Box offering 50GB free for new members

Cloud storage service Box always seems to be giving away free cloud storage left and right, and today is no exception. New users can sign up for an account and receive 50GB of space for free. This seems to be a “Dell Exclusive Offer,” but we’re seeing no restrictions here, meaning that it doesn’t look like you have to own a Dell computer in order to take advantage of the free space.

It could be that Dell is simply sponsoring the promotion, but given that it’s an “Exclusive Offer,” we can’t see where the exclusivity lies. Either way, if you’re not already signed up for a Box account, this is your chance to get 50GB of cloud storage space for free. They’ve given away 50GB free before, but that’s the highest that the company has gone with its promotions.

Box is about the only cloud storage provider that gives you a ton of space for free right away. Dropbox gives you 2GB after signing up, and you can earn more with referrals, but that can take some work. Box is really the only simple cloud solution that can be considered a viable backup resource.

Here’s the catch, though. Box only allows, at the most, 250MB files, so you might as well forget about backing up home videos. However, Box offers paid accounts that get rid a lot of the limitations that you’ll come across. Plus, 50GB for free may not seem useful now, but who knows when you’ll need it. Either way, it’s handy to have just in case.

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5 best features of the BlackBerry Z10

After spending more than a week using the new BlackBerry Z10, I've come to like certain features. This smartphone, which isn't yet available for sale in the U.S. but will be later this year, brings a lot to the table. It doesn't quite go toe-to-toe with some of today's best devices, but it is a worthy competitor.

The core hardware features of the Z10 include a 4.2-inch display, dual-core 1.5-GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, microSD card support, and a removable battery. Here are five of what I think are the Z10's best features.

1. BlackBerry Hub: BlackBerry Hub is the new messaging center on the Z10 and within the BB10 operating system. Calling it a "hub" was a good choice of words, as the BlackBerry Hub is the core of the Z10's communications powers. Every type of message is funneled into the Hub, which includes email, text messages, instant messaging, social networking and so on. Giving users one place to see absolutely all their messages makes it a powerful and convenient tool. The Hub is also infinitely customizable, and it lets users turn on/off mailboxes at will, as well as separate them for easier viewing.

2. Software keyboard: BlackBerry spent a lot of time rethinking the software keyboard for the Z10, and it shows. This keyboard is much better than the ones BlackBerry offered on devices such as the Storm or Torch. I found the keyboard to be accurate and quick, and it didn't make me perform too many edits. Though it takes a little getting used to, features such as the word prediction are really helpful.

3. Browser: There's no doubt that the BB10 browser is a major improvement over older BlackBerry browsers. In the time I've spent with the Z10, I've found it to be quick and efficient at rendering both mobile-optimized and full-HTML web sites. It also supports some of my favorite features, such as multiple tabs and private browsing.

4. Hardware: It is not the best-looking or the highest-quality smartphone ever made, but BlackBerry got the basics of the Z10 just right. It has a good size and weight to it, the screen offers enough real estate for whatever you need to do, and features such as a removable battery and memory card stand in stark contrast to the many devices that don't offer such flexibility.

5. Screen sharing: The Z10 is able to share its screen with other BB10 devices via BlackBerry Messenger. This is an extremely useful feature that BlackBerry was smart to include. Think of the trouble tickets that can be solved if IT can see exactly what's going on with your device. Beyond that, the ability to show others things on your device that might not otherwise be possible to see can be beneficial.

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Early Beta of Firefox OS for Smartphones Running On ZTE Smartphone [Video]

Well, there has been a while when the Firefox OS came into light on XDA-Developers forums of Galaxy Nexus. And now it seems like the development is gathering the pace. As an indicator of this, we've found a video of an ZTE Developer Smartphone running the early beta of the brand new Firefox OS.

If you're curious about this brand new OS in the Smartphone Market, this video might satisfy your curiosity. Here it is,

Though it might look like a clone of Android, but it's way different than that. Android is built on Java whereas Firefox is being built on HTML5. So, it's all together a different technology, and we're excited about it's developments and keen to cover all the major development of Firefox OS on TechnoTravel.in. Stay tuned!!

