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How to export data from your Google services ? One way to do this is back up your data from each services one by one.So to download all your data from Google services you have to log in to individual services and do the backup.But there is one simple way to export your data from all Google services.This includes +1's, Buzz, Contacts, Drive, Google+ Circles, Google+ Stream, Picasa Web Albums, Profile, Reader, YouTube etc. Lets see how to do it :-)
  • Log on to Google Takeout
  • Click on select services
  • Select the service you want to backup
  • Download the backup file

You are done :-) This method can save your valuable time and tedious effort.The backups will be in zip format. Post your takeout experience as comments !
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There are so many ways to highlight some specific portion of an image in Adobe Photoshop.But i found that many of those ways are complex for a beginner.In the above image ( Image courtesy : adobe.com) you can see the eyes somewhat highlighted from rest of the image.There is one simple way to do this. Let's see :-)
  • Select the Portion of the Image you want to highlight
  • Right Click and select "Select Inverse" Option
  • Goto - Filter - Blur - Lens Blur 
  • Adjust Radius to get different depth of highlight. I would recommend radius value 6 for good result.
  • Click Ok
You are done :-)



if you know a more simpler way to do this, share it with us as comments :-)
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Like many of you, Google Chrome is my favorite web browser.It is simple and faster than other browsers. But while opening PDF files chrome is the not that good. Most of the time PDF files won't load in chrome.  Even if it does it will take much time. I have seen my friends using other browsers when they want to open a PDF file.Many of you might have felt this problem.The reason for this delay is chrome's in built PDF viewer.Unlike other browsers chrome uses its own in built PDF viewer for opening PDF files.So how to fix this ? Let's see!

For this fix to work you need Adobe acrobat reader. If you don't have Download it here
  • Open Google Chrome
  • In the address bar type chrome://plugins
  • Scroll down and disable chrome PDF Viewer
  • Enable Adobe PDF Plug-In 
You are done :-) Now try opening your PDF files.You will find PDF files opening much faster than before.

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You know that Maximum size of the attachment file in G mail is limited to 25 MB in a mail.So It is difficult to send a video file or a sound file ,which is usually having more size than this limit. But Google has resolved this problem by interfacing its Google Drive with G mail. Let see How to Send a File Having big size via Gmail.! 
  • If you are using Gmail's Old Composing Interface, You need to switch to Gmail's New Composing Interface for using this feature.For this click on compose button and you will find a link "Try out the new composing experience" next to the labels tab.Click on it and you will be redirected to the New Interface
  • Compose the Message and hover over the plus icon at the bottom of the compose window, which will open the insert menu. 
  • Click the Google Drive icon  In the window that appears.
  • You can Upload Your File in the menu that appears.You can also send a file which is already Uploaded in your Google Grive.
  • Send the mail and You will be asked to share the file before sending the mail.Click on Share and Sent and you are done :-)

Watch This Video if you want to see how it works !


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Tip 1 - Search query should be short and to the point.


For example if you want to find the name of the actress in the film twilight, A search query like”actress in twilight” will fetch you good results instead of “what is the name of the actress in twilight

Tip 2 -Word Order is important


For example, The search results for queries “Blue sky” and” Sky blue “ are entirely different.

Tip 3 - Use Filter by color to filter your image search results


For example, if you want to search for a circuit diagram you can apply the color filter black and white. This will yield your desired results.

Tip 4 - Filter your search by filetype


Eg. If you want to search for android tutorials in pdf files .Use the query as filetype:pdf android tutorials
Other Compatible filetypes with this commad are doc, docx, ppt, pptx , txt, csv, dat, kml

Tip 5 - Remove Unwanted search results using (–) minus sign


Eg. If you want to search for galaxy and you want to avoid information about Samsung galaxy phones getting crowded in the results then your query will be galaxy –phones. Note there is space before minus sign

Tip 6 - Searching for exact phrase


If you want to search for an exact phrase, put the phrase inside double quotes “ “
For Eg. If you want to know about a quote Poetry begins with a lump in the throat. Your query will be“Poetry begins with a lump in the throat

Tip 7 - Adding more results in your search using OR


To search multiple words simultaneously use OR in between.
For Eg. You want to search about super capacitors. Another names for super capacitors are ultra capacitors , pseudo capacitors etc. So you can improve the search results if you query as super capacitors OR ultra capacitors OR pseudo capacitors

Tip 8 - Search inside a particular site


If you want to filter you results from a particular site you can use the query site:sitename
For example You want to search about penpc in xtrabits.in , Then your query will be pen pc site:xtrabits.in
Also if you want to limit your search inside a particular domain,say .com sites then you can use your query as pen pc site:.com

Some useful Google shortcutsTo Know the showtimes of movies in your city For eg. Calicut


  • movies calicut To know the capital of a country For eg. Germany 
  • capital of Germany To know the weather information of your city eg. Mumbai 
  • weather Mumbai To know the weather information by zip code eg 90712 
  • weather 90712 To know the time at a place For eg. India 
  • time in India To Know your flight status For eg : Air India 216 
  • air india 216 To convert a quantity in another units for eg.212 Fahrenheit to Celsius 212F in C
All these tricks are put together in this video by xtrabits.in (Our Partner blog) Watch this :-)


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There are so many software's available in the market to vectorise images. But you can do vectorisation in Photoshop itself. It's simple and takes only less than a minute. Here it is!














  • Open the Image in Photoshop
  • Go to Filter --> Artistic--> Cutout
  • In the Cutout menu select Poster Edges and make sure that Edge thickness is 2 , Edge Intensity is 1 and Posterization is 2 . Click ok
  • Goto Image --> Adjustments --> Brightness/Contrast
  • Set Brightness to 10 and Contrast to 30
  • Again Go to Filter -->Artistic-->Cutout
  • In the Cutout menu select Cutout and make sure that the Number of Levels is 4 , Edge Simplicity is 4 and Edge Fidelity is 2 Click ok
Your vector image is ready :-)  Feel free to ask you doubts as comments below !

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