How to print directly from your phone

Got a photo, a web page, or a PDF form on your Android phone that you’d like to print? Nope, there’s no need to send the document to your PC or Mac—and no, you don’t need a newfangled, web-connected printer, either.
All you really need, in fact, is a) a standard USB printer connected to your desktop or laptop, b) Google’s Chrome web browser, and c) an Android app that works with Google’s handy (and free) “Cloud Print” service.

Just select your Cloud Print-connected printer to start printing documents straight from your Android phone.

What is Cloud Print, you ask? Well, it pretty much is what it says: a feature that lets you print documents and photos from the web, your phone, or a tablet, all via the “cloud.”
There’s a decent range of Google Print-friendly printers and apps available, and Google just released its own, official Google Print app for Android devices.
And while you can get a fancy Google Print-enabled printer that prints documents directly from the web, there’s nothing stopping you from using Google Print with the garden-variety printer you’re using right now.
Want to give it a try? Let’s get started…

• First, you’ll need to have Google Chrome installed on the PC or Mac that your printer’s connected to. Once that’s done, sync your Google account with Chrome by clicking the menu button in the top-right corner of the browser and selecting “Sign in with Google.”
• All set? Click the menu button again, select Settings, click “Show advanced settings” at the bottom of the page, then click the “Sign in to Google Cloud Print” button beneath the “Google Cloud Print” heading. Once you’ve signed in to Cloud Print with your Google ID, you can add your printer to your Cloud Print profile.


Cloud Print will let you print from any Android app with a Share option.


• Next, you’ll need to install a Cloud Print-compatible app onto your Android phone. For this example, I’ll go with Google’s official Cloud Print app, just to keep things simple. Also, when you’re setting up your Cloud Print app, make sure to sign in to Cloud Print using the same Google ID you used when setting up Cloud Print in Chrome.
• Done? If so, let’s try it. First, make sure both your PC and printer are turned on, then launch the Chrome web browser.
• Open a web page on your Android phone’s browser, tap the three-dot menu button in the top corner of the screen, tap Share, then tap the Cloud Print icon. (You can also print by tapping “Share” from within any Android app.)
• The Google Cloud Print app (or the Cloud Print app of your choice) should now open. Tap your printer from the list of available Cloud Print printers, take a quick look at the print preview screen, then tap the Print button (it’s the one that looks like an arrow, near the top of the screen). If all goes well, your printer should begin cranking out pages within a minute or so.

Source http://heresthethingblog.com
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How to Swipe from one message thread to the next

Unlike the Mail app for iPhone, the official Gmail app for Android phones lacks an obvious way (like, say, a pair of arrow keys on the actual message screen) for navigating from one email directly to the next.
Given that, I’m guessing plenty of Android users—hey, myself included—have been repeatedly tapping their way back to the inbox whenever they’re done with one message and want to skip to a new one.
Well, guess what: there’s a much easier way (as I belatedly discovered) to jump directly from one message thread (or “conversation,” as they’re called in Gmail) to the next.
Just swipe.
Specifically, you can swipe from left to right to skip to a more recent thread, or from right to left for an older one.
Pretty clever—so clever, in fact, that I’d completely missed it until now.

Add tip

Want to jump automatically to the next message after deleting or archiving the current one?
Tap the three-dot menu button in the bottom-right corner of the Gmail interface, tap Settings, General Settings, then “Auto-advance.”
You can then choose what happens when you delete or archive a message: you can advance to a newer message, go back to an older one, or return to the inbox.
Tips from http://heresthethingblog.com/2013/04/29/gmail-android-tip-swipe-message
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Create a calendar event or contact directly from email

An invite to a can’t-miss event just landed in your inbox, and you want to mark it in your iPhone’s calendar before you forget—and while you’re at it, you’d like to add the sender’s name to your address book.
Well, good news: you’re just a few taps away from saving the date in your iPhone’s (or iPad’s) Calendar app, or from creating a new entry in your Contacts app—all directly from the original email message.
Here’s how…

Create a calendar event from email

• Open the email, look for the date and time (which should already be highlighted in blue by your iPhone), tap it, then tap the “Create Event” button from the slide-up window. Once you do, an “Add Event” window will appear with the salient details already filled in.

Once you tap the “Create Event” button, an “Add Event” screen will appear with the salient details already filled in.


• Go ahead and edit the new event or add more information (such as a location or a reminder), then tap the “Done” button. You’re all set!
• You can also tap “Show in Calendar” to see if you’re free during that time slot, or “Copy” to copy the date and time to the iPhone’s virtual clipboard.

Create a contact

• Go to the top of the email, tap the name you’d like to save in the “From:” field, and then tap the “Create New Contact” button.
• A new contact form will appear with the name and email fields completed. Edit or add more details as you see fit, then tap the “Done” button.

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How To Backup WhatsApp Chat Log From iPhone To Computer

Do you have important WhatsApp chats that you want to save or read without having to press ‘load more’ every, single, time? Or is your WhatsApp starting to slow down because of your bloated (and still growing) chat history and you want to free up some space without losing all those memories inside?

With the help of iPhone Backup Extractor and WhatsApp Xtract you can save your WhatsApp chat history in your computer. With a little bit of help from Phyton you can display the chat history in browser view and read it whenever you want.

Recommended Reading: How to Backup iPhone SMS to Your Computer

1. Backup and Extract WhatsApp Data

Connect your iPhone to your computer and open up iTunes. Back up your iPhone.
Note: Make sure that you create an unencrypted backup file as the extractor in the second part of this guide cannot handle encrypted backup files.

