Recently I wrote about the simplest and safest way to apply custom themes in Windows 7/8/8.1 , taking the desktop customisation to next level is Rainmeter . Rainmeter simply takes desktop customization to the jarvis level (Ironman reference 😛 ) , below is an easy tutorial to Customize desktop in Windows 7/8/8.1/10 using Rainmeter !
Before i go onto the tutorial I’ll like to flaunt what Rainmeter can actually do , Simply check out the image below –
Your desktop can look like this!And even like this! ala Spaceship!
Isn’t it looking cool ? Click here to view the larger image (higher resolution) , all this is possible by Rainmeter – A simple desktop customisation software which can customise your desktop/laptop like never before!
Features of Rainmeter –
Simple, and light Desktop Customisation software with widgets support!. (Just 2 Mb size)
While installing Rainmeter do keep an eye to install the normal one and not the Portable versionm there’s no need of configuring anything just keep on clicking “next”.
Once you’re done with installing, run Rainmeter, if not automatically opened by the system.
Now, you’ll see the default rainmeter skin “illustro” and some gadgets on your desktop , here simply right-click on the widget and check/uncheck the widgets you want to see as shown in the alongside figure –
Tutorial to install custom skins in Rainmeter –
This was all about installing Rainmeter, but you’ll like your desktop to look much like the images shown earlier in this post – here’s how you can do it –
Once you have downloaded the .rmskin file from the above site,all you have to do is double-click on the .rmskin file.
Rainmeter will then notify you of installing the skin & its associated plugins, simply click on install and yo!
If your desired skin doesn’t get applied you can still manually apply it by the check marking its widgets as shown in the figure below –
That’s it for this article , there will be an advanced customization article if the readers demand for it 🙂 , By the way here’s how my Desktop looks like now – http://prntscr.com/5df2fd (You too can flauntyour desktop in comments 🙂 )
Recently, i received a called from this so-called NGO – Relief Trust India (Website : www.relieftrustindia.org) to donate some amount for the treatment of a child – Shivam . But, the way the guy was literally pleading me to donate and his insistence to remain on call until i donated the funds, plus the emotional attyachar and tone of his voice – raised doubts in my mind – so I did a quick search on the internet and found that Relief Trust India is a scam and Please Do not donate . Here’s the complete review and analysis with valid proofs –
Proof 1 – Case Shivam
The volunteer ‘nitish’ asked me to donate some funds for a child named “Shivam” who is being treated at AIIMS , so i checked out his Support a life information or “profile” on their site. I mentioned “profile” because it was designed to look like that . And i noticed two inks on the diagnosis papers . Not to mention that the diagnosis papers were way outdated ! and not only that these guys even edited the Doctor’s papers to increase the “duration” to which they could use the profile as shown in figure –
And even if this wasn’t enough i tried to check out the AIIMS website to verify the patient’s identity – and found this Official AIIMS policy on donation .
Now, to test whether they were really an NGO, I called them again and said i was donating money to the child through Official AIIMS Website.and that literally brought the volunteer into tears! . he was just begging to pay through the Relief India Trust website, also
He requested me to enter his name in the “Volunteer Name” during Payment through Relief India Trust, when I inquired for the reason – he wasn’t able to give me proper answer (Clearly this Volunteer Name was his Commission and hence the pleading) .
Proof 2 – Changing NGO Address and Fake Registration Number
After all this, i decided to dig deep into this organisation and found another article by Vishnu Gopal which showed that this was a Scam . while reading through the article I found out the NGO changed its address and had used a fake registration number on its site – “3696” ,hence i did a search on the Government of India – NGO Portal – http://ngo.india.gov.in/ngo_search1_ngo.php and as I expected – It didn’t point to Relief India Trust! .Here are both of the images of Relief India Trust – Previous as well as current –
Previous Relief India Trust image with Fake Registration NumberThe Current Relief India Trust with changed address
Proof 3 – Using Money power to get Registered (But Nothing can escape Computer)
Not only these guys Scam people but they have become quite powerful themselves to bribe the Government officials, and get their fake NGO Registered with a fake date . Check the below screenshot for the reference – Though the Date of Registration is “18-02-2011” but the Computer generated Unique ID shows “DL/2014/0081349″ . I don’t think its very difficult to guess what “2014” stands for in “DL/2014/0081349″ It stands for year when the NGO was registered/added to the database. Also, do check out the disparities between the Registration ID(544) and Unique ID(0081349) .
