How To Move (Transfer) Feedburner Feeds To Another Account

Jan 31 2012 Published by under How to

Feedburner is nothing but a web feed management provider launched in 2004. It provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters and other web-based content publishers.

Services provided to publishers include traffic analysis and it also includes an optional advertising system. Though it was not clear initially that in RSS format whether advertising will be well suited or not,  but now authors have included advertising in almost two-thirds of the feedburner’s feeds.

Feedburner is a Web Service Application Programming Interface (APIs) that provides Web 2.0 service which allows other software to have interaction with it.

There is a Transfer Feed option in the Google Feedburner which is used to transfer the RSS feeds to any other Feedburner account. The very common reason for transferring feeds from one account to another is to move RSS feeds to AdSense enabled account to monetize the traffic feed.

If we login to Adsense and then to My Ad->feeds + new feed unit, we will find an option to move Feedburner feeds to Google Account, but that is not good option as the link looks confusing.

Move Feedburner Feeds to Another Account

We can follow the below mentioned process to do the same.

  1. Login to Feedburner account
  2. Click on the feed title we want to move. We will see a Transfer feed option. Click on transfer feed
  3. Add the email address of the recipient. Now we will be able to permanently transfer the specific feed. Click on send transfer acceptance request.
  4. A mail will be sent to the recipient asking for confirmation and when the request is accepted (should be done within 72 hours), the feed ownership is transferred immediately and the recipient will be able to see the feed listed in the feedburner account instantly. Feed will also be removed from the account from which we transfer it.

Feedburner How To Move (Transfer) Feedburner Feeds To Another Account

That was easy, isn’t it? Feedburner is very much usable in handling multiple shared accounts also and hence moving feeds to another account is not a problem with Feedburner.

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Google Text-to-Speech

Jan 30 2012 Published by under Google & Gmail

One of the most prominent features of Google Translate is the text-to-speech capability that allows you to listen to the translations. You have to enter the text in the given field and then translate it to your desired language. Now you can see a speaker icon below the translated text field. You can hear the translated text by clicking on this speaker icon. Click on the preview image below to enlarge it and see the red box at the right end of the image that has been marked to show the speaker icon.

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Language Support

At the initial stage, English and Haitian Creole translations were allowed following which French, German, Italian, Hindi and Spanish language translations were allowed to be heard. Now, 27 languages have been added totally to this text-to-speech feature that includes the following languages.

Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese and Welsh.

The audio quality of all these languages is not the same. You cannot get accurate and clear text-to-speech translation for all the languages; however Google is trying its best to enhance the performance and the number of languages supported.

Google Text-to-Speech API

There is no authorized or official API for Google Text-to-Speech service. However Weston Ruter had observed that anyone can access it in the same manner that is followed by Google. You can change the following URL according to your wish. You will obtain a MP3 file as a result that consists of the spoken translation. However this service is limited to only 100 characters.

http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?q=I+love+geeksdesk

Google Chrome API

Google Chrome now comprises of Text-to-Speech [TTS] API that is very much easier to use. You need to just include “tts” to your permissions and then write the following.

chrome.tts.speak(‘Hello, world!’);

You can also change the pitch, rate and volume too.

chrome.tts.speak(‘Can you understand me now?’, {rate: 0.6});

You can also register to get callbacks when the speech begins and ends. You will be able to obtain callbacks for separate words also, when a Text-to-Speech engine consists of that particular ability. You can even obtain possible voices list and request for any specific voice.

Refer to this URL to know more on this.

There are 3 extensions which you can try on your Google Chrome.

Google Translate Android App

This Android app helps you to translate the text between 60 languages. You can speak the text and phrases for some languages [17 languages] and then obtain their equivalent translations. You can listen to the translations also [24 languages support this feature]. The translation can be shown in full screen mode to allow people nearby you to read it. You can make the translations to be your favorite and access the translations and the translation history even when you are in the offline mode.

google translate android app Google Text to Speech

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An Insight Into Apptrackr And Its Alternatives

Jan 28 2012 Published by under Applications

How do I begin writing this out? Well, let’s just call it a way into the world of open applications that go past certificates of companies. And what I mean to say by the above statement is that since the release of operating system based smartphones in the market, it has always been a great interest of companies to derive profits via applications that are supported by the device.

