Keep your Documents Synced over the Internet

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Documents are the basis of any project or office work these days and the fear of losing them is again a really big one! When I was working on my College project, I tried finding ways to keep my documents synced over the internet so that I can access them from my home or even when I am away from home, say at a friend's home! And I was surprised to see that the application I have been using for over a year now was capable of doing that! Since I trust that application, I was tension-free now!



Well, ideas to write posts just strike during free time and this is just another random idea I had that I should write a post about! So, getting on the topic, I had written earlier about Evernote. Evernote is a cross-platform application capable of storing your notes to its web server and then making them available to you whenever you need. If you want, you can read more about Evernote in my earlier post.

• Evernote : Cross Platform Notemaking App

Well, the tutorial I am going to discuss with you is based on Windows Platform but can also be done on the Mac OSX platform. To begin with, you will need to download Evernote and install it on your computer. You can download it by clicking here and then proceed further.

How to Keep Documents Synced over the Internet

1. Download and install Evernote as described above.


2. Make an account on Evernote if you already do not have an account or else login with your existing account and then proceed further.


3. Create a new notebook for your documents, say "Docs" (File -> New Notebook).
   


4. Now, when you are logged into Evernote on Windows, Go to Tools -> Import Folders.
   


5. Choose the folder where you save your documents and then choose a notebook for your documents("Docs" in our case). Also, if you want to Sync the sub-folders, make that option to Yes!
   


6. Then, just click on OK and all the documents in the folder will be synced with the Evernote server. Also, whenever you update any of those documents, it will be synced to Evernote the next time you run it automatically!
   


7. Well, that was an easy way to go about that. Wasn't it?

Hope you enjoyed the article as much as I did writing it! Also, have fun syncing your documents to keep them safe on the internet! Keep subscribed to TechHive to receive updates directly into your mailbox! Also, you can follow us on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter!

RSSOwl : A Desktop RSS Reader

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Keeping up to date in the world of technology is a very difficult task! Every second, there is an update to anything you can imagine. From android development to new gadgets to tech events! Everything happens so fast these days and staying updated is a challenge. There are various ways of being updated, which include RSS Feeds, Social Media or daily email alerts. But, if you want the news as soon as it is published, Social media or RSS is the best option. Also, it is not possible to keep logged in to your Social Media accounts every time and stay updated. Then, RSS comes to rescue and what better than a Desktop RSS Client which notifies you of the news as per your own settings.

There are various RSS Clients available on the internet, free or paid, and have different features. I have personally used FeedDemon and RSSOwl. I found RSSOwl better as compared to FeedDemon. I did not like the formatting of FeedDemon, maybe it is like that on Windows XP. Try it on Windows 7, maybe it will work. But I seriously can not say anything about that.

So, getting back to the topic, RSSOwl is a powerful Desktop reader that can handle RSS, RDF and Atom Newsfeeds.

Features of RSSOwl:

• It is multi-platform application that can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX.


• Syncs with Google Reader to allow you to access your feeds from different computers easily.


• Available in many languages.


• Organize Feeds in folders.


• Multiple columns that make reading news in the app really easy. Also, support for installed browsers on the computer.


• Export your RSS Feeds to a file to be imported into another reader that you decide to use after this! Also, you could use the Google Reader Sync if your new Reader supports that!


• Control the news update frequency.


• Control the notification frequency.


• And many more..

Final Verdict: At last, I would just say that RSS Owl is a Desktop RSS reader that you always wanted. It has all the features that you would want in a RSS Reader on your desktop. Go grab it now!! Click here to download.

 

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How to Check if a Website is Down

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This happens with all of us one or the other time when we try to open up any website, we are unable to open the website and we think that the website may be down. But, a lot of times that might not be the case. Maybe your ISP is not able to reach that website and then, we start criticizing the website for down time. But, actually that is not the fault of the website, but it's a fault at your end or precisely your ISP's end. So, in such case, there is an online tool that could help you decide whose fault it is.



The tool I am going to share with you all is a website that tests the working of any other website that you wish to browse. The steps are pretty simple and anyone can perform them without any technical knowledge. It is a very simple procedure as described below.

How to Check if a Website is Down:

1. Open up www.DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com or you could even use their new short URL www.isup.me.


2. When you open the website, you will see a text box on the screen.


3. Enter the website you want to check. eg: www.techhive.in


4. If the website is working fine at their end, it will give you a message saying " It's just you. [the website] is up." and will give you an option to check another website.


5. If the website is not working at their end too, it will give you this message " It's not just you! [the website] looks down from here." and again it will give you an option to check another website.


6. Well, this was simple as 1,2,3. Isn't it?

If you face downtime with your own website, sometimes it is your ISP not able to open that up. Check it up using this method before you blame your Hosting provider for downtime. Hope you liked this short post. And I hope this will enable you to check whenever a website is not working! Keep subscribed to TechHive for more such interesting posts. We have a lot more to share!

DLF IPL Score Updates on your Phone

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With the DLF IPL, the Indian Premier League round the corner, all the cricket fans in India are gearing up! But when you are in the office or in your college and can not watch the match, get an update of the match after every fixed interval of time! This is a free service started by a website named BataoYaar. The website is basically a SMS Portal that has various SMS Channels that you can subscribe to!

The channels include the latest score updates for all games, jokes and news updates! The website is still in the Beta Stage but has succeeded in delivering the SMS updates all across India. I joined the website a few weeks back and have had a great time since then! You can totally customize  your account like after what how many minutes you need the score update and things like that! Do visit the website once and get yourself registered! Registering on the website is really easy. The steps to register are :

1. Dial the following number from your mobile phone : +918049311101
   Or simply scan the following QR Code on your phone and dial easily!
   


2. Just give a ring there. After that, disconnect the call.


3. You will receive a SMS about your username and password. The username is your mobile number and the password is a randomly generated password.


4. Using that, login to the website, www.bataoyaar.com and customize your SMS Channels!


5. Have fun!

You might want to like their Facebook page as well. Click here to visit it!

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