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How to change notification sounds on your Android phone

To start, navigate to your phone’s Settings app and tap its icon to open it. Next, Tap Sound under the Device heading: Here you can change your phone’s ringtone and default notification sound, and toggle various other sound effects on


How to create custom maps with Google’s MyMaps

Google recently rebranded Maps Engine to the friendlier-sounding MyMaps. It’s a fun tool, but takes some time to learn its nuances. For the uninitiated it may be best to start on the desktop site before moving to the Android app.


Google greets self on 16th birthday with party-mode doodle

Google on Saturday wished itself a sweet 16th birthday with a party-mode doodle. Visitors on the page were greeted with an animated doodle in which the letter ‘G’, which dons a cute birthday cap is shown first marking the height


How is Google paying tax but Facebook not : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has questioned why Facebook is not paying any service tax when Google is doing so and directed the Centre to file a ‘better affidavit’ on the issue. “How is Google paying (service tax), but not Facebook?


shell shock allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of devices

A computer bug which could allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of devices all over the world has been discovered, forcing governments to take immediate steps to protect their critical infrastructure. The security flaw, dubbed “Shellshock”, was


Valve’s Steam Music Player Half-Life and Portal video game soundtracks Free

Valve Software launched the beta version of its Steam Music Player. All customers needed to do was point the software to MP3s stored on the customer’s computer. To start and control playback, users merely pulled up the Steam Overlay and


How to turn on gnone-panel in Ubuntu

If gnone-panel is missing in your Ubuntu, you can simply turn it on by running following command on your terminal Once done, open “Startup Applications” either from the Unity Dash or the menu in Gnome Classic. Then click “Add” and


HTC Windows Phone 8X

All new HTC Windows Phone 8x comes with 4.3 Super LCD2 720 pixel display screen with the pixel density of 342 ppi. It is protected with Gorilla Glass 2. The back of the phone is curved in shape and consists


How to install openssl in Ubuntu

To install the OpenSSL, install the openssh package. To get openssl version, run below command


Microsoft phones with Opera Mini may arrive in early 2015

Microsoft is likely to launch smartphones with Opera Mini as default browser from early next year, an official of the browser firm said. According to August 2014 statistics, more smartphone owners than basic Java phone owners now use Opera Mini