Happy New Year From Google!

Mr. Jingles, the Google+ mascot, has some special yellow glasses for the New Year's party. It's a joyful way to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

"I'll be up late tonight looking forward to 2014. Have fun and stay safe tonight," says Mr. Jingles.

Click the icon and you should see some fireworks. Here's the animation:

And here's the disco doodle from the Google homepage:

Happy New Year!

Schemer to Be Discontinued

Schemer was launched two years ago as an invite-only service for sharing goals and discussing them with other people. "A scheme is 'a secret or devious plan' (American Heritage Dictionary) and a schemer is a person who is involved in making these secret plans, so Google uses a mustache logo, a mesmerizing animated homepage, the Hitchcock font and catchy messages like 'You're looking diabolical!' or 'Invite your partners in crime'," I wrote at the time.

Since then, Schemer launched mobile apps for Android and iOS, while no longer requiring invitations, but the service failed to catch on. The Android app has somewhere between 100,000 and 500,000 downloads. It was last updated in October 2012.

According to an internal version of the site, Schemer will be discontinued. "Schemer is being shut down soon. Sign in to get your data before it's gone," mentions the site. "We had launched over a year ago to help people to do more awesome stuff, and it has been quite an adventure for us as well! However, we have come to the difficult decision to shut down Schemer." It's not clear when it will be discontinued.

Here's a promotional video: "The beginning of everything worth doing."

{ Thanks, Florian K. }

Video: GIGABYTE G1. Sniper Z87 Motherboard Awarded ‘Gamers Choice’ on Overclock3D.net

Following up on a First Look video a few weeks ago, Tiny ‘Tom’ Logan has now given our new GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z87 motherboard a really good going over with a full review, and it’s great to see the board pick up both ‘Gamers Choice’ and ‘Value for Money’ awards. Check out his video below.



In fact Tom was pretty much blown away by the sheer value of the board, offering really solid performance and a pretty full feature set for a very, very competitive price point.

“For a barely believable price you're getting equally barely believable performance. You have to overclock the Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 to make the most of it, but if you're willing to put a little effort in then there is a monster motherboard just waiting to be discovered and if you buy a K-series CPU you should be getting dirty in the BIOS anyways!”

Check the full written review here:

More info on the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z87

How to Delete Auto Backup Photos

If you've tried the Auto Backup tool and you want to delete your photos, it won't be easy. You can go to the Auto Backup section of Google+ Photos, mouse over a photo, click the "tick" icon, select photos one by one and click "Delete". You can also select photos by dragging a "lasso", just like in your favorite file manager. You can also select a photo and Shift+click the last photo you want to select or Ctrl-click photos for non-contiguous selection.

That's great if you only have a few photos, but not if you have thousands of photos. Fortunately, there's a better way:

1. go to Google+ Photos, click "More" and pick "Albums"

2. add /camerasync to the URL in the address bar and press Enter. You should get something like:

https://plus.google.com/photos/+YourName/albums/camerasync

3. click "Select" below "Photos from Auto Backup". After a few seconds, Google will select the last 2000 photos uploaded to Auto Backup. If you have less than 2000 photos, all of them will be selected.

4. click "Delete" at the top of the page. This only moves the photos to Trash, so they're not permanently deleted. If you change your mind, click "undo" after they're moved to Trash.

5. you may need to manually refresh the page (press F5) to see the remaining photos. You'll have to go back to step 3 and select the next 2000 photos and then go to the step 4.

6. to permanently delete your photos, go to the Trash, click "Empty trash now" and confirm this action.

Search by Camera in Google+ Photos

Google+ Photos has a sophisticated search feature, but some of the features aren't easy to find. For example, you can search photos by camera. Use queries like #canon, #nikon, #sony, #apple, #panasonic, #samsung, #nokia to find photos taken using a phone or camera from one of these companies. You can also use the name of the phone or camera, but not all of them work. These worked for me: #iphone4s, #iphone5s, #canonpowershots95, #canoneos, #dsc-w150, #k800i.

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Because the official Theme Builder Software for BlackBerry® OS 7 has not yet been released, 

the icons/applications in your designated folders will NOT show. 

Don't worry, this doesn't mean they have uninstalled. 

It is simply a bug due to no Theme Builder and there will NOT be a way around this until it's release. 

Sorry for any inconvenience. 

SUGGESTION: Move all icons/applications to home screen. 

Or use a hot key app like Quick Launch, MyOwnHotKeys etc. 

Also, you can always use the Universal Search option on your BlackBerry® to find the desired application.

