A Few Good App’s To Bring Back The Start Menu For Windows 8

Windows 8 is the latest update to the OS released on October 2012 by Microsoft. It was developed to provide an improved performance to the users.  It offers some remarkable new features but there is one new feature about this update that caused disagreements among many people as they were not really happy with it. This was about the change in Start menu with the Start screen. There is still a lot of debate going on this issue and it is also being discussed on media. It caused a lot of panic in the people because they seem not to accept this change as they find difficulty in getting familiar with it because the Start menu was available on all the previous versions of windows. It is the opinion of many that this update is not user friendly.

However, there are also some people who seem to like this change and they are happy with it. So there exists a difference of opinion and confusion all over. The media is pointing fingers at the Microsoft that they need to include the Start menu. It seems that the Microsoft future windows updates will replace the desktop with the start screen.

There are different solutions available that can fix this issue of windows 8. These are programs which can be used to get back the Start menu. There are many softwares available but the following mentioned tops the list.

Start 8 :

Start 8 is available for $5 and it is most liked among people because of its simplicity. It provides you with the Start menu just like that of previous versions. It is very much customizable that allows you to select the shortcuts to be shown on the menu and change size of the icon and much more that you can do to suit your mood. This program also lets you to use Start screen along with Start menu.

Classic Shell :

Classic Shell is another demanding program which is available for free. The start menu that it brings back is similar to the menu of Windows XP. It allows you to make maximum changes to your start menu and you can change just anything the way you like for instance the sizes, fonts, shortcuts and a lot more.

StartMenu8 :

StartMenu8 serves the same function in the simplest way. It is available for free. It provides you with the same old experience of using Start menu as in previous versions with no need to use Start screen as everything is available on your Start menu.

Check Out The Top 5 Android Photo Editing Apps Of 2012

In this digital era, people tend to rely more on their Smartphones and gadgets to take photos than a regular camera. Presently, the Smartphones have been integrated with such camera features that are able to capture as well as capture precious moments in photos immediately with a tap. For this reason, there are numerous photo editing apps for Android OS available in the market.

It does not matter if you are into photography as a hobbyist or someone who prefers to improve the outlook of their images, the Android platform offers them with a large number of photo editing apps via which they can make their images appear crisp and more beautiful.

Following are the top Android Free photo editing apps of 2012, which can be easily accessed at the Google Play Store.

PicSay :

PicSay happens to be a great app that not only provides the basic editing features but additional perks, useful to generate interesting images. You can easily perform fundamental adjustments for saturation, tint, temperature, contrast, exposure, brightness as well as hue. Moreover, you can enjoy the feature of customized colors and fonts and they can be arranged anywhere on the photos as per your preferences.

[app]com.shinycore.picsayfree[/app]

Little Photo :

One of the most preferred apps, Little Photo is marked as a photo filtering application with some basic features such as rotating photos, adding frames etc. You can even adjust the intensity of filters as per your needs. The user interface is extremely user-friendly and offers some advanced features such as body glow, burn spot, and multi exposure.

[app]com.littlephoto[/app]

Pixlr-o-matic :

This app has a lot to offer. The filter option within the app are classified into 3 different categories, photo frames, light filters, and photo filters. However, there have been just one drawback and it is that you will be restricted to utilize one filter at a time for each of the categories. In case, you prefer applying multiple filters, you need to save an edited image first and then load it.

[app]pixlr.OMatic[/app]

TouchRetouch Free :

While you are considering erasing some unnecessary elements from your photos, this app happens to be quite handy. You can edit your photos and make them appear incredible with this app. Although, the app offers limited features but still will enable you to do whatever you want to, to make your images appear perfect!

[app]com.advasoft.touchretouchfree[/app]

AfterFocus :

This app certainly is going to aid your photography skills to the next level as you can easily create DSLR-ish images with it. You simply need to apply the Focus feature on the objects that requires focusing and then set the BG and Mid focus on the background for depth. Once you have been able to work on it, you will be able to come up with amazing photos that appear to be captured with a professional camera!

[app]com.motionone.afterfocus[/app]

Finally LG shows interest in Ice Cream Sandwich updates for Optimus 2X

Hello LG Optimus 2x handset users, we’ve some awesome news for you. LG Optimus 2x is rolling out for Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 updates, with the latest update, LG Optimus 2x owner should now witness to developed performance along with ultimate Google applications to the devices as well. The update comes more than a year after Google released Ice cream sandwich.

