How to download free songs of your favorite artists using nokia music from your Nokia lumia 520 windows phone

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From your Nokia lumia windows phone, first open Nokia music application. Open my music and you will get list of all the songs in your mobile arranged by artists names. In my example I have shown some of the artists. Their names start with A. See the screenshot below.

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Out of them, I selected akon by taping on his name. Now it shows all the songs available in my list. As you can see, there are two songs of akon that nokia music was able to find in my Nokia lumia 520 mobile phone. I started playing one of them by tapping it.

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Now, I opened the options by tapping three dots available at the right bottom corner of the screen. It show 3 options. Out of them, I chose more by this artist.

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After selecting that, I got the below screen that shows biography, image gallery and recent tweets from of akon.

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Now, I swiped the screen to left and I get a top songs list of akon. 

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After swiping the screen to the left again, I get an albums list of akon.

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The list I got this time after swiping left was singles from akon.

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You can tap on any song or album name that is visible on the above 3 options and then tap on download  to download the song in your phone memory or SD card permanently. (see the below screenshot)

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If you swipe the screen to the left again, you will get a list of similar artists as well.

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Thus, it is really easy and fast to find and download songs of your Favorite artists using nokia music from your Nokia Lumia Windows Phone.

How to add application to the desktop right click menu

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Earlier we have discussed about different windows tricks.

Now we will see how to add application to the desktop right click menu.

This is gonna be very useful for the application you often use.

First open the registry editor.

 

Add application to the right click menu

             Add application to the right click menu

 

Then go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Directory > Background > shell

Now create a new key under shell.

This key name will be displayed in the desktop right click menu.

I am giving here Paint.

 

Add application to the right click menu

                         Add application to the right click menu

 

Now under paint create another key ‘command’.

 

Add application to the right click menu

               Add application to the right click menu

 

Now fetch the path of the application which you wish to add in right click menu on desktop.

To find the path, go to the application.

Shift + Right click on the application and select copy as path to copy the path.

 

Add application to the right click menu

                     Add application to the right click menu

 

Now come to registry editor again.

When command key is selected on the left pan, then double click on the Default (or right click > Modify) in the right side.

Change the string value.

Past the link you copied and pest it to value Data.

 

Add application to the right click menu

                    Add application to the right click menu

 

Now it is done.

Go to the desktop and right click to check.

 

Add application to the right click menu

                 Add application to the right click menu

 

 

How to block websites from Google search result

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I know you are too much happy with your Google search results and Google too takes care about spam sites.

But in case when some site comes frequently in your search result and you really don’t want them, you need to block them from your search result.

For this you can use ‘Personal Blocklist (by Google)’ extension for your chrome browser.

Block websites from Google search

Block websites from Google search

 

First add the extension to chrome.

Then go to Google and search.

Then you will find a block link for individual links.

 

Block websites from Google search

Block websites from Google search

If you choose to block any link just click on the block link and not only that link but also all the links from that domain will be blocked from your search result.

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How to Customize Google Chrome with chrome theme ?

How to add Google dictionary for Chrome ?

 

How to create an e-book or PDF from different Wikipedia pages

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Can you remember how many times in a day you usually roam around Wikipedia?

I can’t.

Today I am going to introduce a tool inside Wikipedia through which you can save any wiki page in PDF format.

Not only that you can also add different pages together and make a single e-book with the selected pages.

Now let me describe how.

First, go to the Book Creator tool.

Then start the tool by clicking Start book creator.

 

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

 

Now the book creator is running and you will find a book creator pan on the top of every page.

Browse any page and click Add this page to your book.

By repeating this step, add different pages to your book.

When you are done, click on Show book.

 

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

 

Now give a title for your book.

Then Click on Download to download the e-book as PDF format.

 

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

 

Wait till the e-book is being generated.

 

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

 

Now the e-book is generated and click Download the file to download the file to your computer.

 

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

Multiple Wiki pages in a single PDF

 

You will now get a well prepared e-book. Even the e-book will carry the entire internal links from the article pages.

