Get Android notification on other phone, tablet or Computer (NO ROOT Required).

Many time when we are using any other Android device or a computer, we often miss notification on our phone or tablet. Now we have a solution for it. In this post we will see a application called as Desktop Notifications by which we will not miss any notification came on our phone or tablet.

Desktop Notifications app allows us to receive Android notifications in your web browser. Now we can get our android notifications directly on your computer or any other Android device. 

To get this app on your android device install it form below link :-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hcilab.projects.notification&hl=en

To get your Android device notification on other device you need to install one of these free addons on any of the compatible browser :-

Google Chrome 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/android-desktop-notificat/giicnncicnopjohcpamieklkiacdoeni

Mozilla Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/android-desktop-notif?src=external-en

Lets see how to configure it :-
In Android device (Of which wee need to get the notification):- 1 - Visit play store and install Desktop Notifications.
2 - After installation gets completed open the application.
3 - Tap on "Open Notification Settings" under "SETUP" option. Which will redirect to "Notification access" page.

4 - By default android don't allow any other application to access Notification. To allow access to Desktop Notification, we need to check Desktop notification check box. Follow the instruction in the image below.

Now open any of the browser according to your choice and install the Desktop Notification addon (Addon links are mentioned above.)

On Google Chrome
 - Install the app on the phone, sign into your Google account on both the phone and Chrome (for desktop) to connect the devices.

On Mozilla Firefox
- Install the Firefox extension.

- Press "Ctrl + Shift + A" or type about:addons on the address bar to open Firefox Extensions Page.
- Select Desktop Notification addon and click on "Options".

- After Clicking on "Options" button, scroll down below and mention the code present in your Desktop Notification app installed in your Android device.

If every thing goes well the  Desktop Notification icon present in your Browser will display on Blue color.

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Google Search Tips and Tricks.

1. Search on specific websites :-

You can use Google Search to search through specific websites. Example, if you don’t like the search for a news on news site, you can just open Google and type site:news.com followed by whatever you want to search for.


2. Search using a image :-

You all know that you can search Google using Images, no not the Image search, you can actually insert an image on the Google Search bar. What many miss is the amount of information that you can find using this. Instead of checking the Google image results, check the normal search results that come. You can find the source of a picture through this. It can also be used for finding things like recipes of certain preparations etc.

3. Autocomplete wildcards :-
Autocomplete is a very handy feature on Google Search. Like other advanced search engines, you can put blank in the middle of your search terms, which signifies ‘anything’. Google will show wildcard suggestions for the term that can be put there. So, if you’re searching for ‘how to learn English’, you can remove the word ‘learn’ from the string and Google will give you suggestions about what all can be put there.

4. Search with Extension :-

Remember these search tools: inurl, intitle and filetype. If you need to search for a PPT about "What is Google" then search as what is Google filetype:ppt. This will show you all search result with PPT extention.


5. Find alternatives for websites, products etc. :-
To search for a alternative to the iPhone 5S, just write ‘iPhone 5S vs’, and Google will show you suggestions for popularly searched competitors.

6. Google cache :-

The cached link to different websites on Google is highly useful. It can be used to access a website when it is down or getting around a SOPA ( Stop Online Piracy Act) blackout. But, you don’t always have to click on the cached link, you can simply write cache: along with the URL for the site and you will have what you need. Example :- "cache:lmnhub.blogspot.in"

7. Google proxy :-
You can use Google search to bypass security features, paywalls and downloading files by funnelling through websites using Google Translate or Mobilizer. Just like the cached option, you can also access this directly, as long as you have the URL available.

All you have to do is add the URL to the end of the Google URL.
Method 1 (For Desktop view) - http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://"Webpage url"
Method 2 (For Mobile view) - http://www.google.ie/gwt/x?u=http://"Webpage url"

8. Google Images to look for people :-
When a person’s name is the same as that of an object, it often returns conflicting results. To get around this, you can just add the &imgtype=facethe to the end of the search URL. The search will be redone and only those with faces will be returned.

9. Time-based search results :-
Google Search already provides a filter for getting time-based results, but if you want to be more specific, there is a way to do that too. All you have to do is add &tbs=qdr: to the end of your URL. You have to specify the time too. Here, h5 signifies five hours, while n5 signifies five minutes. For five seconds, write s5. So, if you want to search in the last ten minutes, you will write add&tbs=qdr:n10 to the URL.

For more Google search tips and tricks visit HERE.


Source: Lifehacker, Google.

