What is UPI? | What are the uses? | Last Blog of the Year

From Last few day, You probably have heard about UPI.. If you have not heard it, i'm going to tell you about it  because coming days you will hear about it a lot. so firstly

What is UPI?

UPI is the short form for Unified Payment Interface, which can be used to transfer money from any of your Bank Accounts to anyone Instantly

Digital India is most aspired dream for modern day India.. Even though there are more smart phone users in India Mobile Banking as not been implemented as forcasted.. NEFT, IMPS have there own limitations. UPI will eliminate those.

UPI is the Idea of National Payment Corporation of India(NPCI) with support of RBI

NPCI is the institute currently maintaining ATM's and in-charge of Inter Bank Transfer.

How to Use UPI?

UPI is mainly concerned with mobile banking, so for the convenience all major Banks have UPI apps available on respective stores/market places. I strongly recommend to download these apps from stores itself.

Is there difference between NEFT, IMPS and UPI

Yes, there is.

• National Electronic Fund Transfer: To transfer amount you should add all bank details, get approved then you can transfer which also depends whether bank is open or closed. So it is very time consuming.

• IMmediate Payment Service: It is a very good services and gives faster transfer(almost immediate). But same as NEFT you have to enter all the credentials of others bank account and this is also used only for bank to bank transfer not other services

• Unified Payment service: This similar to IMPS but with more features. when you register for UPS you will get an ID which can be shared to others to get money transferred no need of account no, full name, IFSC code etc. the id is enough and fund transfer is immediate

What is the difference between Wallet and UPI?

the difference is very simple

you add money to the wallet through the bank account and use money through wallet and if you want that money back you need to transfer/withdraw to your bank account

in UPI the money is directly transferred from bank accounts.

Where UPI can be used?

 UPI can be used everywhere, from grocery stores to bill payment. You can send and recieve money instantly with any business/merchants/sellers

The transaction limit is 1 Lakh Rupees and transaction fees per transaction is 50paisa

currently this service is in starting pace and is currently used for Inter-bank or Intra-bank transfer only.. In coming days you can pay hotel bills, college fees, taxi fares instantly using UPI

This is an wonderful initiative for cashless India and Truely Digital India

What about the security?

After lot if news about Hacking this days. the first question is how is my money secure while I'm using very vulnerable device

It is maintained by NPCI so no fear about security, because it gives world class encryption

add-on to that you get strongest measure in cyber security Two-Factor Authentication(email verification and OTP verification)


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What is YouTube RED?? | What are the Benefits?

Unlike YouTube, YouTube RED is a paid subscription app, where you can view videos without any ads.

YouTube RED service is already running in few countries like America, Australia, etc. and it is making a good progress(according to themselves) which will be officially launched in India after June 2017 in beta version.

What are the benefits of YouTube RED:

1. No Ads: Every AdSense linked channels of YouTube contains at least one ad either skip able or non skip able. For members of YouTube Red there will be no ads in beginning or middle and not even on the home page
2. Unlimited Offline:  in YouTube app the videos that you took offline will only be available for 2-3 days after that the video will be gone from the folder. But the subscribers of YouTube RED can save it for long time(till subscription ends)
3. Background Play: In Youtube app, if you minimise the app, the video will be paused. But, in YouTube RED the content(Video/Music) Keeps on playing.
4. Free Play Music Subscription: Download/Stream unlimited latest Music on your Mobile.

What are the Benefit for Creators:

According to YouTube Policies, 55% revenues generated is given to the creators, so even the ads does not play on your Videos, you get paid if a user watches your video so no tensions of Ad Clicks.

WhatsApp Video Calling | How i Got | How to get it

Download WhatsApp2.16.318

Since, the acquisition of WhatsApp Messenger by Facebook. there is significant advancements among which video calling is now on the boom..

To make video calls on WhatsApp Client app the version should be 2.16.318 or higher

In the latest Client app you can Video call from separate section and also from chat page

How can you download:

The WhatsApp 2.16.318 is not available in India's PlayStore yet. To download you have to change it to other countries where it is available or become Beta Tester to get latest update first.

The beta version was released and was tested by lot of developers and enthusiasts around the globe and WhatsApp is ready to roll out its stable version of 2.16.318

You can Download the file which I am using WhatsApp2.16.318 
How to Make Video call:

 Making video call is fairly simple.. When you press Call button a Toast-pop appears asking Video call and Voice call and you can choose..