How to create a custom Theme in word press?

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First you have to know what is theme and why to use theme in word press.

Theme:

Word Press Themes are files that work together to create the design and functionality of a Word Press site. Each Theme may be different, offering many choices for site owners to instantly change their website look. You may wish to develop Word Press Themes for your own use or for a client project.

Anatomy of the theme:

Word Press Themes keeps in subdirectories of the Word Press themes directory (wp-content/themes/ your theme) .The Theme’s subdirectory holds all of the Theme’s stylesheet files, template files, and optional functions file (functions.php), JavaScript files, and images.

For example, a Theme named “Blank_theme” would reside in the directory-content/themes/ Blank_theme. Word Press includes a default theme in each new installation. Examine the files in the default theme carefully to get a better idea of how to build your own Theme files.

Word Press Themes typically consist of two main types of files, in addition to images and JavaScript files.

  1. The style sheet called style.css, which controls the presentation (visual design and layout) of the website pages.
  2. Index.php which is the getaway of all templates.
  3. The optional functions file (functions.php) as part of the Word Press Theme files.

The following is an example of the first few lines of the stylesheet, called the stylesheet header, for the Theme “Blank_theme”:

/*

Theme Name: BLANK Theme

Theme URI: http://www.sanjitpaul.in

Description: This is just a BLANK Word Press Theme template . This is our first theme. Next version of our theme will coming soon.

Author: Technicise Team

Author URI: http://www.techinise.com

Version: 1.0

*/

Let see the details of each elements so you understand what they are all about.

  • Theme Name – The name of your theme, i.e. here is Blank_theme.
  • Theme URL – The URL of your theme’s home on the web. It can be a section of your website.
  • Author URI – Link to your website
  • Description – Provide a brief and clear description of your theme, summarizing its purpose and features in a few sentences. This description will appear in users’ Dashboards when they search for themes, as well as next to the theme’s listing on the WordPress.org Free Themes Directory.
  • Version – The version number of your theme. It’s up to you to decide how to number your versions, but you can start at 1.0 if it’s brand new. If you ever release updates, you can change the number accordingly.

Note: After this you write your css code as per your requirement. But above codes are mandatory.

Building your Basic HTML structure:

When you are viewing the front page, WordPress actually uses several template files to generate the page (index.php << header.php, sidebar.php, and footer.php).

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Header.php and Footer.php:

First of all you copy header.php and footer.php of word press default theme (i.e. twenty eleven or twenty twelve) and pest it of your created theme (i.e. Blank_theme) to get the basic structure of header and footer and modify as per your requirement.

Sidebar.php:

I think it will be better to copy the sidebar template of default theme of wordpress and pest it in your own theme (i.e. Blank_theme) and modified it as per your requirement. This is the basic structure of sidebar.php template

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Strucutre of index.php

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If we have html file (index.html) then we integrate it with wordpress as lucrative looking or fulfill client requirement. But here discuss the basic about how to create custom theme so  we copy the default theme’s index.php of theme folder and pest it in our own theme (i.e.Blank_thme) to maintain the structure of the index page. This look like

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After that go to your wordpress dashboard and go Appearance ->Theme

Then here you will find your created theme and active the theme like this.

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After active your theme go to front page of your website and you will see the effect of theme. This is the basic structure of custom theme of wordpress . Hope you enjoy it.

How to share internet using WiFi in Nokia Lumia 520 Windows 8 Phone

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You are using a Nokia Lumia 520 Windows 8 Phone and want to share your internet with others WiFi supported device like your Laptops, Smart Mobile Phones, Tablets etc. Nokia Lumia 520 can share it’s internet to Maximum 8 devices. So you can use internet in maximum 8 devices at a time.

If your Phone screen and keys are locked, unlock them and follow the process to share internet:

Go to Settings. (From start screen swipe left to go Apps menu and tap Settings).

System Settings

System Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now from system Settings tap mobile network and turn on Data connection.

Turn On Mobile Network

Turn On Mobile Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come back to the system Settings tap WiFi and turn on the WiFi networking.

Turn on WiFi networking


Turn on WiFi networking

 

Again Come back to the system Settings tap on internet sharing.

Turn on Internet sharing over WiFi

Turn on Internet sharing over WiFi

Turn On the internet sharing. You can set your WiFi name and password from here.To do this tap on setup, from the bottom of this page and change your sharing password.

Setup Password

Setup Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have done your work. Now your Nokia Lumia 520 is ready to share it’s internet to others.

Try it yourself and keep sharing your internet.

How to insert years series in ComboBoxItem in WPF

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It is very hard to put a year range from past to present or any others by typing one by one in ComboBoxItem of ComboBox. We can easily put the year inside a ComboBox by a simple loop, which will help to load our expected year range inside a ComboBox .

Not only years, we can load other series of numbers like months, dates inside a ComboBox, according to our requirement by applying this technique as well.

OK. It is time to see the procedure.

  • First of all take a ComboBox.
  • Put a name of the ComboBox e.g. Name=”myComboBox”.
  • Now open the .cs page and write the given for loop inside MainWindow().
for (int i = 1950; i <=DateTime.UtcNow.Year; i++)
{
ComboBoxItem item = new ComboBoxItem();
item.Content = i;
myComboBox.Items.Add(item);
}

Here we select the starting year as 1950 and the end date as the current year.

Now save and debug the project and you will see the ComboBoxItem like the following image.

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ComboBoxItem With Years

Try it yourself with some numbers.

Download the sample code.

How to create a simple image browser in WPF using c sharp

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This post explains following steps:

  • Browse your PC for image files.
  • Choose an image.
  • The image is displayed inside an image control of your WPF application.
  • The physical path of the image is shown in a text box.

First, create a new WPF application and take one text box, one button and one image control.

The physical path of the image will be shown inside the text box. name it imagePathTextBox. The image will be displayed inside the image control. name it myImage. Name the button, browserBtn and generate a new event.

Inside the event handler in the cs page, write the following code:

 

var fd = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();
fd.Filter = “All image formats (*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.bmp; *.png; *.gif)|*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.png;*.gif”;
var ret = fd.ShowDialog();

if (ret.GetValueOrDefault())
{
imagePathTextBox.Text = fd.FileName;

try
{
BitmapImage bmp = new BitmapImage(new Uri(fd.FileName, UriKind.Absolute));
myImage.Source = bmp;
}
catch (Exception)
{
MessageBox.Show(“Invalid image file.”, “Browse”, MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Exclamation);
}
}

Now, browse and open an image, see the results.

Download the source code.

Nokia Lumia 520 review

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I bought this mobile about a month ago and I must say I am really impressed with this phone, I believe it is time to share my thought on this phone to the world.

You can see Nokia Lumia 520 features and specifications from nokia.com so I am not going to explain its detailed features; instead, I am going to explain specific features, performance or quality of Lumia 520.

Design & Build: Very stylish and slim 4 inch display. It really looks far costlier than its price range. Feels nice in hand. If you want to buy a stylish smart phone, it wont disappoint you. You can choose one among Black, White, Yellow, Cyan, Red back covers, mine is the yellow one and I believe this one is the most good looking.

Performance: The phone performs smoothly in any situation thanks to its 1 GHz. dual core processor, I always listen to music while surfing internet through wifi from my netbook as well as installing apps and games and it still performs smoothly. Cant ask for better than that.

Some people say it has 512 Mb RAM that is not good enough but I have played games like asphalt 7 (512 Mb game) and it works smoothly with incredible graphics.

Camera Quality: The 5 MP camera of Lumia 520 takes descent snaps and   it has touch focus and auto focus. I really love the touch focus feature. The macro mode and panorama is excellent. Though it does not have flash, the night scene mode is also capable of taking clear photos in low light situations. There are lots of applications with very interesting photo editing features. There is an inbuilt photo editor with which you can crop, rotate and auto-fix the images.

Nokia Lumia 520 captures video in 720p @30 FPS and its quality is awesome.

