How to Play YouTube Videos in HD?

When you watch video on youtube then You can not magically turn low-resolution video into HD, but there are add-ons and programs that “upscale” videos for larger screens. Output quality depends on your screen and the original video, but the results can be very impressive.

Best add-ons for turning Low to HD resolution videos-



Chrome extension Magic Actions for YouTube has an excellent Auto HD tool that forces the best possible quality from Flash and HTML5 videos. It also has an auto wide screen mode and supports Ultra HD 4K (4,000 pixels), though your PC may not.

The tiny YouTube HD add-on for Firefox plays videos in HD by adding code to the end of the URL. However, it does not work on embedded videos and only pushes resolution to 720 pixels, which is accepted as HD online but would be laughed out of a cinema.

How to Download your Facebook Data?

If you want to delete your facebook account - the facebook advises you to download your information before delete facebook account.

You can do this by going to Account Settings => General => ‘Download a copy of your Facebook data’ and then clicking Start My Archive.



Facebook will then prepare the download, which includes anything you have posted on your Timeline; sent and received messages; photos and videos; and your friend list. Facebook will then email you when it is ready (this can take several hours).



Interestingly, you can also download an Expanded Archive that contains even more account info, such as the dates and times of all your Facebook sessions, adverts you have clicked and “a list of topics that you may be targeted against based on your stated likes, interests and other data you put in your timeline”.

You can’t remove any of this information without deleting your account, but it’s useful to learn exactly what Facebook knows about you.

How to Close Microsoft and Outlook account?

In this post, we have to discuss about how to delete your microsoft account. If you want to delete your Outlook account just follow below steps.

You can close your Microsoft account by entering your password at https://account.live.com/CloseAccount.aspx.



Bear in mind that, once this is done, you won’t be able to sign into Outlook, Xbox Live and any services for which you have used your Microsoft/Windows Live ID, so back up any important data first.

If you only want to delete your Outlook/Hotmail account, click here and click ‘Deactivate account’.



All your emails will then be deleted, although some data is stored for up to 60 days and your email address is reserved for 365 days in case you want to reactivate your account.

How to Delete your Facebook account?

Facebook discourages you from deleting your account, partly to preempt restoration requests from users who have done so in the heat of the moment, and also because it wants to hang onto your data.

Instead, you are encouraged to “deactivate” your account by going to Account Settings, Security and choosing ‘Deactivate your account’.



 

This will hide all your Timeline information, such as friends, photos and interests, and prevent people from contacting or searching for you. You can reactivate your account at any time by logging back into the site.

If you are sure you want to delete your account forever, which will permanently remove your personal information from
Facebook’s database, go to www.facebook.com/help/delete_account and click ‘Delete my account’.



 

According to Facebook, this typically takes up to one month, although some data may remain in back-up copies and logs for 90 days, and certain content, such as messages you’ve sent to friends, may remain visible.

How to Delete whole Google account?

If you are really unhappy about all the personal data Google has stored about you, one drastic option is to delete your account altogether. This is not a decision to be taken lightly, because it means you will lose all the information and files you have stored in Google services, including Gmail, Drive and YouTube. It will also cause problems if you use an Android phone or tablet, which require you to be logged into your Google account so you can install and update your apps.

Still, if you are determined to cut loose from Google, you can do so by logging into your account at www.google.com/settings/datatools and clicking the link ‘Delete Products’ at the bottom of the page.



Then click "Close account and delete all services and information associated with it".



You’ll then be asked to confirm you understand that you’ll no longer be able to use the listed services (annoyingly, you need to select them individually) and to sign in for the final time before you click Delete My Account.

Google does not say how long the deletion will take, but it is likely to depend on the amount of data you have stored across its various products and services.

7 Best Online File Converter

If you don’t have time to download a conversion program, there are lots of online tools that will do the job for you. Here are some of best websites.

#1. CloudConvert

With support for 148 different formats, this tool claims to be able to convert ‘anything to anything”.