The video calling is working fine but needs a bit of Minor Refinements

How to become a Beta Tester:

Just go to PlayStore and search WhatsApp, scroll down and you get something like this

and you will get latest updates from WhatsApp


If you face any problem feel free to comment

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The non-optimized Cell Phones Market of India

Hi!! Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening

" Now a days, Cell phone Manufacturers are manufacturing phones which are more powerful than Laptops Five Years ago" , This is what we feel when you see the advertisements of the Mobile Phones released recent years. But, is it really true??

The manufacturers advertise there product on one key feature like 3 GB RAM or 64 GB Internal storage but there are not depicting there bottlenecks(performance back loggers)

Imagine if an Olympic Sprinter is told to run continuously on rock paved road without shoes, can he run has intended.
or
If a Bugatti Veyron  is fitted with fuel injection system of a Maruti Suzuki 800, can it deliver the same performance.


Imagine a Big workstation and you are working, you can use workstation only till where your hands can reach beyond that point how much ever the workstation be it no use for you. Similarly the worksation is the RAM and person performing work is Android i.e. the android can not utilize that much of RAM. why do you need it.

so, for an optimized smart phone perfect balance between Processor, ROM an RAM is necessary. Which is hard to find in newer phones which are actually degrading Smart phones actual intended Performances.

so dive in and explore and find only few optimized smart phones available. I wish I could afford them.

How to Find your Lost or Stolen Laptop, Mobile or Tablet For FREE

Now a Days, Electronic Devices like Mobiles, Laptops, etc have become like an Organ of our body, we cannot imagine a day without this devices.

What happens if you lost them, Horrible Right!!


Traditionally, if we lost a Mobile phone, we were taking IMEI number(s) to the cops and file a lost complaint, that too if we have the IMEI number.

and if your Laptop is lost, people even do not how to lodge a complaint of because people rearly note MAC ID and people rarely know that S/N no can be used to track down your Laptop.

and the cases where Devices are recovered is VERY RARE. If you have recovered your Lost Devices please feel free to comment down.

Here is a solution for saving your laptop from the Theft. This anti-theft / theft protection project is called PREY(click)

Go to the Prey Project page and click on Get started, you will be taken to the Sign up. Fill the form and get Signed up. I prefer using the Free Edition, It itself is powerful.

 After Sign up you will be taken to the tracking Wizard page. Download the prey according to your Laptop OS

after download finishes Install the file and login with registered EMail ID and password. Then your device will appear in 'Your Devices' List of the tracking wizard.

You can use 3 devices per account so i suggest to download even for your Cell phones. Enjoy the Freedom of Mobility of Mobile Devices without worries.


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What is VoLTE

As we changed from 2G, 3G we gave interest only on data speed, not on The quality of Calls which is the main concern of the Mobile phone and there was no major improvements on the call quality

But in recent days, we are seeing new advancement in call quality that is VoLTE

VoLTE means Voice over LTE or Voice over Long term Evolution  means  transmiting and recieving voice on a LTE network or 4g network

What was happening before VoLTE

For example, you were subscribed to 3G network, but when you call, the call was send by using smallest bandwidth given to you by the cellular network. due to this there was call drops was more, took more time toi connect, voice lagging and quality of voice was not good

But in VoLTE what happens is, when you call somebody, The voice goes in HD quality on LTE/4G network,means connection is ultra fast because network knows it is a VoLTE call and gives preference in the network to call, due to this delay in voice is reduced and call drops will be minimum and you will be able to listen HD quality crystal clear voice

Also, when you are using 2G or 3G when you make a call the cellular data disconnects and cellular data is resumed after the call is terminated after some time. The resume time in VoLTE is very less, say Instantaneously.

Requirements to make a VoLTE call

4G phone with VoLTE 'ENABLED' MoDem and 4G service Provider at both Called Party and Calling Party

How does Metal Detector work?

Now a day, there is now one how has not seen a Metal detector, there are present in every place where ever there is a chance of crowd, they are present in all those places. Either it may be Mall, Railway Station, Temples, etc. Ever thought how they function. No Right, so this blog is for ‘You’.

Firstly, there are different types of Metal detectors, Hand-Held Device, Gate Keeping Devices, Ground searching devices.

History of Metal detectors:

The Metal detectors were introduced/invented to search antique items and gold under the ground and later used by military for searching the hidden Land mines in war prone areas.

