Anchit Pandey, Author at Electronic Gurudev

Dec162012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

[ANDROID] How To Extend The WhatsApp License for Free

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I’ve been using Whatsapp application for my android phone for almost 1 year, and usually they will limit the license only for one year only and charge $1. This is very cheap i know but the problem is the payment is using credit card, I assume many of you (read : youngster) don't have one, so here we go on How To Extend The WhatsApp License for Free : Steps : Login to Whatsapp and go to Whatsapp >Settings> Account Info Find your expiration date then click “Purchase Online” button, a new windows will appears. In the payment page, choose Google Checkout and finish your purchase In the credit card column you don't need to enter anything, just enter the month and year of credit card expiration date (make it make sense!) Follow the instructions When you need to enter PIN, ent...

Dec112012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

How to use Front Camera as Light Sensor

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Don't have light/ambient sensor in your android phone, well don't worry I am here with a solution. Install by Lux Auto Brightness (paid application) and use your front camera instead of light sensor to adjust light automatically as required. Here is how to do this: go to Lux settings click on Sample Collection click on Light reading modes select Camera instead of Light sensor select Front camera (it's obvious that its better than rear camera for this purpose) Now, from main screen of settings, click on Modify Linked Samples from top, click on Luma (this app uses Lux for sensor readings and Luma for camera readings) then you can see app reads ambient light value from camera and displays at top. Now the app should do its job, but you may want to check other settings to match your ...

Dec92012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

How to Flash/Update Blackberry Smartphones

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Well I am here with this much awaited tutorial over how to flash your Blackberry smartphone with BB OS and save you tons of money you would spend when you take the phone to be fixed. Firstly you will need to install the blackberry desktop manager, to take back-up of your contacts and messages, it comes in a CD when u purchase you BB phone but can easily be downloaded. here An additional software to download would be BBSAK, its used to back up BB applications and restore them among other functions. It can be downloaded from here Lastly you'll need to download the version of the OS you want to install. a simple way of getting this is by visiting Official Blackberry Firmware download and trace a suitable OS from there. ...

Nov122012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

What’s New – Android 4.2

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Along with the Nexus 4, and the Nexus 10 tablet, Google has just announced Android 4.2, a new flavor of Jellybean. While it doesn't merit a new name of its own, it does add quite a few neat new features. Here's a rundown. Gesture Typing The new version of Android will include a new keyboard feature that allows for swipey-style typing, much like Swype, and the upcoming Flow for SwiftKey. Miracast Wireless Display Support 4.2 will support Miracast, an AirPlay-like service. This means you'll be able to stream YouTube videos, movies, TV, and anything that's on your tablet screen to an HDTV if you have a wireless display adapter. Who needs a Nexus Q, right? Multi-User Support Just like your laptop—and Microsoft Surface—Android 4.2 devices will ...

Nov72012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

[Guest Post] Market thoughts for HTC windows phone 8X & 8s

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HTC’s 8X is the trademark phone for Windows Phone 8, which arose out of a joint venture with Microsoft for the newest version of its mobile operating system. The new phone is set to make its debut with Verizon, AT&T and T-mobile. The HTC 8X is also one of the few phones in the market to be operating the popular Microsoft Office application. Giving competition to 8X is Nokia’s Lumia 920 that is backed by a herculean marketing strategy and Samsung’s stylish Window’s phone. Hardware From its uni-body design with a polycarbonate back to a fabulous 4.3 inch LCD double screen, the 8X oozes a classes of its own. The 8X at 10.6mm is bulkier than both an iPhone 5 and a Samsung Galaxy SIII. But the 8X has sharp curvatures giving it a good hold and making it feel equally ...

Nov12012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

Study Shows Smarter People Drink More Alcohol

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If after a tough week in anatomy class you tend to hit happy hour a little harder than the others, you may have some cover. Thin cover but cover nonetheless. More intelligent children in both studies grew up to drink alcohol more frequently and in greater quantities than less intelligent children. A National Child Development Study and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (U.K. and US respectively) show that smarter kids drink more as adults. Empirical data from both studies suggests that more intelligent people are more likely to binge drink and get drunk. We all know Hemingway wrote drunk and edited sober. We also know that Faulkner would lock his door and drink until he blacked out. Both created masterpieces of literature. Kant, Goethe and Luther changed the ...

Oct242012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

[Guest Post] Smartphones Apps for a Successful Online Business

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Smartphones Apps have transformed the way of business operation. Now more companies are shifting towards these services or apps to attract more customers and grow their business. These days’ people wish everything to be at their fingertips and if companies are lacking in providing such services than it is sure that they are going to drop from their present position, which will ultimately result in drop of their business. There are loads of smartphone apps whether it is for the Apple’s IPhone or Google’s Android or Windows Phone. Smartphones Apps for a successful business online. Documents to go: This apps helps to view, edit and customize the MS office word, excel, PowerPoint files. Some of the supported formats are .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt. It is the paid apps. Complete...

Oct132012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

Unlimited Web Hosting Plan? Is it really Unlimited?

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It’s no surprise, then, that more and more businesses and individuals are turning to unlimited web hosting plans. An unlimited shared web hosting service seems to offer limitless possibilities for your website to grow naturally over time, without the threat of hidden charges for excess usage. But have you ever wondered, "How is it possible for a web hosting firm to offer unlimited web hosting space and bandwidth?" When configuring a computer desktop, there is never an offer of "unlimited hard disk". Thus, it is almost no way for web hosting firms, in theory, to offer unlimited web hosting space for customers and the reality is that not every “unlimited” hosting plan is truly unlimited. Some shared web hosts claim to provide unlimited hosting plans but are not completely transparent about...

Oct62012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

Beware! Your Display pictures may be public on Facebook

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Facebook is trying hard to make most of the user’s private content public. First they launched Cover Photos where we don’t have any option of making pictures private i.e. only friends can see them. Now they have launched another feature which will automatically make current profile picture public. From now onwards whenever you upload a profile picture, it shall be public by default. Even if your profile picture album is set to be private, the current profile picture will be public and it will be shown to everyone who visits your profile or opens up your profile picture album. However, thankfully we still have an option of making profile pictures private. I shall tell you how to do it but before that check if your recently uploaded profile pictures are private or not. How to make a profi...

Oct12012 by Anchit PandeyNo Comments

Review – Samsung Galaxy Chat (B5330)

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This is a detailed review about new mid range android smart phone - Samsung Galaxy Chat (B5330); keen buyer shall certainly find it useful - Body Dimensions 118.9 x 59.3 x 11.7 mm Weight 112 g Keyboard QWERTY Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 3.0 inches (~133 ppi pixel density) - Touchwiz UX UI Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB ...