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Tuesday 25 February 2014
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Best 10 Free WordPress Themes Released in 2014
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Almost, the year has come to an end, but we’ll never stop to bring you the best WordPress Themes in 2013 from all months. Here is another edition of free yet Premium style WordPress themes from last two months, Sept ember and October. Every month, we have brought you the fresh, beautiful and well-designed WordPress themes from the crowd of WordPress Repositories. Some of the themes use the Twitter bootstrap responsive design FrameWork. Most of the themes have Retina display support.
For this month we have collected many free themes, some of the also have a commercial version though. Just click the demo and download link to refresh your WordPress site with new WordPress templates.
Paperfolio WordPress Theme
Paperfolio is the Free portfolio WordPress theme. Theme is powered by the modern jQuery Sliding gallery to get awesome stylish effects.
Madura Mag – Fastest WordPress Theme
Madura Mag is the NewsPaper Magazine WordPress Theme. Loads on Top speed with Responsive Design. It offers tons of features with Solid Theme Framework. You can design your unique site with this theme.
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Viper
Viper is a full-width WordPres theme, the layout is in Magazine style. It is a Responsive WordPress magazine theme with multiple home page layouts, 300×250 ads, 125×125 ads, 2 premade (white, Blue) ready to use color schemes/skins,
Pixlex
Pixlex is a free business WordPress theme released in 2013.
Game Station
Games Station is specifically designed for the Gaming sites. This WordPress theme supports and comes with custom widgets, drop-down menus, javascript slideshow and lots of other useful features.
Expecto
Expecto is a Responsive WordPress theme which is best suitable for portfolio or for product presentation.
Iconic One
Iconic One is a premium quality WordPress theme with pixel perfect typography that is pleasing to the eyes.
TypeSense
Typesense is a simple, responsive and content-centric WordPress theme.
Topbest
TopBest is corporate WordPres theme which supports both 5 multiple homepage layouts, tons of shortcode best of all the shortcodes
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Best 10 Fresh Free WordPress Themes for May 2014
New month begins! Here is the best Free WordPress Themes May 2013 edition for you. This month I have collected superb Free WordPress themes for your Self-hosted WordPress sites. Just download and install these fresh WordPress themes in your blog to give refresh look to your content and your visitors. This May 2013 Edition of WordPress Themes includes Responsive magazine WordPress themes, Business WordPress Themes and Portfolio themes.
This WordPress Themes have come up with many features like Custom Page templates, Custom Home Page, Custom Widgets and Google Map Integration. Some of the themes uses the Twitter bootstrap responsive design FrameWork. Most of the themes have Retina display support.
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1. Snaps
Snaps is a free portfolio theme for WordPress perfect for showcasing portrait images and galleries.
2. PlayBook
PlayBook is responsive 2 column layout WordPress Theme with bunch of features like options panel and custom widgets.
3. Heavenly
Heavenly is a responsive, customizable, search engine optimized Multi-purpose WordPress Theme built with bootstrap.
4. iMag Mag
iMag Mag Free WordPress theme that has come with Magazine/blog style layout. It is an easy-to-customize and fully featured WordPress Theme. It has 2 columns, unlimited homepage Widgetized sections.
5. Anchor
Anchor is a responsive theme with multiple color schemes and custom page templates.
6. Impulse
A very neat and clean blue, black and white business theme
7. Prana
Prana is a beautiful theme with simple and clean design. Theme can easily be used as a personal portfolio, simple blog or a complete business website.
8. Orbit
orbit is responsive theme and it has heme Options with Color Schemes, Front Page for Business, Fonts Options (include Google Fonts)
9. TD Simple
TD Simple Minimalistic WordPress, suits for personal blogs.
