How to use Windows Apps in iPad using Parallels Access.

This article written speaks on how a person can use Windows Desktop Applications on his iPad. Even though a lots of other articles have been written on it but this article is unique as it uses Parallels Access to bring the Windows Apps to be used on your iPad.


Thanks to the huge collection of apps from Apple's App Store an iPad can do most of what average computer users want to do. But sometimes there's a special Windows PC program that does something not possible on an iPad.

The newly updated Parallels Access lets users run specialized piece Windows software from an iPad, iPad mini or iPhone. The program stays on the Windows PC, which runs the Parallels Access client. The user controls the PC to run the special application while away from the computer.

Parallels Access lets iPad users control their Windows desktop apps.

Take a look at our other uses for Parallels Access including .

To get started, sign up for an account with Parallels. This is the company that produces Parallels Desktop, the software that runs Windows, or other operating systems, on a Mac. Parallels Access costs $19.99/year with a one month free trial.

The subscriber installs the Windows PC client app on up to five computers. It also works on a Mac. You can also install an iOS or Android app on an unlimited number of tablets or smartphones. The service also works with Parallels Desktop, so users can run programs installed inside a virtual version of OSX or Windows running inside Parallels Desktop, which loads on the Mac.

Parallels Access presents the software installed on the computer like they're iPad apps, with their icons in the same iOS-style grid.

Here's the company's demo video that shows using Parallels Access on an iPad controlling Mac programs. It works the same way with Windows.

Download the client software for the Windows PC and run it.

Get the Windows client software from Parallels after signing up for the account. Install it, log into the program, and set it to always run. Do this from within the Parallels Access client running on Windows by clicking on the Advanced tab (see below).

We recommend selecting Log in automatically. and Start Parallels Access when I log in to Windows.

Get the free Parallels Access app from the iPad App Store. Log in and the app will show the computers set up in the previous step.

The main window shows all computers running the Parallels Access client software.

Tap on the computer running the app you want to control on the iPad and it will connect, so long as the computer is running the client software and is connected to the Internet. A grid of icons will show up that. It looks a lot like the iPad's home screen. Tap on a program icon to run it.

Parallels Access shows a grid of software icons that looks like the iPad home screen.

The app lets users add or remove program icons to the app's home screen. Tap on Edit in the upper right corner.

Edit the programs that show up on the home screen by tapping Edit in the upper right.

Go through the list and tap on the slider icon to change which programs show up in the Parallels Access main screen. A program icon will show up if the slider looks red. Tap to turn programs on or off and then tap on Done in the upper right corner of the dialog box. The Add button only adds programs, while Edit lets users both add and remove.

Tap on the Files button in the upper left to see the files on the remote Windows PC.

Parallels Access also lets users access the files on the Windows computer. Tap on the Files button in the upper left corner of Parallels Access home screen. A simple file explorer shows up with folders and drives listed along the right, and the files and folders in each folder or drive showing on the right, just like Finder on a Mac or Explorer on Windows.

To manipulate the files on the Windows computer tap on the Edit button in the upper right. A menu appears along the left. Tap a file to select it and then use the menu to .

Parallels Access users can move files around, and even edit them, by using the Open with command.

Here's some of the best use case scenarios for Parallels Access.

If $20/year seems like too much for this app, consider the free Teamviewer, which non-business users for can install and run for free. LogMeIn now charges more than Parallels Access. Neither of these solutions present the programs installed on the computer in the nice layout that mimics the iPad user-interface. This simplicity and elegance makes the programs low price a good value. Now if only they'd make a ChromeOS version of the client software.


Written by:
Anubhav Sachan
www.anubhavsachan.tk

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How to Test Website across Multiple Browsers and Devices Synchronously

Welcome back!  I, Anubhav Sachan, am here again with another guide “How to Test Website across Multiple Browsers and Devices Synchronously”.

Responsive Web Design (RWD) is now a common approach in building a mobile friendly website. But building a responsive website can be quite irritating when you have to test the website in multiple devices and screen-sizes.

Say you have three devices to run the test on, you may end up having to constantly refresh each browser in every of those devices, which is cumbersome, to say the least.

So the idea of “synchronized testing” has emerged to address this situation and make the workflow more streamlined. There is a Grunt plugin called Browser Sync  to perform this, and Iam going to show you how to deploy it in your project, in this post.

 Why use Browser Sync?

