Multitasking Launcher For All Android Phones, SWAPPS

                 Recently Ubuntu has become the most talked about Operating System, people are trying to know all the features of it and exploring its interface. The Unity interface offers an incredibly quick and intuitive way to access your most commonly used applications from a launcher that appears on the left hand side of your screen. Developers have liked this feature and have built an "pseudo launcher" for Android devices called as Swapps.

                   The most exciting feature of this launcher is that it does not replaces the devices main launcher, just as in Multi-tasking feature of Samsung Galaxy Note-II. You can access all your applications from wherever you are without returning to the home screen in your Android devices. It is activated by swiping from the left hand side of the screen to reveal a list that is separated into three parts: favorite apps selected by the user, recently used apps. and a complete list of all the applications currently installed on the device. You can add up to ten of your most commonly used applications to the favorites section, and you can also customize any gesture for exiting this launcher.This is an application for making multitasking just a little bit easier in all Android phones because Multitasking feature is available only in recently available high end phones.

Photo Credits -XDA Developers

Features:

• Contains full application drawer just like in your home application
• 'Recently Used' panel contains 5 last applications you opened
• 'Recently Used' applications background process can be closes by long press on the application
• 'Starred' panel holds up to 10 of your favorite applications
• It is accessible anytime, regardless of which application is currently running, using a simple swipe
• Notification icon can be disabled or made transparent in the settings screen.
• Fully customizable swipe-area (Side, Width, Height)
• Doesn't affect battery life!!!

You can get this application from Google Play Store.

Source-XDA Developers

10:28   by Unknown ·   0

"SNOView" A Hub Of All Social Networks

Enhanced technology has brought people very close to each other and is constantly keeping them in touch by various social networking sites. People now a days want to check out what their friends are up to on Facebook, have a group video conference on Google+, seeing your friends’ pictures shared on Instagram or visit XDA developers for having all the technical news about your phone. Accessing to all these sites you will require a different application for each on your Android Smartphone. As we know all the high end phones have the large RAM capacity due to which they do not lag in their performance when multitasking but what about the low budget smartphones ? If we use different applications for every of these sites then surely our phone will start lagging, so to sort out this problem developers have designed an application which will grant you access to all of your social networking accounts at once.

SNOView (Social Network OverView), is the application that we are talking about, it clubs the biggest social networks including Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Instagram, and RSS feeds into a unique yet simple interface. The interface consists of vertically scrolling tabs, which display the feed subscribed to, and once pressed, show an expanded view of feed along with a vertically scrolling 3D cover flow of subscribed feeds and networks. The application has a built-in browser that allows users to view their feeds.

Photo credits-XDA Developers

Features :-

• Clear and chronological presentation of your favorite feeds from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google Plus
• RSS Feeds for news sites such as CNN, Engadget etc.
• No registration for these social networks necessary, celebrities and news-sites usually post public news
• Facebook/Twitter/Instagram authentication possible to read your friends NON-public posts
• Import Facebook/Twitter/Instagram friends
• Detail view (with 3D cover flow) for navigation through all posts
• Link to the post on the respective website
• Search function for all networks
• Search function to find spefific entries
• Posts could be marked as favorite
• Widget to see latest news at home screen (> Android 3.x)

Customisable settings :

• Interface can be personalized (4 skins available)
• Large profile pictures
• Adjustable profile order
• Notifications for new news (LEDBlinker also supports SNOView)
• Automatic updates in background
• Automatic updates only with available Wi-Fi connection
• Automatic update at starting the Application
• Adjustable update frequency while Application is in background
• Disable updates 

This application is very battery friendly and can be easily downloaded from the Google Play Store.

Source-XDA Developers

10:27   by Unknown ·   0

SuperBeam For Faster File Sharing

Connectivity in phones have been developing along with mobile phones. It started with infra-red, then came bluetooth, then NFC and now the newest is WiFi Direct. Developers have formulated a new application called the SuperBeam which provides a faster file transfer process. 

Photo Credits-Google Play Store

SuperBeam uses WiFi Direct to share any file stored on the device with another device, this is possible on a device that runs Android 4.0 or later. If your device runs an older version of Android, the application will automatically switch to hotspot mode. You can pair the devices using QR codes or NFC, you do not need to install an QR reader application because it has an inbuilt QR scanner. Another feature that SuperBeam boasts is the ability to use an existing WiFi network to connect and share files between devices.

