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Top 10 Free Windows Media Player Alternatives to Play Videos
Disqus ‘Like Feature’ extended to the individual Posts
Gmail Update: Access Multiple Accounts at once in the Same Browser
Get a Professional Logo and Web Design for your Business
Top 5 Ways to Monetize Your Blog
How to Add Tweet Button to Blogger
How to Add Official Tweet Button to WordPress
Control your Android Phone just by Speaking using Voice Actions!
Play Galactic Inbox Game – An HTML5 Game inspired by Gmail!

Top 10 Free Windows Media Player Alternatives to Play Videos

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:11 AM PST

windows media player free alternatives

If you are too frustrated with Windows Media Player with regard to video playback, you might be looking for a good alternative. Following are some best and free alternatives to windows media player:

Winamp Media Player

Winamp is the best and most popular free alternative to windows media player that can play audio and video. I hope you already know what are its features!
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VLC Media Player

Another best alternative to windows media player based on open-source multimedia framework. VLC is a powerful media player, playing most of the media codecs and video formats out there. It can handle DVDs, (S)VCDs, Audio CDs, web streams, TV cards and much more.
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DivX Plus Player

DivX Plus Player is another popular one built to give you the best video playback performance and media management on your PC. It can play DivX, AVI, MKV, MP4 and MOV videos. Other features include easier navigation of videos with greater speed and precision, transferring videos to your devices etc.
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Media Player Classic Home Cinema

Media Player Classic Home Cinema is an extremely light-weight media player for Windows. It looks just like Windows Media Player v6.4, but has many additional features. You can use the player as a Media Player Classic Home Theater.
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KMPlayer

Another hassle-free media player which you can use if you are not satisfied with the above three. KMPlayer handles both audio and video, and supports a wide range of different formats. There are all sorts of options to help you pimp and customize KMPlayer, such as visualizations, plug-ins and playback options.
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Kantaris Media Player

Free and open source media player that plays almost all multimedia formats without the need for installing any separate codecs. It also plays RAR-archives without first extracting the media.
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GOM Media Player

GOM Player includes many codecs (XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 and more) so you won't need to install separate codecs for most videos. For those videos that require a separate codec, GOM Player will find one and direct you to a place where you can download an open source version of the codec. Also supports screen capture which allows you to take a screenshot of your video directly from the Player.
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XBMC Media Player

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around.
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MediaPortal

MediaPortal turns your PC and TV into a very advanced home media center. It allows you to listen to your favorite music and radio stations; watch and store your videos and DVDs; view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder; and much, much more. MediaPortal is open source software.
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MPlayer Movie Player

MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and even H.264 movies.
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All the above are worth trying if you have trouble with Windows Media Player. Are you currently using any one of the above freeware for video playback?

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Disqus ‘Like Feature’ extended to the individual Posts

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:48 AM PST

Disqus commenting system is popular with its simplicity and ease. Disqus comments already had the facebook-like 'Like' feature for the individual comments. Now this 'Like' feature is also available for the individual posts. I hope this is a good feature for those readers who are busy or lazy to comment.

Another great feature along with this is that on 'liking' the article, readers are also asked if they want to share it on Twitter or Facebook or both. The new like-button resembles that of facebook like button though different in appearance and color. Take a look at the screenshot:

There is also an option for the admin to disable this feature through Disqus Settings as shown below:

Getting comments is like getting feedback and opinions from the readers. It gives satisfaction and inspiration to bloggers to go on. Bloggers like me would be very happy even if the readers 'like' our posts without commenting and it doubles if they share it to their friends.

Enjoy 'Liking'!

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Gmail Update: Access Multiple Accounts at once in the Same Browser

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:32 AM PST

It's a good news for the gmail users that finally they can access multiple gmail acocunts at a same time in the same browser. This was a much awaited feature for those who doesn't want to forward emails from multiple account to one main account.

To enable this feature, you have to visit Google Acconts page and click the link next to 'Multiple sign-in'. Once you sign into an account, you can sign in to two more accounts from the new accounts menu and easily toggle back and forth between them. You can also open multiple gmail tabs for each of your accounts.

