Avast for Android Updated with Low-Battery Notification in Anti-Theft Component

Avast has just updated its Android security application with new features and bug fixes. Several UI tweaks have been included as well, along with Turkish language pack.

Avast Mobile Security application for Android devices features simplified Anti-Theft installation and comes with support for Boat Browser and Boat Browser Mini apps in Web Shield.

The latest version also offers a new “low-battery notification” feature in Anti-Theft component, as well as lots of tweaks and bug fixes that have yet to be detailed.

Keep in mind that the Network Meter now has a “Billing day” option and the user interface has suffered some minor changes. Developers have also fixed several issues in Firewall and Call/SMS filter.

avast! Mobile Security 2.0.3377 is now available as a free download via Google Play store and it should be fully compatible with all devices running Android 2.1 and up.

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How I Create Customized Email Addresses

If you want your business to look more genuine when customers or clients contact you via email, you should consider creating a custom email address ID for your business. A customized email account like info@yoursite.com looks a bit more professional than yourname@yahoo.com. I use custom email addresses for my online businesses and have decided to share with you, how to set up such email IDs for your own business.


How To Get Started

You will need a web hosting account for you to be able to create a customized email address, though you do not need to design a website before you can use your customized email ID. If you have a web hosting account, you will be able to access your cPanel, where you will set up your custom email account.

How Do I Get A Web Hosting Account?

There are load of web hosting companies out there but you can try Web4Africa or HostGator. If you are a Nigerian, you can try Web4Africa because the website allows you to pay for web hosting with Naira and even with Liberty Reserve etc.

All you need to do is to register on the sites and order for one of their hosting plans. Once your account has been activated, you will receive the login details to your cPanel in the email address you used when registering on the Web Hosting Websites.

So, How Do I Create E-mail Accounts From My Hosting Account's Control Panel (cPanel)

==> Log into your cPanel via www.yoursite.com/cpanel

==> Once at the main page, click on the "Email Accounts" icon as seen in the picture below

==> Fill the fields accordingly.

• Type the name of the account eg info, contact, admin, yourname etc.
•  Enter the password you want to use and the disk space you would like to assign to the mailbox. You can assign an unlimited disk space for the email account. 

==> Click on the "Create Account" button to create the mailbox.

==> You will be taken to a confirmation page. Click on "Yes" to create the customized mailbox.

That's all.

So, How Do I Check I Check Access and Send Mails With My Customized Email Address?

==> Go to www.yoursite.com/webmail

==> Enter your customized email ID in the "email Address" field and enter your password in the "password" field.

==> Click the "Log in" button.

==> Click any of the email providers: SquirrelMail, Horde, RoundCube

==> You will see your inbox and right from there, you will also see the "compose" tab for sending email messages.

That's all.

Go create your own custom emails and let me know via comments, if you face any problem.

Get Your Web hosting accounts at Web4Africa or HostGator and do not waste your time looking for websites where you can create free customized emails.

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How to Create Shutdown and Reboot Tiles on Windows 8’s Start Screen

Although Windows 8 was designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, we’ve heard that plenty of users are actually struggling to find a quick way to shut down or reboot their Windows 8 device.

While the Alt + F4 hotkey does the job on desktop computers, not the same thing can be said about tablets running Windows RT or devices without a keyboard.

In this case, most users prefer to simply go over to the Start Screen, sign out of their accounts and then shut down or restart the device using the lockscreen power controls.

There’s a very simple trick, however, that allows users to create some live tiles on the Start Screen with three of the most popular power controls, namely shutdown, log off and reboot. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds to set it up and should work smoothly regardless of the Windows 8 device you’re using right then.

The only thing you have to do is to copy the following code into a new text document and change its extension to VBS, as developers over at xda-developers.com point out, so your file, for example, should be called “Softpedia.vbs.”

Make sure you configure Windows 8 to show file extensions (to do this, launch File History, click on “View” and check the “File names extensions” option displayed in the Ribbon).

So copy this text to a new text document, rename it accordingly and simply double click it run. If you wish to remove the tiles, select them in the Start Screen and hit the “Unpin from Start” option.

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Windows 8 Outpaces Windows 7 Upgrades, Microsoft Claims

Tami Reller, Microsoft’s head of the Windows business division, has already announced yesterday that her company had managed to sell a total of 40 million Windows 8 copies since its launch.

CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the information a few hours ago during the annual shareholders meeting, but he has also revealed some very interesting information on the number of upgrades to the latest OS.

According to Ballmer, Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 upgrades, but once again, we get absolutely no official figures on this.

In other words, the number of users upgrading from the previous Windows versions to Windows 8 is bigger than the number of those who have switched from Vista or XP to Windows 7 in 2009. Ballmer previously said that Microsoft had sold a total of 4 million Windows 8 upgrades in just one weekend.

As for the overall sales of the OS, 40 million sounds like an impressive milestone, but some insiders have pointed out that Windows 8 actually missed internal sales projections.

Again, we don’t know for sure if Microsoft’s expectations have actually been higher, but one thing is for sure: everyone within the Redmond campus is terribly optimistic about Windows 8.

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