'Lenovo Better Way IndiBlogger Contest'

(I post the following article for participating in "Lenovo Better Way IndiBlogger Contest")

I am at present using Hp touchpad which was given to me by my son which in turn was presented to him by a friend in USA who purchased it when it was launched in 2011.

The following are the configuration of the HP touchpad::

• Storage capacity: :64 GB
• Version  HP webOS 3.0.5
• Memory:1 GB, Mobile DDR2 SDRAM
• Display:9.7 inch, 1024×768 pixel, Gorilla Glass multitouch capacitive touch screen. Interaction  by finger .

The following applications are available preloaded in the  touchpad::

Web,Email,Messaging,HP App catalog,Memos,Qucik Office,Adobe Readers,Maps,Contacts,Music,Phone & Video Calls,Photos & Videos,Face book,Youtube and Book reader

My disappointments/misadventures with HP touch pad:

Initially I was thrilled to have this HP touchpad since it was the first touchpad used by me. I could download some of the free applications from HP Application catalog. .I could install many photos,videos and songs in the touchpad using the USB cable.But slowly I got irritated with the tocuhpad due to many reasons as given below:

Card based  multitasking : The TouchPad uses card multitasking which is not a user friendly function. When using an application,if you have to open another application we have to minimize the application by pressing the home button and open  another application and I find it irritating  to operate like this every time.

No Support and updates for WebOS: The HP TouchPad was launched on July 1, 2011, in USA with WebOS but in Aug 2011 Hewlett-Packard announced that it would discontinue all current hardware devices running webOS. 

Since HP has discontinued the support for the Touchpad, there is no updates for the  WebOS platform. The last updated version was 3.0.5 as of January 12, 2012.

Lack of  New applications: I am increasingly frustrated with the lack of applications and HP’s abandoning of the platform. Apart from the applications already provided in the Application catalog, we cannot down load any new application as in the case of Android market where the number of new applications is growing day by day and most of which are free also.

No support for taking photos: Since there is no front camera we cannot take photos with the touch pad.

How Lenova has come to my rescue?

With the above disappointments and misadventures of HP touchpad, I was looking for buying a new laptop with added features and user friendly functions. 

Now I am glad to find that Lenova has introduced  Lenova Yoga 10 tablet  which has many attractive features.

The Salient features of Lenova Yoga 10 tablet:

This is the World's first Multi mode tablet namely Hold mode,Stand mode and Tilt mode.
It is available in two models :Yoga tablet 10 standard model and Yoga tablet 10 Web Exclusive model both available in the price of about $280.  It has very stylish design with increased battery life upto 18 hours.

The Yoga tablet comes with the most famous Android™ 4. 2 JellyBean OS which is mostly used in all Mobile phone platforms and we can download many more applications both paid and free from the web store. Compared to the WebOS platform Android OS is very user friendly also.

The 5.0M rear and 1.6M front cameras let us take high-definition pictures and enjoy crisp, clear video chats. The front camera facility is not available in my present HP touchpad.

The Yoga tablet comes with an optional wireless keyboard which enables the users to operate the device more comfortably. Its weight is also only 1.3 lbs only when compared to HP touchpad's weight of 1.63 lbs. The tablet has also 64GB micro-SD card storage support — perfect for transferring photos or storing large files like movies.

The tablet also comes with the following attractive accessories:

Yoga 10 Tablet Sleeve + Film (Black)

Detachable Bluetooth Keyboard Cover 

Lenovo Headphone 

Customer Reviews for Lenovo Yoga 10:

It is not a surprise that with the above excellent features Lenova Yoga 10 has the following customer review rating :

Average Customer Rating

4.2 out of 5 stars (13 Reviews)

Customer Support:

With thousands of support reps in 18 locations worldwide and a deep bench of level-2 technical experts, Lenova provides us quick and knowledgeable help when we need it. They are consistently ranked as a top provider of customer support in surveys.

As the excellent features available in  Lenova Yoga 10 are not available, it is high time for me to move from my existing HP Touchpad to Lenova Yoga 10. Hope that you will also agree with me.

How I'll use the Lenova Yoga 10 tablet in a better way than the present HP tablet?

• I can take pictures using the front camera and upload in Face book.

• I can download many free Android applications like Interesting Word games/Memory games  to improve my  memory, utility applications like application for  monitoring my Income and Expenditure, Google map to find the locations and routes,applications for monitoring the performance of the tablet like Memory cleaner etc.

