Use Google Docs to Monitor Availability of iPhone and iPads in Apple Stores

You are looking to buy an iPhone 5S (or the iPad Air or the upcoming iPad Mini Retina) but the model you want is neither available on the Apple website nor at the local Apple Store. Apple will not notify you when they have stock so you manually check the Apple’s online store, multiple times a day, to know if that product has become available or not.

A website called Apple-Tracker.com (now offline) made that task slightly less cumbersome as it allowed users to quickly check availability of Apple products in stores in their locality. You could choose an Apple product, enter your zip code and it would tell you if that product was available for pickup at any of the Apple stores in your locality.

The website is however no longer available but the developer has uploaded the code on Github should you be interested in running a private copy of the Apple Tracker. This is a Node.JS based app and implementation does need some technical know-how.

There’s however a simpler Google Script based version of the Apple Tracker tool available as well that you can run privately in your own Google Drive. This version will send email alerts (sample alert) as soon as it finds that an item in your watchlist is available at a nearby Apple store. You can track stocks of iPad Air, iPad Mini with Retina Display and the iPhone 5S.

Here’s how you can use the Google Script based Apple Tracker tool for automatically tracking Apple inventory at various Apple Stores in your locality:

1. Click here to make a copy of the Apple Tracker script in your Google Drive.
2. You’ll have a sheet with a list of all available models of the iPhone 5S, iPad Air and the upcoming iPad Mini with Retina. Put “Y” against items that you wish to track.
3. Go to the Apple Tracker menu in the sheet and choose Initialize. Then click “Accept” at the authorization dialog. The script is open-source  and none of your data leaves your Drive.
4. Choose Start Tracking under the Apple Tracker menu. Enter your zip code (U.S. only) and your email address where you wish to receive product availability alerts. Click the Start Tracking button and exit the Google sheet.

If you would like to disable tracking, just open your Google sheet copy and add “N” against all the product items that you no longer wish to track. Alternatively, you may choose the Uninstall option under the Apple Track menu.

Hate Typing Passwords? Log into your Mac Computer with your iPhone

Knock to Unlock is a new iPhone app ($3.99) that lets you easily log into your locked Macbook using the iPhone in your pocket. While you are near your locked Mac, just know the screen of your iPhone twice and the app will automatically enter your password on the computer.

Knock has two components – the desktop app that runs on your Mac and the iPhone app. When you knock on the iPhone screen, the Mac app automatically enters your password and unlocks the computer. Your Mac is still protected with a password, the app just saves you from the hassle of typing that long password every time you sign-in.

And if your iPhone isn’t around, you will still be able to sign in to your Mac by manually typing the password.

Know to Unlock is currently available for Mac only but a Windows version is also in the works. You need an iPhone running on iOS 7 and not a very ancient Macbook or iMac running on Mountain Lion or Mac OS X Mavericks.

One iPhone can only be paired with one Mac computer though the website says that support for multiple Macs is coming very soon.

Find Out If Your Outgoing Email Messages Leak Your IP Address

When you send an email to someone, the outgoing message may sometimes include the IP address of your computer that was used to send that message. The IP address is included inside the message header and, if available, it can help the recipient trace the approximate geographic location of the sender.

Not all email providers include the sender’s IP address in the outgoing email messages.

For instance, Gmail omits the sender’s IP address if you send mails through Gmail’s website or through Gmail’s mobile apps but the IP address gets included if you use a third-party program – like Microsoft Outlook or the Mail App on your iPhone – to send the message through your Gmail account. Outlook.com also hides the sender’s IP address while Yahoo Mail includes that information in the outgoing message headers.

If you would like to know if your email client is revealing your IP address to the recipients or not, you can either send an email to yourself and look at the message headers but if that sounds a bit too technical, give emailipleak.com a try.

When you open the site in your browser, it detect your computer’s IP address and creates a unique email address for you. You are required to send a blank message from your email client to that address. When the message arrives, the tool looks for your IP address in the headers of the incoming message and alerts you if a match is found.

The site’s privacy policy says that it does not collect any user information and the information is discarded immediately after any results pages are constructed.

A Free Screen Capture Tool Loaded with Features

ShareX is a free and open source screen capturing tool for Windows so loaded with features that it may give even commercial screen capture programs a run for their money. The tool is portable too so you can run it on your USB drive without installation.

ShareX has all the necessary features that would expect in a screen capturing tool. It lets you capture fixed areas on the screen, full application windows or even freehand regions. There’s a built-in editor to help you annotate screenshot images. You can create watermarks and they are auto-added to the image after the screen capture is complete.

You can configure the app to auto-upload your screen captures to cloud destination like Google Drive, Dropbox, Picasa, Box, Flickr, Imgur and many more. When the image is uploaded, the shared URL is copied to the clipboard for quick sharing on social networks.

There’s a useful timer mode that will auto-capture screenshots of the selected region on your desktop after ‘n’ seconds and will then upload them to your favorite destination.

