Instagraph:A Substitute Of Instagram For WindowsPhone

Windows is no doubt one of the most growing app market but there are quite few apps which are quite famous on android and iOS but are not available on windows,One of them is Instagram.While Windows phone users are still waiting for official Instagram app,Instagraph has tried to fulfill it.

Venetasoft,The Creator of the app has tried to copy the exact same process as followed by instagram.He has also developed Turbo Camera, Security Toolkit, Cam Broadcaster, Motion Cam, Intrusion Alarm and more security-focused programs for Windows Phone.

Right now you can't create an account,You can manage them, but not create them. The only way to create an Instagram account is as a first time user is via their official Android or iOS app. That sets up another hurdle for unofficial Instagram app creators
 

 The app is only meant to post images to your Instagram account but as of now, is not used for browsing photos. Likewise, if you want to comment or favorite your own photos, it will open a popup Window.

It's too early in the day to say whether this app will work in a manner that users wants it to be and will fulfill their expectations.Still, it’s one to look out for when there Instagram is not listening to Windows Users.

The big Question is will it be able to pass Windows Phone Store Certification ??

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Top Tech Pranks 2013 : April Fool Special

April Fool started with a huge Google announcement of YouTube being shut down and Treasure Mode being implemented on Google Maps. But it seems, Google was not the only one fooling around this Easter Monday. Here are few of the Top Tech pranks : 

1. Google Nose
Google Nose BETA, described as a new "scentsation" in search, can search for various smells including "wet dog", "locker room" and "horse manure" right from your device. ( OMG!)

 2. Instagram For Windows Phones
Windows people played with emotions of so many WP users today with this prank. They put up 'Instagram For Windows Phone' app on WP store this morning. Don't know about others, but Android and iOS users would have surely enjoyed this one. (Hahahaha!!)

 

3. Nokia Lumia Microwave

Nokia too joined the trolling party with their 5000 watt microwave, which looked much like Lumia 920, with touch-based display. And guess what, they priced it at €399, cheaper than it's Flagship device. And there's a mini-version too for those with smaller appetites. (LOL!)

 

4. Samsung Smart Eco Tree
Samsung too couldn't control themselves and came up with yet another 'smart' stuff, Samsung Smart Eco Tree. What it does? Well,  it features SMART View, SMART Cooling and something known as FOTA (Fragrance Over-The-Air). 
Accessories available for this mind-blowing smart device includes swings, ladders, tents and tree houses. And this too is available in a 'min-version'. (WTH!)

 

5. Blue Gmail

Blue backgrounds, blue buttons, blue fonts - thats what Blue Gmail is all about. Blue blue blue. 

  Hackinthus Best Prank Award '13 goes to  Instagram For Windows Phone.

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Play PSP Games On iOS, Android, Windows And BlackBerry As PSP Emulator PPSSPP Is Now Available

Gaming these days has managed to comfortably shift from Consoles to smartphones. Particularly when we are seeking hand held gaming devices, our choices has widened from selective PSP or Nintendo DS's to high end Android/iOS Smartphones. Well, Sony PSP long back created a rift among Gamers particularly in Hand-held gaming sections but now it's long lost and forgotten.

Long back then Games such as God of War, Virtual Tennis, Tekken, etc had good graphics and strong game-play. People have moved to Android and iOS's these days and buying PSP even for 6,000 (INR) is a big deal. Time has discarded PSP and people who have already invested genuine amount of money in their massive smartphones don't want to get a old generation PSP. Still knowing games of that time were real good and the list can go long. 

Why did that happen anyways? Truly i being one of the Sony PSP fan-boys honestly feel a monopoly in the market. Good titles stopped coming and the games quality in the PSP section started to depreciate it's quality. Probably they had to push the PS-Vita up. Nerveless that's not our concern here.

Good news for people wanting to try out those titles directly on their Smartphone, PPSSPP has released portable PSP emulator version 0.7  for Android, Windows, Apple, Blackberry devices.

Earlier such emulator was coded for iOS devices only but finally the Android version it out. You might think the quality and frame rates may vary in actual device and here but that's nothing to worry about as they have already tested on few games and it does work pretty fine. 
The tested games from the developer includes God of War, Wipe-out Pure, Virtual Tennis. The complete list can be checked here and also to note some games have glitches and they are displayed in the compatibility list here. So before you proceed installing you can check out the game performance there. 

iOS users can check the video below as it works in that platform too and that's nothing new.

For the download link please visit here directly to the "ppsspp.org" website here.
Android users can also get it from play-store here.

Gaming on PSP was quite fun earlier and those who haven't tried titles because they had Android and lacked possessing PSP must start trying installing this emulator and enjoy seamless gaming. We haven't tested this ourselves but going through the videos and earlier applications of this developers i can assure it will work for you too.

You are free to comment here in case you face any glitch.

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Nokia Lumia 620 Review

The most awaited Windows Phone 8 finally launched in India, Nokia Lumia 620. This phone brings all the major features of a Windows Phone 8 Smartphone at a very affordable price. Initally, it was tagged as "the cheapest Windows Phone 8 Smartphone" but now we also have Lumia 520 waiting for it's release in India. 

