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HOW TO: Install Android ICS on PC

Robin C — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:13 +0000

Android mobiles are everywhere today. This Google mobile operating system become one of the best alternative for Apple iPhone. On Sep 23, 2008 the first version of android was released. Within these three years Google has released five different versions of android. All these versions had a great improvement from the previous ones. Android is an open source operating system and it is developed by leading mobile companies like HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericcson, etc. Android is the most popular operating system next to iOS.

Ice Cream Sandwich is the latest version of android released by Google. It has improved a lot from its predecessor ginger bread. Gingerbread users faced a lot of hanging problem with their mobile phones due to its poor interface. In ICS the user interface and the multitasking options has improved a lot from gingerbread. Also the widgets and folders have improved from its older look. Previously I wrote an article to install Froyo version of android in pc. That has got a good response from more numbers of readers. So today I’m going to tell you how to install android ICS on your personal computer.

Tools Required to Install Android ICS on PC

Tool 1: Android ICS 4.0

Tool 2: A Compact Disc (CD) or A USB Device

Install Android ICS on PC

Step 1: Download android ICS as an iso file which will help you to burn your live CD. You can download the iso file from android-x8

Step 2: In order to extract the iso file into a CD or a USB Drive you need to download a software called UNetBootin which is available for windows, linux and mac. You can download it for free.

Step 3: Now you have to install the UNetBootin in your windows machine. After installation you will get a screen as shown below. You have to locate the iso file also the drive (either cd or usb drive) where you need to extract it.

Step 4: After locating your iso file and your drive it will start extracting the files into your disk. Once the process is completed you can start installing the Android ICS in your PC.

Step 5: The iso file will be extracted to your flash drive. Now you have to reboot the system with the flash drive. Enter into bios mode and change the boot settings to boot from flash drive. This will give you a screen exactly as shown below.

Step 6: Either you can install the OS into your laptop or you can run the OS without installation. First time it’s better to try the OS without installation. After you select the option you have wait for a couple of minutes and it will redirect you to your desktop as shown in the screenshot below.

Some of the default apps will be available there in the desktop. You can download your favorite apps from Google Play and you can enjoy all the resources from android in your desktop. One more advantage is you can carry this OS anywhere and use it in any laptop or desktop without installation. Internet connection is must for downloading any apps from Google play. Also you can use your webcam and mic for voice and video chat.

These are all the steps to install Android ICS on your desktop. Try this in your laptop or desktop and do share your comments and doubts about this tutorial below. Thanks for reading and you may now share this post with your friends to let them also try this method to get the worlds fastest growing mobile operating system on their computer and play with it.

Author Bio: Article by Prakash. Author at DailyTUT.

HOW TO: Protect Mobiles from the Menace of Spyware

Robin C — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:32:08 +0000

In light of a new Android Trojan dubbed “Not Compatible” spreading through compromised Websites, it was high time a guide was provided on how users can boost their security against hacking that takes place through spyware and malware. Although the threat of the Trojan seems to be minimal at this point, security provider Lookout says this is the first time hacked Websites are being used to target mobile devices. Android spyware is not a new problem for android users, neither is the mobile spy aspect of their existence.

Further, Lookout believes the new malware could be used to break into private networks via an infected Android device.

The Trojan works by automatically downloading an application from a compromised site through the Web browser, a process known as a drive-by download. The mobile device then prompts the user to install the downloaded app. But for the app to actually install, the unknown sources setting must be enabled on the device; otherwise the installation is blocked. It’s a dangerous form of android spyware that needs to be tackled immediately.

So how does one prevent the online invasion of Spyware and Malware. These spyware and malware programs often change browser settings, alter system files and create new default Web pages. Typically, infected systems are plagued with new tool bars and a constant barrage of popup ads. Scores of useless and annoying Web sites can be added to your “favorites” folders without you having selected them!

Typically, malware will also collect personal information from users systems regarding their Web activities, transferring it to advertising and data-research companies. These companies determine the Websites that users frequent and employ the information to tailor the ads they send to individual users. Several malware programs even regularly update their own program codes on infected computers.

Popup and pop under ads are another great nuisance originated by malware, but perhaps most importantly, malware cases computers and phones to perform poorly. Frequently infected machines freeze up often and at times crash. And those trying to spy on a phone can use this version of a mobile spy to get their things done.

