Thursday, October 17, 2013

Future Technology Device: Leap Motion



LeapMotion is a brand new and high technology device, Leap Motion controller is a very small peace of hardware , compatible with both Windows and Mac computers, that allows users to control the device without touching the keyboard, mouse or the screen . This smart device is available in market for $80 , which will be very useful for presentations , class rooms and meetings to present in a innovative way.




We can use LeapMotion controller to use zoom in and away from the sun/ google earth, the planet of our solar system . As an added bonus LeapMotion has a many apps which support 3D environment with 3D glass. 


This device will be useful for Video Gamers, School teaching for visual demonstration of the solar system , Corporate Meetings and presentations. 

Eventually , we may expect to see most of the organizations/users using Leap Motion in all of their demonstrations.. 



Friday, October 11, 2013

How to Create cartoon style bubbles for your photos ?

By using Phrase.It we can create our own Comic style speech Bubble images, Its 100% free and you don't even need to register or provide your email address. 


It's one of the very best speech bubble photo editor.  You can create Comic strips by uploading your own photos, or you can even import from facebook or you can select random stock photos from internet and use those. 

Once you create your Cartoon bubbles you can edit your photo with vintage look or shady look ... they are have different themes. 


After your creation , you can download your art to your computer or you can share to your friends over Social network or using link.


Monday, October 7, 2013

How to create a word clouds ?



How to generate your own "Word Cloud" from the text you have provided ? Word Cloud gives very stylish way of arranging the words you wanted to see on a image .

Wordle is very intelligent toy for generating "word clouds" from the text provided by you , The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

You can change your text with different fonts, layouts and different color schemes. Wordle provides the way to print your word cloud after creation or you also save them to Wordle public gallery to share with friends, But it will be visible to every one in the internet, there is sign-in, or protection to your images once its uploaded to Wordle Gallery.


Actually , Where can you use word Clouds ?  Well, its up to your imagination & based on your needs , You can use word cloud on Business Cards, on your Blog , Print it on your T-shirt , as a book cover , as a poster, as a flyer , or even as a wall poster in your Office or bedroom.

Happy Wordle.. !!


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Create Panoramic from scattered photos : PhotoStitcher



PhotoStitcher is a very new and innovative easy to use tool for combining multiple overlapping pictures into a single panoramic image.

Many times we have been out for vacation, road trip or hiking, to capture the complete view of the picture is not an easy.. We do have panoramic on iPhone, but its not easy to capture than a certain limit, Teorex has recently released this very useful software PhotoStitcher

Here is the very simple steps to get the PhotoStitcher get to work for you to create a beautiful Panoramic for you. 



PhotoStitcher automatically addresses the technical issues like alignment, distortion, overlapping . Its going to be the best tool for graphic designers or photography lovers. 

  • Download the PhotoStitcher for windows or mac Here

  • Select your Scattered photographs from your computer 
  • Click "Stitch" and let the program stitch the photographs ( even Overlapping photos ) 
  • Change the clipping rect based on requirement and crop the photo per your needs. 
  • Enjoy the beautiful PhotoStitch Panoramic picture. 


Google 2-Step Verification


Google 2-Step Verification

Why 2-Step Verification



It's easier than you think for someone to steal your passwordAny of these common actions could put you at risk of having your password stolen:
  • Using the same password on more than one site
  • Downloading software from the Internet
  • Clicking on links in email messages
2-Step Verification can help keep bad guys out, even if they have your password.With 2-Step Verification, you’ll protect your account with both your password and your phone.



How to register 2-step verification

Go to https://security.google.com/settings/security?ref=home
  • click edit at 2-step verification, then you will navigated to start setup page
  • Click start setup and then enter your gmail password 
  • Key in your mobile number and select option to call or send sms
  • Key in the verification code or receive the call when asked and complete the process

Keep sign-in simple

  • During sign-in, you can tell us not to ask for a code again on that particular computer. From then on, that computer will only ask for your password when you sign in.
  • You'll still be covered, because when you or anyone else tries to sign in to your account from another computer, a verification code will be required.

source: Google

Saturday, September 28, 2013

How to send encrypted email from Gmail



Adding security to your emails is very important in the fast growing internet world, Email is playing a major part in everyone's life these days for their communications. To protect our privacy its always better to encrypt the email. 


SecureGmail using SecureGmail we can send encrypt emails using Gmail or accounts provided by your organization , school or Business. 

You may also like: How to email files directly to Google Drive, Dropbox or SkyDrive ?


It's very easy , to get started login to SecureGmail and download a small extension for your browser. 


Once you installed the extension, your "Compose" icon in your gmail gets new look with a little lock icon. 




It will open a new compose screen to send your encrypted message. 



Your message will be encrypted with symmetric encryption to encrypt and decrypt each message and Password id decided by the user and assumes the recipient already knows it , also you can send a hint about password to the recipient. 




Your recipient will be asked to Decrypt message with the password .. Its that Simple.. 


Monday, September 23, 2013

How to backup your cloud Drive?


Does your cloud Drive needs to be backed up ? Yeah, there are multiple reasons why your cloud drive needs to be backed up, incase your data is corrupted , or your account is compromised or you made a mess and need to go-back to previous date of data ..

MyBackupBox will allow you to  transfer data between your cloud accounts and take backup of your website data. 

Login to MyBackupBox and add Source and Destination cloud accounts and perform Scheduled transfers ( in Archive format ) .. 



You may also like : How to host your website on Dropbox

What else can be done with MyBackupData :

  • Automate and Schedule your Cloud backups.
  • Easily create schedules to handle transfers of your data
  • Archive and Timestamp your transfers for easy identification
  • Perform Incremental backup's or full backups
  • Backup your Wordpress websites, database.

Additional advantage of this is, you can do all the above mentioned activities with out installing any software.


Initially you will get 10GB worth data transfers for free of cost and there after you need to pay $1 per 1GB. 

Saturday, September 21, 2013

How to host your website on Dropbox ?


If you are looking to host your website quickly and easily without paying to any hosting providers, Dropbox is the great place for you.. It takes less than 5 minutes to setup your website. You can publish this site with just txt  files and you don't need to have any knowledge with css, javascript.



You may also like : How to backup your website

Here is the Steps to host your website on Dropbox

  • Create your Account on Dropbox:  If you don't have an account with Dropbox already , You create one here

  • Login to my Droppages site where you will get to pick a name for your website by logging into DropPages and click SignIn. 


  • It will ask you to authenticate with your Dropbox credentials and once you login you can create your website like yourname.dropopages.com , Here is the site i have created http://beautifulwebsite.droppages.com


  • It creates a simple website displaying Hello World page, To make it a full website, download this website template and copy it under your website folder in Dropbox and make necessary changes to the .txt files under Content folder to modify the text on pages. 


  • After that you can make necessary changes as needed by modifying the Default.html page under Templates folder. 


  • If you don't want to use the url with .droppages.com , you can upgrade your account on my.droppages.com and you can pick your own domain name as increase the Data size as needed. 


Share if you like it. 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Google Digital Wallet Now available on iOS



Google Wallet a digital Wallet App by Google is now available on iOS devices. This has been on Android devices quiet long time, after NFC requirement changes today Google extended its digital Wallet to iOS devices also.

Google Wallet allows users to send money between the members, make purchases online by storing the Credit/Debit card into your account. It also let you save Reward membership details, coupons driven for Google Wallet.

Google also monitor's all of your transactions 24/7 for a fraud and if you ever loses your Smart phone, you can goto Service website and disable remotely. 

As of now This App will work only in United States, and you can download from here. Lets expect Google to release this App soon across the world. 

Battery life after iOS7, Tips to Save Battery on iPhone



Awaiting iOS7 has been Officially released to all the Compatible devices of Apple. Ofcourse iOS7 is soo neat and yeah sexy :) 


As per Apple iOS7 has been optimized to increase the Battery life, Well there are many folks facing Battery Drain issues on the iPhone 4s/5 .  


Here are some simple clicks where you can improve some of the features with out losing the key features of the iOS7. 



  • Disable Background App Refresh:  It's one of the feature contributes to suck the Batter life. To Disable it, Goto Settings --> General --> Background App Refresh 


  • Disable iAds:  If you are not too fancy about getting location based Ad's , Disable it to save some Batter.  To disable it, goto Settings --> Privacy --> Location Services --> System Services 


  • Disable Reduce Motion:  This feature will reduce the motion of the User interface , icons and alerts.. You can save some more by disabling it. by navigating to Settings --> General --> Accessibility --> Reduce Motion


  • Turn off unused Location Services : yeah, we need Location Services to be enabled for better user experience of iPhone, But we can same some battery life by disable Location Services for the Apps which we don't use often.


  • Finally, By Turning off Bluetooth, Wi-fi , Air Drop when we are not using with just one swipe .