Mobile Hangout With Google+

Social medias like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are changing the lives of people by opening new worlds. Everyday new features are being introduced to facilitate more and more people. With the development of the smartphones, computer world is now changing rapidly and users are looking new ways to connect the friends.

Google is the biggest company in the searching and advertising services. Recently Google took another step to introduce new social media tool which is named Google+ which is gaining popularity among internet users. Although Google already have failed in attracting users to Orkut but this time Google+ is reaching to users with many enhanced features and this social media network is highly competitive to Facebook.

Although many critics saying that Google+ is merely the copy of Facebook and will die soon like other social media tries by Google. But due to introduction of new features it can survive in the long run.

Google+ Hangouts have come a long way in the short time they have been around. With the latest update to their Android mobile App you can now join and initiate Hang out from wherever you're. If you have a Wi-Fi, 3 or 4G signal you can easily connect with your friends and family with the latest version of the Google+ App. Here is a quick how-to to get you started once you downloaded and started your account.

First open up the Google+ app in your android based mobile device. Next you just have to click on the Stream button which is located in the top left of the home screen.

From there you just have to press on the Hangout option in the menu list. Once you have selected the Hangout option the only thing left to do is choose the friends or circles you want to invite click start and enjoy.

Another cool feature added with starting the hangouts from your mobile phone is also now the ability to get Google+ Hangout invites right on your phone like a video call. When someone else invites you to a Hangout it will send the invite as an incoming call. You can either slide left to ignore the Hangout or slide the icon right and that will allow you to join the hangout.

If you have a Smartphone and a few friends to try it out with, try it. In the short time it has been out it has quickly become the best app for video conferencing.

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Defrag Your Hardisk

Defrag? Sounds like a weird word someone has made up, or maybe a strange rock band from Norway. It is neither of these, but a command than can help you make your computer run faster and also help maintain the life of the disk in your computer.

Every computer when running a version of Microsoft Windows suffers from a problem called defragmentation. It may sound serious and if you do nothing about it your PC will slow down, plus it can reduce the life of your hard disk.

The problem is caused by the way Windows writes files to the hard disk, just like stacking things in the garage, you fit items in where ever you can. Microsoft Windows does much the same on a hard disk, parts of files you create are place where ever Windows can fit them on the disk.

When you display a file stored on your computer it all looks fine, but Windows may store the file in 100 different places on your computer, each place being a small part of the file. Defrag is the process of joining all of the 100 or so pieces back together on the hard disk in one long file. The benefits are the time to read the file and display the file on the screen are quicker and it also reduces the amount of work your computer does, which improves the life of your hard disk.

So how do you run this Defrag command? It's very simple and if you are not sure of anything, take a backup first.

You will need to open Windows Explorer and then click the right mouse button on your hard disk, if you have more than one disk it doesn't matter, all disks connected to the computer will be displayed in the defrag command section. After you have right clicked a menu is displayed, select Properties, the last menu option that appears.

Information about the disk(s) will be displayed along with some tabs across the screen, select the Tools tab.

In the new window displayed, Defrag is displayed; select the Defragment now... button, information about the hard disk(s) is now displayed. Depending on the version of Windows you are running the amount of fragmentation is displayed.

If the any of the disk needs to be Defragged, then Windows will indicated to do so.

Defrag is an easy way to help with speed issues your PC may be having.

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What Is Cloud Storage ?

In its simplest form, it is the storage of information on a remote system. That system is usually a cluster of servers housed in a data center. The idea is that rather than store information locally on your computer hard drive, that information is instead uploaded via the Internet to a data center.

The whole cloud concept came about due to the fact that it is quite a good analogy. You don't know the particulars of where your data is stored and instead you can think of it as floating in the sky.

Because the sky exists everywhere in the world, so too can you access your data. This is one of the great benefits, data availability. You can be anywhere in the world and access the same data that you access can at home. Also, you are not limited to accessing that data on one computer or device. You can access it using any device you own.

The days of backing up to external hard drives are not quite behind us, but with internet access speeds continuing to increase year by year, backing up data to the cloud is definitely going to be the most common approach in the future. This leads me to the point that cloud storage is an excellent way to backup your data. In most cases, depending on your provider, it all happens automatically. So you don't even need to worry about it.

A great example of cloud storage in action would be Apples' new iCloud service. You might have heard of it. This is a great example of a cloud storage service. If you own an iPhone and like to take pictures, those pictures on your camera role are automatically uploaded to the cloud. This is great, because if you also own an Apple TV, you can take photos while out of the home and upon your return, view them on the big screen. This is all possible due to cloud storage.

There are many cloud storage providers, all priced differently though you'll mostly find them priced based on the amount of storage you require. There are also a handful of free cloud storage providers but these generally offer very small amounts of data storage. If you're planning on backing up a huge amount of data (a lot of photos or movies for example), you may need to shop around and find the best plan for you. However, if you're only looking to backup a handful of documents or contact info, perhaps the free cloud storage providers are worth taking a look at.

So that's it really. All you need to know about cloud storage. You can delve into the technical side of things if you like, but this is the simplest explanation.

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