The most common way for malware to work its way into a phone or computer is to piggyback on a free program that is downloaded on the Internet. Most users click I agree or I accept without reading the long and complex agreement that expresses consent to place the malware onto their machines.

These days most users have been warned about not clicking into unknown attachments or accepting downloaded programs. Unfortunately, at this point a wrong click is not all you have to be worried about. Many sophisticated malware programs are now employing the so-called drive-by downloads, All you have to do is visit a popular and presumably safe Website, where malware can automatically latch onto your system. Hackers can also find their way into a user’s computer or phone via spyware and malware, wherein the infecting malware allows for the breaking down of security systems and provide access for hackers to various infected devices.

High-speed Internet users are also at great risk for spyware due to the lack of consumer usage of built-in firewalls, the speed at which spyware files can download and because of the always on nature of broadband and 3G and 4G networks. Once downloaded onto a computer or phone, spyware can be difficult to find, uninstall or disable.

So what protections against malware are available? Certainly, the best time to address malware and spyware is before they find their way onto the respective devices. Several emerging technologies and service providers as well as applications assist users with

analyzing network traffic patterns
monitor the device systems and practices
assess risk exposure
recommend remedial measures

Many anti-malware and anti-spyware products and apps exist, some better than others, and some more expensive than others. There are also excellent free programs. It is important to remember the importance of updating anti-malware and antivirus programs. New malware is designed every day, and whenever a new defensive product or revision hits the market, it is only a matter of time before the malware designers find creative ways to circumvent the software. This continuous game requires users to constantly update their protective softwares.

How to Prevent Virus Infection and Eventual Hacking ?

Be careful with the spam you receive; users should not buy anything promoted in a spam message or reply to spam or click on its unsubscribe link. If a users e-mail program has a preview pane, disable it to prevent the spam from reporting back to its sender.

Users should use one e-mail address for family and friends, another for everyone else. When an address attracts too much spam, abandon it for a new one. Users should also select an address with embedded digits. Also, if a user is getting lot of spam, they should check their Internet service provider’s filtering feature and compare them with those of competitors.

Users should use anti-virus software and heed security alerts e-mailed directly from anti-virus vendors to download antidotes for newly circulating viruses and worms.

Be it a computer or cellphone, users should regularly update their operating systems, Web browser and other major software.

Users should only download and install software and applications from trusted sources. They should also close windows containing pop-up ads or unexpected warnings by closing the entire window, not clicking or tapping on anything within the window.

Author Bio

Jane Andrew is the author of mobile spy and android spyware technology. She provides tips, tricks and news about mobile phone apps. You can also follow her on Twitter @ janeandrew01 to get the latest tips about mobile security.

HOW TO: Make Animated GIF in iPhone ?

Robin C — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:39:46 +0000

Comparing to all the image formats GIF has got something special because most of us has seen short funny videos in GIF Image format. Google+ is the first social network supported for GIF images. So people started sharing a lot of funny GIF images on their wall. What if you are able to create a moving image from your iPhone ? Sounds cool isn’t it ? Here is an application called Flixel which also came with a unique and simple concept to create funny moving photographs. Flixel is a picture animation iPhone App that is so easy and simple to use.

Flixel gives a new dimension for picture animations. When we think about animation we think it is complex. But Flixel made it simple really simple. It works based on the concept of Cinemagraphs. In this you will capture a short video and convert it as a moving animation picture. Lets see how to give life to your pictures using Flixel.

HOW TO: Use Flixel on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch ?

Flixel is available for iPhone (3GS or later) , iPad (iOS 5.0 or later) and iPod Touch (above 3rd Generation). The same application can be used in all the three devices. The application is available in the app store and you can download it for free. With new iPad’s iSight and iPhone’s 8MP camera you can make gorgeous animated pictures using Flixel. Let’s see the steps to do it.

Step 1: Download Flixel from App store and install in your iPhone (or) iPad (or) iPod Touch.

Step 2: Open the application and tap the camera button to record a short video. It will capture video from 3 to 4 seconds. After doing some stabilizing works it will give you the short video as a single picture with a transparent red mask on the screen.

Step 3: Zoom the picture and rub on the screen to clear the red mask where you need to see the movement. For example, if four of your friends were dancing and if you remove the red mask from one of your friends. So that other three are static only the person whom you have cleared the red mask will be dancing.

