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Finally a good review theme by Solostream

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Ages ago i did a search  for a product review theme  and i was so disappointed  by the review themes available on the market  that  at the end i settled on this theme for $89 which is removed and stopped using within 1 month because it was so useless( slow and too complicated for doing anything)

Solostream   templates , i am familiar with as you can see my blog already uses it, and their simplicity and fluidness of their themes  are really great. Their themes are always light on your server  and super fast with good advertising options  and pretty much that is all a  blogger needs.

New “Product Review theme” By solostream

The theme has got the professional  Solostream look that is somewhere between a professional blog and blog look.

Its got all the latest sharing icons  even  pinterest and Linked in buttons if you wish to use them

Premium Responsive WordPress Theme for Product Review Sites

The theme  loads twice as fast, looks ten times better, and now you can actually look like you mean business

These themes have innovative design, lots of customizable functions and even perfect html validation. Solostream even provided me with fast support. With all this you dont even need to worry about SEO as the theme is already build to support SEO.

$10 Summer Savings Coupon For this theme Now

Use Coupon Code  for a $10 Discount

Some good features in WP critique theme

  • Responsive Design Framework (Mobile Ready) – Adjusts to Browser Size
  • Built-In Product Rating Function
  • All Authors Page Template
  • Multiple Home Page Post Layouts
  • Subscription Form Widget
  • Automatic Post Thumbnails and Featured Post Images
  • Footer Widgets
  • Multiple Banner Ad Locations ,And many more standard solostream  functions

This theme is compatible with the latest version of WordPress (version 3.4+) and All Solostream themes are licensed under the General Public Licence (GPL) which means there are no restictions and you can modify them and use them for both personal or commercial projects on as many websites . You can check out the WP-Critique Demo Site or buy the theme here

Best home pc to tv gadget wifi USB media drives

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This post was originally written in 2010 but a lot has happened since then, tv’s have become smarter and so a lot of these gadgets  reviewed  below have become obsolete now in 2018 and beyond. The eye-fi pro still stands out as a gadget that can stand the test of time for its unique capabilities. Do check out our latest Google home gadget  & tech reviews too.

Share Your PC media to your TV wirelessly

The IUM has built in WiFi and pairs to the WiFi Interface of your laptop.The IUM is paired with one Host PC/Laptop then can be used in any USB Equipped Device that accepts USB Flash Drives

3 Great wireless USB  Memory  Media sharing drives

Infinite IUM USB Media drive

Open for orders from 01 august 2010

The device has built-in wireless and uses the wireless interface of your laptop on the end. The connection is point to point and not via other access point or internet.

PC to PC works fine. The shared files are visible on the IUM like a normal flash drive so the PC will read them as if they are actually on the device.

IUM wireless usb drive media drive

It’s very nice and handy, but as you said, $129 is a bit much for something like this.

“instead of storing data inside the stick it uses any thing that has a USB port as the storage space, enabling “infinite” data sharing ( videos, photos, doc..etc) using WIFI network meaning the device act as wireless connector between a personal computer and anything that is USB-enabled.”

More features for this drive at the vendor website at http://www.infinitec.com/ium_drive/features.php

HSTI Wireless Media Stick™ @ $99 Only

THE Option similar to this which is already available in the market is the “HSTI Wireless Media Stick™”.

hsti_wireless_media_stick

Simply share your files from any computer within your home/work wireless network, plug the Wireless Media Stick™ into the USB port of your playback device and stream your media instantly. The Wireless Media Stick™ references shared media files from any networked computers and NAS devices and presents them to the playback device it’s mounted to as if the files were stored locally.

Once a file is selected for playback, the Wireless Media Stick™ then streams the file via a wireless router from any PC, Laptop and NAS device.

MSRP: $99.99 – Introductory Price!

 

wifi stick in usbThe Wireless Media Stick™ is a patented technology (Patent Pending and World P.C.T) that streams media files from any computer connected to a home/office wireless network to any USB enabled media playback device.

Files are not copied or moved from the original location. The capacity of the stick varies according to how many files are shared and can grow in relation to the file systems that are shared. – Ref ( More info @ HSTI Media Stick )

Features of the HSTI Media stick

  • Wireless USB Dongle
  • Wireless Media Streaming
  • 720p Resolution Limit
  • Windows Compatibility
  • 2.4GHz Wireless Technology
  • Preloaded Software

SPECS

  • Wireless: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4GHz)
  • Host Interface: USB 2.0
  • Frequency Range: 2.412 ~ 2.4835GHz
  • Security: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES
  • Data Range (802.11a/g): Up to 54Mbps
  • Data Range (802.11b): Up to 11Mbps
  • Data Range (802.11n): Up to 300Mbps

“Eye-Fi Pro”  Wireless memory card

The cost for this convenience is $129, which seems rather steep to me, although (for what it’s worth) it’s generally equivalent to the Eye-Fi Pro, which offers the same kind of wireless ad-hoc network functionality.

eye wifi memory card

Also released recently “Eye-Fi card”, the “Eye-Fi Pro”. It costs $150, and is able to handle RAW files, as well as connect to a computer via an ad-hoc wireless network, i.e. no router necessary. These are certainly nice features, although RAW support at least seems more like a firmware upgrade, and it would be cool if Eye-Fi would push that option out to their other cards