10. WP Strap Hero
WP StrapHero is a visually aesthetic Responsive WordPress Theme built on Bootstrap
How To Create Windows 8 App without Coding Using MS Project Siena
Microsoft has developed the new Project with the codename “Siena”. Which is a basically a Windows 8 App but it is a development tool that is, using this anyone can create Windows 8 Apps without any programming knowledge. If you are a Business expert, Business analyst, Business consultant or any other user with an intention of creating Windows 8 Apps, then “Project Siena” is the Sweet news for all.
See Also : Top 20 Best Windows 8 Apps [Must Have]
Also Read: Top 10 Best Windows 8 Games Apps
What is it and How it will Help
“Project Siena” is the Windows 8 App that will help you to create the Powerful windows 8 apps without any Programming and coding. You don’t’ need to type the dozens of coding in many hours to create Windows 8 Apps, just install the Siena App and Develop your Windows 8 app with no time. You can share your windows 8 app with your friends or anyone in the World.
Without any programming, you can create powerful apps for the device-first and cloud-connected world, with the potential to transform today’s business processes.
Making Windows 8 Apps by using the Siena is like creating document using MS Office and Excel. If you know these basic things, you can make windows 8 app with in one hour and share your app to the Windows world. You can customize the apps with visual interface and if you want some logical functions, you can use the excel like calculations in the Siena.
Siena works well with corporate and web data and media content: SharePoint lists, Excel and Azure tables, RSS feeds and the gamut of RESTful services.
Siena Windows 8 apps are build using the HTML and JavaScript. So that you can edit those apps to expand the functionality and relaunch them.
Features of Project Siena
- Conceptualize, validate and build your app ideas as easily as editing a document
- Connect to corporate and web data
- Compose rich interactive visuals to create custom, unique apps
- Add business logic and intelligence using the power of Excel-like expressions
- Use the app yourself, share with colleagues or with the world
Conclusion
This little initiative and innovative app will help the many users who have the nice app concepts will become reality. Currently, this project is in beta stage. However, you can download this app in your Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 devices.
Want more Performance from your Windows 8 System? Read this Guide: How to Speed Up Windows 8 Booting Startup Time?
Monday 24 February 2014
Monday 24 February 2014
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Best Windows 8 and 8.1 Essential Guide [30+ Tips]
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Windows 8 Operating System has changed the Windows users Computer experience to the new level. Windows 8 has lost the Trademark Start Button, Start menu and got the New Metro Apps with stylish Start screen and more. These multiple changes have been made to bring the Mobile computing experience to the Desktop Users. It’s because, the whole world is changing to Smartphones, Tablets and so on. To catch these Mobile Market, Microsoft has taken the bold step and bring the much polished and advanced Windows 8.
Now, the Windows 8.1 has also out to the market that fixed and enhanced the issues in Windows to please the Windows loyal users. However, You need some handful guide to use the Windows 8 and 8.1 to get the Premium Computing experience. Windows 8 has two customizable interfaces, one is familiar Windows Desktop and Other One is Live Tiled Modern Start Screen. This dramatic change in Windows needs the steep learning curve to understand the things better.
This is where our Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 Tips and Tricks complete guide comes in and will take you to inch closer to this modern Operating System. Windows 8 guide also applies to Windows 8.1. Since Windows 8.1 is an Update of Windows 8.
Windows 8 / 8.1 Tips and Tricks
1. Top Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows 8 has changed the tradition of Windows by Introducing the new Interface and has brought many aesthetic features. So, Windows 8 has got some new shortcuts that will be useful to you to make things easier. Let’s see the new windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts,
WinKey + C = Will Open the Charms Bar
WinKey + F = Search Files
WinKey + W =Search Settings
WinKey + Q = Windows 8 Search Field
WinKey + I = Opens the Settings Menu
WinKey + D = Opens the Devices menu
WinKey + H = Brings the Share Menu2. Access All Settings in Windows 8 with “GOD MODE”
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 has many basic to Advanced Settings that can be used to control and Tweak your system. However, accessing the all settings in Windows 8 under the one roof is not available. Even though, you are the Geek, You can’t remember all those settings in Windows 8. They can be organised into one handy folder that is called “God Mode” by the Users.
