Friday, August 30, 2013

How to Watch Blocked Videos on YouTube

YouTube lets the publishers block their videos in certain areas, regions or countries. The reason may be anything varying from political to sexual inappropriacy of the content. However, if you are hell bent on viewing the video then here is a quick guide to help you get your dose of some blocked content.

The easiest way is to replace  /watch?v= part with /v 

Example- 

[Before] www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwD36Dk1jw 


[After] www.youtube.com/v/yEwD36Dk1jw 

Or type "pwn" before youtube.com in the http address 


[Before] www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwD36Dk1jw 


[After] www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=yEwD36Dk1jw 


another way is to install an add on to your chrome or firefox browser
ProxTube - Unblock YouTube :: Add-ons for Firefox here.

These two methods should do the trick. Enjoy the content.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Video Chat apps on Android

With the increase in the amount of android enabled smartphones, people are moving towards the option of video calling dumping the age old traditon of video call. Undoubtedly, Video calling is much better than a voice call because it gives a much more realistic feeling to the virtual presence of the two sides.

Video chat requires an internet connection making it cheaper than a voice call in most cases. So, Here are some of the top of the line video chat apps available on play store.

1. Google Hangout: The cross platform primary video chat by Google, was unveiled at the Google IO'13 this year and is a replacement to Gtalk. Amazingly grat video response and crystal clear audio make it the best video app on the play store. Also has awesome features like adding live beards to your own video. Haha.



2.Tango: Tango packs in the features which will have you video chatting with ease and do a lot more. Play Games, greet your loved ones with live emojis and send in text messages right from your phone through this app. 

3.Line is another superlative video app, with features to support voice call and voice texts as well. Extremely popular in countries like India.
4. Skype Undoubtedly it is the supreme of all video chat apps alternatives and also free. It is all popular VOIP and video chat services for android iOS, Windows. Here you can make calls and video chat with fun at instance as well as comfort and easier anywhere Skype to Skype no matter they are on any operating system.

Also to mention some messengers which may not be video chat enabled:

VIber: Top of the line text and voice calling messenger.


Kakao talk is coolest app from Android and it is available for Android, iOS, Bada OS. This app is kind of open source and send messages through Internet anywhere. And also chat with in a group and after manage your group chat. You have fun with some great emotions pictures, stickers etc. It is fully free having 75 millions users are registers.


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Download YouTube videos on Mobile

You Tube is undoubtedly the most popular video sharing and viewing website.From catching your favorite songs, to getting in the latest of global news, YouTube has it all.

 However due to limited access to the internet or slow download speeds you may sometimes feel the urge to permanently store the video on your mobile device rather than waiting for the video to buffer. So here is a tutorial on how to download YouTube videos DIRECTLY to your mobile.

For any Java enabled mobile device
1.Download Opera Mini browser for your phone from here. Test the various versions for compatibility issues..

2. In the YouTube search bar, search for any video you like, e.g. You may type something like this "How to Chat on Facebook using Opera Mini Mobile" in the search bar and then click on search. 

3. you'll see a list of video search results relating to what you just searched, select any video you like by clicking on it, note, do not click on watch video. 


4. Go to the address bar, i.e. (Where you usually type the address of any website you like to visit.) and click on it, there you'll see an address that looks like this " m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en-GB&client=mv-google&v=yPD346Zh6jo ". 


5. Delete the
 ( m. ) and replace it with ( ss ) now your address should look like this
" ssyoutube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en-GB&client=mv-google&v=yPD346Zh6jo " click ok, a new page (i.e. Download page) where you can download your video will loaded. 


6. On the new page loaded, you will see different video formats with which you can download your video, some of the formats you'll see are".mp4 .3gp .flv"etc. Select any format you'll like but I'll advice you to choose .mp4, then, 


7. Your opera mini browser will ask you to choose a folder in which you'll like to save your video, choose any folder you'll like and then, 


8. Download the video. So how it is easy to download YouTube videos on your opera mini mobile browser using third party service. 


For Android/iOS device:
GO to the respective app store and play store on your device and search for a YouTube down loader. Download and install any of the downloaders. My Favourite would be the Tube Video downloader.
Follow the on screen instructions of the app.