Best Extended USB Ports - PowerCube Extended USB Port

Best Extended USB Ports - PowerCube Extended USB Port

Hi Guys! PowerCube line of power outlets. If you’re like me, you probably have as many devices—smartphone, tablet, media player, and so on that rely on USB cables for charging as you do hardware that needs an AC power cable. So I’ll cover four of Allocacoc's products here, but the rating above is specifically for the $25 PowerCube Extended USB.The first thing you’ll want to know about the entire PowerCube line is that they don’t offer any power conditioning or surge suppression; these devices are designed primarily for convenience. They are, however, equipped with a resettable fuse, so they should provide at least some protection to the devices you plug into them. But unlike Tripp-Lite and some other companies that manufacture true surge suppressors, Allocacoc doesn’t provide insurance to cover your devices should their product fail to protect them from AC power transients. 

                                

PowerCube Original ($13) has AC outlets on five sides, but you’ll still end up with five outlets in total when you plug it in to a wall outlet not seven because the PowerCube consumes one AC receptacle in the outlet and blocks the second plug. You can purchase a second PowerCube Original and plug it into the first, giving you a net total of nine outlets (because it consumes one of the first PowerCube’s outlets). Just make sure the entire load doesn’t exceed 15 amps. The PowerCube Original USB ($20) is pretty much the same device but with two USB charging ports in place of one outlet.

Each USB charging port delivers 5.0 volts and 2.0 amps to a connected USB smartphone, tablet, or media player, so you can power six devices at once. You’ll need to provide your own USB cables, as none come in the box. And if you own Apple devices with Lightning connectors.

            

 PowerCube Extended ($16) has the same five-outlet cube at the end of a five-foot extension cord, and the PowerCube Extended USB ($25) has two USB charging ports and four AC outlets. Plug one of these into a wall duplex and you’ll have a net total of five outlets, because the PowerCube Extended's plug doesn’t block the second outlet in the duplex. The Extended models come with a docking port that you can fasten to your work surface using the provided screws or a two-way adhesive pad, but that will block one of the cube’s five (four for the USB model) outlets. A small plastic collar with a screw hole slides up and down the cable, so you can tack the cable to the wall or underneath your work surface to keep it out of the way. Allocacoc also has PowerCube Extended cables in 10-foot lengths ($20; $30 for the USB version).

The cube form factor in all four of Allocacoc’s products ensures that one wall wart won’t block any of the other four outlets. I like these products. They’re attractive, efficient, and reasonably priced. But if I had to choose between the PowerCube Extended USB and theTripp-Lite TLP606DMUSB I reviewed last November, I’d pick the Tripp-Lite because it offers more robust device protection.

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Top 3 Ways To Save Screenshots To Microsoft OneNote

Top 3 Ways To Save Screenshots To Microsoft OneNote

Hi Friends! Microsoft recently released a new tool for OneNote that makes it easier for Chrome users to grab images of web pages. If you've never used OneNote before, it's well worth checking out, especially now that OneNote is free across all platforms.For Windows users, OneNote is particularly great for collecting screenshots from your desktop. Whether you're talking about grabbing a lengthy web page, a small part of your screen, or everything you see across two displays, OneNote has you covered.Here are three ways to save screenshots to OneNote on Windows, each serving a slightly different purpose.

                                 

Need to grab an image of a web page that scrolls off the screen but want to keep it as a single image, OneNote Clipper can get the job done. Chrome users will get an added bonus, since Microsoft recently released a OneNote Chrome extension available via theChrome Web Store.OneNote Clipper is installed as a bookmarklet for most browsers. Once installed, just click it and whatever page you're on will be automatically sent to OneNote as an image. The first time you use the tool you'll have to sign in with your Microsoft account.When you clip web pages using OneNote Clipper, images are sent to the OneNote web app. You'll be able to access your screenshot right away using OneNote online, but it may take some time to sync to the desktop app.

       

CROPPING TOOLS: 

                                 

Desktop version of OneNote for Windows comes with a "Send to OneNote" tool that lets you quickly send data to the app including cropped images of your desktop.This is useful if you only want to snap an image of a section of a web page or a portion of a desktop app window.To open the Send to OneNote tool, first make sure you have the desktop version of OneNote installed. Next, use the keyboard combination Windows-N, followed by S (the Windows key is to the left of the spacebar). Your screen will be grayed-out, and you'll see a mouse pointer in the shape of a plus sign floating on screen.Put the pointer where you want to snap your cropped image. Click and drag until the portion of the display that you want snapped is selected, then let go of the mouse button.A few seconds later, a OneNote dialog window will open that allows you to save your screenshot to a specific notebook. From this window, you could also copy the screen grab to your clipboard to paste it into an image editing program or email.

