Techno-tips

Open Facebook via Linux terminal

2012-02-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

Well i read this today from a friend who shared it on Facebook.A tutorial on how to use Facebook from a Linux terminal.

A majority of Linux users prefer sticking to their terminal rather than accessing through a GUI for most of their daily tasks. Have you ever wondered whether there is any way to access Facebook from terminal? The answer is Yes... Now, its possible to access Facebook from the terminal

Read More: How to Use Facebook through command line.

TANCET 2012 Application form and Registration

2012-02-05T12:33:00.000-08:00

TANCET stands for Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test. Students who aspire to enroll for MCA or M.Tech or MBA or M.Arch or M.E or M.Plan can apply for the test.The duration of TANCET MCA Entrance test is 2 hours. This course is for those students who aspire to MCA courses.The question paper has following parts: reasoning, basic Computer knowledge, Quantitative skills and Logical thinking.

You can download the application form from Anna University Chennai website here - http://admission.annauniv.edu:9080/tancet2012/

Also read the rules and regulations here - http://www.annauniv.edu/tancet2012/booklet.pdf

Indianpad.com gets a new life ?

2012-02-05T00:36:00.000-08:00

Indianpad.com home page now

Indianpad.com was the best indian social networking site in it's time and we loved using it. It undoubtedly generated more traffic than any other Indian social bookmarking site of it's time. They had all categories for a top site and also was one of the best maintained site. It had a karma point order of hierarchy where users get points for interaction.

The page was not in function for years now and out of curiosity i just typed the url and the homepage had an Indian map with 'Coming soon' written on it and also a small text box to write in your url and once the page is live the site admin will probably let you know by mail.

Installing Reliance Netconnect on Fedora OS

2012-02-01T03:11:00.000-08:00

Well i recently moved to Fedora ( Kernel Linux 3.1.0-7.fc16.i686) which runs GNOME 3.2.1 . My PC runs on a dualcore CPU at 1GB Ram, I was using a Reliance netconnect earlier to browse on the go and after moving i had to install it on Fedora 16.There are no software available for Fedora OS, but it is possible to connect and use the internet.

From Fedora Desktop go to Applications > Network Settings

Select Network Settings

From the dialog box that opens up select Mobile Broadband and click add as in the picture below (it shows Reliance netconnection as i have configured it already ).

You should see the modem name from the box that appears next, mine is 'Huawei Technologies and Huawei mobile'

Click continue.

Select country from the next box that appears and click continue.

Select country from list.

Now Select 'Reliance Netconnect'

Select Reliance and continue.

Now select reliance connection from the network connections tab on the top-right corner of the desktop.

Click 'Reliance Connection' and get connected

Now you will be successfully connected to the internet. Enjoy browsing :)

Tags: Reliance Netconnect+ net connect settings for linux fedora kernel ubuntu

Google's Motorola sues Apple for 6 patents

2012-01-26T15:42:00.000-08:00

Well, this is some news.It was last year that Google decided to join with mobile giant Motorola, ever since business has been on a rise for Motorola.The merge has not yet been finalized and this move by Motorola Mobility has seen as after a consent given by Google.

Motorola mobility are known to be Apple's toughest competitor in US.Apple earlier has several patent claims against Samsung and Motorola.

You can read in detail about the six patents at Tech2.com here - http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones/google-consents-motorola-mobility-sues-apple-for-six-infringed-patents/276222 .

image courtesy: Techjournal.com

Facebook also against SOPA and PIPA bills - Mark Zuckerberg

2012-01-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

Mark Zuckerberg - The CEO and Founder of Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg, The CEO of facebook also feels that SOPA and PIPA bills should be opposed.He says facebook opposes these two bills that will hurt the Internet.He stated this as a status update in his profile.Earlier Wikipedia protested against the bills. He was quoted saying

The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the internet's development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the internet. The world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet. We have been working with many of these folks for months on better alternatives to these current proposals. I encourage you to learn more about these issues and tell your congressmen that you want them to be pro-internet.