The size of the Machine Were Big and Bulky but Powerful and Efficient in their job. Later on, they came into security purposes with light, portable but less Powerful. (To compare, the bigger ones are able to detect even a small knife and a small pin which is at 4, The bigger ones was able to detect even a small knife and a small pin which is at 4 ft. below the ground. But, the lighter ones can detect a small knife at distance of 1 ft. but not a small pin.) So let’s see How they work

Functioning Principle of a Metal Detector:

 The main principle on which the Metal detector works is Based on Maxwell’s equations. He is the one who showed, the Omni present couples (Adarsha Dampatigalu) of the world- The electricity and The Magnetism by his equations.

In this world, where ever you see Electricity you see Magnetism and where ever you see Magnetism you see Electricity. This is the principle behind Motors and Generators, where you have electricity you produced magnetism and where you have magnetism you have electricity.

Working of Metal Detector:

There are two coils present in scanning area (whatever type of detectors it may be) transmitting coil and receiving coil. The Transmitter coil has Circuitry which converts the given voltage to magnetic field and conveys; The waves take elliptical path to receiver coil because of properties of magnetism.

If any Metallic object interferes the field, the electrons of the metal object changes there spins due to influence of the magnetic field radiated by transmitter coil.

Due to spins, there is disorientation. Due to disorientation there is electricity is generated. Since electricity is produced in metal, the metal radiates its magnetic field. So extra magnetic field is produced and it is received by the receiver coil.

There will be a Controller which measures the received magnetic field and compares with the transmitted magnetic field. According to the compared field the voltage is sent to the Buzzer Which Loudens or Softens the sound based on the voltage given. Hence when the detector is close to the Metal object or the metal object is big the sound of buzzer is loud.

This is how the Metal detector work. Hope You Have Understood. Don’t forget to comment, +1, recommend and feel free to share. But don’t copy.

And the scanner you see at the exit of shopping malls are not Metal detectors they are RFID scanner, to know more about that Follow my blog.

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Awesome Uses of OTG

Namaste _/\_

Today I’m going to tell about what is an USB OTG and Some Awesome Uses of OTG

                USB On-The-Go, often abbreviated as USB OTG, is a Specification that allows USB devices to act as a host device, that allows other USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, flash drives, etc.

This was introduced in the year 2001.

Traditionally Mobile Devices could only have connected to a PC/MAC by USB data cable, but Mobile device can act as host using OTG

Uses of USB OTG:

·         Connect USB flash drive

This is the most widely used feature of an OTG. It is used to store extra/big files that you use occasionally. Hence storing the phone space for quick and efficient working of your phones. It can be used as alternative to cloud storage (non-cloud based storage)

·         Connect Keyboard and Mice

Yes, you are right. This is the second most used feature :D. You can directly connect your Keyboard or Mice for playing games or key board can be used for typing long text or Emails.

·         Connect MIDI Keyboard

If you like making Music on Android, USB OTG enables you to connect devices like MIDI Keyboards and controllers, audio inputs for Instrument and Vocals. Making your Phone or Tablet into a serious music making machine.

·         Connect USB Fan

You can get one from a starting price of 30 INR, and a good quality one for around 300 INR (there are cooler versions also). It can be used to cool yourself or if your phone heats up it can be used to cool the phone also.

·         Connect Game Controller

You can directly connect your Game Controller to your phone/Tablet through USB OTG. You can play any games that support use of game controller.

·         Connect USB Light

You can connect a USB Light to your phone directly via OTG. You can get a good one at 50 INR. It is way brighter than your flash light. It can be used for taking pics (with extra flash) and used to light up your way when you are walking in dark.

·        Connect LAN Cable

Yes! You can connect LAN cable to your android phone. You don’t have Wi-Fi in your home but you have a Broadband Connection or if your router has a problem you can connect LAN cable to Your phone using USBto LAN converter via USB OTG. It will cast you around 180-200 INR.

·         Connect DSLR Camera:

You need to download an app called Q DSLR Dashboard. Connect Your DSLR’s Data cable to your phone via OTG, and by the app you can perform all the operations on your phone/tablet. This uses PTP and PTP/IP protocals. So no need to worry about data security.

·         Connect USB Sound Card

If your 3.5mm Jack has any problem or you want to connect a 5.1 audio channel. You can do by connecting USB Sound card via OTG to your phone.

Some phones also support charging, you can connect OTG cable to Power Cable and connect to another phone.

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Why to use Gloves while Riding?

I’m a person who always gives first priority to the safety. Since, road accidents don’t happen only because of you fault, most of the cases it is some others fault and roads are filled with dumb riders and drivers.

If your riding with a helmet, it will save your head*, but in a crash the most injured and surely injured part is your palm and wrist. So riding with a glove is very important

Reasons for wearing gloves:

1.       Improved Grip and Control:

You know that being out on a bike can make you pretty sweaty – especially if it is one of those warm and humid days. And that means your hands are wet, too. Like clothes with wicking technology, a good pair of gloves will help keep your hands dry, which means that you can maintain a better grip on the handlebars.