How To Create God Mode in Windows 8 and 8.1
Creating the God Mode needs few steps,
1. Open the Windows Explorer, and tick the Check Box “Show File Name Extensions and Hidden Items”.
2. Now Create the New Folder in Anywhere and Rename the folder by Pasting the Following text as it appears
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
3. That’s it, Now You will get the Control Panel Icon and Opening that will fetch all the settings that available in your Windows 8 System including Administrative Settings.
3. Directly Boot to Windows 8.1 Desktop
Windows 8.1 offers the two Interfaces: Start Screen With Apps, Traditional desktop. Windows 8 always boot into the New Start Screen, there you can access the Desktop. Windows 8.1 offers the Boot to Desktop Feature, which will give you the option to directly boot into Desktop rather than the Metro UI.
To Access the Boot to Desktop Option,
Right click or Tab on the Empty Space of Taskbar and Open the Properties. A Pop up window will open with Tabs. Now, Select the Navigation tab, there Under the Start Screen, Tick the Checkbox showing “When I Sign in or Closing the Application On a Screen , go to the Desktop instead of Start”.
Hereafter, Whenever you sign in or closing the App, you will be taken directly in to the Desktop bypassing the Metro UI.
4. Sync Everything and Access Anywhere
In this latest Windows Operating System, Microsoft has integrated the Online Accounts of Hotmail (Outlook), Live and Other MS Accounts. To access all Microsoft Online Services, you have to sign in to any of the above account. This integration has brought many online and cloud services to Windows 8 and 8.1. Your favorites, email, One Note and other Data are synced with all your devices including Android and iOS.
Just setup Your own Microsoft Account with Local account in Windows 8 system. It will get you a lot of services and flexibility. This also enables the SkyDrive Cloud Storage Integration in your Windows 8 system. You can access all your cloud files, also Save the files through SkyDrive Storage from Windows 8.
5. Move the SkyDrive Location
SkyDrive is the Cloud Storage Service from Microsoft that has been deeply integrated in Windows 8. Moving SkyDrive to another location can be helpful for maintaining files. If you have more than one drive, SD card, then moving the SkyDrive will be useful.
To move the SkyDrive to Different Location in Windows 8 follow the steps below,
1. Open the Windows Explorer , in the navigation view, Right-click on the SkyDrive Folder.
2. Select the Properties from the menu.
3. Now, Select the Location Tab from the SkyDrive Window, and You can choose the move button to move the SkyDrive to different Directory.
6. Get the Hidden Start menu in Windows 8.1
Microsoft has removed the start menu in Windows 8, and most of the users miss that too. However, you can get the Start Menu in Windows 8 .1 that is you can emulate the Start Menu in Windows 8.1 using the Options available in the Taskbar. Windows 8.1 Operates differently than Windows 8. You can access the all apps screen by Swipe Up or Click on the down button on the screen. You can also get the Other option to get the All apps in Windows 8.1.
Open the Taskbar and move to the Navigation Tab and Tick the Checkbox of “Show the Apps view Automatically when I go to Start ” . Hereafter, Whenever you click the start button, you will be presented All apps views Instead of StarScreen.Though It’s not the Traditional Start menu, you can consider this as Modern Start Menu.
7. How to Shutdown Windows 8 and 8.1 Quickly
If you are the new to Windows 8.1, One thing you may have noticed that You can’t Shutdown the machine so quickly like before you have done in previous Windows versions. However, an easy Workaround will give you the Metro Option in Start Screen.
For that Create the New shortcut in the Desktop Screen. In the text field, type the ‘shutdown /s /t 10‘. The ‘t’ denotes the time delay in seconds in which your PC will shut down. You can change the time as per your wish. Then, Right Click on the Shutdown shortcut and select the Pin to Start option to show Shutdown in Start Screen.
