Wednesday, 26 November 2014

How to Replace a Word in complete Blogger Blog

Today i was struggling to find a way to search and replace a word in my complete blog. Actually i have a blog on blogger and i have used its name "*.blogspot.com" several times in various posts. Now i have purchased a domain name, so i want to change all appearances of "blogspot.com" to ".com" . Its a tough job if i have to change it in almost 100 posts manually.
So i was trying to find a trick to get do it using some app or plugin, but found nothing for blogger platform. When i was about to end my search and do it manually, i found something that worked for me.

I found an app developed by a software engineer "Adam Lewis" to do find and replace work for me. That app did this task for me within 5 minutes. Isn't it great ! But that app asks for the permission to access your google account to make changes in blogger. In the beginning i was hesitating as it could be possible h**k. But then i found that i can revoke the app access once the work is done. So i granted the permission to that app and completed my find and replace on blogger blog within 5 minutes. After that i  revoked the access of that app. I have explained this process in detail below.

How to Replace a Word in complete Blogger Blog


  • Copy and open the URL of the app in a new tab: http://www.adamwlewis.com/articles/blogger-find-replace
  • Ensure that you have opened it in the same browser in which you blogger account is logged in.
  • You may read the app page that i have provided to ensure that it will do the same task.
  • Now go to "Transfer me to Google so I can authorize this tool" . Once you visit this, it will ask you to authorize it to make changes to your blogger account through google access.
  • Once you have authorized it, then you can choose the blog name from a dropdown list and make find and replace to your blogger blog. It might take some time depending on the size and number of posts in your blog.
  • After it done go to your google account and open the security setting. I have provided its direct URL: https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions 
  • From this page you can revoke the access you have provided to that app.
  • I hope now your work is done. 

Enjoy blogging on Blogger.

Note: You can't undo the changes you have made using the above tool, unless you are smart enough to run find and replace in reverse order if possible. 

Monday, 24 November 2014

Samsung Ponders Executive Shakeup As Galaxy S5 Sales Fall 40% Short Of Expectations

Samsung is looking long and hard at its top executive team with changes in mind, the Wall Street Journal reports, following Galaxy S5 devices sales that have underperformed company expectations by as much as 40 percent. The total sales for the S5, this year’s Samsung flagship device, are at around 12 million, compared to 16 million for the Galaxy S4.

As a result of the lacklustre performance, Samsung is said to be looking at stripping co-CEO and mobile leader J.K. Shin of his chief executive title, and putting him solely in charge of the mobile unit. Overarching mobile wing supervision would then fall to co-CEO B.K. Soon, who currently heads up Samsung’s home appliance and TV business, which continues to be a strong area for the Korean company.



A more unified management team could help bring together the various elements of Samsung’s business, including its recent SmartThings acquisition with its Galaxy line of devices. And while Samsung would indeed be simplifying its executive team, it wouldn’t be streamlining things entirely – a third co-CEO, Kwon Oh-hyon, who overseas the company’s semiconductor and display panel supply businesses, would reportedly remain where he is.

Samsung is said to still be selling strong in the U.S., but other key markets, including China, are seeing negative growth in new device sales. The firm needs to do something to shake up its mobile business – despite the fact that it’s still a market leader, short-term growth is trending downwards and mid- to long-term performance has seen stagnating sales at best.

Part of Samsung’s answer to this problem will reportedly be paring back its Galaxy line to simplify costs and choices for consumers. Diversification of its offerings to suit different sub-groups of market segments has helped Samsung grow its business in the past, but at this point, its ever-expanding lineup of devices could be doing more damage than good in terms of diluting the Galaxy brand overall, and leaving consumers unsure of where to look in choosing their next hardware upgrade.

Article resource:  Samsung Ponders Executive Shakeup As Galaxy S5 Sales Fall 40% Short Of Expectations

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs iPhone 6 Plus: Optical Image Stabilization comparison


Both Samsung and Apple scored a first with their new phablets: Optical Image Stabilization. That's right, both the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the iPhone 6 Plus are equipped with the gizmo, promising to minimize and correct for shake and tremor during video capture. 

Sure, an OIS module's usefulness extends beyond just video – if the software is optimized for it, it'll also free up the camera to go for slower shutter speeds, and that's beneficial when shooting in dark environments, as the tiny sensor can use any help it can get taking in as much light as possible. This is achievable, because the stabilizing contraption will essentially nullify tremor in your hands (yes, they tremble even if you think you're keeping perfectly still), and thus, side-step blur. In other words, while OIS is, strictly speaking, hardware, it is of little use if it receives no proper support from the camera software. 

Starting with Samsung, the company calls its particular implementation "Smart OIS", which is just a marketing term that refers to the joined efforts of the aforementioned widget and Digital Image Stabilization on the software side. Much the same arrangement is also true with the iPhone 6 Plus – OIS is implemented alongside software stabilization, which Apple chose to call Cinematic Video Stabilization.

So how do these two handle themselves, and is one better than the other? The truth is that they're about equally good in stabilizing shaky footage, but they different in terms of the kind of scenarios they handle best. For example, in our experience, the Note 4 was better at minimizing small to medium amounts of shake, while the iPhone 6 Plus outdid it when real jerky movements were involved (arguably less common). Even with that distinction, though, we still think that we have a situation close to a stalemate at our hands, but we ended up liking the Note 4 just a bit more. Take a look.