The gloves also serve to trap the sweat that would otherwise be likely to drip into your shifters. And over time, moisture – and especially perspiration because of its high mineral content – can cause those components to deteriorate.

2.       Comfort and Protection for Skin:

If you’ve ever spent a couple of hours or more on a bike, you probably realized that, somewhat surprisingly, cycling can be pretty hard on your hands. From the constant pressure on your palms, to the wear on your fingers from running your shifters through the range of gears, it doesn’t take long for calluses or blisters to develop. A pair of bike gloves can give your skin the extra layer of protection you need to be comfortable, even on the longest ride.

3.       Shock Absorption:

You’ll notice that many pairs of gloves on the market today have some type of cushioning, such as gel padding, etc., built into the palms. The reason is that gloves with this padding serve a very useful function in absorbing shock from the road that would otherwise be transferred to the rider.

4.       Protection in Crash:

What do most people do as they start to fall? They put their hands out to try and catch themselves, to break their impact as they hit the ground. If you’ve ever fallen like this, you know that you can really tear up your palms when they go skidding across pavement or rocks.

               

5.       Warmth:

This provide warm sensation in cold winds or high altitude riding. This prevent tour hands from numbness.

The Best Gloves of Them all

Today I’m Going to do my First Review On My Blog. Hope You’ll Like It.

 I was Searching Riding Gloves over internet, shops, etc. for more than a week or so for my ooty trip, I could not find a good one, I could not find all the requirements. If I have find all the requirements that product was not affordable (It happens in most of the case)

Finally, I found a product that has all the requirements a rider gloves should have

*Rider Glove Requirement Blog*

The name of that product is:

“Man Tactical Full-Finger Antiskid Canvas Motorcycle Gloves-Black” or click here to View Discription

I’m a person who always gives first priority to the safety. If you met with a crash the most injured and surely injured part is your palm and wrist. So riding with a glove is very important

The product is very good looking, gives wonderful confidence, grip and control over the bike. Since it is made up of High Quality Canvas it helps in keeping your hands dry and avoid slipping of handle bars.

The canvas is very durable.

It has a nice fit that gives you very good comfort on long rides and can be easily used for mid and short distance travels.

This will for sure help you in crash to save your finger, palm and wrist skin.

The material is flexible and gives during gear shifting.

Since it is full hand this gives nice warmth in cold weathers.

Finally, the style statement is Fantastic.

Trust me, This is the best product out there.

How does Google Search work?

When you search a web in Google, you are not actually searching the web, instead you are searching the Google’s Index of the Web. These Indexes are searched from web by Spiders

What are Spiders?

Spiders are software programs that crawls the web. Spiders start by fetching few web pages and they follow the links on that pages and fetch the pages they point to and follow the link on those pages and fetch the pages they link to and so on… until we index a pretty big chunk of the web, many billions of pages stored across thousands of machines. (i.e. Spiders keeps on going from one to many pages constantly for Indexing)

<the following of the link from pages are done by crawlers and spiders downloads the index. Say a Crawler is simply a subset of Spiders>

<A developer/site owner chooses whether his site can be crawled or not, so there are many pages that even Google guru can’t find>

Okay, now

What happens when you type in your ‘Search Word’ and Press Enter<return>

For Example, your Search word is- ‘Elephants Weight in Tons’

Google’s Spider searches the Google’s Index to find every page that includes those terms, in this example there are Hundreds of Thousands of possible Results.

How will google decide? Which few documents I really want.

Simply by Asking questions, like

i) how many times does the page contains the key word

ii) does the key words appears in the Title or in the URL or directly adjacent to the text

iii) does the page includes synonyms for those words

iv) is the page from quality website or low quality or spam

v) freshness of the page

vi) what is the Page Rank of the page.

vii) Translations

viii)Universal search (Web, Image, News, Map, Video, etc.)

<These Questions are called Search Factors by Google, and there are over 200 factors.>

Page Rank:

Is a formula, invented by founders of Google, that rates the webpages importance by looking how many outside links point to it and how important those links are.

Finally, we combine all those factors together to produce each page’s overall score and send you back your search results in about 1/8^th of a second after you submit your search

In the Search results, each entry includes

i)Titles

ii)URL

iii)sniffed of text

to help me decide whether this is the page what I am looking for.