Nokia Lumia 520 macro shot taken in low/medium light

Nokia Lumia 520 macro shot taken in low/medium light

 

Nokia Lumia 520 panorama shot taken in medium light

Nokia Lumia 520 panorama shot taken in medium light

Music & video: The sound of the loud speaker is loud enough but it is located at the back portion of the set, so if you keep it inside your pocket the speaker gets completely blocked sometimes. If you do not keep the vibration turned on, you cant here an incoming call. On the other hand, some people are saying that the head phone provided with this handset quality is poor, but the headphone is clear and loud enough and provides good bass.

Nokia Music is incredible, it is very organized and you can find your favorite songs in no times among thousands of songs. You can download songs of your choice for free through radio mix and free tracks of your favorite artists are just a few clicks away.

You can keep your favorite HD videos in the SD card and enjoy them fully on the 4 inch display of Lumia 520. I watched high quality mp4 and avi videos and they ran smoothly.

Touch & Display: It comes with super sensitive  IPS  LCD (235 ppi) that is unthinkable in this price range. SO, of course touch and display is awesome. Gaming experience in this mobile is magical.

Internet Surfing: You can connect to a wifi network and you can use your phone’s internet sharing option to share your phone’s internet data through wifi. You can connect upto 8 devices. You can get best possible speed from your 2G or 3G connection. I could not find any way to surf internet from phone to pc through data cable.

GPS: It works magically fast in my device. There are many useful GPS related apps which could be downloaded from the app store.

Apps & games: It is very easy to download and install apps and games in windows phone from store. Though windows 08 mobile os does not have as many apps and android, still you can find almost all useful apps in the app store. There are many incredible games though most of them are not free, you can use the trial versions of those games. Skydrive provides 8 GB free cloud storage which is really useful.

Data back up: There is a desktop app for windows to back up your mobile data like images, videos etc in your pc but that is not very user friendly I must say. Of course you can back up your data in skydrive very easily but I can not afford such huge amount of data usage.

No file manager: There is no file manager in windows phone os so you can not browse your SD card or phone memory data directly from your phone. But that does not concern me a lot because all your data could be explored from relevant places, for example, you can browse your SD card pdf files directly from pdf reader.

Battery back up: It provides descent battery back up keeping in mind that it is a smart phone with many features which could drain your battery life in no times.

 

Overall, no other handset is as good as Nokia Lumia 520 in its price range, that is for sure. It is a value for money product indeed.

I will be updating this post with new points regularly.

 

Working with matlab and mysql

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To follow this tutorial you should have matlab installed in your system.. Now you can install mysql database with workbench from this tutorial http://blogs.technicise.com/install-mysql-database-with-workbench-in-windows/ … Then try creating a database and insert some values using workbench http://blogs.technicise.com/how-tocreate-a-sql-database-using-mysql-workbench/ .

So till now you have installed following components..

  1. MATLAB
  2. MySQL database server
  3. MySQL workbench

You can import following database to your MySQL workbench following this tutorial http://blogs.technicise.com/exportimport-schema-in-mysql-workbench/..

facerecogdb

Now we need to install a MySQL database connector for MATLAB.. We can use  Java jdbc connector to make MATLAB interact with MySQL… Download the JDBC connector from this link http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html .. This is a zipped folder.. Unzip this folder to your ~My Documents / MATLAB folder . Now we can use the path of mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar in the MATLAB code to link the connector.

Here is a simple open connection, fetch &  insertion code for MATLAB.

