Top 10 tech trends of 2012

Photo filters


Large-screened phones


Low-cost tablets


BlackBerry-maker RIM's downturn


Online shopping


Cloud storage


7-inch tablets


High-resolution displays


Windows 8


WhatsApp

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HP's Windows 8 hybrid tablet launched in India

HP launched a new Windows 8 product line, which includes - an ultrabook, a hybrid device and an all-in-one PC.




The HP ENVY x2 has a detachable screen that becomes a full tablet
when separated from the keyboard via a seamless magnetic latch.


The HP ENVY x2 features a 11.6-inch diagonal high-definition touch
display, an HD webcam plus an 8-megapixel camera, and near field communication (NFC) technology.


The HP ENVY x2 is expected to be available in India from January 2013.
It is available at price point of Rs 59,990.


It is claimed to offer up to seven hours HD video playback on
the tablet and up to 12.25 hours HD video playback when docked.


The HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 features a 14-inch multitouch
HD display, with up to five hours of battery life, a subwoofer with
Beats Audio and optional AMD graphics with 2GB of graphics memory.


HP also launched an all-in-one PC. The HP ENVY 23 TouchSmart
all-in-one PC is said to deliver a 10-point multitouch technology.


It has a 23-inch diagonal HD display. It is equipped with the latest
Intel Core i5 processor, and 1 terabyte of storage. It is available
in India from December 20 at a price of Rs 71,990.

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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts 

Using the mouse, you can drag-”˜n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster: 

• Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen 
• Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize 
• Win+M minimizes everything 
• Alt+Up, Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow navigate to parent folder, or browse Back and Forward through folders in Explorer 
• Win+Home minimizes/restores all open windows except the active window 
• Alt+Win+# accesses the Jump List of program number ‘#’ on the taskbar 

2.Rearrange System Tray Icons 

You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. The cool thing is you can also rearrange system tray icons. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. Take control of what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you’ll require notifications.

3. Access Jump Lists with the Left Mouse Button 

Jump Lists usually show up when you right-click on a taskbar icon. However, they can also be accessed by holding the left mouse button and dragging upwards. If you’re using a laptop touchpad or a touch screen, this is convenient because you do not have to click any button to access a context menu. 

4. Add Any Folder to Favorites 

You can add any library or folder to the Favorites section in Windows Explorer. To add a folder, navigate to it in Explorer, right-click Favorites in the left navigation pane, and select Add current location to Favorites. Now you get quick access to your favorite folders in all File->Save As dialogs!

5. Pin Frequently Used Folders to the Taskbar

Right-click, drag, and pin your favorite folders to Windows Explorer on the taskbar. They will now show 

up in the Jump List when you right click on Explorer giving you quick access to your favorite folders. 

6. Pin Control Panel to the Taskbar

You cannot pin the Control Panel to the taskbar via the Start Menu or by drag and drop. Open the Control Panel and right-click its taskbar icon to pin it to the taskbar. An advantage of this is that Control Panel’s Jump List allows quick access to recently used functions.

7. Create Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs 

You can create keyboard shortcuts for any program in Windows 7. Right-click the program icon and select Properties. Select the Shortcut tab, click in Shortcut key, to set the keyboard shortcut for that program.  

8. Open Command Prompt in Any Folder

Like the command prompt? Miss the “˜Open Command Window Here’ Windows XP power toy? Press “˜Shift’

when right-clicking on a folder to get that option in the context menu. This also works on the desktop. No power toy required! 

9. View Expanded ‘Send To’ Menu

Press Shift when right-clicking on a folder to get an expanded Send To menu. 

10. Adjust Screen Text with Clear Type

Use Clear Type Tuner for the best look on your LCD monitor or laptop screen. Run “˜cttune.exe‘ from the Start Menu search box, or go to the Control Panel Display applet, and select Adjust ClearType Text from the left. 

11. Get Exact Colors On Your Screen 

If you are an artist or you work with colors, use the Calibrate Color option in the Control Panel Display applet or run dccw.exe from the Start Menu search box. You can adjust gamma, brightness, contrast, and color balance, ensuring that colors are displayed correctly on your screen. 

12. Customize the Power Button 

If you restart your computer more often than you shut it down, change the default Shutdown power button to Restart. Right-click on Start, select Properties, and choose the Power button action that you use the most. 

13. Customize Number of Items in Jump Lists & Start Menu 

Right-click Start, select Properties, click Customize and choose the number of recent programs to be shown in the Start Menu and the number of items displayed in Jump Lists from the Start Menu Size section below. 

14. Search Internet from the Start Menu 

Enable Internet search from the Start Menu using your default browser. Run GPEDIT.MSC from the Start Menu search box to start the Group Policy Editor. In the left pane, go to User Configuration->Administrative Templates->Start Menu and Taskbar. In the right pane, right-click to Edit and Enable Add Search Internet link to Start Menu. 

15. Add Videos to Start Menu 

Windows 7 does not place a link to your videos on the Start Menu by default. To add a link to your videos on the Start Menu, right-click Start, select Properties, click on Customize. In the Videos section at the bottom, choose Display as a link. 

