Tips and Tricks for Google Chrome

Here’s a collection of 15 most useful tips and tricks for Google Chrome that will help you work faster and do more with your favorite web browser. You don’t have to install any extensions. It’s a big list so let’s dive right in.

1. Save web pages as PDFs

Google Chrome has a built-in PDF writer. Open any web page, press Ctrl+P on Windows (or Cmd+P on your Mac) and choose “Save as PDF” from the list of available printers to download that page as a PDF file. No extensions required.

2. Assign custom keyboard shortcuts

Google Chrome supports a variety of keyboard shortcuts but you can also assign your own custom shortcuts to launch various extensions and Chrome apps. Type chrome://extensions in the browser’s address bar to open the Extensions page, scroll to the bottom and click the link that says Keyboard Shortcuts.

3. Delete your web history selectively

Google Chrome’s history (chrome://history) doesn’t have a “Select All” button so if you are to delete, say, 20 pages from the history log, you’ll have to select 20 checkboxes. The trick is that you select the first checkbox, hold shift and select the last checkbox. Everything in between will get selected.

4. Install unapproved Chrome extensions

The newer versions of Chrome do not allow you to install extensions that are not listed in the official Google Chrome store. As a workaround, you can open the Extensions page of Chrome, turn on the Developer mode and drag-n-drop the extension (the .crx file) into your Chrome.

5. Quick Fix for Slow Chrome

Google Chrome may feel sluggish after several hours of continuous usage. The easiest fix is to restart your browser but sometimes the culprit could be a poorly coded extension or even a website. The clue can be found under Tools -> Task Manager. Sort the list by Memory, select the websites and extensions that are consuming more memory and click End Process.

6. Fake your current location

Certain websites, Google Maps for example, may ask the browser for your geographic location. You can choose not to share this data with the website or you may even fake your current location. Go to Tools -> Developer Tools and press the Esc key to open the console. Here switch to the Emulation tab and enter any value for latitude and longitude.

7. Reveal all your hidden passwords

Google Chrome can remember and auto-fill your passwords but they are masked with asterisks. If you would like to reveal a hidden password, open the Developer Tools, visually select the password field on the page and change the input type from password to text. Alternatively, you may find your saved passwords under chrome://settings/passwords.

8. Compose emails from the address bar

If you are to write a new email in Chrome, you’ll open the Gmail website and hit the compose button. Alternatively, just go to the browser’s address bar and type the mailto command like mailto:recipient@domain.com. This will open the Gmail compose window and auto-fill the address in the To field.

9. Take notes inside Chrome

While there are some good Chrome extensions that add notepad-like capabilities to your browser, there’s a little JavaScript hack that will instantly turn your Chrome into a text editor. Open a new tab and paste data:text/html,<html contenteditable> into the address bar. Click anywhere inside the tab and start typing.

10. Use Chrome as a Media Player

You can drag audio files, videos, images, text files and even PDF documents from your desktop into the Chrome video and view them without opening a dedicated viewer application.

11. Fit more bookmarks in the toolbar

If you would like to fit in more bookmarks in the Bookmarks Toolbar of Chrome, just right-click any bookmark, choose Edit and remove everything in the Name field. Hit save and Chrome will only show the site’s favicon in the toolbar. You can thus fit in many more bookmarks in the same space.

12. Improve Stability, load Flash only when needed

The world has moved to HTML5 but some websites still require the Adobe Flash Player. Go to your browser’s Advanced Settings (chrome://settings/content) and choose the “Click to Play” option under Plugins. The Flash Player will stay disabled in your browser and, should a website require Flash, you can activate it on-demand.

13. Pretend to be mobile on slow Internet

If you are on a slow Internet connection, or if the hotel is billing you for every byte of data, you can pretend to be a mobile device and most websites will serve you mobile-friendly versions that are often light in size. Open Chrome developer tools, switch to Emulation tab and choose either Android or iOS as the User Agent. Make sure Screen and Device emulation is off.

14. Remove embarrassing URLs

When you type a few characters in the Chrome’s address bar, the browser will suggest matching URLs from your web history. If there’s any particular URL that you would not like to appear in the list of suggestions, you can easily remove by clearing the history or from the address bar itself. Highlight any auto-complete URL in the drop-down list and press Shift+Delete to remove it permanently.

15. Switch to Google Cache instantly

Google Cache comes very handy if a web page you are trying is open is offline and Chrome makes it really easy for you to access the cached version of any page. While you are on a page, click the address bar, type cache: before the URL and hit Enter. You’ll be taken straight to the Google Cache, if there’s one.