However, LG had released the Android 4.0 updates for the Korean Optimus 2X few months ago, But its first time to release latest update in Europe region.

The report goes on to state: “The ICS update for the Optimus 2X was targeted at some time in Q3, so LG still has a month and a half. It seems that the LG Optimus 3D P920 will also be getting in on the ICS update action, but we couldn’t find a reference to the Optimus Black (which was also denied an update by LG Canada).”

The LG Optimus 2X smartphone is the 1st handset to run on a dual-core 1 GHz processor. This device has a well-sized display measuring 4 inches. 1500mAh Battery powers the model which will include a microSD slot to expand storage capacity. But unfortunately LG not seriously handled software updates for the android devices.

How To Find Out Who Unfollowed You On Instagram With Followers+ App

Instagram was launched on December 2010 and it now has millions of users. It is mainly for the people who love to take pictures and through this they can easily share their photos with their group of friends on Instagram and can also view photos of people in their network. It allows you to like and comment on the pictures. It has a feature called filter that allows you to enhance your picture by using various tools that are available. It also lets you to share photos directly to your Facebook or Twitter in just no time. It is accessible on Apple store and Google play to be downloaded for free on a mobile.

There is an application developed for Instagram users known as Followers+ which has proven to be very useful for the users. It provides you with all the details of the people who have subscribed to your photos or who have unsubscribed or in other words it tells you about your followers and unfollowers on Instagram. It also tells about your activity and the people whom you have ignored. It requires downloading this application, approving it and then login with Instagram ID in order to run this application. Once it is done, it will provide you with all the details of your followers and unfollowers. Moreover it also shows the person who follows you most and who follows you least. In this way it gives you complete knowledge about the people in your network.

Everyone loves to know about people because of which this application has attracted many Instagram users. Followers+ will run on Ipad, Ipod touch, Iphone and it will best work on Iphone5. It is constantly being updated into several different versions which give much better performance than the previous. It is available on Apple Store to be downloaded for free. It also has a paid version available worth $0.99.

Remotely Download iOS Devices Files onto Your Mac via a Transloader App

Today I came across a smart and simple iTunes app called Transloader that lets you submit your web Urls and file into an iOS app then your mate iMac App download the files automatically. Transloader App is a most handy tool for those peoples how mostly forget useful info & Urls to downloads at home. The Transloader makes such situations more easier to operate iPhones &  iPad owner to remotely downloads files to their iMac OS when they are out of home.

“Add URLs to any kind of file in Transloader on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and it will sync them to your Mac for download.
This way, if you come across, say, a Mac App demo on your iPhone and want to download it, you just paste that link into Transloader for iOS and it will be synced to this Mac app where it will be downloaded, ready for when you’re in front of your Mac again.”

App Requirements:

  • The Mac app Transloader on a Mac with OS X Lion or later (available for purchase on the Mac App Store)
  • The same iCloud account on your iOS device and Mac (available for free from Apple)

The Transloader works perfectly, it takes not much time for iCloud to transfer the Urls or files from your device over to iMac OS. The App works well with the following extensions .zip, .dmg as well as PDF files. Transloader is a brilliant iTunes app that just plain works, it’s on sale just for $2.99 on Apple iTunes Store. Don’t forget to grab the iOS companion app for free of cost.

Erase Easily Your Call And SMS History With Android History Eraser App

There are thousands of applications that are being developed for the android users. Some of them are really praise worthy. History eraser is one of them which is listed among the top 100 android applications of the year 2012. It is very simple and easy to use. As its name implies, it is developed so as to delete and remove all the old data and history from your phone which can be the websites you browsed, calls you made or received, messages sent or received and many more of the short-term information and data on your phone. It also removes the Google map and Youtube history.  It helps to maintain your privacy on the phone. Moreover, the history consumes a lot of space on your phone memory if it is not removed on time.

This is the fact which makes it necessary for the android user to download and install the application and hence it increases to its demand. In addition, it also provides the information about how much of the memory is made free after removal of the history. It is one of the trustworthy applications that perform work quickly. It also allows you to delete some of the specific data on your phone which you want to delete. For instance, it can delete only the sent messages or even some specific messages that you selected. If in case it fails to do its job, you can use another application named App Cache Cleaner which will fix the problem.

This is a very useful tool that is needed for the smooth operation of your android phone. History Eraser is continuously being updated by the release of different new versions that are now available. Last but not the least, it is available online to be downloaded for free.

[app]mobi.infolife.eraser[/app]