Google Maps goes Offline

Many parts of the world, where there is no access to Internet and it really becomes difficult for people navigating from one place to another without having mobile data or internet to get right directions. To overcome this situations Google takes a major steps to help people across globe find directions and get where they are going, even when they are out of mobile data or Internet access.


Now you can download an area of the world to your phone, and the next time you find there's no connectivity -- whether it's a country road or an underground parking garage -- Google Maps will continue to work seamlessly. Whereas before you could simply view an area of the map offline, now you can get turn-by-turn driving directions, search for specific destinations, and find useful information about places, like hours of operation, contact information or ratings.

You can download an area by searching for a city, county or country, for instance, and tapping "Download" on the resulting place sheet, or by going to "Offline Areas" in the Google Maps menu and tapping on the "+" button. Once downloaded, Google Maps will move into offline mode automatically when it recognizes you are in a location with spotty service or no connectivity at all. When a connection is found, it will switch back online so you can easily access the full version of Maps, including live traffic conditions for your current route. By default, Google'll only download areas to your device when are on a Wi-Fi connection to prevent large data fees.

As of now Google Maps is only available for Android Smartphones. It will be coming soon to iOS.

Source: Google Maps Blog

Windows 10 new Cmd Prompt & 35 Shortcut keys

One of the most unchanged component of windows has been window's Command Prompt. Unlike Linux where every desktop environment (XFCE, KDE, GNOME ) to name a few, has it's own flavor of terminal (Console cmd for Linux) full of customization. Following this Microsoft tries to adopt the same thing and with the release of its newly launched Windows 10 you can experience the same.

Yes that's true, now you can customize Windows Command Prompt from making the screen transparent to enabling control keys shortcuts or using quick edit mode. So in this post we talk of Windows 10 featuring new command prompt and its various shortcuts keys.

What's New in Cmd Prompt:

• Edit Options - Lets you choose from various editing method like quick edit mode, enabling Ctrl shortcuts(Ctrl +V, Ctrl + C).

• Text Selections - This Option allows to select different Text Selection Wrapping and extending text selection.

• Legacy Console - If you don't like customization and rather want to go back you can do this by enabling it. By default this option is enabled in Windows 10 and if you want to take the tour of new cmd prompt you must first disable this option. By disabling it you will be able to open the door of new cmd prompt options.

• Opacity - This is an option where you can make cmd prompt screen go transparent from minimum level of30% to maximum level up to 100%. To enable the Opacity (found in Colors menu) you need to disable (uncheck) the Use legacy console option.

To get started right click anywhere in the console title bar and choose properties. Click on the images for clear view.

To make best possible use of new features of Command Prompt we recommend you to enable all the options by disabling (uncheck) the Use legacy console (require relauch) option.

Whats more you can even change screen layout (size), change screen background, change text color and more right from cmd properties.

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Windows 10 Cmd Prompt Shortcut Keys

• Editing Keys:

         These keys allows to copy paste a text from a clipboard to windows command prompt. You must check the box next to the "Enable Ctrl Key Shortcuts" in Edit Option to enable Ctrl +V or Ctrl + C shortcuts.

             CTRL + V                Paste text into the command line.

             CTRL + C                Copy selected text to the clipboard.

             CTRL + INS             Copy selected text to the clipboard.

             SHIFT + INS           Paste text into the command line.

             CTRL + X                This is not yet implemented.

• Mark Mode Keys:

         These keys function in mark mode. You can enter this mode by right clicking anywhere in the console title bar and choosing Edit -> Mark from the context menu or via the shortcut provided below.

             Ctrl + M                      Enter Mark Mode to move the cursor within window.

             Ctrl + Home                Move cursor to the beginning.

             Ctrl + End                   Move cursor to the end.

             Arrows Keys                Move the cursor in the direction specified.

            Page Keys                    Move cursor by one page in the direction specified.

• Text Selection Keys:

            Shift  + left Arrow                    Move the cursor to the left one character

               Shift  + right Arrow                  Move the cursor to the right one character

               Shift  + UP Arrow                    Select text up line by line starting from the location of the insertion point.

              Shift  + Down Arrow                Extends text selection down one line, starting at the location of insertion point.

              Shift  + Home                            Extends text selection from cursor point to Home point (starting point)

              Shift + End                                Extends selection from cursor point to end point.

           

• Navigation Keys:

          Home                           Jump to the beginning of the line.

          End                              Jump to the end of the line.

          Ctrl + Arrow left            Jumps to the next word.

          Ctrl + Arrow right          Jumps to previous word.

         

• Manipulate Keys:

          Ctrl + Backspace           Deletes word left to the cursor.

          Delete                          Deletes characters right to the cursor.

          Tab                              Auto-complete folder name.

          Escape                         Clear current line.

          Ctrl + Home                 Delete from cursor position to beginning of the line.

          Ctrl + End                    Delete from cursor position to end of the line.

          Ctrl + Z                       End of line, text after this would be ignored.

• Recall Keys:

          Arrow UP                     Input previously read command.

          Arrow Down                Input previously read command.

         Arrow Right/F1             Type previous command character-by-character.

         F3                               Repeat previous command.

         F7                               Show previous history commands.

         Alt + F7                       Clears previous history commands.

• Other Keys:

         Ctrl + F                       Open Find Dialog.

         Alt + F4                      Close the console windows.

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Please leave your comments if you're having problem, understanding any of the above commands.

Hope this helps!

P.S: If you know any more commands that we missed please share it with us and we shall update it in our records.

Enable Cortana for Windows 10 in non available region

It's been over a week since Microsoft's Windows 10 launched in 190 countries on July 29, 2015. We feel great running Windows 10 as there are many changes in the system. 

Windows   10   is   built   with   many   features   from   Enterprise   to   personal   use,   One   such new feature is "Cortana for Windows 10" but we were very disappointed to see the unavailability of Cortana in our region.

According to Microsoft: Cortana  is available in the following countries/regions: China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and United States. 

As there is a saying : 

Necessity is the Mother of Invention 

So we discovered it. The reason is very simple we really wanted to run our hands on Cortana. And we could not wait for it to become available and give a try. In this post we show you "How to Enable Cortana for Windows 10 in non-available region" Here's your guide to it.

         1.  Verify whether it is available in your reason or not?

                 Click the search the Web and Windows bar/icon > goto Cortana settings option no. 2

         2.  Now that you know Cortana isn't supported in the region you have selected, goto control panel and click on the region tab as shown in the video.

         3. Change the Home location to the location where cortana is available right now. You can select from one of these countries/regions. But we would recommend you to select the region as United States:

• China
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States (Recommended) 

That's it, You are good to go now. Enjoy Cortana.

We would love to hear you. Do let us know if you are having trouble Enabling Cortana by commenting below and we would be happy to help.

Download Windows 10 right away without waiting for upgrade confirmation

Get Windows 10 now.

After a span of around 9 months of engineering process, Microsoft has finally released Windows 10 today in 190 countries as a free upgrade. Unfortunately not all user can get windows 10 right away. WHY?

According to Microsoft: It will release the updates phase by phase so that the updates process runs smoothly. But first it will roll out updates for 5 millions users who took part in Windows Insider Program. If you are one among them you will be able to update right away as below.

But what for those who did not participated in Windows Insider Program and they are eagerly waiting to run their hands on Windows 10? To this there is a good news for them as Microsoft is providing Digital Download via Media Creation tool facility to upgrade system manually.

Through this Digital Download, you can:

• upgrade right away
• create installation media via USB flash drive or DVD

Microsoft suggests a few steps before you begin to download:

• Make sure you have:
  • An internet connection (internet service provider fees may apply).
  • Sufficient data storage available on a computer, USB or external drive for the download.
  • A blank USB or DVD (and DVD burner) with at least 4 GB of space if you want to create media. We recommend using a blank USB or blank DVD, because any content on it will be deleted.
• Read the System Requirements.
• If you will be installing the operating system for the first time, you will need your Windows product key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx).
• Link to Download from official site

Hopes this helps & Happy upgrade...

Complete step by step Guide and How to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

Hello folks, in our previous post we looked at the the Windows 10 release dates, features and how to reserve your Windows 10 free upgrade (with short description). Click here to read previous post. But in this post we will be looking at complete step by step guide to reserve windows 10 free upgrade. Before you begin you might want to make a note:

NOTE:

In order to reserve your free upgrade to Windows 10 you need to be a qualified windows user to be able to participate in reserving the same. If not we are sorry you won't be able to reserve and upgrade to windows 10. This is what Microsoft has planned right now. We believe you got our note! Right? OK then let's move to steps now.

Step 1:

As said you need to be a  qualifed  windows user and has ability to update your windows. So check for an update in Windows update option found in the control pannel and update the same. Click on the image to see the Get Windows 10 app found on the right side of the task bar, after we updated our system running Windows 8.1 Pro.

Step 2:

Click on the Get Windows 10 app (see the image above). You should see the following screen.

Step 3:

 Click on "Reserve your free upgrade". After clicking you must see the following screen. Great, your upgrade is reserved! Though you can skip email confirmation but we would recommend you to enter your email to get a confirmation.

Step 4:

The following screen appears after entering your email address in step 3.

That's it for now. Sit back and relax. You will be notified when your updgrade is ready.

How to Verify you have reserved your free upgrade?

There are  two method for this:

1) Get Windows 10 App: If you click get windows 10 app again  after processing all the above steps you will see the following screen and you won't find any option for Reserving your free upgrades that means you have successfully reserved your windows 10 free upgrade.

2) Email Confirmation: If you have completed step 3 you should receive the email confirmation for the same. That means you have successfully Reserved your free upgrades. Here is the snapshot of email confirmation from Microsoft.

Hope this helps! Do let us know any questions commenting below and we shall be happy to answer. Please consider it by sharing.

Windows 10 release date, features and how to reserve & upgrade for free

Well, the much awaited OS from Microsoft after a span of 8 months from it's Technical Preview version to final version is ready to release. Presenting the all new Windows 10, coming your way to heat up the summer this July.

On June 1st, Microsoft announced that it will release windows 10 worldwide on July 29, 2015 with a free upgrade to all. Don't get confuse or happy to hear Free Upgrade. Because Microsoft is making Windows 10 as free upgrades (till July 29, 2016 you have one year to take advantage of this free upgrade) only for qualified (if you are able to update your windows) Windows 7, Windows 8.1 users though it was rumored that it will be available for non qualified pirated version of the windows, which Microsoft has said passively. 

How to get your free upgrade ?

• As said, first you need to be a qualified windows user and has the ability to update your Windows to receive the small windows icon which is a Get Windows 10 app found at the right end of the task bar.

• Now click on the Get Windows 10 app and "Reserve your free upgrade in the app windows.

• Enter an email address which is an optional choice, just a confirmation about your reservation to the free windows upgrade.

• All set. Now relax and get notified when it becomes available for you to download. 

• Click here to read the complete step by step guide to upgrade to Windows 10

Features & Specification:

In terms of features and specification, Microsoft has plenty of do-things to provide with its Windows 10 BitLocker To Go, Cortana, Continuum, InstantGo, TPM 2.0 Two factor authentication, Windows Hello are the few unique features present in Windows 10. To know more about additional requirements to use certain features, Feature deprecation section and other info click here.

How to know your router IP address

Sometimes we want to configure our Internet router for various settings but we don't know it's IP address to login and have access to it. In this post we will tell you how you can know your router IP address.

The very first thing you need to do is to have your router switched on. Following that you need to open cmd prompt and type "ipconfig". Now you will get the following screen:

Now look for the Default Gateway in the above figure and type the same address in browser i.e. 192.168.0.1 when you type this in you will get your router login screen (depending on your router).

Hope this helps!

Google Chrome Dinosaur offline game

Have you been in a situation like this? Yes you have been, not just once but many times. Right? Do you know that there is a hidden game behind this page. While you wait for the network to come, you can play and make the Dinosaur to jump over cactus plant. Now the question is How...?

Here is How:

When you see the above page, you can play it by hitting/pressing space bar to start or jump. There is another key for doing the same and you can do it with up arrow button as you do with space bar. This was the method to start. But what when you game is over and you want to play once again and don't want to use mouse to reload the game...?

To reload the game without using mouse simply press space bar or up arrow to reload the game and play again. 

Happy Running...

Micromax YU Yuphoria - The next budget phone for just ₹ 6999/-

The next family from Yu Brand with latest Android OS. Presenting the all new Micromax Yu Yuphoria with Android 5.0.2 and metal design, new in this price range.

The phone comes with superior metal design with 64-bit architecture, Snapdragon 410 and a 2 GB of RAM. Not satisfied? Hold on they have more to offer with this phone. Now customize, edit privacy, add security and do what you like with latest Cyanogen OS 12.

Equipped with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to protect the display from scratches  and a 1280 x 720 px for sharp and vivid display. The phone have a better viewing angle too.

Capture the world wherever you go with 8 MP rear camera or take a selfie with 5 MP front camera with 85 degree wide angles view. The f/2.2 aperture gives a sharp image quality even in low light conditions.

Complete gaming with sensors like Gravity, Gyroscope, Accelerometer  and a Proximity to name a few. It also comes with powerful battery and a Qualcomm quick charging technology.

Conclusion:
This is the best phone to buy in this price segment. Look no other than Micromax Yu Yuphoria

How to Buy:
Register here for the sale starting on May 28, 2015 at 2 P.M.

Asus Zenfone 2 all set to launch in India on April 23

Asus on April 10, at a Zenfone 2 media preview confirmed that it is going to launch three variants model for India on April 23. 

The three variants which will be launching in India are:

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 

1) 2GB Variant

2) 4GB Variant

• Platform
  Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
• Color
  Black/White/Red/Gray/Gold
• Dimensions
  77.2 x 152.5 x 3.9 ~ 10.9 mm (WxDxH)
• Weight
  170 g
• CPU
  Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Z3580 (2.3GHz), PowerVR G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support
  Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Z3560 (1.8GHz), PowerVR G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support
• Memory
  2GB/4GB LPDDR3 RAM
• Storage
  16GB/32GB/64GB eMMC Flash
  5GB free lifetime ASUS WebStorage
• Memory Slot
  MicroSD card (up to 64 GB)
• Modem
  Intel 7262 + Intel 2230
• Connectivity Technology
  WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  USB
  Bluetooth V4.0, NFC
  Dual Micro SIM card
• Network Standard
  UMTS/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE
  Data Rate: 
  HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
  DC-HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
  LTE Cat4:UL 50 / DL 150 Mbps
  2G :
  EDGE/GPRS/GSM :
  850/900/1800/1900,
  3G :
  WCDMA :
  850/900/1900/2100
  TD-SCDMA: (CN/IN Only)
  1900 ~ 2100
  4G :
  FDD-LTE: (TW)
  2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(28)
  FDD-LTE: (WW)
  2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/2600MHz(7)/900MHz(8)/800MHz(20)
  FDD-LTE: (US)
  2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/2600MHz(7)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(17)/800MHz(20)
  FDD-LTE: (CN/IN)
  2100MHz(1)/1800MHz(3)
  TDD-LTE: (CN/IN)
  2600MHz(38)/1900MHz(39)/1900MHz(40)/1900MHz(41)
• Navigation
  GPS/GLONASS/QZSS/SBAS/BDS
• Display
  5.5inches, Full HD 1920x1080,IPS
  Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
• Battery
  3000 mAh Li-Polymer (non-removable)
• Camera
  Front 5 Mega-Pixel, Fix Focus, Wide View, PixelMaster
  Rear 13 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus, PixelMaster
• Sensor
  G-Sensor/E-Compass/Gyroscope/Proximity/Ambient Light Sensor
• Note
  The 18W BoostMaster adapter is included with 2.3GHz/4GB ZenFone 2 model only

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML

3) 2GB Variant

• Platform
  Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
• Color
  Black/White/Red
• Dimensions
  77.2 x 152.5 x 3.9 ~ 10.9 mm (WxDxH)
• Weight
  170 g
• CPU
  Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Z3560 (1.8GHz), PowerVR G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support
• Memory
  2GB LPDDR3 RAM
• Storage
  16GB eMMC Flash
  5GB free lifetime ASUS WebStorage
• Memory Slot
  MicroSD card (up to 64 GB)
• Modem
  Intel 7262 + Intel 2230
• Connectivity Technology
  WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  USB
  Bluetooth V4.0
  Dual Micro SIM card
• Network Standard
  UMTS/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE
  Data Rate: 
  HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
  DC-HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
  LTE Cat4:UL 50 / DL 150 Mbps
  2G :
  EDGE/GPRS/GSM :
  850/900/1800/1900,
  3G :
  WCDMA :
  850/900/1900/2100
  TD-SCDMA: (CN/IN Only)
  1900 ~ 2100
  4G :
  FDD-LTE: (TW)
  2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(28)
  FDD-LTE: (WW)
  2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/2600MHz(7)/900MHz(8)/800MHz(20)
  FDD-LTE: (CN/IN)
  2100MHz(1)/1800MHz(3)
  TDD-LTE: (CN/IN)
  2600MHz(38)/1900MHz(39)/1900MHz(40)/1900MHz(41)
• Navigation
  GPS/GLONASS/QZSS/SBAS/BDS
• Display
  5.5inches, HD 1280x720,IPS
  Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
• Battery
  3000 mAh Li-Polymer (non-removable)
• Camera
  Front 5 Mega-Pixel, Fix Focus, Wide View, PixelMaster
  Rear 13 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus, PixelMaster
• Sensor
  G-Sensor/E-Compass/Proximity/Ambient Light Sensor
• Note
  Supports BoostMaster fast charging (optional adapter required)

All these variants are of 5.5-inch HD display with 72% screen ratio. The Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, which is a 5-inch HD display will not be launch in India as on April 23.

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL 

Specifications:

Platform

Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

Color

Charcoal Black/Pearl White/Cherry Red

Dimensions

148.1 x 71.5 x 10.9 ~ 3.9 mm (LxWxH)

Weight

155 g (with battery)

CPU

Intel® Atom™ Z2560 ( 1.6 GHz )

Memory

2 GB LPDDR2 RAM

Storage

16GB eMMC Flash
5GB free lifetime ASUS WebStorage

Memory Slot

MicroSD card (up to 64 GB)

Connectivity Technology

WLAN 802.11 b/g/n
USB 2.0
Bluetooth V4.0+EDR +A2DP
One Micro SIM card

Network Standard

UMTS/WCDMA/LTE
Data Rate: 
HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
DC-HSPA+: UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
LTE Cat3:UL 50 / DL 100 Mbps
2G :
EDGE/GPRS/GSM :
850/900/1800/1900,
3G :
UMTS :
850/900/1900/2100
WCDMA :
850/900/1900/2100
4G :
FDD-LTE: (TW/JP)
2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/2600MHz(7)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(28)
FDD-LTE: (WW)
2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/2600MHz(7)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(17)/800MHz(20)

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS & AGPS

Display

5inches, HD 1280x720, IPS with Capacitive Multi touch panel
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, Supports GloveTouch input

Battery

2500 / mAh Li-Polymer (non-removable)

Standby Time

360 hours(3G)

Talk Time

28 hours(2G)

Camera

Front 2 Mega-Pixel, F2.0 Aperture
Rear 8 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus, LED Flash, F2.0 Aperture
5 -element lens

Video

Video Playback :
MPEG4
H.264
H.264 AVC
H.263
3GP
Video Recording :
MPEG-4 SP
MPEG-4 ASP
VP8
VP9
H.263
H.264
3GP

Audio Slot

3.5mm

Audio

MP3/WMV/3GP/AAC/FM Radio

Messaging

SMS/MMS/Email

E-Mail

Google Mail/Exchange/POP3

Sensor

Accelerator/E-Compass/Proximity/Light Sensor

Note

For Camera and ZenUI features , ZenFone 2 (ZE500CL) only supports functions below,

Camera features :
 Low-Light mode
 HDR mode
 Zero shutter lag
 Time Rewind
 Depth of Field
 MiniMovie
 ZenCircle

ZenUI features :
 Brand-new interface
 Multiple themes
 Tap Tap to wake up
 What's Next
 Do It Later
 Instant Updates via Google Play
 ZenLink