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How to Make An App for iOS Platform With Simple Steps

The use of smartphones has been growing by leaps and bounds at present, which has resulted in different opportunities to carve a niche for yourself besides making a ton of money by selling your app to countless individuals who are willing to shell out much money to get that app.

This post elaborately discusses on creating an iOS App Development meant especially for web designers in a few simple steps.

As a designer, making native apps for Apple’s iOS  seems to be an attractive, as well as a lucrative adventure. However, you need to be an experienced programmer or else the task will turn out to be difficult. This post explains some crucial steps on iPhone app development.

The result will look something like this :

Go Native

Native iOS development indicates using the software development kit (SDK) of Apple along with the programming language Objective C to author apps for the iPod Touch,  iPad and the iPhone. Apple has made it convenient for developers to use familiar languages like JavaScript, HTML and CSS, and third-party frameworks to make apps.

The demerit of third-party tools is that the resulting app will not be as powerful as the one that is authored natively.

How to get started

You’ll require two things to begin working with the iOS SDK. These are:

1. A Mac with the latest version of OS X.

2. X code application of Apple.

Download X code from the Mac App Store. It doesn’t cost a dime and weighs approximates 1.5GB which can be installed in half an hour.

Graphic Preparation

When you are waiting for the download to be completed, you can use Photoshop for preparation and exportation of graphics.

Try to work in Photoshop with non-destructive methods so that you may not require to design again. This indicates creating interface elements and buttons with vector layer styles and shapes and using great objects for the images.

You can find lots of templates with intact iOS system elements on the internet, which saves you a lot of time. The settings you require in an image editor while setting up a fresh blank iPhone document are as follows:

a) 640*1136 pixels

b) RGB colour mode

c) 72 ppi

These settings are for an iPod Touch 5th generation or an iPhone 5. For an iPod Touch 4th generation or an iPhone 4, 4S, the screen dimensions are bit shorter at 640 * 960 pixels.

Overview of Xcode

After installing Xcode, you have to download and unzip some template files.  In the package, move to the folder titled “Begin here”. Find the Xcode project document titled “Portfolio.xcodeproj” after which you need to double click on it to launch the document. After the document gets loaded, click on the left-sided icon titled “Portfolio, 1 target, iOS SDK”. You’ll eventually notice a project summary screen in the basic Xcode interface, which will look something like this-

The “Navigator” contains all the files linked to your project while the “Editor” changes based on the kind of tasks you are performing. The “Target Summary” screen which will be given to you includes some fundamental alternatives for your apps, such as types of device, iOS version besides display orientation you’d want your app to support.

Click on AppDelegate.m afte which the editor area will transform into a code editor and will show the code present in the file. In the navigator region, click on MainWindow.xib after which the Interface Builder will be displayed by the Editor area. This is graphical user interface or GUI for assembling your application’s front-end.

The “Inspector” is something which you need to know pretty well. The last four are considered to be the most crucial.

Another vital control is the button titled “Run” present in the top left portion of Xcode. If you press this, your project code will be compiled into an app. Run this in an iOS simulator to find out if it works without the need to load it onto a real device. Pressing it now will open the simulator and you’ll be presented with a iPhone on the desktop.

 How to import images into your project

For importing images into the project, press ctrl key and click on  “Images”.

Browse the folder titled “PN G” and select the entire images. Check the box named “Copy items into destination group’s folder” and click on “Add”. The images now get imported into the project and can be available to Interface Builder and Xcode.

How to edit the template

Click on MainWindow.xib located in the project navigator to bring up the Interface Builder. Select the icon titled “Show the Object Library” in the library and scroll to find “View Controller”.

Use the button titled “Expand Document Outline” for expanding the dock. After this, drag the View Controller object onto the “Tab Bar Controller”. This process has to be repeated at least twice so that you get three View Controllers present within the Tab Bar Controller.

 Building Classes

For adding a new View Controller Class, click on ctrl and the folder titled “Portfolio”. From the contextual menu, select “New File”. In the option sheet, select “Cocoa Touch” followed by “Objective-C class”.

Click on “Next”.  In the “Class” category within the sheet that comes up, enter “HomeViewController”. From the drop-down menu, select “UIViewController” and check the box titled “With XIB for user interface”.

Select the folder titled “Begin Here>Portfolio and then click on “Create”. The process has to be repeated for the additional two views. Each class has to be named “ContactViewController” and “PortfolioViewController” respectively.

The order of the files can be rearranged by dragging and dropping. It’ll look similar to this:

 How to configure Tabs and Views

Go back to MainWindow.xib and select “HomeViewController” from the drop-down menu.