The full version of Facebook's views against this bill can be read at https://www.facebook.com/FacebookDC?sk=app_329139750453932 .

Wikipedia goes on a Black-out

2012-01-18T07:45:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia page displaying the news.

Wikipedia.org the largest encyclopedia in the world has gone on a 24 hour black out to protest against the legislation by US Congress that could damage the free and open nature of the Internet.I was trying to get information about a person and this page popped up instead.

Well on clicking the learn more link at the page, i came to know that Wiki is protesting against two bills the SOPA(Stop online piracy act ) and PIPA(Protect IP act).These bills as Wiki and Electronic Frontier Foundation says would hinder the free and open nature of the Internet. The bill if passed will not only affect US citizens but also people all around the world.The EFF explains why at How PIPA and SOPA violate white house principle of free speech and Innovation.

You can also read about the bills at the Wikipedia page SOPA and PIPA.

Well you can access Wikipedia from your smartphones and mobile devices as of now.

Dev C++ compiling problem fixed

2012-01-11T10:28:00.000-08:00

Bloodshed Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2

While i began using Dev C++ to do cpp programs as my laptop(a dell xps 16) runs on 64-bit Windows Vista OS and doesn't support normal compilers like the Turbo C++.

Consider the program i have written in Dev C++ which shows a few errors:

#include
#include
void main()
{
int a,b;
cout<<"Enter two numbers whose sum to be found :";
cin>>a>>b;
cout<<"\n The sum is: "<
getch();
}

Now this program in logic doesn't have any errors can be compiled and used under Turbo C++ compiler and not on this one.The errors for the above written program are listed below:

1 C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward\iostream.h:31, from C:\Users\Athul Jayachandran\Desktop\sum.cpp In file included from C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward/iostream.h:31, from C:\Users\Athul Jayachandran\Desktop\sum.cpp
32:2 C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward\backward_warning.h #warning This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated header. Please consider using one of the 32 headers found in section 17.4.1.2 of the C++ standard. Examples include substituting the header for the header for C++ includes, or instead of the deprecated header . To disable this warning use -Wno-deprecated.

The following two errors occur due to the calling of header file iostream.h so instead of calling iostream.h call just iostream using a pre-processor and also instead of cout and cin use std::cout and std::cin and try compiling again.This should work.

Now the code would change to the following:

#include
int main()
{
int a,b;
std::cout<<"Enter two numbers whose sum to be found :";
std::cin>>a>>b;
std::cout<<"\n The sum is: "<
}

Compiler returns no errors now

Program has been compiled and run.

I tried compiling this same and this worked.Hope this helps, Have a nice day !

The new MOTOROLA DEFY™ MINI preview | Specifications | Price

2012-01-07T15:05:00.000-08:00

The Motorola Defy Mini Promo

Motorola has came up with a smart move by rolling out the new Motorola Defy Mini a shorter version of two successful models the Motorola Defy and the Motorola Defy Plus.The Motorola Defy Mini sports a 600Mhz processor and a resolution of 480x320 pixels with 180 ppi pixel density.Just like it's big brothers Defy and Defy+ the Defy Mini is life proof(as Motorola calls it), Which means it is dust-resistant, scratch resistant, and water resistant.The camera is 3.2 mega pixels and not 5 compared to it's higher versions and also has a 0.3 pixel front camera which supports video calling.The Motorola Defy Mini.

The Motorola Defy Mini

The mini runs on Android 2.3.6 (Ginger Bread) which is not present in the Defy but is present in the Defy+.The phone has a very powerful 1650 mAH battery which would last long even with above average use.The Defy Mini supports external memory upto 32GB microSD card.

The phone is expected to be priced around rs 10000 and will be a great budget phone as we see it.We are mighty impressed with the features and will let you know about the price of this awesome device as soon as it is available.

tags: The Motorola Defy Mini android phone price review specifications in india buy the Moto defy mini

BlueStacks - Test Android apps on Windows before running them on your smartphone

2011-12-24T12:14:00.000-08:00

The BlueStacks App Player on Windows.