They have also got themselves featured in newspapers like Indian express,TOI etc . But those are the “paid” news ,sponsored by Relief India themselves
Do Note down the NGO’s Chairman Name – Vikrant Vikram Singh! I will be revealing him and his all gimmicks in my next proof –
Proof No 4 – Vikrant Vikram Singh and his gimmicks
I being a webmaster decided to check the whois for relieftrustindia.org site, and when i checked it to my surprise i found this so-called chairman of the NGO had 17 domains under him , and i came to know about their future plans too – The Chief functionary of the NGO – Mr.Uttam Kumar also features in this scam! . Let’s have a look on the domains under Vikrant Vikram Singh
The domains highlighted by
Maroon colored box – reliefindiatrust.org and reliefindiatrust.com are the ones used for scamming people through fake NGOs
Green colored box – Older/previous site of the NGO from where the scam started (You can check out ritrehab.org)
The Blue colored box –stands for Accordpro.com – its a Call-centre company ( Now I came to know how the Volunteers were able to make calls for such long durations and with such high frequencies)
Pink colored box – denote the future scamming scheme of these guys by gaining sympathies from mother love (really cheap 🙁 )
Naturally, its impossible for an NGO to venture and invest into so many domains as internet domains obviously don’t come free of cost , neither do calls and sms!
Proof No 5 – Very few/No recent Success stories and Older stories present on site
The Relief India Trust guys have very few recent data or stories available on their site, and most of the “profiles” on their site are either faked or duplicated with some random old real stories pushed between them. Its their way of being on the safer side, and these guys have huge money they even buy some poor parents to hand-over their case data in lieu of posting them as a story . In fact , If you notice and study all the stories properly most of them have used a “Same Standard diagnosis sheet” format and the same are shown to you when you ask them for proofs – Click here to download/view the samples shown (Thanks again to Vishnu Gopal)
I also had asked the volunteer for the proof of “last payment” done by the NGO , he said he will mail me and noted my e-mail address but the e-mail never came.
Proof No 6 – A Doctor himself called at the AIIMS /Hospital and found that the patient was already “cured”
Here’s what a doctor who was interested to know the history of the patient came to know when he called the hospital –
Proof No 7 – An Ex-Employee of the Fake firm himself reveals the data on the firm’s working –
Every guy/girl is given a “DATA”, an A-4 sized sheet that consists of 30
contacts of “DONORS”.
They have to call on this number and try to convince (i.e. force) them by
whatever means to get money from them in the name of donation.
These “DATA”s usually has donors of south Indian cities, so as to invite less trouble.
Everyday, these people get around 6 “Data” sheets. (which makes it roughly around 130-150 calls being made by one person in a day)
After the first 15 days, out of the selected 30, only 5-8 unlucky people are left behind to continue working in this shit-hole.
If a ‘donor’ donates an amount of Rs 1000 or more, the caller gets 10% of that amount on spot as “INCENTIVE”.
I hope – these reasons/evidences are valid enough to catch these “fake NGOs / Scam people” please do not entertain such NGOs . The photos/blog posts/articles everything on their site is “fake” and is like the ‘sets’ of a movie, only for show-off e.g Motherconcern scam etc .
Lets STOP these Guys who try to touch our deep emotions and heart for some money , and which simply “Sell Trust , Humanity and Human Nature for some cheap money :'( “
Free worldwide calling without any ads simply sounds fictious, but actually it isn’t with apps like Bigo,Nanu etc. Let’s have a look on the first of the first one – Bigo! . Bigo is a truly one of its kind app which lets its users make calls, I mean make free calls to practically any mobile/land-line phone on Earth! and the best thing about Bigo app is that it doesn’t even requires the called person (person you’re calling to) to have Bigo app installed. As a matter of fact S/he doesn’t even need an internet connection to talk with you provided you place the call. Thus making Bigo distinct from other calling apps such as Viber,Skype etc.
Some of the unique Features/Characteristics of Bigo App –
Bigo provides free 400 Credits per month per user.
Bigo even provides Free 10 Credits per day for simply logging onto the app!
Thus, you can easily earn 800 Credits each month for free! without having to pay for a single Bigo call credit.
The Bigo Credits are used to make the calls, and the credits costs per call varies according to the location called. i.e The Credit rate per call varies according to the location of called mobile/landline.
for example, the charge for calls made to India cost 8-12 Bigo Credits per minute which tallies to around 100 Minutes of Free Call!
while the charge for USA Calls is 3 Credits per minute which account to Over 250 Minutes of Free Calls per Month!
Another good thing about Bigo is that, it charges the calls on per second pulse rather than per minute pulse , thus saving the calling credits costs for calls lesser than complete minutes.
