5 Ways to Increase Laptop Battery Life

One of most important part of laptop is its battery and plays an important role in the improvement in the performance of the laptop. Every precaution must be taken in order to ensure complete maintenance of the battery of the laptop and here are some ways to increase laptop battery life.

Adjusting the screen brightness can make considerable difference

This is one of the most important points as by adjusting the screen brightness one can save considerable amount of battery power. This means that you don’t have charge the battery again and again. These days’ laptops come with special LED or LCD screens and consume less power but high screen brightness results into more consumption of power; hence the screen brightness should be set to a medium level.

Switch OFF those used applications

There are many applications that run silently on the background of the main screen and lay unused for maximum time. The best option is to switch OFF these apps and only continue with the main apps, this will result into usage of genuine amount of power and hence laptop’s battery can be preserved for longer period of time. If you are using a windows based laptop then you can go to the taskbar and see what all applications that are running and which app is required to be switched off.

Simple disable apps that make more use of processor

There are few apps that make extensive use of laptop’s processor and these apps need to be disabled when not in use. There are apps such as HD video games or apps that consume more memory power. If you disable such apps then the battery will be less consumed and stay there for longer period of time.

Disable all unwanted devices

Devices such as Bluetooth, WI-Fi, built-in modems and other devices that are not required many times must be disabled. These devices consume more power and hence considerable amount of battery power can be saved. One of the most important points is to ensure proper maintenance of the battery such as you can clean the battery terminals from time to time with a simple sift, clean and dry cloth and also search over the internet about the maintenance of the battery.

Don’t let the laptop go into overheating mode

This is one of the most important points because sometimes the laptop goes into overheating mode and this severely impacts the laptop’s battery performance. Hence always make sure that the laptop is properly ventilated. Don’t use the laptop while sitting on the bed. These are special tables that are available and can be used. The best part about these small tables is that beneath the laptop special holes are provided that lets the air passes on easily and the laptop is not overheated.

Hence you can see that all the above mentioned steps are quite useful in increasing the laptop’s battery life and must be implemented so that you can use your laptop for longer period of time without any problem.

How to root Galaxy S5?

When it comes to rooting Samsung Galaxy S5 everything needs to be done in a systematic manner. Though there are many different ways that are available but the best way is to make sure that it is reliable and does not lead to any loss of data. Here are some important steps on how to root Galaxy S5 in a simple and easy way.

Step 1: The first and the foremost step is to switch off your smart phone and then hold down the Center home, volume down and power button, make sure all these three buttons are held together at the same time for up to 5 seconds until you get to see a warning screen.

Step 2: The next step is to hit the volume up and a downloading prompt will appear on the screen. Android will automatically download few important files.

Step 3: The third step involves connection of a micro-USB cable between USB 2.0 slot of your smart phone and computer. You will need to download few important files such as ODIN, SuperSU and Philz Touch CWM recovery.

Step 4: As soon as three files get downloaded the next step is to unzip the Odin.Zip. Inside folder you will see a file named Exe. Program. You need to run this file by double click and start the ODIN program. A yellow highlighted box will appear in front of your screen. This box will consist of random COM numbers.

Step 5: Select the PDA button and search for Philz Touch CWM recovery file that you downloaded earlier. Run this file by clicking on start and you will see the CWM Recovery being flashed on the main screen. If you see green color tab moving it is actually pass and it means that the recovery file is being successfully flashed on S5 and you should reboot your smart phone now.

Step 6: After rebooting copy the SuperSU zip file on internal storage of your S5. Again reboot your S5 and repeat the step 1 once again. A prompt will appear on the screen and you need to select the install zip file from Philz Touch CWM recovery.

Step 7: Now you need to select the option choose zip from sdcard and again choose the SuperSU zip file. This is the actual file that will root your smart phone. After choosing these files just reboot the device.

Step 8: After rebooting a new app called as SuperSu will appear on your mobile and by running this app you can easily root your Samsung Galaxy S5.

