Tips to use BBM App on an Android/iPhone Device

BBM App on iPhone and Android

BlackBerry had rolled out BBM on iPhone and Android devices in addition to BlackBerry Smartphone and this rollout has made way for new developments on the chat messenger besides making big profits for them. While surfing the web, the user can use the BBM App on a device which is restricted to Android and iPhone device. It is an Android app which helps individuals to get connected with friends and family around the world at no additional cost.

To get started, one has to ensure that the device is supported by BBM. For Android, BBM supports Smartphone running on Android v4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich and with a screen size of 7 inch or less. For iPhone, BBM supports iOS v6 and v7 or later.

BlackBerry ID Essential

Setting up this app is very easy though some requirements need to be fulfilled. To download BBM on Android or iPhone, you could visit the BBM site from the iPhone or Android Smartphone browser which will lead to the official BBM app in the Apple Store or Google Play and is the best way to ensure that one gets the real BBM for iPhone or Android.

In order to use the BBM app, a BBID (Blackberry ID) is essential to create an account enabling the user to login to BBM on Android. The entire contacts list along with other details of BBM will now be linked to the BBID and the user will no longer need to manually backup and restore the contact list whenever the device is switched on.

If the BBID is not available, the user will need to create one after installing BBM on the device or create one online at bbid.com and after creating the BBID can then sign in to BBM and get started with chatting with their friends and family far and near.

PIN Barcode 

Once the BBM is installed and the user has successfully signed in using the Blackberry ID, a few things need to be known to get the most of BBM. A BBM PIN which is a unique identifier used in BBM automatically gets generated when the user logs in to BBM for the first time. In case of inviting someone to be a BBM contact, the PIN could be given which can help in connecting with people without the need to sharing personal information.

New contact can also be added on BBM with the help of the PIN Barcode instead of having to type out the PIN number. After the friends have scanned the PIN barcode, then they will be added to each other’s contact list without exchanging any personal information with the exception of the unique PIN.

In case of locating the BBM PIN, you could tap the BBM picture or the name followed by `Show Barcode’ along the bottom toolbar. When the user signs in to BBM on Android using a BlackBerry ID, the contacts will be automatically backed up and if logged in using different device with the same BBID, the user will be prompted to restore their contact list.

How to Use 3D Tabs in the FireFox Browser

Firefox lets to experience the world of 3D browsing using a plug-in named FoxTab. FoxTab helps you to actualize your fantasy for a 3D browser. It gives the eye a visually pleasing environment to work on. It is a tab management add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser. With this add-on integrated in your browser you can easily flip between open tabs by a simple key stroke or a mouse gesture. It provides the user with a pleasing 3D thumbnail view layout.

We know that the web is ever changing into an application environment where many tabs are opened and accessed concurrently; the fastest way to switch between tabs would be the ability to visually recognize them. It saves time, effort and thereby increases efficiency of doing the work. With FoxTab, Firefox has introduced the most innovative and attractive way to switch between tabs which is unique to this browser. It further provides advanced options of grouping and filtering pages by their URL.

Using FoxTab :

To launch the FoxTab, you need to click on the icon of FoxTab in the toolbar of your browser. The other option available is to hit Ctrl + tab keys. To flip in the backward direction, one can use Ctrl+Shift+tab keys.
After clicking on the icon, you will be directed to the FoxTab interactive mode. This mode lets you set the theme and layout of the FoxTab.

Top sites :

For accessing the top sites, open FoxTab and select the Top sites option from the top bar. The concerned thumbnail will open the correct webpage and middle click will direct the same webpage in a new tab.
To add new pages to your top sites, right click on the page and select the option to add it to your top sites. You can also do the same with Add on top sites option available as a toolbar option.

If you want to set top site as your default page, select tools -> Add-ons ->FoxTab -> General -> New Tab Page, and select Top Sites. This will set top sites as your default page.

