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You Just Can’t Ignore These Google Playstore Tips And Tricks

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Many of you have known the Google playstore as a simple marketplace with tons of useful and interesting android apps for the users. You will be surprised if we say that it has a few interesting lesser known features that we are going to reveal to you which will help you to make the best use of it. So, here we present you some useful Google playstore tips, tricks

Google Playstore Tips

  • Did you know that you can get refunds for the apps that are purchased from the Google Playstore if you think they are not worth buying? You will have 2 hours to request a refund an app from your mobile and 48 hours to refund from the web
  • Sometimes we like an app and would like to try the other apps by the same developer or would get to know about a developer recently and would like to try their apps in the store, in such cases we can actually search using the developer’s name. Simply type pub:[developer’s name] in the search bar
  • Many of us may be relying on the reviews to try something and the same thing happens with the apps in the playstore and if you rely on app reviews before actually trying them, then you should set to view only relevant app reviews, you can do this by filtering the reviews according to your choice right at the reviews in the playstore
  • Playstore has a track of all the devices you ever installed, so if you ever happen to switch to a new device, then you can actually download all the owned apps in bulk at a time. After signing in with your Gmail account, just head to the playstore, then click on My apps and gamers and then library where you can find the full list of your apps, scroll through them and install the ones you want

So, do try these very useful Google playstore tips and tricks and get the most out of it.

Hidden google surprises that may amaze you

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Google has been ruling the world of Internet and it has even replaced the word search with its own name. People love using Google and are used to it. Even Google also updates itself all the time according to the new trends.

Google’s search engine has some surprising things that may interest you and many people don’t know about these. I have already mentioned some through my previous article about some amazing and cool things you can do in Google, and now here in this piece of article, I am going to tell you some surprising things that you can do on Google search.

Here are the hidden Google surprises for you

Super Mario Bros:

The first among the many surprising things you may find on Google is a nostalgic one. 90s kids will know the joy of playing the super Mario Kids and they absolutely love the sounds in the game them warm and cozy. You can bring them from any computer. Just search with the keyword “super Mario bros and then press enter , in the side of the results page, you can find the info card where a blinking question mark card will be there, clicking it will give you the cozy and warm feel and take you back into your childhood.

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Blink Html:

Searching with the keyword “blink html” will make the word blink to blink anywhere on the screen.

Festivus:

Searching with the keyword “festivus” on the Google search will place a festivus pole on the left side of the page.

Bletchley Park:

As you may know Bletchley Park is the code breaking center in U.K. Searching it in the Google search will bring an info card in the right side of the page where the headline will appear as it is breaking the code. Try this amazing and cool thing and be surprised.

Flip a coin, Roll a die:

You can virtually flip a coin by simply searching with the keyword “flip a coin” in the Google search. And “roll a die” keyword search rolls the die virtually.

Recursion:

Google knows to crack some humour. If you search with the keyword “recursion”, you will come to know as it will ask you “did you mean recursion”.

Google Pacman:

Searching with this keyword in the Google search will return a screen with the pacman doodle where you can click on play to start the game.

Play solitaire, tic-tac-toe:

Simply search with the keyword ‘solitaire” or “tic tac toe” to play the game.

Bubble level:

Searching with this keyword in your mobile’s Google search will turn your phone into a virtual bubble level where you can use it to check the level of a frame that you just hung on the wall.

These are some amazing and cool things that many people don’t know. So don’t miss to try these hidden Google surprises and you can even use them to surprise others.

 

Surprising notepad tricks that everyone should try

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Windows Notepad is a basic writing application that is very much neglected I guess. Everyone knows that Windows Notepad as just a basic writing app which gets dominated by the various other feature filled applications. Actually notepad is powerful than what it actually looks like. Here are some surprising things that everyone should know about Notepad tricks, that are useful tips.

Get Line Count:

To view the number of lines in a Notepad document, you will have to display the status bar first, for that you have to View menu and then check whether the status bar option is checked. Windows Notepad even has a GOTO option just like the Microsoft Word and you can use it by just pressing CTRL + G, which opens the dialog box and there you can type the exact line number that you want to go to.