Well this is one of the coolest apps an Android smartphone user can get their hands on.Now using the Bluestacks application one can run an Android app/ Game on their PC with windows before running it in their Android device.You can also transfer apps from your Android Smartphone using an app known as Cloud Connect.

A Demo on how the BlueStacks app works

Using the BlueStacks App Player for Windows, you can play Android games on your computer screen.You can play your favourite Android games on a larger screen and also can use a wide range of Awesome android apps on your PC.You can now play games like Angry Birds on PC with this cool app.

You can Download BlueStacks app player at their official website here - http://bluestacks.com/ .

Download Cloud Connect on Android Market here - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bluestacks.appsyncer.

Buy the Aakash UBISLATE tablet online | Preorder now

2011-12-19T14:45:00.000-08:00

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibil with Aakash Tablet.

Now people are offered an opportunity to buy Indian Government's product the 'Aakash UBISLATE' tablet online at http://www.aakashtablet.com/ .The website was opened on 15th December 2011 and 30000 tablets were on offer that day which were sold out in a matter of minutes.The Aakash Tablet runs on a 366Mhz processor operating with Android 2.2 .The makers are offering delivery within one week after placing of order.

Head over to the Aakash Tablet website and order your's now.

"My earnings are low from Adsense ?" - A discussion

2011-12-19T14:28:00.000-08:00

I know a lot of people who joined Adsense after hearing about and seeing my Google Adsense drafts back home.Some friends managed to get their webpage approved while others couldn't even manage that.Those who managed to get an Adsense account later complained that they were generating very less revenue and traffic say 0.10$ per day or 1$ per month etc.

The reason is that they aren't patient.Patience is something you need when starting a blog and implementing Adsense,Your blog should be concentrated on something you love to blog on.A particular topic instead of going for a range of topics at start.Now the next thing is the patience, nobody would earn say 10$ or anything after the first day,it will take months for earnings to be consistent.We bring you a video by Lisa from 2CreateAwebsite highlighting the main mistakes you commit after getting into adsense.

Lisa explaining the common mistakes by newbie Adsense users.

New User Interface available for Gmail

2011-11-08T13:47:00.000-08:00

The new Gmail Interface with a new theme.

Google has gone one step forward in improving the User interface design of Google mail widely known as Gmail. Gmail has made the changes citing that the way users use internet is evolving and it is to ensure consistent online experience.

Changes in the new interface is that

Easy navigation
Improved search options
Better organized
More themes added to the interface.

We see this as a positive move by Google to stay ahead of the competition even though there is little competition for Google when compared to e-mail services.

Motorola Defy Plus in India | Price | Specifications | Buy | Preview

2011-11-07T16:09:00.000-08:00

The Motorola Defy Plus

The Motorola Defy Plus is one smartphone that anyone would love to have.The phone is packed with super specifications at the price offered.The Defy Plus runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and has a 3.7 inch touchscreen which makes it a biggie.The phone is packed with a 1GHz processor and a 5Mega Pixel primary camera.The Defy has a decent resolution of 480x854 pixels.The device is equipped with Gorilla glass and is scratch resistant and Water proof.

Pros:

Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread OS
3.7 inch touchscreen
1 GHz Processor
5 Megapixel Camera
Gorilla glass display and Scratch resistant
Water resistant and Dust resistance
Faster and Better Battery Life

Cons:

No secondary or front camera

The Phone is Water proof and is capable of recording videos underwater.

This is one phone i would love to buy and the Motorola Defy Plus is priced in India at Rs 17,990/- excluding the memory card.The Phone is available to buy online in India at Flipkart.com.

Here is a review by Clove.co.uk put up on youtube.

Motorola Defy Plus review

Motorola Defy underwater videos

2011-11-07T14:49:00.000-08:00

Motorola Defy is such a cool phone to have and this is one reason to buy it.It is water proof and can be used to shoot videos underwater.Here we bring you a video samples that was shot under water with Motorola Defy.