To make it sound easy, for instance the iPhone is known to be able to run only those applications that are digitally signed by Apple and found on the Apple App Store. Now to make unsigned applications work on the device, it requires the applications to be cracked.

What is Apptrackr?

Now onto the crux of the article, one may call Apptrackr, to be a one-stop shop for piracy, but the idea behind the concept is far from what the people think of it. With the latest and the most number of applications getting into the Apptrackr library each day, the basic cause of the portal is to provide the best of titles for testing purposes. Although, millions get onto the system to get the application for free but piracy is not an aim behind the website and the webmasters are clear about their views.

The major aim of Apptrackr is to provide customers a way to test out application before shelling out cash on the app stores without even having a clue about the application’s functionalities.

Apple reports 450 Million Dollars piracy for iPhone apps

Recently, Chris Foresman reported on Ars Technica that Apple is filing DMCA reports against pirated iPhone Apps, specially through Apptrackr. Though it is being said that 80 percent of apps are getting sold in their pirated version with 450 million dollars of pirated apps, Apptrackr developer Dissident expressed his views saying it might not be worth the effort Apple is putting in tracking down the pirated apps which affects iPhone developers much less.

Apptrackr and its relation with Cydia & Installous

If we talk of terms like jail breaking and cracked apps on the iOS platform, Cydia is like the mastermind which facilitates the functioning of all these. This is  the major software application for iOS which allows tweaks onto application and allows them to be run on a jail broken device.

Now coming over to Installous, the popular mobile application which indeed is quite handy as it supports application downloads directly onto mobile devices without the need to be synced on from a PC.

Now if we look onto the relation, Installous can be put up and run on a system once it has been downloaded through Cydia. And Installous now supports Apptrackr and is functioning with Apptrackr as its main page.

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Apptrackr alternative

Alternatives to Apptrackr that are available on the web are basically similar application; crawlers or databases that provide the users a gateway into the world of cracked apps that are available on the internet. And some of the most prominent ones are…

All of the networks that are mentioned above are nothing but databases that are providing users a way to test application before getting them legally on the certified app stores against money exchanges.

Apptrackr Mobile

Apptrackr essentially is designed for app distribution that is supposed to run on handheld devices and as such the ability to get the applications on the go is indeed worth counting upon. The mobile version of the website runs quite without a hitch in providing the very same experience to its users as is the full website on the in internet; found on http://apptrackr.org/m/#p=home, Apptrackr is one of the fastest growing collections of cracked apps and in a way are helping users decide which app to buy.

Apptrackr for Android

Although the name in discussion concentrates basically on applications that are released for iOS and Apple devices, but there are portals which cater to Android users with the same purpose in mind. For instance, www.androlib.com as well as Demonoid (@http://www.demonoid.me/) are both common when it comes to getting cracked apps for Android platform.

How to download cracked apps..?

To download cracked apps all one need to do is to get the cracked .ipa files for the application onto the device by synchronizing it via a PC or by directly downloading it onto the device. The cracked .ipa files are available at Apptrackr for download as well as other similar platforms which cater to similar motto to serve its user base… So go ahead test your application prior to purchasing them @ http://apptrackr.org/

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Fedora Vs Ubuntu

Jan 27 2012 Published by under General

Most of the times people get confused when they need to decide on the type of operating system for their Linux PC, be it Fedora or Ubuntu.

fedora vs ubuntu Fedora Vs Ubuntu

Difference Between Fedora and Ubuntu

Fedora is said to have gained reputation for its experimental and tentative nature while Ubuntu on the other hand is famous for its user-friendly nature. The major difference between these two operating systems is calculated with respect to their outcome and end result.

