How to Locate a Cell Phone with Google Maps

As the mobile technology develops rapidly recent years, our cell phones are not just communication tools and are more and more important for our working and daily life! We usually save contacts, E-mail, messages, photos, personal notes and even business files into cell phones. If our phones were lost or stolen, that would be a disaster. As a result, it is necessary to know how to locate a cell phone. In addition, if we can track the location of cell phones, it would be easier and more convenient to know where our family and friends are. Now let's learn how to locate a cell phone with Google Maps in detailed steps!

What we should know:

1. Except Google service, we still can locate our cell phone with other free apps, such as Foursquare, Facebook's "Check In" feature; Find My iPhone app, or some Anti-virus apps. For Windows Phone, we can visit the official Windows Phone website to track our stolen Windows Phone device with "Find My Phone" feature. 

2. Concerning about safety issue about other data in cell phone, it is better not to install free unknown apps for locating a cell phone. Google Maps offers two main ways to trace our cell phones with GPS, and all the services are free and safe!

3. In case of unnecessary troubles, please back up your phone often. By the way, after missing for a period, your phone may lose some data, and you can use a third party tool to recover your data.

Locate a Cell Phone with Google Latitude

The Google Latitude is a new feature of Google Maps to offer location-aware service. With Google Latitude, you can see the exact location of your family and loved ones. For privacy, you can decide which friend can see your location and turn off the location. Of course, it is easy to help you find out the location where your lost cell phone is.

Step One: Download and install the free Google Latitude app in Google Play, or go to the Google Latitude website on the computer.

Step Two: Sign up, log in with a Google account, invite your friends to join the Latitude. If they sign up, you can trace their location in real time. You can go to Privacy Settings and decide the friends that you want to share your locations with.

Step Three: If you lost your cell phone, you can go to the Latitude website and find the location of cell phone in Google Maps. By the way, you can tell your friends who use Latitude to help you trace your cell phone in Google Maps.

Locate a Cell Phone with the "Click-to-call" Feature of Google Maps

Step One: Go to Google Maps and search for any business such as a Chinese restaurant.

Step Two: Click the "Call" link next to the Google maps search results for the Chinese restaurant. Enter your cell phone number and Google will call the number. Then the location of cell phone will show up on Google Maps.


More Tips to Locate a Cell Phone:

1.    wheresmycellphone.com
Go to this website, enter your cell phone number, and then the website will call your cell phone.

2.   IMEI
IMEI number is a unique finger print of a cell phone and can be found underneath the battery. If your cell phone was lost, just tell your cell phone company to help track your phone by the IMEI number.

How to Transfer Apps from iPhone to iPad

If you own both iPhone and iPad, you will find it difficult to use the iPhone apps directly on iPad. But there are a large amount of universal apps that can be used in iPhone and iPad, and you don't want to purchase same apps again for iPad. Now we will share with you the steps to transfer apps from iPhone to iPad using iTunes.

Tips: In order to save troubles on transferring apps, you had better firstly purchase and download iOS apps on iTunes, then load them to your iPhone and iPad.

Step 1: Connect iPhone to PC via USB cable, and iTunes will automatically run and detect your iPhone.

Step 2: Sync iPhone apps. Click on your iPhone name appearing under "Devices", then click the "Sync" button in the lower-right corner. Therefore, all apps from iPhone will be synced to the iTunes application library. Of course, you can also do as follow: click on "File", scroll down to "Sync iPhone".

Step 3: Remove your iPhone from PC, connect iPad onto PC with USB cable, and iTunes will recognize your iPad soon!

Step 4: Double-click on the icon of your iPad, and select "App" tab on the top of the iTunes main interface, and then apps from iTunes library will show up. Just click the check boxes of apps that you wish to transfer to iPad. Click "Apply" and "Sync" on the lower-right corner, then apps from iPhone will be transferred onto iPad!


Note: Those above steps are easy and also suitable for transferring digital content purchased from iTunes. But the downloaded music, video and photos from internet are prohibited to transfer via iTunes, and it is advised to use a third party utility like Leawo iTransfer. Leawo iTransfer allows transferring apps, music, video, photos and eBooks between iPhone, iPad and PC without iTunes.

Now the following will simply show you how to transfer apps from iPhone to iPad. You also can transfer any media files between iOS devices and PC with similar steps. In addition, make sure that iTunes has been installed on PC for the assistance to Leawo iTransfer!

Step 1: Connection. Run Leawo iTransfer; connect iPhone and iPad to computer with USB cable. The Leawo iTransfer will recognize your iOS devices and show on the left side.

