Introducing fooView | Your Floating Pal for Android

     

fooView [Google Play] is an Android App that I used recently. One incredible useful feature I found on this app is the Optical Characters Recognition (OCR) . Although I can’t say it works well with handwritten text but it is able to accurately recognize printed/Computer text. What make it worth installing is that the Text Recognition works offline. 
Features
1) Screen Capture and Edit
2) Text Recognition [Work Offline]
3) Translate/Search Selected Text or Images
3) Gestures (You can configure the Float Icon to Turn Off The Screen or Switch on the flash light etc)
6) Built-in Viewers, Players, Downloader
7) and More…

Personal Tips
1) You can obtain better OCR results if you use it together with scanner app like CamScanner, ScanBot etc. Although the scanners app I mentioned do have OCR feature but it doesn’t work as well as the OCR in this Android App.
2) Install Google Translate App to get better translation experience.
3) You could also use this to select text on app or website that have text selection restriction.
4) You can configured so it auto-disable itself when running certain apps [Under Settings ⇨Float Icon]
5) The apps will also read the QR code of the selection when used, ps, you can use it to get your wifi passwords from QR code if you forgotten it.

Here a Official Demo video demonstrating how to use it

5 Must-Have Useful Windows Programs

1) Listary [Free for Personal use] | 19.95 USD [Lifetime updates]

Listary is one of the must have software in my computer as it saved me lots of time when searching for files and folder. It is not as Lightweight as Everything but it is well-integrated in Windows Explorer. The free features is sufficient for most users but Pro feature might useful if you want to use custom shortcut for folder,file, project folder, command to process files and folder such as Resizing images etc.
If you are a person with lots of files, folder, apps and use command to save your time, Listary is designed for you. Note, this software does not search file contents.
For a Single License, you can use it on up to 3 devices owned by you and you do not need to deactivate manually as it will automatically deactivate and active on your last 3 devices.

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2) f.lux [Free] – Eye care by reducing bluelight

it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. Basically, it helps to reduce eyestrain and  improve your sleep. You can also disable Flux temporary when working on color-related tasks.
Note: Do not use it when performing activities like Video Editing, watching video, Presentation etc.

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3) Greenshot  [Free | Open Source | Portable]

Alternative: ShareX
Greenshot is a screenshot software that not only allow you to take screenshot but also allow you to edit it for better presentation of the screenshot. For instance, you could blur the images (Privacy Warning: It is possible to unblur images, so black out the content especially for sensitive content)
It a simple to use GreenShot but if you required tools like video recording, color tool, you can try out ShareX [OpenSource| Portable] .

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4) KeePass [Free | Open Source] [Windows. Linux, MacOS]

If you are still storing your password in a plain text, you should consider using Keepass as you can protect your username and passwords with the Master Key plus you can search for it. So no more remembering unimportant passwords. It is recommended to increase the Security of your Database before storing important passwords.
[Which can be found under File ⇨ Database Settings⇨  Security]
Alternative: LastPass [Cloud-based, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac] 

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5) PhraseExpress [Free for Personal Use ] | Starting Price From 49.95 USD

PhraseExpress [Windows|Mac|iOS|Android] is a Text Expander software for Windows which allow you to increase your productivity by minimizing repetitive task. For instance, you could use the Macro feature built-in to decrease the number of step or time in performing your Task. Some of the thing you could do is change content from uppercase to lowercase. For instead, it will perform copy the highlighted text and then change the text to lowercase on the press of F10. Another thing that are very unique for this software is the ability to exclude the same shortcut in certain application. For Instance, you could have F12 to perform Resize function in Photoshop but the same key will perform Backup in another Application. The free feature of PhraseExpress should be sufficient but for commercial use, you may prefer Phrase Express Professional and above if you wish to use feature like input form, Mouse Recorder, etc.
Here my Sample Phrase for you to play with


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Link Only: Apple Products Warranty

WorldWide Warranty
https://store.apple.com/Catalog/Images/worldwidewarranty.html



If the product is portable : You may obtain warranty service worldwide or globally or internationally
Yes, you can obtain international or global warranty if the apple product is portable and can operate independently without a power cord.

** https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ipad-english-a.html
 However, Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone and iPad to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the device.
       - Basically it means that Apple reserves the right to refuse iPhone warranty service when it is outside of the country you purchased.

AppleCare Plus 
https://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/applecare/applecareplus/
http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/applecare

New Zealand
https://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/applecare/applecareplus/docs/applecareplusnz.html

Apple One Year Limited Warranty and AppleCare+ Comparison at New Zealand AppleCase Plus  (7 September 2016) - Present)

Warranty Obligor for Region or Country of Purchase
https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/obligor.html

Windows 10 Settings Return No Results During Searching

Clicking search results for setting from Start Menu or doing search at settings return "No Results"

How to fix it ?

1) Open Window Explorer
2) At the address bar paste this " %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\ "

3) Right click the folder "LocalState" and go to properties
[You could also hold ALT and Double Left-Click it ]

4) At "General" go to "Advance Attributes" and tick "Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties"
 
5) Click "Okay" and "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files"

6) All Done.



Reasons that may have caused it
1) Disable of Indexing for "Local Disk" due to doing optimization for Solid State Drive (SSD)
2) Others

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