 

Just select some files, choose a format to convert them to, and CloudConvert will go to work.

It can email you when it’s finished, or save the file to your Dropbox or Google Drive account. It will even work on any mobile phone or tablet.

#2. Filelnfo.com

Although it doesn’t actually convert any files itself, the excellent file-extensions database Filelnfo.com offers a useful way to identify files you have downloaded or received, so you can find out which program will open or convert them.

Just go to the site and search for the file extension. FileInfo.com will then tell you the file type and the developer, and list all the software that supports that file format.

There’s also a program you can download called File Viewer for Windows, which displays the contents of files in more than 140 formats without you needing to open them first.

#3. DocsPal

Despite its name, DocsPal does not just convert documents. It can also handle video, audio, images, ebooks and archives (it supports all the common formats).



 

Just upload up to five files, or enter a URL, and choose the conversion to perform. DocsPal can email you a link to the finished file if you wish. The service also provides an online viewer that lets you preview documents and images directly in your browser.

#4. Online Convert

This website offers separate converters for audio, video, images, documents, ebooks and archives. It also has a list of the last 10 conversions performed on the site, so if the task you want is listed, you can simply select it and upload your file or add the URL.

The OnlineConvert.com also displays a QR code which you can scan to download converted documents straight to your phone or tablet.

#5. ZamZar

ZamZar can convert between a wide variety of file types and file presets, including document, image, music and video formats. It can even convert compressed file types, such as RARs into ZIPs.



 

The free version of the site lets you convert files of up to 100MB in size. If you want to convert larger files, you can sign up to the Basic plan or the Pro plan.

#6. Convert icon

Converticon lets you customise the appearance of folders on your computer by changing their icons to something more interesting.

Just use an image editor such as IrfanView to prepare the picture you want to use, then upload it to the website in ICC, PNG, GIF or JPEG format. After selecting from a range of predefined sizes, the icon will be created in a matter of seconds so you can download it to your Desktop. Only one icon can be created at a time.

#7. Fileminx

Fileminx is a versatile file-conversion tool that can handle all the popular document, image, music and video file formats.



 

It’s very easy to use - just browse for a file, or select the From The Internet tab and add a URL, then click Continue. You will be presented with a list of thumbnails for all the available conversions. Popular choices are shown at the top, with other available tasks underneath. Select one to perform the conversion and make the file available for download.

What is HTML5?

HTML5 is a mark-up language used for creating and presenting content on the web. It is already being used by lots of sites, but is not expected to receive official ‘recommended’ status from the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) until 2014 year.

Unlike other mark-up languages, HTML5 has dedicated <video>, <audio> and <canvas> tags, which let web designers embed videos, music and animations in web pages without needing additional software such as Adobe Flash. The technology is cross-platform, which means you can use it on any PC, tablet, smartphone or other device with an HTML5-enabled browser.

HTML5 can also be used to create apps that don’t require you to be connected to the net, such as Gmail Offline, which can can pinpoint where you are using geo-location.



All the big browsers support HTML5, and there are several online tests you can try to see how well the technology works.

One is Futuremark’s Peacekeeper test which runs a series of HTML5 graphics, videos, games and more in your browser, so you can see for yourself how quickly and smoothly content is displayed. The test can be performed in any browser, and across all platforms, including tablets and phones.

Make your own Dropbox like Cloud Storage service

The free, open-source program OwnCloud lets you create a cloud storage system on your own server or website. Just like Dropbox and other similar services, it allows you to remotely access your files from anywhere, sync data and share content with others. In addition, there’s a music player, photo gallery, calendar, bookmarks service and contacts app.

If you are not sure whether it’s right for you, there’s a live demo account that you can play around with at demo.owncloud.org. Everything you need for installing the software can be found at owncloud.org/install, with software available for Windows, Android and iOS.

