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How to Access Mobile Websites Using Your Desktop Browser

Many websites offer specific interfaces for smartphones, iPads, and other mobile devices. Whether you need to test mobile websites or you’re just curious to see what they look like, you can access them in your desktop browser. You can do this by changing your browser’s user agent — we’ve previously explained what a browser user agent is . Accessing a website with an iPad user agent may also force it to serve you HTML5 video, which is nice if you’re trying to avoid Flash. User Agent Switcher Extensions We have covered how to change your browser’s user agent without installing any other software . However, for ease-of-use, you will probably want to install a browser extension that lets you quickly and easily change your browser’s user agent. You will want to install either User-Agent Switcher for Chrome or User Agent Switcher for Firefox , depending on which browser you use. For Internet Explorer, you may want to try the UAPick User-Agent Switcher add-on. Settin...

8 solid reasons to have CyanogenMod on your Android device

CyanogenMod is the most popular custom ROM for Android devices. While it’s an unofficial build of Android, it probably provides an experience closer to Google’s original vision than the software on your current Android phone or tablet does! We used CyanogenMod 11 for this article. If it supports your device, it’s easier than ever to install thanks to the CyanogenMod installer app. Up-to-Date, Stock Android CyanogenMod provides you with an up-to-date version of Android. It’s also a pure, stock Android experience. Yes, CyanogenMod adds lots of their own tweaks and a handful of apps. However, they respect Google’s interface. The tweaks CyanogenMod adds don’t feel out of place — many of them are just added to the Settings screen as new options. Because it dispenses with the additional bloat a lot of manufacturers and carriers add, it’s also very fast. This is the biggest reason to install CyanogenMod. If it supports your device, it will provide you with a pure, up-to-date An...

Eclipse plug-ins every Developer should use

Eclipse Marketplace continues to be the place to discover interesting and relevant Eclipse plugins. There are over 100,000 successful installs/month of Eclipse-based products via the Eclipse Marketplace client. We have a list of the most popular plugins over the last 30 days and all time. I thought it would be interesting to look at what are the most popular new plugins in the last 12 months. 1.  Maven Integration for Eclipse WTP   – Maven integration with WTP. Also #4 on the most popular chart 2.  JSDT jQuery – jQuery autocompletion support for Eclipse JSDT 3.  Groovy-Eclipse   – Groovy IDE 4.  ZK Studio   – Eclipse plugin for ZK framework 5.  Run-Jetty-Run   – Running a web application in Eclipse should be as simple as ‘clicking run’. 6.  ObjectAid UML Explorer   – UML class and sequence diagram editor 7.  P4Eclipse   – Eclipse plugin for Perforce code management 8.  Bracketeer f...

Micromax YU Yureka vs OnePlus One

Release Micromax YU Yureka smart mobile with Cyanogen has made it complex and is leaving most of the techies and smart mobile freaks in ambiguity to choose a better choice between the One Plus One mobile. Then here we end this ambitiousness with this post which would ensure and helps all the tech freaks and smart device lover who wish to upgrade to the new smart device. Micromax YU Yureka vs OnePlus One: Micromax YU Yureka Launch Indian smart mobile manufacturer Micromax has launched its much awaited and prognosticated smart device YU Yureka which has been classified under YU series of smartphones and operates on latest updated version of Cyanogen OS. What makes it more special of a kind is that its budgetary cost of Rs 8,999 in Indian domestic markets and is a first domestic branded smart device to be launched with Cyanogen OS in India. Though it is powered with Cyanogen OS Micromax YU Yureka appears as Android smartphone with the bewitching and captivating spe...