From their blog:

Not all Google services support multiple account sign-in yet. For the services that don't support it (like Blogger and Picasa Web Albums), you'll be defaulted to the first account you signed in with during that browser session. So if you click a link from Gmail to Blogger, for example, you'll be logged into Blogger with the first account you signed in with, even if you clicked the link to Blogger from your second Gmail account.

We're still working on making Gmail and Calendar work offline with multiple sign-in. If you rely on offline access, you probably don't want to enable this feature quite yet.

Multiple account sign-in only works on desktop browsers for now, so if you use Gmail on your phone's browser you won't see this option yet.

[via Gmail Blog]

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I think this is not a great feature since most of us prefer to forward mails from multiple accounts to a main one. Anyways let's wait for more great features from gmail.

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Get a Professional Logo and Web Design for your Business

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:28 AM PST

A LOGO represents a business brand or company identity. No matter what kind of business you are in, having a professional and well designed logo adds to its quality. If you have an online business, you must have a website which needs a good logo as well as a better web design.

If you are looking for professional logo or web designers, you can approach LogoBee, one of the popular logo design and web designing company. LogoBee is a multiple award-winning company which has been in the design business since the year 2000. It provides professional logo design, web design, stationeries and more, all for affordable prices, with money-back guarantee and lifetime logo design support.

LogoBee Features

Unique custom logo designs
ONLY 2* days for the initial logo designs
6 to 8 different logo design samples
2 to 4 in house designers per project
Unlimited changes*
FREE 500 business cards printed*
Unlimited colours
Money-back guarantee*
Fast and efficient turnaround time
Project coordinators assigned to each logo design project individually
Complete logo design kit including vector and common file types
Lifetime logo design and stationery file support
World recognized quality and support
* With selected packages only

You can check testimonials from some of their clients. They also have a logo design gallery which demonstrates their variety of logo types separated by different industries and a web design gallery which demonstrates some of their abilities. LogoBee also possesses a blog where you can find various tutorials and templates for the designers.

If you are interested, you can check their logo-graphic design services Price List or web design prices.

Sample Logo Designs

LogoBee Affiliate Program:

LogoBee also provides a money-making opportunity to the webmasters or bloggers through its affiliate program. Sign up to become a LogoBee affiliate and earn $20 for each logo design purchase and/or $50 for each web design purchase you refer to their site.
More details:

You will receive $20 for every referral that uses your coupon when they order a logo design package
You will receive $50 for every referral that uses your coupon when they order a web design service
Clients are motivated to use your coupon because they will receive a $20 discount from any logo design package
Clients are motivated to use your coupon because they will receive a $50 discount from any web design solution they provide
Clients can use your coupon more than once or pass it on to a friend
Does not require Internet access, you can refer clients over the phone, or in person.

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Top 5 Ways to Monetize Your Blog

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:20 AM PST

There are lots of ways to make money online. One great method is to start an engaging blog and be a thought leader in your niche. Some niches are very competitive such as gaming, tech, and finance but others might be quite uncompetitive.

As you're building up your readership you'll want to start thinking about ways that you can turn that traffic into money. The following five monetization methods are an excellent place to start:

Ad sales

You can sell ad directly on your blog. This cuts out the middleman and you can usually make more money than you could with just Adsense.

Selling ads can be a much more time consuming monetization method because you may have to manage a lot of ads. If you only have a few ads then it might not be that difficult to keep track of your billing schedules. You also need to find advertisers that would pay for space on your blog. This can be difficult too; especially if your blog is new.
Google Adsense & other contextual ad networks

When people think about monetizing their blog the first thing they usually think about is Google Adsense. A lot of people have used Adsense to make money from their writing and it can work great if done right.