How to Buy a Notebook PC

Notebook PC is the most famous product which is now becoming popular in all over the world. It seems that many of the manufacturers are ready to make this Notebook PC as per customer requirement. The customer only keeps this in mind that what type of Notebook PC is looking for and when to buy the Notebook PC.

Points to Consider When Choosing a New Notebook PC

1.     Screen- the most essential part in the Notebook PC is touch of the screen. The customer only keeps in mind that its touch is good or not and whether the screen will handle the pressure of the fingers very easily or not.

Screen size and its resolution also matters when you buy any Notebook PC. Size of Notebook PC is also important. The resolution of Notebook PC depends upon the specification of Notebook PC. How an images or videos will look in the screen it will depend upon the screen resolution.

2.     Operating System- the most important part of Notebook PC is its operating system. On which operating system does a Notebook PC is running is essential. In todays date four types of operating system is running successfully in the market i.e. Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows and BlackBerry.

Apple iOS- the worlds largest company which holds the product of Apple only. Apple iOS is works only in apple products such as ipad, iphone, ipod, itouch. Over more than 20000 apps can run in the Tablet PC of apple without any creating a problem.

Microsoft Windows- the operating system for the Notebook PC ,tablets and phones. It holds small shares in the market of tablets and smarphones. The advantage of Microsoft window is, it is easily compatible as used in desktops and laptops. It provides transfer and sharing of files from tablets to desktops which are using same operating system.

Blackberry- the manufacturer of blackberry phones has developed its own operating system for its tablets. It is very much compatible with blackberry phones user.

3.     Memory- The important feature for any Notebook PC is storage capacity. Every Notebook PC comes up with its internal memory. The internal memory of any tablets starts from 1 GB and it go on to 500 GB. You can provide external memory card also to the Notebook PC. It depends upon the compatibility of the Notebook PC whether it will take external memory or not. When you take Notebook PC with low memory you will not able to store the apps and other contents which may important to you like images, files, documents and videos. Before buying any Notebook PC keep this in mind that if you are using many media files to store you will need extensive memory.  

4.     Wireless Connectivity- all Notebook PC provide wireless connectivity. No Notebook PC will specify the exact wireless specification. It provides 2GHz to 5GHz bands which are completely sufficient to the tablets connectivity. It also works on the Wi-Fi hotspot.  

5.     Camera- there is one camera in the Notebook PC. Front camera is used as webcam. The important aspects regarding camera is its resolution. Usually Notebook PC have same camera as a smartphones. The camera resolution is important because it will make difference in the image quality and how the image can be used. With higher resolution of camera, more images can be zoomed-in. The image quality will not affect when you zoomed-in any image, it will be crisp and clear as original image. Usually 4 MP is sufficient for printing an 8*10 picture without any cropping and distortion.  

6.     Speakers- usually the speakers of Notebook PC are tiny and it doesn’t produce so much of sound. You can check the quality of sounds in the headphones. It takes some time when you check the sound of Notebook PC.

7.     Inputs and Outputs- many Notebook PC provide connector such as headphones, USB connections and other wireless connection. Some manufacturer also provides the docking port for the connection of externalkeyboard. Apple tablets don’t provide any outside USB connections.

8.     Battery life- the most important part of Notebook PC is battery. The battery life depends upon the working of Notebook PC. Battery life of Notebook PC depends upon three things size of battery, brightness and for how much time Notebook PC is on. Many users don’t turn off their Notebook PC when it is not in use. They usually keep the Notebook PC in sleeping mode. When buying a Notebook PC consider two things regarding battery is for how much unit it will take when the Notebook PC is in sleeping mode and how much unit it will take when the Notebook PC is in use or its on working.

Many things are considered by manufacturer that what type of work is going on the Notebook PC. If you are only browsing the web it will take fewer units, if you are streaming videos it will take more energy than browsing and if you are playing games in it, it will take much more energy than browsing the web and streaming videos.