Step 4: Either you can forward or backward to control the loop of the animation. Also you can insert a loop delay into your animation for surprise effects.

Step 5: Flixel has got some similar features like Instagram. In Instagram you will share a static image with retro effects. In Flixel you have the same feature to add retro effects to your animated pictures. Also you can share photos, follow people, see their photos, like and comment them as you do on Instagram.

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It will categorize the popular Flixels as weekly and monthly basis. It uses the GPS system to find the Flixels which has shared to your nearby areas. If you need your photographs to be private, either you can change your account completely private or make the selected photographs as private. You have options to send the photos via mail or you can share them to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Download Flixel

Now you got the best iPhone picture animation app and start to play with it. Create funny and great animated pictures right away from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Thanks for reading and you may now share this awesome post with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and let them also give this a shot.

Author Bio: This post written by Prakash, Author at DailyTUT.

HOW TO: Install and Use Flipboard on Android Mobile ?

Robin C — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:24:08 +0000

Flipboard, one of the best magazine reader for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now here for Android mobiles. Flipboard is suppose to be available only for the newly released Samsung Galaxy S III model but the XDA Developer forum got it published to download for any Android mobiles. You cannot find Flipboard on Google Play or Android market officially for the next few months atleast. The Flipboard.apk file download is here and all you have to do is, just access the file via android mobile, and it will be installed.

Download Flipboard for Android

There is no complex procedure or steps to follow in order to install Flipboard on any android mobile. All you got to do is, upload the file as an attachment in your email, then download and view the attachment on your Android mobile. That is all it takes to begin with the installation of one amazing and all time favorite Free magazine app. You may also use Dropbox or any other file upload service to download and install flipboard on android mobile.

Flipboard is special and stands out from the crowd when we compare with other available magazine readers. The UI and Design makes it so special and it initiated further to see more magazine apps for iOS and Android platform.

Facebook and Twitter integration is seamless and you can share the articles in 2 easy taps on the screen, that you found interesting and like to recommend to your friends and followers to read. Now you dont have to look for Flipboard android alternative app in the internet as you can use it right away on your smartphone. Start Flipping today and if you like to check out some famous magazine apps for smartphone and tablets, then do read Best eReaders for Android Tablets.

Flipboard on Android

Magazine Readers are the best to save paper and trees very much. I would say, the step taken by Flipboard to bring the app to android devices is too late. They should have considered to bring it to android mobile phones and tablets long back as there are thousands of users searching every day to get it on their android device. There is no doubt, that they are the best and first, still we have so many alternatives and people always look instantly for such apps and use them every day.

I start my day with Flipboard in my iPad and when i am not in home, i use Flipboard in my iPhone. It combines the best sites that we have to read in its category, also lets us to add our favorite sites RSS Feeds into the Flipboard magazine interface. You can enjoy reading the contents of your blog or website in the flipboard using this RSS feature.

Share the articles that you like with what you have on your mind to say as Flipboard social feature lets you share it with two famous social media sites, Facebook and Twitter. You will like it without a doubt when you use it for the first time. Thanks for reading and you may now share this post with your friends and followers across Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

HOW TO: Use Jolicloud on iPhone and iPad ?

Robin C — Sat, 05 May 2012 05:05:24 +0000

Jolicloud is a portable cloud based operating system. Using Jolicloud you can access your applications and data anywhere in the world. You can access data either from your computer or from the cloud storage. The applications which you choose will be automatically stored in the cloud. First it was introduced as a separate operating system for desktop. Later they gave an option to integrate Jolicloud with Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Either you can install Jolicloud on your desktop or you can integrate with your browser.

Jolicloud iOS App

On April 30th Jolicloud was launched in the App Store for iOS devices. It became portable when it was introduced to integrate with browsers. By that time the Jolicloud team has announced that soon it will be available for iPad and Android devices. Now they launched Jolicloud for iPhone and iPad. Soon it will be available in Google Play for android devices. Lets have a look about using Jolicloud in your iPhone and iPad.

How to Use Jolicloud on iPhone and iPad ?

Step #1: Go to the App Store from your iPhone or iPad and search for Jolicloud or Click here to download it. The application is available for free.

