This is not a tutorial, but a quick tip for you guys who stays in countries which doesn’t have Spotify support.
I have seen a lot of tutorials on installing Country Restricted Apps on Android, which include rooting and most need external apps. But for Spotify App we don’t have to root or install country faking Apps. All we you have to do is visit m.spotify.com from your phone browser. Manually download the application and install. It’s simple as that. Enjoy.
Ever wondered on what platform is your favorite blog or website is running on? If you’re a web developer or just have an interest in software on the web, go ahead and keep reading this article.
Whenever I see a beautiful website, I used to wonder about stuffs like what programming language, framework, blogging/CMS platform etc they used. Most of the time I end up in checking the source html code of the website. If it’s a blog, it was easy for me to figure it out but most of the time I failed as some of the developers used to hide all the stuffs and display funny messages like “Stop looking at my websites codes”, “What are you looking for?” etc.
Well, now I have Wappalyzer which uncovers the technologies used on websites. It detects content management systems, web shops, web servers, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tools and a lot more. Wappalyzer is a browser extension for Google Chrome & Firefox.
All you have to do is visit wappalyzer.com/download and get Wappalyzer for your browser. Install the add-on/extension and visit some websites to check them. Below I have included some websites which run on WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc. I am sure you will be amazed to see the platform of these sites as I was.
1. Battlefield Blog – WordPress
4. The White House Website – Drupal
Have fun discovering the secret behind your favorite websites.
Google on 13th March announced that they are Powering Down Google Reader on July 1, 2013. To ensure a smooth transition, they are providing a three-month sunset period so users have sufficient time to find an alternative feed-reading solution. I am a Google Reader user and wanted to migrate to a new reader without losing my subscription list. First, I searched extensions on Chrome Web Store and found a couple of them. This list includes alternatives that I found and also which my friends recommended.
These sites are ranked in no particular order.
I am using Feedly as it allowed me to move all my subscriptions to their back-end in a couple of seconds. Right now they are running on Google Reader API but will be moving to their back-end named ‘Normandy’ soon Google Reader is shut down. I recommend using this as its time saving. I didn’t like their user interface, I think it’s because I am used to Google Reader. Might take some time to like it there. But I hope they improve more in future. These guys have better understanding on Google Reader so I hope give us back the Google Reader experience.
Netvibes has a great looking dashboard, loads of widgets and more functionality than any other reader out there. Most of the widgets are free, but some of them cost money. Importing your Reader OPML file into Netvibes is as simple as clicking “Add content” and then “Import.” Recommended if you all those fancy stuffs around your reader, I like to simple and clean so didn’t choose Netvibes.
Newsblur resembles to Google Reader. It is another good alternative to consider. A unique feature Newsblur got is it combines RSS feeds and headers with actual websites. If you are not getting what I am talking try it by yourself as Newsblur gives us an option to try their service before signing up. They have also added an option to import from Google Reader on the homepage.
Reeder is a reader for Apple devices like iPhone, Mac, etc. This was recommended by one of my friend who is an Apple fan boy. I included this in the list because of its sleek design and great functionality it gives. One best feature I liked is that it lets you download articles for reading offline. If it was free most of my friends would have used it.
Yes, guys at Digg are making a reader. I am definitely moving to Digg Reader when it’s released (Well, if they make it better and I am pretty sure they will). Digg announced this on their blog and lot of them are already excited about this. Hope they release it before July 1, 2013. They had plans in making a reader way back and it’s now in their top list as Google made their announcement.
Try all of them by yourself and choose which suits your requirements.
Lot of RSS reader websites faced huge traffic after Google’s announcement. Some of them even increased hardware support to manage more traffic. Newsblur added many new servers and the backend is being rewritten to support 10X growth in a single week.
Let me know if you have found some awesome reader, I would love to try them out as I haven’t found a service which will give me back my Google Reader experience.
If you are a WhatsApp user, I am pretty sure you have received a picture, when clicked or enlarged showed a different picture which is not the same as the thumbnail you clicked. Check out the screenshot below if you didn’t get what I am talking about.
I used to get a lot of images like this and ignored it. But the image above made me think, ‘How is this possible?’. But again, never gave much importance to it. Recently I was looking for a prank app on Google Play and in the ‘Users who installed this also installed‘ section I found this app which helps us to create these WhatsApp hidden image prank.
Yes, it’s done with a simple Android app created by Spanish app developers. The app is called MagiApp. The app allows us to hide an image in the thumbnail and share it with your WhatsApp friends. After most of the WhatsApp update MagiApp breaks and will have to wait till MagiApp developers release an update.
Install the app from Google Play Store. After the installation, open the app and it will ask for 2 images. One is the fake thumbnail image and the other which will be displayed after clicking.
Once you have done creating the images, tap ‘Send Picture’. It will take sometime processing depending on the output quality you choose.
That’s it. Now send it to your friends and fool them. I am an Android user, so never came across an app for IOS users. If you know one let me know.
A similar app I came across is Z- Photo Fake for WhatsApp for Android. Haven’t tried it yet, if you guys have tried, let me know how the app is. Is it better than MagiApp?