Get your eye-fi pro from amazon here –> Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC

Overview:

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 Features:

  • Fast wireless transfers of photos and videos from your camera to computer or favourite online site.
  • Instant photo and video sharing while on the go.
  • Loads of storage space with 8GB of high performance Class 6 memory capacity.
  • Location information that is captured and stored in each photo.
  • RAW file wireless uploads so you can edit photos like a pro.
  • Wirelessly uploads your photos (RAW and JPEG) and videos via Wi-Fi or via an ad hoc connection
  • Wirelessly uploads only the photos and videos you select to your computer

Importing Users from word press user back up

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I learnt this the hard way .  I recently  re installed on my blogs. I had 5000 registered users in that blog.  I did a back up of my users from the blue host  cpanel.

import users wordpres plugins

WordPress plugins for  import users does not work

Then i re installed the blog  and tried one  wordpress back up plugin after the other and they all failed to import my  CSV back up file of the 5000 users. I typed import users and tried the first five plugins that import users with csv files . There was one that at least did something and worked , but worked wrong ( CSV user import – Visit plugin site). It uploaded the file but put the passwords salts as the username.

php my admin database back up users

It got all messed up,  then i realised in should have done this in the first instance. I went back to my bluehost cpanel / php admin  where i did the back up in the first place , and then deleted all the wrong entries  that got uploaded ( deleted 400 entiries in one go  and repeated—maybe you can do more than 400 )

wordpress users backup with php my admin and admin panel

Then i  clicked import and imported the csv file an hey presto in a second all the 5000 users were back up.

This goes to prove that use the same tool or process to export and the same tool to import , wether it is from the php my admin  or then from the wordpress admin panel , make sure the plugin does import and export or then  the same author of the toll has created similar plugins for import or export ,w hereby you have a better chance of them working both ways together.

Also attached some snapshots of the cpanel and php my admin in blue host.

Let me know if this helped you and give us a like Smile

ELEV-8 robotic quadcopter,

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The  ELEV-8 robotic quadcopter is soon to be expandable to six rotors.

The hexcopter  robot kit adds more lifting power to the ELEV-8 quadcopter, doubling the payload  and carrying capacity thanks to an extra battery along with the extra rotors.

Hexcopter Robot with Kit

ELEV 8 Quadcopter Kit hexacopter robot

ELEV-8 quadcopter

It can now hold most cameras, for remote robotic air surveillance and it is also said  to make the ELEV-8 more stable in flight.

The hexacopter was a favourite gadget at the recent defcon hacker conference

The ELEV-8 quadcopter is a flying robotic platform that is lifted and propelled by four fixed rotors. The quadcopter uses a HoverFly board with a Propeller multicore microprocessor to electronically control stabilization of the aircraft.

ELEV-8 quadcopter runs at $599.00

You can also get a ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit from here

Info : This kit is not for beginners, it takes a moderate amount of mechanical skill, for building and flying. The ELEV-8 quadcopter kit requires an average of 8 hours to assemble; RC experience is highly recommended.

Be a part of Google maps with Google

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Google is Calling all Aussie Mappers!

Calling all Aussie Mappers in australia!

G’day mappers — at last it’s time to share the treasures of the Great Southern Land. Today, Google Map Maker opens its maps to Australia, so now you can also add your local knowledge to Google Maps for all the world to see.

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Hot it works

Help share Australia’s natural gems  and hidden trails with tourists and locals alike by drawing the hiking trails through the Eucalypt forests of Tasmania or adding all the campsites surrounding Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Google Map Maker is now available in Australia

Once approved your contributions will appear on Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps for mobile, accurately reflecting your real-life neighbourhood. You can even join with other local mappers and use your local expertise to review one another’s contributions to the map

Google Map Maker warmly welcomes the people of Australia to the team of citizen cartographers from 200 countries and regions across the globe as they continue to build the world map

To see examples , you can watch mapping in real-time.

For more info go here

Review website–This is now

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As you know once in a way  we also do  website reviews on our blog, here is  nice new breakthrough website  just launched recently in Australia. its innovative , fresh and very interesting  concept.

instagram insspired this is now by marcio puga mauricio massaia and Per Thoresson

New Australian website launch “ This is now”

This is Now project is a visual composition which uses real-time updates from the ever popular Instagram application based on users geo-tag locations. The tool streams photos instantly as soon as they are uploaded on Instagram and captures a city’s movement, in a fluid story. – ( http://now.jit.su/)

Instagram inspired website launched by aussies

This new Australian website uses Instagram photos to create a real-time fly-on-the-wall look at nine major cities across the globe , with more cities to come soon.

this is now website from instagram

The website when loaded keeps updating new photos to the page  to give you a live view on what’s going on in sydney or any other city ( Special request – can you please put perth on it 😉

More than 450,000 users have already logged on to This is Now, launched two weeks ago, to view more than 1 million photos posted by tech savvy happy snappers around the world.

Go check it out yo9urself here http://now.jit.su/ . Sydney is also on the  this is now list for now with more Australia cities to possibly  feature later

Article by JJ – Don’t ask me  “what does jj mean on instagram” but i will let you know,  is a blogger and likes to blog about Technology, SEO, E -marketing and write articles on Stockmarkets and you can catch me on

Australian Coat of Arms (adopted 1912)
Australian Coat of Arms (adopted 1912) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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