Step #2: After installing it in your iPhone or iPad , you have to login using your Facebook account. If you don’t have a Facebook account you can sign up for Jolicloud using your email id.

Step #3: If you login using your Facebook account, Jolicloud will crawl your recent photos from Facebook automatically.
Step #4:Not only the Facebook account you can integrate your Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, Picasa and Tumblr accounts with Jolicloud.

Step #5: After integration it will automatically crawl all the images, videos and Audio files from those accounts. You can have a collection of all your stuffs in a single place.

Step #6: Also you can add friends from all the above mentioned sites. So that you can see all the photos and videos shared by your friends in Jolicloud.

Step #7: Not only from iOS devices you can view these stuffs from your browser from www.jolicloud.com/me. All you have to do is use the same Facebook account or mail id to login into this website and access your Jolicloud account from the computer.

Step #8: Also you have a separate folder called collections where you can have your favorite stuffs from all the above mentioned websites. This will help you to access your favorite stuffs from anywhere in the world.

Comparing to other cloud based operating systems, Jolicloud has plenty of unique features. A cloud based operating system for a desktop is a brilliant concept for that Jolicloud is a best choice. Without using your internal memory you can enjoy all the web applications and desktop applications in a single place. We expect soon Jolicloud will introduce the concept of using all the desktop applications on mobile phones too. Give a try with the new Jolicloud in your iPhone and iPad and share your experience with us in the comment box.

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Author Bio: This post written by Prakash, Author at DailyTUT.

HOW TO: Speed Up Mac OS X Boot Time ?

Robin C — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:22:17 +0000

When the operating system you use boot faster and takes you to the Desktop, then you can start with your work quickly. Fast boot time also shows how clean your computer is, in terms of applications you have installed. Computer maintenance is not a complex task to do, and when you do it at regular intervals, you will see more productivity than struggling to get the system UP and running to do your work. Slow boot time and hang issues are one big reason where people gets frustrated when they sit in front of their computer.

Apple Mac OS X is not an exception and it is must to control what you install on your Mac and how much care you show towards the maintenance.

Fast boot to Mac desktop can be achieved by following 5 effective tips we have shared with you here. Honestly, you wont see an ultimate difference unless you are ready to make some hardware changes, but there will be a difference for sure when you do the software level of change from your previous slow boot time to your desktop.

Tip #1: Disable Startup Programs in Mac

The very first step that you have to concentrate is to disable startup programs running in your Mac OS X. Not all the programs, but when you use this option, you can disable the unused or unwanted programs running during startup which consumes boot time. So give an attention to this feature to enable or disable the applications running in your Mac OS X. Read the simple tutorial given here.

Tip #2: Remove USB Storage Drives and Other Devices

If you connected and using Secondary Storage drive, USB Drive, CD / DVD in Superdrive or any other devices, then do remember to disconnect them when you shutdown your Mac computer. There are chances where the external resources get accessed during the booting session and that can consume some time as well. So simply remove the devices when you Turn OFF your mac.

Tip #3: Clean your Mac to Boost Performance

Manually cleaning up the files and applications is quite a tough process. Removing unwanted or long time unused applications installed in your mac can be uninstalled completely. Cleaning up Temporary Internet Files stored by your web browser and “Trash” folder contains all your deleted files and folders is necessary. This not just free up some space, also matters with your desktop performance and boot time.

Use “Clean up” feature available in desktop to organize your icons and avoid filling up the desktop with hundreds of icons, where it is very obvious when we are so busy with the work.

How about automating the mac os clean up task by installing some third party applications ? yes, you can do it right away by getting a 911 program for your mac, that comes with plenty of useful tools to clean, optimize your mac and boost the performance overall. Mackeeper is what i am talking about, if you have installed it already, then you must give a little time weekly once to let it make your mac using experience always great.

Tip #4: SSD Harddisk for Macbook

Hardware upgrade can speed up your mac very much and this ofcourse not a must one for all mac users. If you can upgrade to see difference in File copying, System boot and other tasks, then give a try upgrading your hard drive to SSD in macbook pro. SSD are very well known for its faster data transfer rates and expensive when we compare to the default SATA hard disk that comes with your Macbook.

I hope the suggested tips will be helpful to make your mac run faster and better than before. Thanks for reading and you may now share this post to let your friends also discover a great difference in speed as well.

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