  • Ease of use

    Fedora endeavors to craft the desktop OS to be the best among the open source software that is available for access as of today. It integrates software that is very tentative however it has stability too. Conversely, Ubuntu’s approach is to provide a desktop option for Windows that tends to be pretty easy to use. Even though Ubuntu is not a replicate of Windows, anyone can still use it, if they are keen in discarding Windows from their PC. Ubuntu has gained success in this particular trait.

  • Intricacy of operation

    You can see some dissimilarity in the installation packages of Ubuntu and Fedora. Ubuntu consists of a very small installation package which requires the need for a network connection instantly for downloading extra things. Alternatively Fedora includes a large installation package and consists of various options that you can chose from a DVD and so you don’t have to possess a network connection.

  • Proprietary & non-proprietary things

    Ubuntu provides great support to the users who wish to have a mixture of non-proprietary and proprietary things. Fedora offers only proprietary things. However, Fedora provides repositories for obtaining non-proprietary things.

  • Technology Platform

    Ubuntu is based on Debian platform, the text based Linux. But Fedora is based on Red Hat, the enterprise Linux.

  • File format

    Ubuntu handles DEB packages to deploy applications whereas Fedora only handles RPM packages, which is somewhat more popular application deployment control for Linux.

  • Enterprise Application platform

    Ubuntu offers much more flexibility while using licensed application and third party paid utilities can be run easily. Fedora being more enterprise and controlled version of Linux, often creates problems for third party paid applications.

The decisive factor

Fedora is highly recommended when compared to Ubuntu particularly for people who have just started things and desire to have a look on how open source software looks and functions. Overall, Fedora is said to be a satisfying substitute to Ubuntu.

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How To Fix BSOD Error Codes

Jan 26 2012 Published by under How to

A Blue screen of Death (BSOD) is known as the STOP error. When Windows suffers from a serious error of non-recoverable nature, it stops immediately so as to prevent damage to the data or hardware. STOP error includes a STOP code which can be used to diagnose and possibly fix the problem.

BSOD error How To Fix BSOD Error Codes

 

List of few BSOD errors are given below

Stop 0x000000CE or DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS

It indicates that before exiting, a driver failed to cancel pending operations.

Fix

  • It might occur because of installing a faulty device driver/system device. Disabling or removing drivers (name is mentioned in the STOP message) resolves the issue. Using updated software also resolves the issue.

Stop 0×00000050 or PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

This indicates that requested data was not in the memory. It happens when a reference to an invalid system memory address is done. Defective memory or incompatible software might cause this error.

Fix

  • If hardware is added recently, remove and replace it to determine if it was contributing to the problem or not.
  • If a faulty driver/system service is installed. Always use updated drivers and software to avoid this error.

Stop 0x0000009F or DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

This indicates that a driver is in an inconsistent power state.

Fix

  • It can occur after installing faulty applications/drivers/system services. We need to uninstall the particular application (name is mentioned in the STOP message)/ roll back the particular driver/ use updated version of the software.

Stop 0xBE or ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY

It indicates that a driver has attempted to write to read-only memory

Fix

  • It occurs because of installation of a faulty device driver/system services/firmware.  Try to use updated version of software to resolve this problem. If the driver name is mentioned in the STOP message, we have to remove the driver or have to use a possible update of it.

Stop 0X0000002E or DATA_BUS_ERROR

It indicates a system memory parity error. It is caused due to defective or failed RAM/incompatibility of memory hardware. Also when a device driver attempts to access an address in the range of 0x8xxxxxxx that does not exist, this error occurs. It can also indicate that virus or some other problem caused hard disk damage.

Fix

  • This error is mainly due to defective/malfunctioning memory hardware like memory modules, video adapter RAM. Remove and replace the hardware to find out its contribution to the error.
  • Hard Disk corruption is also a cause of this problem
  • Cracks, scratches or defective component on the motherboard can also cause this problem. Repair the motherboard.
  • It can also happen due to installation of faulty drivers or system services. If file name is provided in the error code, remove that driver. Also use updated version of software’s.