First off, I’m not saying that Browser Sync is the perfect tool. There are also a number of GUI Applications such as Adobe Edge Inspect and Ghostlab which are great tools as well. They both have a nice GUI, but here’s why I think Browser Sync is better than these Applications:

1) Browser Sync (as well as Grunt) is free which helps if you have little to no budget to work with.

2) It is open-source. Depending on your JavaScript and Node.js proficiency you can extend it to cater to your own specific requirements.

3) It is cross-platform. You can use it in Windows, OS X and Linux. Ghostlab, on the other hand, is only available in OS X and Windows.

Installation

 To start off, you would install the Grunt plugin called Browser Sync. I’m sure the name says it all; this plugin syncs a number of interactions that occur on the website including page scrolling, populating form fields, and clicking on links.

All these actions will be reflected in the other browsers and devices as they are happening. Type the following command to install Browser Sync in your working directory:

npm install grunt --save-dev
npm install grunt-browser-sync --save-dev

Configuration

Once installed, Browser Sync can be loaded within the Gruntfile.js, this way.

  module.exports = function(grunt) {  
     grunt.initConfig({  
         browser_sync: {  
             dev: {  
                 bsFiles: {  
                     src : 'navbar-fixed-top.css',  
                 },  
                 ghostMode: {  
                    clicks: true,  
                    scroll: true,  
                    links: true,  
                    forms: true,  
                 },  
             },  
         },  
     });  
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browser-sync');  
 }; 

This configuration will monitor the navbar-fixed-top.css file and automatically refresh the browser when it’s changed. We should also enable ghostMode to keep track of interactions on the website.

Note: Browser Sync also provides a number of other configurations, you can check them out in detail on this page. For the time being, the above configuration should suffice for the project example in this article.

Once the configuration is set, go to Terminal (or Command Prompt) and run the task using the following command:

grunt browser_sync

After running the command, you will be prompted to add three line of scripts within the <head> tag.

Also, when you view your website in multiple browsers, it also records those browsers, and notifies you in Terminal. In this case, I opened the website in Chrome, Safari, and Mobile Safari (through iPhone Simulator).

Check It Out

Now, as you can see from the following animated GIF, all updates, changes, and interactions are synced in real time in all the browsers.

I would be happy to hear from you. You may send your Suggestions,Advices etc. on contac ifo at Developers page.

Thank You !

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How to Click a Quality Selfie?

These days smart phone users are developing the interest on “Selfie”. Selfie fever is not mere an affliction which has spread among youth but even U.S. President Barack Obama, Vatican’s Pope Francis, and BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi are afflicted with it. All the Selfies are popular and have the tendency to find place in News Headlines. 

 

Earlier it wasn’t easy to capture your photo but the introduction of front camera in the smart phone has made it really very easy to capture a Selfie. So I,Anubhav Sachan, am here to give some tips on clicking a good Selfie.

To capture a great photograph of yours the first thing which needs to be best is the Camera. If your camera is not so advanced you can use some of apps for iOS, Windows and Android’s AppStores. More are the Pixels of your camera, quality of image will be more. Camera should have a light sensor, Flash or LED. If these are not available then it’s not possible to click a good Selfie.Love them or hate them, Selfie’s are here to stay.

Oxford Dictionaries named Selfie the Word of the Year 2013. Selfie is defined by Oxford as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.”

1. Check your lighting

Pictures in general turn out better when the subject is facing the light. Avoid the creepiness below by taking a selfie in good lighting.

2. Be genuine

If you’re happy, smile! If you’re sad, frown. Whatever you do, don’t pretend to not be looking at the camera when you are clearly aware that you are taking a photo of yourself.

3. Avoid/Don’t Avoid Photobombers

Intentional photobombers can ruin a very cute, bestie Selfie. They can also turn a not so special ‘don’t’ I look good today Selfie’ into a piece of socially shareable magic.

4. Keep your hand still

Avoid the total amateur move of a blurry Selfie. Using the photo timer on your phone is a big help. It removes the accidental blurry image, caused by pressing your camera button too hard.

5. Make it interesting

We’re past the plain Selfie. Get creative! Selfie on the ground, Selfie on a swing, Selfie with a Selfie, give people a reason to click that ‘Like’ button.

6. Get a great front facing camera phone.

A great front facing camera will ensure the best quality selfie. The front facing camera also helps you frame yourself so you avoid the super close up. 

7. Above all else, embrace the Selfie.

You didn’t get that new high res camera cell phone for nothing! Don’t be ashamed that you want to get in on the Selfie game.