Next, navigate to the Attributes Inspector. In the “Title” field, enter “Home” and for the NIB name, select “HomeViewController”.

The View Controller has to be expanded in the dock and its “Tab Bar Item” selected.  Set the title in the Attributes Inspector as “Home” following which you need to select “tab-icon-home.png” from the dop-down menu of the image.

The colour of the highlight of the tab bar can be altered by selecting the “Tab Bar” object after which you select “Image Tint” within the Attributes Inspector.

In the navigator, select “HomeViewController.xib” and from the library, drag “Label” onto the view in the canvas. If you want to edit the text, double click on the label within the canvas. Change this to “Home”.

This has to repeated for ContactViewController.xib and PortfolioViewController.xib, while naming the labels suitably.

Hit the “Run” button and check out the app in the simulator.

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Compilation Of LibreCADv2 Using Terminal And Qt

Our mentor Gurjot asked all the members of the CAD team to download and compile the source code of LibreCad2. We searched on internet for this purpose and downloaded the source code.Now after downloading it there are two ways by which we can compile the source code

1.By using QT

2.By using terminal

Firstly i tried to compile it using the terminal. It shows some kind of errors. I searched on internet for these errors, and followed the guidelines for resolving errors. These errors are due to the missing dependencies.The error which is common to many students was of boost library. The error is resolved by using following command

#sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

After installing the library. I compiled source code using the QT creator. Now it didn't showing any errors and the compilation starts. It took approximately 15-20 min to compile.
An executable file was made after the compilation, which is in the unix folder. So go to unix folder by using cd command. You will see there the executable file double click to open it. You may need to change the permission using the chmod command, give the permissions accordingly.

#Compilation using terminal

After compiling the source code with the QT, i also tried to compile it using the terminal, and i was succeeded. My friends didn't able to compile it using terminal. They have the problem of the make command.I followed following steps using terminal

1.Go to the folder where the source code is placed.

2.Type qmake librecad.pro

3.Type make

Now it will start compiling, after the compilation there will be a unix folder go to that and to run the LibreCad type

./librecad in terminal.

That's it now you will see the librecadv2 on your screen

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Apple WWDC 2014 – Some Best New Features Launched

Apple WWDC 2014 is being conducted by Apple fromJune 2-6 in San Francisco, where till now many of the recent updates has exceeded my expectations. They have made many changes in the core and opened several new API which all will be very helpful to developers.

Here are some salient features we will having in Mac, iOS devices and there are still many more things that are going to be launched till June 6.

1. iCloud Drive – an app like Dropbox and Google drive, that enables sharing on multiple devices on the cloud. Its price has dropped significantly and its now $3.99 for 200 GB of storage only.

2. Family sharing – Up to six members in a family will be able to share your purchases till they use the same credit card on file, kids have an option to buy apps with a request feature sent to parent before buying.

3. Yosemite with Bing – The new Mac OS X operating system will arrive with Bing search inside the new Spotlight version.

4. Duckduckgo – In Yosemite, which is due to release in this fall, will have a safer and private searchfrom the new search engine DuckDuckGo.

5. Battery Usage per App – With this feature you will be able to track which app is using too much battery, and you can easily shut it off from doing so.

6. WiFi calling – T-mobile has confirmed that more than 90 percent of their smartphones will feature Wi-Fi calling, and it will get enabled in iOS8. Means you can call anybody in you WiFi Network range, without paying anything and sending messages too.

7. HealthBook – The app called Health will contain many useful data about you; like heart rate, calories burned, blood sugar, cholesterol and can be easily accessed via graphs and organised patterns.

8. Sad news for users of iPhone 4 and below – iOS 8 will be available for users having iPhone 4S and above.

9. New Siri and Shazam – Many new improvements have gone into SIRI, which will remain in always on mode and Shazam a popular song identifying app will also be integrated with the core.

10. Messages app with audio and video – Now you can send audio and video messages and share your location with the messages app. It also has a group messaging a competition to Facebook messenger and Whatsapp.

11. Apple’s 850-page Swift iBook is out - here’s how the language differs from C and Objective-C.

12. Handoff is a new feature of OS X that helps you share work across devices. You can start an email on your phone and your Mac will prompt you to finish it there, for example. Or you can start a document in iWork and your iPad will suggest you continue your work there once you move away from your laptop.

13. Predictive keyboard – The new iOS 8 will have an predictive keyboard, that means it will learn your typing habbits and now you can also use third party keyboards.

14. Credit card scanning – Safari in iOS 8 uses camera to scan and enter credit card info.

And there lots more that can be added to this list.