Stop 0x000000D1 or Driver_IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

It indicates that the system has attempted for an access to a page able memory by using a kernel process IQRL that was too high. Improper addresses used by driver’s causes this error.

Fix

  • It might occur because of installing a faulty device driver/system device. Disabling or removing drivers (name is mentioned in the STOP message) resolves the issue. Using updated software also resolves the issue.

Stop 0x000000EA or THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

It is caused by a display driver making the system to pause indefinitely. Over here the display driver waits for the video hardware to enter an idle state. All this indicate a hardware problem with the video driver.

 Fix

  • It might occur because of installing a faulty device driver/system device. Disabling or removing drivers (name is mentioned in the STOP message) resolves the issue. Using updated software also resolves the issue.

I hope this article has helped you in understanding all about different types of BSOD errors and its’ fixes. So please give your suggestions and comments so that it can be improved more.

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Free Desktop Themes

Jan 24 2012 Published by under Downloads

Here we are! Let’s begin a new journey to the world of free desktop themes. I am sure this journey will help you to make your desktop look new and fresh removing your past boredom with the desktop’s regular appearance.

Desktop Themes Free Desktop Themes

So don’t wait for a moment. Hold my hand and let’s start.

1970s Rules! Theme

1970s Rules Theme Free Desktop Themes

Those who love the images of disco fever and love boat will surely like this theme. This one is here to bring a smile on your face all over again. This theme is really interesting and beautiful.

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2001’s HAL Theme

2001s HAL Theme Free Desktop Themes

This one is an advanced version of “HAL 9000 V1.5”. It’s designed on a visual style called, ‘smooth’.

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Ballet Theme

Ballet theme Free Desktop Themes

Don’t go by the name. This theme is not meant for dancers only. Why not give it a try? This theme highlights customs and tradition of the European culture through gorgeous ballet.

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Beauty and the Beast Theme

Beauty and the Beast Theme Free Desktop Themes

The blue and black combination of this theme is preferred by many users. It’s capable of making your evenings and nights very romantic with a journey far below the roads of the New York City.

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Citizen Kane Theme

Citizen Kane Theme Free Desktop Themes

Citizen Kane is just like a visual journey that starts from the immortal final words to the finale.

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Dick Van Dyke Theme

Dick Van Dyke Theme Free Desktop Themes

This theme is based on a popular 1960s television show “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. It has animated cursors, WAV sounds, wallpaper and icons.

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Dr. Seuss Theme

Dr.Seuss Theme Free Desktop Themes

It’s a desktop theme especially designed for those who believe in green eggs and hams. It comes with cursors, animated cursors, wallpapers and WAV sounds etc.

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Emma Theme

Emma Theme Free Desktop Themes

This theme fills your desktop with glimpses of Douglas McGrath’s beautiful adaptation from Emma. Its especially designed cinema lovers and fans of Jane Austen.

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Etch a Sketch Theme

Etch a Sketch Theme Free Desktop Themes

This theme reminds me of reunion of old buddies. You can transform your pictures in this theme.

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Fab 50s Theme

Fab 50s Theme1 Free Desktop Themes

It’s based on 1950s and includes two themes in a package. This theme comes with a font, wallpaper, icons, animated cursors and WAV.

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Frank Lloyd Wright Theme

Frank Lloyd Wright Theme Free Desktop Themes

It comes with a rare audio clip from Kane Burn’s documentary. Prime feature of this theme is its glass panel titled wallpaper.

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Get Smart Theme

Get Smart Theme Free Desktop Themes

This theme is based on popular TV show ‘Get Smart’. In this theme agent 86 and 99 are back to protect your computer.

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Harry Potter Theme

Harry Potter Theme Free Desktop Themes

Do I need to tell you anything more than the name?  Just sit and enjoy the magic with this Harry Potter theme.

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So search and find whether my favorite free desktop themes match with yours

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How to Download Beemp3.com Player, App and MP3 (Music)

Jan 23 2012 Published by under How to

Since the beginning of time, music has been the main form of amusement for people. And one can write down a whole encyclopaedia on how music relates to people and society. In the modern age, to be specific with all the modern developments and the birth of new digital media; the way we tune in to music has changed to a whole different way. And this change has not only brought us with more options and choices but has also allowed us to grab our favourite music at the click of a mouse.