We also see

iv) links to similar pages as search result.

v)Google’s most recent stored versions of that kind of page.

and at the bottom

vi)later searches we want to try next.

And we also get ads about our searches (only if there are any) at the side(right) or at the top.

Google always strives to show ads you want to see and always distinguish ads and search results.

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What is & How to RUN IN/ BREAK IN a New Bike?

Buying a new Bike Always Brings excitement and a large Grin on face. Next Thing that comes to mind is how to RUN-IN/BREAK-IN

BREAK-IN (Mechanical Run-in) is defined by wiki as, " Break-in is the procedure of conditioning a new piece of equipment by giving it an initial period of running, usually under light load, but sometimes under heavy load or normal load. It is generally a process of moving parts wearing against each other to produce the last small bit of size and shape adjustment that will settle them into a stable relationship for the rest of their working life"

or in simple words, it is riding a new vehicle to allow wearing of new parts that are brought together (piston rings and cylinder walls to be exact), and to settle down those wearied parts for smooth movements.

History:

Back in those days, when the engines were Hand Built, each parts were individually made. Thus, resulting in non-uniform make, which would result in lot of issues in engine like breakdown, failure, seizure, etc. So, the experts in Industry came about with a method of Breaking In.

In this way the engine would be allowed to run under less stressful conditions, then making sure that all parts of engine gels together in Equilibrium of sorts, that means parts of Engine like bore, piston heads, rings, valves are all smoothened out & work perfectly without any issues.

Now in today’s date all components are made essentially using automation techniques, means there is high amount of precision and uniformity. That also means all parts fit perfectly. On top of it there are lot of test conducted on the engine prior to fitting it to bike and sold to customer.

Nowadays with all the super bikes and sport bikes, the engines come pre-blast, means most of the running in test have been performed in factory itself making bike capable of red lining from the word go. But still it is not really recommended to do that. Every bike should go through a proper break-in for optimum performance and efficiency.

How To Run-in:

The basic of any break in process for a motorcycle engine is to get it acclimatized with all the real world situations out there. That includes not stressing the engine by revving it hard until the parts begin to function smoothly, but also getting the engine used to the daily cycle which it has to perform. So if you want to properly break in your bike’s engine, it is suggested to not take it out on the highways

The reason being simple, your engine should be able to work smoothly across the entire rev range. And taking the bike on the highway means the engine keeps going at a constant rpm. This means the engine does not get the exposure to city ridding and sudden start and stops.

Secondly it is important to be running a good mineral oil in the bike. Synthetic oils are good in performance situations, but when it comes to actually getting the parts working properly, mineral oils do the job best. Also one has to change the engine oil quite frequently during the breaking in period. Hence mineral oils being cheap are the perfect choice. The frequency of engine oil change for bikes is:

1st change at 500 kms.
2nd change at 1500 kms.
3rd change at 5000 kms.

Do keep in mind that every time you change the engine oil, do change the oil filter as well. At the 3rd oil change, you could either go with the same mineral oil; else you could also change your oil to a synthetic one of the recommended grade of course.


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Air Suspension

Greetings!!

What is Suspension?

A suspension is a mechanical (electro-mechanical in present days) device that was designed to, as the name says to suspend the wheels to ground. The soul purpose of designing it was to make the vehicle stay on ground (since it is a ground vehicle :P ), which was a serious problem in earlier days of motor sports.

The second major use of the Suspension is to provide comfort while riding/driving. This is called Ride Quality, which is an important factor in Pricing in Automotive Industry

Todays’ topic:

Air Suspension-

Unfortunately, This suspension is not available in 2 whellers (not yet) because of too many reasons.

This are very famous in heavy vehicles.

<Further topic will only be about 4 wheelers and above>

Traditionally, there are 2 types that are still used

i)                    Steel Coil Spring System.

ii)                   Leap Spring System.

But, Air Suspension consists of primary component called Air Springs made up of Rubberized Membrane, which stores the pressurized air.

Air Suspension System consists of

I)                    Air Supply Unit- Supplies Air from compressor to all springs via Reservoir.

II)                  Reservoir- it stores additional air pressure for control/emergency purpose.

III)                 Height Sensors- Present on all corners to sense and modulate air flow to springs.

IV)                Air springs- Pressurized air is supplied to maintain the height of the vehicle.

Types of Air Springs

a)       Convoluted Air Springs-  gives better packaging, distance between axle and frame is reduced.

b)      Rolling Lobe- Gives better tuning/control.

deflated/ de-presureized(For highways/ unloaded vehicle)

Pressurized(for off road/ loaded)

Types of Air Suspensions:

Open system and Closed system

Open System:

Air is given to ASU(Air Supply Unit), ASU sends air to Reservoir, and reservoir forwards the air to Air Springs.

