Wants to make your laptop boot faster

Here are some ideas to boost your laptop faster.....

• You can replacing old laptops' spinning hard drives (HDD) with a new solid-state drive (SSD). SSDs are substantially faster than traditional HDDs. After installing an SSD, the first thing you'll notice the speed improvement when you boot up your laptop. (Note: Check your laptop vendor or in laptop forums to make sure the SSD you choose is compatible with your laptop model. You may sacrifice some storage capacity when you move to an SSD, but prices have dropped precipitously in recent years so you may be able to afford a larger SSD than you think.)

• The longer list of applications, the longer it takes to start up. both Windows and OS X both let you choose which applications make this list. If you are unwilling to purchase or install an SSD, then you'll like this, because its free and easy. And already your lapotop has an SSD, then you can further shorten its boot time. On OS X El Capitan, open System Preferences and select Users & Groups. Click on your username in the left panel and then click the Login Items tab in the right panel. To remove a program from this list, click on it and the click the "-" button.

• On Windows 10, search for Task Manager and open it. Click the Startup tab and you'll see a list of programs that start automatically when Windows 10 boots. Look for programs you don't need at startup, particularly if they are listed as having a high startup impact in the right column. To stop a program from automatically running when you start Windows 10, right-click it and click Disable.                                                                                                                                     -cnet-

PowerDVD 16 adds TV streaming and 4K support

                 It seems crazy, but for some reason it's taken PowerDVD until its sixteenth iteration to include a dedicated TV mode. Taking a leaf from other HTPC interfaces that have come before it -- including Boxee and Windows Media Center -- PowerDVD's TV Mode offers an horizontally scrolling interface designed to be used in conjunction with the PowerDVD Remote for Android or iOS, or a mouse.

                   But TV Mode is merely the first item in PowerDVD's bag of tricks. The software can also stream Blu-rays (and regular digital video files) to your Chrome cast, Roku or Apple TV. The "Play To" feature currently supports 4K content (it will down convert to a 1080p TV) and the company says it is working on streaming 4K Blu-ray discs. Native support for YouTube and Vimeo is on board, too. 

              The system currently supports DVD and Blu-ray, and a Cyber Link representative confirmed to me that the software will support 4K Blu-ray once PC hardware becomes available.

                                                                     -cnet-

Disable Mobile Data for Specific App on iOS

         At first, open Settings and go to Mobile Data. Then scroll down on the same page. You can find all the apps that use your mobile data. 

           By default, almost all the buttons should be turned on. You just have to toggle the button turn them off. You can turn off any number of apps that is listed on this list. Following that, whenever you will try to open an app, you will get an error. Therefore, you will have to provide Wi-Fi connection to run that app on your iOS device. Otherwise, you cannot work with that app using mobile Data.

Bitbonkers — Realtime Bitcoin transaction visualizer

A VISUALISATION OF LIVE BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS FROM THE BLOCKCHAIN

EVERY TIME A BITCOIN TRANSACTION IS MADE IT IS SHOWN HERE AS COLOURED BALL DROPPING ON THE PLATE, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE TRANSACTIONS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY ARE WORTH IN BTC. THE THE CUBES REPRESENT THE LAST BLOCK FROM THE BLOCKCHAIN WHICH ARE MINED ON AVERAGE EVERY 10 MINUTES, THE SIZE OF THE BLOCK IS DETERMINED BY ITS SIZE IN KILOBYTES.

WHY DO THEY KEEP FALLING OFF THE PLATE? THAT IS SO THAT YOUR COMPUTER DOESN'T OVERHEAT BUT IF THINGS ARE GETTING TOO MUCH JUST PRESS THE SPACE BAR!

THIS IS MADE USING USING THE AWESOME THREE.JS AND OIMO.JS JAVASCRIPT LIBRARIES, AND LIVE STREAMING BITCOIN TRANSACTION DATA FROM BLOCKCHAIN.INFO. THIS DEMO USES QUITE EXPERIMENTAL BROWSER TECHNIQUES AND WORKS BEST IN THE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER

                                                                        INFO@BITBONKERS.COM

Hay Day

Best. Farm. Ever. Hay Day, the most popular farming game on mobiles and tablets, number one in 122 countries.

Learn the lay of the land, tend to your crops, and trade goods with neighbors and friends. It’s a real special place where the crops never die even though it never rains. Sharing the farm with our quirky animals only makes things more fun!