9.     Size and Weight- the last feature which is to be considered is the size and weight of the tablets. The size of any tablet starts from 5 inches and ends to 12 inches. The weight is depending upon the size and thickness of the tablet. Manufacturer of android tablet gives attention on the size and also on the weight of the tablets because a customer should not be in trouble or in problem when he/she handles the tablet. 

The Importance of Tablet PC

Tablet PC are the most famous product which is now becoming popular in all over the world. It seems that many of the manufacturers are ready to make this PC as per customer requirement. The customer only keeps this in mind that what type of Tablet PC is looking for and when to buy the Tablet PC.

Important Features of a great Tablet PC

1.     Screen- the most essential part in the tablet PC is touch of the screen. The customer only keeps in mind that its touch is good or not and whether the screen will handle the pressure of the fingers very easily or not.

Screen size and its resolution also matters when you buy any Tablet PC. Size of tablet PC starts from 5 inches and its end on 12 inches.  The resolution of tablet PC depends upon the specification of tablets. How an images or videos will look in the screen it will depend upon the screen resolution.

2.     Operating System- the most important part of tablet is its operating system. On which operating system does a tablet is running is essential. In todays date four types of operating system is running successfully in the market i.e. Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows and BlackBerry.

Apple iOS- the worlds largest company which holds the product of Apple only. Apple iOS is works only in apple products such as ipad, iphone, ipod, itouch. Over more than 20000 apps can run in the Tablet PC of apple without any creating a problem.

Google Android-  this is also the largest company as compare to Apple iOS. Most of the tablets uses the android operating system by Google. The same operating system is also used in many smartphones. Android have better customizability. And it has many apps present in the app store as compare to iOS.

Microsoft Windows- the new operating system for the tablets and phones. It holds small shares in the market of tablets and smarphones. The advantage of Microsoft window is, it is easily compatible as used in desktops and laptops. It provides transfer and sharing of files from tablets to desktops which are using same operating system.

Blackberry- the manufacturer of blackberry phones has developed its own operating system for its tablets. It is very much compatible with blackberry phones user.

3.     Memory- The important feature for any tablets is storage capacity. Every tablet comes up with its internal memory. The internal memory of any tablets starts from 1 GB and it go on to 500 GB. You can provide external memory card also to the tablets. It depends upon the compatibility of the tablets whether it will take external memory or not. When you take tablets with low memory you will not able to store the apps and other contents which may important to you like images, files, documents and videos. Before buying any tablet keep this in mind that if you are using many media files to store you will need extensive memory.  

4.     Wireless Connectivity-  all tablets provide wireless connectivity with 2G, 3G, and 4G connections. No tablets will specify the exact wireless specification. It provides 2GHz to 5GHz bands which are completely sufficient to the tablets connectivity. It also works on the Wi-Fi hotspot.  

5.     Camera- there is mainly two cameras in the tablets. Front camera is used as webcam and other is used as normal camera. The customer can easily switch to any camera which you want. The important aspects regarding camera is its resolution. Usually tablets have same camera as a smartphones. The camera resolution is important because it will make difference in the image quality and how the image can be used. With higher resolution of camera, more images can be zoomed-in. The image quality will not affect when you zoomed-in any image, it will be crisp and clear as original image. Usually 4 MP is sufficient for printing an 8*10 picture without any cropping and distortion.  

6.     Speakers- usually the speakers of tablets are tiny and it doesn’t produce so much of sound. The manufacturer provides headphones with each tablet. You can check the quality of sounds in the headphones. It takes some time when you check the sound of tablets in headphones.

7.     Inputs and Outputs- many tablets provide connector such as headphones, USB connections and other wireless connection. Some manufacturer also provides the docking port for the connection of keyboard. Apple tablets don’t provide any outside USB connections.