  Sorry Readers I was at New York sometime ago for a short piece of work but i will not disappoint you again.

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How to Force the Browser to Remember the Username and Password

We all know that e merchant’s websites like Paypal,American Express etc  are not saving passwords but you have the tendency to forget the passwords , so I’m  here for The Best within Everything with another How To Guide.

When you enter your username and password to log into a website, Google Chrome will prompt you to remember the password. If you accept, Chrome saves the password internally and the next time you open that site, it will auto-fill the username and password fields for you.

The password-saving feature is available in all modern browsers but some websites, maybe for security reasons, disable this option for their login forms. For instance, the PayPal website doesn’t allow the browser to remember your password and thus you are forced to enter the password every time you open PayPal. Some banks websites do that as well.


— Use the Remember Password extension for Chrome and it will force the browser to remember passwords even if the site has disabled the option.

How Websites Disable Password Saving

Websites can easily disable the auto-fill option for login forms by setting autocomplete=off for the password field. For instance, if the login form is written as below, the browser will never prompt the user to save the password field because form autocompletion is turned off.

1.  <form>

2.   <input type="text" name="username">

3.   <input type="password" name="password" autocomplete="off">

4.  </form>

 

Force the Browser to Remember Password

Now that you know how websites turn off the option to remember passwords, getting around this problem is simple.

You can set the autocomplete attribute of the password fields on a web page to on (if they are off) and you’ll be able to save passwords. Here’s a piece of JavaScript that will automatically turn on autocomplete for all password fields on a web page.

1.    var fields = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="password"]');

2.    for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {

3.      fields[i].autocomplete="on";   

4.    }

No, you don’t have to worry about the code as there’s a simple extension for Chrome – Remember Password – that does it automatically for you.

Install the Remember Password extension and then open a site like PayPal that does not allow you to save passwords. Login with your username & password and the browser will now prompt you to remember the password.

Most importantly I've referred many websites before publishing this post & would like to tell that this post may contain copyrighted material which has been reproduced under permission and general licence.

Thank You !

Contact Me (Anubhav Sachan)
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How to Bypass the Social Reader Apps in Facebook

Some Facebook stories require you to add the Social Reader app before you can access the underlying story. You can however bypass social reading apps easily in Facebook.

Some stories appearing in your Facebook newsfeed, like the one shown in the screenshot above, require you to add a “social reader” application to your Facebook profile before you can access the underlying story.
This social-reading “feature” is enabled for quite a few popular sites including Yahoo, The Washington Post, Guardian, Huffington Post, Daily Motion, and many more.
The problem is that once you add the social reader application, Facebook may broadcast your activity on these sites to the newsfeed of your Facebook friends. Do you really want your friends to know what stories your have been reading or watching on the Internet? Facebook calls this “frictionless sharing” but it can be embarrassing sometimes.

How to Bypass the Facebook Social Reader 

If you would not like your friends to know what stuff you have watching or reading online, either don’t click on Facebook links that ask you to install the Social Reader app or try these simple workarounds.

Option 1: Look for the Cancel button in the window that prompts you to the add the Social Reader app. When you hit Cancel, Facebook won’t install the app to your profile and you’ll be immediately redirected to the underlying article or video page.

Option 2: Some social reading apps in Facebook – Yahoo for example – do not offer the Cancel option and you have to add the app to read the article. In that case, you can just change the privacy settings of that app from “Friends” to “Only Me” and then hit “Okay, Read Article.” Now you activity won’t be visible to any of your Facebook friends.

Option 3: As someone suggested in the comments, simply copy the story title from the Facebook ticker to the clipboard, paste it into the Google Search box and hit the I’m Feeling Lucky Button. This is how you can also read premium news content on the web.
See Also: How to Create Custom Facebook Pages
 

How to Block Facebook Social Reading Apps

If you have added any of the Social Readers Apps to your Facebook Profile and would like to get rid of them permanently (so that they don’t broadcast stuff without your knowledge), follow these steps.
Go to Facebook Account Settings and open the Apps Settings page (direct link). This will show all the authorized Facebook apps that are associated with your profile. Search for “Social Reader” and hit [x] to remove that app from your profile. Alternatively, click the Edit button next to the app and set the visibility of “Posts on my behalf” to “Only Me.”

There are Chrome extensions that help you read articles on Facebook without adding the Social Reading apps but the downside is that extensions aren’t available for all browsers – especially when you are accessing Facebook on your iPad – and second, they may not support every site that’s enabled for social reading. ↓

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