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If you want to take a trip to a place where you will not have a data connection and need to use Google Maps offline, then you can use the following tip from Google to save maps offline on your mobile device: Make sure you’re connected to the Internet and signed in to your Google…
You can view changes you have made in your local repository which haven’t been pushed to the origin (remote) repository using the following command: git log origin/<yourbranchname> In case your local branch has been configured with an upstream branch, then you can use the below shorthand: git log @{u}.. or git log @{upstream}.. If you…
I recently changed hosts and moved my blogs using the standard procedure to move WordPress across hosts. The text content displayed properly but the images were displaying as broken links even though the images were present on my server. This is how I fixed it after spending 30 minutes googling for the solution: Ensure that…
Most applications provide sharing to Twitter using the generic ‘Share’ intent. Some others may want to use the Twitter SDK but that increases the application install size. Most developers may want to make the user directly share the content to Twitter without showing the App Chooser. Here’s a quick code snippet for Android developers who want to directly…
Close All Tabs in Eclipse Using Mouse Right-click on any tab header and click ‘Close All’. Keyboard Shortcut to Close All Tabs in Eclipse You can use CTRL+SHIFT+W (Windows) or CMD+SHIFT+W (Mac OSX) to close all the open tabs in your Eclipse IDE. Please leave a quick thank you if this tip helped you.
Most applications provide sharing to WhatsApp using the generic ‘Share’ intent. However, you may want to make the user directly share the content to WhatsApp without showing the App Chooser. Here’s a quick Java snippet for Android developers who want to directly integrate Share on WhatsApp functionality on their Android app. Create a button and…
There may be times when visitors come to your site and land on 404 pages which mean nothing to them and the visitor simply bounces away. This is a wasted visit for you as well as a poor experience for the visitor. One way to avoid this is creating custom 404 pages for your site. However,…
Print JSON in Human Readable Form If you’re working on RESTful services and you need to verify or debug some JSON output, digging through an unformatted JSON string can be a real pain. Assuming that your unformatted JSON file is in a file called ‘unformatted.json’. To make a JSON string human readable open up the Terminal on…
The following tips are useful for publishing articles on LinkedIn to ensure that the article has maximum impact and is read and shared by a large number of people. These tips are based on data analysed from 3K+ articles by Okdork.com. Tips for Publishing on LinkedIn Your title should be be 40-49 characters long. Include…
If you see referrals from http://<some-ip-address>/cgi-bin/blockOptions.cgi in your Google Analytics Reports or WordPress reports, do not be alarmed. Many webmasters have experienced this and this may not always be your fault. Referrals from blockOptions.cgi are usually not a cause for worry unless they form the majority of your visits. blockOptions.cgi, afterworkOptions.cgi and others are requests…
Placing Banner (AdSense) Ad Next to Site Title in WordPress Header A very common problem is adding an ad unit to your WordPress blog which displays in-line with your site title. Here is the simple way of doing it: Open WordPress Editor Open the header.php file In this file – look for the following code…
An excellent infographic by Vserv gives some interesting insights into the consumer profile of smartphone owners in India. Some key insights into Indian Smartphone Users: Most are Android users followed by Nokia They download a lot of apps. India is ranked as one of the the top countries in Android and Nokia App stores Monetization…
There’s good news for twitter fans, Facebook has finally started supporting hashtags. For the novice user, hashtags are the keywords related to the post or tweet prepended by a ‘#’ (hash) sign. These keywords help identify which category or tag the post belongs to. This is also very useful in allowing users to track similar posts….
Just came across this excellent tool for making online logos: http://www.graphicsprings.com/ . They have a great collection of logos as well as a brilliant image manipulation tool. The logo creation took me less than 5 minutes. It’s a simple 3 step process: Step select from their rich collection of logos Use a editor to change logo colors…
Google’s Nexus 4 attempts to make Google an established brand in the mobile industry. The Nexus 4 is packed with some pretty nifty features, while compromising on some others considered as non-essential. This article reviews the Nexus 4, along with listing its pros and cons. Nexus 4 Specifications Processor and Memory 8GB or 16GB (actual…
If you are a power user of Excel on a Macbook then you will love these shortcuts as they will save you hours of time every month. 1. Navigation Quick Navigation: CMD + arrow keys Whenever you use CMD + arrow keys your cursor jumps to the last filled piece of the block of data you…
This post evaluates and lists the best Virtual Private Server hosting providers in the world today. There are a multitude of factors which make a VPS hosting provider qualify as best, average or worst. The factors we have used are: Quality of Server Hardware : This is a critical factor in getting the amount of computing and…