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Samsung Galaxy camera launched in India for Rs 29,900

Samsung Electronics launched its Android based camera in India that enables users to run Android applications in addition to doing the usual. Priced at Rs 29,900, the Android powered camera allows users to shoot, edit and share photographs and video easily and quickly through social networks.
The new device, which looks like a camera in the front and a smartphone in the back, allows users to shoot, edit and share pictures with their social networks.
The Galaxy Camera is a perfect fit for those who wish to shoot, edit and share brilliant photographs and video easily and quickly through social networks without connecting to a laptop or PC.
The Galaxy Camera features a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD screen, boasts a 21x optical zoom lens and a super-bright 16MP backside illuminated CMOS sensor for shooting high-quality images close up and in low light conditions.
This device is powered by a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor for quick and responsive performance.

The Galaxy Camera combines high performance photography features with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and the freedom of 3G+ Wi-Fi connectivity.
Boasted by a 21x super long zoom lens and a super-bright 16M BSI CMOS sensor, the Galaxy Camera also features 'Smart Mode' technology; a series of 15 default modes and settings.
The Galaxy Camera allowing users to shoot, edit and share high quality images and video from anywhere, at any time through a single device.
Galaxy Camera includes powerful manual controls with its Expert Mode, which allows for manual setting of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
The Galaxy Camera includes a comprehensive set of 35 powerful photo editing features through the 'Photo Wizard', allowing users to make professional quality edits on the go.

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20 Facebook Tips-Tricks You Might Not Know

By Kay Tan. Filed in How-To Guides

Source : http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-facebook-tipstricks-you-might-not-know/

If you surf Facebook on daily basis or occasionally, chances are you’re already familiar with regular stuffs like add/delete friends, update statuses, walls and profile, add and explore pages & applications, etc, but there’s more..

This week we want to cover some interesting things you can do on (or with) Facebook; inclusive of tricks that are not documented or unknown to many, as well as tips to stay connected better with your friends. Without further ado, here’s 20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know. If you have interesting tips/tricks related to Facebook, please feel free to share in the comment box below.

1. How To Place Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar

   If you are using Firefox, you can place the Facebook Chat at the sidebar.
   

2. How To Download Facebook Photo Albums

   FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader allows you to download your friends’ facebook albums, Events albums, and Group Albums, en masse, with the click of a button.
   

3. How To Share Flickr Photos To Facebook

   Flickr2Facebook is an unofficial Flickr to Facebook uploader(bookmarklet) which allows you upload photos to Facebook from Flickr.
   

4. How To Update Facebook Without Using Facebook

   hellotxt and Ping.fm both introduced features that let Facebook administrators update Facebook Pages.
   

5. How To Schedule Facebook Messages

   Sendible lets you schedule Facebook messages ahead of time so you can send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
   

6. How To "Friend" Someone On Facebook & Hide It From Your Status Updates

   A short tutorial on Makeuseof to guide you how to hide Facebook status updates and keep that fact confined to your closer friends.
   

7. How To Create A Photo Collage Using Pictures Of Your Facebook Friends

   Click on Friends tab. Proceed to More tab. From "Choose an option" dropdown, choose any of the dashes "—" . Your Facebook friends collage is right on your computer screen.
   

8. How To Know When Facebook Friends Secretly Delete Or Block You

   This service has been discontinued. X-Friends is a unique tool for tracking friends that disappear from Facebook.
   

9. How To Display Selected Pictures Only On Your Facebook Profile Page

   A little-known feature in Facebook that lets you decide who shows up in that Friends box. Click that "edit" pencil in your Friends box and type the names of your best friends in the box that says "Always show these friends"
   

10. How To Remove Facebook Advertisements

    This Greasemonkey script – Facebook: Cleaner removes many of the annoying ads and updates that unavoidably appear on your Facebook pages.
    

11. How To Syncs Photos Of Facebook Friends With Contacts In Microsoft Outlook

    OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to select which contacts are updated. So you can update all contacts at once or just a few at a time.
    

12. How To Display Facebook Statuses On WordPress Blog

    The following method make use of Facebook status feed and WordPress RSS widget to display Facebook Statuses on WordPress blog.. It will also work for self-host WordPress blogs.
    

13. How To Post Your Blog Posts To Your Facebook Wall Automatically

    Wordbook allows you to cross-post your blog posts to your Facebook Wall. Your Facebook “Boxes” tab will show your most recent blog posts.
    

14. How To Access Facebook Chat On Desktop

    Gabtastik and digsby let you keep Facebook chat sessions open on your Windows desktop outside of your regular web browser, using minimal screen real estate and system memory.
    

15. How To Create Quiz On Facebook Easily

    LOLapps provides quiz creator that can be employed to conjure up these popular personality quizzes that are so widespread in Facebook.
    

16. How To Hide Your Online Status On Facebook Chat From Select Contacts

    Facebook has integrated friends list with Chat and you can also choose which of these list members get to see you online.
    

17. How To Get Facebook Updates On Email

    NutshellMail consolidates your Facebook accounts through the inbox you use the most.
    

18. How To Update Facebook Status From Firefox

    FireStatus is a status update utility for multiple social networks, including FaceBook.
    

19. How To Get Facebook On Your Desktop

    Seesmic Desktop, Facebooker, Xobni, Facebook Sidebar Gadget, Scrapboy and Facebook AIR application are desktop applications that allows you interact with your stream just as you would on Facebook, but without the browser.
    

20. How To Delete, Cancel And Terminate Facebook Account And Profile

    A simple guide to terminate, delete or cancel Facebook account, together with the Facebook profile easily.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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