15 Apps Every iPhone User Should Have

One of my favorite pastimes ever since I first got my hands on a smartphone is browsing the App Store. But with so many apps available and so many new ones rolling out every day, it can be challenging to pinpoint the really exciting ones.
Not only are these apps competing for a spot on the App Store, but they are also competing for space on your iPhone screen. To make your life easier, I’ve handpicked the 15 most exciting iOS apps — no matter what your interests. I also rated each app based on what screen on your phone I think it should appear.

1. ColorTime Photo Editor (Home Screen) — $1.99
The App Store is in no shortage of photo editing apps, but I have to say this one really stands out. It uses a touch gesture that is pretty easy to use and provides a variety of editing options for images. I also like the fact that it has social sharing built in so I can easily share my newly edited images with my friends.

2. News360  (Home Screen) — Free
Ever since Google Reader was discontinued, I am always on the lookout for cool new ways to get my daily dose of content. This personalized news service will learn your habits the more you use it and in time it will bring you only the content that you are most interested in and most passionate about.

3. SleepBot (Home Screen) — Free
SleepBot is a “smart cycle alarm with motion and sound tracker,” but this description doesn’t really do it justice. It’s an amazing app that will help you track your sleeping cycle and wake you up the way you want it to so you’re sure to get a good night’s sleep. It also records your movements and sounds throughout the night and tries to wake you up in the gentlest way possible. It will even help you fall asleep with soothing soundtracks!

4. Google Hangouts (Home Screen) — Free
Google recently decided to make Hangouts a stand-alone app, and I couldn’t be happier. I love the new app and have to admit it has more (and better!) features than Facebook’s Messenger app. You can have one-on-one and group conversations with friends across computers, tablets, and phones, send photos and videos, make free calls, and best of all, make video calls.

5. Prizmo (Screen #3) — $49.99
Prizmo is a “scanning, OCR and speech” app that does have a few small issues, especially considering the steep price. But overall it’s extremely useful and usually works very well. It basically allows you to scan and export images, documents, etc. Their text recognition works pretty great and you can even extract information from business cards, for example, and create contacts in your phone.

6. Onavo Protect (Home Screen) — Free
In this day and age, most people with a smartphone keep half their lives on their phones. Onavo Protect will help you protect your data, passwords, and logins whenever you browse the web. It also blocks harmful sites.

7. Loyalli (Home Screen) — Free
Love saving money? Who doesn’t! Loyalli helps you keep all your stamps and loyalty cards in one place, so you never lose them. With the “nearby” function you will be able to discover loyalty offers close to your location, as well as opening times and price lists for stores from within the app.

8. PixPlit (Screen #2) — Free
PixPlit is very similar to Instagram in many ways: it’s a social network for those who want to share photos. However, PixPlit is only for sharing with friends and people you know, and encourages creativity and collaboration between users so that together they can create beautiful images and collages.

9. Musyc (Screen #3) — Free
If you love music, then this exciting new app is perfect for you. It basically allows you to create music by touching the screen and drawing different shapes. However horrible you are at playing music, this app will still help you create some beautiful sounds. Not to mention it’s extremely fun!

10.SkyGuide (Screen #3) — $1.99
This truly beautiful app will allow you to see the sky like never before. By simply aiming your iPhone to the sky, you can find out everything there is to know about the stars and planets above you.

11. Gillray’s Steak & Gin (Screen #3) — Free
Just as the name suggests, this app is entirely dedicated to, and I quote, “two of the best things in life”: steak and gin. It might not sound like much, but it’s a really great app that will help you make the perfect steak, no matter how bad of a cook you are!

12. Glide (Screen #2) — Free
It seems like we are constantly looking for new ways to communicate with our friends. This new messaging app believes text is dead and allows for video messages. The way it works is very simple: you just record yourself and then send it to one of your friends. There is no need for downloading and uploading videos and it only takes one tap to send your video message.

13. Presence by People Power (Screen #3) — Free
Got a spare iPhone, iPad or iPod touch around the house? You can make it useful again with this interesting new free Wi-Fi video camera that allows you to stream audio and video in real time wherever you are. You can use it to keep an eye on the house when you’re out, as a baby cam, or for anything else you might want to monitor while away.