• I'll use the tablet for making calls,sending messages and also to chat with relatives and friends using applications like Whatsapp, wechat etc.

• I can use the tablet to effectively edit and post articles in my blogs.

Thus the scope for my activities with Lenova Yoga 10 tablet will increase tremendously.

I have visited the following link of LenovaIndia in Face book and liked the page.There is no doubt that you will also visit the page and liked it.
https://www.facebook.com/LenovoIndia

Lenova Yoga 10 tablet will definitely change the concept of tablet and everyone will love to purchase it . Are you ready to enjoy the stylish Lenova Yoga 10 tablet?

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20 PEOPLE WHO CHANGED INTERNET

The world has become tightly connected since the internet. The web itself has replaced the practice of reading newspaper.Most of us now communicate through e-mails instead of paper and pen.  We now watch networks or movies online, it has even become a wide business venture, so much so we can now make purchase and pay our bills through the internet. The web has also transformed friendships through various social media. It also provides us the possibility to reconnect with people from our childhood and it can be a life changing event. Having a great idea is one thing. Turning that idea into a booming company through innovation and execution is what that matters most.  Here, these are the people who have the biggest impact on the direction of the web: past, present, and future. They changed the internet and revolutionized the way we lead our lives today. Just imagine the world without internet. You can't because it has become our daily life.    1. Vint Cerf And Bob Kahn - Father of the Internet. The Father of Internet, Vint Cerf, together with Bob Kahn, created the TCP/IP suite of communication protocols, a language used by computers to talk to each other in a network. Vint Cerf once said that the internet is just a mirror of the population and spam is a side effect of a free service. 2. Tim Berners-Lee - Inventor of WWW Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He wrote the first web client and server and designed a way to create links, or hypertext, amid different pieces of online information. He now maintains standards for the web and continues to refine its design as a director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).  3. Ray Tomlinson - Father of Email Programmer Ray Tomlinson, the Father of Email, made it possible to exchange messages between machines in diverse locations; between universities, across continents, and oceans. He came up with the "@" symbol format for e-mail addresses. Today, more than a billion people around the world type @ sign every day. 4. Michael Hart - The birth of eBooks  Michael Hart started the birth of eBooks and breaks down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy. He created the Project Gutenberg and was considered world's first electronic library that changed the way we read. The collection includes public domain works and copyrighted works with express permission. 5. Gary Thuerk - The first Email spam Spamming is an old marketing technique. Gary Thuerk, sent his first mass e-mailing to customers over the Arpanet for Digital's new T-series of VAX systems. What he didn't realize at the time was that he had sent the worlds' first spam. 6. Scott Fahlman - The first emoticon Scott Fahlman is credited with originating the first ASCII-based smiley emoticon, which he thought would help to distinguish between posts that should be taken humorously and those of a more serious nature. Now, everybody uses them in messenger programs, chat rooms, and e-mail. 7. Marc Andreessen - Netscape Navigator Marc Andreessen revolutionized Internet navigation. He came up with first widely used Web browser called Mosaic which was later commercialised as the Netscape Navigator. Marc Andreessen is also co-founder and chairman of Ning and an investor in several start ups including Digg, Plazes, and Twitter. 8. Jarkko Oikarinen - Internet Relay Chat, IRC Jarkko Oikarinen developed the first real-time online chat tool in Finland known as Internet Relay Chat. IRC's fame took off in 1991. When Iraq invaded Kuwait and radio and TV signals were shut down, thanks to IRC, though, up-to-date information was able to distribute. 9. Robert Tappan Morris - First Worm Virus The concept of a worm virus is unique compared to the conventional hacking. Instead of getting into a network themselves, they send a small program they have coded to do the job. From this concept, Robert Tappan Morris created the Morris Worm. It's one of the very first worm viruses to be sent out over the internet that inadvertently caused many thousands of dollars worth of damage and "loss of productivity" when it was released in the late 80s.  10. David Bohnett - Geocities David Bohnett founded GeoCities in 1994, together with John Rezner. It grew to become the largest community on the Internet. He pioneered and championed the concept of providing free home pages to everyone on the web. The company shut down the service on October 27, 2009.    11. Ward Cunningham - The first Wiki. American programmer, Ward Cunningham, developed the first wiki as a way to let people collaborate, create and edit online pages together. Cunningham named the wiki after the Hawaiian word for "quick." 12. Sabeer Bhatia - Hotmail. Sabeer Bhatia founded Hotmail in which the uppercase letters spelling out HTM - the language used to write the base of a webpage. He got in the news when he sold the free e-mailing service, Hotmail to Microsoft, for $400 million. He was awarded the "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Draper Fisher Jurvertson in 1998 and was noted by TIME as one of the "People to Watch" in international business in 2002. His most exciting acquisition of 2009 was Jaxtyr which he believes is set to overtake Skype in terms of free global calling. 13. Matt Drudge - The Drudge Report. Matt Drudge started the news aggregation website The Drudge Report. It gained popularity when he was the first outlet to break the news that later became the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 14. Larry Page and Sergey Brin - Google (wikipedia) Larry Page and Sergey Brin changed the way we search and use the Internet. They worked as a seamless team at the top of the search giant. Their company grew rapidly every year since it began. Page and Brin started with their own funds, but, the site quickly outgrew their own existing resources. They later obtained private investments through Stanford. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and their company Google, continue to favor engineering over business.    15. Bill Gates - Microsoft Bill Gates founded the software company called "Micro-Soft," a combination of "microcomputer software."  Later on, Bill Gates developed a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) for a disk operating system. He called this new style Windows. He has all but accomplished his famous mission statement, to put "a computer on every desk and in every home," at least, in developed countries. 16. Steve Jobs - Apple Steve Jobs innovative idea of a personal computer led him into revolutionizing the computer hardware and software industry. The Apple founder changed the way we work, play and communicate. He made simple and uncluttered web design stylish.  The story of Apple and Steve Jobs is about determination, creative genius, pursuit of innovation with passion and purpose. 18. Brad Fitzpatrick - LiveJournal Brad Fitzpatrick created LiveJournal, one of the earliest blogging platforms. He is seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz. He is also the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, used on LiveJournal, Facebook and YouTube.LiveJournal continues today as an online community where people can share updates on their lives via diaries and blogs.Members connect by creating a "friends list" that links to their pals' recent entries. 19. Shawn Fanning - Napster Shawn Fanning developed Napster, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program designed to let music fans find and trade music. Users put whatever files they were willing to share with others into special directories on their hard drives. The service had more than 25 million users at its peak in 2001, and was shut down after a series of high-profile lawsuits, not before helping to spark the digital music revolution now dominated by Apple. Napster has since been rebranded and acquired by Roxio. 20. Peter Thiel - Paypal. Peter Thiel is one of many Web luminaries associated with PayPal. PayPal had enabled people to transfer money to each other instantly. PayPal began giving a small group of developers access to its code, allowing them to work with its super-sophisticated transaction framework. Peter Thiel cofounded PayPal at age 31 and sold it to eBay four years later for $1.5 billion.

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Mistakes That Can Damage Your Computer

In the last 20 years, computers have become a necessity. People can spend hours in front of one at work, only to come back home and use their personal one, for which they paid a handsome sum. Sadly, many people unknowingly engage in actions that are harmful to their computer. A list of the 16 most common things we do incorrectly, and how to do them without possibly needing to get your computer fixed are furnished below:

1. Blocking the Computer’s Vents Trying to save space can often lead you to place your computer closely against the wall, desk, sofa, curtains, etc. The vents are vital in keeping the computer cool, and anything that blocks them may cause it to overheat. High temperatures damage the internal circuitry, so keeping the computer nice and cool by not blocking the vents should be a priority. 2. Deleting System Files When we use our computer, we sometimes clog the hard drive with pictures, movies, music, and other junk. When the hard drive is full, it works harder, making your computer sluggish. The problem arises when inexperienced users try to clear up space by deleting files they don’t know, and more often than not – they delete important system files. Deleting these files can render the computer inoperable, or prevent certain features from functioning (example: deleting system files related to the sound drive can disable your ability to listen to music, etc.) Don’t delete any files ending with.SYS,.DLL, or.EXE, in particular from these directories: Program Files, System32, Windows, Users. 3. Cleaning the Screen with Liquids When you want to clean your computer screen, you probably use a wet wipe or some basic cleaning detergent, but this may actually damage it. Any type of liquid can cause corrosion if it gets into the screen and detergents (even natural ones) may damage the special coating on the screen. The best way to clean a computer screen is by using a dry microfiber cloth, or the same kind of cloth you use to clean your eyeglasses. 4. Pushing the CD/DVD Tray to Close it Even I do this from time to time, instead of pushing the open/close button on the drive. You may think that these actions are the same, but when you apply force to the drive you can break the opening and closing mechanism. So next time you’re closing the drive – use the button.