8.     Battery life- the most important part of tablet PC is battery. The battery life depends upon the working of tablet. Battery life of tablet depends upon three things size of battery, brightness and for how much time tablet is on. Many users don’t turn off their tablets when it is not in use. They usually keep the tablets in sleeping mode. When buying a tablet consider two things regarding battery is for how much unit it will take when the tablet is in sleeping mode and how much unit it will take when the tablet is in use or its on working.

Many things are considered by manufacturer that what type of work is going on the tablet. If you are only browsing the web it will take fewer units, if you are streaming videos it will take more energy than browsing and if you are playing games in it, it will take much more energy than browsing the web and streaming videos.

9.     Navigations- the most important feature of tablet PC is that how you navigate it. The user should keep this in mind that the tablet do not contain too much of buttons in it. Usually navigation is done on the screen only by touch not by the buttons. Best tablets have only one button present besides the power button. Any extra buttons which is present in the tablet is clearly marked and easy to use.

10.  Appstore- many user use tablets because the apps available in the tablet PC. You can use all the apps very frequently. What you need it is easily available in the appstore and you can use it.

11.  Size and Weight- the last feature which is to be considered is the size and weight of the tablets. The size of any tablet starts from 5 inches and ends to 12 inches. The weight is depending upon the size and thickness of the tablet PC.  Manufacturer of tablet PC gives attention on the size and also on the weight of the tablets because a customer should not be in trouble or in problem when he/she handles the tablet PC. 

Tips Increase Battery Life of Notebook PC

There are number of brands that come up with laptops having great operating system like windows and apple ios etc .it allows user to listen music, play videos and to play games etc.

These all functionality runs laptops but mostly developer concerned on the battery life of the laptops. Most of the laptops run for one day or two days and then it fully depleted and then it needs to be recharge.

There are some essential tips to conserve the battery life of Notebook PC

1.     Low Brightness- it’s a one of the main reason that makes battery drain faster. You will able to see the screen contents when you lower the brightness of the screen. By lowering the brightness it saves too much of battery. The other thing you can do is set the brightness automatic; it will dynamically adjust the brightness of your screen as per your surroundings. Doing these things to laptops your battery life in the long run.

2.     Charge your battery-many laptops are ready to charge always. When you think that battery is about to die of your laptop try to recharge it properly and it should be charge until it doesn’t full. When the laptops are fully charged it works properly.  Purchase a new extra AC adapter when you are travelling for long distance. It use lithium based batteries and it can’t be overcharged. When you overcharge any battery its not good for the health of battery life. When you use your battery make it maximum battery life and use it and also disable the limiter and allow battery to charge to 100 percent.

3.     Close Apps- Many users use various apps and minimize it. User doesn’t bother to close those apps as it is consuming its battery.  The worst thing of laptops is when you didn’t use any apps you just minimize it doesn’t close it. The main factor of losing the battery life is not closing the apps properly. Leaving open any app it will reduce your battery to half. The better way to save your battery is kill that app which is not in the use.

4.     Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi- the main factor of reducing battery life is turning on the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when it is not in use. Energy is consumed when laptop searches the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals. Continuously searching of the signals makes battery reduce to its original level. When there is no signals it’s better to keep your laptops Bluetooth disable, it saves battery too much. On the other hand, when you think your laptop should be in use keep your laptop in high connectivity zones. This will save your battery and will not search for the signal very much. When it is not in use turn off the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

5.     Change the Power Settings- Most of the laptops by default set to the balanced rather than power saver. Check the appropriate power option in the control panel and select it. Most of the windows use different power options. In general terms, you are looking for saving your battery.

6.     Remove unnecessary peripherals- unnecessary peripherals such as DVD drives, webcams, USB drives. When all those devices are not in use you should keep them aside for long term battery life. When you insert DVD it continuously rotates in the drive which also affects the battery and also it reduces the battery. When webcam is not in use turn it off. When USB is also not in use eject it from the laptop.