PLEASE NOTE! Hay Day is free to download and install. However, some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in­-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is also required.

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FEATURES

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* Grow and customize your farm

* Trade crops and fresh goods with neighbors and friends through your very own roadside shop

* Fulfill orders with your truck and even by steamboat

* Repair your dock and cast your lure to fish the waters

* Build your own town and welcome visitors

                                                                     -itunes-

Yahoo app

Track developing stories & stay informed with the app millions of people rely on.

Stay in the know with breaking headline news, the latest entertainment stories, exclusive lifestyle features and your local news wherever you go. Follow the top stories that you care about and explore passionate reactions from people across the world.

Favorite features

- Get all the stories that matter all in one place, including top news, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, finance, business, politics and more

- See top reactions from the Yahoo community for stories in your stream

- New: ‘You may also like’ module immediately brings related articles to your stream

- Stay up to date on developing stories across the globe by following story lines

- Personalize your feed with ease to get all the news and stories you want

- Stay up to date with breaking news notifications

- Easily share stories, videos and photos

- Check out local news so you’re always in the know

- Enjoy a clean, beautiful design with images and videos that help tell the story

Helpful tips

- Tap ‘Follow’ in the stream to stay informed about developing stories

- View all story lines by opening the left tray and clicking ‘View All’ under the story lines section

-Tap on someone’s reaction in the stream to read more and join the conversation

- Don’t forget to check out more articles in the ‘You may like’ module

- Sign in to manage and save your news preferences

- Select the stories you want to see more or less of at the bottom of each article

- Swipe left or right to navigate between stories in full-screen view

- Save stories to read later (simply swiping to My Saves)

Instagram 60 second videos introduced

Until now, the maximum length for video ads was 30 seconds, already longer than the 15-second videos users are allowed to post.

Instagram tells that “We recognize that advertisers have a variety of creative resources and want to bring more choice to help them reach their business goals.”

One of the first of these ads is T-Mobile’s extension of its 30-second Super Bowl commercial starring musician Drake. T-Mobile is now running a special, 60-second version with extra scenes on Instagram now.

Like its parent Facebook, Instagram is trying to ease people into the idea of ads. For years there were none. Then Instagram introduced simple photo ads with no links, then short 15-second video ads, then clickable photo ads, and then progressively increased the video ad length. Rather than shocking people by suddenly showing full-strength ads, Instagram hopes it can boil the cash out of us frogs by turning up the heat slowly.

FIFA Official App

The Official FIFA App

Download the Official FIFA App to keep right up to date with live scores from across the globe, breaking news and photos, and exclusive videos, interviews and features from FIFA.com.

Live Scores section, now with push notifications, brings you the latest scores from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 197 national leagues and all the continental competitions, and also gives you the chance to share your views on matches and articles with thousands of other fans around the world.

It also provides comprehensive coverage of every FIFA competition with a special focus on the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 as they bring you news, photos and videos ahead of July’s Preliminary Draw. You can also relive the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and all the greatest moments in World Cup history by browsing through our exclusive videos, photos and matches of all the previous World Cup editions.

In addition, you can keep track of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, and explore how FIFA brings to life its passion for developing the game and building a better future with stories from them worldwide projects.

The Official FIFA App is a must-have for any football follower. So, download it and have ‘The Beautiful Game’ with you any time, any place.

SpellingCity - learn spelling and vocabulary

Vocabulary SpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging games using any word list. The most popular activities are Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, and our vocabulary and phonics games, available to Premium Members. The most popular word lists are Sound Alikes, Compound Words, Hunger Games and SAT Words. The free app includes ten of our most popular learning activities and ten of our most popular word lists.

Spelling TestMe is a spelling test that reads each word aloud, uses it in a sentence, and repeats the word. Students can work at their own pace and receive instant feedback upon submitting the completed test.

HangMouse is a VocabularySpellingCity favorite that lets children decode each word in a friendly version of traditional Hangman. Kids love trying to figure out the word before the cat catches the mouse.

Missing Letter is a fun game for kids of all ages. Even the youngest learners can practice letter recognition by trying to find the missing letter that completes each spelling or vocabulary word.

Alphabetize is an activity that can be used to practice putting words in alphabetical order, a vital early literacy skill. Students love to play ABC order activities and games.

Spelling TeachMe is a great activity to introduce a new word list to students. Each word is read aloud, spelled letter-by-letter and used in a context-rich sentence.

Sentence Unscramble helps students practice sentence structure as well as using words in context by unscrambling words to form a complete sentence.