GRABBING THE ENTIRE SCREEN:

          

sidebar that pops out on the right, select OneNote. You'll see your screen "blink" as if to simulate a camera shutter, and then the right sidebar will show your screenshot. At the top of the sidebar, choose which notebook you'd like to send your screenshot to, and you're done.Using the Share Charm to take a screenshot works reliably only from the desktop. It will not always work if you open the Share Charm inside a modern UI app. While viewing an article in the built-in news app, for example, you will only be able to share a link to the article.As with the Clipper, it may take some time before you see your new screen grab on the desktop, but you can access it right away on the modern UI side of Windows as well as in the web app.

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Samsung Galaxy F New Releases

Samsung Galaxy F New Releases

Hi Guys!  Samsung Galaxy F has been doing the rounds a lot lately and the latest evidence for it is an appearance at the FCC. The SM-G906S, G906K and G906L, all of which are believed to be variants of the Galaxy F, all passed through the Federal Communications Commission in the States. The interesting thing though is that a diagram showing the dimensions of the handset was attached to the FCC filing. According to the diagram the Galaxy F (aka Galaxy S5 Prime) measures 72.5 x 142mm, which would make it exactly the same width and height as the Samsung Galaxy S5. 

                                
It's also slightly surprising given that the screen is rumoured to be 5.2 inches, which is marginally larger than the 5.1-inch Galaxy S5. Presumably this will be achieved by shrinking down the bezels. 

Other than that the FCC filing doesn't tell us much but it's yet more evidence that the Galaxy F (or S5 Prime if you prefer) is real and on its way.

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Nokia XL Review And Price- Latest

Nokia XL Review And Price- Latest

Hi Friends! Nokia XL is the biggest handset in the Android lineup of the Finnish manufacturer, positioned just below the new Lumia 630. It has decent hardware for an Android phone that costs Rs 10,500, but nothing that sets it apart from the crowd.Just like Nokia X in the entry-level segment, Microsoft is trying to bring its own flavour of Android to the Rs 10,000 price range with Nokia XL. Does it succeed? Has Microsoft/Nokia made an Android phone that delivers what many have asked from the company for years: the customizability of Android with the durability of Nokia. Find out the answer in our detailed Nokia XL reviewNokia XL is pretty big for a 5-inch phone, mainly due to the huge bezel around the screen. Nowadays, even the likes of Micromax and Xolo put in more effort in the design process to create handsets that are easy to hold. Not so much for Nokia XL. It is pretty big, bulky and quite a bother if you frequently pull your phone out of your pocket.


                                                  
 Nokia X, the XL is boxy and characterized by sharp edges. There is a little slope on the back that is supposed to make holding the phone easier, but the thickness of the device (10.9mm) defeats the purpose.The Nokia branding is present on the front as well as the back of the handset. Below the screen is a single touch-sensitive key; but this key is not backlit, so you may find yourself fiddling to hit the back button.Nokia XL also runs on a customized version of Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to devices of a few other companies like Amazon.The custom software gets rid of Google Play app marketplace and replaces it with Nokia Store. However, you can still download standard Android apps via third-party app stores.For the benefit of users, Nokia Store itself offers 1Mobile, a popular third-party app store. So, it is pretty easy to access most apps on Nokia XL. It comes with a large number of preloaded apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, Astro File Manager, Plants vs Zombies, Newshunt, Vine etc.Alongside the preloaded apps, you will find several Microsoft and Nokia services. These include Here Maps app, OneDrive etc. These are meant to replace Google's products in users' everyday life.The overall look and feel of the home screen is also similar to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system; you get a single screen with a long scroll, depending on the number of apps you have downloaded. Unlike Windows Phone, you can add widgets here, but it looks a little cramped.

                               
multimedia experience was acceptable, but nothing extraordinary. All of the common video file formats could be played easily (using third-party apps like MX Player Pro). Audio quality from the speakers is not good and even at low volumes you will find the sound cracking.Battery life of Nokia XL is pretty good; the 2,000mAh battery can take you through an entire day. In our test, we used the phone for approximately an hour of calls and video watching each, a couple of hours of playing games and five-six hours of playing music. All the while, 3G or Wi-Fi was turned on.

Nokia XL packs a 5MP camera with LED flash on the back. The camera takes decent photos, offering accurate colour rendition and good contrast level, but lacking details. One good thing about photos taken from this camera is that dark areas did not show any grains. You can use Nokia XL to take a selfie with its 2MP front camera. Here the images appear grainy, as they do in most low-end phones.

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Download CCleaner For Android

Download CCleaner For Android

Hi Friends! company responsible for the popular PC utility CCleaner, has today announced that CCleaner for Android is now out of Beta and available to download for free.Since the Beta was released, more features have been added and the performance has been improved. We love the fact that as well as being completely free, the app is also advert free, a privilege which you normally have to pay extra for on most apps.CCleaner for Android will ensure that your Android device stays clean by tidying up your browser history, download folders, call logs and SMS messages as well as giving you the option to remove all the unnecessary or un-used applications so that you can free up more memory space for you to use. One really great feature is the Monitor System, which enables you to keep track of your CPU, RAM, storage space and battery levels so that you can ensure that your Android device is in tip top condition.

                                    

CCLEANER :

CCleaner (also known as Crap Cleaner), developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files (including temporary internet files, where malicious programs and code tend to reside) and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. A public version 1.01 for Mac OS X has been released along with a Network Edition. Its technology includes the ability to defrag the drives and access the system information in the online service Agomo, developed by Piriform.

CCleaner supports the cleaning of temporary or potentially unwanted files left by certain programs, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Windows Media Player, eMule, Google Toolbar,Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, McAfee, Adobe Flash Player, Sun Java, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip, GIMP and other applications along with browsing history, cookies, recycle bin, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, autocomplete form history, and various other data. The program also includes a registry cleaner to locate and correct problems in the Windows registry, such as missing references to shared DLLs, unused registration entries for file extensions, and missing references to application paths. As of v2.27, CCleaner can wipe the MFT free space of a drive, or the entire drive itself.

CCleaner can be employed to uninstall programs. In addition, CCleaner allows the alteration of start-up programs, similar to the Microsoft Windows MSConfig utility. Users can disable start-up programs. As of version 2.19.901, CCleaner also allows users to delete system restore points.                                               

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• Speed up your phone and remove junk safely. 
• Clean application cache, download folders, browser history, clipboard content and more. 
• Delete call logs and SMS messages individually, in bulk, by age or by contact.
• Streamline your Android smartphone or tablet.
• Quickly and easily uninstall multiple unwanted applications.
• Free up valuable storage space on your device.

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Moto X Review And Release Date

Moto X Review And Release Date

HI GUYS! We're still waiting on Motorola to officially out the Moto X+1, which is expected to launch in late summer or early fall. In the meantime, however, the company has quietly introduced a 64GB version of the company's current flagship device, the Moto X, for $450 without a contract.Hoping to get more people to give the Moto X a whirl, Motorola also introduced a limited "try then buy" promotion. The deal lets you put one penny down on any Moto X complete with Moto Maker customizations and take it for a two week test drive. If you don't like it after that, you just return it.Don't get too excited, though: Motorola has already sold its allotment of "try then buy" Moto X handsets. Nevertheless, as Motorola looks to prop-up sales and clear its inventory before it changes hands from Google to Lenovo, we may see more of these deals in the future.

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Don't get too excited, though: Motorola has already sold its allotment of "try then buy" Moto X handsets. Nevertheless, as Motorola looks to prop-up sales and clear its inventory before it changes hands from Google to Lenovo, we may see more of these deals in the future. advantage of "try then buy" is that you can find out what it's like to use the Moto X, complete with the colors and other customizations you'd like. Previously, the best you could do was wander into a carrier store and play with the stock version of the device.Before the 64GB release, the Moto X was available in 16GB and 32GB flavors, with the 32GB version selling for just $50 less than the new 64GB unit at $400 contract-free.Along with the storage bump for the Moto X, Motorola also recently opened up its Motorola Alert app to more of its phones. Motorola Alert automatically sends periodic location updates to specific people. The app can be used in times of emergency or just to let your loved ones know when you get home or arrive at work.

Motorola Alert first appeared for the Moto E, but now the Moto X and Moto G are officially supported, as first reported by Android Central.

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How To Upgrade Windows 7 Easy Ways

How To Upgrade Windows 7 Easy Ways

 Hi Friends! Windows 7 Starter edition is the cheapest, least-powerful version of Windows 7. It was never sold retail, and is only available pre-installed on inexpensive, low-power netbooks.But here’s the funny thing: Starter isn’t significantly faster than other editions of 32-bit Windows 7. They all have the same minimum hardware requirements. justify the low price, Microsoft removed a lot of features that can be found in other Windows 7 editions. It lacks Aero Glass which has since been discontinued in Windows 8), multiple monitor support, and Windows Media Center. And if you don’t like the desktop background (what used to be called wallpaper you’re out of luck. You can’t change it.

                                     

Upgrade to another 32-bit edition of Windows 7 (the 64-bit ones won’t work), you’re unlikely to see any performance hit. PC World Lab tests from 2009 showed no significant difference. (The tests were for this article, although Starter results didn’t end up in the final copy.) The Lab ran its WorldBench tests on the same PC running Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium. Starter won, but in a statistical dead heat of 31 to 30. You’d need a stopwatch and quick reflexes to notice that difference.

                                  

If you do the upgrade and notice a performance hit, turn off Aero. It’s the likely culprit.You might also consider upgrading to Windows 8 (again, 32-bit). It might actually improve performance. But run the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant before you put down any money. It will tell you if your hardware is compatible.

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