Launch Apps From The iOS 7 Lock Screen With Swipey

The iOS 7 lock screen has already inspired Android launchers and tweaks for older iDevices, but now some Cydia releases have started making changes to the lock screen itself. After installing Swipey, you won’t see any visible change to the lock screen, but a very useful new functionality is added there nonetheless. Swipey is an app launcher of sorts, and although it doesn’t add a list of app shortcuts anywhere, you can still use it to quickly launch frequently used apps right from the lock screen. The tweak allows its users to add up to 6 apps to the lock screen in the form of stowed away cards. Just swipe multiple times across the lock screen until you get to your favorite app and as soon as you let the card go, the said app will launch straight away. This way, the launcher does not take up any space at all but can still come in handy on short notice.

 
To select the apps you want to set up with Swipey, head to the tweak’s Settings menu. There are separate entries for each slot available in the tweak. There is no compulsion of filling up all slots, and you can stop at just one or two apps if you want. Both stock and third-party apps can be chosen for a place on the periphery of the lock screen. Once the choices have been made, you can just quit the Settings app and lock the device’s screen to dive right into the action.

Swipe across the screen to the left, and you will see the first card, showing a shortcut to your chosen app. Rather than coming up with just a small icon, the tweak displays a momentary preview of the entire app behind its logo. Let the screen go if you want to launch the current app; otherwise, you can keep swiping until the card of the desired app shows up. In our experience, the tweak slowed down the iPhone 4s a little, but the overall impact on the device’s performance wasn’t too bad.
Swipey is fully compatible with iPhone’s default passcode lock, and doesn’t let you bypass it. If you have it configured, the password must be entered before an app is launched.

The tweak is quite elegant, although it might not seem to be a particularly feature-rich release. Swipey is available in the BigBoss repo of the Cydia store and can be grabbed by shelling out a couple of bucks. It works with all iOS 7 devices, including the newer 64-bit breed. So, feel free to give it a go even if you are on an iPhone 5s.

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10 of the best office apps for Android

We all know how versatile and powerful today's smartphones are, with numerous games and apps showing off their fun sides.

But what about the boring stuff? What about when you really need to edit potentially libellous statements out of a Word document in a hurry?

Android has a wealth of productivity tools at its disposal, ranging from free and simple text editors and "to do" lists up to impressively feature-packed and rather costly suites of document management apps that promise PowerPoint and Excel editing on your mobile.

Official options are a little lacking, though. There's no proper version of Open Office on Android, for example, while rival smartphone maker Microsoft is obviously a little reluctant to launch any official MS Office apps on Android as well.

Fortunately for business-minded users, Android has many third-party options offering similar collections of fully compatible office apps, optical character readers, scanners and converters, all ready to let you use your phone for something a little more useful than moaning on Twitter all day.

So here are our 10 Android office apps so you can make your phone work a bit harder.

1. Google Docs

As well as an excellent mobile web interface accessed through the Android browser, Google has recently released a separate Android Google Docs app. The benefits are integration with your Contacts list for easy file sharing, plus it uses your Android phone's camera as a character reader to scan documents. The Android app also supports Google's collaborative editing system - as long as you're using a mobile data connection of some sort.


2. Quickoffice Pro

This is a rather expensive option coming in at whatever the current equivalent of $14.99 is, but you do get a lot in the Quickoffice Pro bundle. It implements proper support for Office apps on Android, letting users read, edit and create docs on the fly. It even manages PowerPoint, but you'll need something with a decent size screen to use it to a satisfactory degree.
3. Olive Office Premium

If you'd prefer a free option, Olive Office Premium does a similar job of supporting Office docs on Android. It handles Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus docs saved in Adobe's PDF format. It supports rich text, tables, images and charts, making Android look properly businesslike.

4. CamScanner - Phone PDF Creator

A more advanced version of the document scanner found within the Google Docs app, CamScanner lets users import various office docs into Android by converting photos into PDF format. Its most useful feature is a batch mode for paging through endless docs and taking photos of each page, which then get auto-cropped and saved in one exciting file. The free version is ad supported, plus there's a paid release if you want to do away with the banners.

5. OpenOffice Document Reader

Thomas Taschauer is a very clever individual who has created his own OpenOffice Android app, which is a decent attempt at bringing full support to Android. There are some problems with formatting and displaying images and, more critically, a lack of editing abilities. But for reading ODS and ODT files on your Android device it's a useful, and free, option.

6. SwiftKey X

SwiftKey is only an alternate Android keyboard, but it has one significantly useful feature for work use. The app's learning system means it analyses your typing as you type, memorising what you write. If you've just typed a sentence, starting afresh with the same word will magically recreate the whole text, one word after the other. There will be occasions where you lose a big chunk of copy - SwiftKey can often remember it for you.

7. ThinkFree Office Mobile Viewer

ThinkFree is one of the bigger providers of Office compatible apps for Android. It's pre-loaded on many phones, with a free version up on the Android Market to try if it's not already installed on yours. The free version only offers doc reading, with full editing functions saved for the paid version. There's also a specific tablet release - ThinkFree Mobile for Tablet - which comes with a suitably bland desktop look. You don't want colours distracting you from work.

8. Documents To Go 3.0




DataViz's Documents to Go app is another popular choice for supporting Office on Android, with PowerPoint, Word, Excel and the usual file types on the compatibility list. The free version only offers reading access, with the $14.99 paid option adding editing options. It lets you import your Google Docs files, plus the Word app handles rich text, tables, footnotes and much more.

9. Picsel Smart Office

Another paid option, Smart Office features a more glamorous user interface than the others, also including what it calls the "World's first stereo 3D document viewing". That will really put you into the heart of the meeting like never before. It supports the major versions of MS Office from 97 up to 2010, has a custom clipboard and text reflowing, plus there's an additional tablet interface if you're using it on a tab of some sort.

10. OfficeDrop

OfficeDrop is another doc scanner and reader, only it comes with its own "web-based document portal" allowing users to access and manage their scanned receipts and docs via desktop as well. Files scanned in via your Android phone's camera are converted to PDF format, with the app letting you search through, label and organise the results.

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All Facebook shortcuts

We have many short cuts for our files usage such as ctrl+c for copying,ctrl+x to cut,ctrl+s for saving and many more.Similarly Facebook do have many shortcuts in accessing friend requests,messages,profile page etc.,.Let's have a look at them,



Just press Alt+1 to get the HomePage.
Press Alt+2 to see your profile page.
Press Alt+3 to see your friend requests. 
Press Alt+4 to see the messages.
Press Alt+5 to see the notifications.
Press Alt+7 to change the account privacy settings.
Press Alt+8 to view 'About Us' page of Facebook.
Press Alt+9 to view Facebook Terms and Conditions.
Press Alt+0 to go to Help Center page.
Press Alt+M to send a new message to anyone.

All the above stated shortcuts can be directly used by Google Chrome users.Those who are using Firefox browser have to replace Alt with Shift+Alt combination.And Mac users have to replace Alt with Ctrl+Opt combination. 

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