Thursday 25 April 2013

How to get the Contact Details of Unknown Phone Numbers?




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.



Saturday 13 April 2013

Procedure To Check Your 2G GPRS Data Balance For All Operators

  1. Aircel: Dial *111*10#
  2. Airtel:Dial *123*10#
  3. BSNL: Send SMS DATA2G to 53733
  4. Tata Docomo(GSM): Dial *191#
  5. Vodafone: Dail *111# and select option 6
  6. Reliance (GSM): send SMS BBAL your mobile number to 53535
  7. Idea: send SMS USAGE to 58880
  8. Videocon: Dial *123#

Know Your Mobile Number For All Operators (Even At Zero Balance)

  1. Aircel: Dial *131*0#
  2. Airtel: send blank SMS to 59103 you will get your mobile number as reply or Dial *121*9#
  3. BSNL: Dial *888#
  4. Tata Docomo(GSM): Dial *1#
  5. Tata Docomo(CDMA):Dial *1#
  6. Vodafone: Dail *131*0#
  7. Reliance (GSM): Dial *1#
  8. Reliance(CDMA): Dial *1#
  9. Idea: Dial *1#
  10. MTS: send SMS NUM to 51230
  11. Videocon: Dial *1#

Friday 5 April 2013

4 Amazing VLC Media PLayer Tips & Tricks

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.