Word Unscramble is a popular word game that is a variation of other word games such as text twists, jumbles and anagrams.

Read-A-Word is an activity that gives students practice recognizing new words. Can you find the words that you hear?

Test-N-Teach gives students the opportunity to learn as they practice. Students do their best to build a monument to good spelling. The better they spell, the better their monument!

Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free

Duolingo is Apple's iPhone App of the Year!

Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and English. Totally fun. Totally free.

"Far and away the best language-learning app." —The Wall Street Journal

"Duolingo may hold the secret to the future of education."—TIME Magazine

PC Magazine Editors' Choice for Language Learning: "Among iPhone apps for learning or practicing a language, you can't beat Duolingo."

"The most productive means of procrastination I’ve ever discovered. The short lesson blocks are painless and peppy, and reaching the next level (and then the level after that) becomes addictive." —Slate

Duolingo is changing the way people learn languages.

With Duolingo, you learn a language completely for free. You have fun while you learn, leveling up and competing with friends.

Yeah, it's pretty sweet.

                                                    -itunes-

How To Share and Collaborate With Google Docs

You've uploaded or created a word processing file or a spreadsheet with Google Docs. Now what? Here's how you can share that document with others and get started collaborating.

1.Go to Google Docs at docs.google.com and log in using your Google ID

2.Find your document in your list. By default, Google only lists the "active" documents, meaning that there have been recent changes. If you don't see your document in the list, click on the green Browse Docs & Spreadsheets tab on the upper right hand corner of the window, and then select all from the drop-down list. This will list all the files.

3.Click on the file name on the list to open the file.

4.Click on the Collaborate tab on the upper right hand corner of the window.

5.You have two choices on how you can share this file. You can invite them ascollaborators by entering their email address in the upper text box. Collaborators have access to view and change items on the document or spreadsheet. They can also invite others to view or collaborate.

6.You can also invite viewers by entering their email address in the lower text box. Viewers have access to view a file, but they cannot make any changes.

7.Enter as many email addresses as you wish. Separate each address with a comma. Unless you have reasons to do otherwise, set the "Invitations may be used by anyone" option. This will allow people to change their email address to match that of any existing Google account they may already have.

8.Click the Invite these people button. Google will confirm that you want to email the invitation. Press the OK button.

9.Google will open up a dialog box. Type in a custom email message if you wish. By default, Google will send a copy of the message to your email address. You can turn this option off by clicking on the check box next to CC me.

10.Once the person you've invited receives their email invitation and clicks on the link, they'll have access to your file. If they don't have a Google account, they'll be prompted to create one.

                                                                                   -Google-

Byju’s App – A Top eLearning

         Byju's application that helps you learn on the go, then Byju’s Classes brings you an application that is one of a kind – an app that allows you to access your school lessons from anywhere and at any time. 

     The app serves as a great e-learning platform for Indian school kids and ensures that learning is not restrained by place or by time. This app aims to make learning an enjoyable activity that can benefit students in the longer run, and not just to score well during exams. 

            This mobile education app is growing in popularity and been aggressively advertised even on TV.

     This app contains Complete coverage of the syllabus, Interactive video lessons, Chapterwise tests, Complete analysis and Adaptive learning,

Photo Editor - Filter Effects

Photo Editor is an amazing photo editor that make beautiful photos in seconds.

Main Features:
• Enhance beautiful photos in seconds:
Fancy Filters,Base Filters,Color Sketch,Black Sketch,Sketch,Overlays,Distortion,Gray,Blur Filters
• Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and warth
• Crop, Flip, Rotate & Straighten
• HD Camera to Take Photos, Import and Export HD Images

Price Scanner, UPC Barcode and QRreader, and Black Friday Comparison Shopping App

You can easily Scan ANY Barcode / QR Code, or search to quickly find the BEST price and coupons. Works on iPhone and iPad.

Scans like the red laser at grocery stores!

How To Scan

To scan a Barcode or QR code simply open the app, point the camera at the code, and it will be quickly scanned. No need to take a photo. This app will automatically recognize any Barcode or QR code your camera is pointing at.

When scanning a QR code, if the code contains a website address, you will see it and be able to launch it. If the QR code contains text, email addresses, contact information, you'll immediately see it.

Coupons and Deals

You will have access to a selection of the latest discounts, deals, coupons, and special promo codes from thousands of well known national and local stores that change based on your location.

