tips and tricks

Convert PDF files to ePub to read comfortably on iBooks for iPhone.

Apple introduced iBooks for iPhone and iPod touch recently. Even though iBooks ( or Stanza or any other eBook reader app for that matter ) supports PDF files , you cannot read a PDF file as comfortably as an ePub file on a small screen of an iPhone or iPod touch .The reason is ,  the font size in a PDF file cannot be increased and therefore , you will be forced to pinch zoom the document and hence you have to scroll it horizontally again and again to read a single line. The only...

Solution for the iPod touch brightness problem.

There are numerous cases of  iPod touch brightness problem reported all over the internet,which is said to be experienced only when the iPod touch is working on “Auto brightness mode”.I experienced a similar problem on my iPod touch yesterday, after using a new pouch for my iPod.I found out the fix for this problem and here it is. The iPod touch or iPhone  has a special sensor called “Ambient light sensor” , which is used to vary the iPod touch screen brightness depending...

Have full control over your Windows 7 with this simple trick.

Have you ever felt that you don’t have the full control of your Windows 7 OS (that you deserve) ?. if yes is  your answer , here is a simple trick for you , with which you can control almost any feature of your Windows 7 from a single window ( to be precise,a folder !). There is a secret mode (not a secret any more !) in windows 7 called GodMode.you can enable this godmode by following these steps : 1.Create a New folder anywhere on your computer. 2.Rename the folder with this...

Google goggles -Video demo

Google’s new and most hyped android app – Goggles,which takes the search engine to next level with its amazing visual search ability. All you got to do is to take a snap of the thing you would like to search (like place,products etc) and this app will show you almost all the details about the thing as Google search results.It was demoed on a Sony Ericsson’s X10 by SE-first.com, here is the video for...

Win a Blackberry 8520 from Tata Docomo this new year

We are now in the part of the year where, loads of contests and offers are being announced. Here is a contest from Tata Docomo called  DO YEAR CONTEST ,by participating in this contest ,you could win a Blackberry 8520 . All you have to do is become the fan/friend/follower of DOCOMO on any of the social networking sites like Orkut , Facebook or Twitter and submit your new year resolution (DO year !) through your profile and you could just be the one of the lucky person to win the...

Gift a Google product to your loved ones this Christmas for free.

Google’s campaign for promoting Google chrome has taken a new dimension today ,with its new service called give Google chrome.with this service you can gift the Google chrome browser to your loved ones for this Christmas .I know ,that this is not an interesting gift to give . But ,Google has made this whole gifting process ,so impressive with the graphic works that ,It will make any gift recipient impressed.  You can also add your message and your photo to it (like the one you...

Where is my cell phone?

Have you ever had this experience of, misplacing your mobile phone somewhere in your house and searching for it madly and later finding the mobile in your pocket(of course ,with a shameless grin).if you find yourself in a situation like this next time,here is a website that can spare you that shameless grin. wheresmycellphone.com is a website that  helps you find your lost mobile by calling to your mobile and making it ring (so that you could locate its position).Currently this...

How to tweet using your mobile phone in India?

Now,tweet your heart out , with a SMS to twitter,thanks to Airtel for bringing twitter SMS to India.you can now send updates to your profile via a SMS to 53000 .For this, you have to first link your device to the profile.  If you have not linked your phone to twitter before ,you can do so, by two ways : 1. send “start” (without quotes ) to 53000. or 2. Go to devices section on your twitter page and link your device using the given instruction,and that's it ,you can...

How to block calls/SMS messages from a particular number?

  Spam calls (or messages) are a major issue , nowadays .As they not only annoy us ,they even waste our precious time.Spam calls are not as easily controllable as spam e-mails ,As the latter can be controlled in a matter of clicks (I mean ,most of the time).but when it comes to unsolicited  calls you have no other choice other than attending it .There are numerous ways to block calls from a particular number (choosing a method depends on your need and affordability).  To...

WINDOWS MEETS SYMBIAN:Windows 3.1 on symbian S60 devices

    Finally the PC is going mobile.Here we present the WINDOWS 3.1 installed on a Symbian S60 device.Eventhough the facilities in windows 3.1 look a little dumb,its still an achievement to port windows on to the mobile and we thank the polish scientist for making that possible.Here is the complete guide to install WINDOWS 3.1.         DOWLOAD :   1. DOSBox v0.72 for Symbian by kolijoco,   2. Windows 3.1 for Symbian part 1   3....