As an alternative, you might want to consider Tonido, which turns your PC into a web server and lets you securely access your files anywhere, share content with friends, and stream music over the internet. You can expand the software’s functionality by installing plug-ins, and there are also free apps available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

 

Download Free e-Books for Your E-readers.

Kindle and other e-readers are cheaper and more popular than ever, but ebooks remain relatively expensive. Here are the easy and legal ways to download free content for your e-reading device whether you use a Kindle, PC or phone.

Explore the free titles at ebook stores

Before you start shopping around for free ebooks, it’s worth checking out the current selection at the store linked to your e- read ing device. For example, at the Kindle Store you can click the Top 100 Free tab on the right-hand side of the main Books homepage and that of individual categories to view and download the most popular free titles. Click the ‘See all bestsellers’ link for the full list, which usually comprises classic, out-of-copyright works; stories by new and unknown authors; and cut-down, promotional versions of commercial books. Amazon also offers Free eBook Collections of Popular Classics and Time-Limited Offers.

The iTunes Store has an impressively stocked Free Books section containing more than 25,000 titles, which you can access from the main Books category in the Desktop software and via the iBooks mobile app.

Get classic titles from Project Gutenberg

With more free ebooks in a wide variety of formats, the long- running Project Gutenberg provides a quick and easy way to fill your e-reader with top-quality literature. The site specialises in out-of-copyright titles, which makes it ideal for catching up with the classics, and adds an average of 50 books a week to its database.

You can search Gutenberg by title, author or subject, and browse the list of the most popular books, which invariably includes works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

To download a book, just click its title and choose your desired format. The simplest is Plain Text, which is fully compatible with all e-readers, but for the best experience you should choose ‘Kindle (no images)’ for Amazon’s device or EPUB for other hardware readers. Alternatively, you can choose to read the ebook online or scan its QR code to open the text on your smartphone.

Download free ebooks from Open Library

Open Library boasts more than one million free ebooks, dating back to the 11th Century. Many of these, especially newer titles, need to be ‘borrowed’ via the site’s Lending Library service, which requires an account with ebook distributor OverDrive, but there are also thousands of out-of- copyright works you can download for free. Open Library offers a choice of formats for each book, including PDF, EPUB and MOBI, as well as the useful ability to send ebooks directly to your Kindle.

The site’s Wikipedia-like structure, which encompasses reader reviews, recommendations and keyword tags, makes it far less dry to browse than Project Gutenberg, and its aim to provide a page for every book ever published is commendably ambitious.

Find free ebooks faster at ManyBooks.net

ManyBooks.net offers instant access to free ebooks from various copyright-free and Creative Commons sources. It covers a huge choice of file formats - more than 20 for many titles, including EPUB, AZW and MOBI for Kindle, and three PDF sizes (such as large print) - and lets you download books with a single click, without needing to register. Equally impressive is the amount of information provided for each ebook, which includes a short excerpt, reader reviews, word and page counts, and a QR code for downloading the book to your phone. You can browse ManyBooks.net by author, title or genre.

Get new and classic titles from Feed books

Feedbooks combines public domain (out-of-copyright) books first published before 1923 with paid-for titles and ‘original’ free ebooks written by amateur authors. This makes the content feel fresher than at similar sites and, although the quality varies greatly (especially the erotic fiction), reviews from other readers can help steer you away from downloading too much rubbish. Book categories include History, Travel and Cooking, and each title is available in Kindle, EPUB and PDF format.

Download free ebooks from Google

Although the Google eBookstore, mostly has paid-for books, it does contain a ‘Best of the Free’ selection of classic titles, with the full range available at the main Google Books site (http://books.google.com). You can download books in EPUB and PDF format. If you want to read them on your Kindle, you’ll need to convert the files to MOBI format using free ebook software such as Calibre. Alternatively, try RetroRead which lets you download thousands of titles from Google Books as MOBI files.