What a cool phone to have.Motorola is soon bringing out the Motorola Defy Plus in India with improved specifications.We will let you know about the price of the device as soon as it releases.Stay tuned folks :)

Nokia N79 - A Review

2011-10-05T05:08:00.001-07:00

One and a half years ago i bought a Nokia N79 phone from Mobile store at 14700/- something.It came with 3 free back covers which can be changed whenever we like and a 4GB microSD card.The phone is a s60 handset and all symbian applications work on it.The N79 comes with a 5 megapixel camera which can capture images at 2592 x 1944 pixels and record videos at 640x480 resolution and at 20 frames/second

The case in which the phone came is below.

The case contains

Phone

3 Express covers

USB wire

Headphone

Charger

Ovi Suite CD

Manuals

The three express covers that came with my phone.

A few pictures i clicked with it.The clarity is amazing and you have a lot of modes to capture images.It is a treat to all those wanna be photographers.The video clarity is amazing too.Video uses up a lot of memory though.The memory is expandable up to 16GB which is quite nice.

There are two speakers on the right side but they aren't quite upto the mark.But the headfone out is good.Overall N79 is an amazing phone and i love having it.

Download Youtube videos on Symbian Mobile Phones

2011-09-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

The official Youtube application for Symbian mobile phones only allows you to browse among videos and watch them and doesn't have an option where you can save them for offline viewing later.This was very sad as i am also a Symbian phone user.But the great news now is that there is a Symbian application available that allows you to download youtube videos to your Symbian mobile phone.The application is available for S60 V5 phones like 5800,N97 etc.

User Interface of the Application

All you have to do to get this amazing application is to go to Nokia OVI store and go to this page - http://store.ovi.com/content/109923 , And check whether your mobile is supported by this application.Videos can be downloaded in full HD at even 1080P and also from 240P.This is an amazing application for all Symbian users.The files are saved in .MP4 format and mostly can be viewed on the RealPlayer or in SmartMovie.The App was developed by Pico Brothers.

Pre-Order the Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 in India

2011-08-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 in India.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 is all ready for a September 1st week release in India as of now.The tab boasts to be the thinnest and lightest of them all.The tab runs the latest Android 3.1 version known as Honeycomb.The tab has two camera's,The primary one 3MP which takes photos and also manages HD video recording.The secondary camera is two megapixels for 3G video calling.The Tab supports both 3G and Wi-Fi.It also has a HDMI support port.

The Tab 750 ships to you with an internal storage of 16 GB. This tablet from Samsung uses a 7000 mAh capacity battery that supports video playback of 9 hours and music playback of 72 hours.Now you can Pre-order this tab in India at free shipping with Flipkart.com.

To Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 in India visit this link - http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/samsung/itmdf8ja79frhbad?pid=mobdf8j4yzrazzgq.

Download Malayalam Mp3 songs from 4Shared

2011-08-28T08:21:00.000-07:00

Being a Keralite,I know that it is really hard on the Internet to find malayalam songs especially those classic one's and it is really sad that there isn't a dedicated website for Malayalam music.Now i would like to bring you some websites that provide malayalam music for download.

4Shared

4Shared.com is not exactly a music website but is a file sharing website having a wide range of files from Audio to Ebooks.It also happens to be one of the most visited file sharing sites on the internet.I have been using 4Shared to download music and believe you will find any Malayalam song of your choice,all you have to do is search with the starting lines or the film name.

Start searching your favourite song here at http://www.4shared.com/

Samsung surpasses Iphone and Nokia in sales

2011-07-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

The battle of Smartphones.

Samsung Galaxy S2

In the smartphones section,Samsung has overcome Apple's Iphone and Nokia's wide range of Smartphone in terms of sales.The huge demand for Samsung Galaxy series especially the Galaxy S II is said to be the reason.Samsung's move towards Android is looking to be a boost for them.Samsung is racing to reach with Nokia to become World's largest Handset makers.The korean based company's sales boosted up after it started selling the Galaxy S II, Which has the performance and features to stand up with Apple's Iphone.Samsung currently has a lot of mid budget smartphones available.

