Facebook to acquire WhatsApp : The messaging app will now belong to Facebook

"I'm excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook." In his official Facebook page, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces. So, the most widely used messaging app will be now a part of Facebook. WhatsApp has a 450 billion active users worldwide. WhatsApp Messenger being a cross-platform mobile messaging app 

for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia allows to send text, video, images, audio files to other users in your contact list. It is the most popular messaging app among the smartphone users. Because of its brilliant features, it gained popularity among mobile device users in a short period of time.

According to Wikipedia, WhatsApp handled ten billion messages per day in August 2012, growing from two billion in April 2012, and one billion the previous October. On June 13, 2013, WhatsApp announced on Twitter that they had reached their new daily record by processing 27 billion messages. According to the Financial Times, WhatsApp "has done to SMS on mobile phones what Skype did to international calling on landlines."

In 19 February, 2014, Facebook announced acquiring the fast growing mobile messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion. This amount is more than the amount Facebook got in its IPO. WhatsApp's 450 million active users are being bought by Facebook for a more modest $42 each which is more than the $30 Facebook ogt in its IPO. Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and the remaining $12 billion in Facebook shares and $3billion in restricted stock units (RSU).

One major fact behind the popularity of WhatsApp is because it is free of cost for the first year and it can be renewed for a minimal cost for another specified time period. Now, WhatsApp going to the hand of Facebook may employ new rules for its users.  WhatsApp was founded in 2009 and currently it has fewer than 60 employees. Interesting point here is that Facebook co-founder Brian Acton was rejected a job by Facebook in 2009 after which he co-founded WhatsApp.
"WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone." Zuckerberg says in his post on his official Facebook page. So, Facebook users may expect some changes in the existing messaging technology employed by Facebook in recent future.

Post by Mark Zuckerberg.

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Facebook Awarded 'Criminal Case' as the Game of the Year 2013

Gaming in social media is becoming more fun day by day. Gammers can find many interesting games to play on social networking websites like facebook in online mode. Developers also making good profit from online games on social media. Game development companies like Zinga has already been valued million dollar company which entirely depends on revenues from online gamming. Few of the most popular games are like FarmVille, Bubble blast, Pool Live Tour, Angry Birds etc. have already make their mark on the online world. Currently one of the game Criminal Case has become very popular among facebook users. And it has been officially awarded as the 'Game of the Year' by Facebook.

✎What is Criminal Case?

Criminal Case is a fun game on Facebook where you play as a detective. There is a virtual city where crimes happen and you are given the charge to investigate the crime and put the criminal into jail. You are given a case(mostly murder cases) and you have to solve it in some steps. You can have some help like a 'hint' or some powers. You go to the area where a crime has been committed, collect evidences and interrogate suspects. Also you send suspected articles to laboratory for analyzing and you review the results to solve the case. If you add your facebook friends as your game partner in Criminal Case, you can have some energy from them also. To add your friend, he/she needs to play criminal case also. In many steps, you finally complete a case sending the original criminal behind bars and move to the next case. Criminal Case is fun to play because of its elegant design and intelligent procedure of gameplay. Players move to newer instance of cases and places which are exciting to explore and they contain many fun things which makes the game more interesting. You get Daily bonus in terms of energy, coins, orange juice or burgers(a kind of gift which gives you more energy) etc. Players can earn as many gifts they can from palying the game in many terms.

✎Players:

There are more than 38 million people who likes Criminal Case official page on Facebook. Many of them are active players of Criminal Case which makes the game a most engaged game on facebook. It is also increasing its popularity day by day by giving free gifts and offers to its players in special occasions. Their gifts are like free coins which are used to enhance the look and capability of the character you are playing, free energy points to enhance your playing and 'orange juices', 'burgers', 'meals' etc which can be used to boost the energy point of a player.

✎Gameplay:

I have already told you that it is a game where you act as a detective adn investigate crimes that happen in a city. Various crime scenes are created according to the level you are in and you are able to investigate them if you have enough energy to investigate one. A player may collect energy points whe n one of his co-player or partner gets promoted or solves a case. The player can share energy points and his friends can claim to collect them. The player is promoted in his role when he moves ahead in the game.

✎Facebook Game of the Year 2013:

Facebook recently announced the names of 23 games in various categories those were recognized as facebook game of the year. Among those 23 games, Criminal Case won the award of Game of the year. It is expected that this  

honour for Crimnal Case will definitely increase its popularity among facebook gammers.

Full List of Games mentioned by Facebook is given below(along with their development studio names).

