Convert Anything to Everything Online

  

Remember the time we used to download a million different tools to convert .flv movies to .avi or .divx, or convert word document to pdf and vice versa? No less than 6 months ago, my computer was loaded with such different file converter for audio, video, images, documents and archives. I even had apps installed on my phone to do file format conversions. Finally I decided to find an online alternative for this. Something which will convert anything to the target format I need. And YES, I still believe in the internet, because I found www.online-convert.com – Convert media free, fast and online. No software installation needed. All you have to do is Select the Target format, tweak the output file settings, upload the file or choose a file from Dropbox (favorite feature) or the URL of the file you want to convert and it’s done.

Currently free and Ads supported, www.online-convert.com can convert over 168 file types to JPG. With advance settings like frame-rate, bit-rate, cut/trim videos, etc. the video converter works flawlessly. Apart from audio and video www.online-convert.com offers converters for e-books, images, documents, hash and archives. The archive converter does not support .RARs yet, but .7z and .zip are great (another reason not to ever buy WinZip).

A lot different websites like convertonlinefree.com, www.zamzar.com, www.convertfiles.com, media.io offer similar features but only www.convertfiles.com offers comparable diversity of supported file formats.

www.online-convert.com is fast, free and elegant and totally deserves a place on your bookmarks bar ( beside TechMef.com)

Google Maps : Offline Maps and more

The new Google Maps comes with an amazing cards based UI and is very user friendly, but the ability of caching maps for offline viewing isn’t very obvious. Power saving is crucial while traveling and we don’t want to waste power and mobile data on Google Maps. Tablet users usually end up using sinuous ways like using a hotspot or looking for a Wi-Fi network availability just to peek at a map. Luckily Google does not hate its users and soon two methods surfaced that could cache maps seamlessly.

 

 

1. “Okay Maps”

The first one is an Easter egg. All you have to do is touch the little microphone button () on the right side of the search bar and say “Okay Maps” or you can just type it in the search box. The application will start caching the on-screen map area, with a notification showing  current progress. When the process if complete, the application displays another notification to indicate the completion of the task.

2. The standard method

The standard method is to tap the search bar and scroll down to the very bottom of the Google Places integration, recent places and other parts of the list. There lies the button saying “Make this map area available offline”. Again, it will trigger the “Pre-loading map..” notification. Once finished you can use Google Maps with or without an internet connection.

You can also use the web-app to get the directions and download them for offline use.

Google Maps | Web

Google Maps | Google Play

Google Maps | App Store

 

Screenshots edited using Evernote Skitch. All screenshots are taken on Asus Google Nexus 7 2013. HTML Translator – Windows Live Writer.

GPU-Z : Look inside your PC Graphics

has come up with a graphics card information utility tool for Windows users that gives a lot of information about many different parameters of on-board and dedicated graphics of your PC. This lightweight app can access the temperature sensor of your video card, which helps controlling the random overheating or thermal trips. Beside temperature, GPU-Z can measure GPU clocks, load, memory, VDDC required for every over-clocked GPU’s health check and maintenance. As a cherry on the top, it can also measure the number of transistors on your device ( Just to Brag!!)

 

GPU-Z is a freeware that runs on Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported). For more information visit www.techpowerup.com/gpuz 

GPU-Z | Download link.

Windows 7 Tweaks and Tricks

Windows 7 Tweaks and Tricks

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1) Maximize Or Restore Or Play around The Foreground Window

Press Windows Key + Up Key. 

Press Windows Key + Down Key

Press Windows Key + Left Key

Press Windows Key + Right Key

2) Shortcut to ur Taskbar Buttons

• Win + B Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the tray.
• Win + 1 ..... Win + 9 Launch  icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar.
• Win + SHIFT + 1 ..... Win+ SHIFT + 9 Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon.
• Win + Ctrl + 1 ..... Win + Ctrl + 9 Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.
• Win + Alt + 1 ...... Win + Alt + 9 Opens jump list for respective icon.

3) Collor Calibaation

Win key + R (For Run window)

then type DCCW and hit Enter

then type cttune and hit Enter

4) Energy Consuption test

Press the Windows Key and type “POWERCFG –ENERGY –OUTPUT ”, and it will create a file called energy-report.html in the folder specified by you, after observing your PC for 60 seconds.

5) Cycle through Open apps

Alt + Tab (regular cycling)

Win + Tab (3D cycling)

Win + T (Sneak Peak Cycling)
Win + Ctrl + Tab (3D cycling + hold)

6) Peeking at the Desktop.

Win + space (to see wats happening on ur desktop)







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