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Ten Things Google made Simple And Easier using the Google's SEARCH BOX

7.Compare two familiar products in Google box If you want to compare two products like fruits, vegetables and similar things , just type the product names with keyword vs in between the two product names. A brief comparison chart will appear immediately which consists of peculiar information about those product. Illustration: In Google search box, type banana vs apple A compact table which contains a comparison chart is now visible in your browser. You don’t need to browse inside some websites to get these information. This feature is called Google’s knowledge graph. 6.Know important days of your country Many times we wish to know ,at which date , a specific function or country event occurs. Google made the process too easy. If you just type the name of the event or day, then the date at which the event fall will be displayed immediately. Illustration: In Google search box, type republic day You will be surprised to see the date that is shown corr

10 Things Google made Simple | Easier using the Google's SEARCH BOX

10.Finding Current Time of Any Place Here after no need to search for a time zone convertor to know the time of different places around the world. Just two words and single click will show you the live time of a particular place in Google. Illustration: If I need to know the current time in London , I just want to type London time in Google box. Immediately the current digital time of London will be displayed below the search box. Now try this technique to know the time for your favorite places around the world. 9.Google’s Simple and Advanced Scientific calculator Already the hardware calculator has become as an extinct product and people moved towards excel calculator and calculator apps. But if you see Google calculator once , then you will get attracted to this simple and awesome calculator feature provided by Google. Illustration: Just type calc in the Google box. Now the magic happens. Yes, a cute compact calculator will be displayed immedia

How to see the Large size Profile Picture in Facebook:

This is a funny trick. I would not refuse that Facebook is programmed to protect the privacy of their users to maximum extent. Update: Nowadays FB allows the users to view the full size picture of all users without any restriction. Still there are some small loop holes like this . Well, You can click the profile picture of your friend to see the enlarged profile picture. Some users set their profile picture as public. So , we can get no issue on viewing those profile pictures in large size. Now, let us think about those who set their profile pictures should not be viewed by public in large size. Go to their profile page. Right click on the small picture and select open image in new tab. Look the address bar very closely. There will be a lengthy address line. Inside that you can find a code /s320x320 or /s160x160 Just remove that code I typed in bold and press Enter. Hurray, the picture grows to its maximum largest possible size. I am sure

Android Smart Phones: To install apps not available in your country in Google Play Store

In Google play store , some of the apps will show the message “ This item is not available in your country ” . We would not be able see Install Option   Button itself in such case. You don’t need to change VPN. You don’t need to root your device. There is a simple method than these two without rooting and VPN . If you are using Android smart phone, then go to settings ->security ->Device administration . In device administration enable the option Unknown Resources. This option will allow you to install the apk files manually other than the play store. Okay. Now Install an application called Aptoide. This app is not available in Google play store. So get it directly from the official website   http://m.aptoide.com/ This app is similar to Google play store, Apple I tunes . After Installing Aptoide app in your device, just open it and search for the app that is not listed in your country.You will be surprised to see the Install option is enabled

Facts that we should know about USSD codes for mobile Networks

Everyone might have come across this USSD facility provided by our mobile network companies. All mobile network providers give this facility to their customers as it provides Instant information like Talk Time Balance, (for Dedicated account, main account, special account etc.) Validity of Rate cutters Find Remaining SMS (If you subscribe for SMS packs) Find Remaining 3G data and 2G data Find mobile number without balance Apart from these information we can do following actions through USSD codes Recharge for Rate cutters, Top ups Subscribe and Unsubscribe for additional services like dialer tune, astrology, health news etc What does USSD stands for ?      The expansion for USSD is Unstructured Supplementary Service Data. WE can directly communicate with the computer database of our mobile network through this USSD facility.    Usually an USSD code starts with * and ends with #. In between it will contain Few numbers most probably a three digit nu