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10 Best Free Registry Cleaner for Your PC

The registry keeps your computer running, it guides the computer what to do when some event happens. While you use your computer for a long time, a large amount of unwanted and unnecessary information is gathered into the registry, this is due to installed softwares that are presently not in the computer but still there registry are there. The unnecessary registry gradually slow down your computer.

A registry cleaner cleans the unwanted storage of registry in your system database and restore the speed and efficiency back to normal. Sometimes, there is a risk of loss of data during registry cleaning. To avoid this, take a backup of the registry for recovery purpose. We have handpicked some free registry cleaner for your system. Take a look.

1. Wise Registry Cleaner Free

Wise Registry Cleaner is a full featured and stable software that Clean and defragments your Windows registry. This software is recommended as it is less likely to cause a problem as results are displayed in an organized manner. It tunes up your system performance and health, speed up the computer performance.

2. CCleaner

CCleaner is among the most popular free registry cleaner program. It gives you easy options to backup the registry, and it also has a number of other useful tools. The CCleaner works for latest and older versions of Windows; 64-bit Windows versions are also supported. I have tested and just go for Piriform’s CCleaner freeware registry cleaner tool.

3.  Comodo System Utilities

Comodo System Utilities is just not a free  registry cleaning, it has more features than this. It is safe and stable in use. The product is an affordable and topnotch. The System Utilities tool is free, with a much-improved system. It never brick a PC like other PC registry cleaning do.

4. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

This is a free registry repair software. You can clear and repair registry problems very quickly. Ther are many reasons for registry problems, including incorrect removal of software; references left behind after uninstallation: orphaned start-up programs; or missing or corrupt hardware drivers. It searches for an  invalid or obsolete information and gives an error list in the output. It fixes the problem and makes the system stable and faster.

5. JetClean

By BlueSprig, JetClean is a free registry cleaner. It supports both 32-bit as well as 54-bit versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. JetClean has a well designed interface and can scan the registry quickly. There are two major thinks that I don’t like. One: The number of cookies and the attempt of installing the toolbar.

6. TweakNow RegCleaner

TweakNow RegCleaner performance is remarkable in removing obsolete registry entries. It works with Windows 7, Vista and XP.  TweakNow RegCleaner is fast a mid-level cleaner. TweakNow RegCleaner also cleans traces from web browsing, compact Google Chrome database files, optimizes Windows settings,  clean Windows temporary files, , and optimize network settings.

7. Erunt 1.1

Erunt 1.1 like other registry cleaner, it allows you to take backup and restore your registry but it has something more in it, it optimize and tweak it. It is only compatible with windows XP. This programme has good feedbacks from the users that show it is easy, pretty safe and effective to use.

8. AML Registry Cleaner

AML Registry Cleaner is a powerful registry cleaner software and offers more added features. like  the ability to add your own junk file removal,  keyword search, and the ability to see all startup applications. It is competent enough to find junk entries causing problems with the registry. Be aware that this can break the registry.

9. Auslogics Registry Cleaner

Auslogics Registry Cleaner is an another great and easiest registry cleaners to my knowledge. Works with various versions of windows (64-bit and 32-bit). Auslogics Registry Cleaner colors the severity rating for each category of registry part tat need attention. This makes easy to figure out the problematic area. While downloading it, there will be other programs to download too; you can deselect them if you want.

10.RegSeeker

RegSeeker interface and the overall quality is good. Search the registry for histories, favorites,  installed apps, startup entries, etc. Apply tweaks to the registry and clean the registry. Works with Windows Vista and XP

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7 Most Easy to Use Screen Capture Freeware Downloads

If you are looking to take a screenshot, then you have come to the right place, in this article we have seven most useful and productive image capturing software that are free to use.

In Windows, you always had the Print-Screen key that takes a picture of the whole screen with few options available with it, by Print Screen key you will get you screenshot on the clipboard and this image can easily be used on software like Paint.

However now, we have more and more options available in a screenshot software, like editing it on the fly, re-sizing it in any proportions and also attaching effects on it.

Without further ado, here are 7 most easy to use screen capture freeware that are an essential part in today’s world of social networking.

1. PicPick

Picpick is a free full-featured screenshot tool. You can take screenshots and can edit your photos. There are 7 methods to select the screen shoot, each method is having a unique customizable hotkeys. You can choose the output type and quality of  screenshots, and you can choose the FTP server to upload an image. Built-in image editor with perfect for annotating your photos. Supported by Windows.

2. Skitch

Skitch is compatible with Windows. It is simple to use and full featured as well. You can take a snap of the screen, annotate it, and save it on your device or save it on Evernote. It has a good annotation feature which is easy and pretty.

3. Screenshot Captor

Screenshot Captor supports multiple screen, window, rectangular area, full screen, and fixed area captures by using the hot key or the program menu. The images can also acquire from a scanner. The cursor may or may not be included in screenshoot.  After the screen capture, you can keep, save, or print it. You can save the image to the clipboard or email, it or upload to hosting place.

4. Greenshot

Greenshot is a free screen capture software. It has slightly fewer features than others, but it is one the standard software available in the market.

5. DuckCapture

DuckCapture supports the screenshot of a region, full screen, scrolling window, and a window or object. You can select an outline of the image and can set output target to the clipboard or auto save to a file. It is simple to use, but built-in image editor is missing.

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10 Best Adware Remover Software That are Life Savers

In this modern time, where everybody is using credit cards and doing tons of online transactions monthly have to be cautious of Spyware.

Spyware extracts important data from your computer and adware get your browsing habits and pop up ads according to your website visiting behaviors.

This article will help you fight those dirty techniques that can harm your browsing habits and prevent any mis-happening. You will find 10 best adware removers which can be life saving for your computer.

1. Spybot

Spybot is a malware remover. Spybot also offers complex menus and information for advanced users, but it is designed for basic uses. When you install the program, it will offer you to create a Whitelist.  This process indexes files for quick scans. It is advisable to update the software and run a full scan so all device will be clean, and you can create a whitelist. Spybot’s full scan will also check for rootkit malware. It works well to warn of potential problems with links or websites.

Spy Sweeper 3.0

Spy Sweeper 3.0 is constantly at good rating because of its ability ti detect and remove more  spyware and adware as compared to any other product. Its scanning speed is quite fast, accurate, and it removes everything that is found suspicious in the system.  It will warn you about any changes attempted to your default settings if any site attempts to download spyware onto your system. It doesn’t work at real time, but while scanning it mostly catches what the blocker do not. It is available at  $29.95 for a yearly update subscription.

3. SUPERAntiSpyware

SUPERAntiSpyware is available as both a freeware and premium edition like Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, but the level of restrictions on the freeware edition are comparatively higher. The paid version provides the real-time scanning, scheduling service, auto-scan on startup, registry protection and 50 startup diagnostics to stop malware infections, but in the free version it provides limited features. It is highly compatible with other protection tools like Avira, Symantec, etc.

4. Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is a malware detection as well as a removal software. Install the program, while installation it will ask you update to the free pro trial. Just update the definition and launch it. The program launches with a customizable menu and giving the  options to perform a quick scan or full scan. Like other, it also not perform real life scanning. Updation is a wise choice to avail the good features of the program. It makes history also. For Rootkit scanning, a separate file download is required.

5. Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware SE

Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware SE is a free spyware/adware program. The free version offers only scanning services while Ad-Aware SE Plus or Ad-Aware SE Professional are two commercial versions of the software that provides blocking functions. The best scanning results from the free version of  the software when they combine Ad-Aware and Spybot-Search & Destroy. It has good reviews from different magazines.

 6. ComboFix

Run the ComboFix, just run it, and end the installation process like a typical installation ends. Using ComboFix backs up your registry, see if you have Windows Recovery Console installed, then it goes through 40+ scanning stages. In the end, it makes a log file and list the malware found. Use Google-fu to look up how to remove found malware manually. After a detailed report, you can also ask for your security experts.

7.  Spywareblaster

Spywareblaster prevent and protect from malware. It has the smallest file size of the reviewed programs. The tools offer the flash player and customer configurations blocking. Manually install updates and Spywareblaster. It focuses on to prevent and protect from  the installation of spyware, adware, and scumware. It updates the list of various  troublesome malware on the daily basis. It is recommended to update the program frequently. The paid version has automatic updation feature.

8. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware 

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is a shareware malware-removal tool. The  difference between the paid and free version is the real-time monitoring. If you do not scan against threats regularly, the free version is sufficient. It detects and remove the Antivirus XP 2008. The Anti-Malware installation includes FileASSASSIN, which is a useful tool for deleting files locked by Window.

9. HijackThis 

HijackThis does a complete scan of your device and reports back the log file. It simply generates a list of potentially altered or tampered items by malware,  spyware or other malicious programs. Advanced users can themselves judge   what needs to be pruned by the log results. HijackThis.de is a  web-based log reader. Upload the logs, scan and it will give you links to articles containing the way to  remove the malware found.

10. Spybot Search & Destroy

Spybot Search & Destroy is freeware  malware removal tool with high ranking. It does scan for malwares, with various additional functionality like botnet scanner, hosts-file modification,  a secure file shredder and a dummy code. It is suitable for version of Windows after Windows 95.

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