How To Add New "Send To" Destination (Right Click) in Windows

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When transferring files out of your computer in Windows 7 or 8, you will normally right click on the required file, then select the ‘Send to’ option. You can then send the file via Bluetooth, third-party services like Dropbox or Evernote among a few other destinations. However, some of these destinations may not be what you need or even use at all. Wouldn’t it prefer to customize these destinations as you like?

How To Add New "Send To" Destination (Right Click) in Windows

Follow these steps:


With a little tweak in Windows operating system you can add more locations to ‘Send to’ without the need of any external softwares.

1: To add more locations to the ‘Send to’ menu, search for ‘Run’ from the Windows Start Menu.


2: In the box that pops up, type ‘shell:sendto’ and press Enter.


3: You will arrive at a folder where you can add in your choice of destinations. To add, just drag and drop the location icon or copy and paste the shortcut of the destination you want.


4: Check to see if your destination as been added, just right-click on any file and hover over ‘Send to’.


You can insert as many destinations as needed under the ‘Send to’ option.

Google Announces Samsung Galaxy S4 with 'stock' Android, coming in June for $649

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Inline with earlier rumours, Google announced a variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that runs stock Android at the Google I/O event in San Francisco. Google will be selling the phone bootloader and SIM unlocked on Google Play Store at a price of $649 (Rs. 35,500 approximately) before taxes and shipping starting June 26. Since the phone is SIM unlocked, it should work on GSM operators across the globe.

Bootloader unlocked means the users are free to install any custom Android ROM on the phone, or, theoretically at least, any other OS on their phone altogether. As mentioned earlier, the phone runs 'stock' Android, which means it is free from any third-party skins or software and provides the Android experience as Google intended. Google also confirmed that the phone will receive updates directly from Google, just like the Nexus phones.

Google announces Samsung Galaxy S4 with 'stock' Android, coming in June for $649

As of now, Google has announced plans to sell the phone only in the US and plans to launch the phone in other countries remain unclear. The phone targets users and developers who prefer the stock version of Android over the version that adds Samsung's TouchWiz user interface layer. We're not sure if many are fans of Samsung's TouchWiz UI, that has been panned for employing big, glossy and cartoon-like icons and menus.

So the phone might find favour among Android enthusiasts who'd like to have all the power that the Galaxy S4 carries under the hood along with the simplicity of stock Android. We wonder what will happen to Samsung's custom apps, motion and hand gestures, and camera features such as dual-shot, employing the use of both front and back camera, eraser shot mode to remove people from photos, and a Cinemagram like feature called Cinema Photo.

The phone's apps also make use of its several hardware sensors including temperature and humidity sensors. It will be interesting to see if Samsung has deployed additional apps and software to offer the same functionality or totally get rid of it.

How to Make a Vibrobot

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A vibrobot is perhaps one of the quickest and easiest bots that you can build. In almost no time you can make a fun little bot that makes its ways to and fro across the floor. It is so easy, in fact, that it wouldn't be hard to make a few at once. And then, you can have your own mini private army of vibrobots to do your bidding (assuming that your bidding is to have a bunch of tiny little bots moving randomly to and fro).
How to Make a Vibrobot

You will need

Step 1: Go get stuff


How to Make a Vibrobot

Step 2: Solder


How to Make a Vibrobot
Trim the wire leads of the vibrating motor shorter. Strip away a bit of the protective jacket to expose the copper wires. Solder the red wire of the 2032 battery holder to the positive pin of the battery holder. Solder the black wire to the ground (minus) pin of the battery holder.

Step 3: Hot glue


How to Make a Vibrobot
Use your diagonal cutters to cut the toothbrush head from the toothbrush handle. Hot glue the motor and battery holder to the flat plastic part of the the toothbrush head.

Step 4: Power it up!


How to Make a Vibrobot

Insert the 2032 battery and watch it go.

How to Fix the Home Button Lag on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Your new Samsung Galaxy S4 is fast, but it can definitely be faster. One issue that carried over from the Samsung Galaxy S3 is Home button lag. Instead of it being an instantaneous response, it takes a split second for the action to take place—and a split second is enough to irritate the best of us. The culprit here is S Voice. The built-in voice assistant is great, but whether or not you use it, one of its features remains persistent—its strenuous use of the Home button—where you double-tap Home to activate it.