Aircel: Free Zero Wikipedia Internet Browsing trick

Aircel combined with Wikipedia to provide free knowledge to the aircel customers. It is absolutely free for both Aircel Prepaid and Postpaid customers.   Everyone knows that Wikipedia is the best knowledge database in the world in every aspect. Some networks spoiling the time of their customers by providing free Facebook and free Twitter browsing. But Aircel thinks in a positive way and boldly decided to give free Wikipedia offer. How to use free Wikipedia in AIrcel : In your default mobile browser , type the following address in address bar. Zero.wikipedia.org If you enter the Wikipedia webpage, it will be displayed like “ Free Wikipedia from Aircel ” It means that you will not be charged anything for browsing in Wikipedia. But if you go to any external link other than Wikipedia , a warning message will be displayed like “You are entering to external link. You will be charged as per standard charges” .So you can be careful and use f

Why internet is not working on my mobile phone

You are in the right place.Here you can analyze all the root causes and try to fix the  internet connectivity issue is your mobile phone (Smart phone or normal phone) 1.    Go to Settings -> Sim Management -> Roaming -> Data Roaming -> enable Allow data roaming 2.    Ensure that flight mode is in off condition. If not go to profiles and change to some other profiles like general or loud mode. 3.    If you are not getting H , E or G symbol , then reboot your phone once and enable data connection 4.    If you are too lazy to reboot the phone, just go to sim management and disable SIM and then enable SIM. It is almost equal to restarting the phone. 5.    Check whether GPRS settings is correct. If not request new settings from your mobile network by sending SMS and save it as default internet settings. 6.    If you want to use wifi mobile hot spot, then ensure both data connection is on and Wifi tethering is enabled 7.    If you want to USB t

How to Right click in Android touch screen mobile browser -For New Android Users

In latest android touch screen mobile browser ,there is no direct right click button available. But there is an equivalent and alternative option to right click. Instead of single click you have to long press on any word on the browser. Long press means 2 to 3 seconds .You can change the duration of long press in settings menu. Once you long press on word, right click options like delete,copy,cut,paste,share,open in new tab,copy link address,copy link text will be visible. You can tap on the desired option to finish the operation. This right click option is applicable for both android and windows touch screen mobiles. Apart from this right click you may have to know the following options about touch screen,if you are a new user. In home page,long press home screen to display recent applications opened by you. If you want to remove one of the recent app,just drag them to right or left of screen . In some smart phones,instead of long press home button, you have t

How to unlock Developer Options in Android Phones and having more fun with your Smartphones

Developer Options in Android Operating System is Provided only for those who are willing to experiment with their smart phone by trying with few peculiar options of our Android smartphone. Are you ready to do experiments with your smartphone? Before experimenting we have to unlock, (ie) enable developer options in your phone if you are using it for the first time. Initially the developer options will be in disabled state set by your manufacturer. To unlock the developer options in Android OS: Go to Settings menu and look for the option About phone.   Go to the bottom of the option list and you will find an option called Build Number.   Here is the funny trick.Now you have to tap seven times continuously on the build number. After three or four taps a pop up message will be shown like you are three taps away to unlock developer options. Did you finished your seven taps? Now developer options for your smartphone should be unlocked How to Get in to the

How to automatically kill closed apps in android without Installing any external Apps and save battery life for long time

The specialty of android OS is , the battery consumption mostly depends on the apps running in foreground and background. By killing the unnecessary apps that runs in background even after we closed it or come out of the app, we can save so much battery. We don't need to install any external apps to do this activity. We can just make this by change a small setting in android phone settings. Procedure for automatic killing of Apps running in background : 1.Go to settings and select developer options.                                   2.Inside developer option settings look for the Category - Apps 3.In apps category enable the option " Dont keep activities" . If you enable this option, automatically if you leave or close a application , it will be killed. So you can save a lot of battery by avoiding unnecessary running of applications in your smartphone. 