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function conn = OpenMySqlConnection( )

%# JDBC connector path
javaaddpath(‘C:\Users\chandra\Documents\MATLAB\mysql-connector-java-5.0.8\mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar’)
%# connection parameteres
host = ‘localhost’; %MySQL hostname
user = ‘root’; %MySQL username
password = ‘password’;%MySQL password
dbName = ‘facerecogdb’; %MySQL database name
%# JDBC parameters
jdbcString = sprintf(‘jdbc:mysql://%s/%s’, host, dbName);
jdbcDriver = ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’;

%# Create the database connection object
conn = database(dbName, user , password, jdbcDriver, jdbcString);

Matlab Open Connection

Matlab Open Connection

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function alldata = SelectAllFromDB(conn,tableName)

if isconnection(conn)
qry = sprintf(‘Select * From %s;’,tableName);
display(qry);
rs = fetch(exec(conn, qry));
alldata = get(rs, ‘Data’);
display(alldata);
else
display(‘MySql Connection Error’);
end

Select All data from table

Select All data from table

 

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function InsertIntoMySQLTable(conn,frontVal,topVal,sideVal)
if isconnection(conn)
     qry = sprintf(‘INSERT INTO faces(front,top,side) VALUES(%s,%s,%s);’,frontVal,topVal,sideVal);
    display(qry);
    fetch(exec(conn, qry));
else
    display(‘MySql Connection Error’);
end
Insert into MySQL Table

Insert into MySQL Table

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Download the Matlab files.. matlab-blog MATLAB files

This file is zipped using 7-Zip software.. download from here.. http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Keep the M files in  your ~My Documents / MATLAB folder..

See the output here…

Output

Output

Install MySQL database with workbench in windows

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In this tutorial, i will show how to install mysql database with workbench in windows.. we need following components..

  • MySQL Server.
  • MySQL Workbench.

Install MySQL Server :

To install download MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ or http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/5.5.html and install.

Here we are installing MySQL 5.5.15 .

Double click on the set up file. And click next.

 

 

Accept the license terms and click Next .

 

 

Now you can choose setup types like Typical, Custom and Complete. It is preferable to go for complete setup.

 

 

Now click Install.

 

 

A window will appear like below and click next.

 


 

Click next again and then a window will appear .Make sure that a check box is checked at the bottom of the window. Click finish.

 

 

After this MySQL Server Instance configuration Wizard will apear . Click Next.

 

 

Select Detailed Configuration and click Next.

 


 

On the next window you have to select the server type. Now we assume that this is a developer machine and many other application will run on it.So choose Developer Machine.And click Next.

 

 

Then select Multifunctional Database and click Next.

 


 

Then choose the drive where InnoDB tablespace should be placed and click Next.

 

 

Now you need to select the number of current connection to the server.According to your need you can select.Fpr now we assumed that maximun 20 connection will be there, so we select Decission Support (DSS)/OLAP .You will have the option to set the number of connection  manually. Click Next.

 


 

Next enable TCP/IP Networking and Strict Mode. Click Next.

 


 

Now select the Defult Character Set.You can choose any one as you wish.Here we are selecting Standard Character Set.

 


 

Here comes the Windows Options.

Select Install As Windows Service to run the MySQL server on window .

You may also select Include Bin directory in Windows Part to include the directory cointaining the server or cloent executable in the windows path variable so they can be called from the command line.

 

 

Now it is security settings.Create a root password and this password will be used whenever you wish to access the server.

You may also create an Anonymous Account without any password,but for security issue it is prefarable to give a password.

 

 

Now click on Execute.After execution click Finish to close the wizard,and your MySQL setup is finished.

 

 

 

MySQL Workbench :

Now we will install MySQL Workbench. MySQL Workbench will give you an integrated tools environment for data base designing and modeling, Database Administration, SQL development etc.

To install download it from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

Now, Double click on Setup file. A window will appear like below and click Next.

 

 

Select the path where you wish to install.you may install in the default path.Click Next.

 


 

Here choose the setup type.If you are not so much experienced we recommand you to select Complete . Click Next.

 

 

Now your setup is ready io install. Now click Install.

 


 

Your installation is in progress.

 

 

After complete installation click finish.

 

 

Now your system is now ready for MySQL database based applications.

Facebook Introducing Graph Search

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Facebook Graph Search is nothing but a search engine of Facebook. Graph Search helps you to find people, places and things inside the Facebook. With the collaboration of Microsoft‘s Bing, Facebook helps you to find the specific search result without opening another new tab. Facebook acquired over one billion user’s public data and external data into their Graph Search to provide user-specific search results.