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Top Tools for Uploading Files to Amazon Glacier

Amazon Glacier is the most cost-effective online backup service ever and, sensing a strong demand, developers have been busy writing tools (or clients) that will allow users to easily upload files from the computer to Amazon Glacier vaults for backup. The first batch of these Glacier Clients is now available and some of them are pretty impressive.
Before we explore the tools, let’s quickly recap some essential Glacier jargon:

• Vaults – A Vault is like a main folder where you store your files and folders. You may create multiple vaults (like HomePC or MyPictures) in your Amazon Glacier account for better organization.
• Archives – The stuff stored inside your Glacier Vaults are called Archives. You can zip multiple files and folders on the computer and upload them to your Amazon Vault as a single archive. Consider encrypting files for improved security.
• Region – This is like a physical data center where you would like Amazon to store your files (or vaults). The storage costs (see pricing) for Amazon’s US East data center is lower than Tokyo so you may want to keep this in mind before picking a default region for your Glacier Vaults.

Amazon Glacier Clients

To get started, sign-up for Amazon Glacier - you’ll need a credit card for completing the sign-up process though you won’t be charged at this time. Next go here  to generate your secret Access Keys – all clients will need these for interacting with your Glacier Account.
Now that you have all the required information, let’s explore the various Glacier Clients:
1. Fast Glacier – This is the first Glacier client that hit the shelves almost a week after Amazon released Glacier and since then, this Windows-only tool has been updated to support multi-part uploads (for uploading large files). Fast Glacier has an easy UI and it can upload individual files as well as full folders. The tool is free for personal use while a commercial licence is available for $29.95.

Fast Glacier is free and allows you to backup individual files as well as folders

2. Glacier Uploader - A Java based client for Amazon Glacier meaning you will need JRE on your computer to get this to work. The upside is that since it uses Java, Glacier Uploader will work on Mac, Windows and Linux machines. The name is “Glacier Uploader” but the same tool may also be used for downloading your archives.
3. S3 Explorer – This is one of the most popular Amazon S3 Client for Windows and the new version supports Amazon Glacier as well. CloudBerry Explorer offers a 2-pane view where one side lists you local computer files while the other pane lists files that are in the Amazon Cloud. You can simple drag and drop folders to copy files from the computer to Glacier Vaults or vice-versa. There’s also an option to setup sync folder so that you local folders and Glacier folders are always in sync.
4. CloudBerry Backup - If you are looking for a tool to continuously backup your files and folders to Glacier at set intervals, CloudBerry Backup is a good choice (15-day trial, $29.99). In addition to Amazon Glacier, the same tool can also be used for backing up your files to Amazon S3, Google Storage and Microsoft Azure. It offers a wizard based approach making it easier for anyone to create backup jobs.

A proper backup client for Amazon Glacier that watches your files and folders and automatically uploads them to Glacier.

5. Cloud Gates – This is not exactly a “client” but with Cloud Gates, you can use Amazon Glacier from any FTP software (like CyberDuck or FileZilla).
Cloud Gates transforms your Glacier (and Amazon S3) storage into an FTP server which you can also mount in your Windows Explorer (or Finder in Mac) as a new drive and upload files with easy drag and drop. The service is free and there are no limits on the file size that you can upload to Glacier via Cloud Gates but eventually, they do plan to charge for the service.
Please do note that once you upload your files to Glacier, they are not immediately available in your AWS console and may take couple of hours to show up. The service is mostly designed for storing files that you don’t need frequently.
Update: The Arq Backup client is extremely popular among Mac users for storing files in the Amazon S3 and the developer has recently confirmed in a tweet that they are working to including support for Amazon Glacier.

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Use of Opera Unite in Opera 12

The Opera web browser includes a unique and useful feature called Opera Unite that turns your computer into a web server with a simple click. You may wonder why would anyone want to do that but turns out that there are some practical use cases here.
For instance, you can share the Pictures folder on your computer through Unite and it can then be accessed from the browser of any other computer as a standard web address. You can even host a website on your computer without going though a web host.

