picVpic Takes Online Shopping To The Next Level

Most of the people prefer online shopping than purchasing from the retail stores. One of the main reasons is, many online shopping sites offer more discount than the retail stores. The only problem with online shopping is you have to search a lot, to compare products and price between different websites. Previously, I wrote about a chrome extension to automatically find coupons when you checkout from a shopping site. Today, I’ve come with a new web app called “picVpic“, which has a huge collection of clothing and accessories from popular sites around the world. Let’s have  a look at the features and functions of the app below.

On the homepage of the application, you can see a list of clothing and accessories for men and women in a separate panel. You can switch the slider below to see the men and women clothings. The web app shows you the product from more than 500 online stores. There is a menu bar on the top where you can search the site for popular brands, products in discount sales, different collections, etc. To start with the app, first  you have to choose which clothing or accessory you need to buy. Once you select that, it will take you to the massive collection of that particular product.

There you can choose 3 to 5 products and compare their prices, model, etc., in a separate panel. Instead of going to different shopping sites and comparing them in your browser tabs, this web app will be very helpful to compare all the products in a single place. Also, you can see discounts for all the popular brands from different sites in a single place using this application. To compare your products, you need to sign up with your email id or using your Facebook or Twitter account. After choosing a product, everytime you don’t need to come back to the home page. You can access all the categories for both men and women in the top left corner menu.

Every product you open will have a complete description, official website link, social sharing option and a comment section. So, you can see all the user reviews and different pictures of that particular product. If you are regular user of online shopping site for buying clothes and accessories, picVpic is definitely worth giving a try. Share your experience with the web app in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

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5 Best Free Alarm Clock Apps For Android Devices

The person who invented the Snooze button in alarm clocks, is definitely a favorite person for many people around the world. Hitting the snooze button and sleeping for some more time is definitely 0ne of the best things in the morning, but it will not be suitable all the time. Not only for waking up, but alarms are used in reminders, task management and in many more situations in our day to day activities. Since alarms have become a part of our daily life, the features of the default alarm app will not be enough for us. So, today I’ve come with a list of alarm clock apps for people who need to wake up and finish tasks on time.

Alarmpad

The Alarmpad is a pretty smart application than the default alarm app on your Android device. Once you dismiss the alarm, it will automatically open the calendar app and read the notes you have entered. Also, you can see the complete weather information on your location right after you dismiss the alarm. One of the important features of this application is, you can set your own voice or any custom recording as an alarm tone. The app can be connected to your Bluetooth device for dismissing or activating the alarm using voice commands.

Wave Alarm

Unlike other alarm apps, Wave Alarm works based on motion technology. Similar to the name, you have to wave your hand above the screen to dismiss or snooze the alarm. This simple gesture will turn off the alarm quickly without touching your phone. All you need is a front facing camera on your device to capture to gesture. All the basic features like weather update, inbuilt ringtones, brightness control, etc., are available in the application. For the app to work properly, it should not be moved to the SD card of your device.

Alarm Clock Xtreme

Alarm Clock Xtreme has all the possible ways to wake up you from the bed. The alarm will gently increase the volume to a higher level than the normal alarms to wake you up. To avoid cancelling the alarms accidentally, it has large snooze buttons and puzzle solving methods to cancel the alarm. The large snooze button will decrease the time between normal snooze to wake you up. You can also choose different math puzzles to stop the alarm. This will be very helpful for you to wake up on time. It has both free and paid versions, the free version is ad supported.

Puzzle Alarm Clock

The Puzzle Alarm Clock is an ultimate alarm application for Android devices. As mentioned in the name of the app, you have to solve a puzzle to cancel the alarm. The puzzles are available in three difficulty levels, you can choose the one according to your need. Also, it supports NFC and QR Codes to cancel or disable the alarms. It has a loud explosion sound, which gives a great effect if you connect your device to the external speakers. The app has an option to send an SMS to the emergency contact, if you don’t turn off the alarm on time.