Step 2: Choose target files. Click on the name of your iPhone on the left, and choose "App" or other items. The details from iPhone will show up. Now you can select the apps you want to transfer.

Step 3: Start transferring. Through above selections, now you can transfer those apps to iPad, iTunes and PC fast with three ways.
   

1: Directly drag-and-drop the apps from iPhone to iPad; 

2: Right-click those apps to choose "Transfer to" and click "iPad" option;  

3: Click the Transfer button in the lower-right corner and choose "iPad" from "Transfer to list" as the transferring destination in the pop-up window.

 More iOS tips:

How to Transfer Videos and Music from iPhone 5 to Computer

How to Copy Music from iPod to PC for Free 

iPhone 5 Tips: How to Watch DVD on iPhone 5

Best Easter 2013 iPhone and iPad Apps for Kids 

 

How To Save PowerPoint Presentation As Video For Viewing On The Go

Have you ever needed to view a presentation from your colleagues on your smartphones/tablets? Do you want to send and share the presentation with friends temporarily and in emergency? Even though you may know how to view presentation on Android in several methods like Android Office apps, those apps cannot allow you to watch the animations/transitions, and listen to the voice narration and background music from the original PowerPoint presentation. So the best alternative to view PowerPoint on the go is to save presentation into video!

When you turn the PowerPoint presentation as a video, you can keep the voice narration or background music, include animations and transitions, and even play automatically the embedded video of the presentation. Thanks to the conversion, you and your colleagues/friends can easily view the presentation video on the go with their handy mobile devices! What's more, it is much easier to share the video online such as YouTube and send it via E-mail!

But how should you do for the conversion from PowerPoint to video? In PowerPoint 2010, you can easily save presentation as a Windows Media Video (.wmv) file. If you installed the previous version of PowerPoint, you had better upgrade to PowerPoint 2010. In Addition, if you want to convert presentation into other popular formats (.avi, .mov, and .mp4,etc), you may use the third party tool to convert. Here we will tell you step-in-step to save presentation into a WMV video in PowerPoint 2010 and convert PowerPoint presentation into other video formats with Moyea PPT to Video Converter.

Save Presentation into Video with PowerPoint 2010

Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation that you want to save into video.

Step 2: On the File menu, click Save & Send, then choose Create a video.

Step 3: Click the Create Video button on the left and a Save As window will pop up!

Step 4: Enter a file name for the output video in the File Name box, and browse for folder where you want to save this video, then click Save!

Before the Step 3 (before clicking the Create Video button), you can do more for the output video as the following tips! 

Tips 1: To get other qualities and sizes for the output video, click the down arrow of Computer & HD Displays,

There are three output choices, including Computer & HD Displays (video with high quality and a large file size), Internet & DVD (video with a moderate file size and medium quality), Portable Devices (video with the smallest file size and low quality).

Tips 2: If you want to preserve the original narration and pointer movements, click the Don't Use Recorded Timings and Narrations down arrow, and then click Use Recorded Timings and Narrations.

Tips 3: The default time spent on each slide is set to 5 seconds. To change that, click the up and down arrow on the right of Seconds to spend on each slide and you can increase or decrease the seconds.


Convert PowerPoint Presentation into Video with Moyea PPT to Video Converter

As we mentioned above, PowerPoint 2010 can only save presentation as WMV video, but the third party utility Moyea PPT to Video Converter supports converting PowerPoint to video in many popular video formats. By the way, PowerPoint 2010 will take a longer time than the professional converter when converting a complex presentation into a high-quality video. Of course, Moyea PPT to Video Converter will surprise you with more amazing functions, like background music, watermark!

Step 1: Open Moyea PPT to Video Converter, and click the Add button to import the PowerPoint presentation. You can import more presentations and convert into videos at the same time!

Step 2: Click Profile to select an output video format. A lot of popular video profiles have been already built-in for you, such as MP4, AVI, MOV, and Android devices.

Step 3: Click the Start button on the right to start the conversion.

To customize your output video, please refer to the following tips:

                                             

Tips 1: To specify the output video size for your smartphones/tablets, click the Settings button, then choose another size from menu or edit a new size by clicking Video Size in the popping-up Profile window.

Tips 2: To customize more advanced effects, click the Customize button to enter Customize Settings tab. You can specify the transition time between slides, add background music and even insert your watermark or logo into the presentation video!

Through above conversion, you will get a high-quality PowerPoint video with animations, transitions, music and watermark. By transferring onto your mobile devices and sharing on YouTube, you and your friends can easily view your slideshow video on the go without install PowerPoint or Office apps.