Features:

• Share files between devices using NFC or QR code scanning.
• Blazing fast transfer speeds using WiFi direct.
• Switches to hotspot mode automatically for devices that doesn't support WiFi direct.
• Can use existing WiFi network connection between devices.
• Share single or multiple files of any type (photos, videos, zip files, APK's)
• Works with all 3rd party file managers and photo galleries.
• Light and dark color themes.
• Advanced settings

WiFi direct doesn't play well with custom ROMs. Please follow these steps to switch to hotspot (tethering) mode if WiFi direct is causing you issues:

• Open SuperBeam scanner.
• Tap options > settings.
• Tap Advanced settings > Preferred direct method.
• Choose Hotspot.
• Close SuperBeam and try sharing again.

This application is available for free on Google Play Store.

Source:- XDA Developers

10:25   by Unknown ·   0

Access Device's And Computer's Data On A WiFi Network By Your Android Device

Connectivity in present day devices plays a major role, major companies are running research for either new connectivity options or refining the existing options. People use WiFi to be connected to internet wirelessly in a area. If you are connected to a network you can access the data on the other devices connected to the same network by a software.

Procedure to access other devices on WiFi via Astro File Manager :-

• Open the Astro File Manager User Interface.

•  Then click on 'Scan Local Network' 

•  'Work Group' icon will be displayed as shown in the Screen shot above

•  When you click on the 'Work Group' the devices connected to the network will be displayed

• Select the device you want to access, if it asks for password then enter the username and password of the system and then you can access it.

Astro file manager is an excellent file manager for android devices, it can be used to access your phones files as well as data on other devices connected to the same WiFi network wirelessly. This software is freely available on Google Play Store so you can easily download it and use it.  

10:24   by Unknown ·   0

Flash Your Android Device Wirelessly Using RemoteFlash

Many people after buying there smart phones, are satisfied by the features that the company has provided with the phone. But there are a second group of people too who want to explore their devices to the fullest by flashing custom ROM or flashing any new update or adding a modded feature of some other phone to enhance the properties of their phone. At the time of flashing or rooting you require a USB cable and a laptop, but many a times you will not find the USB cable in place or it would be not in a good condition due to frequent use. Despite of this if a person uses this faulty USB cable for flashing then its mere risk.

To minimize this risk developers have come up with a application which will allow users to flash there phones wirelessly. The application is called as 'RemoteFlash'. It allows you to flash ROMS, Mods, and Updates directly from your computer, over WiFi.  APK's can also be installed on your device  wirelessly using this application.

This application consists of two files. The first  one being a standalone Java application that will  run on your computer and  the other file is the RemoteFlash apk which will be installed in your android device. The PC and the android device should be connected to each other via same WiFi network.

Procedure-:

• Install the java application on your PC and the APK on your android device.
• Run the RemoteFlash apk.
• Reboot the device.
• As soon as your device boots back up, RemoteFlash will be running.
• Open the PC client and click "Auto-Scan".
• Check/uncheck "Wipe Data/Cache", and click "Go".
• Select the file to be flashed, and it will be flashed directly to your device.

Links -:

JAVA application for PC "RemoteFlashPC-V0.3.jar" can be downloaded from here.

APK for android device "RemoteFlashV1.1.apk" can be downloaded from here. 

Source- XDA-Developers

10:23   by Unknown ·   0

A new way of switching Windows

Got bored of switching windows in Windows OS using CTRL+TAB & WINDOWS+TAB ????
Today i will introduce you to a software that will make switching windows a lot easier. This software has been inspired by features of Macintosh OS (Mission Control) and has been forged for use in Microsoft Windows OS. The software is called as Production Release 1.0 , you do not have to install it just double click on it and it will start working.

The link for downloading this software is sourceforge.

10:55   by Unknown ·   0

Dual boot windows 8 with windows 7

So windows has been launched for a quite a time now and you are still wondering whether to upgrade or not and not wanting to give up your older and favorite version,so here's what you can do,double boot windows 7 with windows 8 and can have both running on the same time and enjoy both.

Here's how you can do !!!

Step 1: Back up your current system

This is always a good practice when you are tweaking an operating system. The risk of losing data is usually pretty low, but you don’t want files to disappear the one and only time you didn’t back up.

Step 2: Create a new partition on your hard drive

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Step 3: Obtain your copy of Windows 8

Depending on how you want to purchase the new OS, you can install it either by DVD or by USB drive. If you purchase a copy in your friendly local computer store, you’ll be using the DVD and DVD drive approach in the next step

Step 4: Install Windows 8 in the new partition

Step 5 :Install Windows 8

 On the next screen, select the Unallocated Space we created earlier and click Next.

Step 6: Dual-Booting

Need any support do not hesitate to contact !!