The tool can automatically watermark your screenshot images before uploading

ShareX also includes a screen recorder and the screencasts can be either saved as video (MP4) files or as animated GIFs. You can modify the default capture frame rate (FPS) to achieve a balance between the video quality and the video file size.

Alternatives include Greenshot, Bug Shooting, PicPick and Skitch.

Download Youtube Videos Online

Watching Video is everyone's favorite pass time on the Internet.Everyone use a favorite place to watch videos,Youtube ,Megavideo,Metacafe video etc etc.Though Youtube is the top favorite among all of them.Watching video on the respective site may be a problem if you suffering from a slow Internet connection.

Wouldn't it be great to first download the video and then watch it like you would a full movie without interruption?

This sites doesn't have a built-in download feature but that doesn't matter,because we have accummulated some other ways to download videos from Youtube.

• Here are some site that you can use to download Youtube videos online :

1. keepvid.com
2. Catchvideo.ne\
3. Savevid.com
4. Clipconverter.cc
5. Savemedia.com

• Here is another smartest way to do so :

1. Go to Youtube.
2. Search and find the video you want to download.
3. Click on it.
4. Click on the address bar of your browser.
5. Replace "http://www."  or "http://m."(If you are from mobile) with "ss" and press enter key.
6. Now a screen will appear with download links.
7. Choose your video format there and start downloading.

track unknown callers by Truecaller

As you all know there are lots of services in the web world that you can use to trace unknown mobile numbers.But those are not very effective as you could get only few details like the state which mobile number belongs to and its telecom oparetor.

But today we are living in advanced twenty first century where everything is possible like we got an app which can help you to find more details (like owner/area etc) about those unknown callers.its called Truecaller.

• How does Truecaller works?

Truecaller is a global dynamic directory for mobile phones.It was the phone directory of users.to build the database of mobile numbers,and any user can do number look up using it.

• Trucaller Feature :

1. Number lookup : you can lookup[ numbers by just entering the numbers in the search option of Truecaller app.
2. Name lookup : using the number lookup feature you can find the contact details of any person by name.
3. Call Filter : This feature allow you to add unwanted numbers to block/spam list.And Truecaller will notify you when the number try to get in touch.

• Truecaller download links : 

1. For Android : Download
2. For Nokia : Download

• You can also try it online by going here : Truecaller

Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google

What is Sitemap?

• Sitemap file is like a directory of all web pages that exists on your blog or website.Search engines like Google and Yahoo use Sitemap to discover pages you have in your blog and delivers traffic if people searching for the content that your blog have.

Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google is a most important part of your Search Engine Optimization(SEO).

Make sure that you have already submitted your blogger sitemap to Google,if not then start doing so.

here is how to do so :

• Open this link : http://ctrlq.org/blogger/

• Write you blog URL in the box given there,and click in 'Generate Sitemap'.

• Now in next page you will get your sitemap file.like i highlighted my sitemap file in red color.Copy this.

• Go here : Webmaster Tools 

• Click on 'Add a Site' as shown in the below pic. 

• Now in the next page a box will appear.write your blog URL there and click on 'Continue'.

• Now click on 'SITEMAP'

• Now click on 'ADD/TEST SITEMAP'

• Now a box will appear.Paste your sitemap file there which we did copied in step 3.And click on 'Submit Sitemap'.

• Now refresh the page.

That's it.you have successfully submitted your sitemap to Google.It will be indexed within 3 days.

If you have any question please feel free to comment below.

Tips for picking a decent Domain Name

Selecting the perfect Domain Name for your site/blog is the most important and often time hardest,step in establishing a web presense if you are planning to start a site/blog its very important to a decent Domain Name for it,You shouldn't choose a Domain Name randomly.It can effect on your blog"'s performence.

Here are some freeky tips that you should keep in mind while choosing domain for your business or personal blog :

• Stick with '.COM' : The 'Com' is the most popular top level Domain and it can be hard to find one that is available in most cases.you should favor '.Com' Domain.

• Shorter is Better : Try and keep your Domain name as short and straight to the point as possible.The shorter your Domain name will be, the easier it will be to remember to your visitor.

• Avoid using Hyphen and Numbers: Both hyphens and numbers make it hard to give your Domain name verbally and falls down on being easy to remember.

• Keyword Relevance : The advantage of having an obvious Domain name that is relevant to your blog's topic,is that it may help people find your blog through keyword searchon google and other search engines.think of the keyword that best describe your blog content.
• Be Creative : Most single word domains are taken and you might need to create your own word.try compounding two whole words(youtube0,blending parts of two words together(Microsoft),tweaking a word(Flickr),or making up a completely unique name(Odeo).

Track Adsense Cheque

Using Google Adsense is the best way to monetize Website and blog and if you have reached 100$ in any particular month then in the next month Google will issue a payment on your name

Once they have issued a payment appear in your payment history with details with payment type,date,amount,currency,exchange rate and payment number etc.As the below pic:

Usually Adsense India sends cheque to their publisher through Bluedirt currier service.And if your area does not covered by bluedart then Adsense sends it through Indiapost.