How to View PowerPoint on Android Devices with Five Methods

What do we usually do with Android smartphones/tablets in daily life? Take a call, text messages, send and check E-mail, and play games? How about dealing with working affairs on the go? Of course, we can also manage business with our Android devices since that all kinds of Android working-related apps have been developed on Google Play and some manufactories like Samsung have pushed off some unique android-based services to target business users!

We often use PowerPoint on the working, and If we can view PowerPoint presentation on Android smartphones and tablets, that will be more convenient and flexible for our life! However, Microsoft has no plan to develop Android version of Microsoft Office so far. So we have to figure out some alternatives to watch PowerPoint on Android! That is why this blog is written and we will share five methods to view PowerPoint on Android!

Method One: Android Office Apps

There are a number of Android office apps on the Android Market, so we can easily download some to play PowerPoint presentation on Android devices, such as Quickoffice, Documents to Go and ThinkFree Mobile. Those office apps all offer basic functions for viewing PowerPoint. But they are limited in functions when we want to play original animations and transitions, and edit PowerPoint freely with this kind of apps.

Method Two: Save PowerPoint as Images 
 

The PowerPoint presentation can easily be saved as images, so it could be one choice to view PowerPoint as images on Android devices!

Step 1: Click "File" button ("Office" in PowerPoint 2007)> "Save As"

Step 2: Choose ".jpg" or ".png"for maximum quality in the "Save As type" drop down menu, then click “Save”. When PowerPoint asks whether you want to export all slides, select “Every Slide”.

Method Three: Turn PowerPoint to PDF
 

Images are easy to view but difficult to edit! Meanwhile, we can view and take notes on PDF files! If we save PowerPoint to PDF file for Android devices, the presentation PDF is easily viewed with PDF viewers, sent by e-mail and transferred between devices!

Step 1: Click "File" button ("Office" in PowerPoint 2007)> "Save As"

Step 2: Choose ".pdf" in the drop down menu of "Save As type", then click "Save".

Method Four: Convert PowerPoint to Video
 

Obviously, those above methods couldn’t preserve all original animations, transitions and media files, and video can make up those flaws! After converting PowerPoint to video, the PowerPoint video can be played smoothly on Android devices with all effects of PowerPoint!
 

Save PowerPoint as video in PowerPoint 2010 or later
(This function is not supported on PowerPoint 2007 and 2003. In addition, WMV is the only video format when saving PowerPoint to video in PowerPoint 2010)

Step 1: Click "File" button > "Save As"

Step 2: Choose ".wmv" in the drop down menu of "Save As type", then click "Save".


Convert PowerPoint to video with Moyea PPT to Video Converter

Step 1: Import PowerPoint presentation! The Moyea PowerPoint Converter allows to convert unlimited number of presentations to video at the same time!

Step 2: Select an output video format for Android devices, and click "Convert" button to start conversion!

Note: There are many popular video built-in formats in the converter, like WMV, MP4, AVI, MOV and more. What's more is that it supports adding background music and watermark into the PowerPoint video!

Method Five: Upload PowerPoint online
 

If we don't want those PowerPoint files to occupy the limited memory of Android devices and hope that our friends and colleagues can also view the PowerPoint presentations on their Android devices, it could be a great alternative to upload and share PowerPoint online! There are some great sharing websites like Slideshare.net that allow uploading PowerPoint files. With this way, we can easily view PowerPoint on Android devices with web Brower!

Google Play Offers A Week of Special Deals and Discounts to Celebrate Its First Birthday

As we all know, the internet giant Google often celebrates its achievements with gift giving! Now it is another big news from Google Play that Google wrote today "Since the best parties are the ones that send you home with a present, today we celebrate our birthday with a festive goodie bag full of gifts"!

From now on, Google has started to offer a week of special deals and big discounts in its digital content and app store! In other words, once again we can get lots of cheaper and even free music, movies, apps and more from Google Play Store!

We will find special deals on games, music, movies, TV books and more during this time-limited promotion! Some great games are offered as gifts for Google Play's 1st birthday, and each of these games has some custom content for this birthday! What's more, there are a number of free TV Shows among the gifts! And some wonderful music are also given with big discounts! In addition, if Android users install and book your hotels through the app "Hotels.com", they can save 10% for a limited time.

Want more surprising gifts from Google first birthday and save more cash? Just go to the promotion page of Google Play and learn more!

"It's been an incredible first year", Google said. The world witnessed the glorious year of Google and Android in 2012, and the amazing digital shop Google Play was launched a year ago to cope with the rapid growth of Android Market and compete with Apple's iTunes!