How to Fix the Home Button Lag on Samsung Galaxy S4

This means that, no matter what, every time you hit the Home button, your GS4 is waiting for a second press to see if it needs to launch S Voice. That's great and all, but maybe you use gestures to launch it, or maybe you don't want to use S Voice at all. In these cases, that extra second lag can become extremely annoying.

Disable Your GS4 Home Button Lag!


A quick trip to S Voice settings is all that is needed, which is much less painless than what was needed for the S3. 1: Open up the S Voice app, 2: hit the Menu button (the one to the left of the Home button), and tap on "Settings". 3: Simply uncheck "Open Via Home Key". Bam, that's it! Now, if you want to launch S Voice, you can go straight to the app, use a widget, or if you use a custom launch like Apex or Nova, you can set a gesture.

How to Add iOS-Style Multitasking Bar to Mac OS X

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TaskBoard brings the simplicity of iOS to your Mac. Access all your running tasks with simple keystroke combinations and with a five fingers multitouch gesture. TaskBoard is specially useful when you are using many fullscreen apps at the same time. Swap between active tasks or kill tasks with a single click. Managing multiple applications on an iPhone is as simple as double-tapping the home button, long pressing the app you want to close, and tapping on the minus sign in the red circle.

How to Add iOS-Style Multitasking Bar to Mac OS X

If you're using Mac OS X, the dock at the bottom of the home screen plays the role of the multitasking bar on the iPhone, just not as sleek or simple. Instead of a hold and click, you have to right click and close each app, or close it directly from the application if it's lagging. Or, force quit the damn thing by clicking on the Apple icon, selecting Force Quit, selecting the app, hitting Force Quit, and again—hitting Force Quit.

Ugh. If you find yourself wishing for the same iOS functionality on OS X, an app called TaskBoard (for version 10.8 and later) makes it easy to bring all the convenience and simplicity of the iOS multitasking bar to your Mac. It's really simple to use. Once you've downloaded the application, which is currently still in beta, you'll want to head over to your System Preferences and open TaskBoard under Other.

How to Add iOS-Style Multitasking Bar to Mac OS X

From there you can modify the hotkeys and mouse behavior in order to display the multitasking bar at the bottom of the screen. I checked the box under Mouse Behavior to have TaskBoard open by simply standing my mouse at the bottom of the screen. A blue haze will appear, with the multitasking bar appearing right after, displaying all the currently running applications on your computer.

Just like the multitasking bar on the iPhone, you can click and hold on any application in order to make them jiggle and reveal the close button, which you can then press to close an app. TaskBoard can also be used while another application is running full screen. Taskboard is in beta, so there may be some issues and bugs in this current version.

Add iOS-Style Multitasking Bar to Mac OS X

One thing I found useful when using the app was taking away the hotkeys, because the mouse behavior is much easier to use. Also, I chose to put No Preview in the settings, which helps the app run smoothly and without issues. If you'd like to try TaskBoard for yourself, you can download it for free here.

How to Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google via Webmaster Tools or Custom Robots.txt

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The XML Sitemap file is like a directory of all web pages that exist on your website or blog. Search engines like Google and Bing can use these sitemap files to discover pages on your site that the search bots may have otherwise missed during regular crawling. The default XML sitemap file of any Blogger blog will have only the 26 most recent blog posts.

That’s a limitation because some of your older blog pages, that are missing in the default XML sitemap file, may never get indexed in search engines. There’s however a simple solution to fix this problem.

Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google via Webmaster Tools

Method 1: Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google via Webmaster Tools


1: If you haven't done this already, sign-in to your Google Webmasters account and add your blog

2: Once your blog is added to Google, go to Webmaster Dashboard and click on your site address

3: On the left panel choose Site Optimization >> Sitemaps - then click on Add/Test Sitemap

4: Now add the following code and click Submit Sitemap

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

If your blog have lots of pages (more than 500) then add the sitemaps like the following pattern:

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1501&max-results=500

Method 2: Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google via Custom Robots.txt


1: Go to your Blogger dashboard and select Settings from drop down menu

2: Click Search Preferences, the enable Custom robots.txt option (available in the Crawling and Indexing section).