I Can’t Wake Up Alarm Clock

If you think you couldn’t wake up on time, then you should try this app on your Android device. It has eight different tasks to wake you up. The app will not turn off the alarm until you finish that task. The tasks are like math puzzles, rewrite the random text, scanning the barcode in a random area of your place and much more interesting activities. Instead of having a boring alarm every morning, these tasks will be very helpful to give a different atmosphere to wake you up every morning. There is an awake test on the app, which will pop up a notification after you wake up, if you don’t cancel that, then the alarm will start ringing again.

If you are struggling to wake up with your regular alarm app, these apps are worth giving a try. Share your experience with  these apps in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Save Facebook Posts For Later Usage With Facebook Favorite For Chrome

Applications like Buffer will help you to post status updates on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks in various timings. Instead of sharing in random timings, status updates at the right time will have a very good reach. So, Buffer and many similar applications, will share the updates on right time and help your content to reach more people. Today, I’ve come with one such Chrome extension called “Facebook Favorite”, which helps you to save posts from Facebook and organize them in a single place for later use.

You can download Facebook Favorite from the link at the end of this post. Once you complete the installation, the extension icon will be available near to your URL bar. All the saved posts and links can be accessed from there. After installing the extension, refresh your Facebook account if you have already logged in. You will see a “Favorite” option below all the posts on your Facebook wall. All you have to do is, just hit the “Favorite” button over there. Posts will be saved automatically in the extension cache.

All the posts will be organized based on the timings you save. Recent posts will be available on the top of the feed. You can see all the saved posts by clicking the Facebook Favorite icon near to the URL bar. Scroll down to see all the posts you’ve saved. In the left panel, you have options to clear cache and switch to full screen mode. Posts can easily be shared on Facebook and deleted individually. Though it looks very simple, it will be very helpful for people who manage pages and run campaigns on Facebook.  You can also save the posts to “Pocket” app right from the extension.

One of the important advantages of this extension is, you can always share interesting contents without spamming people’s wall. If you are a regular user of Facebook, this extension is worth giving a try in your Chrome browser. Try the app and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

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How to post tweets that self-destruct with Spirit for Twitter

Have you ever posted a tweet to Twitter only to find that you are still receiving replys months later? There is nothing to stop you from manually deleting any tweets you no longer want to share with others, but by turning to Spirit, all of this can be taken care of you for you. This free service can be used to create tweets that will self-destruct after a certain period of time.

Sign up for a free account and you can then use hashtags to configure timers for your tweets so they can be deleted on your behalf. Pay a visit to the site and run through the signup process.

You’ll then need to grant the service permission to access your Twitter account â€" just click the Sign In button.

Using Spirit is very simple. When you’re posting tweet you would like to have a limited lifespan you just need to use the right hashtag. For example, if you want a tweet to disappear after 30 minutes, use the hashtag #30m. For a tweet that vanishes after 12 hours, use #12h, and use #3d for one that is deleted after three days.

This is a great tool for anyone with an online shop who is looking to offer a discount code for a limit period â€" no need to remember to delete the original tweet once you have signed up with Spirit!

Change the icon for a removable disk in Windows

We all seem to have multiple USB devices that we plug and unplug these days, and you’ve likely noticed the rather generic looking icons that represent these devices. However, these aren’t what you have to use â€" you can actually set up something like a USB drive (as well as other devices).

In the image below, you will see the generic icons that Windows uses by default (I am using Windows 8.1). Drive E is a Kingston DT101 G2 16 GB thumb drive, and that is what we will change.

First you will need to find the image you wish to use. I prefer the actual device, but you can use whatever you want. Once you have found and saved the image, then you will need to switch into an icon â€" I used AveIconifier, which is free. It does require your picture to be in PNG format, so you may need to convert it with an image editor, but even Microsoft Paint will do this. Drag and drop the image in the app, then drag and drop the new icon to a folder of your choice.

Now drag and drop you new icon onto the drive and open a Notepad and enter the following text:

[autorun]  icon=icon.ico

Save this file to the drive as well. When you’re done, eject the drive and then re-insert it and then changes will have taken effect. That’s all there is to it.