7.     Upgrade to an SSD – mechanical hard disk which are common in all laptops have watts off spin but a solid state drive uses less spin and it saves battery.

8.     Internal Graphics- if your laptops is using Nvidia or AMD graphics its good for the laptops. But it’s not its very risky at most time if you are using your laptops for gaming purpose. When you play games the laptops energy is so much discharged if internal graphics is not so much good. So before purchasing the laptops see the integrated graphics of that laptop. Its very essential to use a good graphics card for laptops because it also saves battery when you are playing games.

9.     Manage your Memory- When you use lots of apps at a same time the battery life becomes low because it uses the system memory and it has to free the memory at that time. So while working this internally it uses much battery and its level becomes low. Increase the memory of laptops by which it will not affect to the battery when it opens lots of apps at a same time. User should try to manage its memory of his laptop to save its battery for long term.

Tips to Increase Smartphone Battery Life

There are number of brands that come up with Smartphone having great operating system like Google android, nokia symbian and apple ios etc .it allows user to listen music, play videos and to play games etc.

These all functionality runs a smartphone but mostly developer concerned on the battery life of the smartphone. Most of the smartphone runs for one day or two days and then it fully depleted and then it needs to be recharge.

There are some essential tips to conserve the battery life of smartphone

1.     Turn off vibrations- vibration is necessary when you keep your phone in silent mode when you are in theatre, in a meeting or in a class. When your phone is in ringing mode then vibration is doesn’t require because ringtone doesn’t take that much of your battery as compare to vibration mode. The sound produced by ringtone is very small in your phone speakers as compare to the vibration mode. The same is when you doesn’t require the vibration turn it off or disable the vibration mode or keep less the magnitude of vibration.

2.     Low Brightness- it’s a one of the main reason that makes battery drain faster. You will able to see the screen contents when you lower the brightness of the screen. By lowering the brightness it saves too much of battery. The other thing you can do is set the brightness automatic; it will dynamically adjust the brightness of your screen as per your surroundings. Doing these things to smartphone your battery life in the long run.

3.     Screen Timeout- many users don’t lock their phone when they are done with it and the lights of phone is just turn on while it automatically locked. In same case we just need to think that how to save our battery, at that time you have to short the screen timeout by which battery consumption is more. This will decide that how much time should screen lights be turn on when the user stop interacting with the phone.  

4.     Switch off your phone when it is inactive- unlocking a phone doesn’t consume that much of battery when you turn it on consumes. Switching off the mobile consumes or saves huge amount of battery. You can switch off your phone when you know you will not touch your phone for couple of hours such as when you are in the meeting or you are in the theatre or at night when you are going to sleep. It saves huge amount of battery when you not use your phone.

5.     Charge your battery- two types of batteries lithium-ion and nickel-based battery. Both the battery need to be charged at every time when it need. Lithium-ion battery is better than nickel based battery. Nickel based battery reduce its energy when you recharge it but lithium-ion doesn’t lose its power. To keep your battery longer find the better type of battery to your smartphone uses and maintain its appropriate strategy for optimum usage.

6.     Close Apps- Many users use various apps and minimize it. User doesn’t bother to close those apps as it is consuming its battery.  The worst thing of smartphone is when you didn’t use any apps you just minimize it doesn’t close it. The main factor of losing the battery life is not closing the apps properly. Leaving open any app it will reduce your battery to half. The better way to save your battery is kill that app which is not in the use. One of the famous apps called Advanced Task Killer, it helps to kill the unnecessary app and it conserves the battery life of smartphone.

7.     Turn off GPS- One of the main reasons to reduce your battery is GPS. Some of the user always turns on the GPS when it is not in use. You should use GPS when you are to find any location and afterwards turn it off when it is not in use. When you use GPS it sends and receive signals from satellites for the location at that time it uses so much of battery and many of the user doesn’t aware also of it. On the other hand you must keep in mind that when you doesn’t need the GPS you just turn it off, it will save much more battery.

