Category: How Tos

  • How to set the Home and Work Location in Google Now Accurately.

    Google Maps allows us to select a Home and Work location for quick use to determine Directions and for use in Google Now too . Here’s how to set the location. Open Google Maps on your Android or iOS device Click on the “Person” icon on the top right You’ll be displayed a screen to…

  • Fix iCloud Duplicate Notes Issues in Mountain Lion

    UPDATE: Please be very sure to backup the notes file before you do this and be sure this is only used on Mountain Lion. Ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, I’ve been facing an issue where in I see multiple copies of every single Note in Notes.app. Initially I thought it might be due to multiple…

  • UnoTelly UnoDNS Lets You Access Netflix, Hulu & Other Services From India (and Anywhere Outside USA)

    Netflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Instant Video have two things in common – They are great services offering awesome content for cheap, and they cannot be accessed from India (or from anywhere outside of USA). People have tried using various VPN services to access these services from India, however, none have been able to…

  • Buy Legal Music for Cheap from Flipkart’s Flyte Digital Store

    If you buy music from Apple’s iTunes media store regularly, there is a cheaper (and still legal) way to buy the same songs. India based eCommerce giant Flipkart.com’s flyte digital store offers a huge collection of MP3 songs for purchase at 1/4th the price of iTunes. The MP3 collection contains songs from all across India…

  • How to Access Blocked Torrents Sites on Airtel Broadband

    I recently shifted back to Airtel broadband partly due to incompetence of BSNL engineers to fix the frequent disconnection issue with my connection, and partly because Airtel is now offering much cheaper high speed 8 Mbps and 16 Mbps plans. The first thing I noticed after the move was that airtel has blocked a lot…

  • Fix Boot Logo Loop Issue When Updating Firmware on a Samsung Smart TV

    This is a guest post by Rajnish Jain. Rajnish is a product development enthusiast having around 12.5 years of experience. He enjoys solving complex technical problems and has worked on wide range of technologies including Open Source frameworks, Unix (shell scripting) & embedded device programming. Recently I purchased Samsung UA40D5500RR. Using a USB Wi-Fi adapter (not the…

  • Using Non-Samsung Wi-Fi USB Adapter with Samsung Smart/Internet TV

    This is a guest post by Rajnish Jain. Rajnish is a product development enthusiast having around 12.5 years of experience. He enjoys solving complex technical problems and has worked on wide range of technologies including Open Source frameworks, Unix (shell scripting) & embedded device programming. When you purchase a Samsung Smart TV (UA40D5500RR, for example), depending…

  • Say NO to cluttered windows desktops with Fences

    Do you have a gazillion icons cluttered across your windows desktop? Do you wish you could organize them logically? Then Fences is for you. Fences is a free program that helps you organize your windows desktop and can hide your icons when not in use. The app lets you group icons together in whatever fashion…

  • How to Upgrade LG Optimus One to Android 2.3 Gingerbread

    After a lot of delays, the much awaited Android 2.3 upgrade for the LG Optimus One has been rolled out to India too. The upgrade process is itself very simple and requires you to use LG’s phone update software. It is so lame that LG still prefers to have a Windows PC USB upgrade when…

  • How to extend your WiFi router’s signal coverage area

    A common problem faced in households with WiFi is that the signal strength is not strong enough to cover the whole house. The problem is much more annoying when you live in a multi storied home. There are a few solutions to fix this issue: Place the router at the most appropriate location It is…