Search for free ebooks using Inkmesh

You can save yourself time and effort when hunting for free content for your e-reader by using the speedy ebook search engine Inkmesh. Type an author, title or keyword into the search box, click the Find Free Ebooks button and lnkmesh will comb through dozens of sites, including ManyBooks.net, Books on Board and the Internet Archive, looking for matches. Each search result is helpfully accompanied by details of the available formats for the book and the devices it can be read on. You can even avoid wading through the usual out-of- copyright titles by applying the ‘exclude Public Domain’ search filter.

Discover the latest free ebooks at Mobileread

The popular online community MobileRead is a great source of news, discussion and advice about ebooks and related hardware and software. Head to the Deals, Freebies and Resources board in the forums for details of the latest free ebooks and where to find them. Many of the offers shared by forum members are time-limited, so it pays to get in there quickly.

For a more permanent choice of reading material, check out MobileRead’s E-book Uploads Library, which provides thousands of free downloads for Kindle, Sony and other e-readers. Simply choose your desired format from the drop-down E-Books menu to view a list of available titles.

Download free short stories from Smashwords

Online writing community Smashwords gives anyone the chance to be an ebook author by providing a free and easy way to distribute your work to a worldwide audience. Although some people use the site to sell their books (keeping 85 per cent of the profit), Smashwords also features tons of free stories uploaded by budding writers, spanning a wide range of fiction and non-fiction categories. It’s particularly strong on short stories, so is worth a look if you fancy reading something new and different. The ebooks are available in all the main formats and can be previewed online before you download them. Just click the ‘Free ebooks’ filter at the top of the page and choose a genre.

Get free science-fiction stories from Baen



The independent publisher Baen, which specialises in science fiction and fantasy books, offers a large number of titles for free in its Free Library section. You can download these ebooks in a variety of formats, including MOBI, EPUB, Sony Digital Reader and RTF; read selected chapters or complete books online; and have files emailed directly to your Kindle. Most titles are electronic versions of Baen books published over the last decade by noted sci-fi and fantasy authors such as David Drake, Eric Flint and David Weber.

Expand your ebook collection at Obooko

Acclaimed by About.com (www.about.com) readers as the best free ebook website of 2011, Obooko features nothing but free, legal titles by independent authors. Once you’ve registered with the site for free, you can take your pick of thousands of ebooks across categories that include Historical Fiction, Computers & the Internet, and Travel Writing & Guidebooks.

All the books are available as PDF files, with an increasing number also in EPUB and Kindle format. Obooko covers an impressively diverse range of topics and, although some titles are rather niche, it’s a useful way to expand your ebook collection without paying a thing. You can even upload books you’ve written yourself.

Get alerts when free ebooks are added to Amazon

The excellent eReaderIQ.com keeps track of all the free ebooks that are available for the Kindle through Amazon and notifies you as soon as new titles appear in the store. The details are sent in the form of an email digest, either once or twice a day, from which you can click straight through to Amazon to download the books. Recent additions are also listed by date on the eReaderIQ.com website.

Usefully, the service ignores public- domain titles, so you don’t get unnecessarily excited about yet another free edition of Pride and Prejudice, and includes already available books that have just added a Kindle version. The site also lets you set price-drop alerts for ebooks you want to buy but feel are currently too expensive, and create a watch-list of favourite books that you’re waiting to be made available.

Top Ways Avoid Junk Mails and Marketing Calls

One of the downsides to web freebies is that by providing your email and postal addresses, and sometimes your phone number, you leave yourself open to a barrage of junk mail and calls. Fortunately, there are a few ways to keep the marketing companies at bay.

Always check the wording of options carefully when you sign up for anything online; sometimes you will need to tick one box and untick another to opt out of receiving marketing messages.

If you only bag the occasional free offer, consider using a disposable email address from a service such as Mailinator to prevent your main inbox from being spammed. If you’re a freebie addict, it’s worth opening a second Gmail or Hotmail account to use for site registrations.

If you do start receiving lots of junk mail as a result of your freebie habit, sign up with the free Mailing Preference Service. This lets you remove your name and address from the lists used by marketing companies, although it can take a few months to prove effective.