Best Easter 2013 iPhone and iPad Apps for Kids

Despite the passing cold winter, the spring is actually coming, and Easter 2013 is almost here! Whether some families celebrate Easter or not, we all hope that all kids will enjoy themselves in Easter 2013. To keep them entertained, it could be one of best Easter ideas to find some kid-friendly funny Easter apps for kids! Here we have rounded up some of best Easter iOS apps as the reference for parents!  

Note:  Easter Sales! Buy one, Get free Leawo iTransfer which helps transfer data easily between iOS and PC! More discounts and free Easter-themed resources!

1.   Pat the Bunny

It is designed especially for toddlers and preschoolers! Pat the Bunny provides 14 interactive scenes for kids to explore! Kids can play hide and seek games with Bunny, and transfer into paint mode for a colorable activity. What's funnier is that kids can "look in the mirror" with camera and watch their smiling face! In addition, it allows to record kids' voice when they are playing on each scenes!

2.   iColor Easter Eggs

It is easy Easter app for kids! Kids can create a funny and colorful Easter egg with attractive graphics, easy gameplay, and unlimited number of design options. After finishing a customized Easter egg, kids can save it, send it by E-mail and share on Facebook! That will be a best and surprising gift if kids send it to their friends!

3.   Cuddly as a Bunny

All kids like animals! If kids can dress baby animal costumes like Bunny costumes in Easter 2013, they will certainly be very happy! This Easter app allows kids to insert their photos or take new pictures for dressing up as cuddly Bunny or dalmation puppy. And they will hear playful sounds and find interactive projects on each page! After enjoying the Easter fun, kids even can save favorite pages to photo library, share via email and even print any page with wireless printer!

4.   Easter Fun for Kids

Easter Fun for Kids features 6 unique Easter-themed educational games and activities designed for entertaining and learning, so kids can enjoy education, Easter funny games at the same time! It includes amazing different topics such as logic, words, counting, art and more! Of course, some funny and happy music will be offered while playing!

5.   Kung Fu Rabbit

If kids think those above games are too easy for them, them can try this game about the hero story of Bunny! With this app, kids will play as a rabbit teacher, and use agility and combat abilities to fight against enemies in order to save all kidnapped students! 70 levels in normal and hard mode are provides for kids and they even could play the game on Apple TV in a 720p resolution.

If you find funnier Easter apps, please kindly recommend and share them with us by writing down comments below.

More tips for mobile apps:

Top Five Android Office Apps You Shouldn't Miss!

Best Free iPhone and iPad Christmas Apps for Your Kids

Top Free PDF Readers Android Users Should Own  
How to Create Windows 8 live Tiles for Android with Best Free Android Apps

Best Google Reader Alternatives for Android and iOS

How to View PowerPoint on Android Devices with Five Methods 

Top 5 Free Siri Alternatives for Android

 

Adobe Photoshop Touch for Phone Debuts and Stands out from Best Photo Editing Apps

Have you ever envied the photo editing ability of your friends and been searching for a powerful photo editing app for your Android Phone or iPhone? Now Adobe brings the core capabilities of its famous designing software Photoshop to your pocket with the Photoshop Touch for Phone.

As Adobe recently released Photoshop Touch for Android phones and iPhone, it has taken a big step on the road of mobile Photoshop strategy. This phone version of Photoshop makes it possible and easy for users to do a lot to their images, such as scaling, cropping and combining images, even though some of them use it for the first time! Meanwhile, it offers users a number of unique features for Android and iOS smartphones! It allows users to use layers, selection tools, adjustments, and filters from Photoshop to create images! Users can adjust layer order, control individual layer opacity, and move and manipulate layers independently. The popular Scribble Selection feature helps users to pick out part of an image to extract just with fingers. If users still don't satisfy about their creation, they can use the unique Camera fill feature to fill an area on a layer for their creations with their device's camera!

After some creative editing for images, what will users do next? With the help of Adobe Creative Cloud service, users are allowed to sync those edited projects and continue to edit on tablets or computer! In addition, users can easily share their creations via Facebook, Twitter, email and other applications!

Of course, the Adobe Photoshop Touch for Phone needs $4.99, but it is worthy! If you just need some basic functions from a photo editing app, and don't want to pay any money, you might try Adobe Photoshop Express which is free and meet basic needs! And some other free photo editing apps could also be your best alternatives, like Photo Studio by PicsArt, and Photo Editer by Aviary.

More tips for mobile apps:

Top Five Android Office Apps You Shouldn’t Miss!

Top 5 Free Siri Alternatives for Android 

Top Free Android Apps You Should Own to Change Your Voice

Top Free PDF Readers Android Users Should Own