Make sure you place your ads in locations that don't look too spammy and make sure you've placed Adsense on the pages of your blog that are getting a lot of traffic. Adsense is likely the easiest of all of these monetization methods but it is also the lowest earner in many instances.
Online affiliate programs

If you have a blog with a decent amount of readers then you can get paid a commission every time those readers perform an action or buy something from another website. Affiliate marketing can be tough work because your business model is reliant on your visitors converting on another site. If you have enough traffic or enough highly converting traffic it might be easy but otherwise you may have trouble with online affiliate programs.
Selling products

This can sometimes be the hardest way to make money from your blog but it can also be the most profitable. If you already have a product to sell then a blog can be a very helpful marketing tool. Don't fill your blog posts with self promotional garbage though. Write about things that people are interested in relating to the products you sell.

Engage your readers. Make them laugh, give them useful information and advice, and give them a reason to come back often. It's not easy but it can be very profitable.
Selling services

Creating an noteworthy blog can be a great way to find new clients. If you're a web designer or photographer then your blog can showcase the work you do and the things that you're interested in. A blog will give a potential client an idea of the type of person you are and the work that you are capable of.

There are the top 5 ways to help you monetize your blog. The best part about most of these methods is that you can test them out without having to commit longterm. See which methods are making you the most money and which ones might be best to avoid. Try moving your ads around your site and try to find the perfect placement to make money and keep your site looking clean and credible. Good luck with your blogging.

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How to Add Tweet Button to Blogger

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:17 AM PST

Official tweet count button was released by Twitter recently which is similar to the popular TweetMeme Retweet button. This post explains how to add the new official twitter button to blogspot blogs.

Please Note: Before Editing your Template, Save a copy of your current template by clicking 'Download Full Template' in 'Edit HTML' page of the Blogger 'Layout' Window and 'Preview' the changes before Saving.

Go to Blogger Design page – Edit HTML – and click Expand Widget Templates.
Search (Ctrl+F) for:
<data:post.body/>

and REPLACE the above line with the following code:

<a href=”http://twitter.com/share” class=”twitter-share-button” data-count=”vertical” data-via=”tipsblogger“>Tweet</a><script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”></script>
<data:post.body/>

(Replace tipsblogger with your twitter username)
Save the template.

Don't forget to follow @TipsBlogger on Twitter!

Enjoy Tweeting!

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How to Add Official Tweet Button to WordPress

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:13 AM PST

It's said that using the new official tweet button from twitter is more quicker and safer way of retweeting about your favorite stuffs on web. This post helps you to add the new tweet button to a self-hosted or a wordpress.com blog.

Adding Tweet Button to Self Hosted WordPress

Go to Appearance menu – Editor – single.php
Search for
<?php the_content(); ?>

and replace it with the following code

<div style=”float:right; padding-left:4px;”><a href=”http://twitter.com/share” class=”twitter-share-button” data-count=”vertical” data-via=”shafar“>Tweet</a><script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”></script></div>
<?php the_content(); ?>

(Replace shafar with your twitter username)
Save the template.

Adding Tweet Button to WordPress.com blog

To enable the button on your wordpress.com blog, go to Appearance – Extras – and select the Show a Twitter Tweet Button on my posts option.

Tweet and Enjoy!

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Control your Android Phone just by Speaking using Voice Actions!

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:07 AM PST

Calling contacts, sending texts and email, listening to music, browsing the web etc are the most common tasks we perform through our phone everyday. If you are an android user, you can do all these kind of tasks just by speaking into your phone!

Google recently introduced Voice Actions for Android where you can control your Android phone just by speaking using Voice Actions.

Some commands to perform a Voice Action on your android phone:

send text to [contact] [message]
listen to [artist/song/album]
call [business]
call [contact]
send email to [contact] [message]
go to [website]
note to self [note]
navigate to [location/business name]
directions to [location/business name]
map of [location]
[via]Visit here for more commands and details.

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Play Galactic Inbox Game – An HTML5 Game inspired by Gmail!

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:00 AM PST

HTML5 is currently under development as the next major revision of the HTML standard. Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. The new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Google Gears.
[Wikipedia]

This post is not about the new HTML5 but about an interesting and simple game inspired by gmail, created by a Creative Technologist! It's a game based on HTML5 developed as a "thank you" to the Gmail team for their ongoing work to improve the webmail galaxy.