How to save Facebook images to your hard drive

The new Facebook pictures pages wont allow you to save to your hard drive by default, but there is a workaround available. Instead of left clicking on a picture, do a right click and select "open link in new tab". Then right click on the picture when its finished loading, it will give you "save image as" option.

Where do tablets fit in your life?

7 and 10 inch tablets are all the news these days, but a lot of people are still wandering how they fit into their life. you already have a smartphone and a laptop. Well, let's take an example of an IT consultant(i.e. me!)  to explain how they can fit into your life. I am a blogger, IT consultant, stock trader and  an avid reader.

How I use a 7" tablet:   I have been using Samsung galaxy tab for about 2 weeks, its a perfect balance between screen size and mobility. I think 3-4.3" is too small, 7" is probably the biggest size you can carry in your pocket. From my personal experience, its an 80/80 device. what do I mean? it will fit into your pocket 80% of the time and if you remote into your pc, you can comfortably see about 80% of the screen of your laptop. plus for browsing or reading a kindle book, its perfect size. I use this as my primary device and my Iphone as a backup in case I am going somewhere in shorts and this tablet wont fit in.

How I would use a 10" tablet:  Currently I dont have a 10" tablet so this is just a hypothetical example. I would really use this size as a second screen when I am travelling. I do have to read a lot of books etc and take notes. so this one would become a book reader while i take notes on my laptop. Plus most of the time, I can probably get away with this tablet and a keyboard. If I need to work on my laptop, I can just use remote login softwares like Logmein or teamviewer.

I hope this was helpful.

Techbeyondobvious

Should you buy a Squaretrade warranty?

It seems like everyone in the tech community is in love with Squaretrade warranty. I personally have used them, they have decent pricing with top notch customer service. But there are some things you need to know before purchasing.

They wont reimburse the complete replacement amount:


Squaretrade warranty will only reimburse upto the purchase price. E.g. when I purchased my laptop for $700 plus $56 in tax they will only give back $700 in case something happens. Now this clause kind of hits my nerves because the concept of insurance is its supposed to make you whole.

If you had more than 1 issues, you will only get partial replacement cost:

I think this would be easier to explain by example. Lets say your laptop keyboard broke and they spent $100 fixing it. Lets say two years later, while still under warranty, you had motherboard issue and they decided it was cheaper just to replace it. They will only reimburse your purchase amount(no tax included of course!) minus $100 they spend first time fixing your laptop.

So please do your due diligence before purchasing.

Perfect Stand for your Iphone :)

Why cloud sucks!

Its all about the cloud these days, isnt it? Google has even come out with an OS thats nothing but cloud! Dont get me wrong, I love the cloud, but I have always been in favor of what I call hybrid strategy for your data. Till now, there have been two instances where the government shut down internet in the whole country! Look at whats going on in Egypt, Burma had also done the same thing few years back. Think about this for a moment, what if you had all your emails, pictures and documents in the cloud and all of a sudden, the government or the hosting company decides to shut it down! The better strategy is to have some of your hard drive being synchronized with the cloud.