Similarly, if you are being bothered by marketing phone calls, register with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Once your number has been on the TPS list for 28 days, it’s illegal for companies to call you without your consent.

Only provide as much information as you need to, and don’t be afraid to use fake names, addresses and phone numbers where possible. British television dramas use the fictional dialling code 01632, so see if you can get away with that!

Top 6 Cloud Storage Website List

The Cloud is not such a big deal. In fact, getting there is as simple as opening an email account. While there might be limitations to how much of the cloud storage you can avail of for free, it would still complement your office work in a big way, letting you access important files wherever you are and also aid collaborating with others without the need to sit across a table from them.

GOOGLE DRIVE [https://drive.google.com/]

Add this us a folder in My Documents and keep syncing all your important files to the cloud. You will be able to access these files anywhere, anytime. Used with software provided by the service provider, you will be able to open and edit files, even those for which you don’t have a licence.

MICROSOFT SKYDRIVE [http://skydrive.live.com]

When Windows 8 comes all your work will be synced to the cloud so that you can continue work wherever you are. The sync is also real time and multiple users collaborate on a single file when needed.

EVERNOTE [www.evernote.com]

If you see something interesting while browsing, you can clip it entirely or in parts using the Evernote Web-clipper, a widget you add to browsers. The clips can be accessed later from any device. It can also save documents using the app and retrieve or share them.

DROPBOX [http://www.dropbox.com]

Use this to save whole folders to the cloud and access the same from your phone or tablet. While it can act as a good backup for your files, the service can also be used to share these large files with anyone.

NIVIO [www.nivio.com]

This service lets you open and edit most Microsoft Office files from Google Drive as and when needed. With a nivio account you can also have a Windows desktop in the cloud, which you can access from any computer anywhere.

4SHARED [www.4shared.com]

4shared, and its PC programme 4sync, work like any other cloud service, syncing your stuff online. But this service also has a whole new dimension, where it lets you access other cloud services from its platform.

Security Benefits Of File Sharing & Cloud Computing

These days, one of the hottest topics in Internet technology is advanced file sharing and cloud computing. Typically, we tend to hear about these technologies in broad, vague terms suggesting increased security and reliability, and higher efficiency in business communications. And, of course, all of these terms sound fantastic. But how exactly can advanced online file sharing and cloud computing help? Security is perhaps the main feature that you can benefit from.

Many of us take online security for granted, despite the fact that we are confronted almost daily with headlines and discussions warning us to take proper security measures on the Internet. The advanced file sharing and cloud computing services offered by companies like Sharefile, however, can provide you with relatively simple solutions for improving the security of your file transfers, whether they be business-related or personal. Here are a few of the specific benefits.

• Send Encrypted Files - Perhaps the most basic and effective means of organizing more secure data transfer is to send encrypted files. Basically, these files are unreadable if they are intercepted or sent to a receive who is not authorized to decrypt them. It's a very easy and effective way to make sure your communications are not seen by the wrong eyes.


• Determine Who Sees Communications - With access to an advanced file sharing system in a business environment, you can also send a group communication with restrictions in place upon who will be able to view them. This is a fantastic way to effectively organizing your outgoing data exactly the way you want it.


• Set Up Your Own Security - Many advanced file sharing and cloud computing systems allow you the ability to customize your security online. This means setting up your own passwords, determining how your system secures communications from mobile devices, etc. With this kind of customization control, you'll be able to have a firm grasp on your Internet security.


• Use The Cloud For Transfer - Finally, you can also use the cloud as a method of sharing files securely in a very natural, simple way. By uploading data to the cloud, you are essentially making it available to anyone with access to that cloud, which of course is something you'll be able to control. Colleagues, clients, etc. can simply log in and access, edit, or download data from the cloud without any other sort of email or file transfer being necessary.

