How to Calibrate your Laptop Battery.

A responds to my recent post on how and when should you use your laptop battery. i came across an informative and important guide on how to calibrate your battery when you realise the performance is reduced.

Are you worried why your laptop displays Invalid battery or peradventure your own laptop crosses the battery when adapter is plugged in?

If your answer is yes then i've got good news for you.

After following a few steps you will know

•  IF your battery is still fine. 
• IF you will need another battery.

Before that i will take you through some Do's and Dont's on how to keep your laptop battery to perform at its best.

Do's

• Always Plug-in your adapter when you plan to use your laptop for longer period where there is a source of electricity.
• Use when plugged in.
• Use your laptop in a well ventilated room / environment.

Dont's

•  Do not plug-in your laptop when you are about to go to bed.
• Do not plug-in the adapter to the laptop before you plug it to the main source.
• Always Disassemble the laptop battery from the laptop if you are not going to use it for a long period.

Here is a few steps on how to calibrate your laptop battery. Before you continue, you will need a laptop battery calibrating software which is available on the internet specifically from your laptop manufacturing company's website. Install the application and run a self test after system test.

Step 1

Plug in you laptop Adapter, allow it to be fully charged. 

Step 2

Remove the Laptop Adapter.

Step 3

Reboot the Laptop and go to bios setup page.

Step 4

Run the full self test on the bios setup page, allowing the laptop battery to completely drain-out.

Step 5

Plug-in the Adapter for five minutes then power-on your laptop and allow it to charge up to 50%

Step 6

Run the Battery Calibrating software again to see what you get either still Good or Need for Replacement.

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Google Voice Search app for iOS

Apple iPhone users without Siri, now need not mess with hacks and tweaks like SiriProxy to get voice search functionality as Google has now officially launched the Google Voice Search for Apple iOS.

The new Google Search app for iPhone and iPad lets users perform enhanced voice searches using accurate voice recognition technology which works with many different accents world-over.

A video demonstration of the app is previewed below, check it out

The App is free and available at the Apple Store.

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Xbox SmartGlass app for Android

Microsoft has made available the Xbox SmartGlass app for Android. Xbox SmartGlass is a free downloadable app that works on Windows 8 and Windows RT, as well as Apple's iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8. It allows you to convert your mobile device into a smart second screen for entertainment.

Xbox SmartGlass lets your phone work with your Xbox 360 console to bring rich, interactive experiences and unique content about what you're watching or playing, right to the device that’s already in your hand. Interact with your favorite TV shows, movies, music, sports, and games, and bring remote control to a whole new level.You can also connect with your Xbox friends, track and compare your achievements, and change up your 3D avatar.

Xbox SmartGlass lets you: 

• Navigate your Xbox 360 with swipe and tap

• Use your phone’s keyboard to type to your Xbox 360

• Browse the Internet on your Xbox 360 with full keyboard and zooming

• Play, pause, fast forward, rewind, and stop videos and music on your Xbox 360

• Search the full Xbox catalog of music, video, and games

• Enjoy rich, interactive experiences from select game and entertainment content creators

• Track and compare your achievements with your Xbox friends

• Change up your 3D avatar

• Message your Xbox friends

• Edit your Xbox profile

Use Xbox SmartGlass to enhance your entertainment on Xbox 360.

The app requires an Xbox membership to sign in and requires Android 4.0 or newer in order to work. 

Head over to the Google Play Store to download Xbox SmartGlass.

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How to port and use windows 8 themes in windows 7

Windows 8 themes have features that are not supported in Windows 7. Therefore, you cannot open Windows 8 themes on a Windows 7. Here is a workaround that allows you to port a Windows 8 theme to Windows 7 system, even though those Windows 8 only features will not be available.

Ready! Here is how

1. Download and extract the content from .deskthemepack file. Using a zip utility tool.

2. Go to Desktop Background in Desktop Personalization window.

3. Click Browse… button and select the desktopbackground folder you extracted earlier.

4. Click OK, and Save changes. You will notice the desktop background is changed immediately.

You can save the theme and share it with others by right-clicking the unsaved theme and choosing Save theme for sharing.

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Galaxy S 4 coming in March 2013

The S3 has been a runaway success since its release at the start of the summer, and is about to go head-to-head with the iPhone 5 in the smartphone showdown of the year.
So we could hardly believe our eyes when reading a report from South Korea which claims the Galaxy S4 could be hitting the shops in the not-too-distant future. So what do we know about the Samsung Galaxy S4 so far?

Release Date
According to the report, the South Korean tech giant is planning to unveil the Galaxy S4 at MWC 2013 in February.
Not only that, but Samsung will release the device as early as March next year. It’s a bold claim given the usual yearly product cycle – the S3 is likely to still be selling well in March next year, and any new launch could damage sales.


Specs
According to the report, the S4 will have a larger 5-inch screen, with an HD AMOLED display that could possibly utilise Samsung’s flexible screen technology.
We’ll also see a quad-core Exynos processor, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system as standard, and LTE capabilities.
The specs claims all sound very reasonable, and we’d expect to see some or all of these included. But that doesn’t mean this rumour is true by any stretch of the imagination.



Our main concern is with the launch date and location. After such a huge solo launch of the S3, Samsung is unlikely to revert to an MWC launch for what will be a very important product.
We also can’t see Samsung jumping the gun with the release. The yearly product cycle works, and if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Then again, stranger things have happened in the tech world.


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