3: Now copy one of the following code (according to your need) and paste here (in custom robots.txt section) and save your changes

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.YOUR-BLOG-ADDRESS.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

For those who have more than 500/1000 blog posts

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.YOUR-BLOG-ADDRESS.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
Sitemap: http://www.YOUR-BLOG-ADDRESS.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
Sitemap: http://www.YOUR-BLOG-ADDRESS.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500

4: Now replace www.YOUR-BLOG-ADDRESS.com with the URL of your blog and you're done. Search engines will automatically discover your XML sitemap files via the robots.txt file and you don’t have to ping them manually.

How to Burn Windows OS .iso File to a USB Drive or DVD

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So you've downloaded Windows 8's.iso file from Microsoft's official site and want to burn it on a USB Drive or DVD? then let me make it easier for you. I remember those days we used burn to CD and then later to DVD but there has been lots of advancement in technology in the last couple of years & now we can burn to a USB Drive.


The sweetest part is that one can burn Windows OS to USB Drive & load a PC from setup mode with a USB Drive. Cool, right? This is essentially useful if you’re going to load a new Windows on a netbook with no DVD drive. With the needed tool, you can easily install Windows from a USB flash drive which is even more convenient than using a DVD disc since they can unreliable at times.

Instructions to Burn .ISO File to a USB Drive/DVD


1: Download Windows 7 DVD/USB Download Tool

2: Install this program with admin privileges & run.

3: Click on browse to select .iso file to burn & click Next

4: Insert USB Drive, Select the Drive you wish to burn to; in my case, I selected USB

5: Choose the USB Drive you want to burn to & click Begin Copying

6: Chill & Wait till the Process complete

7: You just created a bootable Windows OS.

You can get Windows 8 from the Official Website, its a 90-days trial.

NOTE: All data on tha USB Drive ll be lost because the USB Drive will be erased before the burning process.

HTC M4 Leaked as a 4.3-inch Miniature HTC One

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HTC is reportedly set to release a smaller version of its current flagship smartphone, the HTC One. According to prolific phone leaker Evleaks, the device is codenamed "M4" and will feature a 4.3-inch 720p display, an "UltraPixel" camera similar to the HTC One's, a dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, Android 4.2, and LTE connectivity.

HTC M4 Leaked as a 4.3-inch Miniature HTC One

Evleaks suggests it will launch with "some manner of One branding," and we also expect it to feature the latest version of HTC's Sense skin, 5, rather than the semi-stock experience found on HTC's similarly-sized Facebook phone, the First. HTC is reportedly set to announce the phone before the end of June.

Wikipad 7

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The name is a little confusing - it has absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia, Wikilinks, or any other traditional Wiki, as far as we can tell - but that doesn't mean the Wikipad ($250) isn't worth a look. Built with gaming in mind, the Wikipad features a 7-inch HD screen, a Nvidia Tegra 3 processor with quad-core GPU, a built-in gyroscope, compass, and accelerometer.

Wikipad 7

A 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 16GB of internal storage with a MicroSD slot for expansion, GPS, and built-in stereo speakers. The biggest feature, however, is the detachable game controller that gives you a proper D-pad, dual analog sticks, and Playstation Mobile certification.

Google Bans Self-Updating Android Apps

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Updating Android apps is usually very simple: Click on the Google Play Store app, My Apps and "Update all." You can even set apps to update automatically. This process is simple for the end user, but creates a time-consuming middleman for app creators. Some apps tried to circumvent this process by including automatic updaters right in the app.


But Google has put a stop to this process: As of now, all Google Play Store app updates will come via the Play Store or not at all. This ban on auto-updaters only applies to software acquired through the Play Store. Users can still install third-party apps from stores such as Amazon or Tencent, or even directly from the web, by allowing app installation from "unknown sources" in a phone or tablet's settings.