Aircel: Get 3G signal for Aircel in your location through SMS request

Now it is very easy to get 2G signal and 3G signal at your location if you are an Aircel customer. You don't need to go to Aircel office for requesting network signal. You Dont need to call for customer care and argue with him. The simplest thing you can do is just send an SMS to Aircel for free of cost. Procedure for getting 2G signal: 1.Send an SMS  NOSIGNAL <LOCATION>  to the toll free number 121 2.Within few minutes you will receive an automated response from Aircel network that your complaint has been registered. 3.On the same day , the customer care person will call you and ensure that at which location, the signal has to be strengthened. If there is possibility and more demand , then they will make arrangements to get fine signal at your location. Just Give it a try. You will get some response. Procedure for getting 3G signal: 1.For 3G , most probably you can check the 3G coverage is available in your location or not. 2.If you are already

How to create (print) tiff file in windows 7

If you get migrated from windows XP to windows 7 or later then you might feel the disappearance of Microsoft office document imaging . Without MODI, it is not possible to print a tiff file. By default windows 7 does not have Microsoft office document imaging software. Instead they provide one note application in which you can create a similar kind of file format. But the file format is not favorable and not so universal as tiff file. So if you need to print a tiff file , you have to install MODI manually in windows 7 with the help of administrator rights. If you are not able to install MODI manually , then you have to go for some other options. It is possible to make tiff file online. If the file to be made as tiff should be uploaded into the online tiff creating website. It will convert the document and provide you the tiff. But confidential office documents should not be uploaded online due to security issue. The final option is to convert the separate applicatio

Windows: Hide multiple Internet Explorer tabs opened on task bar | Task bar Customization

There is no doubt that many of us might get the annoying experience of viewing multiple windows of internet  explorer in taskbar for each newly opened tabs. We can easily disable this and set individual preview of tabs of IE in task bar. Follow these steps to get rid of the multiple , individual tab preview in IE 7 ,IE 8, IE 9,IE 10,IE 11 and above. 1.Open internet explorer ,whatever version you have. 2.Go to Internet Options . 3.Look for tabs Option. It will be under General 4.Now click tabs button or settings button near tabs . 5.Now a set of check /uncheck (disable) options will be displayed. 6.Here you have to uncheck (disable) the option Show preview for individual tabs in the task bar* 7. Restart Internet explore. Now try to open multiple tabs .But you will see only one icon in the task bar.    Now your internet explore will become like other browsers like Mozilla and chrome.

How to zoom in on firefox , chrome and internet explorer browsers

To increase or adjust the font size of internet browsers  ,the options, zoom in and zoom out the webpage is used and it is common in all your internet browsers like Mozilla Firefox,Google chrome and in Microsoft internet explorer. There are three ways that you can do this zoom in and zoom out operation in desktop versions. For mobile smartphones, you can just move two fingers away to zoom in and converge the fingers to zoom out. Method 1 : Using Keyboard Shortcut You can simply use the keyboard short cuts to magnify your webpage size. Just press CTRL key and + key at the same time to zoom in your webpage. If it is not sufficient , repeat the process again. Now to zoom out , you can press CTRL key and - Key at the same time. You can repeat your process for further zooming out your web page size. Method 2: Using your mouse to zoom It is even easy to use your mouse to zooming in and zooming out the internet web browsers. Press the CTRL key and scroll your midd

Foxit - A Free Pdf Editor and convertor -->A Brief Review

One of the best and free pdf editor /creator/convertor is now under our review. The software is available in its official website for free. I am not going to provide you the download link.Just go to foxit software.com and  make a try with their latest version. Now let me go to a brief review for the foxit pdf editor software. The setup file is a package of small sized file and it doesn't take much to time download it.The software contains all the basic options that are needed to create a new pdf as well to modify an existing pdf document. You can insert a new page in between or at last or at beginning with ease. You can import pages (complete or specific pages) from another pdf to desired pdf document. You can work with images of various formats .There is an option to compress images to reduce the overall file size. One more salient feature is OCR recognition is included in the software as inbuilt.So it can convert the text image into text characters. Search optio