Besides this. Bigo also provides Unlimited Free Bigo to Bigo Calls like any other calling appswhich don’t require/cost any Bigo credits.
You can check out the Credit charge/rate for Non-Bigo calls by clicking here.
Recently, Bigo has also launched free bigo credits on inviting/referring a friend – Each friend referred to Bigo earns you 300 Credits!.
The credits earned by inviting friends are automatically transferred to next month if unused .
Microsoft Windows is currently the most widely used Operating System in this world, but many of the Windows users are unaware of the OS’s features one of such feature is personalisation . Though many are familiar with personalizing the wallpaper, screensavers etc but you can even personalize the toolbar , task-bar, icons , sounds and even the ‘–‘ minimize and the close ‘X‘ buttons!. all you need to do is have the proper ‘theme’ or themepack . But the downside is that Windows by default supports only the themes available on official Microsoft site . This limitations can be removed by using UxStyle which is perhaps the safest way to apply Custom themes to windows.
Why you should install custom/3rd party themes or themepacks on Windows ?
The best graphics and animations are available which are absent in Official Windows themes.
Refreshing new sounds which can be used to impress anyone who uses or sees your PC/Laptop.
Cool new icons.
Easy on eyes and lesser on memory requirements.
Can be easily bundled with other 3rd-party launchers.
Now, about UxStyle – its a tiny software which loads during the windows boot-up and enables the application of 3rd party or custom themes to any windows installation. Though there are many other tools such as “UXtheme Ultra patcher” but they modify the system files hence are risky. UxStyle simply starts and shuts off without changing the system files hence is the Best tool for applying themes!
Tutorial to install Custom/3rd Party themes using UxStyle –
First of all download and install the UxStyle for your Windows version –
Now, once you download the themes from above site,you will get a zip file or folder , Now simply copy the contents of .zip or folder to the “C:\Windows\Resource\Themes” folder for Windows 7/8/8.1/10.
Once you have done copying , you can directly double click on the “.theme” file which you want to apply , or you can even apply it from the “personalize” option by pressing right-clicking on any blank space in the desktop(wallpaper) and selecting the “personalise option/”
That’s it simple,easy and safe too ! as we haven’t modified any system files . If you face any kind of issues/queries while applying themes do comment .
Hello everyone, yes you read the title correctly! GoIbibo is offering Free Rs.1000 Update – Now Free Rs.500 again Rs.1000 GoCash to new app users who sign-up through referrals! . GoCash is the virtual currency of GoIbibo which can be used to book flights, train tickets and bus reservations too! All you need to claim your Free Rs.1000 is
While entering Sign-Up details write the referral code as “6077c42” . (The app will ask you to enter referral code to get Rs.1000 GoCash previously it was Rs.1000!) . Note – If you don’t enter the referral code,you won’t get any GoCash (check the alongside screenshot from the app)
Now you can use this GoCash to book your hotels, flight tickets ,train & bus tickets etc.
Also, to earn more GoCash you can refer your friends too! They in turn will get Rs.1000 GoCash and you’ll get Rs.100 Update – Rs.200 for each referred friend who signs-up.
In addition to the above mentioned amount you also get GoCash equivalent to the 10% of any bookings made by your friend! and not to worry your referred friend is not at all charged extra for your commissions.
F.A.Q
Q . What is the value of GoCash ? Ans. 1 GoCash = 1 INR (1 Rupee)
UPDATE / Note – If you’re using GoIbibo to book hotels in case you’re travelling to a new city or for a vacation , You can also get Free Instant Rs.500 Cash on MakeMyTrip too! which you can use for booking domestic flights and even hotels too! Click here to get Instant Rs.500 On MakeMyTrip .
Many times, we need to access sites which we don’t have access to.. Or simply we need to bypass the censorship imposed by the network administrator. Also, there are some sites which have restricted region/country access e.g hulu – U.S.A . (hulu is accessible only in USA) . In all the above mentioned scenarios and many more all of these limitations can be bypassed/overcome by VPN services . What’s more ? VPNs also encrypt your traffic and hide your identity , keeping you totally anonymous 🙂 . So, VPNs are really very useful services! and here we present you the Best 7 Free VPN services (apps/extensions) for Google Chrome Browser/Chromebooks i.e VPN for chrome OS.
Another advantage of using VPN services directly in Chrome is to overcome the technical hurdles faced while configuring the VPN clients such as Open VPN , PPTP etc 🙁
Dot VPN is another similar service to ZenMate and provides access to restricted websites as well as VoIP applications, and its free to use too! Some of the unique features of Dot VPN are as mentioned –
Gom- Web VPN for Google Chrome is yet another Chrome exclusive VPN service provider, it doesn’t require any 3rd Party application for the VPN services except its Google Chrome extension and is quite effective too!