THEME DESCRIPTION:

other wallpaper : http://bb-cjh.blogspot.com

**hot Key**

display short cut menu - trackpad slide to left

hide short cut menu     - trackpad slide to right

universal search - s

profile - $

manage connection - alt + 1

Compatible OS

OS5 :  8900, 8980, 9600, 9630, 9000

OS6 : 9700, 9780, 9788, 9650, 9800, 9100, 9105, 9670, 9300, 9330

OS7.0.0.585 higher , 7.1 - 9900, 9981, 9930, 9810, 9850, 9860, 9790, 9720, 9380, 9350, 9360, 9370, 9310, 9320, 9220, 9315

Wallpaper

 for 9850, 9860

for 9810, 9380, 9800

Google+ Auto Backup for Desktop

The latest version of Picasa for Windows and Mac installs a separate utility called Google+ Auto Backup. It's a simple tool that lets you select the folders that you want to backup automatically and even has support for SD cards. Google+ Auto Backup works in the background, much like Google Music Manager and Google Drive for desktop.

The application uses the new Google Photos icon and, even though it's installed by Picasa, it doesn't have anything to do with Picasa, which has its own syncing feature.

Here's the installer file GPAutoBackup.msi in the Picasa folder:

The application has its own uninstall entry:

When you visit Google+, you'll see this message, which informs you that you can use the search box to find photos and videos from Auto Backup.

By default, Google uploads the original photos and they use your Google Drive storage space. You can enable photo resizing (standard size), so that the uploaded photos don't count against your Google Drive storage quota. Photos are resized so that the longest edge is 2048px or less.

"All photos uploaded through Google+ Auto Backup will default to private in Google+, so you can decide what actions to take once they are backed up to Google+. Once your photos have been uploaded, they will appear along with other Auto Backup photos. We'll arrange them by date in the Highlights section of Google+ Photos, and you can search #desktop in Photos Search to easily find all of the photos that you've backed up through your desktop." (from GooglePlus Helper)

To get Auto Backup for Desktop, you need to install Picasa. If you already have Picasa, make sure you've updated to the latest version (137.69). Go to the Help menu and "check for updates". The release notes include some other changes: new file size limits for uploads: 50 MB or 100 MP, "Edit in Creative Kit" function has been removed, updates to RAW support to include newer cameras.

{ Thanks, Daniel. }

Google+ Photo Search Filters

Google+ Photos has some filters you can use to refine your search results. Just click the search box or the small arrow icon and you can choose the source of the photos (Auto Backup, Hangouts, Google Drive, posts) or the type of results (Auto Awesome, photos of you, photospheres, videos). For some reason, Google uses hashtags and they don't work well all the time: the #Videos hashtag returns not only videos, but also photos that match "videos".

Here are the hashtags: #AutoBackup, #Hangouts, #GoogleDrive, #Posts, #AutoAwesome, #PhotosOfYou, #PhotoSphere, #Videos. You can add them to your query and filter the results. Google first shows your photos and then the photos from your circles. If you choose the source of photos, Google will only show your photos.

Some cool searches you can try:

- #AutoAwesome (all your Auto Awesome photos and videos and the ones from your circles - if they're public or shared with you)

- #AutoAwesome twinkle gif (find photos with the twinkle effect)

- #AutoAwesome motion gif (find photos with the motion effect)

- #AutoAwesome snow gif (find photos with the snow effect)

- #PhotoSphere (show panoramic images uploaded from Nexus devices)

- #AutoBackup (quickly find the photos from your mobile devices).

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Because the official Theme Builder Software for BlackBerry® OS 7 has not yet been released, 

the icons/applications in your designated folders will NOT show. 

Don't worry, this doesn't mean they have uninstalled. 

It is simply a bug due to no Theme Builder and there will NOT be a way around this until it's release. 

Sorry for any inconvenience. 

SUGGESTION: Move all icons/applications to home screen. 

Or use a hot key app like Quick Launch, MyOwnHotKeys etc. 

Also, you can always use the Universal Search option on your BlackBerry® to find the desired application.

THEME DESCRIPTION:

other wallpaper : http://bb-cjh.blogspot.com

**hot Key**

universal search - s

profile - $

manage connection - alt + 1

display menu - alt + i

hide menu - alt + o

Compatible OS

OS5 : 9000, 9630, 8900, 8910, 9600, 8980, 9500, 9520, 9530, 9550

OS6 : 9700, 9780, 9788, 9650, 9800, 9100, 9105, 9670, 9300, 9330

OS7.0.0.585 higher , 7.1 - 9900, 9981, 9930, 9810, 9850, 9860, 9790, 9720, 9380, 9350, 9360, 9370, 9620, 9310, 9315, 9320, 9220

Wallpaper

for 9810

for 9850, 9860