Jumpshare Offers A Simple and Quick File Sharing Option From Your PC and Web

There are hundreds of file sharing applications available on the internet. Today, most of the file sharing apps have the cloud storage to access data from anywhere on the web. File sharing applications are available for all the platforms like PC, Mobile devices and web. Also, most of the apps connect all these platforms with a common storage space. So sharing large data has become simpler than before. Today, I’ve come with one such application called Jumpshare, primarily available for PC and web. Let’s have a look at theta features and functions of the app below.

As of now, Jumpshare is available for Windows and Mac operating systems. You can also access the app from the web interface. To start with the application, first you have  to sign up with your email id. You can visit Jumpshare and download the app using the link at the end of this post. Once you complete the registration  process, you will be redirected to the dashboard. The interface is very simple and easy to understand. You can upload files from your PC or web and it will be synced with other devices automatically.

You can easily drag and drop the files in the application and web interface from your PC. You will get a 2GB of storage space on your Jumpshare account. Each file should not exceed 100MB. So, you can’t upload single large files in this application. This app will be very helpful for people who work with documents and simple files in multiple platforms. Wherever you have your files, you can save them in a single place using this app.

The search option in the application helps you locate the file quickly using various search factors. You can access “Settings” of the app in your profile section. Select the “Install” option in the same list to download the Jumpshare app for Windows and Mac. You can upgrade to Jumpshare premium account for more storage and unlimited file upload. If you are looking for an alternative to your current cloud service, Jumpshare is worth giving a try. Share your experience with Jumpshare in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

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Disable the Windows key and L shortcut to stop accidental locking

Even if you are a proficient keyboard user, there will undoubtedly be times when your fingers don’t end up quite where you would like them to and you accidently hit keys other than the ones you intended. Sometimes this is not a serious problems, but there are plenty of scenarios in which it can be extremely irritating. For example, it is quite easy to press the Windows key and L by accident â€" you may be looking to left justify some text for example, and miss the Ctrl key â€" and this will lock your computer, requiring you to enter a password to get back to what you were doing.

This may not be something that happens all that often, but you can be sure that when it does happen it will be when you are rushing to get something finished quickly! You’ll be pleased to hear that there is a very quick and easy fix to avoid the problem â€" all you need to do is implement a simple registry tweak.

Press the Windows key and R at the same time to bring up the Run dialog, and then type regedit before pressing Enter â€" this will launch the Registry Editor. If a User Account Control dialog appear, just click Yes to continue.

Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem. With this key selected, click the Edit menu and select New > DWORD 32-bit value, name it DisableLockWorkstation and press Enter.

Double click the newly created item and change its value to 1 before pressing Enter.

You should not need to restart your computer for the new setting to take effect, and you should find that when you press the Windows key and L at the same time, nothing should happen!

Use Snagit to record your on-screen activity in Chrome for free

There are countless ways in which you can capture screenshots of what’s on your screen and save it as an image. You could just hit the Prt Scr key and then paste the contents of the clipboard into your favorite image editing app, or you could use Windows’ built in Snipping Tool. There are also numerous third party screen capture tools to choose from. But if you want to capture video footage of on-screen activity, it is a slightly different matter, and your number of choices is rather more restricted.

There is a great application called Snagit which can be used to capture screenshots in all manner of ways, but if you are using Chrome you can turn to a free app and extension instead of regular desktop software. Pay a visit to the Chrome Web Store where you’ll find a free app and a free extension to download and install.

For each, click the blue Free button followed by Add and allow the installation to complete. Once the installation is complete you’ll find a new shortcut in your Apps folder as well as a new button in the Chrome toolbar.

By default, Snagit can be used to gran images of your screen. Just click the toolbar button and draw a selection around the portion of the screen you would like to capture. The image will be automatically saved to your Google Drive.

In order to enable the video capture feature, you will have to change a couple of settings. First of all you will need to change a setting in Chrome itself. Type chrome://flags into the address bar and press Enter. Locate the setting labelled Enable Screen Capture Support in getUserMedia() and enable it.