Now if your area is covered by bluedart,then you can track your cheque by the tracking tool given on Bluedart's official site.

steps given below:

1. Copy the payment number from your payment history page.In my case its '072554908'.
2. Now go here Bluedart.com
3. You will see a tracking tool in the left sidebar of Bluedart's official site.
4. Click on ref no. instead of Waybill.
5. Now paste your payment number without the front 0 in the box given there.It will be a 8 digit number.Like in my case its '72554908'.
6. Now click on 'Go'. And watch your Tracking details.

Check if a Domain is banned by Google or Other Search Engines

Some weeks back i bought a nice Domain name,I had an eye on for it a long time back.I ordered it and hosted it with Network Solutions,but i was surprised when that domain was not getting with Google even after 3 weeks of submitting.Later i found out that this domain as banned by Google for some fraudlend activity and hence its previous owner had dropped this domain name.

After this incident everytime I buy a new Domain name,I personally take the pain to check if this domain is banned by Google or by Google Adsense in the past,with the help of some amazing online tools.I checked what this site looked like in the past.Before you buy a domain name make sure that it is not banned by Google.there are a lot of sites online that you can find if a Domain is banned or not.

• Website list to check if a Domain is banned by Google :

1. Seomastering.com
2. lwebtool.com
3. Isbanned.com
4. Onlinealley.com
5. Bannedcheck.com
6. Selfseo.com

Increase Adsense CPC by Following Some Easy Steps

If you are a professional blogger and Adsense is your prime source of revenue.You cant afford to ignore the importance of Adsense optimization.when we talk about Adsense optimization there are many things but the main target is t higher CPC.

• What is Adsense Cpc? 

 CPC stands for Cost Par Click,in short money which you make/click is what CPC.So if you want to earn a good revenue from your blog its basic need to have a good CPC rate.Here is how to increase your blog CPC :

• 1. Niche : First thing First ,choosing a right Niche for your blog is Niche for your blog is most important.CPC of a blog directly depends upon the topic on which you're writing your blog.there are niches that can pay you high CPC.Yes! here is the list of niches that can pay you high return :

          A. Domains.

          B. Gadgets.

          C. Banking.

          D. Health.

          E. Home Loans.

          F. Jobs.

• 2. Content : After choosing a Higher CPC Niche its very important to write decent and fresh content for your readers.you should know "Content is the King".So before writing a blog try to fin out what your readers are searching on the internet,and then try to present them with solution.Your content must be based on your niche.Hence good Content will certainly ensure higher Adsense CPC. 

•  3. Page Rank : Google page rank is not a new phenomena.In this your whole blog or a particular page in a website are ranked from 1 to 10.Therefore try to rank above 4.If your PR is 5 or 6 then google will show ads on your site which will pay you higher if someone clicks on them.

• 4. Ad review center : In google Adsense you will find Ad review center,you can go there and see yourself how much each Ad category is paying you.If you find that any Ad category is not paying then feel free to block them.And try to block those category which are completely irrelevant to the content or niche of your blog.
  

• 5. Text and Image format : Enable all of your ad units to show both text and images rich Ads.When you limit a unit to show only a particular kind of Ad,you are limiting the number of bidders Ad thus lowering your chances of earning maximum.

• 6. Platform : Your blogs are read from different platform like desktop,Mobile,Laptop etc.Althoug CPC is generally not much effected by the platform which Ads are shown.But you should try your best to target as many as readers.If you are able to reach to hand-held or mobile readers then CPC may increase as Ad shown on cellphones are of higher CPC.

• 7. Ad Placement : Never neglect the placement of your Ads on the webpage.So where to place Ads for maximum CPC? Answer is simple,place 2 Ads inside your blog post and 1 outside.As far as placing inside goes then place one 336*280 rectangle Ad on the top of the blog just below the title.and place second 468*60 Ad in between the blog post.Remaining one Ad you can place on your right sidebar that is outside your post.

Send email without opening yuor email id

Hello guys,
we are back again with another amazing trick.
this time with us send Email to your friends without opening your
mail id.
in case if your mail server(gmail/yahoomail/rediffmail/homail) is getting slow
at any important time just try this to get rid of this problem.
here are the sites you can give a try :

1) http://www.filepigeon.com/

2) http://www.emkei.cz/

Spokentext text to mp3 converter

here is another site that you can use to convert any text to a mp3 file.
its called Spokentext.and its more soffisticated than Vozme,
cos it has more features than Vozme.here you can change your volume
level while converting,and also you can make your mp3 file with different
voices.

Give it a try : http://www.spokentext.net

VOZME: Text to Mp3 Converter

VOZME is one of those wonderful online web apps that does one thing but does it very well. What it does is convert text to Mp3.

The site is simplicity itself. Type some text in the text box. Choose a voice (male or female) and click on the "Create mp3" MP3 button. That’s it! 

Within seconds, the text is converted to an MP3 file which can be saved and listened.

no account to sign up for or registation required.

Give it a shot at: www.vozme.com