The service is free Free for Trial period and features of Gom VPN include –
Access blocked content.
Surf privately with encryption (even with non-secure sites);
Enjoy faster page load times (GOM uses Google’s SPDY technology).
No need for network configuration / 3rd party app install.
ZenMate is was perhaps the best and first Chrome-exclusive VPN , but now it isn’t since it started is premium services. It started it operations on Chrome and was the first app/extension providing VPN services only based on the Chrome Engine and without any OS(Win/Linux/Mac) support. hence, it is able to run on Chrome OS too!.
Features of ZenMate –
Encrypts and protects your browser traffic
Hides your real location and activity
Access any website from anywhere
For free and just a few clicks away!
Also it provides Encryption,Speed,Data Compression and blocks Harmful Sites.
Configuring and using Zenmate too is very easy as 1..2…3… 1.Download….2.Sign-Up….3.Activate by a simple button.. 🙂
Hola is one of the most famous unblocking/proxy extensions for Chrome, and it has now added the VPN type services too..
Hola is easier to use and moderately good in speed! however, you need to install both the hola app as well as the extension to use the hola services on Google Chrome.
How to use Hola:
1. Install the extension
2. Go to a website that is blocked
3. Press the Hola extension icon (top right of browser)
4. Choose the country that you would like to browse from
… and enjoy your liberated Internet!
Cyberghost is the leading name when it comes to VPN service providers, especially Free VPN Service Providers. and true to its name, Cyberghost has launched its VPN cum proxy extension for Google chrome.
Personally, i found the extension to be slower as compared to the other VPNs mentioned in this article , but ocverall the trustworthy name in VPN industry and getting the Job done features Cyberghost in this list.
Breakwall VPN is perhaps the fastest of all VPNs but its not completely free 🙁 , it offers a Free Trial though, hence it just makes to this list, as this is one such service whose trial service is too good to be missed .
You can create a trial account with Breakwall and add the password received in your mailbox to the extension, anc click on connect. that’s it , The speed and the service provided by Breakwall is really awesome except for the trial!
Also, it consists of BBC- iPlayer mode, by virtue of which you can access BBC iPlayer in countries where its blocked.
Hey Guys, many of you guys must be familiar with the “blue ticks” update of whatsapp , though its a welcome feature for some,its not too good for others . same is the case with “last seen on” in whatsapp , what if we can simultaneously fake last seen whatsapp/show an older last seen on coupled with an option to see blue ticks of others while at the same time hiding ours , sounds interesting isn’t it ? and its easy too! 🙂 with WhatsApp+ , read on the article for the complete easy tutorial to do the same 🙂
Prerequisites / Requirements –
Messages Backup for use in newer WhatsApp and its quite easy too ( Just Go to Settings – > Chat Settings -> Backup Conversations) and that’s it .
Now, as you might have understood this is a different apk of whatsapp, so let’s check out some differences between the WhatsApp normal version and WhatsApp+ version –
Hide Last Seen
Apply and make themes of your choice
Upload PHOTOS and VIDEOS without any compression (High Quality)
Maximum upload size to 30 MB
Change notification bar.
We can tabularize the differences as below –
WhatsApp+’s HIDING Last Seen
WhatsApp’s Turning Off Last Seen
Others Can See your Last Seen (older day and time)
Others Can’t see anything in your last seen
You Can See others last seen (LS)
You Can’t see other’s last seen
Others won’t know if you hide last seen
They will know that you’ve turned off your LS
you can go Online/Offline via Widgets
No Such awesomeness available
Has Much More Other Awesome Features
Simple old UI & Features are there
Hide Last Seen button on main screen
Settings/account/privacy/turn off lastseen
Method / Procedure to Use WhatsApp+
Backup your Conversations by Settings – > Chat Settings -> Backup Conversations) and that’s it .
Uninstall your existing WhatsApp.
Download and install WhatsApp+ Application. (I have linked to an older version, if it doesn’t work you can download the latest whatsapp+ from osmdroid.net)
While installation, you’ll get an option to restore, don’t worry it may take time for some users depending upon the chat backup) .
Once the installation is finished , Open Whatsapp+ ,To hide last seen and disable blue ticks click on the menu at the right-hand-side top corner and select “Hide last seen” option and yo! (Check the image alongside)
You’re now online in incognito mode in WhatsApp! you can see other’s last seen and chat without the fear of anyone as others will only see the last seen time as the time when you had disabled it in WhatsApp+ 😛 🙂
Do the same menu-step to show/reveal your online status if you want to :).