The day Lumia 620 got released in India,  I was there in an Nokia Priority Store experiencing this device and exactly 6 Lumia 620 were purchased right in front of me. This clearly show how people were desperately waiting for this device to launch. Nokia Lumia 620 is priced at ₹14,990.
No time to waste, lets go through this phone and see what it has to offer.

In The Box

Nokia Lumia 620 comes with a very limited amount of accessories which is pretty decent for the price you are getting it for. Apart from the smartphone, the box contains the usual earphones(not the in-ear), a USB cable, charger and phone's manual.

Build Quality

Well, Nokia has never disappointed us when it comes to build quality. The back casing of Lumia 620 is solid.(Like a Rock!!) After a long time I saw such a casing for a smartphone. Weighing in at just 127g, one can easily say this phone can take any humps and bumps but easily attracts fingerprints which can be quiet annoying. The same cannot be said for the display as its not gorilla glass. There is a dedicated camera key located below the power button on the right side of the phone and volume keys just above the power key. The 3.5mm jack is situated above the phone on the left side.

Screen

Nokia Lumia 620 comes with 3.8 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with resolution of 480 x 800 pixels carrying a pixel density of 246 ppi which produces sharp and decent images. You will not be disappointed with the visual experience of this phone.

 

 Processor & Memory

 Nokia Lumia 620 is powered by 1 GHz Krait Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4. It comes with built-in  8GB internal memory and expandable upto 64GB.

Software

 Lumia 620 runs the latest Windows Phone 8 OS which makes it a catch for people looking for WP 8 at an affordable price. The OS is totally smooth and there are no noticeable lags.  The live tiles just works like a charm no matter the amount of applications you pin to start. But then again, lack of apps on this platform is quiet a drawback for now.
The phone is filled with Nokia apps which includes Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps (Offline Maps), Nokia Music and City Lens.

 Camera

Lumia 620 packs in a 5 MP camera with LED flash and auto focus and a secondary VGA camera. 

The below pictures are taken using Lumia 620's primary camera.

  
Videos on Lumia 620 can be recorded at 720p at 30fps.

Battery 

At last, Nokia Lumia 620 comes with 1300 mAh Li-Ion battery (BL-4J) which is really bad. If you are on 3G, it won't even last a day. If you are out somewhere on trip, its better not to rely on Lumia 620.

Conclusion

The phone stands upto any challenge in its range and its a must buy for those who are looking a sturdy phone with a reliable brand on it. The only place where one has to sacrifice is it's battery life.



                     Thumbs Up For Nokia Lumia 620!! 


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BlueStacks (Android App Player) Is Out For Windows 8

For those who don't know, 'BlueStacks' is just like an Android simulator where you can run all your Android apps right on your PC. Many of us will be familiar with it as we use the same software for installing 'Whatsapp On PC'.

Now, the good news is that BlueStacks has been released, or one can say optimized, for Windows 8. All the android action is now back on your PC. Users carrying Windows Phone or iOS can now easily enjoy almost all Android apps right on their PC. With 'almost' I mean it's right now filled with only 750,000 mobile apps but that's more than enough.. Right?? 

You can download Bluestacks via link below.

Bluestacks For Windows 8

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Windows Phone WhatsApp Bug

Windows Phone is undoubtedly becoming famous day by day. Microsoft has provided users with a completely different mobile interface to play with. Well, I recently got my hands on Nokia Lumia 920 and trust me it's freaking awesome!! 

Now, like any normal user I too installed Whatsapp and was pretty impressed with the UI. Then, I thought why not explore the music player on this thing and as soon as I opened it I saw 'paused' button showing up. But Wait!! I never dumped any music on this thing so out of curiosity I tapped on it. Guess What!!?? From nowhere 'Whatsapp popped up'!! Strange!! It seems to happen all the time I tap on that 'paused' button. It seems any undefined space left on Windows phone opens up 'Whatsapp'. Check out the video below.

  

 Well, Microsoft should resolve this issue as fast as possible because users are not liking it at all.

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How To Hide A Drive In Windows !!

Hiding things and sending secret messages is not a Practice of this era.It has been in our civilization from the evolution of human kind,but this era is a little different and need HI-TECH methods to keep their Data secure and hidden.

You might be accustomed with normal procedure of hiding a file or folder with normal hide and show hidden file procedures but how about hiding the whole drive ?? Confused,No need to be,this is possible with simple registry hacking technique and a simple software called NoDevicesmanager .Not only this you can even hide DVD and CD drives .

Here's a screen shot of the application,you can see the names of multiple drives named A: to Z:,just check the drive you want to hide and click on save changes,You can also set a password to the application so that there is no Unauthorised usage.

This is a very important tool for people who don't posses a Hard Disk.They can easily create a small partition in the windows and hide their secret Photos,Videos,important Documents etc,and no one will ever know !!

Note- You have to restart windows explorer or even your system for this change to take place !!

You can see my C: D: and G:

The selected Drives are hidden

 If you have any doubts feel free to contact !!