Via-makeuseof

10:52   by Unknown ·   0

Play your Youtube videos on VLC player directly

I  first thought of saying about what vlc is and how useful it is but then it occurred to me,you might be knowing about it.It is the world's most favorite video player and plays almost all formats.But today i am going to tell you about a new feature of this player.
                                How many if you knew you could play youtube videos via your VLC player ?? Not many right so here are the steps by which you can do it !!

Step 1: Open your VLC player and press  ctrl+n

Step  2:Enter the url of the media that you want to play and press the play button !!

Benefits:

• You can choose Video -> Always on Top inside VLC and the YouTube video window will stick to the foreground while you work on other tasks.
• Press the Loop button in the player controls and the YouTube video will play non-stop in a loop (also possible with Chrome add-ons).
• You can change the Playback speed of the YouTube video and make it run slower or faster than the normal speed.
• Use the Tools -> Take Snapshot option to capture a screenshot image of any frame or scene in the YouTube video.
• Watch the YouTube videos without the ads. I played a couple of movies and music videos inside VLC and none of them carried any pre-roll ads.

credit

Via-CNET
SOURCE-Digital inspiration

10:51   by Unknown ·   0

Stardock's Decor8 Allows You To Personalize Your Windows 8 Start And Lock Screen

Best part about Windows 8 is its Metro UI. Now, what if you can personalize it the way you want by opening doors to more possible customization. Well, Stardock's Decor 8 will help you with that.

Decor8 adds a new tile to the start screen, where you can customize your windows 8 based on four categories : Background, Colors, Options and Lock Screen. You can set any image as your start screen background or even make it cycle between backgrounds. There are lots and lots of customization that can be done using this application.

Stardock's Decor 8 is available for $4.99, and trust me its worth it. Or you can get a free 30-day trial.

Stardock's Decore8

10:50   by Unknown ·   0

How To Hide A Drive In Windows

Hiding things and sending secret messages is not a Practice of this era.It has been in our civilization from the evolution of human kind,but this era is a little different and need HI-TECH methods to keep their Data secure and hidden.

You might be accustomed with normal procedure of hiding a file or folder with normal hide and show hidden file procedures but how about hiding the whole drive ?? Confused,No need to be,this is possible with simple registry hacking technique and a simple software called NoDevicesmanager .Not only this you can even hide DVD and CD drives .

Here's a screen shot of the application,you can see the names of multiple drives named A: to Z:,just check the drive you want to hide and click on save changes,You can also set a password to the application so that there is no Unauthorised usage.

This is a very important tool for people who don't posses a Hard Disk.They can easily create a small partition in the windows and hide their secret Photos,Videos,important Documents etc,and no one will ever know !!

Note- You have to restart windows explorer or even your system for this change to take place !!

You can see my C: D: and G:

The selected Drives are hidden

 If you have any doubts feel free to contact !!

Via-labnol

10:47   by Unknown ·   0

"Lyrics Music Extension" This App Let's You Know The Lyrics Of Currently Playing Song

No doubt android market has plenty of apps but there are certain apps which are really good by small developers but go unrecognized and people are not aware of it and that's where we come in play.So,today i will tell you about a app called Lyrics Music Extension developed by VOICHE .I came through this app in One of the forums of Xda-developer.

This is a really awesome app mainly for Sony Xperia users.This app lets you know the lyrics of the currently playing music on your player.Now No more searching for lyrics on the web or using other apps.The new update also brings support for Indian songs.

As soon as install the app you can see an infinite button just click on that and then select view lyrics and there it is .

Currently it is available only for following devices-:

Smartphones :

• Sony Ericsson Arc S
• Sony Xperia SL
• Sony Xperia Ion
• Samsung Galaxy S II

Tablet :

• Sony Xperia Tablet S
• Sony Xperia Z & Galaxy Note 2 Coming SooN :)

10:45   by Unknown ·   0

Get Your Facebook And Twitter Feeds Right On Your Home Screen With This Live Wallpaper

In Today's world social media has become an integral part in our lives because it keeps us connected,helps following the band we love,getting important news,entertainment or anything you name,and Mobile devices have given them new heights.What makes these mobile so useful,Its the OS and Apps that keeps them driving.

Keeping this in mind Xda-developer Stilv has created an Live wallpaper which lets you set your home screen to be Facebook or twitter timeline and you can see all your feeds on the home screen without even opening the official app.The apps are named as Facebook magic and Twitter magic.I tried this app myself but was not quite impressed with it's lite version and when people don't enjoy your lite version why  would they buy the paid one ?

Both the apps are quite similar in their functionality,you just need to download the app and connect your Facebook or twitter account and set it as your live wallpaper and done you will get all your feeds on your screen.What else do you need,Life's made more easy right ??