Facebook changes news feed settings, How to reset it

2011-02-19T23:04:00.000-08:00

Since a few days i have been noticing that i hadn't been receiving news updates from some of my friends on Facebook.Usually i had been receiving status updates from them and yesterday i saw one of my status being updated but it was not showing up on my news feed.So i checked out the settings and found that Facebook had changed their settings in such a way that only news from the people whom you interact with the most are to be seen in your news feed page.Then i changed it back to normal again.

So here is how to do it, It's really simple.Follow these instructions :

1.Just go to the Facebook home page by clicking on the Facebook logo.

Go to Facebook Home page by clicking the Facebook Logo.

2.Just scroll down to the end of the page and click on the edit options link

Find the edit options link

3.Now change the settings from 'Friends and pages you interact the most' to 'All your friends and pages'.

opening the edit options displays the above pop-up box.

4.Now just click save and go back to your News feed page and you can see updates from all.

Just change it to 'All your friends and pages".

That's it you are done.Happy Facebooking folks :-)

Get a Mobile version of your Blogger blog

2011-01-15T02:17:00.000-08:00

Here we bring you a very simple hack on how to activate mobile version of your blog.It is very easy and simple and just takes a couple of minutes.All you have to do is follow these four steps below.

If you haven't moved to Blogger in Draft then i say you do it right away,It is right their at the top near the sign out link.
Now go the settings page of your blog
Go to the Email & Mobile tab.
Now tick the option Yes and save the setting's.

Now all you have to do is add '?m=1' to your blog address and you can view the mobile version of your blog.

Via : Bforbloggerbeta: Enable mobile version of your blogspot blog

Multiple Google accounts login trick

2011-01-14T21:35:00.000-08:00

Well most of you might have two google accounts and might have to switch between account's and have them opened up simultaneously.Now we have a tweak for the same.To get multiple google accounts to work on the same browser rather than having two browser's to do the trick.

We will give you a small step by step tutorial.It's really simple folks.

Google Account's page

Go to your Google accounts page - https://www.google.com/accounts
Click on the Multiple Sign-In Edit Tab - https://www.google.com/accounts/MultipleSessions

Multiple sessions page

Now check on and Save.

That's it now you can get multiple account's on the same browser.Happy Browsing folks.Throw in your comments if this was of any help.

Universal Cell Phone charger coming soon

2011-01-01T16:06:00.000-08:00

Yes,14 mobile phone companies have agreed to have a common phone charger so that their users wont have to go in search of a compatible charger while travelling or while at a place away from home.The companies include Blackberry,Nokia,Samsung,Apple etc.They signed the contract back in June 2009.The common charger will be of the type of a micro USB jack.The new charger will make life easier and reduce waste says the Vice President of the commissioner for industry and Entrepreneurship.The common charger is compatible with data-enabled mobile phones of various companies.The charger will roll out in the first quarter of this year.

Gmail account verification emails are fake

2010-12-27T04:33:00.000-08:00

Over the past few months i have been receiving numerous emails that declare themselves to be from Gmail office and are demanding account details so that my account doesn't get suspended or canceled.They came from email accounts like acctaccess.verifying@gmail.com ,verify.finishacct@gmail.com and a few more.I had suspicion that this was not from Gmail as they don't usually does send such messages or verifications.I never replied thank god.

The emails look like this

We are shutting down some accounts due to congestion in our database system and your account was chosen to be deleted. If you are still interested in using our email service please click reply and fill in the space below for verification purpose:-

Full Name:

Pasword:

Occupation:

Year of Birth:

State of Origin:

Note: This email is only for Gmail users (Users should reply within 48 hours to avoid "Permanently Lockup" Account)

Thank you for using Gmail !

The Gmail Team

I would recommend my readers and friends not to respond to such fake emails that are used to hack into our accounts.Don't reply and save yourself from the trap.Google never sends emails to verify account.

The best thing to do is to mark this as spam and hope that google sees it and blocks these accounts as soon as possible.Google are you listening?