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Kingston 512 GB & 1 TB USB Flash Drives

Kingston, famous for flash-based products, launched world's first biggest capacity USB 3.0 flash drives - Kingston Data Traveler HyperX Predator 3.0 at CES '13. 

Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 will be available in two variants - 512 GB & 1 TB.

Not only they are huge in capacity, but also fast with USB 3.0 providing speed upto 240 MB/sec read and 160 MB/sec write.

  

Andrew Ewing, Flash Memory Business Manager at Kingston, said 

"Our new DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 allows users to store their entire digital world on a portable USB 3.0 Flash drive. The large capacity and fast USB 3.0 transfer speeds allow users to save time as they can access, edit and transfer applications or files such as HD movies directly from the drive without any performance lag,"

The 512GB variant of DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is now available online for around $800 - $900 while the 1TB variant will be out in the market this quarter.

OS compatible : Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8

                          Mac OS X 10.6+

                          Linux 2.6+

(via Xbit Laboratories)

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Samsung Series 7 Ultra & Chronos Windows 8 Laptops Revealed

CES(Consumer Electronic Show) is known as the mecca of gadgets, a place where one can actually experience the future of technology. While there are bunch of rumors and assured announcements to look forward to, Samsung just added more to the list. They  already made a stand in the market with their Android smartphones & tablets and now they are coming out with two Windows 8 hybrids, called Ultra & Chronos.

The Series 7 laptops offers great hardware features like JBL speakers for clear audio experience  along with Full HD display with 1920x1080 resolution which provides users with best Windows 8 experience. 

Chronos, as the name suggests, is extremely powerful in term of specs and weighs 5.6 pounds. Lets have a look :

• 15.6-inch display with multi-touch
• 2.4 GHz Intel i7 processor 
• 8GB Ram (Expandable upto 16GB)
• AMD Radeon HD 8870M GPU
• 1 TB Storage
• 11 hours of claimed battery life

On the other hand, Ultra is smaller one and more portable than Chronos. One can call it an ultrabook rather than a laptop. It offers following specs:

• 13.3-inch display
• Intel i5 / i7 processor
• Expandable upto 16 GB of RAM
• 256 GB SSD
• 8 hours of battery life

It offers an option for 4G/LTE and boot time is claimed to be just 6 seconds.

Looks like Samsung is all set to make a stand in the laptop market after conquering the smartphone arena.

Well, Stay tuned to Hackinthus as we will be covering the entire CES event.  

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Creating new hard disk partitions in Windows 7 or Vista

By- Rustam Ali

Normally when you purchase a PC, the number of partitions provided for hard disk do not seem adequate and you have no other choice than compromising with it. What if you could create hard disk partitions by yourself in your PC??

It is possible and today i will explain you the steps in order to create a new hard disk partition in your Windows 7 or Vista PC.

1.Click on Start button.  

2.Type Disk Management in the search column.

  
3.Select Create and format hard disk partitions.

4.Select the Drive from which you can draw the required memory to create a new partition. In my case i am having space in D Drive.

5.Right click on the D Drive and select Shrink Volume.

6.It will take some time and then show you a dialog box as shown below 

7.In the space provided Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB, enter the memory. As in my case i have entered 10240 MB that equals 10 GB.

8.Then click on Shrink which will create a new volume of 10 GB and will be showed in green color that is free memory.

9.Right click on New simple volume and then just keep pressing next.

10.At last a new partition will be created.

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Nokia May Release 10-inch Window RT Tablet at MWC 2013

Nokia has made a major comeback to the smartphone market with it's LUMIA series which runs on Windows Phone. And now it looks like they are all set launch their very own first Windows RT Lumia tablet.

According to sources, a Taiwan based supply chain manufacturer is claiming to have information about Nokia's Windows RT Tablet that will be revealed at Mobile World Congress 2013(MWC) in Barcelona during 25th-28th February. Reports also shows that Nokia is in talk with Microsoft and Qualcomm for this 10 inch Lumia tablet. 

Rumors might be correct as almost all leading smartphone companies are out there with a tablet of their own and Nokia will not be sitting behind with just smartphones.


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iTunes 11 For Windows And Mac Available For Download Now!

By Harsh Vardhan (Facebook) (Twitter)

Apple today however pushed a newer version of iTunes called the version 11. However we much thought that it would appear with the launch of iPhone 5 or the iPad Mini but never less this updated version appeared now. I m pretty sure you might be knowing what iTunes is :) Officially any transfer of media between your i Devices you need an iTunes.

Although the rise and rise of the iPod, then iPhone, then iPad has seen iTunes downloaded hundreds of millions of times, it has struggled to shake off its label as a slow, resource-hog of an app, and with a big update now upon us, it looks as though Apple has gone some way into fixing up its 10+ year old jukebox.

The new look comprises of improved support for iCloud, the all-new unobtrusive mini-player with quick access to music controls and a much more simpler and revamped UI.

If you wish to grab the very latest iTunes update, you can do so right now by heading over to Apple’s official site for iTunes. Alternatively, you can go down the Software Update within iTunes, which is the preferred option for the vast majority.

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