But there's a little glitch the lite version refreshes feeds at every 12 hours which is not really good but the paid version provides your with options like  2, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 minute update. 

DOWNLOAD LINK-Facebook

DOWNLOAD LINK-Twitter

Via-Xdadevelopers

10:43   by Unknown ·   0

Give your Android Smartphone the WindowsPhone Look With "Launcher 8"

No doubt about Windows Phone 8  being talked about too much now a days. And what makes Windows Phone different from Android and iOS is it's gorgeous interface, the Live Tiles. 

The only place where Windows is lacking is it's Market where there are very limited apps(for now). Now, What if one could get Windows interface along with all android apps!! Awesome Right??!!

Thanks to QiHang Dev Team for coming up with Launcher 8 which gives your Android Smartphone users a taste of Windows Phone. And guess what, it's absolutely FREE!! You can customize it accordingly in "Oppa Windows Style"!!

Android Play Store Link - Launcher 8

04:27   by Sukesh Kumar ·   0

BlueStacks (Android App Player) for Windows 8 / 8.1

For those who don't know, 'BlueStacks' is just like an Android simulator where you can run all your Android apps right on your PC. Many of us will be familiar with it as we use the same software for installing 'Whatsapp On PC'.

Now, the good news is that BlueStacks has been released, or one can say optimized, for Windows 8. All the android action is now back on your PC. Users carrying Windows Phone or iOS can now easily enjoy almost all Android apps right on their PC. With 'almost' I mean it's right now filled with only 750,000 mobile apps but that's more than enough.. Right?? 

You can download Bluestacks via link below.

Bluestacks For Windows 8

04:24   by Sukesh Kumar ·   0

Make WhatsApp Free for Lifetime

"WhatsApp", A revolutionary messaging application  which completely eliminated the so called term 'SMS'. Now, people usually refer to the phrase "WhatsApp me" instead of "message me". Now, the problem with WhatsApp is that you have to pay 0.99$ on iOS to get it but once you purchase it, it's free for lifetime. Whereas, on Android and other platforms it's free for 1 year after which you have to pay 0.99$ every year to use it. Quiet disappointing. But there's always a way to get things for free and same goes for Whatsapp too. Today, I am gonna tell you how to make WhatsApp's subscription free for lifetime.

All you need is, 

• - Apple Account 
• - Patience 
• - iPhone (temporary)

Let's begin. 

Starting of with 'Apple Account', you need to create one. Just download and install 'itunes' and from there you can easily create your Apple account.

Next comes 'Patience'. It's quiet a tradition on iOS where they giveaway various apps for free of cost. So, every year there's a period when 'Whatsapp' is completely free on iOS, i.e, lifetime subscription. 

So have patience and wait for that period to come. Don't worry, stay tuned to  technoisseur and we will let you know.

Finally, you need an 'iPhone' which you can easily borrow from one of your friends. Once you have downloaded WhatsApp from App store for free from your account, install it on your friend's iPhone with your own SIM card in it.(Don't Forget to first Log Out from his Apple account and then Log In via yours).

After installing, just enter the required data and done!!(Just for Safety message few of your buddies using iPhone and then log out from your Whatsapp's account).

Take out the SIM card and put it back into your Android phone, install WhatsApp in it via the usual procedure and then go to Settings -> Account -> Payment and you shall be greeted with this screen.

Now, I am not sure about this trick working on every single device or platform. But in-case you are having any sort of problem, feel free to comment below so that we can help you out.

04:19   by Sukesh Kumar ·   0

Get Rid of Cell Broadcasting Messages [ROOTED]

All of us out there are annoyed of those buggy cell broadcasting messages and even turning it off manually(Messages --> Cell Broadcasts --> Settings) doesn't seem to help. This particular problem is mostly experienced with custom ROMs. How to get rid of them?

Well, follow these steps and I'm sure you'll no longer be getting those 'alien-encrypted' broadcast messages.

• - Open Terminal Emulator (Menu --> Terminal Emulator)  and switch to root using su command.
• - Execute the following command :                                                                                                                    pm disable com.android.cellbroadcasterreceiver
• - Once successfully executed, it'll return kill.
• - Restart your phone and that's it. You're done. 

In order to turn it back ON, just replace disable with enable. But seriously, Why would you do that? 

Feel free to drop comments and share your thoughts.

04:14   by Sukesh Kumar ·   0

Samsung Wave 3 Custom Firmware

 know I know,No one takes care of Bada and no one takes this operating system seriously.After Bada 2.0 we thought we would be competing with Android :P,but it's nowhere around.There are practically no apps,no customization,no firmwares,So we will provide you with something you can change the look of your phone little bit atleast !!