BeeMP3 Player (Beemp3.com)

One of the most common name in the music search industry, BeeMP3 has been around for quite some time now. And to specify its basic motive, the site is a web crawler particularly for mp3 files that are found on the World Wide Web. The software searches for mp3 files specific to keywords mentioned by the user to come out with results. Moreover, it has some of biggest mp3 hosting directories in its search list so the results are seen to be quite reliable for most of the searched terms.

Bee MP3 Music Library App

Available in the Apple App Store, the Music Library App is one handy way to keep tuned to one’s favourite choices of songs and get the best related tracks. Not only this, but the application also lets one create on the go playlists and to check out lyrics of the track as well as to get the videos checked out via YouTube.

Music Lib App is available for $2.99 on the app store and is seen to be widely popular application among the music lovers. Available @ http://musiclibapp.com/  – (Apple itunes link)

BeeMP3 How to Download Beemp3.com Player, App and MP3 (Music)

How to Download MP3 (music) to Mobile and PC?

Since the beginning of the digital era in music, music duplication has been quite an easier task and with its betterment, now it takes lesser time. Starting from magnetic tapes and moving onto optical discs; the age now talks of music in electronic forms in likes of computer files such as the MP3. And to add to the spark, the speed of duplicating these modes of music is next to negligible; today it hardly takes any time to copy a tune from one place to another.

bee mp3 search How to Download Beemp3.com Player, App and MP3 (Music)

Downloading MP3 songs from BeeMP3 is in a way quite an easier task. All one needs to know is the artist or the song and to set the search rolling. The web application is sure to do its best to crawl through the record number of MP3 files online to get the right one out for the users.

What next? Simple as it seems, follow on-screen instructions to get the download started to get one’s favourite tune downloaded onto their systems…

Visit Bee MP3 here.

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WordPress SMS Plugins Download (Free)

Jan 21 2012 Published by under Wordpress

There are different WordPress SMS plugins that helps the blog owners to update their readers or subscribers about any new post added to their blog. We are discussing about the most popular and widely used WordPress SMS plugins here.

wordpress sms plugin WordPress SMS Plugins Download (Free)

1. SMS Global SMS Plugin

The SMSGlobal SMS Plugin helps you in getting more traffic at your WordPress site. It also helps in increasing post read rates of your site by informing your readers about the new posts through SMS alerts. With the help of this Plugin, you can send SMS manually to all your readers with the SMS tab from your control panel. It also gives you a choice of either sending SMS to all the users or select users from individual groups such as editors, admins, subscribers, contributors and authors. You can enter mobile numbers that you wish to add with the help of Send SMS Tab. It is very simple to configure the settings of SMSGlobal. The choice of sender ID, password and username can be accessed through SMS Settings Tab. The users of the site have the option of receiving SMS alerts about new posts through entering mobile number in profile. This mobile number is then used by this SMS Plugin for sending SMS. As you are the administrator, you can update all this information from the profile page.

Features

The various features of SMSGlobal Plugin are:

  • It gives you the power to choose or reject the mobile number display with the help of Screen Option from user page.
  • It enables you to send SMS about every new post through Post Tab and SMS will include the title of Post.
  • It enables you to select as well as save the settings for Send Post Alert with the help of SMS settings sub-tab.
  • You can select or deselect the column display of Send Post Alert.
  • It enables you to select the types of users for sending post alerts (choice of authors, editors, subscribers, contributors, admins or all users).
  • The column display of Send Post Alert depends upon the Send Post Alert Settings (Yes-Column appears, No-Column disappears)

Download

You can install it from here.

wp sms plugin WordPress SMS Plugins Download (Free)