8. Get the Admin Tools in Start Screen All Apps View
You may noticed that in the All Apps view, all of the Administrative tools are not present. You can get them by changing settings of Tiles. To Unhide them, Open the Charms bar and Select ‘Settings’ and then ‘Tiles’. There you can change the settings. Now, you will get all admin tool in all Apps view.
9. Lock Screen Notifications
If you are a Smartphone user, Lock Screen Notifications are not new to you. Yes, Like you get the missed calls, Email, SMS Count in Lock Screen of mobile, In Windows 8 and 8.1, You can get the same. You can also customize the Lock Screen notifications by adding and removing the Apps there.
To do that, in Charms bar, Select Settings and Open the “Change PC Settings”. if you are the Windows 8 user, Go to General Settings and Lock Screen. For Windows 8.1 users, Shortcut of Lockscreen image will be there already. In the Lock Screen Page, You will be presented a list of apps with ‘+’ Sign. Click the ‘+’ Sign to get more apps.
10. Your Picture on Lock Screen
You can change the Picture of Lock Screen like any Mobile Devices. To Customize the Windows 8 and 8.1 Lock screen, Open the ‘Change PC Settings’ like above. Now Tab or Click the ‘PC and Devices’. You will now get a preview of your current Lock Screen with some options to Customize the Screen. Now, you can change the Background picture of Lock Screen from Your Computer, SkyDrive Images.
11. Use the Task Scheduler to Run Apps Automatically
Task Scheduler is a Powerful Tool for Windows users. The Task Scheduler is the utility that enables you to automatically perform an action at a specific time or when something happens. For example, you can start your Favorite Programs automatically when you sign in to Windows 8. You can run the Maintenance tools and Anti Virus Applications at a specific time.
Open the Task Scheduler Tool and You will be presented with the ‘Create basic Task’ and ‘Create Task’. Choose the first one which is simple, and you can create tasks with the Task creation Wizard. Just follow the Wizard and complete the Schedule Tasks setup.
12. Make a Quick Search Using “Smart Search”
There are new ways of working with Windows 8.1. In the Start Screen, you will get the Metro Windows 8 Apps, Settings and more. You can use the Smart Search feature to search anything offline and online. Windows 8.1 Smart Search is now powered by the Bing Search engine. It will show the web results with the Internal Apps and settings. To Perform a Search, Simply start typing in the Start Screen, the Results will be displayed from the PC and Web. Press H and the search Panel appears with app, settings and Files. In Desktop Mode, Press WinKey + Q to show SmartSearch screen.
13. Refresh Your PC
To Speed Up your Windows 8 and 8.1, Microsoft has added many new features to this Operating system. ‘Refresh Your PC’ is the important addition to restore your PC’s Speed like the Fresh Windows.
To Refresh your Windows 8 and 8.1 PC, Access your Charms Bar and then Click ‘Settings’ followed by ‘Change PC Settings’. There you can get the ‘Update & Recovery’ section with three options. One of the Option ‘Recovery’ is useful when you feel your system sluggish and hangs often. It will offer you three methods to fresh up your Windows 8 PC. Your System will be refreshed without affecting your Music, Videos and other files. The other Option should be only used at the last resort, it will completely remove your Windows and will start from Setup.
14. Create the Tile Groups With Name
In the Start Screen, the apps you have pinned will be displayed without any alignment. In Windows 8 and 8.1, You can create the group of Tiles for personalization. That is you can create the Group of tiles with name like ‘Social’, ‘Games’, ‘Fun apps’.
To Create the Tile Group in windows 8, right-click on the Start Screen and access the Customization option. Now the Tile Groups in the Start Screen will be faded, and text field will be shown for each group. You can reassign the tiles to any group and also you are free to create a new group as well. When you finished, left-click the mouse button on the blank screen will finish the naming of groups.