To extract WhatsApp data from your iPhone backed-up files, download iPhone Backup Extractor and install it. Run the program.

This program will auto-locate the location of your backup files. If your folder is not in the located folder, click the drop-down and ‘Select another backup folder’ and locate your iPhone backup folder.

After locating the backup files, click on Expert Mode.

Then, click on ‘Application’ to expand it. Find ‘net.WhatsApp.WhatsApp’ and tick on the box next to it. Then click on Extract selected.

The extracted files will be placed in a folder named ‘Application’. The ‘Application’ folder can be located at the directory you chose after clicking ‘Extract selected’ earlier.
Before we go further, search for ‘ChatStorage.sqlite’ in the same folder. You will need this in the next step.

2. Extract & Read WhatsApp Chat History

So far, we have extracted WhatsApp data from our iPhone files. To read the chat history on the computer, we must first extract it from our WhatsApp data.
To extract, first download WhatsApp Xtract. Extract WhatsApp Xtract to a folder which is convenient for you.

You will see a ‘ChatStorage.sqlite’ in the WhatsApp Xtract folder. Replace it with your own ‘ChatStorage.sqlite’ that has been extracted from your backed up file.

To Read on Browser View

Download and install Phyton. Download the 32bit/x86 version even if you’re running on a 64bit/x64 Windows. If you choose to download the 64bit version, you’ll end up with an error when you try to use it later on.

After installing Phyton, go back to the WhatsApp Xtract folder and search for ‘!install pyCrypto.bat’. Run it (or right click and ‘run as administrator’).

Then, run ‘WhatsApp_xtract_iphone.bat’.

Once it is done, it will open in your browser and all your WhatsApp chat history will be displayed.

Clicking on the ‘Contact Name’ will direct you to the chat history with that contact.

The HTML file will be stored in the WhatsApp Xtract folder, so you can refer back to that for future use.

Original post is in hongkiat.com
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Stream video and audio directly from Android camera across a WiFi network

Camera WiFi LiveStream v1.6.0 for Android OS 1.6 +

Stream video and audio from your Android device camera directly across your Wi-Fi network in real-time, to be viewed and remotely controlled in a web browser. Can be used to spy on people, a serious surveillance device or just for fun!
What will you LiveStream?

* If you want to use this application as a baby monitor, then you should download “BabyCam Monitor” which is also from dooblou – it does everything this app does but has more features specific to monitoring babies safely. *

* BEST LiveStream application available on the Android Market! *

FEATURES
1. Stream real-time live video and audio from your Android device camera to a web browser;
2. Very simple to use for everybody - no configuration needed;
3. Remotely control the camera! Takes pictures and videos using the web browser;
4. Disguise mode and touch screen locking so your device cant be detected;
5. Requires Java installed on the web browser computer;
6. Advanced settings to tweak performance;
7. Choice of streaming resolutions;
8. Only uses a WiFi network – does NOT support 3G;
9. LOTS more features in development.

Whats in this version:
Front camera support

More Info:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dooblou.SECuRETLiveStream


Download :
Camera WiFi LiveStream v1.6.0

Mirror:
http://www.filefat.com/usd9mu1t27ky
http://www.multiupload.com/8ZSVAPNUIU

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Back from Stockholm …

I hate that.

Anyway, I’ll be processing images over the next few days or even a week and will post as I find stuff worthy of interest from the F770EXR. The camera handled beautifully over the 5 days of the trip and I killed two batteries in the process of shooting a lot of video and quite a few images. I ran the GPS pretty much all the time, which is less hard on batteries than the F550EXR version and more effective to boot.

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Press Release from Sofitel Philippine Plaza French Month

To view my own article, click the link below:

Sofitel French Month: Tour de France Buffet at Spiral Manila

French Chefs Cecile and Eric

Cod fish aioli

Cote de boeuf

Duck confit cassoulet

Lamb chops with roasted eggplant

Onion Pissaladierie

Pan-fried scallop with leek Mussel Mariniere

Potato Reblochon Cheese Gratin

Quiche Lorraine

Savory buckwheat crepe

Steamed scallops black bean sauce

Sauteed Porcini with truffle

Tropezienne

Cheftonio
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Garena Carnival Live in Action at Bugis and Cosplayer EkiHolic from Korea

Garena Singapore held their large Garena Carnival live in action at Bugis+ shopping mall today. Garena carnival had gathered the gamers down to showcase their game skills and talents as well as attractive prizes to be won for participate in the carnival game.

Garena Carnival Schedule

Hotdog eater Competition

Games at Garena Carnival

In the early afternoon, an interview conference was held with the Top Korean Cosplayer – Ekiholic who flew all way from Korea to in this Garena carnival Cosplay Fashion show. Through the interview session, Ekiholic had share with the media about her Cosplay experience and to conclude, she is very passionate into Cosplay.

Cosplayers Eki Holic from Korea

Photo with korea celebrity cosplayer Eki Holic

Followed by the Cosplay competition held at the Garena Stadium, top seven Cosplay finalists did their impressive performance showcase on stage toward the judges an audiences. The top winner of this Cosplay competition walk away with Alienware M14X laptop and $1000 cash.

Audiences waiting for the Cosplay Fashion show to start

Cosplay Finalists Competition on Garena Stage

Group photo of Cosplayer at Garena Stadium

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