♧2013 Hall of Fame:♧

Candy Crush Saga (King)

DoubleDown Casino (DoubleDown Interactive/IGT)

FarmVille 2 (Zynga)

Slotomania (Playtika/Caersar’s Interactive)

♧Staff Favorites♧

DoubleU Casino(AFewGoodSoft)

Game of Thrones Ascent (Disruptor Beam)

King’s Bounty: Legions (Nival)

Panda Jam (SGN)

Wartune (Road7/Proficient City)

War Commander (Kixeye)

♧Best New Games of 2013♧

Bake Shop Drop (Broken Bulb Studios)

Farm Heroes Saga (King)

Heart of Vegas (Product Madness/Aristocrat)

Hit it Rich Casino Slots (Zynga)

Jelly Splash (Wooga)

Kitchen Scramble (Disney Interactive)

Monster Legends (Social Point)

The Smurfs & Co: Spellbound (Ubisoft)

Soldiers Inc. (Plarium)

Solitaire Tales (Qublix)

Thunder Run War of Clans (SpinPunch Games)

Vikings Gone Wild (EveryDayiPlay)

✰✰✰✰Game of the Year 2013✰✰✰

Criminal Case (Pretty Simple) 

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How to Access Linux Partition from Windows

Linux is the most preferred option for programmers, hackers and pen testers. But, for common people who does not have or have little programming knowledge prefer to use Windows because of its easy to use graphical design and interface. I am personally a Linux lover but have Windows also installed on my computer in another partition. If you are like me, you may be also using a dual boot computer which boots both Linux and Windows.

If you have both Linux and Windows installed on your computer and you use both operating systems in different occasions, then you may have noticed that, you can access your Windows partition when you are working on Linux, but you cannot access your Linux partition when operating from Windows. So, if you have stored some important document on your Linux partition and you need it to use when you are working on Windows, then you have no option other than rebooting to Linux and copying your files to Windows partition then again come back to Windows. However, this will take a lot of time of yours. So, if there is a way to access Linux partition directly from Windows, then is not that great? Yes, that is indeed possible to access Linux partition from Windows. I am going to tell you how to do that.

To access Linux partition from Windows, you need an application called Diskinternals Linux Reader. I will now tell you the process step by step.

Download Diskinternals Linux Reader windows application from below link.

Download

click to download

4.3 MB .exe

After downloading is completed, open the setup file to install the application. If you have low privilege, run the installer as Administrator. During installation, apply option to create a shortcut in Desktop.  
After installation is done, open the application by double clicking on the icon on your Desktop.
Now you can see all the disk partitions on your computer whether it is NTFS or FAT or ext3. You will also see the Linux Swap partitions.
Click on your Linux installed partition and open it. You will now see all files and folders present in your Linux drive. Locate your required files and copy it to your Windows drive partition.

That is it. You can now explore files on Linux partitions directly from Windows without switching into Linux. If you are helped, then please share this article. Thanks.

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How to Find your Lost Android Smartphone with Google Android Device Manager

A smartphone has become a basic need of life these days. Millions of people are using Android devices today in the world. But there is always a risk of lost or theft with every gadget. And since Android devices can be used to store many confidential information and many useful data, it is always a threat to your personal and confidential life when your android device is lost or stolen. There are some apps you can install on your device to find it in case you lose the device. There is a smart solution to this, to find your android smartphone after losing it or after being stolen. That is to protect your device with Google’s android device manager which can be configured directly from your android smartphone. This may be very useful when your phone is stolen, you have lost your smartphone or tablet or if you have misplace your Android phone somewhere and forgot where you have placed it. 

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How to work with Android Device Manager

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Follow the steps below to activate Android device manager on your android smartphone or tablet.
Go to Settings on your android device.
Now, within Settings, move to Security
Then move to Device Administrators
You will see some apps there and the first one would be Android Device Manager.
Tap on Android Device Manager and Activate it

After activating Android device manager on your Android smartphone, you need to open your web browser and follow these steps to find your device when it is lost or stolen.

Visit the Google Play home following this link
You will see a ‘Gear icon’ on the top right corner for settings.
Click on it and you will see Android Device Manager.
Proceed with clicking on Android Device Manager
Once Android Device Manager is opened in your web browser it will automatically contact your device. The map of your country will be displayed on your web browser.
Once Android Device Manager has located your smartphone you will see its location on Google Maps and the distance it is away from you right now.

After these steps are done, you will see three options there to select to perform when you lost your smartphone or it is stolen.
 Ring the device: While enabling this option, your device will ring in full volume for 5 minutes even if it is in silent mode. this feature is useful if you frequently forget where you have put your phone and cannot find it. Unfortunately this feature is useless when the phone is put into switched off mode, because the phone will not ring when it is switched off. 
 Lock the device: This feature will enable you to create a new password for your device when it is lost and no one except you will be able to access it. This option is very helpful when your device is lost or stolen.
 Erase all Data: This option will erase all data on your smartphone including phone numbers, email id, memos, calendar items and other confidential data. This feature is useful when your smartphone is lost or stolen and it was loaded with lots of confidential data which you obviously do not want to disclose to anyone. You can enable and use this feature for lost device.