Skype Now Lets You Make Calls Directly From Outlook.com Inbox

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Microsoft has announced that it is rolling out a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com in the United Kingdom that will allow users to make audio and video calls directly from their inbox. Available from today, Skype for Outlook.com requires a one-time download of a browser plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome.

Once installed, users simply connect Skype to Outlook.com and merge their contacts. You can then launch a Skype window by hovering your mouse over a contact’s picture and clicking on the audio or video call buttons that appear.

Skype Now Lets You Make Calls Directly From Outlook.com Inbox

There are also call buttons that show during an IM conversation. "With Skype for Outlook.com, you can choose the right medium for your message, whether it is an email, call, video call or instant message," Simon Longbottom, Senior Director, Product Marketing Skype said. The service will be arriving in the United States and Germany in the coming weeks, with worldwide availability expected in the coming months.

OS X 10.9 will Reportedly Support Tabbed Browsing in Finder & iOS-Like Multitasking

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OS X 10.9, which is internally codenamed “Cabernet,” will focus on various “power-user” enhancements and take core features from iOS, according to our sources. Unlike operating system updates such as OS X Leopard and OS X Lion, OS X 10.9 will likely not be an overhauled approach to how the operating system feels and functions.

OS X 10.9 will Reportedly Support Tabbed Browsing in Finder & iOS-Like Multitasking

The new operating system includes major enhancements to the Finder application such as tags and tabbed browsing modes. Those additions are notable as many pro-users have relied on third-party solutions and hacks to enable these features. Additionally, the new operating system will include a new Safari web browser with a redesigned backend for improved page loading, speed, and efficiency…

Samsung Unveils 7-Inch Galaxy Tab 3 that Makes Calls

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Samsung has updated its tablet lineup with the Galaxy Tab 3, a 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean. The device sports a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 8/16GB of internal storage memory (expandable to 64GB via memory cards), and a 3-megapixel camera on the back, coupled with a 1.3-megapixel one on the front.

Samsung Unveils 7-Inch Galaxy Tab 3 that Makes Calls

The 7-inch screen has a 1024x600 pixel screen, which sounds awfully low by today's standards, but the device is capable of Full HD video playback. Samsung has stuffed all that into a 111.1 x 188.0 x 9.9mm package that weighs 302g if you choose the Wi-Fi version, or 306g for the 3G variant.

The Wi-Fi version of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 will be available globally in May, and the 3G version will come in June. Exact pricing and availability will vary by market and will be rolled out "gradually," Samsung claims.

iPhone 5S Rumored to Feature 2MP Front Camera with Dual-Shot Support

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The much anticipated next gen Apple iPhone (be it 5S or 6) continues to make the rounds in the rumor mill. According to the latest gossip it will feature an improved 2 megapixel front-facing camera. The report comes from iOSDoc and says the next iPhone will come out with iOS 7 on board and the smartphone will have the ability to record full HD videos (shocker, right?). Furthermore, the latest version of iOS, which is yet to be announced.

iPhone 5S Rumored to Feature 2MP Front Camera with Dual-Shot Support

It will have a new feature called dual-shot, which is quite similar to the dual-camera mode on the LG Optimus G Pro and Samsung Galaxy S4. The dual-shot feature allows you to capture images and videos with both front facing camera as well as the rear camera at the same time. The feature is still in its beta testing phase and is expected to be integrated into the final iOS 7 version as soon as the testing is completed. Unfortunately, the dual-shot feature will be made exclusive for iPhone 5S and will not be available on any older iPhones. [via]

UK Store Reports Selling 'Thousands' of BlackBerry Q10s per Hour

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UK Store Reports Selling 'Thousands' of BlackBerry Q10s per Hour

High-end British department store Selfridges has called the BlackBerry Q10 its "fastest-ever selling consumer electronics product." Although it declined to give exact statistics, the store said it was selling thousands of BlackBerry's latest smartphone per hour, and SeekingAlpha reports one store sold 2,000 of the handsets in 90 minutes. This may seem like good news for both BlackBerry and Selfridges, but while it is certainly great for the latter, it's way too early to judge the Q10 a success in the UK. [via]
 
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