Opera Unite running inside Opera 12

Get Opera Unite in the new Opera

Opera Unite is a useful service but unfortunately, it is no longer enabled in Opera v12.0 and later.  If you would however like to use the service in the newer releases of Opera browser, there’s an easy workaround:
Step 1: Download and install Opera 11 on your computer. I couldn’t find the installer on the official Opera website but there’s one available on Filehippo.com for Windows.
Step 2: Launch the Opera program and click the Unite icon in the browser’s status bar. Turn on Opera Unite and also enable the Web Server and File Sharing Services.
Step 3: Exit Opera and head over to opera.com to download the latest version of Opera. Install the program (overwrite the existing installation) and now when you open Opera, the Unite option will be enabled by default.
Alternatively, if you would not like to touch your existing installation of Opera, simple download the portable version of Opera from opera-usb.com (choose version 11 here) and it will have the Unite feature built-in.

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How to Get Free SMS alerts/notification when my website is down

You can use Google Docs to monitor your website’s uptime and get instant alerts if your site is down or unavailable to visitors. The latest version of this Google Docs based website monitoring tool is even better:

1. You can now monitor multiple websites and blogs for downtime/uptime in one go.
2. In addition to email alerts, you can now choose to receive SMS alerts on our phone if any of your sites are down.

The text alerts are routed through Google Calendar and are therefore free.
In fact, this is probably the only tool that lets you monitor unlimited number of website domains and offers both SMS and email based alerts without charging a penny. Here’s how you can install the monitor in Google Docs in less than 60 seconds:

Build your own website monitoring tool with Google Docs, SMS alerts included

Real-time Website Monitor with Text Alerts

1. Click here to create a personal copy of the Website Monitor HD sheet in your own Google Docs account.
2. You’ll see a new Website Monitor menu in the toolbar. Click Initialize and you’ll get a pop-up asking for authorization. Just say Yes.
3. Put your Website URLs in cell B2 (comma separated) and your email address in cell B3.
4. Go to the Website Monitor menu again and choose “Start Monitoring”.

That’s it. Close the Google Docs sheet and it will monitor your sites in the background. If you do not wish to receive SMS alerts, simply change the value of cell B4 from Yes to No.
The full source code of the project is available at ctrlq.org – no one else has access to your data and you can disable the script anytime by setting the email address in cell B3 to blank.
See more Google Docs tips & tricks.
[*] If you aren’t getting text alerts on your phone, please ensure that your phone number is associated with Google Calendar as detailed in this tutorial.

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How often Outlook checks Gmail for New Mail?

If you have connected your Gmail account to Outlook over POP3, you may have noticed that emails arriving in your Gmail mailbox are delivered to your Outlook mailbox after a little wait.
The support pages do not say how often Outlook.com checks your Gmail.com account for new emails but you can easily find a clue in your Gmail mailbox itself.

How frequently Outlook connects to Gmail?

Open Gmail and click the link at the bottom that says “Account Activity” – look for entries that read POP3 with location set as United States and IP addresses in the 66.55.41.1 – 66.55.41.255 range. The time difference between any two consecutive connection attempts in the activity log is the rate at which the Mail Fetcher program of Outlook is connecting to your Gmail account.
In my case, this gap in fetching emails is always 30 minutes.
Bonus Tip: You cannot force Outlook to check your Gmail account on-demand but there’s a workaround. Go to your Outlook Mail Settings -> Send Receive from other Email Accounts, Edit the connected Gmail account and save without making any changes. Outlook will then attempt to connect your Gmail account again for new messages.
Alternatively, instead of using POP3, you can setup auto-forward in Gmail and in that case, the Gmail message will instantly get delivered to your Outlook mailbox.

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Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector Smartphone @ Rs. 30000

Its not a new idea that a device which works simultaneously as a smartphone as well as projector but it happened for first time in a major series phone. The Samsung Galaxy Beam comes with an integrated pico projector which allows you to project the phone display on a wall or desk. 

Lets look into some important specifications of the phone. The device runs on Android OS, v2.3.6 and has a 15 lumen Digital Light Projector (DLP).  It can project 360p  50 inch large visuals on a screen that is two meters apart. Samsung promises the upgrade to Android 4. ICS.

Beam equips with a 4 inch multi touch capacitive Super AMOLED screen with 8000x480 resolution. The 1 GHz dual core processor and 768 MB RAM gives above average performance among

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Download K9 Protection Browser For Android

Have you ever find anything wrong in kids using your smartphone especially for surfing internet?. If there's enough protection for unwanted contents, tablets and smartphones are always suitable for kids too. All you want to do is block the adult/violence contents on your phone. Is it sounds too difficult, then the K9 Protection Browser will do it for you. Web security company Blue Coat Systems announced that its K9 web protection browser is now available for download from Google play.

Other web browsers like opera mini, this one will also support almost all android tablets and smartphones. The K9 browser has a list of adult content websites and URLs and it uses a smart algorithm to block pornography, phishing attacks and all other unwanted content, from your kid. The browser is already available for Apple iOS devices.

Download Blue Coat K9 Protection Browser For Android from Google Play : from android 2.3 and above.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluecoat.k9.android

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Specifications and Prices in India

Yes it happened. Samsung announced their latest smartphone powerhouse Galaxy S3 on may 2nd to stay in top of the smartphone market. The galaxy s3 is not just a high end smartphone but it introduces some new features and trends in mobile phone technology. It also have the latest available version of the Google Android OS. Samsung bundles this super phone with some intelligent and unique features like S-voice, Smart Stay and S-Beam which'll definitely a good move from  Korean manufacturer as most company's focusing on hardware features rather than utilizing it effectively.

Smart stay - This intelligent feature makes use of rotation/motion sensors to recognize if you're using the phone and keeps the display awake so that you don't have to touch the display again to keep it awake.

S-Voice - This is an integrated voice recognition app like siri for iPhone. It listens and responds to your commands.

 S-Beam - This is a fast data transfer mechanism utilizing Wi-Fi Direct and NFC. In fact by using this feature, you can transfer a movie file of 1GB size in three minutes.

Let's have a look into the hardware specifications of the Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III. (just extracted from gsmarena.com)

• Network - 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, 4G: LTE(regional)
• Weight: 133gm
• Display : Super AMOLED capacitive touch with 16M colours. 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches or 306 ppi pixel density
• Corning Gorilla glass v2 and TouchWiz UI v4.0
• Memory: Internal: 16/32/64 GB , external microSD upto 64 GB 
• RAM: 1GB
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth v4, NFC
• Camera primary : 8 MP 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, full HD video recording 1080p@30fps etc
• Camera secondary (front): 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps
• Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Exynos 4212 Quad chipset
• Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor.
• Mali-400MP GPU
• Adobe flash player
• Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery.
• GPS, Radio
• Sensors : Accelerometer, gyro, RGB sensor, proximity, compass, barometer

Samsung Galaxy S3 price in India : Coming Soon

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Google introducing email translation feature into gmail

It a happy news for all Gmail users. Google introducing email translation feature into gmail which will bee soon become a part of your Gmail user interface. According to the Google's official blog, you'll be able to translate email messages in foreign languages into your own and the new 'Translate Email' header will be soon integrated to Gmail.

From the official Gmail blog, Jeff Chin, Product Manager wrote,

Over the next few days, everyone who uses Gmail will be getting the convenience of translation added to their email. The next time you receive a message in a language other than your own, just click on Translate message in the header at the top of the message,

 This feature is a continuation of automatic message translation in Gmail Labs which had received a very warm welcome from shortlisted users. Ofcource you should not need to use this feature such that in case if you're bi-langual. You can turn off the translate option or leave it to Always translate. 

Will be translated like shown below.

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Eset NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be Discontinued by May 2012

All Nod 32 antivirus users including me,  might not like this news. Eset, a well known global provider of some fine security solution announced that the'll be discontinue the support for its obsolete version 2.7 and its all earlier releases of NOD32 Antivirus. Its website says what is meant by discontinuing a security product.

By 29th May 2012, ESET will terminate support for its product, ESET NOD32 Antivirus version 2.7.On this day, we will stop releasing virus signature updates. To avoid degrading your security, make the upgrade to the latest version of ESET software. Thank you for making ESET your choice for computer security.

The above lines from the eset official website says it all.  The antivirus version 2.7 for Microsoft windows 95/98/ME/NT will be removed from their website including product pages and e-store.

 To summarize:

• Eset Nod 32 antivirus will be discontinued from 29th May 2012
• The virus definition updates will not be available after this date. as time passes, your system security will be at risk.
• You can upgrade to a recent version and still can use the licence for the definition updates.(username and password).