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Useful Android Apps to find lost Android smartphone or Tablet

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There are some apps in the Google Play store which can be used to recover your android smartphone when you lost it. Android Lost is such a great app to find lost android device. Another service you can use as an alternative to find and recover Android smartphone is Find my Phone.

If you are benefited from these information, please share this among your friends via facebook, twitter etc. Be safe in your digital life. Thanks. 

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How to transfer prepaid balance from Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, BSNL, Idea, Tata Docomo mobiles

Hi everyone, while traversing on the web, I found a very useful trick today which is unknown to most mobile users in India. That is to transfer prepaid mobile balance to your friends number or to your girlfriend/boyfriend, spouse, parents mobile number on emergency. Yes, this is possible to transfer prepaid mobile balance among numbers on the same operator network. That means you can transfer balance from a BSNL number to any other BSNL mobile number, Airtel to Airtel number, Vodafone to Vodafone number etc. This trick may be extremely useful when your friend or someone have emergency requirement to call someone but do not have balance on their mobile and have no money in hand to get his prepaid balance recharged. Here is how you can achieve this.

Transfer Airtel Mobile prepaid balance:

First Follow these steps to send balance from Airtel to Airtel mobile 
 SMS GIFT <amount to send> <friend mobile number> to 141 (e.g. GIFT 30 90XXXXXXXX).
 You will receive a message saying that you your amount has been transferred to 90XXXXXXXX.
(Minimum Balance to transfer in Airtel to Airtel prepaid mobile is ₹1/-)    
 Terms and Conditions of Airtel are applied for transferring balance. This trick works only in selected circles.
  You are advised to try this trick for low amount first then try for higher amount to trnsfer.  

Another Method to transfer balance from Airtel to Airtel prepaid Mobile:

Dial *141# from your Airtel mobile and follow the simple IVR instructions like press the number of share talk time.
Transfer Limit is ₹5 to ₹50   
Note that sender should have ₹17 as their minimum balance to use this facility of  to transfer balance from Airtel prepaid to Airtel prepaid mobile number.

Vodafone Prepaid Mobile balance transfer:
Dial *131*<Amount to send>*<Receiver Number># and call. (e.g. *131*30*900XXXXXXX#)
Transfer Limit is ₹5 to ₹30 only
There are service charges applied for using this service. The service Charges are as follows: ₹2 (for ₹5 to ₹9 transfer); ₹3( for ₹10 to ₹19 transfer); ₹4(for ₹20 to ₹30 transfer).
 Note: Sender can transfer balance only once in a day and Receiver can receive balance up to 3 times in a day.  Also the processing charge differs with every circle so you can ask for transfer charge to your vodafone customer care service.

BSNL Prepaid Mobile balance transfer:

To transfer prepaid balance from BSNL prepaid number to another BSNL prepaid number, follow these steps:
SMS GIFT <Reciever BSNL Number> <amount to send>  to 53733 or 53738
(eg: GIFT 940XXXXXXX 50 )

Aircel Prepaid mobile to Aircel prepaid mobile balance transfer:

Dial this code *122*666# to transfer your Aircel prepaid balance.
Using this service, Aircel prepaid users can transfer balance up to ₹100.

Idea prepaid Mobile to Idea balance transfer:

Idea users try the following steps to send prepaid balance to another Idea number
 Dial: *567*<Receiver’s Number>*<Amount to send># (e.g. *567*9xxxxxxxxx*40#) Transfer Limit: transfer limit for this service is ₹10 to ₹50.
A Service charge of ₹2 is employed for using this service.
The sender can transfer money just once a day.

As an alternative method, try this:

Dial  *151*1234*<Idea prepaid Number to send money) * <amount to send> # from your Mobile. You can transfer ₹5 , ₹10 , ₹20 using this code.

Tata Docomo prepaid Mobile fund transfer:

Tata Docomo users can try these methods to transfer money
SMS BT <Reciever Mobile Number><Amount to send> and send it to 54321 (eg: BT 98XXXXX 50)
  To reverse the Amount a Member needs to type “RBT Transaction ID” and send it to54321
Charges  ₹1 and for reversal no charges.
Terms and Conditions: The sender’s account balance for “Balance Transfer” has to be Transfer Amount + ₹1 at the time of transfer. If balance is not sufficient the transfer will be declined. However, the SMS will be charged. In case of Reversals the amount reversed will be dependent on the balance available with the recipient.
The system will recognize “BT” or “bt” or “Bt”

Few More Words: If you are not able to send or transfer prepaid balance to some number, then you should check again that are you doing it the right way? And remember that you cannot transfer prepaid balance cross-provider, means you can send balance only to the same network. Due to mobile number portability, a number may have changed its service proovider, so you need to crosscheck. And mobile service providers keep changing their service numbers, so it may change during due course of time. As far as my knowledge it is working till now.
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