Close and restart Chrome to put the new setting in place â€" you can also click the Relaunch button that appears at the bottom of the screen having enabled the new setting.

Launch the Snagit app, click the cog icon to the upper right hand corner of the dialog and then tick the box labelled Enable experimental features.

You can then click the  New Screen Recording button to record on-screen activity. All you need to do is click Yes to start the recording, and then click Stop Sharing when you’re done.

Your video can be saved as an AVI file and used locally or online.

Google Docs gets add-ons — here’s how to access them

Google Docs is the free online alternative to Microsoft Office â€" though Office also now has a free online version as well. Although many individuals and businesses use it, it has been knocked a bit for being less capable than the rival. One problem has been the lack of plug-ins, but that has now changed, as Google has rolled out the feature. Here’s how to access the new add-ons.

First, I need to point out that this is just rolling out, so it’s possible that you may not see the feature right away. With that said, head to the Google Docs page and open a new or existing file.

Scan the top menu and you’ll find a new item appropriately named “Add-ons”. It’s hard to miss, as Google has red “new” written just above the option.

Click on this new menu item and a simple and short drop-down appears. Two simple options appear â€" “Get add-ons” and “Manage add-ons”. The latter is greyed out unless you have already added one or more.

“Get add-ons” will open a box that displays all of the available plug-ins, and there are already quite a few, despite that this feature was only added a few days ago.

You can look at all of them, that’s the default view, or use the drop-down menu at the top left to narrow things down to a particular category, such as business, education and more. It’s all quite simple to use and manage, so keep an eye out for the update.

Make Your FireFox Browsing, Downloads and Uploads Faster with FasterFox

Choosing a web browser that browse fasts, download and upload files better is always a choice one has to make. Most of us use Google chrome because of its loading times. Firefox isn’t a slow browser but extensions like FasterFox make it much better. It’s a simple and effective extension that can make you browse fast, make your downloads and uploads even faster.

FasterFox comes with many tweaks like cache, rendering, pipe-lining, giving you the ability to customize your settings or use the already given presets. It optimizes the browser to your liking.

Here’s how it works. After installing the extension, you’ll see a small icon in bottom left of your browser. Right click on it and click on options. You’ll be taken to the presets menu. You can, from there, choose from 3 presets. Courteous/Light preset that will be used for rendering tweaks only, it won’t increase web server load. Optimized/Medium preset that optimizes the network for increased performance or the Turbo charged/Strong preset, which is enabled by default when you install, it maximizes your browser’s performance, exceeds RFC specs (increases load to web servers).

If you know what you need, click on custom settings.

You’ll see 5 new tabs of settings you can set. Cache, where you can change your browsers and DNS cache preferences. Connection, where you can change your HTTP connection preferences by allowing or disallowing max connections per server or proxy (increases number of connections helps a great deal for pages with number of images or other content). Pipelining which allows multiple requests to be sent to the server without waiting for responses to the previous requests. Rendering, where you can choose how many pages should be in firefox’s history allowing them to be available immediately upon clicking the back or forward button. And popups where you can disable popups from plugins or pages.

It does not matter if you don’t want to use custom settings, it’s Turbo charged/strong preset does the job VERY well. I tested a youtube video using the same preset and I could spot the difference by a mile.

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Accidentally removed the Chrome App Launcher? Here’s how to get it back

Last year Google made some radical changes to it’s Chrome web browser. One of those changes was the redesign to the New Tab page, one of which removed the link to Apps and placed it up on the menu bar â€" it’s that multi-color grid of blocks at the left side. The position, next to bookmarks you have pinned there, is unfortunate, as it makes it fairly easy to accidentally delete when aiming at a bookmark you no longer find necessary.

Fortunately, this link is never really gone, and you can get it back if you removed it accidentally, or unpinned it intentionally because you didn’t think you would need it.

To get started, make sure you have the favorites toolbar enabled â€" the one that allows you to pin website links for easy access later. Find a blank area on it and right-click.