How to Install

  1. Upload zip file to Plugins tab
  2. Activate the Plugin
  3. Configure SMSGlobal settings in SMS settings tab

2. International SMS Subscription Manager

This plugin is created by iGeek and it is inspired by WebAddiCT(s). It enables you to build a widget on your blog from where your readers can subscribe or unsubscribe their cell phone numbers for receiving SMS Text messages about the blog updates. In case, you use registrations for your blog, the registers users can get SMS message about the blog updates by subscribing their mobile numbers from their profile page. The owners of the blog cab use WordPress dashboard to send SMS Text messages to all the subscribed members of their blog. They can manage the subscribed numbers as well. They also have the option of exporting or importing contact in CSV format. The blog owners have the choice of sending SMS messages to registered member or widget subscribers or to all. It enables the blog owners to alert their blog subscribers about new post on their blog. It has a new feature of automatic country code detection on the basis of IP address. In case, this feature does not work, the users can select the country from dropdown menu.

Features

The various features of this Plugin are:

  • Widget for SMS subscribe or unsubscribe option
  • Registered users can subscribe or unsubscribe from their profile
  • Custom widget header and footer
  • WordPress dashboard is used for sending SMS text messages
  • Ajax enables Widget (Requires no reloading of page)
  • Auto country detection on the basis of IP address or dropdown menu
  • Export or Import contacts in CSV format
  • IP tracking for readers who subscribed their mobile number
  • WordPress dashboard is used for managing the mobile numbers which are subscribed.
  • Mobile number is added without adding zero or country code

Download

You can install it from here.

How to Install

Installation

  1. Upload clickatell-sms-subscription-manager folder to /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate plugin through Plugins menu from WordPress

Basic Setup

  1. Sign up with the Bulk SMS Provider
  2. Build a new HTTP connection type with Bulk SMS Provider.
  3. Enter the connection details under SMS manager from Options menu of WordPress dashboard.

Adding Widget to Sidebar

  1. Go to Appearance->Widgets from the dashboard of WordPress
  2. Drag SMS Subscribe Widget to the Widget area where you wish to add it.

There are some other SMS Plugins for WordPress that are also very good. These include:

3. WP-Frontline SMS

Download

You can install it from here.

How to Install

  1. First, upload wp-frontlinesms directory to /wp-content/plugins/directory
  2. Activate the plugin from Plugins menu in WordPress
  3. Place widget to bar

4. Quick SMS

Download

You can install it from here.

wordpress quick sms WordPress SMS Plugins Download (Free)

How to Install

Installation

  1. Unzip the downloaded package and drop Quick SMS folder in WordPress Plugins folder.
  2. Log into admin panel of your WordPress
  3. Go to Plugins and Activate this Plugin

Basic Setup

  1. Go to Options and then select Quick SMS tab
  2. Use Teleflip for Canada/US or select your network
  3. Enter the Mobile number where you wish to reseive SMS text messages

Adding Sidebar with Widget

  1. Go to Presentation, Sidebar Widgets
  2. Drag Quick SMS widget to right
  3. Check the blog to check whether the Widget is at proper place.
  4. Send a trial message to yourself to ensure that it is working

Adding Sidebar with Code

  1. Edit the theme of your WordPress (Recommended theme is sidebar,php) to include the SMS box where you want it to appear.
  2. Check blog to check if the Quick SMS form in at proper place or not.
  3. Send a trial message to yourself to ensure its working.

So now you really don’t need much time and effort to enable SMS capabilities on your blog or website with WordPress. You might want to have your own SMS gateway to have personalized short numbers and better efficiency with timely delivery.

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How to Use iMessage on iOS 5 iPad/iPhone/iPod

Jan 20 2012 Published by under Apple

Apple has brought several interesting features or upgrades with iOS 5 which makes all the Apple handheld devices more advanced and capable. iMessage is one of the most popular features which is available on iOS 5. If you are not aware about the enhanced features of iOS 5 then please check the detailed review of Apple iOS 5 here.