I’ve myself tested it and using it , hence in the image its showing “show last seen” instead of “hide last seen”
I am constantly looking for ways to ensure optimizing the earnings of my blog , and hence i am unafraid of trying new Ads networks/ Ads positions . Recently, a CPM Ad-network – Switch Ads invited me to try their Ad network , and after trying them for about 2 months, here’s my detailed review and analysis of the same –
Switch Ads Review
Recommended – No!
Detailed Review and Analysis –
First of all, the Switch Ads executive contacted me to place ads on my site, hence the application review and approval took almost no time, and i was able to run Switch Ads on TechApple in no time!. The Switch Ads marketing executives are very clever, they will show you that the Switch Ads will run simultaneously (rather alternatively) and will serve ads only when Switch Ads are able to beat the existing CPM/RPM set in the dashboard! but that itself is the main catch Let me explain –
Switch Ads will only serve Ads for High-Quality traffic / or the traffic which has greater CPC , thus what Switch Ads will do is deprive you of the High Costs clicks and revenue and replace it with its lower quality CPM Ads . Thus, depriving you of the Higher Quality clicks as well as the also the extra revenue which you would have normally earned with those clicks ! 🙁 Also, Google AdSense too pays the money for Ads Impressions coming from higher quality traffic, so the offerings offered by Switch Ads are not unique either 🙁 . I had applied Switch Ads on a Widget at TechApple and here are the earnings comparisons –
Adsense earnings reduction – SwitchAds enabled
Thus, as you can see my earlier earnings were quite high before applying Switch Ads, running Switch Ads not only did cost me direct 20$ reduction in revenue in Adsense but also the earnings of the Switch Ads for the same period were mere 5$ .
AdSense earnings increased – Switch Ads disabled
To support my observations, i removed Switch Ads and again saw the increase in my AdSense revenue as shown –
Thus, its not at all a good deal from the experiences I had – Afterall its not at all worthy replacing 20$ for 5$ isn’t it ?
The Free Recharge bonanza simply doesn’t seem to end on TechApple! as after Apps which give Free Recharges on Installing apps, we brought another unique – TimesCity app which gives instant Rs.50 Recharge simply on signing up! and a Rs.100Pizza-hut coupon every 2 referrals! After TimesCity , we bring here yet another Exclusive app – Vee which gives Rs.30 Recharge instantly on sign-up and install! also Rs.20 Recharge for each referral!
Update – Now instead of Rs.20 you’ll be given Rs.20 Vee coins, which again can be redeemed for Free Recharge, Book My Show vouchers at the rate 1 Vee coin = 1 Rupee
So before i go onto the features of Vee app and Recharge trick , i would like you to download the app in the meantime as you will be ready to redeem your first 10.Rs Recharge +Rs.20 bonusby the time you finish reading this article 🙂
Download the app from the above link , Login with your Facebook account! Don’t worry its completely safe , and the app will never ever post anything on your behalf!
That’s it after successful log-in you will get a confirmation notification with your first Rs.10 recharge code which can be redeemed on FreeCharge!
If you don’t get the notification even after 5 minutes of opening the app , Go to its Menu (From top-left corner) and click on “Refer and Earn” and click on “redeem” you’ll surely get your code now!
Method to get Rs.20 Bonus on Sign-Up
In the refer and earn menu , enter the code “ktvtiek” into the box besides “earn” and click on Earn ! (Check the next image for details! )
Voila! you’ll be Credited Additional Rs.20 Code!
You can also share your personal share code to invite your friends to Get Rs.20 Recharge on each referral and Rs.5 on each indirect referral!
So,what are you waiting for you can earn Recharges! and ya see the profiles of eligible singles in your locality! who knows if someone likes your profile 🙂 and gets hooked up 😉 Yeah, that’s what the Vee app is meant for – To find and meet interesting peoples!
Hurry Up! Free Recharge offer is valid only till 30th November!
Now, Download any of the Windows themes or 3rd Party themes you want to apply. Here are some sites from which you can download themes –
Install the 
Dot VPN is another similar service to ZenMate and provides access to restricted websites as well as VoIP applications, and its free to use too! Some of the unique features of Dot VPN are as mentioned –
Gom- Web VPN for Google Chrome is yet another Chrome exclusive VPN service provider, it doesn’t require any 3rd Party application for the VPN services except its Google Chrome extension and is quite effective too!
ZenMate 
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