How to Watch YouTube Videos on VLC Media Player

Watching YouTube videos through VLC Media Player gives you lots more options. You can skip adverts, keep videos on top, control playback speed, solve syncing problems, and loop your favourites. In this article we have discussed how to get more from youtube using VLC Player.

 

Step #1. To watch a YouTube video through VLC, go to Media, Open (advanced) and click the Network tab. Copy your video’s URL and paste it into the ‘Please enter a network URL’ box. Hit Enter or click Play.



Step #2. Tick ‘Show more options’ to expand your playback choices. VLC caches a section of your video to prevent buffering. To extend the length of this cache, change the Caching number (in milliseconds). You can also set how far through the video you want playback to start.

Step #3. To play YouTube playlists, install the Playlist add-on. It will create a file with a .lua extension. Move this file into the Playlist folder, found in C:/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC/lua/playlist. Restart VLC and repeat Step #1, using the playlist’s URL.

HTML 5 Cheat Sheet [Free Download]

HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the Web. It incorporates features such as geo-location, video playback and drag-and-drop. HTML5 allows developers to create rich internet applications without the need for third party APIs and browser plug-ins.

HTML5 is still under specification, and is currently in the Working Draft stage in the W3C, but many aspects of HTML5 are now stable and can be implemented in browsers.

Here I share cheatsheet of the HTML 5. (download image from below link)

Download HTML5 CheatSheet

List of Short Codes for Online Chatters

Abbreviations for phrases and jargon reduce the amount of typing you need to do when chatting via instant messenger or text messages. Here are some of the most common abbreviations.



AFK - Stands for “away from keyboard” to let someone know you’re not in front of your computer right now.

AFAIK - Short for “as far as I know:’ to indicate that the comment is true to the best of your knowledge.

BBIAB or BRB - Use these abbreviations to let the recipient know that you’ll be away for a short while with BBIAB (be back in a bit) or BRB -  (be right back).

GJ - This abbreviation of “good job” is a quick way to tell someone he did well.

IDK - Short for “I don’t know:’ and used when you are unable to answer a question or query.

IMHO - Demonstrate some modesty before a statement by saying “in my humble opinion.”

JK - Abbreviation of “just kidding,” and tells the recipient that you were just joking around.

KK - This shorthand indicates that the message has been acknowledged.

L8R or TTYL - The first is shorthand for “later” or “see you later” when saying goodbye, or if you plan on communicating in a bit, you can use TTYL (talk to you later).

LOL - Let your chat buddy know his comment was funny enough to make you “laugh out loud.”

NVM - Short for “never mind, which tells the recipient to disregard the last comment.

PLZ - When asking for help, it’s always nice to say “please.”

SFSG - Let your recipient know that everything is OK thus far by saying “so far, so good:’

TBH - You can let someone know you are serious about a statement by leading with TBH, or “to be honest.”

TYVM - This is an abbreviation for “thank you very much.”

 

Most Common Web Error Messages Explained

Here are the five most common web error messages explained.

1. 404 server/page not found
The most obvious solution to this common browser message is to check that you typed the web address correctly. If you did, there may be a problem with your Internet connection or the site itself may be down. Also check that your firewall isn’t blocking your browser.



2. 500 internal server error
If you only see this message on one website, then the problem is at the server end. If you see it on several sites, the error may be caused by a dodgy browser add-on or by a malware infection. Try disabling your add-ons and run a malware scan.

3. 504 gateway timeout
This message usually relates to a network problem at the server end, which means it isn’t your fault. Try refreshing the page or revisiting the site later to see if the error has been fixed.

4. Done, but with errors on the page
Usually seen in Internet Explorer, this error is caused when the web page you’re trying to view has problems with JavaScript or coding. The page may display properly if you use a different browser.

5. Aw, Snap!/He’s dead, Jim!
These amusingly illustrated error messages in Chrome can usually be fixed by reloading the current page, or by closing the tab and reopening the page in a new one. You should also close any inactive tabs you have left open to free up memory.