Meet Truecaller, a trusted and reliable global phone directory that can tell you the contact details of unknown phone numbers in a few clicks.
Truecaller also has apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows phone and Symbian.
Online
1. Visit the Trucaller web page here.
2. Enter the phone number of which you want to find the contact details.
3. It will ask you to sign in using Facebook, Twitter, Google or
Yahoo. Sign in using any of this service. But I recommend using
Facebook. If you watched the video above, you will know why Facebook.
4. Now, you will need to enter the Phone number again and click on the blue search icon.
Smartphones
1. The first thing you need to do is to install the app on your Smartphone.
2. Here are the download links:
3. Once you have installed the app, you will have to confirm your region.
4. Next, you can get the contact details of unknown phone number from the main screen.
The app runs in the background and kicks in every time you get a call.
- Aircel: Dial *111*10#
- Airtel:Dial *123*10#
- BSNL: Send SMS DATA2G to 53733
- Tata Docomo(GSM): Dial *191#
- Vodafone: Dail *111# and select option 6
- Reliance (GSM): send SMS BBAL your mobile number to 53535
- Idea: send SMS USAGE to 58880
- Videocon: Dial *123#
- Aircel: Dial *131*0#
- Airtel: send blank SMS to 59103 you will get your mobile number as reply or Dial *121*9#
- BSNL: Dial *888#
- Tata Docomo(GSM): Dial *1#
- Tata Docomo(CDMA):Dial *1#
- Vodafone: Dail *131*0#
- Reliance (GSM): Dial *1#
- Reliance(CDMA): Dial *1#
- Idea: Dial *1#
- MTS: send SMS NUM to 51230
- Videocon: Dial *1#
VLC media player is probably the best media player in terms of supported
video formats and available set of functionalities. There are a lot of
cool things that we can do with VLC player. Do you know that it allows
you to record and convert media files from one format to another, take
snapshots, stream online content, and also lets you broadcast media
online. Have a look …
How to Take Snapshots with VLC Media Player
You can take multiple snapshots of the Video being played. For this, click ‘View’ on menu bar and select ‘Advanced Controls’.
On doing so a new set of controls will become visible on the screen.
(Highlighted in red in Screen Shot above). Now, play the video as usual
and at any instance you feel like capturing the shot, just click on the
small camera icon button. Simple!
The adjacent red button on advanced bar can be utilized to record the
section of video. Click once to initiate recording from current point.
The captured images and videos can be easily obtained under My Documents
Folder.
Streaming Online Media
You can also stream online media on VLC media player. The procedure
is extremely simple. For example, you desire to play a video from
YouTube then copy the URL of the webpage and click on file menu followed
by a click on ‘Open Location From Clipboard’. Yep! Nothing extra
required.
This video will play like any other video file provided you have
enough bandwidth to support playback. The interesting part is that the
recording options mentioned above worked without any issue.
Media Conversion:
VLC Media Player offers you numerous ways to convert files from one
format to another. To my wonder, why people waste so much time and
efforts looking for a video-converter when they already have VLC
installed on their PC. Just see how simple it is:
- Open file menu and select “Convert/ Save”.
- Then add the media to be converted and click on ‘Convert / Save’ button. You can now set quality attributes under settings.
- Next, click on browse button to specifying the name and destination for converted file.
- Next, click on save button and wait a while till processing completes.
Streaming Online with VLC Media Player Tips
You can easily stream files, CDs, DVDs, Webcam, and digital TV. Click on ‘Stream’ option available under file menu.
Next, you require selecting the destination. The destination drop down
has multiple options and rest of the procedure will vary as per
selection made by you. I must make it clear that this is about technical
process and it will be nice to refer the official documentation for
further instructions.