Scan a product UPC barcode, and we will help you find a variety of information:

• Find and compare prices from your favorite stores like Amazon, Macy’s, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and purchase right from your smartphone

• Check-out product reviews & see what others are saying

• Switch to turn on your device’s light for scanning in low-light

• Supports many barcode formats including UPC, EAN, EAN-13, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, CODABAR

MyFitnessPal - Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker

           MyfitnessPal, the fastest and easiest to use calorie counter for iOS. With the largest food database by far (over 5,000,000 foods) and amazingly fast abd easy food and exercise entry. It'll help you take those extra pounds off! and it's FREE!

• Consumer Reports #1 rated diet
• PC Magazine Editor’s Choice Selection
• #1 Health and Fitness app for 4 years straight
          

           Also featured in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired, USA Today, Family Circle, Marie Claire, NBC, CNET, Shape, the Today Show and more.

The 100 best fonts of all time

This fonts table shows you the most popular typefaces grouped by their family. Each cell in the periodic table lists the typeface and a one or two character “symbol”, the designer of the font, the year when that font was released and its ranking (font popularity). 

Get it as a print poster here.

How AdSense Click Fraud Happens in India

A recent report on Click Fraud suggests that the maximum number of invalid clicks on Pay Per Click ads originate from India. And this is not the first time – its widely believed there there exists a large “work from home” crowd in India who want to generate “quick cash” by clicking Google AdSense ads.

During a recent trip to Google Hyderabad for BarCamp, I met someone who explained me the whole modus operandi of these secret ad clickers.

Pick any issue of Deccan Chronicle newspaper (the English Daily of Hyderabad) and open the Classifieds section – you will see dozens of ads that promise you regular Google AdSense income while working from home. (see this newspaper clipping on the right).

You basically create a website and then write a few articles to get accepted into the official Google AdSense program. Once you become an AdSense publisher, you join any of these “bogus” AdSense network and are introduced to other members who are in the same boat as you.

Now Google would quickly ban your AdSense account if you click Ads on your own website so what these networks do is ask members to click on Ads appearing on websites of other members. So it like a reciprocal behavior – you click my ads and I will click yours.

                                                                                                  -labnol-

Can You Make a Decent Living Off of Google AdSense Ads

If you plan to make a living from online advertising, do not use Google AdSense because running Google ads on your website will only return pennies per click. That’s a piece of advice coming from Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Watcher.

Foremski shares some valid concerns – AdSense publishers have to accept the pricing of the advertising fixed by AdWords and second, Google is shrinking the percentage of AdSense revenue that it shares with its publishing partners.

However, the question is that if you block AdSense from occupying any real estate on your web pages, who else do you approach for filling all those vacant spots ? Small publishers neither have the time nor can afford to hire an independent sales team.

Let’s see what choices (other than AdSense) are available to web publishers who want to make some money out of their web content:

Yahoo! Panama and Microsoft adCenter are not so popular and available only to US publishers. BlogAds, Federated Media, WPNI Blogroll and TechDispenser offer better rates but are open only to select group of websites. Non US traffic cannot be monetized with WidgetBucks or Chitika. Very few sites are successful with affiliate programs of Amazon or eBay.

Readers will abandon your blog if you become regular to PayPerPost kind of programs. And selling Text Link Ads will definitely put your Google rankings in jeopardy. Do you know of other AdSense alternatives in the International space that can guarantee returns ?

Agree, AdSense does sometime pay pennies per click but these pennies definitely add up to enable you pay the web hosting fees and other utility bills. And if you have fair number of eyeballs to your website, these AdSense pennies together can actually help you live a comfortable life.

                                                                              -labnol-

                                                                           

Speech Recognition

            Open the Google website on your desktop computer and you’ll find a little microphone icon embedded inside the search box. 

             Click the icon, say something and your voice is quickly transcribed into words. Unlike earlier speech recognition products, you no longer have to train the browser to understand your speech and, for those who don’t know touch typing, speech is often a faster mode of input than the keyboard.

            Sounds like magic, right? Both Google Chrome and Firefox browsers support the speech recognition.

PeakForm - Fitness app

Not another fitness app but an exercise app! 

                  

               PeakForm has almost 100 exercises with HD videos showing perfect form and technique enabling you to get the maximum benefit with each push, lunge, squat, press-up or burpee. Performed by international athlete, middle distance runner and personal trainer, Ian Williamson. A perfect workout starts with perfect form and PeakForm.

Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.