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Pre-Book BSNL Low Cost Android Tablets

By giving a tough competition to the well-known akash tablet which was aimed at students across India, BSNL has entered the new low cost tablet segment by announcing three tablets Tablet Penta T-Pad IS701R, T-Pad WS704C and T-Pad WS802C. The three devices costs RS. 3200, Rs. 10999 and Rs. 13500 respectively. The tablets are available for pre-booking online. Let's have a quick look on to the features of these tablets.

Tablet Penta T-Pad IS701R Specifications

• Entry level, cheapest one - Perfect rival for akaash tab
•  ARM11 IMAP201 - 1Ghz processor.
• 256MB DDR2 RAM
• microSD card slot, miniHDMI port, 3.5mm audio jack, miniUSB port
• Android version 2.3 Gingerbread
• 7 inch TFT LCD. resistive touch screen, 800 x 600 pixels resolution
• G-sensor. WiFi

BSNL T-Pad WS802C Specifications

• ARMv7 1.2GHz processor - Cortex A8 architecture
• OS - Not yet confirmed.
• 512MB DDR3 RAM
•  8-inch capacitive touch-screen
• SIM card slot.
• 2 MP back camera.,0.3 MP front camera.
• 4 GB internal memory.
• USB port, HDMI port etc
• GPS, WiFi, G-sensor

BSNL T-Pad WS704C Specifications

• 1GHz IMAP210 ARM11 processor.
• 512MB DDR3 RAM
• Android 2.3
• 7-inch CAPACITIVE touch-screen.
• 4 GB interna memory + Micro SD card support.
• 4000 mAh battery.
•  0.3MP front-camera
• WiFi, G sensor etc

The tablet computers are developed and manufactured by PANTEL technologies, a Noida based company. To pre-book the tablets and know more about the tablet features, click on the following link to goto Pantel website. You can click the tablets from the left panel. Deliveries start from march 05, 2012.

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Top ten earning websites in 2011

Now we are going to see top ten websites who are earning more money in the year 2011. Most of them think google has earned more money in online. But it is not real,  can you imagine? , but it is real. Amazon site is earning more money in internet even bigger than google.

10.  iTunes:

This site is in tenth position of our list. iTunes is Apple network’s  site. They are earning  60.21$ per second. And per year they are earning $1,900,000,000 by this website.

9. Paypal:

The ninth place goes to paypal website. This website is used for online transaction. They earn 91.90$ per second. And their annual income by this site is $2,900,000,000 ..

8. Expedia:

This website is used to buy tickets. And this site provides the details about Flight timing. This website earns $93.07 per second. And their annual income by this site is $2,937,010,000.

7. AOL:

The are providing all latest news in various topics. They takes 61th place in alexa ranking. They are earning 99.41$ per second. And they are earning $3,137,100,000 per year.

6. Reuters:

This site is also news sharing site. Marshal Vaas is the owner of this site. They are earning 107$ per second. And their annual income is $ 3,400,000,000.

5. Yahoo:

This is very familiar website all over the world. This is one of the famous search engine, as well as they are providing email service also.They are in 4^th place in alexa rank. They earn $204.71 per second. Their annual income is $6,460,000,000.

4. ebay:

This site is similar to amazon website. We can buy what ever we need in ebay website. Owner of this website is Pierre Omidyar . And this website earns 276.56$ per second. And their annual income is $8,727,360,000.

3. Comcast:

This site takes third place of this list. They are earning 276.56$ per second. And their annual income is $8,727,360,000.

2. Google:

Finally your expected site google comes to our list. They are emperor of internet world. If they stop their service one day most of the people will suffer a lot. This site earns $749.46 per second. And they are earning $23,650,560,000 per second.

1.  Amazon:

Finally we come to first place. Amazon is not a biggest network than google they not having more traffic than google as well as their alexa rank is also less than google. But amazon having plenty of products. We can buy everything by this site.

Ohh what are you searching here, Oh facebook site is missing here. Unfortunately facebook is missing this list. They are in 16^th place only. They earn $31.69  per second. And they earn $1,000,000,000 per year.

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