Here air flows in only one direction ASU to Air Springs.

Older System, Noisier, Slower (like in city buses).

Closed System:

Air is given to ASU(Air Supply Unit), ASU sends air to Reservoir, and air moves back and forth between Reservoir and Air Springs.

                Air flows in one direction  from ASU to Reservoir, but air flows in both directions between Reservoir and Air Springs.

                Modern system, Faster response time, more efficient, generally quitter.

 Air Suspension Over Traditional Systems:

1)      Adjustable Ride Height

i)                    Ingress(Getting into the vehicle) and Egress(getting out of the vehicle)

ii)                   Off-road use:

a)       Higher Ground Clearance.

b)      Higher Approach angle.

c)       Higher Departure angle

d)      Higher Break-Over Angle

iii)                 Aerodynamics: Effectively lowers the height of the vehicle when crusing in highways providing less drag and higher fuel economy.

iv)                 Load leveling: As I mentioned earlier, this system is very popular in heavy vehicles and pick-ups’. When the vehicle is loaded in steel springs the height of the vehicle lowers due to the weight. But, in air suspension the height sensors measure the fall in height and increase the air pressure in the air spring rubber membrane to meet the targeted height. (Plz note: air will be same but air pressure in increased)

2)      Improved Ride Quality: due to setting of ride height, there is no additional drags or so and ride frequency is constant. Hence even if the vehicle is loaded the vehicle dynamics behaves the same and it feels the same even if it is loaded.

3)      Minimal heat generation compared to spring types

4)      Lower hystorsis

5)      Less shocks

Cons of Air Suspension :

1)      Expensive

2)      Temperature causes higher air pressure- so vehicle rise without the control of ASU(presently rectified to some extent by use of sophisticated height sensors, etc). 

How does WhatsApp Earn Money?

Do you know how much work goes on building an Point to Point & Multi-Point chat application and to add furher for the app to work fine you need to maintain database, servers, etc thus cost to be beared by the company is very high and don't forget the maintenance costs.

The number of users grow, infrastructure grows and again the cost to be beared by the company Increases.

Even though there is this much of spending to bear, and no ads to earn money. then Why did FaceBook Acquired the WhatsApp.

WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, etc all fall under the category of Data Mining Companies.

Akhil Neelam (Blogger. RTI enthusiast. Interested in Diplomatic Affairs ) says,

" A one liner explains it all : ' WhatsApp is not their product. It is YOU'.

They sell your personal information to MNCs and show advertisements based on your intrests. 

For instance, now that WhatsApp is a subsidiary of Facebook, WhatsApp messages which reflects our likes, dislikes and depict our prefernces are backed up on there servers and is used by Facebook for User Specific Target Ads(by which FaceBook makes money:) )

After this aquisition, we can find our WhatsApp contacts being shown as Friend Suggestions on FaceBook. 

Hence, it is clear that WhatsApp shares data with its new parent FaceBook.

FaceBook aquired WhatsApp for 19 Billion USD, only because FaceBook think 'Over Data is Worth it'.

These Companies play with our data and do all sorts of analytics and come up with what we want.

The purpose of this blog is to Show that YOUR DATA IS NOT SAFE..

Irritated by ads in YouTube?

Have you ever got irritated by ads that start playing automatically while watching YouTube videos & ever thought of getting rid of it!?

I'm also an YouTuber and I know this is how we get some penny's for our hardwork and I'm not against the ads that comes in the beginning and ads on banners. But ads in middle of a video is not what I and all my YouTuber friends. We made the video to make viewers happy not irritate them.

So here is a simple add-on that does the job.

1. open your Mozilla Firefox

2. Search for 'YouTube Enhancer Plus' for Firefox / Chrome

3. Click on Add button

It will download and ask for install, after installation is complete, restart the browser

Features:

* Automatically plays videos in your preferred quality

* Controls volume with mouse wheel

* Removed ads on-demand or automatically

*Stop autoplay and preloading

and much more

No Balance in your Phone? Don't worry!!

I am Back

Has this happened to you?

You are in outskirts of the city and you want to do an urgent call, but sadly your balance ran out. What will you do!?

Okay, I'm a techie!! B-) let me do a VoIP call (Viber,line,skype,WhatsApp,etc), then there is another problem your mobile data is running in '2G' BW(how can you forget your in outskirts of the city, and in India only 30-35℅ of the base stations are 3G enabled), but you take a brave step and call them, the superb call quality frustrates you. This is what happens right, this happens to me..