Apple iMessage How to Use iMessage on iOS 5 iPad/iPhone/iPod

iMessage is a platform which syncs all your Apple iOS 5 Devices which every conversation that you are having with other iOS 5 users. You can start messaging from any of your iOS 5 device and continue it on another. This way whenever you are with any of your iOS 5 device you will never loose the track of whatever conversation you were on. iMessage helps you update all the devices which are on iOS 5 and maybe connected over Wi-Fi at the same time so that you are no more device dependent. You can leave your iPad at office while you carry your iPhone on the road and then use your iPod at home.

How to use iMessage on  iPad/iPhone/iPod

Now in order to use iMessage you will need to turn it on and do some settings. Here is how:

Turn iMessage on

  • Go to Settings
  • Tap on Messages
  • You will see an option for iMessageiMessage How to Use iMessage on iOS 5 iPad/iPhone/iPod
  • Tap on iMessage ON/OFF option
  • iMessage will auto detect your mobile phone number and Apple ID along with your registered Email IDApple iMessage settings How to Use iMessage on iOS 5 iPad/iPhone/iPod
  • You can change those specs if you wish and you should know what you are doing on that
  • You cal also add additional email ids with this profile

iMessage Usage

Point to note here is that iMessage doesn’t require any other app or tool to get it working. It works seamlessly with the Message app of your device which you recognize with the green icon.Just set this settings up and iMessage  will start working with your Message app. But if you are working on a different messaging app then please check if that supports iMessage or not.

Video demo of iMessage

You can learn more about the capabilities of iMessage here.

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Games like Minecraft

Jan 18 2012 Published by under Games

Since the beginning of the personal computing age, the computer has ushered the users into a more or less vast era of possibilities. With the age of simple number and to calculation, the personal computing brought the whole new level of computing, wherein application came into the being utilizing vast procession resources and coming up with results earlier thought to be impossible by man.

And one such development is that of computer games; thought to be out of question, computer games brought in a whole new insight into computing along with a new array of population savvy to get their hands on the development.

MineCraft Game

With the games in discussion, the genres of the same are important and must be considered. Talking into the topic, Minecraft is one game that is of a certain genre but has conquered a lot of followers and patrons. The games is all about free building from pixels or blocks; it is somewhat like to build all one can imagine, with basic mechanics of the game and the clock turning to day and night with additional character like monsters and all whole lot of features and options to test upon and build out from.

screenshot Games like Minecraft

It basically opens a whole new world where one can build anything with only blocks and communicate and play with friends as well. The weather changes, time goes by and new challenges arise, all in the world of Minecraft… And with over 20,125,815 registered users of the game, Minecraft has paved the way for development of similar games which have presented users with choice and variety.

MineCraft Related Games

Now as mentioned above, the game opens us a whole new genre of game to the users and the list keeps growing with newer offerings; as the genre is getting in more users and is becoming popular with each click.

Now to talk through the other promising offerings similar to Minecraft we begin with:

  • FortressCraft’, is one release for Xbox 360 and supports multiplayer via Xbox Live. With a fee nearly $1, this game provides a highly polished and superior display with the similar gameplay of MineCraft. With polished pixel blocks up for the worker, the sky is the limit and imaginations run wild… @ http://www.fortresscraft.com/
  • The next on the list is the ‘Maniac Digger’; considered the next free alternative to MineCraft; although the blocks look rough but the gameplay is quite close to the original release and is quite addictive as quoted by many. @ http://fragmer.net/md/
  • Following this is the ‘Cubelands’; wherein one can build an imaginary world with their friends with the available resources. One thing worth mentioning is the high resolution and the high polish on the surfaces. It also provides player profiles wherein one can showcase their creation and invite others to join in. @ http://us.cubelands.com/
  • Next is ‘Terraria’, where the objective is to build while you fight enemies from all directions. The 2D scroll game is best suggested to be played with friends on the multiplayer option to harvest the best of it with maximum chances of survival… @ http://www.terraria.org/

Here are some more MineCraft like Games:

Blockland

Detonate

Haven and Hearth

So go on playing all day long and don’t forget to provide us with your feedback about which are the best games like MineCraft so that other users can also follow your advice.

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