Opened tabs:
 
To switch between opened tabs, you need to select the open tabs options from the top bar. The particular thumbnail will help you focus on the given site. Navigation can be done using arrow keys, page up, page down, shift+tab and scrolling with mouse.

Recently closed tabs:
 
Recently closed tabs are ordered in the way they are closed. This option can also be selected from the top bar. This helps you to reopen the previously loaded pages.

The other mode which is available in the FoxTab is the flip mode. This is done by accessing the FoxTab with Ctrl+tab combination. It helps you to switch between tabs easily. The tab on which the Ctrl button is released becomes your selected tab.

Themes help you to control how your browser looks like. For this the buttons are available on the upper right side. It helps you to set a theme, wallpaper and a 3D perspective to your tab.

Grouping and filtering help you to filter the thumbnails that you view and group them as well.

How to Convert PowerPoint into Video Formats

In case of presenting a higher version of your presentation among the people, you can present your presentation in the video format. Suppose, if you want to present your presentation to the colleagues or to your customers, then you can record your presentation as a video file and then you can present it on the screen. The latest version of PowerPoint allows you to save the presentation as a video file in .WMV format, the Windows Media Video allows you to present your video without a single glitch and at the same time your presentation will be looking well animated and crystal clear. Suppose, if you want to save your file in other formats, then you can go for third party application that allows you to record the presentation as a video file. You can save the PowerPoint presentation as .AVI, .MOV files and so on. Even you can use this video to stream online in the internet or you can use this video to upload in the Youtube Channels.

In some cases, you might have created a powerful presentation file with tons of animations in the slide. Suppose during the presentation time, your laptop is not getting connected with the projector or you cannot open the presentation files. Rather than doing this, you can simply convert your PowerPoint presentation as a video file and you can present your files in a DVD player, or else you can copy your files in USB drive and you can play it in any player as a presentation. In order to present the files through online, you can record your files and upload it in your blog with a click.

In this post, Mono-live has shared the way to record your presentation file as a video files using the Wonder Share PPT2Video application. Wonder Share PPT2Video application is wonderful software that brings an interface that makes you to convert your PowerPoint presentation into a video file.

Wonder Share PPT2Video: Wonder Share PPT2Video application converts your presentation files into the various popular video formats such as MP4, 3GP, MOV and so on. Even you can choose the video size and other clarity for the video. You can easily convert your PowerPoint presentation into the video files and also you can upload the files in the internet. You can easily distribute this video into iPod, iPhones and so many devices that support video playback.

Here are the few things that should be considered while recording your presentation as a video:

=> Record the voice and other necessary music files with the presentation files and convert it to the video format.

=> You can control the quality of the video and also you can choose the size of the multimedia files.

=> Only video player is enough to present the files in the player and no need of any presentation software that is to be present in the computer / laptop.

Best Apps To Improve Android Browsing

More content on Mobile devices with improvements

Technology has been making great upgrades and improving the lifestyle of the individual bringing about improved devices enhancing the users’ experience in web browsing and surfing.

Browsing through Android devices has replaced a lot of desktop and laptop surfing which come with larger, better resolution screens, together with Wi-Fi and data plans besides more mobile products to suit the need of the user.

More content on mobile devices is presently the trend among many users which has now become convenient and easy to access than before. For further improvements, there are three awesome apps to improve the web browsing experience on Android which could be convenient and easy for the user.

Link Bubble

Link Bubble enables the user to pre load the page before it pops up which means that the user can continue to read the page arrived at, till the link is ready. While the free version enables to use Link Bubble in one app only and open one bubble at a time, paid version supports all apps with unlimited bubble. Link Bubble is genius in which the loading occurs in the background while you can continue viewing the previous screen and once the page is loaded, the window will pop up without wasting time in waiting for the loading.