There is a solution (to be particular a Indigenous solution), an Indian based company called hellonanu.com has launched an app called ' nanu ' .

Features:

1.The app provides both call and messaging (single or group).

2. Ultra low bandwidth Technology (claims up to 80% less bandwidth of your VoIPcall) so save even your day.

3. Clear and crisp calls even on 2G(company claims "even in slower 2G or congested network").

4. Free nanu to nanu calls.

5. nanu to out calls(40 credit points equivalent to 20 mins of talk time *DAILY*)

No longer will we have to go into a chat

WhatsApp (Android, iOS) loves pulling new surprises out of the bag. Recently, the updates have been coming in thick and fast - and the world's favorite messaging app has set its users' tongues wagging for not always the right reasons either: "$1 a year? No way, José!" - "Selling my chats to Facebook? I didn't sign up to THAT!"
But the latest change looks to be GOOD news. A new update for its Android app (currently available for beta testers and coming to the rest of the world very soon) has introduced a whole bunch of interesting new features that are about to make communicating even quicker and easier.

In version 2.12.560 of the app, we'll get multiple chat selection, and be able to perform simultaneous actions on contacts and groups. But the most important change has to be the Quick Reply function. From now on, we will no longer open the conversation to answers someone; and there'll be no need to let others see if we're online or not. We can respond directly, via a magically appearing notification window, without wasting time to open the application.

The most recent update lets us select multiple conversations at once (before we had to do it one at a time) to perform actions such like adding shortcuts, archiving, deleting, muting, or even marking as read. Cleaning contacts will also be much faster and more effective.

Finally, for all you customization lovers out there, WhatsApp is also introducing a new wallpaper selector - a feature that came in an earlier version but has been modified, - that allows you to choose a custom background photo, or block color, for those who prefer a more sober look.

Lots of changes, all very interesting. And soon we'll all have them.

What is PUP?

A potentially unwanted programme (PUP) is, namely, a programme that is not desired. Users may be tricked into its download no matter it is with or without their consent. Unwanted programmes are often downloaded together with a desired programme, which works as a wrapper to hide the sign of a PUP.

Because PUPs can lead to slow computer performance, they are annoying in addition to undesired. They may also lead to violation of users’ privacy. Take adware, a common type of PUP, as an example. This malware may stealthily insert add-ins to users’ browser and monitor their Internet activities. This collected data is sold to advertisers, who then place intrusive advertising to web pages.

Potentially Unwanted Bundling

With its malicious purpose, a PUP sneaks onto victims’ system without their knowledge or consent. Even if one learns its existence, it is still hard to find the instruction to remove an unwanted programme.

The most common way to get infected by unwanted programme is bundling. If users download an application or software from untrustworthy sources, they may be fooled to download PUPs, which are wrapped as part of the programme they really want.

Some software providers claim that they have mentioned the installation of a bundled programme in the download agreement. Yet, many users fail to finish reading the download agreement before hitting the agree button.

Moreover, the mention of bundled programme is usually placed at the end of the terms, making it too hidden to be noticed. This approach to force installation is regarded as unethical as it is against user’ interests.

How to stay away from PUPs?

It is suggested to choose the Custom install whenever downloading a programme. Read carefully before accepting the licence agreement and specially pay attention to those small boxes that have been checked as default, where you may ‘agree’ to receive ads or change your default browser.

One should also download programmes from trusted sources like official sites instead of untrustworthy sharing space. Otherwise, you may have to pay by compromising the integrity of your system in exchange for a ‘free’ software.

In addition to all aforementioned tips, you can adopt a third party detection programme to increase your protection. Whenever someone tries to access or make change to your startup routines, you can get notified in time and respond consequently. PUP blocker is a common feature to help users detect and stay away from this annoying-ware.

Make absolutely free calls to any mobile in India using Speedkal

Make free calls to all your friends,family,Previously we posted a free call offer from wheel ,where users were able to make free calls to any one, by just dialing a toll free number,without any data cost or call charges,today I am going to introduce Speed call,this service also let’s us make free call without any data or call charges,the service offer us upto 1 minute call,which can be used again and again repeatedly, as soon as the call gets disconnected you can connect it again and keep your chat in tact,Speedkal is an online shopping site that aims to bring everything you need at your door step.

How to make free call from Speedkal:-

(Initial steps: In order to make free call from Speedkal just download Speedkal App from google store, click here register with your number) input 10 digit number of both sender and receiver in the respective boxes,once you input both the numbers ,click ‘Call free’,as soon as you submit the screen will show call connected and the ‘To number’ will receive an incoming call,once he/she answers the call,’Your number’ will receive a call and the call will get connected once both parties answer the call.