So Here we go !

This is a customized firmware named Turko CFW Only for WAVE 3 users !! 

LINK

Here is a custom firmware based on last S8600XXLC3 release for S8600 only

Here are the available CSC: DBT,XEF,XEI,XEO,XEU,ITV,KOR,SKT,TUR

Default CSC: your country

If it does not install your country, after flash from keyboard: *#272*HHHH# where HHHH is time show on the wave and select your country.

Important : First Full Flash XXKJC fw,after Update TURKO CFW 

S8600 XXKJC : -Download- [Pass : sampro.pl]I

Turko CFW : -Download-

Changes You may Like

- Lockscreen is the same That ICS 4.0.4

- Dolphin Works So Fast

- Default Start Year 2012 Default

- Battery percentage enabled Default

- Sleep Time 1 Min Default

- Maximum use of 5 Java apps same time

- Some Apps Removable (Caster,ChatOn,Music Hub)

- Added New Font 

- Maximum SMS / MMS increased 300

- Show hidden storage on windows explorer (IntSys) 

- Added Facebook Java Version on direct main menu 

- Added Palringo direct main menu

- Added eBuddy direct main menu 

- Opera Mini Next direct main menu 

- Opera Mini 6.5 direct main menu [Turkish]

- Added GoogleMaps direct main menu

- Custom for GPS

- You can record a call

This Post is Taken from a thread of Xda-developer Posted by Hero355

03:21   by Unknown ·   0

BlackBerry Z10 Review

Finally the wait is over,Here is one of the most awaited phone of this year, Blackberry Z10. BlackBerry Z10 is BB's first smartphone based on the brand new BlackBerry 10 platform.This phone has been in rumors for quite a while and people were expecting it to compete with Android and iOS .BlackBerry Z10 hold its own against top-notch rivals like Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy Note II, Nokia Lumia 920, HTC Butterfly and Sony Xperia Z. But can BB Z10 make its way to the top and regain it's lost reputation?? Lets See.
It has launched in India with a price tag of ₹43,490.

   Build Quality

Trust me, when you look at this phone for the first time it will blow your mind. Smooth curves, extreme sleek design,It looks something like combo of iPhone5 and HTC one.  The front has a big bezel on top as well as bottom of the touchscreen, which adds to its height a bit. Just above the display lie the earpiece, the front camera and the status LED. The Power button is still holding its position on the top (like other BB devices) and the 3.5mm audio jack alongside. The left edge has the Micro-USD and microHDMI ports and the right side has the volume rocker with the mute button nestled in between. 

Screen

BlackBerry Z10 comes with Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors with a 4.2-inch 1280x768 display (355 ppi) that grows on you as you use the phone.The display is not the brightest we have seen though Visibility was impressive under the Sun.

Specifications

BlackBerry Z10 is powered by 1.5GHz dual-core processor, coupled with 2GB RAM, while the graphics are handled by the Adreno 225 GPU. Battery life is merely average,not so great.The phone comes with 16GB onboard storage and supports microSD cards up to 64GB.

Camera

On the back of BlackBerry Z10 is an 8-megapixel camera, capable of taking 1080p stabilized video.The Image quality is good but not comparable to that of iPhone 5 or Lumia 920. You can record either 720p or 1080p video, though you can't click a picture while shooting a video.The 2-megapixel front camera also offers 720p video capture that comes in pretty hand with video over BBM.

 

Software

Everyone was quite excited about the BB10 OS.There were several rumors and alpha devices suggesting different things about the OS but lets see How it actually is ?

 

The new OS brings a new twist to a tried-and-tested interface of BlackBerry phones and does a good job as there is only a small learning curves .Yes, there are a few bugs that crop up once in a while, but nothing major.The most important gesture, however, is swiping up and to the right. This exposes the BlackBerry Hub, which aggregates all your forms of connectivity into a single, overpowering list. In BlackBerry 10, you get a home screen that doubles up as the app menu, task switcher.

However, for anyone else looking for a smartphone that lets them browse the Internet, use emails, Facebook and Twitter, click the occasional picture, as well as do a bit of casual gaming, BlackBerry 10 is definitely worth a second look. 

Connectivity

It has quite the features that is packed in every other device.It supports GPRS adnd Edge.It has a speed of HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE, EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps.WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, LE,And ofcourse NFC.Those are all paired with 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0, while the phone also offers accelerometer, gyro, magnetometer and GPS.

So, What do guys think? Time for Blackberry Boys to come back in action and show what it really is to own a Blackberry!! 

Do comment and let us know what you feel. .

03:18   by Unknown ·   0