Friday, August 5, 2011

W-Fi link between Android and your Computer

Here is a way to connect and share files over WiFi between your android and PC or any other system. This is another of those tiny apps and is just 26kB.


Some of the similar tools are SwiFTP Server, Wireless File Transfer Pro (using this you can remote instal apps also) and a much larger , Wifi File explorer. Using the last one you can only download files as zipped versions.

Now they have another app, by which you can share the whole of memory card or just one folder and with password protection to safeguard the files. This app is about 260 kb only.



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This is another app and though slightly bigger size ,looks a better and stable one with a better GUI,        WiFi File Transfer . It is possible to transfer files both ways with this app. ( However this app has a restriction of uploading file size only upto 5MB to the android device, for which you have to go for the pro. Otherwise there are no limits)  
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Tiny tool that can save you the day

Here is a tiny app that can let you save the attachment from the Gmail app in android onto the SD Card irrespective of the type of file, which is not otherwise possible except previewing it, if you have a suitable app for that.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Posting to Google+ and Facebook simultaneously

There is a secret email address for each Facebook member for posting to facebook by email. It is available at the bottom of the page https://www.facebook.com/mobile/ , when you are logged in to facebook.

Copy that address and add to a new circle in Google+ and name that circle as Facebook. Next time you want to post simultaneously to Facebook when you are posting something in Google+, just add the Facebook circle along with other circles.

And keep that email address as secret, as anyone getting that address can post to your facebook profile by sending just an email. Of course you can always reset that address by clicking the "Find out more" from the same page.

Doing it this way has got a drawback, in that only the first 50 characters get accepted by Facebook.

Alternatives are the Chrome extensions, Extended share and start G+ .

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Radical Image Resizer

This is real radical. If you want to keep your memories in pictures, but like to save memory requirements with very good quality but smallest image size, and also easy enough to process, here is a good photo resizer freeware. It lets you adjust the compression while visually seeing the output on side window. It is light weight, simple, easy to use, but powerful program.


Radical Image Optimization Tool (RIOT for short) is a free image optimizer that will let you to visually adjust compression parameters while keeping minimum filesize.

It uses with a side by side (dual view) or single view interface to compare the original with the optimized image in real time and instantly see the resulting file size.



Monday, May 9, 2011

PDF Tools - the Swiss Army Knives for PDF's

PDF Exploiter is a useful freeware, with which you can do operations like Merge, Split, Encrypt, Decrypt and Water Mark and has a nice GUI. This makes use of open source libraries pdftk and pdfsharp. If you want to manipulate and create multi page PDFs, from single PDF sheets, this is the program you can use.
Merge

Gios Splitter & Merger is another handy PDF Tool: It can merge and split PDF's as well as merge JPG image files into a PDF File. It is also a portable program, so there is no need of installation but needs .NET framework.


Still another good one with more features is portable PDFTK Builder, which can split or modify your PDF files and is GUI for the popular pdftk commandline utility. 

Download PDFTK Builder Portable

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Print from Android device directly

Wirelessly print PDF file and photos to HP Inkjet printers

Capture, crop and print photos on plain or photo paper in a variety of sizes, including 3.5"x5", 4"x6", 5"x7" (9x13cm, 10x15cm and 13x18cm).

Get great print quality with HP's image enhancement technology.

Automatically discovers and sets up your wireless HP printer. No drivers are required.

HP iPrint Photo

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Little Tools that can ease your Windows Life

1. Freeze the touchpad while typing on the laptop: It is a nuisance when you are typing fast on a laptop you accidently press the touchpad and the curser moves to another place resulting in errors in the script you have typed. Here are two tiny utilities you can use:

Touchpad blocker - A small utility that blocks the touchpad for a predefined short period in milli seconds while pressing the keys. The delay can be predefined with this tool and can be enabled/disabled if needed with shortcut keys if needed. However this utilty should work well without any tweak in settings.


This is a still tinier utility which freezes the touchpad and is simple to use with no user settings required and simple to use. A very simple utility but effective.
Touchfreeze home