Near the bottom, you will find an option titled “Show apps shortcut”. You see, it’s never really deleted, just hidden away, and there is no reason to do a clean install of the web browser.

There are other methods for doing this as well, but they are a bit more complicated. You can also add an App Launcher directly to Windows, making it somewhat like a Chromebook. To do so, visit this page.

That’s all there is to it. You should now have everything fixed.

Take and share screenshots in Windows 8/8.1 without extra software

Windows 8.1 is now firmly entrenched in the market, and Update 1 is now just around the corner. But that doesn’t mean that everything changes. Many features included in the previous operating system have moved forward to the new one, and that trend should continue, at least until version 9 hits the market, which we really have no clue about yet.

One feature that should certainly be hanging around for the foreseeable future is the ability to grab screenshots and easily share them via the web, without the use of additional third-party software. Here’s how you can do this, in a couple of easy steps.

To get started, pull up the screen you wish to grab an image of and then head to the Charms menu. To do so, move your mouse cursor to the top or bottom right of on the screen â€" for touch screens, the click on the “Share” button to get started.

Once clicked, you will receive two simple options â€" email and Windows Phone. Choose which one you wish to use for sharing your screenshot.

 

Click your choice and a screenshot will be snapped and you’ll get the option to access your share method. That’s all there is to it, you’re set.

Java installed crapware — here’s how to remove it

There is an increasing number of programs that come with adware, also known as crapware, with them. This isn’t malicious software, as it comes from legitimate companies, but it can provide an annoying experience, adding toolbars and changing search options, among other things.

Two such popular programs that do this are Java and Flash. Both enable the installation by default and rely on customers missing the option as they click through the installation process. If you have fallen victim to this during a Java setup then there is an easy way to get rid of the junk. Here’s what to do.

Start off by heading to the Control Panel and clicking Programs, followed by Programs and Features. Now scroll down to locate the Ask Toolbar and click the Uninstall option.

Ask, which produces this toolbar, offers a stand-alone removal tool, though the company doesn’t advertise this. You can grab that from APN Application Remover.

This same process will work for any software that installs the Ask toolbar on your system, and other programs that are bundled with these types of apps can frequently be removed via the same process. In some cases, you may need to head to the extensions section in your browser settings to eliminate other messes.

Encrypt and Protect Your PDF Documents Using Free PDF Protector

PDF is one of the most used formats by people who work with documents regularly. It is because, the PDF documents are secured by default. Also, the alignment and the contents cannot be easily changed in the documents.  So, most of the people prefer PDF format for all their important documents. There are many add-ons and tools were available to support and improve the security of PDF documents. Previously, I wrote about a web app to convert any type of document into PDF and a simple web service to convert email attachments and web pages into PDF documents. Today, I came with a new supporting tool for PDF documents called “Free PDF Protector”, which encrypts the documents and improves the security. Here’s how it works.

As of now, Free PDF Protector is available only for Windows. You can download the application using the link below. Once you install the app, you protect any PDF file on your PC with  a password. All the passwords you create are protected with 128 and 40 bit encryption. A single PDF file or multiple folders can be protected using this application. Apart from setting a password, you can allot different levels of permission to the documents. Two types of permission levels are available, one is user level and another one is owner level. User level people can only view the documents, but owners can edit, delete and modify the content.

The interface of the application is very simple and easy to understand. In the app’s window, just drag and drop the PDF files to encrypt it with a password. You can select any number of files at the same time to set a password. User and Owner passwords can be separately allotted to a single file for different level of access. For books and other copyrighted documents, you can set author, subject, title, etc., right from the application. The application supports up to 38 languages, which makes it easy to use for all types of users.

PDF protector is a free application, which helps you to protect the important and confidential PDF documents easily using its encryption method. If you are a regular of PDF documents, it is a must have application on your windows machine. You can quickly encrypt the files and send it to your recipients. Even some security violations happens on the other side, your documents cannot be misused. Try this app on your PC and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

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