8.     Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi- the main factor of reducing battery life is turning on the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when it is not in use. Energy is consumed when phone searches the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals. Continuously searching of the signals makes battery reduce to its original level. When there is no signals it’s better to keep your phone in airplane mode, it saves battery too much. On the other hand, when you think your phone should be in use keep your smartphone in high connectivity zones. This will save your battery and will not search for the signal very much. When it is not in use turn off the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

9.     Minimize Notifications- When you are connected with the internet you continuously get the notifications at every time. It may be any updates of your apps or any text messages or your whatsapp messages or any games stuffs. Whenever you get any notifications to your phone it starts vibrating and its lights are also on. It also reduce the battery life of the smartphone. To avoid this or to save your battery make changes in the settings of smartphone. Disable all the unnecessary apps notifications which could reduce your battery life.

10.   Maintain cool temperature- Some user of smartphone may observe that when smartphone is warm its battery runs out faster. Its simple that don’t keep your smartphone directly to the sunlight.  One of the main observation is when you park your car in the parking under the sun you leave your phone their only. So be concern on this factor and try to avoid keeping your phone in the heat.

11.  Battery saving apps- there are many apps in the app store which try to save our battery life. These apps kill the unnecessary apps which is not in the use. By those apps you can save your battery life.

AVG Internet Security Software

AVG Internet Security Software has always been one of the famous anti-malicious software which has gained its reputation over the years. Its new AVG Internet Security Software has created a new revolution with its advance Windows 8 based tiled-style interface.

It’s cost is very low with around $55 per year, so anyone from everyone can take its benefit. It consists of more interactive and colorful interface which has buttons that are optimized only for its touch screen facility. But as they say, AVG has their all priority towards outlook of the software instead of improvising something in its technicality.

AVG has always been the provider of security when it comes to owner satisfaction and personal information confidentiality. Whether it is social network security, prevention of identity-theft, anti-spyware or link scanning, AVG Internet security software is worth purchasing and having its benefits.

User can be in most vulnerable situation of getting attacked by the virus and malware programs when they are dealing with online shopping and banking websites or surfing internet and chatting on chat rooms. While downloading an audio file or playing game online, PC is most likely to get affected by virus and these are the times when AVG Internet Security Software acts as a shield and provides protection.

It is essential to update the security software regularly so as to keep the features up to date. One can also sets a timer for the regular scan of the computer, after downloading a torrent or movie or songs from internet it is essential to have a full scan afterwards to figure out no malicious program has enters your system.

The Windows 8 based interface of AVG Internet Security Software contains user friendly options, by dragging cursor over it one can read what that feature is capable of doing and what exactly it performs.

The major drawback of AVG Internet Security Software is for those who are unaware of the advanced technology, even though the interface is very user-oriented but many features are still daunting for users which include Firewall settings and advanced settings.

The whole feature provided by this software takes less memory but the time it takes for the scanning is not little as compared to the other software available in the market.

The customer service provided by AVG is known for their hospitality. AVG Internet Security Software is available 24 hours and anyone can approach them through mobile phones, emails or even drop by at their local help centers for any kind of queries and problems.

AVG TechBuddy is a superb feature available in security software available by AVG, which will help any computer to be connected to the main network of the company, this way any problem or error which is encountered by the user is easily solved and removed by the company as soon as possible.

For any other problem, AVG have a unique support feature in their software homepage which contains all sorts of FAQs section in which common kinds of questions and answers regarding the software functioning are available.

AVG is a popular brand among antivirus software companies and its newest version is getting famous day by day. One can reach the official makers and team of this software through various social networking websites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter where one can contact the creators themselves.

For keeping user's personal information confidential AVG has won various awards and titles from various labs. Its reputation is maintained by the launch of their new version and it is supposed to be safest among all the software available for keeping user’s PC safe when using internet banking or shopping portals.