Moreover it also informs the user about the time needed for loading. Loading pages in Chrome seems to be faster, but Link Bubble enables the user to carry on with what they are doing till the link is ready. Besides the background loading, Link Bubble also uses flick physics wherein with the flick of a finger one can share a page, close it or even save it for future reading with another service like Pocket. Gesture browsing experience together with pre loading feature in Link Bubble can enhance the internet browsing experience on mobile devices.

Javelin Browser

Javelin, an Android Browser, is built with its focus on mobile experience of surfing on the web. It is streamlined and very minimal with gestures between tabs and has built in AdBlock and the first Android browser with reading mode, similar to Pocket/Readability app with one touch navigation. Besides these, Javelin is capable of intelligent bookmarks wherein the bookmarks are segregated based on the frequency of use, with built in proxy services, though in-app subscription is needed, incognito mode (private browsing) and fast start times wherein app opens immediately.

Pocket

Pocket is a useful and simple browser extension, its main function is saving web content for offline reading when time permits using the Pocket app to read it. It synchronizes the pages to the Pocket server side and can be read on different devices.

When online and reading something which may have to be stopped, the Pocket plug in can save the page easily after which using the Pocket app the same can be read at any time.

In order to use this extension, Next Browser is needed to be installed which is the fastest and the simplest browser. Besides these, there are other extensions in Next Browser to improve the functions without limitation namely QR code for Next Browser, PDF, Screenshot, Evernote, Auto Refresh, Facebook, Private Bookmarks, translate, defy pages and browsing faster all for Next Browser.

How to Block Ads on Your Browser

Knowledge on how to Block ads could be useful

Android users are very familiar with mobile ads with many of them making their rounds on the internet. Advertisements are a source of revenue, keeping websites afloat but sometimes these advertisements could be very annoying. Knowledge on how to block these ads could prove to be helpful to the user enabling them to block unwanted ads that may pop up during usage. Blocking advertisements can be done on the major browsers used by Windows XP, Vista 7 and 8, Mac OS X and Linux users, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Opera. The two system wide ad blocking methods can be used namely AdFender or HostMan to block ads on every browser as well as other programs like instant messengers, torrent software without the need of AdBlock Plus.

AdFender – Ad Blocking Program

AdFender, an ad-blocking program which operates independent of web browsers, installed as a Window program but not a browser add-on or extension, blocks ads on all the browsers, system wide. AdFender can also be used to block ads on Firefox, Internet Explorer as well as the latest v11 of IE, Opera and Chrome or even any other browser which may be used. Moreover it also blocks ads on instant messaging programs as well as torrent software. All that the user needs to do is to download and install AdFender which will automatically block all ads on Internet Explorer as well as other browsers.

HostMan though not a program can be used to Block Ads

HostMan though not an ad blocking program, is a program that enables to modify Windows computer’s Hosts file and can be used to block ads since it is used to block connections to ad networks and the Hosts file. The process is easier than it sounds wherein one can click on a few buttons and it effectively blocks ads on every browser or program. Firefox is the easiest browser to block ads with AdBlock Plus and the only setup needed with AdBlock Plus is to select the ad-blocking filter which needs to be used. These filters are a definition list informing AdBlock Plus on which ads to be blocked. The need to select one of the filters is essential and after the initial installation, more than one filter could also be used though one filter would do enough to block 99.5% of ads.

AdBlock Plus

Though AdBlock Plus does blocks most of the ads on its own, if by chance it ever misses an ad, a right click on the ad, selecting AdBlock Plus: Block image, will enable to create a custom filter blocking the ad as well as similar ads to it. Block tab may pop up if AdBlock Plus misses a Flash or Java ad enabling to block it manually, since the user is unable to right click on those types of ads. AdBlock Plus has other useful features like the ability to disable AdBlock Plus on specific websites which can be done through the AdBlock Plus Button. AdBlock Plus the add-on for Firefox has now been ported officially to Internet Explorer and is easy to install. It starts blocking ads immediately without the need to setup anything after it has been installed.