Digital cameras are one of the most commonly used handheld devices used by many people. There are many camera manufacturing companies like Nikon, Canon, etc., which have designed some high-resolution devices over the years. With the advancement in technology, digital single-lens reflex (digital SLR or DSLR) cameras have gained much popularity.

DSLR cameras use a digital imaging sensor by combining the mechanism of optics and single-lens reflex camera. Such DSLR cameras are known for capturing some awesome pictures and videos. They generally use the MOV file format to store captured images. MOV is a very popular file format introduced for QuickTime player on Mac OS X. However, such file formats are open to various issues including corruption in DSLR cameras. Read more…

The emergence of Smartphones has revolutionized the mobile industry. It has defined an advanced way of communication along with myriads of useful features that have bought immense comfort and luxury to the users.

Gone are the days, when mobile phones were only used for communicating with others via simple text messages or voice calls; however, today, it can be observed that over 1.2 billion users access the Internet through their Smartphones. Moreover, the surveys have also depicted that a quarter of the total searches are made through mobiles and more than 15 percent of the global Internet usage is accounted by the mobile traffic. Hence, it’s clear that how imperative it is to create a mobile-optimized website. Read more…

Online ad revenue has become the major source of revenue for many websites. Advertising is very profitable for websites that enjoy heavy traffic. Bloggers and various websites like news websites publish ads and generate enough income to provide a boost to their bottom line.

For most of the online businesses ad revenue is important for their success and hence website designers should be able to design and develop websites which can produce revenue. Proper ad optimisation, in terms of ad’s style, position and type, is must for revenue generation. Given below are some practices that can boost ad revenue when properly applied: Read more…

It’s true that OCR technology is not a brand new technology. Many businesses as well as enterprises have been using this technology for years. But we are being known about this software just because of some useful and important accomplishments of the OCR technology.

Not many years ago, in order to use this technology to do conversions, a user had to manually write the text. And to complete this process, the user had to spend a lot of time. But the new OCR software represents some great features enabling users to do conversions within a minute. And the new software is far more accurate than the old ones. Read more…

Every smartphone comes equipped with a built-in camera these days, and imaging technology for phones is becoming more and more advanced. Due to the widespread use of social media, and the ease of uploading, sharing, and editing photos right on your phone, developers are striving to have the best camera in the smartphone industry—for some users, it is the most important feature. As you know, not all smartphones are created equal, and this is especially true when it comes to camera features and apps.

If you are concerned about the camera capabilities on your phone, there is a lot to compare between smartphones. While many popular smartphone brands have the latest in camera technology, you also need to consider the apps and programs that will be specific to your phone or operating system. Read on to learn about the smartphones with the best camera, and see which one best fits your style. Read more…

Of all the argh-worthy things in the world, the ‘Low battery power” notification on our phone’s screen certainly ranks among the very top. As more and more sophisticated smartphones are making their way into the market, their advanced features are sucking the life out the phone batteries faster than you can imagine. And this draining out of the battery life has led to the batteries not lasting beyond a few months.

However, if you are led to believe that your smartphone’s battery life is something you have no leverage over, you are misguided. While we, as users’ may not double or triple the battery lives up, but we can certainly make sure that we don’t let it drain out on tasks that don’t command many resources. Read more…

Blogging is in great demand. Today, most businesses worth their salt are investing their marketing dollars in blogging to bring more traffic to their websites. These businesses are also using social media to promote their blog content to get the desired results from their blogging efforts.

However, social media operates under a set of rules. Every time you share a social post, you will be tried in the court of public opinion. This court is of significant importance as it is getting bigger by the day and also because it’s the people’s court both in letter and spirit; it’s the people who are sitting in judgment. For businesses that don’t follow the guidelines set by this court, the verdicts can be harsher than a court of law. Read more…

Did you just got lost somewhere with rare possibility of accessing a network connection? There’s nothing to worry about until you have your iOS device. Wondering how? Since the iOS devices contains Google Maps app you can easily find your way back to home even when offline. Google just recently introduced a new feature to Google Maps, making it possible for users to save the maps to their phone.

So, the moment you got stuck in a place without any Internet connection and your phone starts displaying “No service”, Google Maps will pop up but only in the case if you’ve stored your maps to be accessed in the offline mode. With the new Google Maps 3 version you can store huge portion of map areas for your guidance, for offline access. Read more…

In the late 90s, email marketing emerged on the scene as a unique, highly advanced and extremely effective alternative to the older more traditional marketing methods. Email marketing involved using emails to acquire clients, increase brand awareness and nurture new leads. Personalized e-mails were sent to acquire new customers and retain existing customers, convincing them to purchase a particular product or service.

It’s been more than 2 decades since email marketing took the world of marketing by storm, but it has lost none of its sheen and remains as effective today as it was in the past. It continues offering excellent ROI compared to other digital channels such as social media or online display advertising. Read more…

For those who haven’t received the memo yet, Magento is the platform to go with when you are planning to build an online store. Launching an Ecommerce site unarguably is a decision accompanied with a lot of contemplation and a huge investment of time and money, as and when you decide to take the plunge. Thus, it is only imperative that the platform you choose to build the site upon gives you a free rein to be creative, and at the same time, aim for superior user experience. And Magento fits the bill right till the last thread.

On this date, Magento is unarguably the most sought-after content management system, used by a majority of Ecommerce website owners to lend their website an exceptional visual appeal and a dynamic set of functions. The question, however, for novices is: what makes Magento so good and so recommended? Read more…

Finding the right design approaches and nailing the combination that delivers the best result for the web store owners is crucial in today’s competitive times. Generally, the three most important aspects for designing an ecommerce site are: Site Navigation, Product or Service page and the Checkout process.

Site Navigation is one of the most distinguished designing aspects for any ecommerce website. It allows the shoppers to navigate and find the information easily. Read more…

Website Designing has become a key point of concern among small and big enterprises which are looking ahead to build their online corporate portals. Over all these years, Adobe Photoshop has remained the number one choice of web designers engaged in building both simple as well as complex websites/e-commerce stores.

Well, with a lot being said about Adobe Photoshop, there are web designers who’ve chosen to convert their Photoshop designs into HTML. Looking at the current PSD to HTML workflow and its popularity, it won’t be wrong to say that the markup conversion hasn’t lost its significance over all these years. In this blog, I’ll walk you through some vital points that reflect the “Never Dieing” nature of PSD to HTML markup conversion process. Read more…

Android has quite a number of security features that are built into the operating system that significantly reduce the frequency and impact of security issues. The system is designed so that when you build your apps with default system and file permissions, you can avoid having to make difficult decisions about security.

Some of the core security features that can help you build secure apps include: Read more…

First released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, WordPress has come a long way. WordPress is a free and open-source blogging tool and is a content management system based on PHP and MySQL. Due to its ability to provide a great degree of customisation to its user, it is one of the most popular blogging systems today.

Many a times, when we spot a great feature or a function on somebody else’s website or blog, we try to incorporate that in our blog too. Also, if you are working on theme design or you are customising your website, sometimes, digging for codes becomes quite inconvenient. It is a great help if we are able to locate help with tips on WordPress during those times. Following are the cool 15 tips among many which we can make use of when working with WordPress. Read more…

The hard drives are capable of storing massive amounts of data. Based on your requirements, you can have an external hard drive, aimed at storing your files in a secure and portable way.

While all your files stored on the external drive, you can carry it along with you and access it whenever required. All you have to do is, hook up the hard drive to a Windows-based computer, and then open it. However, you need to be very careful as far as the maintenance of the hard drive is concerned. Otherwise, you may get your drive corrupt or your computer most likely fails to detect it. Read more…