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Disable Windows Boot Manager at startup

1 - Login to your Windows.
2 - Right click on Computer and click on "Properties".

3 - In property page click on "Advance system settings" to open "System properties" window.

4 - Now click on "Settings" under "Start-up and Recovery".

5 - There select the "Default operating system:" in which you want to start the system, from the drop-down menu. Now, to remove the selection option from system start-up screen uncheck "Time to display list of operating systems:". And click on "OK" to save and close the window.

Now you will not get any option to select the while system start-up. It will boot the system with the Operating system you have selected as Default operating system.

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If in future you want to change the Default operating system as any other just change the Default operating system from the drop-down menu. And click on "OK".

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If you want the re-enable the Boot Manager Window, just check "Time to display list of operating systems:" and set seconds as "30". And click on "OK".

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Block Facebook application and game requests in 3 simple steps.

Game and application requests are very annoying. They consume a lot of our time.
For example, When ever you login to your Facebook and see there are many notification and all of them are only of games and application such as Candy Crush Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Bubble Shooter, etc....
Due to this many of times we ignore the notification which might have an important message.

In this post we will see how to block such annoying Facebook game and application request.

Lets see :-

1 - Login to your Facebook account. And go to Settings.

2 - Click on "Blocking" option present in the left slide bar.

3 - Scroll down to find a section as "Block apps". Now just enter the game or application name you want to block.

Its done.

If in future you feel to get the notification of the blocked application just click Unblock option present at the end of the application.

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Create a self extractor in Windows without any third party tool (Compressed EXE).

A file with the ".EXE" extension, is a type of executable file generally used with Windows operating systems. The EXE is one of the most important and useful files in Windows, as it is used to install or run maximum programs.

Many times when we share a files or folder in a compressed format such as .zip, .rar, .7zip, etc..

to extract such files we need a third party extractor like 7zip, Winzip, Winrar etc…

But to make our work easy windows has a hidden feature called “iexpress” by which we can create a self extractor package which doesn't need any third party application for extraction. Windows creates a .EXE file to which we have to just execute it for extraction.

Lets see how does it work :-

1 - Open “Run” by clicking + R key

2 - Now in “Run” type “iexpress”, Without quotes (“). And press “OK”.

3 - It will open a IExpress Wizard window. There select “Create new self extraction directive file.” and click on “Next”.

4 - Now Select “Extract files only”, and click on “Next”.

5 - Now enter the “Package Title”. And click on “Next”.

6 - Select a confirmation prompt for your EXE file if required. This screen will provide an option to display a text message to the user upon executing the file. If you don't wish to provide a prompt, select "No prompt." option. And click on “Next”.

7 - Now it will provide an option to choose a license agreement for your package. To display a license agreement, type the agreement into a plain text file (using the ".txt" extension) and attach it after selecting, "Display a license." option. If you dont want to display any licence agreement select “Do not display a licence.” and click on “Next”.

8 - Now you are in the most important window calls as “Packaged files”. In this window click on “Add” button and select the files which you want to add in your .EXE file. And click on “Next”.

NOTE :- In iexpress we can only add files not any directory (folders).

9 - Here select how do you want to display your EXE extraction window. If you don't have any idea select “Default (recommended)” and click on “Next”.

10 - Now this screen will provide an option to display a text message to the user after complete execution on the package. If you don't wish to prompt any message, select "No prompt." option. And click on “Next”.

11 - Now click on “Browse” and select the location where you want to save the EXE file, also provide a name to the file. And click on “Next”.

12 - Select “Don’t save.“ and Click on “Next”.

13 - Click on “Next”, to start the package creation. It will take some time depending upon the number and size of files to be compressed.

14 - After completing the package creation process. It will prompt a window. Click on “Finish” to close.

Go to the location where you have saved the file, The file is now ready to use.

Enjoy! and stay connected.

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Download YouTube Videos without any tool

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YouTube is a video-sharing website which is currently owned by Google. Youtube officially doesn't provide any feature for downloading the video. But we there are many third party tools and addons by which we can download youtube videos.

In this post we would see how to download any youtube video without any tool or any addon. Just with 2 simple steps.

Lets see how :-

1- Open any Youtube Video which you want to Download. Add "ss" before the word youtube in the URL, and press Enter key.

2 - Wait for few second, it will redirect to http://en.savefrom.net/. Now at the Right side of the page you will find options to download the file in the format you want. Click on it and save the file.

Enjoy! and stay connected.

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