Step 1:-Input 10 digit number in both boxes

Step 2:-Click ‘Call free’ and you will see call connected on screen

Step 3:-The ‘To number’ will get an incoming call

Once the ‘To number’ get the call and answers it ,the number entered in ‘Your number’ box will ring ,and once he/she answers the call,you will get connected the duration of each call will be around 1 minutes,you can repeat the steps and make call for a multiple number of times,no signup or login required to use the free call service,once you make the call,you will also get an sms prompting to download Speedkal the app.

How to turn on/off pop-ups on Google Chrome in Windows PC/Android Mobile

Popping of ads, images,etc can be very annoying that too when you are searching important sites and when you are in hurry.

By default, Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from automatically showing up on your screen. When a pop-up is blocked, the address bar will show a pop-up blocker icon.

If you still get pop-ups after turning them off, then you could have malware.

Here are the steps to turn off/on pop-ups on Google Chrome on your PC and Android Mobile

1. Open Chrome

2. In the top-right  corner, click the chrome menu(3 parallel horizontal lines)

3. Click on Settings

4. Click Show Advanced settings

5. Under "Privacy", click Content Settings

6. Under " Pop-up", select Do not allow any sites to show pop-ups (recommended) (to turn off) / Allow all sites to show pop-ups (to turn on)

for video explanation click here

Claim your free Bonus storage at Microsoft One drive-Only 5 days left

Microsoft has announced a set of changes for its One drive service,under this it will take down the free storage offered to its users,from 15 GB to 5 GB,That means now users will get only 5 GB of storage,also dropping the unlimited storage that came with office 365 plans,These changes will apply for current as well as new users,Microsoft is giving its users an opportunity to keep up their storage space by just claiming the free storage within the specified time frame,the decision to take down the storage space was important,have a look at the statement given by Microsoft.

Microsoft CVP Chris Capossela Explained in a statement:-

The economic decision was easy. We made the economic decision, incorrectly, a year earlier, and then when we saw the usage just take off and you have 400 million or whatever it is, and you’re upgrading a gazillion Windows 10 machines, and they’re all using OneDrive, which is great, but you’ve got to use it in a way that’s economically sustainable. Those were some of the things that went into it.”

For the ‘Communication disaster’,Microsoft has decided to pull down the free storage offered to its one drive users.

How to claim your free storage:-

In order to claim your Free Storage ,just head to This link,Read the instructions to retain your free 15GB storage and click on ‘Keep your free storage’ link,once you click ,you will be asked to login at your Microsoft account,allow access, and continue,done now finally you will get the success message on the screen.

Make sure you claim your free storage before January end or you will lose out your storage,if you couldn’t make it up till Jan end,you need to go ahead with the reduced 5 GB storage.

 If you get the above picture. It means you got the BONUS!!

How to turn off/disable key logger in windows 10

What is key logger?

Key logger is a computer hardware(and also software) used by hacker to get every keystrokes from your input keyboard.

Does Microsoft spying on you?

"No", says the tech gaint Microsoft.. It completely disagree with this statement.
According to Microsoft, Keyloggers are used by hackers to record your key strokes and use it in various applications, but we are getting few information to improve your user experience with Cortana and help improving windows 10 usability

Every data or a few information, the windows is getting information of and about you. So we need to disable it so that our information is safe and secure with us ONLY

Here are the steps to disable key loggers:

1. Open 'All Settings'

2. Click on 'Privacy'

3. You are in General menu, Toggle off every privacy issues. But, for this instance Toggle off 3rd option (i.e. " Send Microsoft info about.....").

4. Now in 'Speech, inking, & typing' menu. Click on 'Stop getting to know me' in the new window click on Turn off. Now key logger is completely disabled..

5. To take it one more step higher, click on 'Microphone' menu and Toggle off 'Let apps use my microphone'.

For Video explanation click here 

How to Check IP address in windows 10

Finding the IP address of your network may be a head wobbling job.. Here is the step wise procedure to find the IP address in win10

1. Press Windows key+X to open hidden menu

2. Click on Command Prompt (Admin)

3. Click on yes on 'User Account Control' permission panel.

4. Now, In the prompt opened, type 'ipconfig' and press Enter

5. You get a long list, In the list search for IPv4 address(in appropriate type of connection Ethernet/Wi-Fi). This is IP address of your PC/Laptop

For video explanation: click here