ArchiveMarch 2014

How to Change the Startup Sound on Windows

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Admit it, if you have been a longtime windows users, you would have definitely developed a dislike for the default startup sound on windows. Unlike all other system sounds that can be changed from the windows sound theme settings, the startup sound is the only exception which cannot be changed on windows with the default settings provided. So how would you change the windows startup sound? Well...

Speed up Google Chrome with Data Compression Proxy

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At the beginning of this year, Google finally added the long awaited data compression feature to Chrome for iOS and Android. This has been a standard feature in Opera mini for years and with the feature now built into Chrome for mobile, definitely I expect Chrome to be zippier than Opera mini. For those who are not aware of what this feature is meant for, The Google data compression feature will...

How to Track Changes in Google Search Algorithm

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Google search is one of the major sources of organic traffic for many blogs and websites on the internet. Ranking within the first page of Google search will always ensure that your website receives an steady flow of visitors, whereas if your website or article doesn’t not appear on the first page of Google search results, definitely your site won’t receive much organic traffic...

How to View and Extract files from Google Chrome’s Cache

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Whenever you browse a website or watch a video on a web browser, The browser always downloads the data to its Cache memory first and then it displays it on the browser. So basically if you are watching a youtube video and then you decide to download it to your computer, you don’t have to download it over again. What you can do is, you can open your browsers cache location and copy the video...

How to Find your Altitude from the Sea Level using an Android phone

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Suppose you’re on the top of a mountain range, how do you find out your altitude from the sea level. If its a popular hiking place, then you would find information about the mountain’s altitude somewhere nearby, but what if its a remote location? Well if you have an android phone, the GPS on it can help you out to find your approximate altitude from the sea level. Although most android...

Create a Mini Crossbow using a Bottle cap, Rubber band and Popsicle sticks

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We all have this little child inside us that always interested in having fun or say do fun things. Recently I landed on this YouTube video by Dave Hax, which is actually a video guide on creating a mini crossbow. Sounds fun isn’t it? Dave used common household items such as a bottle cap, rubber band two Popsicle sticks to create the Mini crossbow and believe it or not it’s powerful enough...

Monitor your Heart Rate on a Android phone with Instant Heart Rate

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Samsung has announced the much awaited Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona last month. As usual, diehard Samsung fans expected the flagship smartphone from Samsung to come preloaded with impressive new features that should have been out of the world. While Samsung managed to impress many, there were still many others who were left salivating for more. Among the many newly...

How to Enable the Developer Options on Android 4.2 and above devices

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If you have upgraded your android phone to Android 4.2 or higher, you would be surprised to see that your phone wont have the Developer options in the settings. The same happened with me when I upgraded my Galaxy S3 to Android 4.2. After the upgrade I found out the developer options was missing and since I had to enable USB debugging, I was desperately searched the internet for a solution...

Nokia X Rooted to install Google play store, Android apps and Google Now Launcher

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Announced at the Mobile World Congress last month, The Nokia X was expected to be a cheap Android phone for the masses. But Nokia’s official announcement left us salivating for more. According to Nokia, the Nokia X was going to run a custom and highly modified version of Android 4.1 with a Windows phone like UI. The phone only had access to Microsoft’s service, which means Nokia has...

How to Know if your Email Account was Compromised in a Cyber Attack

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In the past few years, cyber crime has increased drastically. Every other day we hear news about cyber criminals breaking into the servers of big corporations and siphoning off millions of private information about the company and as well as the users. Companies like Twitter, Adobe, Ubisoft and many more have been the victims of massive cyber attacks that have led to compromise of sensitive user...

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