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Enable Dropbox Links Feature to Share Any File Or Folder Without Add-ons [Tip]

by Binoy xavier
Dropbox Logo

Though you can quickly share Dropbox files with your friends from official mobile apps that is not the case when it comes to desktop. Dropbox desktop app by default only allows linking to files placed in the ‘Public’ folder in Dropbox root folder. To get download links users have to either place files in ‘Public’ [...]

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Windows 8 Features iOS/ Android Like Quick Screenshot Hotkey [Tip]

by Binoy xavier
Windows 8 Win Print Screen Hotkey

Summary: Use Win+Prnt Scrn hotkey combination on Windows 8 to take screenshots and automatically save it to ‘Pictures’ folder. Microsoft’s ambitious attempt to take on Android and iOS tablets has officially begun with the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. In fact Windows 8 has been released keeping in mind the touch based interfaces and devices [...]

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Monitor Internet Data Usage on Windows 8 Without Third-Party Apps [Tip]

by Binoy xavier
Windows 8 Data Usage Feature

Keeping in mind the touch based mobile devices Microsoft has not only introduced the Metro UI and apps on Windows 8 but also many other useful features. In fact Microsoft’s latest offering, Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes loaded with more than 100K new features when compared to the Developer Preview that was made available last [...]

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How to Screen Capture Windows 8 Start Screen Metro Apps Without Any Tools

by Binoy xavier
Windows 8 Start Screen

Update: Windows 8 features a new iOS/ Android like shorcut key combination to take screenshots quickly. Just press Win + PrntScr to take screenshots. These screenshots are automatically saved to ‘Pictures’ in Library folder. The paint tool can still be used for editing screenshots. Just like Windows 7 even the latest Windows 8 OS comes [...]

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APK Downloader- Download Android Apps to Desktop Using Chrome Extension

by Binoy xavier
Android APK Downloader

The web interface of Android Marketplace lets you remotely install apps to your phones running Android OS. The Android apps in .apk format are then pushed to Android phone Over The Air (OTA) and gets installed in the background automatically. While this happens without you having to play manually with .apk apps, there might be [...]

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Automatically Skip, Block In-Stream Video Ads on YouTube.com Using Add-ons

by Binoy xavier
No YouTube Ads

YouTube is now the second largest internet search engine after Google.com with more than 4 billion videos served daily. This popularity of YouTube is being used by many video publishers to monetize their channels. And to help publishers monetize video channels and generate revenue Google allows channel partners to display ads available in various formats. The [...]

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How to Download Sound Tracks As MP3 from SoundCloud.com to Desktop

by Binoy xavier
SoundCloud Downloader

If YouTube is to videos then SoundCloud can be associated with sound tracks. In fact just like YouTube, SoundCloud is the world’s leading social platform where users can create and share sounds or podcasts on blogs, social networks, websites etc. The shared sound clips can also be downloaded if the publishers enable public downloading. Though most [...]

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List of Gestures Supported by Tweetbot iPad App [iOS]

by Binoy xavier
Tweetbot iPad App

Tweetbot, the popular iPhone app just got updated to v2.0 and now with a dedicated iOS app for iPad. With the new features available on Tweetbot and availability of iPad app it is now the best Twitter client for iOS hands down. Tweetbot for iPad has been developed keeping in mind the large screen real [...]

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Quickly Change Skype Online Status From Windows 7 Taskbar Pin [Tip]

by Binoy xavier
Skype Windows 7 Taskbar

    Making it easy to get something done the shortest way possible is the best thing a service provider can do. Same is the case when it comes to consumer software products. Skype, the popular VoIP desktop client available for Windows 7 sports a less known feature which once discovered can be a time [...]

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Useful List of Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac, Windows Users

by Binoy xavier
Facebook Windows Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Though feature rich Facebook is no longer sporting an intuitive user interface. Especially when you are new to Facebook, the all new Facebook Timeline feature and their geeky privacy policy page can scare the crap out of you. That being said mastering Facebook is not that difficult if you can spend time to learn basic [...]

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