14. The Coldest Journey (Screen #3) — Free
With this cool app, anyone can track the first-ever attempt to cross the Antarctic in winter. The 2000-mile journey started on March 21^st and it’s a fascinating story that is continuously updated with text and images, and it almost lets you feel like you are there with the team in -30 degrees Celsius!
15. Yahoo! Weather (Home Screen) — Free
If you don’t really trust the built-in iPhone weather app, try out this relatively new weather app from Yahoo! Apart from the accurate forecasts, the best thing about it is the beautiful images that match your location!
I hope you enjoyed my list of the 15 most exciting new iPhone apps. I am looking forward to hearing some more suggestions from you!

How To Use System Restore in Windows 7

 

The System Restore tool in Windows 7 is a very valuable utility when you're trying to solve a major problem.

Most serious issues in Windows 7 are caused by problems with the Windows Registry, device drivers, or DLL files. When a restore point is created, a current copy of these and other important files in Windows 7 are saved and can be restored using System Restore.

Considering the scope of protection that System Restore provides, using the tool early in your troubleshooting could save a lot of time.

Follow these steps for reverting important Windows 7 system files back to a previous state using System Restore:

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: Using System Restore to reverse system changes in Windows 7 usually takes several minutes

Here's How:

1. Navigate to the Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools program group.

2. Click on the System Restore program icon.

3. Click Next > on the Restore system files and settings window.

4. Choose the restore point that you want to use.

   Note: Check the Show more restore points checkbox to see more than the most recent restore points.

   Note: Any restore points that you created, scheduled restore points that Windows 7 created, and those created automatically during the installation of certain programs will be listed here. You can not use System Restore to undo Windows 7 changes to a date that a restore point does not exist.

5. Click Next >.

6. Click Finish on the Confirm your restore point window to begin the System Restore.

   Note: Windows 7 will shut down to complete the System Restore so be sure to save any work you might have open in other programs before continuing.

   Important: System Restore will not revert any of your non-system files like documents, email, music, etc. to a previous state. These types files are completely unaffected by System Restore. If your intention with this tool was to recover a deleted non-system file, try using a file recovery program instead of System Restore.

7. Click Yes to the Once started, System Restore cannot be interrupted. Do you want to continue? dialog box.

8. System Restore will now restore Windows 7 to the state that was recorded in the restore point you chose in Step 4.

   Note: The System Restore process could take several minutes as you see the "Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored" message. Your computer will then reboot as normal when complete.

9. Immediately after logging in to Windows 7 after the reboot, you should see a message that System Restore completed successfully.

10. Click Close.

11. Check to see if whatever Windows 7 problem you were troubleshooting has been corrected by this System Restore.

    If the problem still persists, you can repeat the steps above and choose another restore point if one is available.

    If this restoration caused a problem, you can always undo this particular System Restore.

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Google Chrome-Task Manager

In order to help you keep an eye on performance, Chrome actually provides a Task Manager just like Windows. You can access it using Shift-Esc:

The Task Manager will show you how much Memory/CPU/Network Bytes Sent or Received/FPS (Frames per Second) your browser, tabs, apps, extensions and plug-ins are using. This is great when troubleshooting problems with the browser or if you want to keep tabs (no pun intended) on how many resources a particular page might consume. If you install a beta addon and find your system is crippled afterwards, you can verify the results using the Chrome Task Manager.
If you right-click on any one of these entries you can customize the view further:

 

 

For instance, you can choose "JavaScript memory" for stats involving this category.
If desired, you can end each process by highlighting it and using the "End process" button.

incognito – Secret Mode for chrome browser

 

Incognito mode is for private browsing, where Chrome doesn’t record your browsing history, download history. Any cookies that are stored during the incognito mode is deleted when you close the browser.

You can launch incognito by pressing Ctrl + Shift + N, (or) Settings -> New incognito Window, (or) right mouse-click on a link from a regular Chrome session, and select “open link in incognito window”.

One of the practical use for this mode (apart from private browsing) is to login to the same site using two accounts. 

For example, if you have two gmail accounts, login using the first account in your regular Chrome browser, and login using the second account in your Incognito mode on your Chrome browser. This way, you can be logged in to two gmail accounts at the same time on Chrome browser.

How to change the background of windows media player

 

Windows media player implicitly doesn’t provides an option to change background, But there is a windows 7 registry trick by which we can change it without having any of the problem, So to change background of windows media player follow these steps:

1) Go to Run and type “Regedit”, It will open a registry editor.
2) locate this key in registry editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences
3) Double click on the key LibraryBackgroundImage and enter a value between 0 to 6 (each number represents a background).