Find the Windows Product key:

You can retrieve your Windows Product key using a simple trick on Windows Notepad which is just copy and paste the following code in Notepad and save it with the extension .vbs

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))

Function ConvertToKey(Key)
Const KeyOffset = 52
i = 28
Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Do
Cur = 0
x = 14
Do
Cur = Cur * 256
Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur
Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255
Cur = Cur Mod 24
x = x -1
Loop While x >= 0
i = i -1
KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then
i = i -1
KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput
End If
Loop While i >= 0
ConvertToKey = KeyOutput
End Function

 

When you open this file, it will show you the windows product key.

Test your Antivirus:

Find how safe your PC is under the surveillance of your antivirus program. Just use this simple trick. Save the following harmless code of text in your Notepad.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

Your Antivirus software should pick it up as a malware and should take action accordingly. This will be small test for your antivirus software to know whether it is functioning properly or not.

So these are some surprising things that you can do with the Windows Notepad.  Do try these Notepad tricks and start using Notepad in a differently useful way. Useful tips in Notepad can be useful to you.

A search engine with awesome features that Google doesn’t have

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Google search is a king that we can say without any doubt. And it has many awesome features that I have mentioned in my earlier articles. But it still lacks some features that the DuckDuckGo search engine is offering us. So why don’t we try it as well. Here I am going to tell you about the most interesting features that the DuckDuckGo search engine has.

Search using bangs:

You can search many popular websites right from the address bar itself by using these bangs. For example if you want to search computer era, use the bang !computerera or !ce followed by your search query and then if you press enter, you will be directed to the computer era results page.

For YouTube, the bang is !yt, and for Gmail !gmail, and there are currently about 8413 bangs available.

Get Cheatsheets:

Type a particular app name, operating system, or any service name followed by cheatsheet and then press enter which will present you with the cheatsheet of the particular app, service or platform that you have asked for. But you have to be a bit specific while asking.

Check websites whether they are down:

You are trying to open a particular website but you can’t, in that situation you would have wondered and doubted whether the website is down for others as well or not. In such case you can even check the status of the website if it is down or not. Just type is <website> down and it will give you the result instantly.

To turn the instant answers feature just go to Settings>General>Instant Settings>On. Make sure it is on and you can generate passwords, find coupons and check websites.

Colour Codes:

You want colour codes and looking for them one by one is not good. DuckDuckGo gives you all the colour codes of all the colours just in one table if you just search with the keyword colour codes.

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Switch Text Case:

This feature is actually find in word and other text editing apps or softwares but not in any browser. But DuckDuckGo has it, it actually converts the text to lowercase, uppercase and titlecase. You just have to type the keyword followed by your text in the search and press enter that’s it.

Generate QR Codes:

Generating QR Codes for anything is just so easy with the help of DuckDuckGo. You just type QR followed by the website address and typing enter will present you with the QR Code and it gives you the convenience of opening the website in your phone without having to type the address.

Find App alternatives:

Yes, DuckDuckGo offers you this feature as well. You can search for the alternatives of a particular app by just typing alternative to followed by the app name and press enter, that’s it, it will show you the result.

Isn’t this search engine looks so useful and interesting. So do try it for sure.

 

Written By: Satyapriya Buddhavarapu

A small trick to get Free Windows 10 even after the offer expired

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Free Windows 10

A couple of days back, i.e. on 29th July Microsoft stopped to providing Free Upgrade facility to the Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1 users. If you want to use Windows 10, you must purchase the retail version right now.

I had warned a number of times before the deadline. Few people followed my guidelines and upgraded to Windows 10. If you are one in the unlucky category who missed the Free Upgrade offer, here is an alternative trick to get Windows 10 free still now.

Microsoft offers Free Windows 10 upgrade for those who are suffering from disabilities. The company created a dedicated web page for the customers who are using assistive technologies.

By visiting the web page, you can get Free Windows 10 upgrade without fail. Here is the statement from Microsoft about this offer:

“For the general public, the free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ends on July 29. However, if you use assistive technologies, you can still get the free upgrade offer even after the general public deadline expires as Microsoft continues our efforts to improve the Windows 10 experience for people who use these technologies.”

It doesn’t ask any valid proof for the disabilities. Just you have to press “Upgrade Now” button on the web page. Immediately one EXE file will be downloaded into PC, and the upgrade process will begin.