15. Secure Your PC with
Security is one of the essential thing which should be integrated with any device to safeguard your personal information. Microsoft has done a good thing by adding the Windows defender as a default App for removing unwanted files. In Windows 8 and 8.1, the Windows Defender is even more efficient, that monitors network behaviour as well incoming connection and outgoing connection. Add more protection by turning on the firewall which is essential to block malicious connections to your computer.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 launched in India; Specs, Features
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note 8.0 in India. Just a few days ago, Galaxy Note 8.0 has been showcased by Samsung in MWC 2013. Samsung launched this product in India first prior to any other countries. Galaxy Note 8.0 will put their Arch rivals Apple iPad mini backwards.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has come with all features that offered by Galaxy series. The Note 8.0 will come with an 8.0 inch screen of resolution 1280×800 pixels and 189 pixels per inch. An Exynos 1.6GHz quad-core processor does the processing for you which is complemented by 2GB RAM.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 offers a primary 5-megapixel camera without LED flash. You get a 1.3 megapixel front camera for video calling. This Tablet comes with the 4,600 mAH battery which will give it quite the battery life on a single charge.
Like the iPad mini Note 8.0 will offer 16 GB and 32 GB models and will provide an option to expand the internal memory too via a microSD card which the iPad Mini lacks.
Apple also not going only watch this Samsung move, they are also planning to launch the next iPad Mini 2 in future days. We are also waiting for the Apple’s move that what iPad Mini 2 will Feature ? and this product will give them upper hand in 8 inch tablet market.
There is no official word from Samsung about the pricing of Galaxy Note 8.0. Reports suggested that Samsung will disclose it in mid-March and the Note 8.0 also will hit stores in same day.
25 Best Chrome Extensions and Apps
Ready to get the beast out of chrome with epic collections of extensions. Google Chrome is simple that is a minimal design, fast and secure compare to other competitors in this category. Google has stripped out the many clutter elements and presents a minimal application to satisfy all the internet users. It is already a best out of the crowd.
Chrome has web store which has a vast mount of extensions and apps. Each extension brings you the great user experience and enhancements to your browsing life. You don’t need to install all extensions in the list. But the Right extensions will certainly improve your web experience.
Here’s our pick of best Chrome Extensions and apps, all of these are somewhat useful to you at one stage.
1. One Tab
One Tab is a Tab Management Chrome Extension that converts all of your opened tabs into a list in a single tab when you click the one Tab icon. So you can free up the memory used by the Google Chrome tabs upto 95%, that gives the more speed for the browser as well as your system will not slow down and will run bit faster.
2. Google Dictionary
This extension should be added to the chrome’s inbuilt feature. It is developed by Google that shows instant meaning of any word when you double-click on the word. So this is most useful to get the meaning without leaving the web page. Also you can get the meaning of the word when you click the Dictionary Icon in the toolbar.
3. Chrome Office Viewer
Chrome Office Viewer extension is like chrome’s built-in Pdf Viewer. Now you don’t need the MS Office Application any more. This extension is like MS Office alternative, but it doesn’t offer editing features and some other. It gives you the ability to view and read the Microsoft Office files (Word, PowerPoint,Excel) directly from the browser itself. It is the convenient way to open the word files when you receive the office documents in email.
4. Chrome Remote Desktop
Chrome Remote Desktop is the Chrome app developed by Google which allows you to access any other computer remotely from your computer in a Chrome browser or in a Chrome Book. Two different computers can connected for the short-term basis using ad-hoc remote support or on a long-term basis using remote access for files and application.
5. Google Now
Google Now New Tab Page - chrome Extension is brings you the Google Now Style with modern look in your Chrome Browser. You know that default new tab page in chrome will show you the. This New Tab Page incorporates default features of new tab page like most visited sites as a thumbnail and installed apps, and show you those features in a fresh and stylish Google Now look.