5. Using the Same Password It may be easy to remember your password this way, but it also makes it easy for hackers and criminals to log into your private information, or worse. You wouldn’t want to use the same key for your home, car, and bank account. If you hate remembering passwords, simply get a password management program LastPass or LogMeOnce. 6. Not Restarting After Installing New Software When you install a new piece of software to the computer, some may ask you to restart it. You may feel that it’s a waste of time, but these requests are not mere whims by developers. Some applications need to start up with the computer to function properly, so using them without the initial restart can result in t hem not working properly (or at all). Even if you don’t have the patience for it, make it a habit to restart the computer when prompted to. 7. Browsing the Web without an Up-to-Date Antivirus This is a HUGE NO-NO! One of the most vital things you should have installed on your computer is an antivirus software. Browsing the internet exposes you to many malicious attacks from websites. Some try to collect data on you, some want to trick you into paying them, and some want to steal your identity. So make sure your computer has an antivirus software installed, and that it is updated. 8. Letting Pets Get Too Close to the Computer If you’re a pet-owner, you probably noticed that your pets to use your computer as a pillow. Who can blame them? It’s nice and warm. You may find it adorable, but it’s actually very bad for your computer. Shed fur finds its way into the computer and can block the vents, or jam internal fans, causing the computer to overheat. So keep your furry friends away from your computer, and have it cleaned at least once a year.

9. Installing Programs Automatically You may not to read the information in the various windows during a program installation, and many programs will offer to “save you the effort” and automatically install themselves. The problem arises when these programs install add-ons unwanted toolbars on your computer, which will, at best slow it down, and at worst steal your information. Next time you install anything, take a moment to read what’s going on instead of just clicking “OK”. 10. Opening the Computer Case When it’s Still Plugged In It is recommended that you clean your computer every few months, clearing dust, fur, etc. from the case. Some of us to do it themselves, but sometimes forget to unplug the computer from the power socket. While you may think that when the computer is off, it’s safe to touch the insides, but it is not. There still is a current running inside, and touching any electrified part may short-circuit the computer and damage it, or worse – electrocute you. 11. Putting Magnets on or near the Computer Regular hard drives use a magnetic system to store data. Unshielded cables can experience magnetic interference, resulting in loss or corruption of data. Older CRT computer screens (not the LCD or LED kind) are also very susceptible to magnetic interference. What all that means is that magnets are bad for computers, so keep them away from each other. 12. Exposing the Computer to Heat Exposing your computer to direct heat s such as sunlight or heaters can cause severe damage. Electronic devices such as computers produce heat, so adding more heat can cause plastic parts to melt, as well as soldering. So make sure that you keep your computer nice and cool.

13. Hitting the Case If you hear strange noises coming from inside the computer case, when the computer behaves sluggishly or when it stops reacting, many people feel that a good thump will fix the problem. Computers are full of delicate parts, and hitting them can cause these parts to become loose, disconnect cables, and even break important parts. Next time you feel hitting your computer, take a breath, switch it off, and let it rest for a minute before starting it up. If you hear strange noises, it can mean that something has gotten loose inside, so don’t wait and take it to a technician for a checkup. 14. Not Logging out of Your E-mail When You’re Done Once you’re done with your e-mails, you should log out from the service, even in a safe place your office or home. If you don’t log off, you risk having a stranger accessing your account, exposing all of your personal information. If you need another reason, remember that you can reset your passwords via your e-mail account, so someone with access to it can access your other accounts. 15. Using Force when Connecting a USB Device USB connections are great, they made connecting devices to your computer easy, using one type of connection. We use them for flash drives, charge smartphones, connect our keyboard and mouse, etc. The shape of the USB can sometimes be a of frustration when trying to connect it the wrong way. Even if you tried 2-3 times unsuccessfully, don’t jam it in by force – doing so can break the connector in your computer, and replacing it can cost a pretty penny.

16. Opening too Many Websites at Once When I go online, I sometimes end up with multiple internet browser windows or tabs open ( my e-mail, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) but this requires that the computer allocate more res to your various windows and tabs. The computer has a finite amount of res, and when it is encumbered, it will become slow and unresponsive. Make a habit of not opening more than a total of 9 windows or tabs at any given time. Your computer will thank you.

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