The Graph Search Beta was launched in January 2013. Till today this feature is accessible by limited users. Facebook is working on it to provide this feature for mobile interface also.

The feature is almost same as traditional search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo etc. The search result varies from user to user according to their privacy.

If you have not got the amazing new feature visit Introducing Graph Search and click on Join Waiting List to apply and wait for Graph Search Beta version.

Join Waiting List

Join Waiting List

They will confirm you by the following Message “Thanks for signing up for our beta. When Graph Search is ready you’ll see an announcement on Facebook and you can switch to the new experience.”

Confirmation Message

Confirmation Message

 

 

 

 

 

Now you are on their waiting list.

Wait for their response. When they will provide this feature to your account, you will get a request for “Take Tour“. Click on “Take Tour” for get the overview of this feature.

Ask for a tour

Ask for a tour

In between the tour they will show some search instruction like the following image

Sample Search Instruction

Sample Search Instruction

 

Another Sample Search Instruction

Another Sample Search Instruction

Another Sample Search Instruction

You can search by the Musics, Photos, Resurgent nearby etc.

Search By the Musics Photos Resturents nearby

Search By the Musics Photos Resturents nearby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now it is time to start Searching using Facebook Graph Search.
Go to the search text box at the top of the Facebook page and start typing or click on the text box for search suggestion.
For example write “my friend with technicise” Facebook will provide suggestions like the given image and pick up one for getting the result.

Test Search

Test Search

You can also Search the content from web directly from here. For example if you write “gmail login page“, they will suggest some Facebook suggestion with some web search also. Click on ”gmail login page, Web Search“, from the suggestion or you can select the suggestion by using Tab Key and click on the link.

Web Search From Facebook

Web Search From Facebook

Now you can see the Web Search result like the following image

Web Search Result

Web Search Result

And go anywhere from here.

Happy Searching.

Online IDE for coding

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Sometimes we are facing various type of IDE installation problem in our computer. For example if we want to compose PHP code and we could fail to configure our related software. Such kind of problem we could try to compose our code through online IDE. The fastest editor Cloud9 IDE allows you to write, run and debug your code online. You can easily collaborate workspaces publicly or private.

Cloud9-IDE

Cloud9-IDE

By using Cloud9 online development environment you can create Javascript and Node.js applications,HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, Ruby and 23 other languages. You can share the code easily with others and Cloud9 IDE allows to compose code together. And the user can chat together through Cloud9.

You can sinup individually or easily sign in through your exixting Github or Bitbucket account. If you use Github or Bitbucket to sign in to Cloud9, your all existing repositories will appear on Cloud9 account, and then you can develop you code from here.

Attractive feature in a nutshell:

  • Easy to write, run, and debug code with flexible cloud IDE.
  • Easy to access Github and Bitbucket project.
  • Easy to share project with others.
  • Easy to clone Project from URL.
  • Allows Real time group Editing.
  • Allows Chat together in real time.
  • Display suggestions below your code.

Use Cloud9 IDE for your project development. Happy coding.

WordPress 3.6 Beta is available

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wordpress 3.6 beta

                                          wordpress 3.6 beta

 

WordPress 3.6 Beta is now available. And yes it is not recommended to use it for an up and running site.

But as a wordpress lover we just can’t stop testing this.

You can use WordPress Beta Tester plugin to test this 3.6 version.

You can also download the beta in zip format too.

In course of testing, if you notice any bug then you can raise the bug to the Alpha/Beta area in support forum.

Now let’s see what is new in WordPress 3.6.

  • Default Twenty thirteen theme, more reach in color and more lucrative.
  • You cam embed audio and video without any plugin or any third party media hosting.
  • Any uncertainty, like browser crash, server goes offline, will be able to make your post wash away as the posts are auto saved locally.
  • Post locking is introduced. When you are working in a multi-author environment post locking will let you know who is editing that post and prevents authors from overwriting each other.