6. Lyrics for Google Chrome
Using “Lyrics for Google Chrome” extension, you can get and view lyrics on the same online music streaming sites like Grooveshark, YouTube and Last.fm. This extension adds lyrics page in the music section of the current playing song. So you can get the lyrics of the song at the same time you can listen songs online.
7. Bookmark Sentry
Bookmark Sentry is the extension used for organizing the bookmarks in the chrome. It simply scans your Google Chrome bookmarks for bad links and duplicates and displays a report. It can be scheduled to run a scan every couple of days or not at all. You can maintain your bookmark list without a duplicate and up to date with this Bookmark Sentry.
8. Smart Video YouTube Extension
Do you have YouTube Buffering issues and Interruption while playing Videos? Install the Smart Video Extension from the Google Web store and start customize your YouTube Experience. The settings of this extension work in embedded videos too. Features includes buffering customization, turn off the Video annotations, full control over the YouTube Playlists.
9. YouTweak
YouTweak aims to provide an improved YouTube User experience. YouTweak offers plenty of useful tricks and tweaks to improve the default YouTube Player and YouTube page settings.By using the YouTweak extension, one can Remove Subscription videos, watched videos, Recommended Channels and can Set Playback Quality and Size, Stop auto load of videos,Add Replay button.
10. Goo.gl URL Shortener
Goo.gl URL shortener is handy tool to shorten the urls with one click. This extension uses the Google URL shortener service. So you can get full details about the URL Statistics in Google.
11. Evernote Web Clipper
This Official Extension of Evernote helps you to clip your favorite web contents and pages without leaving the web page. All webclips are stored in your Evernote account. You can read it later like a scrap-book.
15. Awesome Screenshot
I’ve used many Screenshot taking apps, Awesome Screenshot is still in my extension collection. It do the job perfectly, you can take full webpage, visible web page screenshots. Also, It offers screenshots editing tools like crop, add text and annotations etc.So you don’t another software to redefine the image screenshots. Latest version offers you to store the screenshots in your Google Drive cloud storage account.
16. Grammarly Lite
It is much-needed extension for every chrome user. Basically it is a spell checker and gives you the correction instantly when you write. It corrects grammar, punctuation and other more subtle mistakes. You can also use this extension like Google Dictionary.
17. Gmail Offline
Gmail Offline beta is a Gmail app built to support offline access, allowing mail to be read, responded to, searched and archived without network access. When the internet connection returns, all queued actions will be processed instantly.
18. LastPass
LastPass is a free online password manager and Form Filler that makes your web browsing easier and more secure. You can use this extension with Desktop applications for Storing your online account passwords securely.
See also : Get Free Premium Subscriptions for 2 years
19. Hover Zoom
This extension will completely change your browsing experience. Install HoverZoom to enlarge the Thumbnails image to full image size without loading a new page with a lightbox effect. Works in all websites includes Flickr, Amazon, Google+, Facebook and more.
20. Chrome to Phone
If you are an Android user, you can use Chrome to Phone extension to send any weblinks directly from Chrome to your Android phone or Tablet. To open the link in your Android, you have to install chrome to Phone Android app in your phone.
21. Cloudy Calculator
Just do a quick calculation install Cloudy calculator. You can even calculate most complex calculations to simple one with this extension.
22. BugMeNot
Using this extension to Bypass compulsory web Registration when you access any site. Now you can comment in any site without register account.
23. Personal Blocklist
Allows you to block any websites appearing in the search results.
24. Click&Clean
Click&Clean is an innovative and totally free solution for your PC to clean all your web traces. It offers the following features : Scan your PC for Malware, Delete your browsing history, Remove download history,Erase temporary files, Clear cookies and Empty cache, Delete client-side Web SQL Databases, Remove Flash Cookies (LSOs), Protect your privacy by cleaning up all traces of your Internet activity,Clean up your hard drives and Free up more.
25. Download Master
With this extension you can download all images, videos, pdf, doc and any other file linked on the web page you are visiting Click the extension to see available links and filter the list you want to download and get all the files easily.
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